What'd Ya'll get for x-mas?

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

The thing is, the minute i take the tag off.... no one will know it's made by vic firth, which would only be of interest to nerds like you and I.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:27 pm

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

toots Wrote:

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

Vic Firth Rolling Pin

do whut?

from Williams-Sonoma

We had a credit from a returned wedding gift, another gift certificate from a student, and an amex gift certificate from another student.

I really want a kitchen aid mixer for pasta and bread, and the meat grinder for making steak tartare, and steak burgers, and eventually sausages, but deena doesn't understand that the mixer I inherited from her sucks. I also really want a mandoline, and she's like, well you've got nice knives.

All this may be true, but then don't ask a guy what he wants and then ignore him when he really wants to move up to a double neck pedal steel (by selling the single neck and then a bit of cash), and then gives you an out with the stand mixer or the mandoline.

I on the other hand knew she wanted quality china instead of the piecemeal stuff we brought into the relationship. So we got a bomb deal on china service for 12, plus she got a cheese slicer (she's from wisconsin, cheese is a religion), and i got a rolling pin that i really needed and we only spent $40 out of pocket.

I still have a single neck pedal steel, which is awesome. Stupid addictive instrument.

After that 20 minute mandoline talk, neither of us got one - Dern!

I did get one of those olive-wood boxes for keeping salt.

We have a good mixer, but I haven't ventured into making pasta and bread yet - but I'm gonna try that no-knead self rising we spoke about asap. Possibly for new year's day.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

don't be scared of the yeast, or even of kneading.

You've got a good stand mixer, it's probably got dough hooks for kneading.

Try the ligurian foccacia recipe at http://www.rusticocooking.com/bread.htm

it's easy, it's delicious, it's great if you want to improvise, and it requires no kneading or multiple rises.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

yeah, kind of a bummer about the mandoline, but i could have gotten it while we were there, i could just tell her heart wasn't into it by the way she was nonchalantly avoiding the north half of the store where the china was.

And I figured that it was better to get that than to fritter it away on piddling little shit i don't really need for the house, like an ebelskiver pan.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

new espresso machine and fancy grinder
warren zevon bio
elvis costello/steve nieve live cd's
sweater and other various clothing items
leather gym bag

good haul

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:16 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

new espresso machine and fancy grinder
warren zevon bio
elvis costello/steve nieve live cd's
sweater and other various clothing items
leather gym bag

good haul

"rparis74 sips his espresso"

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:33 pm

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

Vanlandingham Wrote:

very nice. Having fun I hope, and not getting too frustrated.

Jam with people as soon as you can.

Its not really frustrating at all so far. Years of fiddling around with blues guitar has left me with all the theory I need, its just getting used to the movements. Apparently when it was being ordered though every salesman in the guitar center it came from remarked that it was the first time that they had ever sold one. Not a hot ticket item in NJ I guess.

And I also got a $50 gift card to CHICK-FIL-A, which was pretty awesome too.

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:38 pm

As for my dad, I had looked into getting his Guild Thunderbass amp head fixed for Christmas, but the price tag I was quoted was just way more than I could afford right now. Still planning on having it done, I'll just have to save up some dough for a while to do so. In the mean time, we got him one of these:

Anyway he really likes it and it works well with his old cabs, no buzzing or stray noise. He's been playing his bass again around the clock. I had forgotten how good he was too, which is pretty cool.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:48 pm

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

I really want a kitchen aid mixer

My wife is fiending for one as well. We went and looked at some tonight while we were out, but they're really pricey. We should've bought the refurbed one we saw a few months ago. I told her I'm sure they are cheaper online though.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

They're still effing expensive online.

But it's the kind of thing that'll outlast the person using it.

d · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:55 pm

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

They're still effing expensive online.

But it's the kind of thing that'll outlast the person using it.

I got one in 1995 and it's still a workhorse. Well worth the money.

As for me and my xmas, it was a light year but meaningful....

- money
- cookbook
- scarf
- cute mittens
- necklace
- earrings
- peace of mind and lots of love

edit: oh and I just realized that aside from my mortgage payment, I will start 2010 with zero debt.

FT · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:51 pm

I got a combined total of $55 worth of iTunes gift cards and assorted candies in my stockings. This year was all about the kiddoes. Youngest got a Nintendo DSi, which he has had pretty much continuously welded to his hands for the past 37 hours, confirming the legitimacy of said purchase.

FT · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:52 pm

Twilightkid Wrote:

ShamWow! Wrote:

I got an IPHONE Mini, but i cant figure out how to transfer photos, music, videos from my computer. Is there a software i can use to transfer music onto it?

ask betle!

not anymore...dispatched with extreme prejudice

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:48 am

FT Wrote:

I got a combined total of $55 worth of iTunes gift cards and assorted candies in my stockings. This year was all about the kiddoes. Youngest got a Nintendo DSi, which he has had pretty much continuously welded to his hands for the past 37 hours, confirming the legitimacy of said purchase.

TELL IT TO YOUR BLOG! :lol:

Postmersh · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:53 am

Vanlandingham Wrote:

In the mean time, we got him one of these:

Anyway he really likes it and it works well with his old cabs, no buzzing or stray noise. He's been playing his bass again around the clock. I had forgotten how good he was too, which is pretty cool.

Yeah - I played through a small combo (same brand) the past 3-4 trips to guitar center to try out new basses, and it sounded really nice...

Postmersh · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:55 am

shivering Wrote:

i've also bought a lot of gifts for myself for xmas

I'm working on that for myself - already into it for a cheap suit (then nicely tailored). Looking new bass ($500 or under) and some other treats are up next...

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:10 am

DumpJack Wrote:

rparis74 Wrote:

new espresso machine and fancy grinder
warren zevon bio
elvis costello/steve nieve live cd's
sweater and other various clothing items
leather gym bag

good haul

"rparis74 sips his espresso"

MIT DER SPECIALEN SAMEFOAMEN!

shiv · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:23 am

Postmersh Wrote:

shivering Wrote:

i've also bought a lot of gifts for myself for xmas

I'm working on that for myself - already into it for a cheap suit (then nicely tailored). Looking new bass ($500 or under) and some other treats are up next...

i've gotten...

a new tattoo
all the beatles remasters except yellow submarine
an american apparel hoodie
that 'free gucci mane' t-shirt
a street trash tee
russian criminal tattoo encyclopedia book
where the wild things are book
revolution in the head: the beatles' records and the sixties book
a bottle of jefferson's reserve bourbon
a bottle of 10 cane rum (with a gift bottle attached)
another of those underarmor knockoff shirts from eastbay
the hangover, inglourious basterds, choke, bruno and district 9, the empire strikes back and return of the jedi dvd's
a couple other cd's

and paid some bills

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:30 am

FT Wrote:

I got a combined total of $55 worth of iTunes gift cards and assorted candies in my stockings. This year was all about the kiddoes. Youngest got a Nintendo DSi, which he has had pretty much continuously welded to his hands for the past 37 hours, confirming the legitimacy of said purchase.

Do you even bother to try to wrestle the DSi away from him, or do you just let him go non-stop? We got my 6 year old a DS and he won't stop playing Tecmo Bowl. He is a football nut.

dangerbird · **Joined:** Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:53 am **Posts:** 427

good CD and graphic novel haul

CD's

crystal castles - crystal castles
porcupine tree - fear of a blank planet
sandbox - bionic
neil young - this notes for you
neil young & crazy horse - life
guided by voices - alien lanes
built to spill - perfect from now on
son volt - okemah and the melody of riot
brian eno - ambient 1 - music for airports
brian eno - here come the warm jets
styx - the grand illusion
gong - camembert electrique
alice in chains - black turns to blue

graphic novels

George Sprott - Seth
Watchmen - Moore/Gibbons
Map of my heart - John Porcellino
Paul has a summer job - Michel Rabagliati

tentoze · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:19 am

Main thing I got was my oldest son took a small picture (maybe 9x12) and had it digitally blown and restored up to poster size and framed- the B&W pic is of me at the anti-war march on 11/15/69 in D. C. (the largest one) with the Washington Monument in the background. For Christian , was very impressive. And I love it.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:22 am

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

They're still effing expensive online.

But it's the kind of thing that'll outlast the person using it.

Exactly. She's at that assumption now. I was just hoping to save her like $50 or something. But yeah, she's got some money burning a hole in her pocket, which means I expect one to arrive any day now.

aFreshStart4Me · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:28 am

nirvana - live at reading

How is this CD? I was actually in attendence at Reading that year (as well as the following year) So I will probably get it just for the nostolgic factor. As for X-mas, I didn't get blown up by mr. taliban, so I'm pretty happy with that.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

They're still effing expensive online.

But it's the kind of thing that'll outlast the person using it.

Exactly. She's at that assumption now. I was just hoping to save her like $50 or something. But yeah, she's got some money burning a hole in her pocket, which means I expect one to arrive any day now.

Well color me jealous, and enjoy it.

Meat grinder attachment, you know you want it.

toots · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:56 pm

d Wrote:

edit: oh and I just realized that aside from my mortgage payment, I will start 2010 with zero debt.

best feeling

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