What did Santa bring to you this year? [Archive]

Oberon

12-25-10, 08:45 AM

(watched a clip from Talvisota the other day, looks like a film I must see)

Well, this year, I have:

Games:
ARMA2
Mount and Blade Warband
Railworks 2
FSX Deluxe
A2A Accu-sim B-17 (A real beauty)
Fallout: New Vegas

Literature:
Footfall - Niven and Pournelle
Arc Light - Eric Harry
Red Army - Ralph Peters
Total War 2006 - Simon Pearson
The Wit and Wisdom of DCI Gene Hunt - DC Chris Skelton and DS Ray Carling :03:
The Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book - Tim Vine
Mock the week - Things that we'd like to see

Other:
Small glass chess set :rock:
Chocolate Top Gear F1 cars
DVD - The Lost Railways of Britain
Remote controlled British Dalek ('Ironside')
TF2 Sticky bomb

I'm one lucky guy. :yep:

Lionclaw

12-25-10, 08:45 AM

Socks
Underwear
Sweater
Shoes
Deodorant and after shave
A Bit of Fry & Laurie (The Complete Collection)

Jimbuna

12-25-10, 08:45 AM

A rather large credit card bill I suspect.

Egan

12-25-10, 09:28 AM

A Stonesy Christmas: Blue-ray of the live Stones show from 1972, 'Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones' and the 40th anniversary remastered boxset of 'Get Yer Ya-Yas out.' Listening to the Ike and Tina Turner set right now.

Also got Anthony Everitt's new book on Hadrian and 'The Pacific' Blue-Ray box set.

Just chilling with a bottle of Prosecco before I take the Foi Gras out to warm up and start preparing the Rib Roast for dinner.

I love Christmas, me. :yeah:

HunterICX

12-25-10, 09:49 AM

Official Yamaha Touring Jacket Black/Yellow same colours as my motorbike :rock:

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6026/a09bj106xxb5hr.jpg

HunterICX

Onkel Neal

12-25-10, 10:18 AM

Official Yamaha Touring Jacket Black/Yellow same colours as my motorbike :rock:

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6026/a09bj106xxb5hr.jpg

HunterICX

Very nice!

Takeda Shingen

12-25-10, 10:29 AM

One of these:

http://regmedia.co.uk/2010/10/05/amazon_kindle_3_2.jpg

And a bottle of this:

http://library.bevnetwork.com/bottles/175/56933.jpg

MaddogK

12-25-10, 11:44 AM

Nice, I got a kindle DX, and a bottle of tequila. Sadly I cant see the pics in Dante's inferno but am d/l all the classics starting with war of the worlds. ...oh got myself 'black ops' for my console.

Oberon

12-25-10, 11:48 AM

starting with war of the worlds.

Great book :yeah:

Bort

12-25-10, 11:49 AM

I received:

Cyborg RAT 7 Mouse
Razer Vespula Mousepad
TrackIR
320GB 2.5" HDD for my Laptop
Candy
Multitool
Shirt
Call of Duty: Black Ops
DCS Warthog
F1 2010

A great Christmas if you ask me!

papa_smurf

12-25-10, 12:39 PM

Family Guy Season 7 & 8
Bill Bailey: "Dandelion"
Black adder boxed set ("wibble")
Money
Socks (again!)
Shower Gel/Deodorant

Sailor Steve

12-25-10, 12:44 PM

Another day. :sunny:

Takeda Shingen

12-25-10, 12:58 PM

Nice, I got a kindle DX, and a bottle of tequila. Sadly I cant see the pics in Dante's inferno but am d/l all the classics starting with war of the worlds.

Reading Mary Shelley's The Last Man right now. I have no idea how I lived without this thing. Think that I have found my new 'desert island' item. :up:

Egan

12-25-10, 01:09 PM

I received:

.......
TrackIR
............

Have you had one before? Gonna change the way you play sims. You're going to wonder how you ever played them without it!

Great present!

ReFaN

12-25-10, 01:09 PM

Mostly Candy, and loads of money, as usual :P

my and my brother gave the littlest brother a Justin Bieber poster, he wasent amused.

frau kaleun

12-25-10, 01:28 PM

Headache, among other things, :O:

I feel you, dude.

My sister, brother-in-law, and I do our Christmas on Christmas Eve... I got him a big bottle of Crown Royal Black which he loves and of course he opened it to have a wee drinkie. Then he wanted me to try it. Which I did, and he kept refilling our glasses and I kept saying that I wasn't feeling any buzz.

Then it hit me like the proverbial Mack truck. I ended up staying the night - just got home and OY MY HEAD.

This morning when we got up we discovered that we'd gone through almost the whole bottle.

Anyway, my prezzies this year:

A 2010 kitteh ornament
Some cute "peace sign" earrings
The obligatory pecan log
A tin of homemade shortbread (pecan & almond)
This:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31L0DyADsJL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
(Phillips SRU5107/27 7-Device Universal Remote)

Two books:
http://www.benbellabooks.com/media/covers/large/turtle-moves.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HDHJ9GFSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Some DVD/BluRay:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YQLsGmuKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X7P1YWPBL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Some Beatles:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xc-aSgKzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

And this surprise:
http://www.chopontheblock.com/images/products/dm0722_sm.jpg
(Shun Classic 6" Serrated Utility Knife)

:yeah:

kranz

12-25-10, 01:38 PM

my and my brother gave the littlest brother a Justin Bieber poster, he wasent amused.
at least now you know that he's straight.

I got a pair of jeans and money.
(plus a reason to kick asses of those who gave me nothing) :D

Schöneboom

12-25-10, 01:40 PM

Handmade Christmas ornaments, a nightlight, and a framed photo of a beach on Kauai.
A book: "One of Our Submarines," a memoir by Edward Young, skipper of HMS Storm. From my girlfriend -- she's a keeper.
There's something to be collected at the post office, but it'll wait till Monday.

Platapus

12-25-10, 02:08 PM

Among other swag I got

Ship Killers: A history of the American Torpedo by Wildenberg and Polmar (2010)

Very nice book and it contains history not found in Hellions of the Deep or Iron Men Tin Fish.

If you are interested in the history of torpedoes, I can recommend this one!

TLAM Strike

12-25-10, 02:14 PM

Betonov

12-25-10, 03:43 PM

4 doses of Ventolin (asthma medicine)
an apointment for a specialist after the new year, regarding my asthma
USB key (1gb)
and some princeses...es, a princes that is more than one :D
http://www.kulinarika.net/slikerecepti/3867.jpg
a princes and six more

TarJak

12-25-10, 03:47 PM

Combat Archives Complete (A 9 DVD boxed set of rare WWII archive footage)
Money
A new coffee mug
After shave (Hugo Boss Bark Blue)
A cook book

Spike88

12-25-10, 04:28 PM

$225 in cash(Gas and food money, yay)
$125 in sears gift cards(need clothes)
$25 dollar American Express Gift card, which bought me Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky
$25 dollar card for Target(More clothes?)
A new otterbox for my Iphone 3GS:link (http://www.otterbox.com/iPhone-3G-/-3GS-Defender-Series-Case/1942,default,pd.html?dwvar_1942_color=20&start=1&cgid=apple-iphone-3g-3gs-cases)
A bottle of Pro-mis-q-ous wine
A coffee mug
Bacon gum
Bacon flavored lolipop
A ring that doubles as bottle opener: link (http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/accessories/756e/)
A cleaning cloth/solution thing for cleaning electronics(computers, phones, etc.)

ReallyDedPoet

12-25-10, 04:33 PM

-Leaf's Jersey
-All Team Canada games, 87' Canada Cup
-Jacket
-50.00 Sirius Radio Credit
-New Springsteen Box-set

Great food and times with my family <-------- best part :yep:

kiwi_2005

12-25-10, 04:58 PM

Well I brought myself a pc tho the couier I mean Santa is late I wont get it till after the christmas break 28/29 dec :wah:

I was surprised and had a feeling of dread when I was asked what I wanted for Christmas :o Oh man does this mean I will have to buy you one too! Oh just anything get me something you know I like. So I got 3 packets of Columbia international coffee :haha:

Ex wife turns up like she does every Christmas to drop off a present for one of the sons just invites herself in like she does and starts blabber mouthing on to us as if I'm interested about her upcoming posh holiday traveling to such and such important places cause shes such a star and a harlot then zooms off in her bmw where I pray she will lose it on the next corner, Son thanks his mum then when shes out the door he puts the present up for sale on TradeMe Auction site here. :D I think hes just sick of bathroom products.

I'm getting him the latest Stalker game later on in the week.

Bort

12-25-10, 05:41 PM

Have you had one before? Gonna change the way you play sims. You're going to wonder how you ever played them without it!

Great present!

Nope, I had not! This is my first one. I've already flown a few hours in FSX and it's a wonderful experience. About to boot up IL-2 and DCS Warthog to see how those go down. Should be a wonderful experience. :yeah:

Spike88

12-25-10, 05:46 PM

I also got a res-q-me.
http://www.resqme.com/

And the girlfriend is going to get me a couple pieces of clothing.

Gerald

12-25-10, 05:55 PM

I feel you, dude.

My sister, brother-in-law, and I do our Christmas on Christmas Eve... I got him a big bottle of Crown Royal Black which he loves and of course he opened it to have a wee drinkie. Then he wanted me to try it. Which I did, and he kept refilling our glasses and I kept saying that I wasn't feeling any buzz.

Then it hit me like the proverbial Mack truck. I ended up staying the night - just got home and OY MY HEAD.

This morning when we got up we discovered that we'd gone through almost the whole bottle.

Anyway, my prezzies this year:

A 2010 kitteh ornament
Some cute "peace sign" earrings
The obligatory pecan log
A tin of homemade shortbread (pecan & almond)
This:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31L0DyADsJL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
(Phillips SRU5107/27 7-Device Universal Remote)

Two books:
http://www.benbellabooks.com/media/covers/large/turtle-moves.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HDHJ9GFSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Some DVD/BluRay:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YQLsGmuKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X7P1YWPBL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Some Beatles:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xc-aSgKzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

And this surprise:
http://www.chopontheblock.com/images/products/dm0722_sm.jpg
(Shun Classic 6" Serrated Utility Knife)

:yeah: Then you could say that gift for your brother-in-law, was a perfect strategic purchase for to dance, all night long around the tree, :D

Rhodes

12-25-10, 07:39 PM

A ton of things!

Several books, including 3 of U-boats and one about famous photografers, worlds famous battles, BD, etc!
Sweets.
Pijama!
A nice good white buton cuf shirt!
Red and with wine!
Gold saint Taurus (from Saint Seiya, for the collection)!!
A Family guy shirt
Iron Man II
And a Nespresso machine, this one and the previous two were from my girlfirend!

AVGWarhawk

12-25-10, 09:09 PM

Fallout New Vegas
Call of Duty Black Ops
The Pacific DVD
Entire collection of the original Twilight Zone on DVD
t-shirts
house shoes
Dewalt drill

Castout

12-25-10, 09:15 PM

Lousy sermon, death threat and a personally delivered stupid allegory and personally delivered implicit death threats.

You see now you know why I can get depressed :D

the_tyrant

12-25-10, 09:21 PM

Lousy sermon, death threat and a personally delivered stupid allegory and personally delivered implicit death threats.

You see now you know why I can get depressed :D

Have a drink on me!:()1:

I'm still underage, but i convinced my mom to buy me tons of this:
http://www.chocablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fazer-vodka-cranberry-1.jpg

This stuff is sooooo hard to get in Canada. Good thing I got 15 boxes for Christmas

Castout

12-25-10, 09:30 PM

Have a drink on me!:()1:

I'm still underage, but i convinced my mom to buy me tons of this:
http://www.chocablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fazer-vodka-cranberry-1.jpg

This stuff is sooooo hard to get in Canada. Good thing I got 15 boxes for Christmas

:D Better already :O:. Merry Christmas everyone it's 26th here but I guess half the world is celebrating Christmas today :DL

Spike88

12-25-10, 09:40 PM

Fallout New Vegas
Call of Duty Black Ops
The Pacific DVD
Entire collection of the original Twilight Zone on DVD
t-shirts
house shoes
Dewalt drill

Had to take a double take on that part. Almost thought you said you had the entire collection of this:
http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Saga-Collection-Stephenie-Meyer/dp/0316031844

@Castout: It's 9:39PM Christmas Day here.

Randomizer

12-25-10, 10:46 PM

Monty Python and the Holy Grail on DVD

New book - Ardennes 1914: the opening moves of the German offensive into France during the Great War.

Used book - The Bismarck Sea Ran Red: a first person account of the destruction of a major Japanese convoy by the USAAF and RAAF in May 1944.

New book - Our Little Army in the Field: a study on the Canadian volunteer contingent in South Africa 1899-1902.

Totem Game's Ironclad anthology and of course...

...socks and underwear.

d@rk51d3

12-26-10, 01:51 AM

2 invalid In-Laws, who have taken over the bedroom, loungeroom and bathroom. :stare:

ajrimmer42

12-26-10, 05:26 AM

Quite a lot of money,
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood on PS3,
2 scarves,
Shirt,
Hoody,
Gloves,
Socks,
A load of necklaces and bracelets lol,
A delightful little steampunky clock pendant thing,
Plenty of shower gel,
Body spray,
Aftershave (are people trying to tell me something? lol)
'The Difference Engine' by William Gibson
Karl Pilkington's Travel Diaries from 'An Idiot Abroad'
A protector for my phone,
A Tamiya Kubelwagen model kit,
and a rather huge haul of chocolate :D

Think we're planning on braving the local shopping centre today lol, had my eye on God of War III for too long :arrgh!:

Sledgehammer427

12-26-10, 07:02 AM

got to spend Christmas with my mom, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. That was definitely a plus. that and it looks like I may be staying on the east coast. It's hard to say I belong here (hayseed country boy, chiming in) but midwestern charm (and the fact that I have an accentless voice) means more job opportunities.
lets see. material gifts.

Cold is the Sea and Around the World Submerged, by Edward Beach
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
A new phone with touch screen (I just put the protective film on it) and instant access to my social networks, all 2 of them X_X
217 dollars, sure to go towards a new flat cap (all I have is a wool one)
a pair of mario and yoshi pajama pants.
t shirt and zippered hoodie.
some sweet Skullcandy earbuds (dubstep-genre certified)
THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD
Pirates! Beyond Charted Waters card strategy game (hard to explain beyond that)
some other little trinkets, mostly involving playing cards and other tabletop games for when we (stepbrother and I) get bored. :up:

a surprisingly good christmas with thee family.
went through with the italian tradition of eating 5 courses of seafood on christmas eve. I actually ate willingly for the first time since then about 4 hours ago.

best part is, I'll be joining fellow SUBSIM member Ivank for a watching of TRON, some SH4 mod work, and new years in Times Square. :D

antikristuseke

12-26-10, 08:23 AM

Got new headphones and a pair of socks. On top of that got sent home from work on the 24th because I hadnt sobered up from the party the night before.:oops:

Factor

12-26-10, 10:22 AM

I got a counter top wine opener, a 2 1/2 foot glass graffix, some 'good' product for the graffix, :D.

Also got a steering wheel for the xbox so now I can finally play F1 2010. Could not come to grips with a handheld controller, after playing rFactor and GTR2 for so long with a wheel.

nikimcbee

12-26-10, 02:08 PM

Headache, among other things, :O:

:haha: I found a type IIb that "santa" bought for me.

antikristuseke

12-26-10, 02:21 PM

I just got a late christmass present, someone ****ed up the schedule, im now doing a 24 hour shift isntead of being at home.:yeah:****

Dowly

12-26-10, 02:26 PM

Awww, poor you. I'll drink a beer for you. :O:

nikimcbee

12-26-10, 02:28 PM

I just got a late christmass present, someone ****ed up the schedule, im now doing a 24 hour shift isntead of being at home.:yeah:****

Don't they have rules against that?

antikristuseke

12-26-10, 02:29 PM

24 hours is exactly the legal limit for time spent at work without rest.

nikimcbee

12-26-10, 02:40 PM

Do you get paid overtime or double time atleast?:hmmm:

antikristuseke

12-26-10, 02:57 PM

I get paid double because it is a national holliday, but other than that, no. I have been working overtime for close to 4 months now so i do get paid overtime for every hour i go above the norm.

nikimcbee

12-26-10, 03:01 PM

I get paid double because it is a national holliday, but other than that, no. I have been working overtime for close to 4 months now so i do get paid overtime for every hour i go above the norm.

Well, that's cool. I miss the overtime days. Sorry, I'm a money whore:oops:. More money for cool stuff:D.

antikristuseke

12-26-10, 03:02 PM

nikimcbee

12-26-10, 03:04 PM

253 hours in my december schedule, 3 month average is at 198, 216 hours in my january schedule, im ready to quit if things dont improve, i dont mind occasional overtime, but this is boardering on insanity.

I feel your pain. Mandatory overtime stinks. But a day or two once a month is enough for me, but I can't work overtime at all in my dept.:shifty:

Jimbuna

12-26-10, 05:26 PM

I feel your pain. Mandatory overtime stinks. But a day or two once a month is enough for me, but I can't work overtime at all in my dept.:shifty:

Lazy gits are bottom of the pecking order when it comes to overtime :O:

Do what I sometimes do...'create' it :03:

AVGWarhawk

12-27-10, 11:39 AM

Had to take a double take on that part. Almost thought you said you had the entire collection of this:
http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Saga-Collection-Stephenie-Meyer/dp/0316031844

@Castout: It's 9:39PM Christmas Day here.

:haha: My daughter has that collection! She loved the books but the movies ruined it for her.