I dropped severe hints to listening family today that I would like to see a Cameo cutter or a 3D printer in my stocking on Christmas Day, of the two ... I think I would prefer the Cameo cutter it would make all those black and white buildings a lot easier to make.....
I have a standing order with my relatives for vouchers for my favourite model emporium in Sheffield.
They know by now their demise could result if this is not adhered to >:D
Other than that I just want a peaceful time to enjoy some good boxed sets of DVDs (you just know Christmas telly will be rubbish), to drink/eat what I want when I want, and to not feel duty bound to do anything. So, if we have 3ft snowdrifts I'll be happy providing I've already got the provisions in :D
Quote from: Graham Walters on November 22, 2015, 09:37:48 PMAll I want for Christmas....
All I want is for nobody to mention the C word until at least the 1st of December...
:veryangry: ::) :veryangry2: :veryangry2: :telloff:
:sorrysign: PLD
Personal wishes are better health and not to be on pills that mean I can have an alchoholic drink by 2016
Otherwise not bothered about xmas - personally I only think it should be celebrated for the benefit of under 14 years old as they are probably the only ones who really appreciate it.
Like Oldman above all I really want is better health for Christmas ....next year and any future years that I may survive.
Of course I should include the same for my lovely wife and mentor ....... Ann :-[
Is that it doesn't cost as much as last year! :(
Yep, just a happy one for me with no family feuds. :beers:
A dozen bottles of Old Speckled Hen would be fine and dandy .
Quote from: PLD on November 22, 2015, 10:04:55 PM
Quote from: Graham Walters on November 22, 2015, 09:37:48 PMAll I want for Christmas....
All I want is for nobody to mention the C word until at least the 1st of December...
:veryangry: ::) :veryangry2: :veryangry2: :telloff:
CHRISTMAS !!! :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
Quote from: Oldman on November 22, 2015, 10:18:11 PM
- personally I only think it should be celebrated for the benefit of under 14 years old as they are probably the only ones who really appreciate it.
Clare and I absolutely LOVE Christmas, in fact it's our favourite time of the year, so saying it's only under 14s that appreciate it is clearly not right :P
We start looking forward to it as soon as Bonfire Night is over, the tree will be up first week of December and the house will look like Santa's Grotto inside :D
I suppose you could argue that we're both 40-something going on 10? ;)
Paul
All I want is a modest win on the lottery not bothered about the jackpot as I would err never see a sober day for at least 6 months!
But enough to get me mortgage free and get all the models I want!!
Quote from: acko22 on November 23, 2015, 10:34:51 AM
All I want is a modest win on the lottery not bothered about the jackpot as I would err never see a sober day for at least 6 months!
But enough to get me mortgage free and get all the models I want!!
Wouldn't they start getting all catty and fighting with each other?
BabySquid's first Christmas, will be a couple of weeks early as going to the UK and returning here before the 25th; not that he'll remember it but I'm sure he'll enjoy the attention and shiny things.
This will be my first Christmas in my new home - SHMBO is currently buying new decorations to go with all the old "donated" ones from the two sets of parents.
On my Christmas list is:
Dapol 28xx
Dapol Grange
Farish N Class
Anything else I spot at Warley!
New hat and sword for Re-enactment
Yippee Christmas has come round already and more goodies for my layout but I would like to have my wife healthy and fit for Christmas but that will be in another life time.
Realistically one could wish for peace on Earth for Christmas but I doubt that wish will come to fruition.
I buy my own Christmas present each year, that way I get what I want. This year it's a Farish class N in SR olive green.
I bought it just after TINGS, got it home and then wrapped it up in Christmas paper (to prevent me being tempted to run it) and put it in the loco drawer.
:NGaugersRule:
Quote from: railsquid on November 23, 2015, 11:51:14 AM
Wouldn't they start getting all catty and fighting with each other?
:laughabovepost: :laughabovepost:
Well wouldn't worry about them fighting it would be the other (better??) half who would be kicking the seven bells of :censored: out of me!!
I agree that the C word shouldn't be mentioned until at least December. However, it is necessary to get the home brew on in mid-November...
I really hate to say this (yeah, right :P), but apart from SWMBO all pressie purchases have been made ...
Hers will likely take until Christmas Eve, of course :confused1:
Quote from: Sprintex on November 23, 2015, 10:13:53 AM
Quote from: PLD on November 22, 2015, 10:04:55 PM
Quote from: Graham Walters on November 22, 2015, 09:37:48 PMAll I want for Christmas....
All I want is for nobody to mention the C word until at least the 1st of December...
:veryangry: ::) :veryangry2: :veryangry2: :telloff:
CHRISTMAS !!! :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
Quote from: Oldman on November 22, 2015, 10:18:11 PM
- personally I only think it should be celebrated for the benefit of under 14 years old as they are probably the only ones who really appreciate it.
Clare and I absolutely LOVE Christmas, in fact it's our favourite time of the year, so saying it's only under 14s that appreciate it is clearly not right :P
We start looking forward to it as soon as Bonfire Night is over, the tree will be up first week of December and the house will look like Santa's Grotto inside :D
I suppose you could argue that we're both 40-something going on 10? ;)
Paul
Ah, sounds like Christmas at my future in-laws :D
4 years ago I helped farther in law to be build a wooden frame which runs around the whole front room and allows MANY lights to be hung without damaging walls etc. The tree is mother in law to be territory (all are banned from helping for the DAYs it takes) and how the branches have not failed under the weight of glittery-balls (oh-er) is beyond me.
And now its creeping into ours. Big tree and silly amount of decs bought last year. At least Mrs Skyline to be is now obeying her own rules and not buying anymore due to upcoming celebrations.....
Alas it means I have no grounds to request anymore 1:148 presents for Skyline though :(
Peace and good will to all :thumbsup:
Skyline2uk
For several years I've received money rather than presents, at least I can decide what I want to spend it on ...
More importantly, I hope I'll stay well over the festive season.
I'm afraid all I want for Christmas is
for it to be over
by the beginning of December I am thoroughly fed up with all the adverts, commercialism etc.
mind you, as soon as it is 27th December it's all about Easter :censored:
hope you all get what you are hoping for, but I do miss being able to volunteer for Christmas shifts >:D
To be accurate , 27th December is the start of the Holiday advertising season!
The Easter eggs don't start till much later.
Most of the supermarkets around here get their first main delivery of Easter eggs during the week between Crimbo and the new year I am afraid!
Best wishes
Simon
At one time I worked in a cash and carry and our small cream eggs came in two week before christmas
Here in Aus, we have a chain of stores called Harvey Norman. Basically they're those massive warehouse-sized joints that sell everything from carpets, sinks, furniture and the like to cameras, phones and computers.
Anyway, when I went to the letter box this morning there was a whole heap of junk mail lying beside it, amongst which was a Harvey Norman Christmas flyer. This 3D printer caught my eye:
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The prices seem to be coming down gradually.... no idea how good it would be, mind.
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It would seem, looking at the same page, that video drones are going to be hot "toys" this Christmas. I see them as an invasion of privacy, I'm afraid.... having had one hovering a few feet above my head at a local tourist spot a few months ago.
I'll stick to trains, thank you, although this year I'm eyeing up a new watch. :thumbsup:
Here in Japan, "Christmas" begins right after "Hallowe'en" and continues until "Christmas Eve" (which for some reason is more like Valentine's Day, i.e. date night for couples), but on the 25th all the Christmas stuff vanishes to be replaced by Japanese New Year decorations. Which are followed by Valentine's Day advertising (which is all about girls giving chocolate to boys), "White Day" on March 14th (the reverse of "Valentine's Day"), then heaven help us in the last couple of years the chocolate manufacturers have latched on to this whole "Easter" thing, thought the apparently randomly shifting dates make it somewhat tricky to market the ovulating rabbits.
All I want for Christmas is other people to like it , and not to be too materialistic.
Im more of a Yule type - Seeing the end of the darker short days is a good thing :)
I'm getting a trip back to Blighty to see my grandson and new granddaughter.
John P
Quote from: Agrippa on November 23, 2015, 09:42:07 AM
A dozen bottles of Old Speckled Hen would be fine and dandy .
Good plan!
We have our 2 'starter packs' stashed away in the secure storage area, i.e. understairs cupboard. :beers:
Dave G
I may be a little harsh, but I just want anyone who is seen in those irritating, puke making TV adverts, to be festively packed into little tackily wrapped boxes and then have them packed off to a massive equivalent of the back of a wardrobe to be left until you can be bothered to throw them into the wrong recycling bin. :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry:
Anyone who is wearing those stupid Santa hats in November should have them, stapled to their heads, and then be challenged to be all "festive" of they get a kick in their Christmas puddings. :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry:
But really I just want more TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS :D :D :D :D
Quote from: paulprice on November 24, 2015, 07:52:44 AM
I may be a little harsh, but I just want anyone who is seen in those irritating, puke making TV adverts, to be festively packed into little tackily wrapped boxes and then have them packed off to a massive equivalent of the back of a wardrobe to be left until you can be bothered to throw them into the wrong recycling bin. :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry:
Anyone who is wearing those stupid Santa hats in November should have them, stapled to their heads, and then be challenged to be all "festive" of they get a kick in their Christmas puddings. :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry:
But really I just want more TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS :D :D :D :D
Here's some nice penguins to help you calm down:
http://youtu.be/cA8tEKs8v0U (http://youtu.be/cA8tEKs8v0U)
Don't bust a gut worrying about trees , baubles, inlaws, tv ads etc, just get stuck
into the food and drink then put your feet up and watch "Where eagles dare "
for the 100th time.
Quote from: Agrippa on November 24, 2015, 09:00:32 AM
and watch "Where eagles dare "
for the 100th time.
Only the 100th time ?
Slacker !!! :P
Never seen it . . . never will ;)
War films :sleep:
Paul
C'mon... Clint Eastwood's in it. :D
And that's supposed to tempt me how?? :laugh:
Paul
Quote from: Sprintex on November 24, 2015, 09:54:34 AM
And that's supposed to tempt me how?? :laugh:
Mary Ure & Ingrid Pitt are in it ... :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Oh, & some bloke who married Liz Taylor also makes a brief appearance ...
Quote from: MikeDunn on November 24, 2015, 10:05:30 AM
Mary Ure & Ingrid Pitt are in it ... :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Never heard of 'em :D
Paul
Quote from: Sprintex on November 24, 2015, 10:12:43 AM
Quote from: MikeDunn on November 24, 2015, 10:05:30 AM
Mary Ure & Ingrid Pitt are in it ... :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Never heard of 'em :D
You need to get out less :P
I think Mike means Richard Burpton
I did hear a while back that Liz Taylor went for a Burton, but it could be old news. ;)
Dave G
And Clint Eastwood kills 1000 Jairmans without
reloading his gun................. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Agrippa on November 24, 2015, 10:23:10 AM
And Clint Eastwood kills 1000 Jairmans without
reloading his gun................. :thumbsup:
A base canard !!! (although I have no idea what the duck was doing in the dungeon ... ???).
He swapped magazines once - went from "Women's Weekly" to "Punch" :P
:laughabovepost:
Getting back on track (groan!)...all I want is a Pendolino and some TEAs...lucky that the samples have just arrived!
Quote from: red_death on November 24, 2015, 10:46:06 AM
Getting back on track (groan!)...all I want is a Pendolino and some TEAs...lucky that the samples have just arrived!
I'd be shocked and heartbroken if you and Ben get yours before all of the rest of us :D :D :D
But seriously the TEA's won't be ready for Xmas 2015 will they?
Regards,
John P
Not quite for Xmas (I was really meaning the samples!) but hopefully soon after for the TEAs. The factory have done a great job turning these around and we want to get them into production ASAP.
I should get to see the first painted samples in about an hour (and we will have them on display on stand C12 at Warley)!
Cheers, Mike