Loot!

[eds1275]

Share your loot if you got anything awesome. Not that that's what the holiday is about, but I won't lie it is a perk to be on the receiving side of things from time to time.

For myself I ordered a computer for a console emulator to live in the living room. Can hardly wait to play some 3d0 games!

I got a sweet coffee mug that has a telecaster-ish guitar for the handle. It's a porcelain mug and it keeps the coffee hot for a while yet doesn't bugger up the taste like a plastic travel mug does. It has replaced my previous coffee mug (which was just a black mug, but good at keeping things warm.) I got this new mug from a friend when we exchanged gifts last week. I likely won't be getting anything from my wife as we decided not to do gifts, but then she found out I got her one anyways so I may. I will post back tomorrow if anything happens!

[Louis Tully]

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[Ginsu Victim]

Xbox 360:
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Season Pass
Alien: Isolation
Titanfall: Deluxe Edition
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Battlefield 4
stuff to customize some controllers

[eds1275]

I bought this for my christmas gift a couple months ago.    I gotta wrap it tonight.

Niiiiiiiice. I play in a ukelele band, switching between uke and mandolin. I really want to but can't justify a more expensive instrument - currently I play a $30 one.

[horizon]

Going to Vegas to see Chris D'elia's standup at the Mirage, and staying at the Luxor for very, very cheap.

New AC1750 router

[BadMouth]

Bought myself a Kreg jig and screw sampler a few months ago.  (bought myself too much stuff in the past few weeks to list)
Had the famdamnly buy me the various clamps and bulk boxes of the screws I'll use the most.
Also got the Kreg rip guide for the circular saw and a Jasper circle cutting jig.

Nephew's favorite gift was the upgrades to his cab; a new pc and a 2 player CP.
The big draw though was the addition of beat 'em ups.

[yotsuya]

Share your loot if you got anything awesome.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142590.0.html

[knave]

I Started early both for myself and for the family.

For me:
core i3 4g ram windows tablet
core i5 8g all purpose laptop
240 gb solid state hard drive
Bunch of steam games
Cool stainless steel Coffee mug
Travel/stovetop coffee percolator (coffee turns out delicious)
Vasectomy
Replacement green Laser pointer and a violet/blue one for fun
Strings for an old guitar I've been given
Really eyeing a banjo Uke at the music store
New sonicare toothbrush
New rechargeable batteries for several of my toys

[horizon]

I Started early both for myself and for the family.

For me:
Vasectomy

I did this last year.  Fairly painful but totally worth the peace of mind!

[jdbailey1206]

Share your loot if you got anything awesome.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142590.0.html

This thread doesnt hurt but I thought that was whole point of Yots thread.  To share the goodies we will or have received this year.

[horizon]

Share your loot if you got anything awesome.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142590.0.html

This thread doesnt hurt but I thought that was whole point of Yots thread.  To share the goodies we will or have received this year.

Honestly I saw chuffing or whatnot in the title and, since it has a similar title as another thread I choose to not view at work, I kind of skipped right over it. 

Didn't even know what that thread was about.

[yotsuya]

It's all good, bro. It's just easier to keep it all in one place.

[BadMouth]

I took the other thread for a place to post stuff you bought for other people. 

[danny_galaga]

[Malenko]

I took the other thread for a place to post stuff you bought for other people. 

me too.


I got:
4 Philadelphia Flyer's tickets
Hockey stick autographed by the 3 Flyers Captains (Giroux, Streit, and Simmonds)
WiiU with Super Mario World, Smash Brothers, and Donkey Kong Tropical Breeze
Bad Ass Dewalt Drill.
New electric razor

[jdbailey1206]

I got:
4 Philadelphia Flyer's tickets
Hockey stick autographed by the 3 Flyers Captains (Giroux, Streit, and Simmonds)
Bad Ass Dewalt Drill.

Schweeet.  Hockey.  What kind of 'Bad Ass' drill is it?

[eds1275]

Share your loot if you got anything awesome.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142590.0.html

Sorry, didn't realize that the other one was also about received gifts. And yes, I am aware I even posted in there... must be the ripe old age of 32, when everything gets fuzzy... if it makes you feel better all I got for xmas was that coffee mug.

[yotsuya]

Hahaha! No worries. Some other forums I'm on end up with like 30 loot threads, so it's nice to keep it in one place. 

[horizon]

Update to loot:

Archer C7 v2 AC1750 router
SiriusXM subscription renewal
350 dollars worth of Home Depot gift cards
various gift cards for date nights

I think this was the year of the remote control in our house.  My son received 2 RC baja style cars, 2 RC robot boxers (similar to rock'em sock'em), and two RC bumper cars.  They all run on the same two frequencies, so its been hysterical.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Scratch-made beef stroganoff is on tap for dinner.  Be jealous fellas.

[SNAAKE]

got nothin

[PL1]

Thanks again to Bruno, Jon, and Kevin (the KADE Team) for an Amazon gift certificate.     


Scott

[thomas_surles]

Got a n64 in the original box, and Sega dreamcast.

[jdbailey1206]

Scratch-made beef stroganoff is on tap for dinner.  Be jealous fellas.

I would be jelly but my wife makes a mean stroganoff.  Damn it.  Now I want stroganoff.  Good job horizon.   

[Nephasth]

Scratch-made beef stroganoff is on tap for dinner.  Be jealous fellas.

I would be jelly but my wife makes a mean stroganoff.  Damn it.  Now I want stroganoff.  Good job horizon.   

It's gotta be over rice, though. None of that egg noodle ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---.

[knave]

It's gotta be over rice, though. None of that egg noodle ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---.

You beat me too it...my in-laws are from the old-country...
I was educated in Vodka and stroganoff in a hurry.

[Generic Eric]

Say what you want about the noodles, but you are blowing this out of proportion.

[jdbailey1206]

Stroganoff over rice?  I have been eating a lie all these years.  A delicious, delicious lie.

[Nephasth]

Stroganoff over rice?  I have been eating a lie all these years.  A delicious, delicious lie.

Once you try it the right way, your life will never be the same.

[bradx]

surprise gift from my mother in law, wow!

[eds1275]

Nice! I can't read the headstock but looks like a lot of fun.

   On a boxing day sale, I picked up a Mackie 1604vlz3 for $125! Last month I traded a crummy guitar processor for a mackie 1604vlz so now I have two of them. I'm trying to sell either one of them and make a little profit. I need one for my rehearsal PA.

[pbj]

I spent "boxing day" looking at houses with my mother in law that plans on selling her estate and tightening that blessed 2,500 mile gap.  12 hours at a mall have also been involved.

Pray for me, BYOAC.

[dkersten]

I did post this first thing in the other thread, but a few weeks before Christmas I spoiled myself and picked up a new acer g-sync 27" gaming monitor for my gaming rig, along with a corsair gaming keyboard (full rgb keys, all programmable, cherry switches, etc.. not bad).  Oh, and a new Samsung 850 pro ssd to replace my first gen ssd drive that was always out of room.  Gaming computer is up to date again, even if I am only playing games that you can play on a $300 laptop.. lol.

Then my folks followed the tradition started last year (mostly in effort to avoid as much death tax as possible) and gifted each of us "kids" a healthy amount of cash.  Mostly I will use it for my middle daughter who is starting college in the Fall, but yesterday I bought a new gun safe at Cabela's.. 605 lbs of awesomeness.  Makes me want to buy a few more guns now that I have more room to store them safely... and now I can have ammo around the house for the guns I didn't have secured.  Gonna get it delivered and hauled down stairs next week..

Actually though, as good of a year as it has been for me, the best Christmas gift I got was to have all my kids with me the whole time.  On top of this, my girlfriend's son texted on the 20th and said he would be home for Christmas, and ended up here the next day.  What a great surprise.  He hasn't been home since he was assigned to Ft. Hood over a year ago, and she had really been missing him. 

I took the few days between each holiday off so I got nearly 2 weeks off work in a row, and plan to finish the final editing of my book and get it up on Amazon.  Keep getting distracted by other lazy things to do though, lol!  Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

[Louis Tully]

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[pbj]

I took the few days between each holiday off so I got nearly 2 weeks off work in a row, and plan to finish the final editing of my book and get it up on Amazon. 

Nice! What's it about?

Concise communication

[yotsuya]

I took the few days between each holiday off so I got nearly 2 weeks off work in a row, and plan to finish the final editing of my book and get it up on Amazon. 

Nice! What's it about?

Concise communication

Fake rep for you! 

[Ginsu Victim]

Nice! I can't read the headstock but looks like a lot of fun.

I can't tell either, but it looks like a knock-off of the Chet Atkins Gretsch hollow body style.
http://www.andybabiuksfabgear.com/gretsch-g6120dsv-chet-atkins-hollow-body

[Louis Tully]

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[dkersten]

I took the few days between each holiday off so I got nearly 2 weeks off work in a row, and plan to finish the final editing of my book and get it up on Amazon. 

Nice! What's it about?

Concise communication

ouch...

It's about a man who goes under for a surgery in 1966 and wakes up about 300 years later in a post apocalyptic world where humankind is on the brink of extinction. 

Hoping to finish up today and start preparing it for publishing on Amazon so friends and family can read the final draft.  I have picked it up to work on it about a half dozen times over the past 5 years since finishing it the first time, and usually don't get more than half way through before life gets in the way of writing.  So this is the first time in about 4 years I have read the second half of the book, and I am really enjoying reading it.

[pbj]

Let us know when it's available for sale, I try to encourage the arts amongst those I 'know' when I can afford to do so.

 

[Cobolisdead]

I ended up getting a good haul this year:

several button down shirts for work
A SMB t-shirt from my future in laws!
The Wii U bundle with Super Mario 3D World, Smash Brothers U, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, and Nintendoland.
2014 and 2013 Holiday sets of Magic the Gathering
And a lot of cash from my mom to help with my Car loan!

[dkersten]

Let us know when it's available for sale, I try to encourage the arts amongst those I 'know' when I can afford to do so.

 

I will, and I intend to put it up as cheap as I can, I am not looking to make money on it, just to get it out there. 

[Malenko]

Schweeet.  Hockey.  What kind of 'Bad Ass' drill is it?

20V cordless with 2 batteries to replace my piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- Ryobi

[wp34]

My mom got me the SuperBoy portable SNES for Christmas.  I'm having a ball playing my old SNES cartridges.

[wp34]

She also got me this sweet light because she is a bit of a Nintendo fanboy. If I would have been born in the 90's my name probably would have been Link.   

[Generic Eric]

Let us know when it's available for sale, I try to encourage the arts amongst those I 'know' when I can afford to do so.

 

I will, and I intend to put it up as cheap as I can, I am not looking to make money on it, just to get it out there. 

Can you publish in other channels if you use amazon?   Would you  consider humble bundle?

[dkersten]

From what I read last night, as long as I don't opt to include my book in the prime membership sharing or any special promotions, then I am allowed to publish through other means. 
pretty much done, just writing a synopsis today and coming up with last minute cover art.  Changed the title, so had to spend about 15 hours revising things to make it fit right.

[jennifer]

     Jenn bought herself a 5000 watt Olite exposure unit lamp. The shipping weight was like 200lbs however so I had to charter a delivery truck too....It did arrive just in time for Christmas so Dance, Dance. 

[Louis Tully]

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