What Did You Get for Christmas?

[plan_D]

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.

 

[Gnomey]

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").

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ummm, a couple of books and a couple of binders for my flypast magazines..........

 

[plan_D]

Don't be lame, I know it's hard for you lanc ... but what books did you get?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

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...........

 

[plan_D]

You were being lame by not telling us the books you got. Lame or lazy. .. or a combination of both.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well i didn't think you'd want a bloody list of 'em..........

 

[plan_D]

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.

 

[Nonskimmer]

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.




Christ, that was lame even for me.

 

[Erich]

actually quite boring..............money. my two grand-daughters stole the show.

 

[Glider]

Some speakers for my Hi-Fi and West Wing DVD set were the big presents

 

[lesofprimus]

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......

 

[evangilder]

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.

 

[Erich]

you guys did well, I had to babysit two inlaws, so did I score ??

 

[Nonskimmer]

Sadly no.

 

[marconi]

In orthodox church Christmas is on January 7th.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I got a new electric razor, 3 sweaters, a couple of books, money and oh yeah some sex.

 

[Nonskimmer]

In orthodox church Christmas is on January 7th.

So what's wrong with that?

 

[marconi]

Nothing.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Ok.