There are many differences between men and women.

There are many differences between fathers and mothers.

There are many differences between Banjo Man and me.

For instance, for Christmas I gave Sarge a crock pot.He was very pleased.  I also gave him lentils and soup mixes.

He likes lentil soup and he wants to learn how to make it, so this was a good thing.

Banjo Man gave him a toilet seat.

A used toilet seat.

With a bullet hole in it.

Look how happy he is!

The toilet seat is from the out house where our faraway cabin-in-the-mountains is.  The cabin is there, the out house no longer stands.

Sarge has big plans to fix up the cabin next summer.  Plans that include building a new out house.

Banjo Man was happy to support the project.

(Son #1 pronounced this to be the worst Christmas present in the world, but he doesn’t like crock pots either.)