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Xmas presents 2010?
December 29, 2010, 08:14:02 pm
Word, so did anyone get owt decent for Xmas then?

For me, highlights were:

  • A fly framed pic of Brooklyn Bridge for my new crib (went to NYC on hols a few months back)
  • The Viz swearing dictionary (Das Krapital) from the missus
  • A NAS drive from my old man (though to be fair I bought it, he gave me the cash - I thought getting him to get the right one would be a mission)

Anyone else - or was it all woolly hats, thick socks and gloves?



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#1 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 29, 2010, 11:09:01 pm
Fingerboard so I can snap my tendon pulleys at home, traditional crappy jumper, couple of cool dvd's and othe bits and bobs. I did get two scarves though!

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#2 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 29, 2010, 11:50:11 pm
1 a north face wash bag.its pretty cool.
2 50 pounnds of book tokens.very cool
3 my sis got me a log that goes in the garden that when its wet grows chant mushrooms all year.super cool

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#3 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 09:10:18 am
A couple of books.
A pass to the Irish Bouldering Meet in March  :bounce:

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#4 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 09:45:04 am
A yearly season ticket for two of the local climbing walls (Thalkirchen and Gilching). Ticket covers two because they both belong to the German Alpine Club.

Already celebrated with a bouldering session at Thalkirchen on Christmas Day (while family were skating) but have had a stomach bug since.

There are other good walls in the area that the ticket doesn't cover (Boulderwelt, High East); will still pay full price to visit them from time to time, for the sake of variety in training and as a progress check.

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#5 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 09:55:39 am
Didn't get any presents or give any except for building a new wall in the attic for the family.
300ft2 of climbing surface now installed with scope for more.

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#6 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 10:01:26 am
The mrs got me a nine volume Cultural History of Britain to add to the already large "to be read" pile! :thumbsup:
An I.O.U. from my sister to let me loose in Melbourne's best book store in March when she returns from travels. :great:
Another I.O.U. from my folks for a split-system air conditioner for the new rec. room we're building in the brick shell of the garage over the next couple of months!! :bow:

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#7 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 11:29:23 am

Snake Oil by John Diamond ( thankyou Brian )
Big Ron's autobiography
A pop-up map of New York
A bottle of Port

All in all a nice  little haul ...... Thanks Santa  :great:
« Last Edit: December 30, 2010, 11:55:38 am by grumpycrumpy »

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#8 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 11:45:04 am
A new sport rope, a set of graduated filters for the camera to experiment with, and one of these new-fangled Sony reader things (saves me taking 3kg of books with me when I go away to work). Thumbs up all round!  :thumbsup:


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#9 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 12:49:33 pm
hard grit dvd, Stone monkey dvd and a completion date on buying my first house (next week)  :dance1:

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#10 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 02:18:07 pm
a canon 500d off the wife
a jacket off my brother and sister
bit of money off my mum
a knife block set off the wife's family
box of chocs and a tshirt off my cousins

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#11 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 02:19:00 pm
A lump of coal and a written-off car

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#12 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 03:39:26 pm
I got a bunch of books, of which my favourite is this:



Not only a great retrospective of one our best rock photographer's most vital work, but an insightful read too - a great bunch of essays and interviews from just the right contributors. Recommended.

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#13 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 04:36:12 pm
I got a book with photo's of things around the world that look like cocks.. like this.



(I also got a Kindle, a book about weeds, a door knocker, some honey, a doner kebab pot noodle and some fridge magnets that are like 1970's weather forecast icons so I can do a daily forecast like Michael Fish)





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#14 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 06:10:38 pm
A lump of coal and a written-off car

Thats an arse, isn't it the second you've written off?  Hope you're ok.

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#15 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 06:19:43 pm


A YN560 which is significantly better in quality than the other two I've had (which have suffered some concrete impact injuries)

a book of 1001 Real Ale's

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#16 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 07:04:59 pm
Word, so did anyone get owt decent for Xmas then?
Yeah, a Tokina 11-16mm ultra wide angle lens ... but I had to buy it myself!

Actual presents consisted mainly of sushi ginger, both home-made (mother-in-law) and commercial (wife). I think this may be some kind of esoteric Japanese joke.

And a dumping of Oriental powder.

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#17 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 07:07:29 pm
a book of 1001 Real Ale's

Shouldnt that be

1001 Real Ale's and a book.

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#18 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 07:19:41 pm
a book of 1001 Real Ale's

Shouldnt that be

1001 Real Ale's and a book.

Both of you need to drop the apostrophe.

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#19 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 07:25:59 pm
a book of 1001 Real Ale's

Shouldnt that be

1001 Real Ales and a book on punctuation.

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#21 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 07:42:51 pm
 :-\


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#22 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 07:44:40 pm
 ;D unlicky Andy!



Yes it is deliberate...

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#23 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 07:48:27 pm
I had a really huge amount of food luckily, but also:
- a new Samsung compact to film my successes on rock!
- the small Table Tennis net from Decathlon that can be placed on any surface;
- a globe light that is now my new bed light;
- "Into Thin Air".
should get something else in a few days.

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#24 Re: Xmas presents 2010?
December 30, 2010, 07:48:59 pm
Bottle of Scotch

 

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