Whadya Get? Whadya Get? Whadya Get? Whadya Get??

[Newai]

Whadya Get? Whadya Get??

I got a Blu-ray player and a netbook and something else from my woman that I can't describe publicly. Hmph. Anyway.

What did you get for Christmas? Did you like what you found? Because we all know what Christmas is really about!

 

[nucleargirl]

I got some homemade chocolate truffles from my manager who I really don't like and I don't think he likes me... was kinda scared to eat them... but then temptation took over... awaiting consequences...

 

[Borg]

My present is falling from the sky right now. Yeah, a white Christmas!

 

[Lacy33]

I got some homemade chocolate truffles from my manager who I really don't like and I don't think he likes me... was kinda scared to eat them... but then temptation took over... awaiting consequences...

nucleargirl nucleargirl can you hear us? Get cronxeh "da bwat!" He can revive her.

Back to the 5th floor. "Jerry ssweetie, please put a little bottle of rum in everyone's basket." "No Wait! that's the rehab floor!" "Give them the cookies we didn't give the diabetics."
I looooove Christmas. Like every Jewish woman I started in May. No kidding.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Mitzvah Day!

 

[turbo]

I got 3 $50 gift certificates from a neighbor. One to the local garden-supply store, one to the artisan butcher shop/deli, and one to a health-food store owned by an old musician friend. Those won't last long - they are some of our favorite businesses.

 

[dimensional]

In true nerd fashion, I just bought a bunch of books from Amazon.com...

I wish I could have gotten a http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/producer/maschine/", though! *drool*

 

[sam_cursed]

everyone.gave.me.chocolates.

EVERYONE.AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH

 

[zomgwtf]

I got a laptop and a dvd player, plus a few gift certificates to the mall. Best of all though I got to see my god-daughter. Haven't been able to see it very often because I'm living pretty far away from home for school this year she's grown up a lot since I last saw her (over the summer) her vocabularly has grown exponentially (she just turned two last month). Lol, last time I saw her she really only talked to me about seeing an airplane and some birdies and fishes. Now she was having a full out argument with me over a princess tiara, haha.

 

[Jack21222]

$650 in cash and a pair of jeans.

 

[Lisa!]

I got some homemade chocolate truffles from my manager who I really don't like and I don't think he likes me... was kinda scared to eat them... but then temptation took over... awaiting consequences...

 

[Newai]

everyone.gave.me.chocolates.

EVERYONE.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH

Is that why you're cursed?

 

[Pythagorean]

Mandolin
Wireless mouse
Socks
Hard drive

more coming =)

 

[sam_cursed]

Is that why you're cursed?

aha. cursed in so ways, you don't even know lol.

 

[leroyjenkens]

My gift was not having to go to a family Christmas dinner. That's all I wanted for Materialism Day (my new, more appropriate name for Christmas).

 

[Ivan Seeking]

In addition to some new sweats and various treats, Tsu got me several new sets of Wickers. Yay! I really needed some new ones.

I first bought these about twenty years ago as "military issue arctic thermalwear", but at some point the supplier went commercial, I guess, and they are sold under the indicated brand name as "high-performance underwear" . If you spend a lot of time in the cold, I strongly recommend them. I find they are comfortable to wear around the property as sweats [which is what they look like] from about 20 degrees F, to 70 degrees.
http://underwear.wickers.com/our-moisture-wicking-underwear-ZXpZXWA101ZXsZX1

My sister got me a clock for my office that has the hours expressed in equation form.

 

[mugaliens]

A Swiss Army knife and enough leftovers for dinner.

And breakfast.

 

[Evo]

I got a hambuger and fries. My favorite from Hardees.

And a very nice person from the forum sent me some lovely hippy soap.

 

[Astronuc]

Hot sauces, stinky cheeses (including a really strong blue cheese), Vegemite, sweater, and a nice book on the history of a nearby railroad structure and the railroads that used it.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I got a portable DVD player from my mom and dad.
Also, a portable cow creamer (from a very sweet forum friend).
Santa brought me some Ande's mints and I'm trying to not eat the whole box.

 

[turbo]

Mandolin
Wireless mouse
Socks
Hard drive

more coming =)

Hard to beat a mandolin... Nice present

Many years ago, I visited a friend who was renting a place in town, and he had bought a nice melon-back Gibson. He took it out and showed it to me, and went to the kitchen to cut up some cheese, pickles, etc for snacks. I started playing some changes on the mandolin and he hollered out "how long have you played mandolin?" and I told him that I never played it before. Then he said "I hate you!".

It's not all that hard. If you have struggled with violin and hammered out stuff on banjo, mandolin is a cake-walk.

BTW, The fellow that he was taking lessons from was a transplanted neighbor of a very dear friend of mine (eventually) in Winter Haven Florida. Nice old fellow that happens to own the best collection of Mississippi rifles in the whole US.

 

[turbo]

I got a hambuger and fries. My favorite from Hardees.

And a very nice person from the forum sent me some lovely hippy soap.

Gotta love the Hooper!

 

[Helios]

I got a metal detector! I'm going detectin' as soon as this freakish xmass snow clears up. Gold mining has been part of North Carolina ( Charlotte ) history. I have a creek right near my house which I plan to explore. Gold! That's the ticket. I'll find it by the handfulls!

 

[turbo]

I got a metal detector! I'm going detectin' as soon as this freakish xmass snow clears up. Gold mining has been part of North Carolina ( Charlotte ) history. I have a creek right near my house which I plan to explore. Gold! That's the ticket. I'll find it by the handfulls!

You might find bottle-caps and pull-tabs by the handfulls. If you start hauling out gold, please shoot me a PM and keep it under your hat.

 

[S_Happens]

Herringbone Pea Coat
Craftsman tool cabinet and chest (upper and lower toolboxes)
Shirts
Local Coffee
Locally processed venison jerky
Blu-ray movies
Various gift cards
An astronomy book and card game book with 4 decks of cards

A bunch of money from work to be here all night long.

We'll see what tomorrow brings since I was only able to visit half of my family due to my night schedule.

 

[Danger]

I got nothing and gave nothing. It was my first opportunity, now that I'm rid of the wife, to totally ignore the whole thing. My niece down the street, and an old family friend who had me over last year, both invited me to dinner. I had to decline, due to aspects of my illness which are too embarrassing to elaborate upon. It made me very happy to stay home with my cat, watch TV, and beat the living bejabers out of several dozen dragons.

Also, a portable cow creamer (from a very sweet forum friend).

Now you're just freaking me out. I love beef, and I love creamed corn, but this is a concept that I've never encountered before. Does it make something like chipped beef on toast (what was called "**** on a shingle" in the army)? Wouldn't a wood-chipper work just as well?

 

[Math Is Hard]

Now you're just freaking me out. I love beef, and I love creamed corn, but this is a concept that I've never encountered before. Does it make something like chipped beef on toast (what was called "**** on a shingle" in the army)? Wouldn't a wood-chipper work just as well?

Was Fargo on TV last night in Canada, too?

It's more simplistic than that. It's a little ceramic cow that holds coffee creamer. The tail is the handle, and when you tip it, cream pours out of the mouth. It's really adorable.



Ahh, just spoiled myself with some hippy soap today -- Madagascar vanilla.. so nice. :)

 

[Grep]

The tail is the handle, and when you tip it, cream pours out of the mouth.

That's vastly preferable to the other way around.

My family chipped in and got me a new winter coat. As previously mentioned, I despise winter. Maybe now I'll despise it less. Being cold is pretty much the biggest part of why I hate winter. All in all, a good gift. Really nice coat too. Thick goose down, and nice tough material that looks like it won't tear easily.

My old coat was a piece of <censored>. Within a week, a snap button ripped out of the cheap material. It was goose down, but I'm pretty sure they didn't inconvenience any significant number of geese to make it.

 

[Tsu]

Warm fuzzy socks, chocolate, a pretty sweater, chocolate, warm sheepskin boots, food basket with chocolate, foo foo stuff and lotion, peanut brittle and chocolate, a beautiful watch, chocolate... CHOCOLATE DIAMONDS ARE NEXT! (I don't care what turbo says... they're VERY pretty...'specially combined with white diamonds and gold... )

 

[theJorge551]

Hawking's On the Shoulders of Giants, Feynman's Six Not-So Easy Pieces, a guide of places to go in NYC, a tie, a new phone, pajama pants, and a Borders gift card.

 

[Janus]

Some assorted treats.
Pink Floyd's "Wish you Were Here" CD (I never got around to replacing my LP)
Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 1 on blu-ray.

Oh, and my wife's reaction when she opened her gift and realized that it was a laptop.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 1 on blu-ray.

I forgot to include my main gift - the first three seasons of The Big Bang Theory!

Tsu couldn't wait so she broke out seasons 1 and 2 long before Christmas.

 

[turbo]

My best gift was an evening with the neighbors, their daughter, and her two little girls (5 and 7). It was so much fun to spend time with the little ones, and they loved opening and playing with the gifts we gave them. Lots of art stuff, including markers and huge tablets of art paper that they could clamp to their easels. We got some BIG pictures - way too big for the refrigerator door. Duke got to visit with his gay buddy, Max, and they gave Duke a very large mesh bag of tennis balls and a cute 12-days-of-Christmas card (all dog-themed) packed in a nice gift-bag with dog/Christmas graphics.

I have spent countless hours helping mill out lumber on the saw-mill and building an addition for the daughter and her girls last summer and fall, so the family went kind of overboard with gifts for us, including gift certificates to a garden shop, the artisan butcher shop/deli, and the health-food store. A very nice Christmas. Still, the best part of the holiday was friendship and hanging out with people we are close to. Al doesn't drink any more, but he must have spent at least $50 or so making a large bowl of fruit punch loaded with fruits, berries, and liquors for the rest of the adults.

Our card was inscribed in part "to the best neighbors and greatest friends" and Duke's card was inscribed "to our favorite 4-legged friend". Hard to beat that.

 

[Char. Limit]

Speaker system (with subwoofer! X3), four music CDs, a DVD from the Big Four of Metal, new watch, iTunes money, and a chocolate orange!

I am content.

 

[RedAnsar]

t-shirt
Hyperspace by Michio Kaku
electric blanket
digital watch
$50 + $25movie gift card