Oh, gift giving is fraught with perils! I opt out of being on either end of that game.

Hand made things can be a real albatross around the neck of the recipient and the social dynamics that it sets in place can be an unwelcomed dimension to a relationship.

NO, just NO!

Unless you have something really special that comes from your hands......... and, most of us dont, really.

Why spend the minutes of your life trying to find something for a gift that no one needs, or probably even wants? I am so completely done with all of that!.

Back in times where people had less, a gift may have been more appreciated. But, in our modern lives, most of us have so darned many doo dads already.

I came to the KT in 1999, which i recall started in 1998, & was here reguarly for several years, but only drift in occasionally now.

I don’t remember anyone with the moniker BunBun that you mentioned, but there was Kimmie BoomBoom who lived in the hills of Kentucky & was quite a character, & had clown gigs. Others:

Littlebit (Denise) from TN who drove a schoolbus, loved & grew irises.

Wanda from VA retired from gov’t service & loved quilting (like me).

Rella from Chicago who had a spin off forum from KT;

KathyOK;

Angela from Idaho;

Carwil (Carolyn) from Texas;

Susan from TX (originally from NJ?) loved roses & suffered from a very painful disease.

Ginger lived in Virgin Islands & retired to Mexico;

Dave (RIP) from Louisiana shared beautiful photos;

Donna was from Louisiana & later moved to TN;

Lynda from the Woodlands, Tx;

I think it was Tammy &/or her mom Joyce started the spinoff OurHumbleHome (OHH)

UglyBugg (Paula) from MI played bagpipes (?)

I cant recall the name of the gal from VA who had a summer ice cream stand & loved her German Sheppard dogs, one named Jager.

Lots of others …. i recall bits & pieces but cant recall names/monikers.

We had lots of laughs as well as some bickering & disagreements, but overall good times.

If you click on the Internet Archive link I posted above, you can click through the links and browse old pages from various dates and see all those long ago names...

Here's Sep. 2004...

https://web.archive.org/web/20040921235304/http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/kitchentable/

Seeing the old format is a blast from the past too 😀

P.S. Some of the posts are archived too, but not all, so when you click on some of them you can read them.

Not sure when I first joined Gardenweb - I miss it. I much preferred it to what is now the discussion forum of HOUZZ. So much arrogance and snark here now. Nothing like it used to be.