{"id":1349,"date":"2009-08-07T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T04:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2011-07-20T01:01:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T05:01:41","slug":"i-got-a-match-pik-for-a-birthday-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2009\/08\/07\/i-got-a-match-pik-for-a-birthday-present\/","title":{"rendered":"I got a Match PIK for a birthday present"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>I recently received a belated birthday present from a volunteer at our hospital. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c354d1e329b235f1862b41000f5a4d18\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* Guitar_inpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3631424768\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>She came up to me in my work area and told me to close my eyes and hold out my hand. I thought it was a joke and I thought it would be nice to be at the butt end of one for a change, so I did what I was told. She then dropped what seemed to feel like a piece of cardboard in my hand and excitedly opened my eyes! What I found was what looked like a match pack, but the wording on it said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimdunlop.com\/index.php?page=products\/pip&amp;id=37&amp;pmh=products\/picks\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ext-link\">Match Pik<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>At that time, everyone around me was looking at me including Connie and they were all smiling. I thought wow, a pack of matches, how nice?! She then said &#8220;Happy Birthday Chris!&#8221;. I followed up with &#8220;Oh, you shouldn&#8217;t have!&#8221;.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Upon further examination of this bright red pack of matches that I just accepted as a birthday gift, I saw the words &#8220;Jim Dunlop USA&#8221; near the bottom of it. At this point I was thinking to myself &#8220;What the hell is this?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1353 aligncenter\" title=\"matchpik\" src=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/matchpik.jpg\" alt=\"matchpik\" width=\"297\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/matchpik.jpg 297w, https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/matchpik-150x137.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back at Connie, she was laughing at this point and said &#8220;Open it!&#8221; When I did, I found six .88 mm grey guitar picks inside! What a fabulous gift! 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