I want some ideas.
My best idea atm is to buy my wife a viking river cruise of the Danube and Rhine. I think I'll have to put that one off for another year though.
My best regards. :)
Requests for money.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 14, 2011, 06:12:58 PM
My best idea atm is to buy my wife a viking river cruise of the Danube and Rhine. I think I'll have to put that one off for another year though.
I saw those ads too. Danube might have gypsy beggars storming the boat.
Everybody gets Lexi. I got a bulk discount.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 14, 2011, 06:33:46 PM
Everybody gets Lexi. I got a bulk discount.
She's such a whore.
So far :
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/ea44/ (Portal 2 Sentry Turret flashlight)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300066635/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details (Battle Tactics of the Western Front, by Paddy Griffith)
A webcomic book collection
My heart
No idea.
And the date for getting things home on time was last week.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 14, 2011, 06:33:46 PM
Everybody gets Lexi. I got a bulk discount.
I cheat and get one big order of Thornton's chocolates, toffee etc. That way I cover all the bases.
We're making stuff for people this year. Canning, baked goods, paintings, etc. I got a shingle hammer and a Milwaukee sawzall as early Christmas presents/necessary items to complete the honey-do list, and aside from a good pair of Sorel inclement weather boots, I don't really have a burning desire for anything else.
Quote from: fahdiz on December 14, 2011, 11:18:48 PM
We're making stuff for people this year. Canning, baked goods, paintings, etc. I got a shingle hammer and a Milwaukee sawzall as early Christmas presents/necessary items to complete the honey-do list, and aside from a good pair of Sorel inclement weather boots, I don't really have a burning desire for anything else.
A good thing we are not on exchange present terms :D
Except when it comes to my boys I have yet to get a home made present worth the time that was put into it :D
V
Giving it a pass this year.
Regular stuff. Gift cards, DVD sets of tv shows, toys.
I bought my nephew lego :wub:
Well last year it was two speeding tickets and one DUI. Dont know 'bout this year...yet.
Quote from: fahdiz on December 14, 2011, 11:18:48 PM
We're making stuff for people this year. Canning, baked goods, paintings, etc. I got a shingle hammer and a Milwaukee sawzall as early Christmas presents/necessary items to complete the honey-do list, and aside from a good pair of Sorel inclement weather boots, I don't really have a burning desire for anything else.
This is cool. I'd infinitely prefer stuff like this given to me than some thoughtless DVD I won't watch or something similar.
Quote from: Valdemar on December 15, 2011, 03:33:10 AM
A good thing we are not on exchange present terms :D
I agree wholeheartedly.
Quote from: 11B4V on December 15, 2011, 07:16:35 AM
Well last year it was two speeding tickets and one DUI. Dont know 'bout this year...yet.
Fiiiiiiiiiiiive miiiiisdemeanoooooooooors...
A dradel. I convert to Judaism for one day only every year.
Girlfriend's getting a melodica this year.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 15, 2011, 12:10:39 PM
Girlfriend's getting a melodica this year.
Is that covered by insurance? :P
My dick in a box. :)
How many of you guys are not afraid to buy clothes for your wife/girlfriend? I used to be. Still wouldn't buy some things. Like jeans, for example. Too hard to get right without trying them on. How many of you actually know their dress size off the top of your head? :P
Quote from: 11B4V on December 15, 2011, 07:16:35 AM
Well last year it was two speeding tickets and one DUI. Dont know 'bout this year...yet.
I get a kick out of having people denied bail right before Christmas. :cool:
Mind you, that's probably because of how hard it is to do. <_<
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
How many of you guys are not afraid to buy clothes for your wife/girlfriend? I used to be. Still wouldn't buy some things. Like jeans, for example. Too hard to get right without trying them on. How many of you actually know their dress size off the top of your head? :P
I never, and I mean never, buy her clothes. -_-
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
How many of you guys are not afraid to buy clothes for your wife/girlfriend? I used to be. Still wouldn't buy some things. Like jeans, for example. Too hard to get right without trying them on. How many of you actually know their dress size off the top of your head? :P
I think I have that wrote down somewhere.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
How many of you guys are not afraid to buy clothes for your wife/girlfriend? I used to be. Still wouldn't buy some things. Like jeans, for example. Too hard to get right without trying them on. How many of you actually know their dress size off the top of your head? :P
That's the highway to the danger zone right there, son. "Honey, what's your dress size?"
Quote from: Caliga on December 15, 2011, 01:04:10 PM
That's the highway to the danger zone right there, son. "Honey, what's your dress size?"
I just check her clothes. I did it a couple times without it being too disastrous. But now I just buy her shiny things.
Quote from: Valmy on December 15, 2011, 01:10:17 PM
:lol:
:thumbsup:
I've debated doing that as a joke for Princesca, but she'd figure it out the second I walked in the room and I'd get kicked in the balls. :Embarrass:
Maybe I'll take a picture of my dick and put it in a box. :hmm:
Quote from: Valmy on December 15, 2011, 01:11:11 PM
I just check her clothes. I did it a couple times without it being too disastrous. But now I just buy her shiny things.
Princesca doesn't like jewelry and hardly ever wears it, which is too bad because it means I have to put actual thought in to buying her presents. :(
Quote from: Caliga on December 15, 2011, 01:23:54 PM
Princesca doesn't like jewelry and hardly ever wears it, which is too bad because it means I have to put actual thought in to buying her presents. :(
:console: Hey I still have to think about what sorts of shiny things she would like :P
Quote from: Valmy on December 15, 2011, 01:11:11 PM
Quote from: Caliga on December 15, 2011, 01:04:10 PM
That's the highway to the danger zone right there, son. "Honey, what's your dress size?"
I just check her clothes. I did it a couple times without it being too disastrous. But now I just buy her shiny things.
But clothes from different stores and designers fit differently.
No - buying clothes is a minefield. If you buy her clothes that are two small, you'll make her feel fat. If you buy clothes that are too large, she'll think you think she is fat.
Quote from: Barrister on December 15, 2011, 01:26:27 PM
But clothes from different stores and designers fit differently.
But they tend to have a small number of stores they prefer. My wife loves Macy's so I would buy clothes for her there.
But yeah good point about the size thing :ph34r:
Quote from: Barrister on December 15, 2011, 12:53:28 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
How many of you guys are not afraid to buy clothes for your wife/girlfriend? I used to be. Still wouldn't buy some things. Like jeans, for example. Too hard to get right without trying them on. How many of you actually know their dress size off the top of your head? :P
I never, and I mean never, buy her clothes. -_-
Yes. Under no circumstances do this. Shoes are fine - welcome, even - but never, ever clothes. The one possible exception is a winter coat.
Yeah, gotta concur. Even if you navigate past the size minefield, I just don't see someone who's a man being able to understand the style of attire being worn by women.
Quote from: DGuller on December 15, 2011, 01:52:47 PM
Yeah, gotta concur. Even if you navigate past the size minefield, I just don't see someone who's a man being able to understand the style of attire being worn by women.
There's that, too.
Clap.
Quote from: garbon on December 14, 2011, 06:51:44 PM
My heart
I'd prefer diamonds. Both are shriveled, lifeless and hard as stone, but diamonds I could sell on.
Quote from: Martinus on December 15, 2011, 02:02:38 PM
Clap.
You're giving people STDs for Chiristmas? You monster!
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
How many of you guys are not afraid to buy clothes for your wife/girlfriend? I used to be. Still wouldn't buy some things. Like jeans, for example. Too hard to get right without trying them on. How many of you actually know their dress size off the top of your head? :P
If not a 00, only potato sacks are appropriate anyway.
The size thing is obvious, but even straight guys can have a sense of style and what they would like if they pay enough attention. You might have ideas she hadn't considered too. People can get stuck in a rut when it comes to stuff like this.
Princesca's gonna love what I ended up getting her this year (and I won't mention it in case she reads this thread). I think it'll be as badass as my present for her last year--a car GPS, which she uses constantly and mentions whan an OSSUM gift it was all the time.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 02:05:42 PM
The size thing is obvious, but even straight guys can have a sense of style and what they would like if they pay enough attention. You might have ideas she hadn't considered too. People can get stuck in a rut when it comes to stuff like this.
I do have a sense of style but I also have a sense of laziness and cheapness which usually prevents me from actually being stylish. But for whatever reason I do a pretty decent job picking out stuff for her.
Quote from: Valmy on December 15, 2011, 02:06:56 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 02:05:42 PM
The size thing is obvious, but even straight guys can have a sense of style and what they would like if they pay enough attention. You might have ideas she hadn't considered too. People can get stuck in a rut when it comes to stuff like this.
I do have a sense of style but I also have a sense of laziness and cheapness which usually prevents me from actually being stylish. But for whatever reason I do a pretty decent job picking out stuff for her.
Nose goblins don't count.
I bought my dad a popcorn machine.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 15, 2011, 03:46:46 PM
I bought my dad a popcorn machine.
That is rad. Does he have a home theater set up?
Quote from: fahdiz on December 15, 2011, 04:03:06 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 15, 2011, 03:46:46 PM
I bought my dad a popcorn machine.
That is rad. Does he have a home theater set up?
No. He doesn't even have one of those flat screens.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 15, 2011, 04:32:29 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on December 15, 2011, 04:03:06 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 15, 2011, 03:46:46 PM
I bought my dad a popcorn machine.
That is rad. Does he have a home theater set up?
No. He doesn't even have one of those flat screens.
Does he have a 16mm film projector ? :unsure:
Nah, just an old TV. Well it's 10 years old. Hell, he still has a VCR.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
How many of you guys are not afraid to buy clothes for your wife/girlfriend? I used to be. Still wouldn't buy some things. Like jeans, for example. Too hard to get right without trying them on. How many of you actually know their dress size off the top of your head? :P
Size is not the issue. A girlfriend picky enough to nix the entire inventories of five or six clothing stores in an afternoon makes me a little reluctant to, though. :P
And the melodica's sort of an in-joke.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 15, 2011, 05:21:46 PM
Nah, just an old TV. Well it's 10 years old. Hell, he still has a VCR.
I saw one of those in a thrift shop today, it seemed rather quaint.
Yeah, it is quaint.
My dad loves popcorn, but the pot he uses to cook it in recently wore out and he hasn't gotten a replacement so he's been using a kettle and sometimes buying that microwavable popcorn.
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So I got him this thingy. It looked neat.
Cool.
I hate popcorn. How much does a peanut butter cup machine cost? I mean, I'll take a depreciated one from the Hershey plant.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 15, 2011, 05:48:02 PM
I hate popcorn. How much does a peanut butter cup machine cost? I mean, I'll take a depreciated one from the Hershey plant.
http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/02/20/homemade-peanut-butter-smores-cups/
Quote from: Ideologue on December 15, 2011, 05:48:02 PM
I hate popcorn. How much does a peanut butter cup machine cost? I mean, I'll take a depreciated one from the Hershey plant.
A depreciated peanut butter cup machine is a lot like a color laserjet: the machine is cheap, but it's the consumables that'll get ya.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 15, 2011, 05:49:20 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on December 15, 2011, 05:48:02 PM
I hate popcorn. How much does a peanut butter cup machine cost? I mean, I'll take a depreciated one from the Hershey plant.
http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/02/20/homemade-peanut-butter-smores-cups/
Oh man.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 15, 2011, 05:50:32 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 15, 2011, 05:49:20 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on December 15, 2011, 05:48:02 PM
I hate popcorn. How much does a peanut butter cup machine cost? I mean, I'll take a depreciated one from the Hershey plant.
http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/02/20/homemade-peanut-butter-smores-cups/
Oh man.
Somebody's pants just became a dairy factory.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 15, 2011, 05:21:46 PM
Hell, he still has a VCR.
I've got a tv with vcr built in sitting in the dog's room. Sometimes, I go in there and play an exercise tape from 20 years ago.
Dude, no one wants to know about your weird "rituals."
His dog has a room. :lol:
Wouldn't want her tearing up the furniture in the rest of the house. That's the cats' job.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 15, 2011, 06:23:04 PM
Wouldn't want her tearing up the furniture in the rest of the house. That's the cats' job.
So is the TV so she can watch Cesar Millan? :P
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 15, 2011, 06:23:04 PM
Wouldn't want her tearing up the furniture in the rest of the house. That's the cats' job.
What is it with you Americans and you cats, I've never had this problem with any of my cats.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 15, 2011, 05:26:02 PM
Yeah, it is quaint.
My dad loves popcorn, but the pot he uses to cook it in recently wore out and he hasn't gotten a replacement so he's been using a kettle and sometimes buying that microwavable popcorn.
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So I got him this thingy. It looked neat.
Dude that is bad ass. Two thumbs up.
Quote from: mongers on December 15, 2011, 06:42:23 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 15, 2011, 06:23:04 PM
Wouldn't want her tearing up the furniture in the rest of the house. That's the cats' job.
What is it with you Americans and you cats, I've never had this problem with any of my cats.
I gave my cat an SS rank.
QuoteHis dog has a room. :lol:
His dog has a TV and VCR.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
How many of you guys are not afraid to buy clothes for your wife/girlfriend? I used to be. Still wouldn't buy some things. Like jeans, for example. Too hard to get right without trying them on. How many of you actually know their dress size off the top of your head? :P
I do, and have done all right with sports wear, coats, swearters and shirts. Even underwear I've pulled off succesfully by looking at the label of her most recent purchase, then bought the same brand and roughly the same kind of design (same kind of cup etc) but in a different colour/material/applications etc.
I usually stay away from trousers and skirts of any kind and usually also from footwear.
V
Quote from: Valmy on December 15, 2011, 02:06:56 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 02:05:42 PM
The size thing is obvious, but even straight guys can have a sense of style and what they would like if they pay enough attention. You might have ideas she hadn't considered too. People can get stuck in a rut when it comes to stuff like this.
I do have a sense of style but I also have a sense of laziness and cheapness which usually prevents me from actually being stylish. But for whatever reason I do a pretty decent job picking out stuff for her.
Or she loves you and pretend to like your presents :P
V
Just arrived for my wife and her friend Miranda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S2p7AiNX9g
Should be worth a chuckle this weekend. My wife and Miranda will be surprised when I pull their flaps down.
I just had a stroke of pure genius.
When we were little, my brothers and I had a lot of books. One was a really old one from the 50s called "Life in Europe: Sweden". I think it was part of a series about various European countries. I have no idea where it came from, or what it actually said about Sweden. What I remember is that we collectively transformed that book into a work of utter comedy, drawing evil mustaches on the people in it and turning the thing into a full-blown story about an evil wizard enslaving the Swedes or something like that. I think it involved a curse to make them have constant violent diarrhea if they disobeyed him. The altered book has been lost to time now. But, I found a new one.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006AX9H0/ref=ox_ya_os_product
I'm actually a bit curious about 1950's Sweden, but the hilarity will be worth it. Maybe he'll draw all over it with his son. :P
QuoteI'm actually a bit curious about 1950's Sweden
Hard times. The key ball bearing and iron ore sectors had suffered some marked setbacks.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 16, 2011, 07:38:32 PM
I just had a stroke of pure genius.
When we were little, my brothers and I had a lot of books. One was a really old one from the 50s called "Life in Europe: Sweden". I think it was part of a series about various European countries. I have no idea where it came from, or what it actually said about Sweden. What I remember is that we collectively transformed that book into a work of utter comedy, drawing evil mustaches on the people in it and turning the thing into a full-blown story about an evil wizard enslaving the Swedes or something like that. I think it involved a curse to make them have constant violent diarrhea if they disobeyed him. The altered book has been lost to time now. But, I found a new one.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006AX9H0/ref=ox_ya_os_product
I'm actually a bit curious about 1950's Sweden, but the hilarity will be worth it. Maybe he'll draw all over it with his son. :P
1950s Sweden was awesome. We was going places. Then the 60s happened.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 16, 2011, 07:41:51 PM
QuoteI'm actually a bit curious about 1950's Sweden
Hard times. The key ball bearing and iron ore sectors had suffered some marked setbacks.
:pinch:
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 16, 2011, 07:38:32 PM
I'm actually a bit curious about 1950's Sweden, but the hilarity will be worth it. Maybe he'll draw all over it with his son. :P
That's a great idea. I had a similar stroke of genius and tracked down this book my father would reminisce about, but when I gave it to him he told me "Thanks, this is great. :) But you know I don't read books anymore, so..." :frusty:
My mother's family has ditched Christmas presents this year except for the kids and none of them are coming. I'm just giving my granddad the University of Tennessee Football All-Access Vault. When I was working in Knoxville over the summer he wanted me to get him stuff about the 1944-5 and 1945-6 teams. But the SEC apparently doesn't make every school keep public archives of all its historical ephemera and let people buy it, so I got that as a shitty consolation prize.
My gift to CdM.....
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I for one hope everyone enjoys their winter solstice celebration of choice. :)
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Quote from: Valdemar on December 16, 2011, 05:10:37 AM
:P
I mean, right? What a dick thing to say. Why would I give Christmas presents to an asshat?
On the plus side, I am glad you like the stuff your kids make for you. I totally dig it when my daughters make me something; I still use a pencil holder that my eldest made when she was in kindergarten. It is super rad.
I got a cold from my kids. :mad:
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 17, 2011, 08:31:00 PM
I got a cold from my kids. :mad:
Dude, me too. It is nasty.
My xmas shopping continues to be a disaster.
The only person sorted is my dog.
Any decent UK/Europe gift websites to save me having a horrid day tomorrow rushing to yet another mall in the futile hope there is something worthwhile?
Quote from: Caliga on December 15, 2011, 01:04:10 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 15, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
How many of you guys are not afraid to buy clothes for your wife/girlfriend? I used to be. Still wouldn't buy some things. Like jeans, for example. Too hard to get right without trying them on. How many of you actually know their dress size off the top of your head? :P
That's the highway to the danger zone right there, son. "Honey, what's your dress size?"
Easy holiday trick: whatever her dress size is, drop it down one size and then make the purchase.
Sure, she'll have to return it, but she'll appreciate it more.
"Say, honey, why is that girl who also claims to weigh 120 pounds like four sizes smaller?"