For Me:
A bottle of Jura Whisky and a half bottle of Talisker; the second in Peter May's Lewis trilogy; Cds of Capercaillie and Alfie Bowe and an Avion DVD about Vickers turboprops to follow up the Indy Airlines one for my birthday last week.
On the downside I got a large portion of rough tongue pie for falling asleep after sharing Calvados with my Mother. Mrs B's previous exploits in years passim on Port are apparently a figment of my imagination.
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Famous Grouse. Three large ones gone. Glenfiddich! SP. Can't find the empties to check. A double of 12, 15 and 18 year offerings all in a gift wrapped overpriced thing. All consumed. Razor. Pants. Bah Humbug hat. After shave.
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Makita drill & bit set
www.screwfix.com/p/makita-8391dwpetk-18v-combi-drill-101-piece-accessory-kit/83834;jsessionid=RVsbQhTdrTfGvBGk662S1SjRk4JhW5zyyGTyPLMYbhQ1ktDM82SQ!1812139186
Kevin Bridges DVD
Fleece
Overnight hotel trip
2 bottles Port
New Jeans (have slimmed out my other ones)
For once, 100% happy rating with no bah humbug in sight!!
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Bobby, I have that drill and it's my second all time favourite toy.
I got a 1930's typewriter and the kit to convert it into a USB keyboard. Plan is to have it in the lounge as a novelty way of controlling the media PC / table ornament. Easy to delete search history too...
My dad has a knack of coming up with really unusual presents.
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>>I got a 1930's typewriter and the kit to convert it into a USB keyboard
Ok, now that gets my award for the coolest present of the year.
How on earth does that work?
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>> shop.usbtypewriter.com/collections/kits/products/copy-of-usb-typewriter-conversion-kit-ready-to-install
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Sadly, I got the one you have to solder together yourself!
Dad: “It'll be more fun that way..." :-)
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>> >>I got a 1930's typewriter and the kit to convert it into a USB keyboard
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>> Ok, now that gets my award for the coolest present of the year.
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>> How on earth does that work?
used to fix typewriters attached to computers, both as input and output devices. How it works depends on the mechanics of the typewriters, but magnets attached to the key mechanics and reed switches featured heavily.
Last edited by: Zero on Wed 26 Dec 12 at 21:24
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>magnets attached to the key mechanics and reed switches featured heavily.
And I bet that you still have a load of old springs in a jar somewhere in the garage.
Just in case.
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and a spring hook. I still have some golfball rotate and tilt tapes.
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Have started, and in true Magnus Magnusson style, since I started I have finished one of the bottles of port tonight!
And watched Kevin Bridges.
Being from Glasgow I can fully get everything he talks about, dont know if it has the same appeal to my English cousins over the wall of Hadrian?
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I saw him live in the theatre where I volunteer - very well received, some of the comment might not have suited a more English audience.
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As usual over the top. But I did build a brand new PC for my parents Christmas present which is a very good spec and faster than Usan Bolt so I don't feel too guilty.
I got:-
Books and clothes:-
Usual Jezza books
Bradshaws Railway Gude 1863
Bradshaws Railway map about 1900
PJs
A new coat
Some converse shows
A couple of jumpers
After shave so I can stink out clubs worse than what my IBS can do!
Food:-
Usual selection boxes
Some beers (which I am too unwell to drink!)
Tech stuff:-
Senheiser HD25 1 II headphones - I asked for these, they are engineering head phones designed for studio use, they sound brilliant but not broken in yet. They add to my ever growing collection of Audiophile headphones. I have sold cars for far less than these cost, but that is not saying much!.
Some lense filters for my G2
A LED attachment for my lens, which acts as a micro flash for close up photography.
Car stuff:
Lots of micro fibre cleaning stuff
Air freshener
40 quid towards a new mirror :)
Entertainment:-
Johnny English box set.
Kiss Greatest Hits.
And probably a lot of stuff I have forgotten about.
Sadly I did not get what I really wanted though, but money can't buy that, well so little band nobody has heared of called the Beatles said anyway.
Bobby a bit jealous of that drill! I got the same bit set, used along with my De-Walt for the ever continuing office kit out :).
Last edited by: VxFan on Wed 2 Jan 13 at 00:36
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Three books and a warm shirt. I didn't want anything else - too much stuff already.
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Three books and a warm shirt. I didn't want anything else - too much stuff already.
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>> Three books and a warm shirt. I didn't want anything else - too much stuff
>> already.
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Someone in the back room still squiffy?
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All I got was a tin of Fort Numb & Mason Strawberry tea - sounds awful I know, but it's propa black China tea, like, with real bitsa Strawberry - add milk and y'all got Strawberries n' Cream, geddit.
:}
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Co-incidentally, one of my pressies included a bottle of Finlaggan.
Very nice.
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usuall crap, exceot I cleverly left some "ideas" on my amazon wish list, and one of them paid off.
I got a 1961 BR publication, "British Railways Diesel Traction Manual for Enginemen" A guide to diesel locos written for Steam drivers to give them an insight into the "new" steeds they would be driving.
Ah Boring you say
But wait, its a stunning book, full of cutaway drawings of diesel plants (single bank, multi bank, V's, Deltics, two strokes, 4 strokes), the generators, cooling systems, braking systems, hydraulic systems, tranmision systems, torque coverters, gear boxes, with full description of components, what they do ( inc turbos and "Blowers and delightfully name "pintle" nozzles") and a full run down on electrical generation theory and control, and multilinking engines.
Its a stunning book for any grown up boy who likes mechanics, the likes of which just does not get written or published these days,
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Four bottles of beer from my employer, and a bar of Toblerone plus 3pack of socks from my mother. And a plastic cube from my old Aunt for keeping TV remotes in! Hmm.
Not a lot but I woke up fit and healthy,which is the best present, ready for a long dog walk with friends, then decent beer in my local early doors so I am a happy bunny.
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Socks, Biscuits, couple of bottle of wine.
Just token gifts for the kids to hand over from under the tree
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Nice book, Zedric......A coupla years back I got the LMS rule book, original 1935 off some friends.
Got me lickle model loco and two books, One of which is a new book about the township/village/suburb in which we live.
Rats would like it, no doubt, but he can't get round to see it without a mirror !
Ted
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>> Its a stunning book for any grown up boy who likes mechanics, the likes of
>> which just does not get written or published these days,
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I am sincerely envious. Only things I have that induce a similar sort of reading pleasure is a 1969 edition of the AA Book of the Car, and a 1978 Ian Allan volume about electric traction in Britain.
That such things do not tend to be written these days is a great pity.
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>> I am sincerely envious. Only things I have that induce a similar sort of reading
>> pleasure is a 1969 edition of the AA Book of the Car,
What marvellous common sense volumes they were i wish someone would publish such a book now, probably need a series of books to cover the subjects mind, would be a good starting point for our younger motorists who want to DIY to save themslves oodles of cash over the years but don't know where to start.
I wonder if Haynes has ever thought of a general purpose technical car guide like those.
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>> I wonder if Haynes has ever thought of a general purpose technical car guide like those.
There was such a book published about 1930 by Mills and Boon; yes it really is them. Aimed mostly at women, it is the most patronising book I've ever seen and goes into lengthy explanations of some things that really don't matter at all. It really is not necessary to understand the need for, and the principle of Ackerman steering...
Possibly the worst book I own - when I saw how bad it was, I just had to have it.
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>> I got a 1961 BR publication, "British Railways Diesel Traction Manual for Enginemen" A guide
>> to diesel locos written for Steam drivers to give them an insight into the "new"
>> steeds they would be driving.
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>> Ah Boring you say
Bought this after your recommendation but accidentally had it delivered to my parent's address (bleedin' Amazon). It's now been stolen by my dad, who naturally assumed that a parcel with my name on it was for him...
I'm looking forward to getting my hands on it at some point but he reckons it's excellent.
Thanks Zero!
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Who typed the delivery address when ordering?
How many pilots, accidentally, land at the wrong airport?
;>)
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>> Who typed the delivery address when ordering?
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>> How many pilots, accidentally, land at the wrong airport?
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>> ;>)
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It's because no matter what I choose in the settings, Amazon defaults back to the address I used when I set up the account. Even deleting it from the address book has no effect.
I think it's a glitch in the system, as Amazon support have tried deleting it and it still springs back into life as the default address. What's more frustrating is that the billing address updates normally and is the first one shown in the "order confirmation" screen.
This happens, on average, about three times a year. Does my nut in.
As for your second question - it does happen, though so far not to me! I have, however, proudly welcomed passengers to Edinburgh after landing in Glasgow which caused no small confusion and a tiny bit of panic. The Captain whacked me round the back of the head with the flight plan and made me apologise to everyone as they got off.
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>> Who typed the delivery address when ordering?
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>> ;>)
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I am glad to see that this happens to other people - I seem to get random things sent to alternative addresses - never seems to be a consistent reason.
I also see the same sort of problem when using PayPal/ Ebay - some sellers seem to get the delivery address 'correct' others do not. Never understood if it is me, or the 'system.'
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Also... USB typewriter progress report:
The bulk of soldering and assembly is done. Still to be attached are the various reed switches and the various metal legs for the sensor bar. Can't face any more soldering at the moment, especially when it's such a nice day.
The official destructions recommend running all the cables back to the controller, which is then glued to the back of the typewriter. I decided this was stupid- I mean, inefficient, and constructed a daughter board which lives inside the typewriter, and has a single ribbon cable running to the controller.
Partly because it looks better, but mainly because once something's soldered to a PCB it's near-impossible to unsolder it neatly. I can make as many break-out boards as I like.
Photos:
sdrv.ms/Zqgi1V
Will keep you updated...
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Looks cool.
Did you care that your name is at the top of that page (I assume it's yours)?
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>> Did you care that your name is at the top of that page (I assume
>> it's yours)?
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Not really. But thanks for letting me know!
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Plain twill shirt from my style adviser. Woolly lined moccasin slippers. Racksack for Brompton. DVD box set of "The World at War".
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Two gift vouchers,shirt,socks,assortment of bottles of beers.Wine and two nights in Harrogate a combined gift.Daughter is spoiling us now at her home no driving today I can have a drink.
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Some jumpers and socks...(needed them so grateful for that)
A 3 tier paper sorter and 3 tier letter tray for the office.......(really handy, grateful for that)
Old looking clock...(good choice, happy with that, looks good up over the fireplace)
A leather embossed book with a load of stuff from Ancestry inside tracing my family history (well impressed with that)
4 framed pictures and similar that my son drew throughout the year and my wife hid, until now...(well happy with those, especially the one he drew especially for me when he'd just turned 4 and despite me searching for it, I couldn't find)
bottle of brandy...(nice thought)
....and a book marked '101 uses for a dead meerkat'. Cost someone £9.99. Why do people do that? Pay their head earned cash out on something as useless as that.
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>> ....and a book marked '101 uses for a dead meerkat'. Cost someone £9.99. Why do
>> people do that? Pay their head earned cash out on something as useless as that.
Its a funny book tho.
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>> >> ....and a book marked '101 uses for a dead meerkat'. Cost someone £9.99. Why
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>> Its a funny book tho.
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Aleksandr says " Oh no it's not"
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Socks. Thick ones. Ten pairs. Much needed.
An enormous quantity of La Chouffe - Mrs B has a very useful blind spot for liquid quantities :-)
Work shirts - again, needed - some of the oldest ones are nearing a decade and seem to have, erm, shrunk round the middle a little, needing replacement.
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A new leather belt & a 50% share in some new cushions, an M&S shirt which is too small and a tin of biscuits.
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A slpendid second Xmas dinner...a real Cypriot Xmas dinner.
Half Turkey. Half Greece.
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1 x box of Turkish Delight
4 x 1kg slabs of chocolate Turkish Delight
4 x packets of 4 Fry's Turkish Delight.
1 x packet of Thorntons Turkish Delight.
I like mints.
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Pajamas
Edibles (mostly nuts)
Walking pole from Tiso. One of the local branches was closing down, and it was half price, so my wife snapped it up. I guess I'm not as young as I used to be, and having such a thing when I am out on the hills will come in useful.
Books - lots of them, and ones I'm interested in (that Amazon wish list is a great thing!). I'm already almost 200 pages into Andrew Montford's The Hockey Stick Illusion. I have found it pretty difficult to put down, and also pretty shocking, which is rather surprising for a book that is largely about statistical analysis.
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So What Did Santa Bring? - MD
