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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: shmokes on December 25, 2008, 11:18:53 am
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As usual, spoiled by my in-laws. I got a cordless dremel tool, which is awesome since I somehow lost my dremel in the move to Florida. I also got a cool little dremel vice, a huge set of bits and a set of diamond cutting discs (my favorite of all dremel accessories). They also got me a lounge patio chair (which I can use right now since it's still hitting above 80 degrees here regularly >:D ). They also gave me various little items like boxers, tie, shirt, $50 gift certificate to American Eagle.
And Stacy gave me tickets to the Sony Ericson Open (professional tennis tournament in Miami)!!! So. Effing. Excited. They're nosebleed, but that's okay. We won't always be poor. ;D
I was secretly hoping for Rock Band 2 for the Wii, but I knew I wasn't going to get it. Too expensive. :)
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I got... Nothing.
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it's still hitting above 80 degrees here regularly
Suck it, sir. :bat
(Now that's a funny smiley!)
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I got
New computer (dual core 3 ghz with 4 GB RAM)
Vizio 32" Plasma
(http://www.vizio.com/uploadedImages/30_Products/310_TVs/313_32_to_41/VP322.jpg)
The Dude 8" Figure
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E3GuIzg7L._SS500_.jpg)
8 GB iPod nano (silver)
(http://images.apple.com/ipodnano/gallery/images/ipodnano_silver_image3_20080909.jpg)
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My biggies...
- My wife and I got each other 16GB iPhones.. One of the coolest gadgets I've ever owned.
- My parents got me Guitar Hero: World Tour for the Wii.. AWESOME game. But my wife keeps hogging the drums...
Overall, a fun Christmas so far!!
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I got a new sound system for my Jeep, Simpsons season 11, 50 bucks at Best Buy, that Pac Man machine tree ornament from Hallmark, and an Xbox Live wireless headset from my brother (that way he can hear me complain about him beating me up in COD...)
Overall, good haul!
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We spent light this year. My wife made me some kick ass things though. She made me a cover for my bumper pool table, and crocheted plush Mario and Luigi dolls. No pics yet, but will put them up soon. I'll be bugging her to make some sets to sell I think.
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The Dude 8" Figure
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E3GuIzg7L._SS500_.jpg)
now THAT is cool! i was going to say i got nothing, but i did receive from new zealand something i ordered a while ago but forgot about
(http://www.wetanz.com/collectibles/images/Galleries_500h/55/image_3_500h.jpg)
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A statue figurine of General Zod killing "The Mask"??
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A statue figurine of General Zod killing "The Mask"??
And here I thought it was Dick Tracy... Now it all makes sense. Once Zod kills the ghostbusters, we will see the next coming of Moses...
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My last name is Moses.
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yes, so in fact what i bought was a statue of shmokes killing dick tracey ;D
you should feel honoured shmokes, for the price, i could have bought a wii...
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My last name is Moses.
And you celebrate a festival meant by the holy Roman empire to help facilitate the conversion of pagan celts to christianity to further the level of control over them?
BTW, Did I mention that I didn't get anything for festivus?
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I got a few dvds and games, but the most unusual thing I got is a professional magic tilt box. It was made for a recent show where they brought the box out on stage, showed it was empty, then the host of the show jumped out of the box. It was taken apart for transport after the show and I haven't had a chance to put it together yet, so it's still in pieces, but I'll hopefully have time tommorrow night to start putting it back together. My brother-in-law's dad was once kind of big in the magic field (he was the first person to ever do a magic show on ice back in the 1940's or 50's, knew all of the greats like Blackstone, Mark Wilson, etc., and is still friends with the owner of the magic castle), and he made this box for the recent show and decided to let me have it since I've always been into magic. It should be pretty cool once I get it together.
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I got Rock Band 2 and I cant quit playing it.
Man the Drums are fun
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My last name is Moses.
And you celebrate a festival meant by the holy Roman empire to help facilitate the conversion of pagan celts to christianity to further the level of control over them?
BTW, Did I mention that I didn't get anything for festivus?
I celebrate whatever anybody else is celebrating so long as it's fun. :) I'm neither Christian nor Pagan, but I celebrate Halloween and Christmas without hesitation.
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AC/DC tickets! (Technically, I bought them for my son, but he has to take me along :) ).
Also, uranium ore sample for calibrating my Geiger counter, ST:TNG seasons 2 & 3 and Tenacious D on Blu-ray.
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I got... Nothing.
j
Awwwww. I's give ya's a big squish. Incidentally, I haven't really gotten anything yet, either. Well, twenty bucks from an aunt - which was very welcome, although quite surprising. But anyways all I usually get is some money from my parents and then maybe something from my dad's sister. (My last grandparent - gramma - died early in the year so nothing from her now.) What's most important to me, though, is hanging with the family, which we didn in plenty yesterday through the evening. Good 'nuff fo me.
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Cabinet style meat smoker and an RF scanner. :)
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Cabinet style meat smoker and an RF scanner. :)
CHAD SMOKES MEAT!
I got Seinfeld:the complete collection
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Wii (Whee!), with Animal Crossing
Some clothes
Star Trek PEZ dispensers (The original enterprise crew!)
Giant PEZ dispenser
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protokatie, you speak of Horus & Isis......once a person reads up on that subject they are ever the same.
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CHAD SMOKES MEAT!
Don't mess with a man's BBQ.
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Wii (Whee!), with Animal Crossing
Some clothes
Star Trek PEZ dispensers (The original enterprise crew!)
Giant PEZ dispenser
Are you a collector?
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Wii (Whee!), with Animal Crossing
Some clothes
Star Trek PEZ dispensers (The original enterprise crew!)
Giant PEZ dispenser
Are you a collector?
Well, a novice one .. I was in Disney world back in 2001, and they had a PEZ store in main st. I bought a Bee-head, and over the years started getting a few more here and there. The Wife got me a set of Pink Panther characters (from the cartoon) one year for our anniversary .. those are my favorite ones, never released in the states.
Total so far is around 55.
</nerd ramble>
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I ended up getting a copy of Lego Star Wars for the Wii (wanted it but never got around to buying it for myself) and Bully (also for the Wii - really fun game). I received a copy of Season 11 of The Simpsons and am wondering why they decided to cheap out on the packaging (cardboard sleeves instead of the plastic hubs?). My girlfriend got me a bunch of boardgames. Oh, and I finally got a copy of "King of Kong". Can't wait to sit down and watch that. Also, a couple of good books: Artie Lange's "Too Fat To Fish" and a book called "The Dumbest Generation" which discusses technology's impact on this generation of teenagers. A lot of good stuff to keep me entertained until the end of the year. :D
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I received a copy of Season 11 of The Simpsons and am wondering why they decided to cheap out on the packaging (cardboard sleeves instead of the plastic hubs?)
I was wondering the same. I think it might have been along the same lines as the Futurama movies being "carbon neutral" i.e. no plastics (or something, thats the only thing I can think of since everything is cardboard on those packages). Just cardboard that happens to be cheap. These things will get wrecked within one road trip. I think I might make thin-pak inserts and keep the cardboard for show.
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I got an Archos 605, which is kind of like a less elegant but more functional iPod touch.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4370-11399_7-312-101.html
Also got a PS3 with Tiger Woods 09 and that early release of GT5 (prologue?). I've been wanting a BluRay player so the PS3 has that covered. Not sure if there are any Stern fans on here, but I got the audio book of Artie Lange's Too Fat To Fish. Haven't listened to any of it yet, but looking forward to listening to that while driving.
It was a good gadget year... I got the Archos, and I got my wife an iPod Touch and my daughter a Nintendo DS. I'll end up getting to use those when they get bored with them. I have a PSP and always dismissed the DS as a kiddie handheld, but it does seem pretty fun. My daughter is only 4 and absolutely loves it.
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I ran into Santa at Best Buy yesterday, and after a brief tussle, he was persuaded to get me an lcd TV. ;D
House Brand Dynex LCD. The reason I got it was because the floor model Dynex looked better than most of the other brands - even the fancy Sony's and such. They are rebadged LG LCD's apparently. 4 year warranty was only $69 too!
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Wii (Whee!), with Animal Crossing
Some clothes
Star Trek PEZ dispensers (The original enterprise crew!)
Giant PEZ dispenser
Are you a collector?
Well, a novice one .. I was in Disney world back in 2001, and they had a PEZ store in main st. I bought a Bee-head, and over the years started getting a few more here and there. The Wife got me a set of Pink Panther characters (from the cartoon) one year for our anniversary .. those are my favorite ones, never released in the states.
Total so far is around 55.
</nerd ramble>
Me too. Mine also started by accident. I'm up to at least 300 now, I think. It's pretty interesting how quickly it grows over time simply by picking them up in the store when you see ones you don't have.
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I got a cool tripod and scanner for my website (in progress) and 2 inches off my waist too! :woot
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we went a bit skimpy this year.
I got a new meat slicer. ( not plastic) ( I have worn 2 plastic ones out)
RCA 4 gig mp3 player
( bought my daughter a black 4 gig zune)
Stupid thing needs to log onto internet. was down loading from 8am to 8pm and internet booted me off :angry:
(28k dial up :embarassed: )
Bunch of University Of Kentucky stuff
(we have a UK room :cheers:)
spent $400.00 at Walmart yesterday day.
bought a 500 gig maxtor one touch ! this was HUGE deal to me
all my PCs have 40 to 80 gigs hard drives. I have backed up all my PCs and have a huge amount of space for my movies
with every thing 1/2 off we bought all new Christmas lights, new fiber optic tree , well the works... Next year will be a snap to set up the house.
I had to go with a fiber optic because all my darn cats.
They broke the base of the old tree. (climbing up and down it)
chewed on all the lights.
squirt gun is no help. Cats get baths every week. They love the water.
I will take a bath and at least one cat will jump in.
I did find a stock pile of PS2 games for $2.00 at a rental store
My daughter (13 years old) and I stayed up all night and finished Ratatouille
she loved it.
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They are rebadged LG LCD's apparently. 4 year warranty was only $69 too!
Olevia is the same thing. I have two of those - for the price it's a standout TV.
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LG 22" LCD for the kitchen to replace an aging 17" Dell LCD tv that's acting flaky
Gears of War 2
Fallout 3
WowWee TriBot to add to my collection of useless robotic toys
Skagen titanium watch
nice pair of casual shoes from Aldo
Most bought "after christmas" since we had 2 weeks of terrible weather before christmas and it was almost impossible to get to the malls / stores and even UPS/FedEx/USPS delayed delivery of tons of stuff....
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Clothes.
Being an adult with mature friends and family sux.
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Clothes.
Being an adult with mature friends and family sux.
I've openly banned anyone from getting me clothing (my sister is the only one who choose to ignore that). Not that I don't appreciate the gift, but often times, it's the wrong size or something I can't see myself wearing yet I haven't the patience to go and return it.
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Having our son, 16 months, as the emphasis this year, it made xmas for the wife and I kind of challenging, and in the end cool. We both decided we didn't want anything, so we both decided to get each other one gift that we didn't know about and it had to be either sentimental, handmade, or both. I bought her a necklace with 7 stones of our childs birth month. The idea being that when the next child is born in March she can change half the stones out with his birth stone and so on. Easy score for me there! She made me a very nice scrapbook of my first semester teaching. It was exactly the kind of thing I would love to have made if I sat down and took the time. So, with the kid kind of understanding what was going on with the toys and our gifting, it was an excellent xmas! I never thought I would say that without getting some sort of gadget for xmas.
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I got... Nothing.
Me neither. But then we celebrated the original Saint Nicholas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas) a few weeks earlier.
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Stupid thing needs to log onto internet. was down loading from 8am to 8pm and internet booted me off :angry:
(28k dial up :embarassed: )
i feel for you there. i have adsl, but it doesnt normally get up above about 28k :angry:
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I got... Nothing.
Me neither. But then we celebrated the original Saint Nicholas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas) a few weeks earlier.
just looking at that wiki:
"He was also a patron of the Varangian Guard"
sounds kinda star trek-y to me ;D
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I got... Nothing.
Me neither. But then we celebrated the original Saint Nicholas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas) a few weeks earlier.
just looking at that wiki:
"He was also a patron of the Varangian Guard"
sounds kinda star trek-y to me ;D
That makes no sense at all. Saint Nicholas gives presents away. That must be against every "Varangi" rule of acquisition :P
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I ran into Santa at Best Buy yesterday, and after a brief tussle, he was persuaded to get me an lcd TV. ;D
House Brand Dynex LCD. The reason I got it was because the floor model Dynex looked better than most of the other brands - even the fancy Sony's and such. They are rebadged LG LCD's apparently. 4 year warranty was only $69 too!
What size?
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What size?
Just a 32". Anything bigger would have been too big for my basement. My couch is only like 8' away.
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I got a GPS system I didn't want, but to balance that out I got Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, and a stairstepper.
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In-laws rocked it with a portable fold up table saw for my tiny town-home garage, it also has a router attachment leaf plate which I am excited about, as it will double as a router table.
Aside from that, some wireless headphones for the Xbox, and Left 4 Dead on the PC are the highlights.
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In-laws rocked it with a portable fold up table saw for my tiny town-home garage, it also has a router attachment leaf plate which I am excited about, as it will double as a router table.
Interesting. Could you post a link to the product?
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I got a GPS system I didn't want, but to balance that out I got Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, and a stairstepper.
I also got a GPS (Garmin Nuvi). I never even thought about getting one, but after playing with it for the last few days it seems pretty cool. It should prove useful on some of our family road trips.
Also got Midnight Club LA for the 360 and it absolutely rocks. Haven't even tried it online yet; I'm having too much fun in "campaign" mode.
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Oh, I forgot to mention, my wife and kids also got me four pounds of backbacon, three french toasts, two turtlenecks, and a beer in a tree. ;D
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In-laws rocked it with a portable fold up table saw for my tiny town-home garage, it also has a router attachment leaf plate which I am excited about, as it will double as a router table.
Interesting. Could you post a link to the product?
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00921829000P
Think it was another $100 off at the time of purchase, pretty excited to get some projects up and running with this, as before all I had for large cuts was a circular saw and sawboards. You can see the plate with the router hole and attachment splines on the right part of the picture.
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Oh, I forgot to mention, my wife and kids also got me four pounds of backbacon, three french toasts, two turtlenecks, and a beer in a tree. ;D
five golden toques!! :applaud:
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We got a 52 inch Sharp Aquos LCD for the family. It wasn't even my idea...not right now anyway. My wife called me from her work the day after Christmas and told me of a great deal she saw in the paper on it (close to $1000.00 off the original price). She told me if I liked it to go ahead and get it...... so I did! I love my wife!!!!!!!!!!!
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This was a "light" year for my family so not a lot of money was spent. I'm hard to shop for as I've got tons of t-shirts for work and golf clothes, I just built 2 Quad-Core PCs for me and the wife less than a month ago, and I don't need (or have the room for!) any more power tools. My wife got me NHL 2008 for the PS2, Lego Star Wars II for the PS2, a Garmin Nuvi 260W navigational device, the new Clive Cussler book, and a couple small items. I know that sounds like a lot, but the 2 games were $20 for both on sale.
I'm not upset, it's just this year was trying, in more ways than one, and we decided as a family to keep things simply, inexpensive, and treasure each other vs. spending tons of cash on presents we don't really need. Oh, we did get the girls Guitar Hero: World Tour for the PS2 and I proved to them what I've known for years -- even though I love 80's songs, I can't sing them into a microphone to save my arse. I sound great when the radio is turned way up in the car and I'm driving down the road, but, at home, in front of a TV, with my wife and daughters right there? Forget it. :laugh2:
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I sound great when the radio is turned way up in the car and I'm driving down the road
ROFLMAO . . . Don't be so sure.
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Oh, I forgot to mention, my wife and kids also got me four pounds of backbacon, three french toasts, two turtlenecks, and a beer in a tree. ;D
Take off, EH!
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Wife surprised me with a U360. She got me one last year as well. At this rate it will take two more Christmases to get my cab done. ;D
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Just a 32". Anything bigger would have been too big for my basement. My couch is only like 8' away.
32 inches for seventy bucks? Wow.
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Just a 32". Anything bigger would have been too big for my basement. My couch is only like 8' away.
32 inches for seventy bucks? Wow.
The warranty was $70.
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Just a 32". Anything bigger would have been too big for my basement. My couch is only like 8' away.
32 inches for seventy bucks? Wow.
The warranty was $70.
OH. Silly me.
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Went to the in-laws, and father-in-law got my wife a Garmin Nuvi 200 GPS. It is a neat little tool, but I would never blindly put my faith in it.
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Why not? If you don't know where you are, what better alternative do you have? I've had quite a few experiences where the maps were wrong in my GPS, but it's never a big deal. If it's wrong you're not gonna pull over and give up. You just say, "WTF? There's no Walmart here," and you do another search and head over to another one. But 99% of the time the thing is spot on, and it's a gajillion times easier and safer than using a traditional map (which is also often not up-to-date, just like the GPS).
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I'm not weighing up presents in this but I had one of the best Xmas's ever :)
I did however get a 120GB Classic iPod (my choice, 120GB Classic>16GB Touch for =£), a Spacies T-shirt (she knows me too well! :)) Wall-E on DVD, some Argos and WH Smith vouchers. We've spent the WHS vouchers on cooking books already, the Argos ones will go on some random kitchenware as were getting our first place soon.
Why not? If you don't know where you are, what better alternative do you have? I've had quite a few experiences where the maps were wrong in my GPS, but it's never a big deal. If it's wrong you're not gonna pull over and give up. You just say, "WTF? There's no Walmart here," and you do another search and head over to another one. But 99% of the time the thing is spot on, and it's a gajillion times easier and safer than using a traditional map (which is also often not up-to-date, just like the GPS).
Heh, you should read my post in the Garmin vs. Magellan GPS thread. I have had mucho experience of not putting my faith in a Nuvi 200, if I followed its instructions I would have been bottom of the frogger leader board.