What did you get?

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 11:40 pm

A donut!

MeatPoPsicKle · Post by **MeatPoPsicKle** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 11:46 pm

Coolest thing was a Sheffield Steel limited edition set with a dozen different Knives, Leatherman-type deals, all told about 300 different ways to kill someone... Thanx dad!

PerroViejo · Post by **PerroViejo** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 4:22 am

Uh, a bottle of Martell Cognac VS blue label, a bottle of Bailey's irish creme, a bottle of Malibu, *sigh* a bottle of Wisniowka cherry brandy, a bottle of -are we seeing a pattern here yet?- Beaujolais-Villages, a bottle of Hettman Ukranian vodka, a "Beers of the World" -I'm not kidding- 8 bottle sampler.

Then I got a B&D Firestorm 18V. drill, a B&D Sandstorm sander, a DeWalt jigsaw, a Smith & Wesson folding knife (model Cuttin'Horse, partly serrated, lockback) an Ontario Knife Co. FF6 Fighting Knife (reminds me of the Randall Mk. 9), a couple of T-shirts and a pair of boxers.
Am I insane for being concerned that some of the sharp power thingies were given to me by the same people that gave me the liquid stupidity thingies? Better go check and see if the girlfriend has taken a life policy on me :shock: .

We celebrate on the 6th as well so I probably have more loot comming my way. That and my overseas familly is sending stuff over with my cousin who was visiting for the holidays.

-Aah yah mon! Da Laaawd, He be good to us dis year!-
Shaggy

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 12:53 pm

alcohol and power tools, always a great mix

heheh.

Good haul though

Raymondo · Post by **Raymondo** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 2:40 pm

I got a PS2, 7 games for it*, quad racer remot control, 3 warhammer 40,000 games for pc (seen in picture 1), new monitor and some kind of pen holder (seen in picture 2).

http://members.lycos.co.uk/wastelandwar ... room11.JPG

http://members.lycos.co.uk/wastelandwars/room/room8.JPG

* Seen in Picture 2 (To the left)

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 3:15 pm

Chaos Gate was/is very fun, ugh, how are the other two as I haven't played them yet?

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 3:19 pm

I still think the donut was a much better gift then all of the gifts mentioned above.

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 4:17 pm

avenger69ie wrote:lol nice one its okay, i'm safely inebbrieated for the x-mas period

Er...I'm locking up my cats...just in case.

BTW, avenger, thanks for that thread about The Last Combat way back when. My old man loved The Professional, so I got him that for x-mas. Cheers!

requiem... wrote:Don't forget to warm the pot first.

Erh?! So it won't break?

Time for my long-planned post about the image of tea in the US of A:

I have a Mrs. Tea tea machine. This thing came complete w/cozy, which has a garish floral pattern on it. I'm assuming it's because tea drinking in any form except iced is considered somehow feminine by my fellow Americans. I cannot tell you how much I hate my floral-pattern bearing cozy. I've had to shake it out before. I always dash back in the door if I hear anyone coming, lest they see me waving something around w/pink flowers on it and looks suspiciously like a loincloth...

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requiem_for_a_starfury · Sat Dec 27, 2003 4:36 pm

OnTheBounce wrote:Erh?! So it won't break?

A basic hangover from the days when western pottery wasn't very good at adapting to quick temperature changes so you warmed the pot first, so it didn't shatter when you filled it with boiling water. Though people claim it still makes the tea taste better and can tell the difference when someone hasn't done so. Similar to the adding of milk to the cup before the tea, cheap local china would shatter if you poured the hot tea straight in so you used to add the milk first to cushion it, those who could afford better quality and/or imported china would add the milk afterwards to show off their status. Something people can still be stuffy about even today. :roll:

OnTheBounce wrote:Time for my long-planned post about the image of tea in the US of A:

I have a Mrs. Tea tea machine.

Never heard of a tea machine must look one up on the net. I drink more instant coffee than tea, just because I'm a lazy sod. Hmm thinking about it I've never seen an electric kettle in an American tv show or film. Whenever a 'tea' kettle is shown it's an old fashioned stove top job.

OnTheBounce wrote: This thing came complete w/cozy, which has a garish floral pattern on it. I'm assuming it's because tea drinking in any form except iced is considered somehow feminine by my fellow Americans. I cannot tell you how much I hate my floral-pattern bearing cozy. I've had to shake it out before. I always dash back in the door if I hear anyone coming, lest they see me waving something around w/pink flowers on it and looks suspiciously like a loincloth...

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Oh the mental images, thanks you've just cheered me right up.

We'll have to get you a football (sorry soccer) team tea cozy or at least something more macho... how about a nice ginger pussy?

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:09 pm

requiem_for_a_starfury wrote:A basic hangover from the days when western pottery...

That's what I thought you meant. Mrs. Tea is pretty much like an electric coffee machine, though. You have a hot plate, reservoir and basket for the leaves. The pot is ceramic, though. (Basically, you get one of these so your tea doesn't have a hint of coffee taste to it and vice versa, plus I have to admit that the ceramic pot makes a difference over glass.)

requiem... wrote:Something people can still be stuffy about even today. :roll:

Personally, I look at tea tasting w/the same look of befuddled indifference that I do wine tasting. I don't get expensive editions of books that contain no special information the trade paperback doesn't have, and I lump that sort of behaviour in the same bin w/tea and wine tasting. The bin is marked: To Be Discarded.

requiem... wrote:Hmm thinking about it I've never seen an electric kettle in an American tv show or film. Whenever a 'tea' kettle is shown it's an old fashioned stove top job.

It's an oddity all right. I had to hunt high and low for one back when I got it back in '98.

requiem... wrote:Oh the mental images, thanks you've just cheered me right up.

NP!

requiem... wrote:We'll have to get you a football (sorry soccer) team tea cozy or at least something more macho... how about a nice ginger pussy?

Some of my German relatives will disown me for this, but...I don't care for soccer/football. (Don't even get my started on what a ludicrous name "football" is for the US game by that name...)

I'll take the..."ginger pussy" if you can find one w/a black cat on it.

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requiem_for_a_starfury · Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:22 pm

OnTheBounce wrote:plus I have to admit that the ceramic pot makes a difference over glass.)

Yeah I bought a fancy Glass (perspex?) tea pot with an internal infuser for the tea leaves, my tea never tastes as good as at my parents with their traditonal china teapot, even though we use the same brand of tea.

OnTheBounce wrote:Personally, I look at tea tasting w/the same look of befuddled indifference that I do wine tasting.

Wine tasting, bah load of rubbish, as long as it's got alcohol in it and doesn't taste like meths you're on a winner. As for tea look around the site I linked to and order yourself some PG Tips, best cuppa brew going.

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:41 pm

requiem_for_a_starfury wrote:Wine tasting, bah load of rubbish, as long as it's got alcohol in it and doesn't taste like meths you're on a winner.

Hehe...that reminds me of "soju", a Korean liquor. I've seen it here in the States, but the imported stuff is subject to US standards on ingredients and so forth. The stuff you get in Korea can have all sorts of shit in it, including formaldahyde. I highly recommend trying it just once, even if it is something of a risky adventure. I makes for an..."interesting" drunk.

requiem... wrote:As for tea look around the site I linked to and order yourself some PG Tips, best cuppa brew going.

Gah! I have to be more careful in my browsing! "Tea for One" = $50.00 for what doesn't amount to much more than a damned teacup!

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requiem_for_a_starfury · Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:47 pm

HeHe I think you should get a weed apron to go with your tea cozy, a right little domestic helper you'd be then.

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:51 pm

requiem_for_a_starfury wrote:HeHe I think you should get a weed apron to go with your tea cozy, a right little domestic helper you'd be then.

But Req...I already have that French maid's outfit...don't you remember?

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Bridgeburner · Post by **Bridgeburner** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:51 pm

the guardian wrote:I still think the donut was a much better gift then all of the gifts mentioned above.

how is a donut better than a bottle of cognac?

requiem_for_a_starfury · Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:54 pm

OnTheBounce wrote:But Req...I already have that French maid's outfit...don't you remember?

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No please... the mental images... I just can't handle them... ahhhh!! :shock:

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:55 pm

OnTheBounce wrote:Hehe...that reminds me of "soju", a Korean liquor. I've seen it here in the States, but the imported stuff is subject to US standards on ingredients and so forth. The stuff you get in Korea can have all sorts of shit in it, including formaldahyde. I highly recommend trying it just once, even if it is something of a risky adventure. I makes for an..."interesting" drunk.

I think it's funny how much they drink it, too... Visited this eat&drink all you can place, there were some nice liquors, whiskey, vodka, and all that, yet every Korean's table was full of soju bottles, haha, so they must actually like it

I wouldn't use the word "interesting", though! :x

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 6:13 pm

requiem_for_a_starfury wrote:No please... the mental images... I just can't handle them... ahhhh!! :shock:

My goal is to one day cause someone to loose their lunch w/that joke.

(Damned near did it at my old job, too...)

GimpMask wrote:I think it's funny how much they drink it, too... Visited this eat&drink all you can place, there were some nice liquors, whiskey, vodka, and all that, yet every Korean's table was full of soju bottles, haha, so they must actually like it

No shit. It's as much a staple to Koreans as sake to the Japanese.

GimpMask wrote:I wouldn't use the word "interesting", though! :x

You don't find the four-stage "Soju Experience" interesting? :hehe: I don't drink anymore, but back when I did, I was basically just a mellow, talkative drunk. Except when soju was involved...that's when I -- like so many others -- became a shit-talking belligerent drunk. Worse than tequila, that stuff is. Much worse.

Okay, that's it for OTB for today. I'm off to get more cancer sticks and then to check The Golem, a silent horror film from 1920. This should be fun. ("It is recognized, Lawrence, that you have a funny sense of fun.")

OTB

PS Slave_Master, if you're reading this, I'll post of Blumenback and caucassians tomorrow, even though Grey_Fil has stolen my thunder. (Glad to see Wikipedia's server is back up, though.)

Grey Fil · Post by **Grey Fil** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 7:12 pm

Sorry for the thunder stealing thing, it was just to give a little finger (not even a hand). As for the drinking stuff the chinese have a nice rice based destilate that is very famous all over China, it tastes like smoke and makes people terribly sick if they drink to much. Its taste is very different from sake although it is a similar beverage. For really good destilate beverages you should try portuguese "aguardente" specially the varieties made of fruits specially fig or a mediterranean fruit called "medronho". That stuff makes hair curl and is only for "REAL MEN".

As for wine or any other kind of drink tasting there are 2 points, first you need separate fact from BS. Second only a good knowledge of the stuff allows for a good capability to diferentiate between all the varieties and subtle diferences. I for example do not like whiskey and most of the stuff tastes all the same to me but I was once given the opportunity to taste from a very special bottle and that stuff was great. Like most poor people, and everybody is poor compared to a selected few, whe live in a world of mediocre and common things and can not really appreciate the excellence of supreme quality pieces because they simply are out of grasp. Where I fell this most is with gemstones. Everybody has seen sapphires, and maybe even big beautiful sapphires, and they are... well...pretty. But if you ever see a Kashmere sapphire of excellent cut and colour you will understand why they cost the outrageous sums that people pay for them. This is true also for many other things. I like bonsai trees and have seen many and even created a few. But a visit to a small village in Japan just left me astonished.

Better stop with the ramble before I kill somebody of boredom

PerroViejo · Post by **PerroViejo** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 9:01 pm

Bridgeburner wrote:
the guardian wrote:I still think the donut was a much better gift then all of the gifts mentioned above.
how is a donut better than a bottle of cognac?

What Guardian is not explaining to us gentiles, is that his donut is a special chanukah donut: Little did we know that such a magical mystical pastry existed. However uncovering some long lost texts has provided scholars with evidence that along with the Ark of the Covenant, the Chanukah Donut is one of the most revered artifacts in Israel.

The following are among its many virtues, as mentioned in the recently discovered scrolls:

1. It can indefinetly regenerate itself, so long as a crumb remains uneaten.
2. It will at the owner's desire change its filling to suit his mood.
3. The "powdered sugar" coating is in reality a stimulant with properties similar to industrial grade X, along with the virility enhancing attributes of Viagra.
4. It will on command, produce mugs of its owner drink of choice. Pint glasses when required.
5. When rubbed against the surface of any game cd it provides its owner with all known cheat codes for the game in question.
6. One drop of it's filling will heal the blind, the lame and the not l33t.

The list goes on and on but these were some of the most interesting properties of Guardian's little present. I gotta tell you, he knows whats up.