Show Off Your Christmas Presents

[W3H5]

I’m sure plenty of us have had a few early gifts, whether to ourselves or from somebody who didn’t care much for waiting for the 25th.

My wife bought me a lovely thing after my relentless complaining that my current tea cup is too small I have to keep remaking tea. If only there was a convenient way to brew a larger portion of tea to see me through the evening...

I’ve also ordered myself a briarwood chuchwarden pipe as a gift to myself so I can have longer smoking sessions. Cigs are just too brief for me these days.

 

[TB]

Just like the last few years, this is what I'll be getting:

 

[MatskiMonk]

Just like the last few years, this is what I'll be getting:

This is what I'm hoping for too! Especially since the list of everything I will have bought by Christmas day looks like this:

 

[alp]

 

[TexRex]

Just like the last few years, this is what I'll be getting:

Sad trombone.

 

[kikie]

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[W3H5]

You guys suck at receivership.

 

[Silver Arrows]

You guys suck at receivership.

We weren't loved enough, it seems.

 

[TB]

We weren't loved enough, it seems.

At best I'm tolerated.

 

[W3H5]

At best I'm tolerated.

I think my wife would use the term “stuck with” for me.

This should be the Who Is Unloved? Thread.

 

[Silver Arrows]

I guess to break the pitying mood here, I know what my Christmas present will be from my parents: a new laptop. Which one will be up to me, and will probably buy it during Boxing Day.

 

[Northstar]

I got a rock....

 

[Leadfoot530]

I got a rock....

 

[W3H5]

I got a rock....

Cool

 

[kikie]

Is this thread actually about showing off the Christmas presents you bought or going to get?
Whatever it is, in my case my post #6 is still accurate. >>>> Nothing at all.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

I got a rock....

Drugs are bad

 

[daan]

Sad trombone.

Who is getting you that?

 

[W3H5]

Got given a box of homemade cookies by one of my students. 9.5/10. Would have been a full 10 if she’d have given them to me in private so I didn’t have to share them with the class.

 

[rono_thomas]

Got given a box of homemade cookies by one of my students. 9.5/10. Would have been a full 10 if she’d have given them to me in private so I didn’t have to share them with the class.

brilliant.

 

[Robin]

That's a bit unfair to be given a specimen note!

 

[Roo]

This is something I'm giving, not receiving.

Each year I try think of something my 4 and 9 year old nephews will love, but will wind my sister up (in a nice way). Last year I gave them a 2' tall, 4kg chocolate Santa, which lasted until Easter. This year I'm giving them - along with their presents - an alternative Christmas card.

They're both into cars, and as I work in a scrapyard now, I had an idea: remove the letters from car boot (trunk) lids before they go to be crushed, spell out a Christmas greeting and stick them on a bonnet. It took about 2 months to make sure I had enough letters, and longer then I expected to get them stuck on, but now it's done and ready for tomorrow. Names blurred out to protect the guilty.

Where it's going to go in a 2 bed flat I don't know, but the boys will get a kick out of it and that's what matters.

 

[daan]

This is something I'm giving, not receiving.

Each year I try think of something my 4 and 9 year old nephews will love, but will wind my sister up (in a nice way). Last year I gave them a 2' tall, 4kg chocolate Santa, which lasted until Easter. This year I'm giving them - along with their presents - an alternative Christmas card.

They're both into cars, and as I work in a scrapyard now, I had an idea: remove the letters from car boot (trunk) lids before they go to be crushed, spell out a Christmas greeting and stick them on a bonnet. It took about 2 months to make sure I had enough letters, and longer then I expected to get them stuck on, but now it's done and ready for tomorrow. Names blurred out to protect the guilty.

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Where it's going to go in a 2 bed flat I don't know, but the boys will get a kick out of it and that's what matters.

And now we have to work out which cars each letter came from...

 

[sesselpupser]

Just like the last few years, this is what I'll be getting:

Man this picture is taking forever to load! Can't wait to see what it is.




Ohhh...

 

[35mm]

The best unexpected present were these cool PS1 coasters:

Incredible how detailed and close to the originals these are.

 

[kikie]

I think I'm going to buy myself a few Christmas presents.

• Assetto Corsa packs
• Automobilista
• rFactor 2
• maybe pCars 2
• maybe Dirt Rally
• maybe DCS world helicopters

EDIT: I'm in doubt. I tried the rFactor 2 demo and I'm not impressed. Although rF2 and AMS are true sims with, as I have read, awesome physics, the graphics are a dealbreaker. I love eye candy.

 

[zzz_pt]

I'm not a fan of buying or getting presents for Christmas, because I usually like to buy things for myself whenever I want or give things other people need when they need them.

Still, among other tbings, got these two (I never complain about getting books):

 

[W3H5]

I'm not a fan of buying or getting presents for Christmas, because I usually like to buy things for myself whenever I want or give things other people need when they need them.

Still, among other tbings, got these two (I never complain about getting books):

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I’ve been meaning to grab a copy of that Peterson book myself.

Aaaaand my pipe arrived!

 

[opelgt1969]

I’ve been meaning to grab a copy of that Peterson book myself.

Aaaaand my pipe arrived!
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Seen some things to clean pipes with (pipe cleaners) and they are called "Fuzzy Sticks"

 

[Dean]

It’s hard to find a suitable picture for my "gift", so here’s the closest thing to it:

Yes, I more or less got a job for Christmas, it’s in a store but it’s certainly better than not having one.

 

[Lizard]

I’ve been meaning to grab a copy of that Peterson book myself.

Aaaaand my pipe arrived!
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Now you can be a philosopher.