Since there have been several threads on what people want for Christmas, I thought I would toss in my 0.02.
You see I found this boat for sale.
If everybody chips in it would be a great place to hold that oft talked about but never seems to come together West Coast Dopefest. IIRC it sleeps about 2500 depending on how it is configured.
There do remain a few challenges:
We will have to be a city to get this done. With the wisdom of the Dope I am sure this is just a triffle
Fuel mileage is measured in gallons per foot.
Where do I park it?
Do I have to buy my own 16" shells? 
There’s got to be an empty pier around here somewhere…
I live near the beach, if that helps.
Okay, it’s a beach on Lake Ontario, and there’s a minor detail of a treaty forbidding warships on the Great Lakes, but hey, if the Soviets can declare an eighteen-wheeler to be a diplomatic pouch, I’m sure that we can weasel this one by…