Xmas swag

[Crackpot]

I got a good amount of stuff for Xmas this year.

I got an embarasing amount of money from my dad,

My brother got me a PS3

and my mom got me this:

[loCAtek]

Wicked cool! I got... well, it's still Xmas Eve....

[SisterMaryFellatio]

@ crackpot!!!


You are gonna have to share your toys with the new arrival soon!

[Reality Bytes]

I did alright for money too I also got 9 Stephen Kings in hardback to replace my well thumbed and falling apart paperback editions but which included his new one which I have't read and which I am really looking forwards to as it's supposed to be almost as good as The Stand (similar premis), a couple of apocalypse fiction books which I hope live up to their reviews, and from my boss a very thoughtful and well chosen Prayers For Animal Lovers book. I have enough boxes of Thorntons chocolates to open my own franchise - bang goes the planned new years diet for the wedding for at least a month some Stella McCartney perfume which I've been after for ages and ages but was too tight to buy for myself and the traditional The Mountain T shirt with a White Tiger on the front. We are off to visit Xeno and dil-to-be shortly when I will no doubt be adding to my haul

[Crackpot]

@ crackpot!!!


You are gonna have to share your toys with the new arrival soon!

The Legos are off limits (at least until he can demonstrate an ability to use them without losing peices)

[loCAtek]

...or eating them.

[@meric@nwom@n]

and I got one toy. Its an RC helicopter. Trying to learn how to fly without crashing.

[rubato]

and I got one toy. Its an RC helicopter. Trying to learn how to fly without crashing.

Very pretty, sparkly! I've always liked the color of emeralds.

yrs,
rubato

[rubato]

Smart Wool socks and Smart Wool long underwear shirts. Very seasonally useful items. A copy of M. Train's autobiography and a promise of an orchard ladder. The last was -the perfect gift-. Something I've wanted for years, needed for just as long, but wasn't buying for myself. Only my sweetie would know my secret yearning for an orchard ladder*.

Amazingly, you cannot buy an orchard ladder at Orchard Supply hardware.

yrs,
rubato

* An orchard ladder has a wider base on the side with the steps and then just a single prop on the other. Like this:



Wooden ones are heavier but safer. Wood 'flexes' and 'gives' to accomodate strain while aluminum will load up like a spring and then release the strain all at once, and aluminum is a very good conductor, and there are more 'hot' electrical wires overhead than you're generally aware of around the house and if you're using power tools ... well.

[Sean]

I did alright for money too I also got 9 Stephen Kings in hardback to replace my well thumbed and falling apart paperback editions but which included his new one which I have't read and which I am really looking forwards to as it's supposed to be almost as good as The Stand (similar premis)

If you're talking about 'Under The Dome' RB it's a belter! It's King back to his best after churning out a lot of shite in the past few years.

[Gob]

I got;


Which completes the collection for me.



Has anyone else seen this? Fucking fantastic re-imagining of the Sherlock stories!!

A piece of hand drawn art from Hatch, with the most fantastic dedication, I tried not to blub, (plus a book.)

Several other books and the most fantastic single origin Assam, one which will be used very fucking sparingly, and not shared with anyone.

[Gob]

Hen got me the above too.

It's a very chucklesome parody on British Cookery books. I've been giggling like a ninny at it. It's very well sustained.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Audrey-Gordons- ... 996&sr=1-1

Join Audrey Gordon, voted three times Britain's sternest chef, as she travels to the heart of Italy and shares the recipes, produce and memories of her Tuscan summer. Visit traditional farmhouses, local trattorias and sample the stunning range of local produce on offer as Audrey shares the sights, sounds and occasionally, smells, of regional Italy. Then sample these delights at home with the range of delicious and easy to make recipes that Audrey, inspired by Italian traditions, has created for the home cook. This book is not directed at celebrity super chefs or haute cuisine high flyers dazzling diners in their Michelin starred restaurants. It's written for you, the ordinary cook, stuck at home with insufficient bench space and a set of chipped mixing bowls. My fervent hope is that it will inspire you, give you the confidence to believe that you can be a wonderful cook or, at very least, an adequate one. This book is meant as a guide, not a set of strict instructions you may only deviate from at your peril! There's no need to slavishly follow my every measurement and step. Does a violinist playing Beethoven not occasionally add a few notes? Or an aircraft pilot about to take off sometimes skip a pre-flight safety check or two? Of course! And so should you. I'm a no nonsense chef. If a recipe calls for squash and I think thinly sliced zucchini will work just as well (not to mention add a peppery crunch) then I'll just do it. That's what cooking should be about. Going with one's impulses and to hell with the consequences! That said, I've had years of practice and I simply can't be held responsible for any inevitable disappointment that might arise from your attempts at improvisation. If you are a novice in the kitchen I'd strongly urge you to follow my recipes closely. And, no matter how experienced you might be, please pay careful attention to each instruction. You'd be amazed at the number of people who read gently simmer' and then proceed to simmer gently', or who think that there's no real difference between chopping tomatoes roughly and chopping them coarsely. At the end of each chapter I've left a page or two for notes. If you think you've got something to add that hasn't already been covered perfectly well then feel free to defile the book. But I suggest you think twice before doing so. Finally, this book is not meant to be a monologue. I want you to imagine I'm there in the kitchen with you, helping, guiding, prodding and - only occasionally - wrapping your knuckles with the handle of an egg whisk. XXX Audrey

[loCAtek]

* An orchard ladder has a wider base on the side with the steps and then just a single prop on the other. Like this:



Wooden ones are heavier but safer. Wood 'flexes' and 'gives' to accomodate strain while aluminum will load up like a spring and then release the strain all at once, and aluminum is a very good conductor, and there are more 'hot' electrical wires overhead than you're generally aware of around the house and if you're using power tools ... well.

Wicked cool, I didn't know that but I shoulda...

[oldr_n_wsr]

Also a three legged "anything" (ladder, stool, chair, etc) never wobbles.

I got new thermal socks, sweatpants, flannel shirts, 6V batteries for my flashlights, a headlamp like the miners wear, but no cool toys. Usually I get a cool toy like @meric@nwom@an's helicopter (2 years ago) or an RC snowmobile (last year). But no toys this year.