whatcha get for christmas?

[GnomeWizardd]

So far a Samsung Blue Ray layer, Dyson Hand vac, Gloves , Sleep set (warmness! ) Ear warmers, and a crap load of kitchen stuff, Badger brush, Shave Cream , Warm socks


NOW tom i get 2 more Christmases!

[shwaip]

bacteremia

[Gnome Queen]

A tonsillectomy.

[GnomeWizardd]

vasectomy!

[primesuspect]

My mom and dad paid my phone bill for the month and I got a nice sweater jacket from my sister. :)

[Gate28]

A drum kit

[Kwitko]

I bought myself a TV and surround system. I bought Dagmara Chanel Mademoiselle. We bought Joey a train set, a Hess truck, and a tricycle. My parents bought Dagmara a bracelet and Joey a dinosaur. My parents didn't get me anything.

[QCH]

Some nice cologne, some house slippers, clothes, and winter gloves...

[fatcat]

nothing.

except what my sekrit santa got me.

[airbornflght]

Money, some cologne (I hope it's my style), some ties, and a ratchet set. All that's left is what I'm going to get myself, which I'm still pondering. I may just put the money away for a rainy day.

[Crazy Joe]

An Xbox 360 and various games and accessories to go with it.

[pigflipper]

So far:

"The Definitive Guide to Stuff White People Like: The Unique Taste of Millions" by Christian Lander

some cash

We will see what the morning brings, but my big present was the laptop I got two months ago.

[Leonardo]

Got my son a professional grade automotive tool set (fairly comprehensive including a five-foot roller-cabinet). Got my wife a Nintendo Wii. No, really, it's what she asked for. Got myself another 9800GX2 for Folding@Home. My dog Turbo got some scraps from the Christmas Eve traditional cold ham (German custom...the ham, not the dog).

[GnomeWizardd]

Sounds like everyone is having a good one so far

[Nomad]

I'm in Germany right now, so I don't anticipate getting any gifts.

[pigflipper]

Update from earlier post:

Towels
Electric blanket
1 year pass to all Florida State Parks
$25 gift certificate to Whataburger (HELL YEAH!)
new laptop bag
new pullover hoodie
some more cash

[Black Hawk]

Cologne from my dad.

[CB]

Crazy Joe (My Nexlia secret Santa) got me Assassin's Creed, Carcassone: New World, and a Travel Scrabble set.

My Dad and his girlfriend got me a USB to SATA/IDE converter with power adapter (so that I can give him his back ;) ) and a new 500GB External HD.

My Mom got me a cargo bag for my Bicycle.

Betsy got me Civilization Revolution for the XBox, Apples to Apples Party Box, a new mouse and mousepad, a bunch of tie-clips and cuff-links (something I collect), an infared thermometer, and some other small stuff.

[Cyclonite]

Paintball Marker - Tippman 98 Custom Platinum with ACT
Robot Chicken DVDs
The "Pi," "Schrodingers Cat," and "There's no place like 127.0.0.1" shirts from Think Geek
$25 VISA Gift Card
Nice Warm Fleece blanket with GIR on it
$35 Gift Card to Gamestop - Bought L4D with that. :)

[Tim]

I got:

1. Sapphire / Radeon HD 3850 AGP graphics card, brand new from Newegg.

2. 2 GB kit (2 X 1 GB) of Kingston ValueRAM DDR PC3200, bringing me to 2.5 GB total RAM.

3. Seagate FreeAgent external USB hard drive for backup storage, 500 GB.

4. Did a full reformat / reload of XP Home SP3 on my PC's boot drive, and I'm finally going to try Firefox 3. I had to download the FirefoXP addon to make it look as much like IE6 as possible.

It'll be stressful, but I'll try to give Firefox a fair chance to impress me.

[tmh88]

Paintball Marker - Tippman 98 Custom Platinum with ACT


I had a 98 custom. Those markers are beastly, and so intimidating because they're loud as ****. I used to play paintball once a week when I was in high school and through freshman year of college. Once you get competitive it just costs so much money which isn't easy to come by while you're in high school, let alone college. I must have dropped close to $800 on my last marker alone with all the upgrades and stuff. If you ever feel the need to upgrade your 98 custom the flatline barrel is f'ing sweet. The response trigger is one hell of an upgrade too, but then you'll need an auto loading hopper because you can get like 20+ bps out. Sorry for the paragraph, I miss playing paintball and felt the need to go on about it.


Well, anyway, I got a North Face Apex jacket, a whole bunch of Polo clothing (no, not the sport), cologne, and some cash.

[Snarkasm]

A TiVo! Finally, yay.

Some more stuff for my coin collection, some gloves and scarves I needed, and some cash for fish for my tank. Good Christmas. :)

[Thrax]

A 1TB WD1001FALS, a digital food scale, a stopwatch, and some other miscellaneous goodies. :D

[Cyclonite]

I had a 98 custom. Those markers are beastly, and so intimidating because they're loud as ****. I used to play paintball once a week when I was in high school and through freshman year of college. Once you get competitive it just costs so much money which isn't easy to come by while you're in high school, let alone college. I must have dropped close to $800 on my last marker alone with all the upgrades and stuff. If you ever feel the need to upgrade your 98 custom the flatline barrel is f'ing sweet. The response trigger is one hell of an upgrade too, but then you'll need an auto loading hopper because you can get like 20+ bps out. Sorry for the paragraph, I miss playing paintball and felt the need to go on about it.

Yeah, I'm going to install a double trigger, drop-forward and J&J 14" ceramic barrel next. After that I'm looking at the response trigger and electronic hopper.

I don't want to put *too* much money into it, because I'm not crazy into it yet. Even so, I'd rather buy a better marker and than drop a lot of money on upgrades for this one.

And, yes, it is freakin' loud. Haha. I was shooting it out my back door the other day. I stopped for fear of someone calling the cops. Heh.

[NiGHTS]

Some 360 games, a case for the BB, a bluetooth headset (finally, yay), computer speakers, a few gift cards, money, and some other extra goodies.

[Gate28]

I got a red iPod nano =D

And I got a $10 gift card to Sonic, because I eat breakfast there every day on my way to school.

[mafiadragon]

i got a pc that doesnt work at the moment but getting help lol

wanna help: http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=662006 lol

[Cyclonite]

Oh yeah! I forgot, I got a LOLCat book. Hah. http://www.amazon.com/Can-Has-Cheezburger-LOLcat-Colleckshun/dp/159240409X

[Nightwolf]

Mallord combat watch that I can't wait to get dirty!

[Gate28]

Oh yeah! I forgot, I got a LOLCat book. Hah. http://www.amazon.com/Can-Has-Cheezburger-LOLcat-Colleckshun/dp/159240409X

DO WANT

[reelbigfish]

I got a Tivo HD, a Phenom X4 9850, 4GB of RAM, AMD Radeon 4870 HD 512MB and a 1TB Western Digital Hard drive.

Oh and the people down stairs got us something....bed bugs. Freaking bed bugs. And not one pest control company will send someone out for two days. Needless to say today has sucked. Come to find out the land lord had their place treated and didn't tell anyone. Any land lord worth their salt would treat the apartment and all adjacent apartments. Anyway, sorry for the rant, but it has not been a good day. The chemicals better not fry my new Tivo or new computer. Then I will be really pissed.

[adarryl]

At my house, Santa is my wife. She got me: a Meade lighted magnifying glass and a Black and Decker Tripod Flashlight for reading pin-outs and hands-free lighting inside PC cases, a Pat Metheny CD, a Garmin Nuvi 205W GPS navigator w turn-by-turn directions and, arriving next Wednesday, a Samsung LN52A750 LCD TV! Jackpot!!!!

[MrBill]

I spent the night at a casino with my wife where she won about $1000. Then we drove on to my parent's house in Tennessee and celebrated Christmas with family.

[leishi85]

xbox 360 and got my old nf7-s system back up and running.

getting my old system to run again was actually exciting. (still working with the athlon xp 1700 OCed at 2.5ghz)

[Gate28]

I spent the night at a casino with my wife where she won about $1000. Then we drove on to my parent's house in Tennessee and celebrated Christmas with family.

Won? In a casino? That dosen't happen, I don't think...

[Lincoln]

Orange iPod nano! :rockon:

3 DVDs, 4 books, shirts, scarf, tea, looseleaf teapot, orange crayola crayon executive pen, cash.

Also got brake pads, etc. changed thanks to my mom, yay. And money for the trip here and back.

[Winfrey]

I got some clothes, a lego car...thing, and a pack of Magic the Gathering cards. Not much but I didn't really ask for anything either.

Oh and some candy which I already ate.

I anticipate more gifts tomorrow and the next with more family gatherings to go to.

[RWB]

Parents got me a set of nice Samurai swords with the rack and a $50 gift card for Bass Pro Shop(gonna use it to help pay for my new waders with ray guards). Grandpa gave me a a $50 check. Got a duffle bag set from one of those Christmas stealing games, dunno what it was called. So a good year this year.

[Clutch]

I got a new fusion razor, workout shorts, George Foreman grill, Cologne, misc clothes, some money.

[Annes]

Tons of stuff for the house - coffee maker, wine glasses, plates, mugs, pottery, art, candles, etc. Prag got me a bracelet and will be taking me to New York to go see Wicked on Broadway in the near future. Christmas isn't even over yet, still need to go down and do it with my family on the 3rd of January.

[RyderOCZ]

Ironman and Dark Knight on DVD, a couple gift cards, gift cert to a new "wine bar" here in town, digital food scale, electric kettle, coffee and mug, bottle of wine, Jack Daniels gift set (5th and 2 glasses), and a "Blender Bottle".

[Buddy J]

Bag of Holding, the SCX Compact F1 slot-car track from Target, Bluetooth earpiece, FF Tactics A2, towels, clothes, other misc. badassery, and a small plush Domo-Kun.

And I got to give all sorts of stuff I'm really stoked about.

[Lincoln]

I got to give all sorts of stuff I'm really stoked about.I'm most stoked about the books I got Perry (My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet) and Kyle (Wrinkle in Time, The Giver).

[Snarkasm]

I'm most stoked about the books I got Perry (My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet) and Kyle (Wrinkle in Time, The Giver).

A Wrinkle in Time unf. Love that series.

[MiracleManS]

The Giver.

THIS BOOK IS ****ING SWEET!

[Buddy J]

Hatchet is quite possibly the coolest book for young guys to read. You need to be careful though. I imagine it'll be hard to explain to DHS why Perry is living in the back yard with an axe.

[UPSLynx]

My mom surprised the heck out of me with this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Animation-Studios-Archive/dp/1423107233/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230313888&sr=8-1

It's frigging beautiful, I'm so glad she got it.

I also got a Magellan GPS unit for my truck, a scarf, gloves, new belt, pants... losing weight is expensive so I was very glad to get clothes. Also Dark Knight and Kung Fu Panda, and CDs from Beirut and Wolf Parade. My dad gave me an antique brownie camera with a still functioning flash bulb. Very awesome.

[primesuspect]

The kids are pretty excited about the books. Perry's already 30 pages deep in Hatchet. The thing is, he already has a hatchet and goes off into the woods with his brother for hours, so I imagine this book will just fuel the fire for him... THANKS MATT :p

I read The Giver in one "session". What a great book!

[TBonZ]

I received a sweet wrench and pliers set that I had been needing. Also an authentic NHL Ottawa Senators Black Jersey (the exact same as what the players wear), I love it.

My Christmas present to Line and I was a 40" Sony Bravia 1080p HD LCD that I waited in line to get for 3 hours this morning. After it all, very happy indeed. Picture is tight and looks amazing with the PS3 hooked up. What a difference from the clunky 24' Toshiba we've been using for years. I also rented a Blu-ray disk to watch on it later to really test it out.

Oh yeah, I picked an Iphone to give to Line as well as 2 months of charges paid. Pisses me off though, she loves it so much she won't let me touch it. :shakehead

[TiberiusLazarus]

My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet

Both amazing books. LOVED them as a child and still hold the books in high regard. Anyone else read the other two continuations of Hatchet? Those were awesome as well.

[Nightwolf]

Both amazing books. LOVED them as a child and still hold the books in high regard. Anyone else read the other two continuations of Hatchet? Those were awesome as well.

I've read all but the fifth one in the series he put out a few years ago.

[MAGIC]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/captainwarez/P1010295.jpg
A minor speaker upgrade. I'm still waiting on my surround bookshelves and the sub to come.
No, they wont stay like this. I am planning trying my hand at fine woodworking to craft myself some nice stands. I'll post some pictures of that process.

[Gate28]

[v][AGIC']
A minor speaker upgrade. I'm still waiting on my surround bookshelves and the sub to come.
No, they wont stay like this. I am planning trying my hand at fine woodworking to craft myself some nice stands. I'll post some pictures of that process.

=O

[airbornflght]

Not to rain on your parade magic, but for proper stereo imaging (or surround in your case) those left and right speakers need to be a considerable distance apart. I'd imagine right now they are mushing together for the most part. I forget the number but it is a ratio of the listening distance. As an example I have my 2.1's at extreme opposite ends of my desk pointed towards me and the stereo imaging is very good at a normal seating distance. If I sit back or lay on my bed it blends together though. You can test for stereo imaging easily with two tones. One pink noise, both channels in phase. And the other pink noise, right out of phase 180 degrees from left. In the first one the sound should appear to be coming from right in front of you, and the second it should appear to come from each individual speaker.

Sorry to crap on the thread, just saw that and had to say something.

BTW, those are some bad ass horns for the tweeters. What amp are you driving them with?

[MAGIC]

I know. I, just put them together for the picture.

Saving up for a denon AVR-2309CI or Onkyo TX-SR706. Haven't decided yet. Ill get an amp later when i get my rf-63s.

[GnomeWizardd]

Denon

[primesuspect]

I got a month of WoW from my son. :eek3:

So I can play with them :eek3:

[GnomeWizardd]

I just received a Embroidered Buffalo Bills football from gate28, Thank you! perfect ending to an amazing Christmas

[Snarkasm]

Adding a BG-E2N to my list. Big ol' battery grip for the 30D :D

[danball1976]

I got Zathura, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Towel set, One bracket for a sawhorse (need two total), long sleeve button shirt, sweater jacket, Black & Decker jigsaw, bedspread, bed pillow for my dog, and bedstand light.

[shwaip]

A kickin t-shirt from GQ and a fleece blanket with a pocket for my feet from a nice lady.

[WagsFTW]

I got a crockpot, food processor, some pyrex bakeware, a new robe, sheets, towel set, gift certificate for the movies, lots of wine, some wine glasses and a decanter, lots of candies, and some diamond earrings from Magic. :o Very nice Christmas!

I got Magic Indiana Jones on Blu ray, too... he didn't brag about that. :P And Santa also got us Rocky Horror Picture Show! Hooray! :D

[GnomeWizardd]

what no sexy lingerie for magic to see?

[WagsFTW]

We did that last year, and I ended up buying something new just a few months ago. :P

[GnomeWizardd]

PICS!

[WagsFTW]

mm.. no, no. that's inappropriate.

you'll just have to imagine victoria's secrets... hah.

[-tk]

Lots of cashmere! If you don't have any, get some, trust me on this.

I also bought myself a Samsung LCD TV, and no, I won't post the specs so I can hear what a bad decision I made ;)

[GnomeWizardd]

NOTHING is inappropriate on Icrontic

[Thrax]

NOTHING is inappropriate on Icrontic

Stop being a creeper.

[GnomeWizardd]

Stop being a creeper.

Spoken from the King himself!

Anywho I hope wags knows i am J/K since I am happily married

[WagsFTW]

I know you're joking. :P

Gnome Wizardd, did you get your wife some sexy lingerie for Christmas?

[GnomeWizardd]

nope she did that shopping, I got her other important things

[Kwitko]

Apparently there's no such thing as TMI.

[UPSWeezer]

Logitech G15 keyboard and G5 mouse, FarCry2, XBOX 360 with Halo 3, some awesome cologne and clothes.

[GnomeWizardd]

tea tree facial set from the body shop, some warm scarfs, a winter jacket sums up the Important stuff kwitco

[Invisible Muffin]

Wii Fit, Mario Kart, Shaun White Snowboarding, Call of Duty: World at War (what's with all the Wii stuff...), various clothes (including 2 scarves...), various DVDs, various chocolate and some cash.

[Gate28]

XBOX 360 with Halo 3

Whats your Gamertag?

[UPSWeezer]

Whats your Gamertag?
I don't have LIVE yet. Those WIFI adapters are $100!!!:eek3:

[Snarkasm]

And with good reason - if you're playing online, you should be on Cat5e, mister.

[UPSWeezer]

And with good reason - if you're playing online, you should be on Cat5e, mister.Well then...

[pragtastic]

^5 Weez, I also got the same Kb/Mouse combo :D

Also, got some rock climbing gear (harness/caribiners), computer chair, and some other odds 'n ends. A pretty good Christmas for me.

[Gate28]

Well then...

I use a WiFi adapter and it works fine for me.

[UPSWeezer]

^5 Weez, I also got the same Kb/Mouse combo :D


^5

[Winfrey]

I'm most stoked about the books I got Perry (My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet) and Kyle (Wrinkle in Time, The Giver).

Dude...Amazing choices on books. My Side of the Mountain was (when I read it) the most epically awesome book ever! Seriously it shows you how he built/made all of his stuff in the wilderness. And I have always wanted a falcon ever since, Frightful was such a sweet hunter.

You can't miss with Gary Paulsen, and the others are simply classics that should be read by all people.


I ended up with a good haul with Company of Heroes (I already own but will return for something else) a box half full of magic cards from my brother and lots of gift cards and Gluten free cookies. Mmm... cookies.

[j]

I'm in Germany right now, so I don't anticipate getting any gifts.

No No you being in Germany IS OUR gift. hahaha. Sorry it was right there I had to take the shot :p

[GHoosdum]

I got one of these (http://www.department56.com/products/ProductDetail.aspx?item=56.55626&unav=TRUE&noselect=TRUE&ms=SCHRES&ts=12%2f31%2f2008+8%3a56%3a47+AM&cat=ALL&subcat=ALL&filter=ALL&himg=1&pg=1&searchpc=SCH&si=q0gayky4ojsmczuhjitbye45&totalpages=1&srctyp=SCH&qs=%2fproducts%2fProductThumbnail.aspx%3funav%3dTRUE%26noselect%3dTRUE%26ms%3dSCHRES%26ts%3d12%252f31%252f2008%2b8%253a56%253a47%2bAM%26cat%3dALL%26subcat%3dALL%26filter%3dALL%26himg%3d1%26pg%3d1%26searchpc%3dSCH%26si%3dq0gayky4ojsmczuhjitbye45%26totalpages%3d1%26srctyp%3dSCH).

And a set of these (http://www.wurkinstiffs.com/Power-Stays-C1.aspx).

[UPSWeezer]

I use a WiFi adapter and it works fine for me.
I got my 360 hooked up to the old XBOX adaptor. My gamertag is untouchable 501

[RADA]

Did very OK this year:


Lots of Lowes gift cards - Come in handy with the honey-do list around the new house.

XBox 360 LIVE 1 year subscription gift card

Xbox 360 Games:

Fallout 3 (bought this one at Target with a gift card - on sale for $39.99!)
Need for Speed: Undercover
Gears of War 2
Left for Dead

Gift Card to Game Stop

Craftsman 10" Table Saw

[RADA]

And a set of these (http://www.wurkinstiffs.com/Power-Stays-C1.aspx).



OK, I give :confused2 what the heck are these?

EDIT: Nevermind - figured it out!