Anyone know what they are getting for Xmas? - Page 3

Jimbuna · 12-20-13, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_lens

I'm happy with the replica and the honours that come with it.

Well yes...grasping at straws is always welcome when that is all that is on offer

12-20-13, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_lens

Sure.
Get all 'serious' and stuff.
A very 'Un-GT' responce.

TarJak · 12-20-13, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Well yes...grasping at straws is always welcome when that is all that is on offer

Your Capt. Cook appears to have been doing just that.

Jimbuna · 12-20-13, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Your Capt. Cook appears to have been doing just that.

COOK?...wasn't he the one who discovered the colony originally?

Janszoon was a phoney

TarJak · 12-20-13, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

COOK?...wasn't he the one who discovered the colony originally?

Janszoon was a phoney

This one

Not this one

WTF happened to our cricket team?

Platapus · 12-20-13, 04:44 PM

I am scheduled to defend my dissertation on 24 Dec. I *might* have a good christmas present

... or not.

TarJak · 12-20-13, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by privateer

Sure.
Get all 'serious' and stuff.
A very 'Un-GT' responce.

OK you can take photo's of pancakes with them if you want. But I get to eat the pancakes.

BrucePartington · 12-21-13, 11:53 AM

I am not expecting any gifts, as I always tell people not to spend money on gifts for me.
I think it's far more important to spend the day, or just dinner, in the company of your loved ones, having a good time. Gifts are a poor substitute to love.

Incidentally, this is the same reason I usually keep very silent about my birthday. People go for gifts, which I think is a waste of money, when I value their company much more.

Commerce replaced human warmth with materialistic manifestations and consumerism.
I'm glad to see all you sub simmers have not lost perspective of what's important.

Platapus · 12-21-13, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

I bought myself a new 40mm f2.8 pancake lens for my camera.

I bought myself a Sigma 35mm f1.4. It's a nice piece of glass.

Good luck with the shorty forty

Aktungbby · 12-21-13, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

Hopefully a Mosin Nagant M91/30

Those are at Big FIVE under $200

Aktungbby · 12-21-13, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

(the first time in many a year I'll be with the family all day without work committment interruptions).

Lucky you! I'm on call 24/7 and the more so on the holidays; was on standby for Thanksgiving- but no calls; I don't figure to make between Xmas and new years uninterrupted though. One tech even griped 'he's gotta go out on a call if there's an officer available...and I'm always available!" Naturally there's no holiday contract pay! They do give me my Fridays though for sailing, so I've no complaints and it rounds out the Social Security stipend...and pays for tires!

Jimbuna · 12-21-13, 01:58 PM

For tyres even

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 12-21-13, 07:00 PM

I didn't ask for much of anything this year, so out of the 3-4 things I asked for I'm expecting at least two and whatever I don't get I'll probably get it for my birthday. My list keeps getting shorter each year mainly because there's nothing that I really want, there are some things I need but I'm not going to ask for a bookcase for Christmas.

U505995 · 12-21-13, 09:51 PM

I probably shouldn't mention this because of the extreme jealousy it could cause, but i'm getting a 1:18 Ju-87 for Christmas

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Sailor Steve · 12-21-13, 10:12 PM

Cool! Way back when I worked at a hobby distributors I took a peek at the 1/24 scale version. Does yours have a million parts just for the engine?

12-20-13, 04:44 PM	#36
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,429 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I am scheduled to defend my dissertation on 24 Dec. I might have a good christmas present ... or not. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

12-21-13, 01:58 PM	#42
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,320 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	For tyres even __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-21-13, 07:00 PM	#43
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,282 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I didn't ask for much of anything this year, so out of the 3-4 things I asked for I'm expecting at least two and whatever I don't get I'll probably get it for my birthday. My list keeps getting shorter each year mainly because there's nothing that I really want, there are some things I need but I'm not going to ask for a bookcase for Christmas. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

12-21-13, 09:51 PM	#44
U505995 Planesman Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wisconsin, the best state in the union. Posts: 191 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I probably shouldn't mention this because of the extreme jealousy it could cause, but i'm getting a 1:18 Ju-87 for Christmas.

12-21-13, 10:12 PM	#45
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Cool! Way back when I worked at a hobby distributors I took a peek at the 1/24 scale version. Does yours have a million parts just for the engine? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-21-13, 11:53 AM	#38
BrucePartington XO Join Date: May 2013 Location: KM AM99 Posts: 405 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I am not expecting any gifts, as I always tell people not to spend money on gifts for me. I think it's far more important to spend the day, or just dinner, in the company of your loved ones, having a good time. Gifts are a poor substitute to love. Incidentally, this is the same reason I usually keep very silent about my birthday. People go for gifts, which I think is a waste of money, when I value their company much more. Commerce replaced human warmth with materialistic manifestations and consumerism. I'm glad to see all you sub simmers have not lost perspective of what's important.

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