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Yes, yes, MaliA's touching, heartfelt peace-to-all-man hippy crap is very nice. But screw that: this thread is all about the loot! What did you get?

Pics of my stuff here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardgay ... 669246204/

• A Philips food processor/blender combo thing with a million attachments to replace my clapped out old blender.
• A mandolin, for my confit byaldi (the slicer mode in the food processor won't work for big stuff like eggplant).
• McGee on Food and Cooking, an 895 page book about cooking with not a single recipe in it. It contains amazing amounts of Proper Science as applied to every type of food you can imagine.
• Inception on Bluray.
• A new spatula for my wok, because at the moment I'm just using a wooden spoon for stir-frys and I've been awfully close to burning my hand.
• Membership in the National Trust, so Danielle and I can visit cool places!
• Gran Turismo 5 on PS3! DB, can I borrow your wheel?

Great haul, that cookery book in particular looks really interesting, I'd quite like to hear your thoughts on it once you've had a better read.
So far I've not been to see the family but Jen got me a Kindle with a lovely green leather case and Willow got me Fallout New Vegas
Really pleased with the Kindle, I had no idea what I was getting but this was something I wasn't expecting at all, Jen has been sneakily slagging it off so as I wouldn't suspect

I got a bit money to help my poor ass.
A Xbox pad for PC thing.
Bottle of Jagermeister.
Bottle of mulled wine.
Few t-shirts.
And the usual haul of smellies, choc and the likes.

I got a new coat, very smart one.
A new Bramble and Brown laptop bag..
The orignal Assassin's Creed..
Smellies, socks etc

Well, ours kind of went to ratshit seeing as we were planning on treating ourselves in Vienna. (I had got tickets to take Mrs P to see the Lipizanner Stallions and we were going to go on the big wheel.) So a bit of a last minute scramble means she got a bracelet, a cuddly penguin and a subscription to National Geographic. I've got one of these on the way.



I loves me a Skagen watch.

I've got a tin of travel "candies", some winter gloves, a bottle of immune-boosting probiotic food supplement capsules, an insulated mug, and a Transformer (Reveal the Shield Turbo Tracks, a classic '80s character).

I got:
-An FM transmitter/car charger for iPod/iPhone and a suction cup holder thingy
-A nice fuzzy hoodie (the matching trackpants are a bit snug around my manbits)
-2011 superbikes calendar
-a Viz Annual!
-a NeXT gift card
-a 'Great British Bikes' DVD, starring the Triumph Bonneville
-chocolate money! it's a sign of the times that the coins are all Euros

Time to crack open the bourbon!

i got. Camera, coffee maker, knockando, amazon vouchers, gym membership, choccies, socks, etc.

Gilly, what presrnt did you get Jen in the end?

I got some shaving kit:

A Merkur Futur safety razor - http://www.mankind.co.uk/src/awin/Merku ... PRODMEPS1/
A decent badger hair brush
Some nice lavender shaving soap from The Art of Shaving and a cool bag
Also a bottle of JD and some CDs and etc.

Haven't been to visit the girlfriend yet though as we're both spending the day with parents/family - I'll update my haul tonight! Managed to have my first shave with the new razor with only a few minor facial slices, which by all accounts is a good start. Damn sight smoother than a Mach 3 as well - and proper razor blades are cheap as chips compared to the Gillette tosh. Bonza!

Very nice! I've had my eye on this one for a while:

http://emea.skagen.com/en/Shop/watch/me ... irect=true

Might treat myself in the new year...

This year Santa brought me; multiple wooly jumpers that I'll actually wear, a sheepskin rug, a pile of books inc. one full of cartoons from WWII & the National Geographic calender My sister got me that last year. It's very dry but still helluva interesting.

A hat. Drunk. Some kitchen stuff. Some Julskum (christmas candy). and schnapps.

Red Dead Redemption
Metro 2033
1001 Video Games to Play Before You Die book
A tabletop table-football set.
Some Mario figures
Billy Connolly's Journey to the Edge of the World DVD
Clothes & choccy.

A pretty posh camera is waiting at the in-laws, I know for sure.

Not too bad a haul, really!

Two jars of fluff
Aftershave, balms etc
Cash.

Oh and bloody sputum this morning.

@Bobby: I got Jen an iPad and Willow got her a pair of Superdry jeans
She got me a kindle, I love it.
Just had dinner at my parents. I suspect that my family have decided to spoil me this Christmas to make up for last years non-Christmas. I got Yankee candles, a big bottle of nandos sauce, a Pandora bracelet and charm, Battlestar Galactica special Edition boxset with Cylon figurine, Fable 3, bedsocks, spicy Thai flavoured crickets (!) and Kinect with the dance game and sports game. I have missed loads out but I can't remember what. I am so chuffed!
We are going to play board games soon so we have decided the loser will have to eat some crickets I will try some as well though obviously! I hope everyone is having a great day x

I got a Rock Band 3 Pro Drumkit which after a fiddly build I started immediatley bashing away on. But! 3 songs in and my Grohl-esque tubthumping was rudely interrupted buy my dog's tail whipping the xbox over which somehow managed to scratch the fuck out of the disk rendering it unplayable.

On the bright side though, I got lots of other cool things. But now I'm being made to watch Emmerdale instead of Dr Who. Bah.

I got a
-new man bag
-Chris Evans 2nd book
-a Harry Hill book
-some chocolates
-some money
-a new wallet I'll never use (it has no space for coins)
-a Pacman hoody
-Franks fantastic shed show on DVD.

Can't wait to buy a load of games with the money!

You ought to - they really are lovely. I have my eye on similar to that, except without the numbers (I'm not a numbers on my watch kinda guy). http://emea.skagen.com/en/Shop/watch/me ... 3ltmb.aspx

They are awesomely thin. Thin watches are cool.

I'm not a watch kinda guy but those look awesome! I've been to Skagen too, Skagen Point anyway.

A board game called Small world (fantastic)
Card games Lost cities and Bohnanza (fantastic)
And a moka pot espresso maker which is (fantastic)
Oh and 4 rubber duckies that light up in water.

In line with current policy of fitting as many bits of cooking equipment into my kitchen as humanly possible, the wife got me a sous-vide water bath.

MrsA is overjoyed with her carpet cleaner.

These http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acoustic-Energy ... B000MN96T6

Some clothes, Some dosh and some vouchers and a Pug calendar.

I got:
-Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir perfume and bath oil
-A charm for my charm bracelet.
-A voucher for a message.
-A cake plate to complete my tea set.
-A silver compact mirror.
-Books; including a baby name book.
-DVDs; Kick Ass and Misfits Series 1.
-A chunky bracelet from the PILs.
-My ace Beex SS present of a Pacman/milk bottle t-shirt for t'baby.
-Chocolates.
-Candles.

I have made out like a bandit!

- A Kenwood Chef stand mixer thingamy, plus the ice-cream maker attachment.
- Vanquish and Split/Second for the EggBox.
- The complete The Thick Of It and Stewart Lee's "If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One" on DVD.
- The TV Go Home book.
- Richard Thompson's new album.
- A Newton's cradle!

I've had a most excellent haul, if I do say so! The highlight was undoubtedly my parents and two brothers clubbing together to get me a joint Christmas/birthday present of a Sony 810 7.1 surround sound amp to replace the Sony 800 I had which went bang.

Others:
- Lego Creationary board game
- DVD box set of Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes
- new BBC Sherlock DVD
- Bolt and Toy Story on BluRay
- cool Star Wars t-shirt
- smellies
- scarf
- shower radio
- Pacman ice cube tray
- lots of marzipan fruits
- my cool little RC car from Beex secret Santa (haven't played with that yet, will do so once Zioette is safley back with her mum)

Storm will love that

Clenches fist and in Alan Rickman stylee hisses, "Minnie!"

Bad luck dude. Hope you can send it to the Rock Band bods with a, "My dog ate it," style excuse note and get a replacement. I have also yet to watch Doctor Who as I didn't want to watch it with my drunk auntie interrupting with questions every 14.5 seconds. Making do with Die Hard for my Christmas fix. Also had a lovely walk near Rochdale on the hills. Anyway, loot - well happily better than last year...

Sixty quid.
Bottle of Glenmorangie 12 year single malt.
Variety Box of 3 miniature ten year bottles of single malts.
Agricola - the Germanic 'build your own farm' 17th century board game of champions. (Which I really wanted but almost certainly will fail to persuade anyone to play with me. Heigh-ho.)
A framed photo of Andy from my mate Tom. This is an entirely random present and somewhat hilarious, as he looks a member of that mad Japanese Aum cult.
A DVD of loads of punk bands and Adam & Joe from my sister.
Two (count 'em!) calenders, the best one being classic movie posters.
Some chocs.
Something else wot I have forgotten.

I will play Agricola with you if you'll play my Ticket to ride and War on Terror and blast off! After that, we can watch the wire/bsg. Awesome plan.

Pretty good haul.

- Socks
- Cornwall rugby shirt
- Cool jumper
- Books on how to be a Roman legionary, what to take and do when crossing the Old West in the late 1850s, and GK Chesterton's essays on society and God and stuff.
- Elgar's 'Dream of Geronitious' and Glenn Gould's 1950s recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations
- Small gas burner for making rapid cups of tea
- Chocolate

Off to watch Cornish Pirates v Plymouth Albion this afternoon too, yay.

So that was Christmas...

Ticket to Ride (Germany)
War on Terror The Board Game
Radio controlled helicopter
Frying pan with a bottle opener on the handle
CoDBlops
Watership Down DVD
Coupla shirts
Jumpers
Wallet
Many books
Socks
Lego Police motorcyclist

tell more about 'war on terror' board game, please?

http://www.waronterrortheboardgame.com/

EDIT: We need another Unplugged!

Gilbert Keith Chesterton? Elgar? Books on Rome? Pioneer history? Good Lord... you're me, aren't you?



It's a date!

Match cancelled due to frozen pitch. Boo.



Yank friend is trying to get me out to Wyoming. I'm very tempted by it after reading your travelogues.

I got the following for christmas:

Blu Ray:

Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
Up
Whip It
Zombieland

Eatables:
Box of Malteasers
Tube of Malteasers
Two tubes of dairy milk miniatures

Readabes:
Carl Sagan's "Demon Haunted World"

Do it. I'd love to go to Wyoming. Alternate time between friend and meeting random folks* in bars and places too for most rewarding Americana. Check ahead to see the local brewery situation too.

*Pete does not accept responsibility for this plan going disastrously awry.

My haul

Boxee Box
Oral-B 5000 super toothbrush, it does a smiley face when you have brushed for long enough, and a winky face if you brush for super long!
Blender
Tickets for Bill Bailey, which was awesome
Smarties
Choccy biscuits
Couple of jumpers
A wee bit of cash

That's about it, not a bad haul at all!

Wave to my old car whilst you're out there lol.

- A remote controlled tarantula
- A t-shirt with Weetoons or something of Vincent & Jules from Pulp Fiction on it
- £20 HMV voucher
- £50 off my Mum.
- A 1:24 scale DeLorean time machine from my work secret santa

And whatever my BeEx secret santa has got for me.

And I'm currently fighting with myself whether to buy myself a 42" LED 1080p TV to replace my 32" LCD 720p one. I don't need it, really I don't, but I keep seeing it and thinking "why not?"

Remember to move the bottle, not the pan.

Will get it replaced tomorrow. Hopefully Tescos or wherever will do a straightforward swap. If not, we'll have to send it back to amazon and patiently wait for a replacement (whilst I buy a cheapo copy of Rock Band from somewhere).



I promise I'll give you a game as long as a) it doesn't take 10 hours to play and b) you'll form a "Rock Band" with me.

Also, I am now the proud possessor of a Sir Roger Moore t-shirt. Oh yes.

I got one too! Amazingly slim. Lovely design:

Jack Daniels
Jim Beam
Port
Comic books! (I KILL GIANTS, The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot & Chew)
and lots more...

Heh, I too wear a Skagen watch, a brushed-steel-and-black-leather-strap one:

Danielle got me it as a gift last time I went to America. It's lovely.

I love your Mock Tudor ceiling.

Has he got a big cock?

My haul:
An iPod Classic (from my daughter - she must have something to hide).
iPod case from my son.
Books - 1. Altered Carbon, 2. The Fry Chronicles, 3. I Shall Wear Midnight (Terry Pratchett), Talking Bollocks
Bosch Cordless Drill
A couple of bottles of bubbly
Pac Man T shirt
£25 HMV voucher
Dixie Dregs CD
Some stuff to make me clean and smell nice.
1/2 Share in a Wii Fit with the missus.
There could be a couple of other things wot I've forgotten.

Amazing book.

ALSO: board game meet sounds tempting...

What was her RRP?

£50.

Damn straight. We'll have to think of a good meet point, and a cover story.