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As opposed to the swap one.
I asked for a long sleeve cycling top, this is what I got đ
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Sexy...
I like...
Wots yer phone number đ
You are a special man molgrips đ
Very cool.
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XT cassette, XT Shadow+ mech and RaceFace N/W ring. Going 3x9 to 1x10.
Muc Off for men and some toilet reading.
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Merry Christmas all.
A DVD, Casse-tĂȘte chinois.
Those sleeves are indeed plenty long, Molgrips.
A lovely Stolen Goat winter jersey. Just what I wanted, right style and size.
(I bought it and handed it over for wrapping)
That reminds me Molgrips.....must get the sprouts in.
LOL ^
*reports op to authorities
Don't worry bruneep, I'm assembling a squad as we speak.
Met parachute and teh skillz course.
And I've been selected to act as the human Nerf target board.
*gives details as a witness for bruneep
Brew day at Stewart brewing in Edinburgh! Can't wait!
How soon is that brew day? i need to drink to forget this thread. đ
Don't have it booked yet but I'm Hoping early next year, like late January.
Stupid sexy molgrips...
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Xmass competition, spot the molgrips?
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I got a Slow Watch, with which I am delighted. The whole idea is that you can tell the approximate time, and not see a minute hand ticking away...
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Xmass competition, spot the molgrips?
Easy - 5th from the left. Second in a long queue and shouting at people who are overtaking out of turn.
Next question.
My wife got me an erm.. small poster.
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Use it to keep the logs dry. I use a stolen McDonalds Canvas ["McDonalds 30seconds next left", 4mx8m ].
That was a fun night in 2003
Ha ha love it Moly đ
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Have a good one all!
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Might need an evening class to learn how to use it!
Merry Christmas everybody.
I hadnt asked for anything , i wasnt even supposed to be in the uk.
Unfortunate turn of events means im here - and my dad hauled through from the spare room
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Id only mentioned once that i had to stop quite often during spraying so that my gun didnt spit when the air level got low with his old compressor. - i had no idea, to the point i was going to machine mart on jan 4th to buy something similar.
Lego cargo train for my son which is lush
Lego mini and lego ghostbusters car for me đ
Endura BaaBaa skull cap and long sleeve base layer, was nice and toasty on todays ride đ
Exposure Axis light was my one bike orientated present. No more faffing with cables.
Xt pedals, Endura Skye jersey, Altura mayhem jacket, leather wallet and night away bag 4ft long jaffa cakes and some merino wrist warmers đŻ
Mr molgrips, those tights are very, err how shall we put it - "special"!
I've got a lovely Fat Lass At the Back cycling jacket, although I'm not entirely sure about having Fat Lass written across my ample backside. đł
Got this (and some socks from my nan)
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Currently playing with my Raspberry Pi. On my fourth OS so far... (-:
Might need an evening class to learn how to use it!
That's lovely.
Listening to choral music on my new Sonos. It couldn't find the nasdrive, but Spotify came to the rescue đ Will connect it to the lounge tv next.
And of course 50 bikes that changed the world. Sad to see no windcheetah, but oh that battaglin (the only one new to me).
Zaini purple hat, Bridgedale merino socks and a feedback sports tool tray for my work stand.
In a nutshell: You're bald, your feet smell and you're messy. Thanks Mrs.C.
Well happy.
I just got some wooden models to build...
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Loads of Park stuff I wanted, plus cool books and the Face to Face CD I wanted. Mrs Peterpoddy made a fab christmas meal after a walk round Surrey hills guided by Peterpoddy. BONZER!
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No real bike related stuff this year (got a new Nexus7 to replace my ailing 1st gen model), but did get this...
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Nice that it came in a bang on trend enduro colourway too (although the V8s I dug out of the parts bin).
no photies but better half got me, amongst other things, a Joystick, an SJ4000, and some Embers and Howies merinos.
I got her, amongst other things, some flatties, a Cateye and some Icebreaker merino đ
bike tarts are so easy to buy for!
Chapeau Jamie!
I got one of these, from me đ
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And tickets to see peter Kay's phoenix nights show in February.
A ladder and some BBQ tools. Stoked.
(And to see my 2 year old daughter having a fantastic day playing with her cousins)
@jamie late entry for post of the year (creative category). Proper amusing!
Tomhoward - I have no idea what that is but I love it. Unless you're a bus conductor and when you turn the handle, a second class off peak return tickets to Surbiton pops out of one of those slits, where can a chap purchase such a lovely object? It's fab. I'm drawn to that like a moth to a candle. No idea why, but I love it. What does it do? (Serious question. Genuinely intrigued).
Some sort of computer or calculator? I am equally intrigued.
No gifts for me. I now suspect that my signed & framed picture of Irongrips. Must have been sent via City Link.
Just googled that calculator.
A Grasshopper RC car! Guy Martin book, 24 box set, Star Wars T shirt, Isle of Arran malt, DVD of lady and the tramp (guilty pleasure)
I feel very lucky today.
Merry Christmas all. đ
I got one of these from my lovely wife:
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Headed out for a 5K run earlier to give it a go.
My daughter bought us a voucher for the Duck and Waffle so will give there a try when we return to London.
A new sleeping bag ( lovely 2 season down one), an alpkit koala, and a pair of salsa anything cages. I think you may be able to spot a pattern...
Lego Unimog. Got permission to start tomorrow.
I got a mountain bike frame for joint Xmas and 40th birthday, a soul or summit, made by kotex I think, not right sure.
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Santa loves me. My bike also got some mitts. With fur inside. And a spoke light. It doesn't get much better than this I'm high as a kite! đ Merry Yulemass, you whiskey-drenched droogs!
Chocolate, tons of ****ing chocolate. I like chocolate but the problem is I have no self control around it. I also got some really nice walking boots from the girlfriend but I was there when we brought them for each other.
That Curta calculator looks fabulous. A blind friend of mine had a mechanical braille calculator back in the 70s and I was amazed what it could do. Nothing like as elegant as the Curta though. Reminds me of circular and cylindrical slide rules. Anyone else ever have one of those?
Wife bought me "This" đ
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Sister in law bought me this amongst other stuff.
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In laws bought me 2 cases of very nice Rioja wine đź
2001 and 2010 on blue ray. And some forks for my 29er that I bought last week đ
Watching crankbrat unwrap a recovery truck from me followed by a dumper truck from my brother followed by a giant recovery truck from my other brother his shrieks of joy made my mum's hearing aid play up.
4 bottles of whisky and a changing mat bag thing.
Got a pair of deck shoes from my wife, which was lovely but quite unexpected. I do wish she would check with me first before buying stuff like that though.
Also got a lovely painting and a festive bobble hat as revenge for the his and hers onesies I bought my sister and brother in law last year.
I declare "[i]bandwagon niche[/i]" on the Curta mechanical calculator, bencooper also has one so according to the unofficial [i]STW forum rules[/i] it states that any object may become an [i]STW Niche aspirational item[/i] when two or more members posses an item that when shown in a forum post provokes the following responses :
Tomhoward - I have no idea what that is but I love it. Unless you're a bus conductor and when you turn the handle, a second class off peak return tickets to Surbiton pops out of one of those slits, where can a chap purchase such a lovely object? It's fab. I'm drawn to that like a moth to a candle. No idea why, but I love it. What does it do? (Serious question. Genuinely intrigued).
Some sort of computer or calculator? I am equally intrigued.
Just googled that calculator
That Curta calculator looks fabulous. A blind friend of mine had a mechanical braille calculator back in the 70s and I was amazed what it could do. Nothing like as elegant as the Curta though. Reminds me of circular and cylindrical slide rules. Anyone else ever have one of those?
I declare the Curta calculator the STW wood burning stove of 2015[/i].......and I've wanted one since Ben posted pics a few years ago, I have absolutely no need for it but I think it's a mechanical masterpiece so that's reason enough for me đ
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Funnily enough somafunk, it was that very thread that got me interested. It's taken me that long to find one where I was in a position to buy one, but last Saturday the stars aligned!
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/your-most-extravagantridiculous-purchase
Tinners, there's one on eBay currently...
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/271718505283?nav=SEARCH
I've absolutely no practical use for it, but it is a joy to use, but I daren't take it apart!
Stunning........helluva price though đ , my Xmas money doesn't quite stretch that far
My thinking is, now they are an stw niche, the value will rocket with the demand from all the wood burning DE shavers on here đ
I did great.
Some single Malt
Few bottles of wine
Some beers
Loads of cycling clothes
Some oil painting kit
One of them wifi/mifi/nas things. Lovely dooberry it is. Smaller than a phone, acts as a media server, acts as a mifi device, acts as a wifi extender, acts as a wifi router, acts as a media card reader. Great.
Linen shirt, silk tie
For myself I bought me a shop soiled Lezyene Power XL light, really good commuting light.
I'm still thinking about buying myself a smart watch.
Captain America is Molgrips? đŻ
There was a box of various calculator type things in my school just like that one. I wonder if it's still there...
I got a Womble pepper grinder. It's rubbish, it only does underground or overground.
Pull up bars from wifey, i think she wants to keep me in peak physical condition. đŻ
I got the day off. đ
Archery Lessons
Pringle bamboo fible socks - the best.
Burberry weekend spray - as usual.
Some cash.
Just the essentials which is what Badnewz is all about at christmas.
Matching bottle cages from youngest daughter (she's very style conscious).
other stuff as well, but best pressy was new granddaughter a couple of weeks ago.
My wife gave me her Christmas cold. So the sofa and internet are my best friends for the day đ
Exceedingly jealous of tomhowards Curta! I've wanted one ever since I first read William Gibson's [i]Pattern Recognition[/i], in which they figure fairly strongly.
There was a dealer in Glastonbury a while back had several in the window, but the shop's disappeared now.
Not that I could ever afford one...
I got a lovely new Alpkit Filoment jacket from my Mrs, only mentioned it once back in November. Unfortunately it's a little big so need to exchange it for the next size down.
My father got me this: http://www.hornby.com/sets/digital-train-sets/western-master-digital-train-set-with-elink.html
I'm itching to open it and have a play but unfortunately I haven't got any space to set it up, the basic trakmat it comes with is 1600mm x 1180mm and I don't really want to set it up on carpet anyway.
Never having had a train set before, I don't have any idea about layouts and space saving methods.
Any folk on here have any ideas?
When I was a kid my dad got a piece of chipboard the size of a single bed and built a landscape on it in plaster of Paris. When not in use it could be stood up against a wall.
Loving your work up at the top of page 2, Jamie!
Genuine LOL!