 | What Did You Get for Christmas?| OFF-Topic / Misc. Discuss What Did You Get for Christmas? in the Current forums; Although I do not celebrate Christmas, it would be an interesting topic to see what everyone got that made them &... |
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12-31-2005, 08:17 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | What Did You Get for Christmas?
Although I do not celebrate Christmas, it would be an interesting topic to see what everyone got that made them <shudder> happy on christmas day.
And while no one got anything off me, I did get presents off others;
An eight DVD boxset of the American War Deparment movies - "Why We Fight" from the 1940s.
A collection of primary material from the Normandy campaign, "The D-Day Experience" from the IWM. It has diaries, orders, battle maps ..etc. (all real sized, and real looking - but obviously just copies, but it's still good) I'll enter some of the diary entries and such on here, at some point - shame I haven't got a scanner though.
And an AC/DC DVD - Family Jewels, over 2 'n' a half hours of AC/DC.
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12-31-2005, 09:36 PM
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Country: | Some good stuff there pD, look forward to the diary entries.
Well I got and Ipod video as well as 2 WW2 books (one on the Airmen of WW2 - it is a collection of stories and diary entries edited by Laddie Lucas and the other is "Witness to War" by Richard J. Aldrich - diary entries about the war in Europe (haven't seen the one on the Pacific war yet but if I see it I will get it). So I will (if I get around to it) post some (particularly from the Laddie Lucas book ("Voices in the Air").
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01-01-2006, 05:55 AM
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#3 | | Master of Ewes
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Country: | ummm, a couple of books and a couple of binders for my flypast magazines..........
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01-01-2006, 07:05 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Don't be lame, I know it's hard for you lanc ... but what books did you get?
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club. | |
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01-01-2006, 07:26 AM
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#5 | | Master of Ewes
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Country: | how was i being lame? and the books? umm, the 12th book in the series of unfortunate events, malace aforethought- the history of booby traps from WWI to 'nam, wright to fly, a history of powered flight year by year, Aircraft in british military service from 1946 to the present, a very good book actally, oh yeah, the new star wars DVD too...........
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01-01-2006, 07:29 AM
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Country: | You were being lame by not telling us the books you got. Lame or lazy. .. or a combination of both.
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club. | |
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01-01-2006, 07:33 AM
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#7 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | well i didn't think you'd want a bloody list of 'em..........
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01-01-2006, 07:38 AM
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Country: | Can't you Cornish bastards read minds? I knew you lot were backward, but jesus christ ...I'm dealing with the medival f*ckin' man here.
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club. | |
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01-01-2006, 07:43 AM
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#9 | | He who does not skim
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Country:  | As I've said, I got the Band of Brothers set, socks and underwear, a pair of jeans, a new sweater, some T-shirts, and some sex. 
Christmas sex. It cums only once a year. 
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01-01-2006, 09:09 AM
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#10 | | the old Sage
Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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Country:  | actually quite boring..............money. my two grand-daughters stole the show.
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01-01-2006, 09:26 AM
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| Some speakers for my Hi-Fi and West Wing DVD set were the big presents | |
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01-01-2006, 09:58 AM
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#12 | | Minister of Whoopass
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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Country: | I got a new 21 inch flat panel LCD monitor, a new 30Gig video iPod, a Sony DVD player, 2 DVD's, 3 new books, a cool ass piece of fossilized amber with a prehistoric wasp in it, 2 fitted baseball caps, clothes, candy, and I think there was some sex mixed in there as well......
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01-01-2006, 11:06 AM
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#13 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country: | Damn Les, you scored!
I got the CH flight yoke and rudder pedals for my 'puter along with MSFS 2004 and the Carrier fighters add on. I also got some shirts (F-16 Viper, B-1 Lancer) and three books (1976 Private Pilots Written Test Guide, The American Fighter Plane by Williams and Williams and a Tom Lea Novel [Western]).
My in-laws gave me an autographed art print of Bud Anderson's P-51B, autographed by Bud himself!
I guess I scored as well. 
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01-01-2006, 11:19 AM
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#14 | | the old Sage
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Country: | you guys did well, I had to babysit two inlaws, so did I score ??
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01-01-2006, 11:20 AM
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#15 | | He who does not skim
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