It's not just Australian slang. But it's also a legit cooking device https://www.amazon.com/dutch-ovens/b?ie ... ode=289818

I got some money, which I combined with some of my own savings and the credit on my guitar center Gear Card and bought this:

Nothing.

Sick looking Les Paul! Love the color, too.

Thanks. The finish was the only reason I didn't get a Studio over the Classic. Studios aren't weight relieved like the Classic, and have the robo-tuner which is cooler than tits. But that Green Ocean Burst is too sexy.

A bunch of video games and comics, chocolate, a nice warm blanket (+ cushion with a cat on it, lol), some cooking ware, ASoIaF calender 2017.

Good haul actually!

Quadrophenia on DVD (autogift), fifteen liters of gasoline (parentsgift), and a terrible, terrible, terrible hangover (autogift as well). No joke.

A looooot of chocolate, some music from myself, a bit o' cash, a Kindle Fire, shoes, pants, and an Amazon Echo Dot, which is like a voice activated music streaming thing that can also tell you the temp and weather and whatnot. And I got a couple books too.

foreign film dvds, some CDs, a stollen (xmas cake, mostly gone), some 50o vol brandy (half gone), a love letter, some hate mail, small sexual favours...

I'm still missing a few gifts, as I'm not at home (where they were sent), and I haven't seen some friends here yet...

I think you mean Classic isn't weight-relieved, as opposed to the Studio? I have a 2016 Studio in the traditional spec, and it's lighter than air.

And it has no robo tuner, thankfully.

Anyway, congratulations on your new guitar!

I stand corrected - all of the 2017 LP models are weight relieved, don't know why I thought the studios weren't. Even with the relief they are still one of the heavier guitars you can play. And thanks!

Love that shade of green.

Santa was pretty good to me this year. For music I got:

Wytch Hazel - Prelude (listening now; thanks for the recommendation Jonpo!)
Angra - Hunters And Prey
16 Horsepower - Hoarse

I also got some ammo and gun stuff, beer, chocolate, and my wife and I got a coffee maker! (We've been using this perforated metal funnel which is cool in theory since it's simple and doesn't use filters... but it's a hassle and takes too long so the coffee is cold and overall just not very practical.) My sister got me Princess Mononoke on blu-ray since I had lent my copy to someone who moved away and never gave it back.

Nice dude! Hope you dig Wytch Hazel. I'm still a little put off with Psalm but if I skip that one it's a pretty tight album. Not a lot in my collection like it. It's so reverent and worshipful.

Also got some cards with money. Always appreciated.


I think it's slang in the US, too, but it's also a piece of cookware, a large pot with a lid. I know this because my mom bought me one a few years ago.

ETA: Somebody beat me to it.

Psalm definitely isn't the strongest on the album, though I do enjoy it. I think it provides some nice variety and is overall a decent track.

Yeah I really don't have much anything else like them in my collection either, though I wouldn't mind remedying that...

Cd's: Sumerlands-S/T
Diamond Head-S/T
Destructor-Back In Bondage
Encyrcle-S/T
Manilla Road-The Circus Maximus
Cirith Ungol-One Foot In Hell
Onward-Evermoving
Glacier Reissue
Power Theory-Driven By Fear
Vicious Rumors-Concussion Protocol
Helstar-Vampiro
Enforcer-From Beyond
Demontage-The Priciple Extinction
Damien Black Reissue

Some Golf Clothes and Golf Balls.

New Metallica and Testament Cd's.
Lottery tickets.
Chocolates.
Two books.
Batman Volume 5 graphic novel
A few magazines.
Pants and sweaters.
A few tee shirts.
A box of slim jims.
A $60 watch.

Beer (Trou du Diable, Innis & Gunn) and cash money! My mom also paid for my PC monitor back in November, this was my Christmas gift from her.

So I got $50, Dominion, Munchkin Cthulhu & Zombies and a freakin' Roomba! No more cat fur tumbleweeds!

Not too shabby.

Clothes: Three button ups, six pairs of socks, some boxers, a nice hoodie, jeans my dad bought in Germany, a longsleeve and a knitted sweater from Banana Republic.
Vinyl: Pink Floyd - Animals, Neurosis - Fires Within Fires.
Books: The Road and Children of God by Cormac McCarthy, Peter the Great by Robert K Massie.
Gift cards: LCBO (liquor store!), Bridgehead (coffee shop)
Random: Gym membership, coffee making contraption, some money

Can we see the picture of you stabbing a guy with a sword!? Tis necessary!

Wireless headphones, the small ones that hook around your ears. Power Beats or some such. Pretty good range, walked around house with phone on table and could listen to music. Ideal for the gym.

Two good bottles of scotch and a LOT of books. And beer.

Nice. What brands of scotch? It's been a long time since I've had any good single malts.

I got:

A phone (not new, but in nearly new condition)
A battery for my laptop
Two books: one from Philippa Gregory and the new Harry Potter
100 euros to buy a new SSD for my laptop
A lock for my bike
A different edition of the debut album from Epica
and last but not least: a backpack as my old is slowly falling apart.

It's really great. All useful stuff that I asked for.

Nothing. Literally. Welcome to the reality of a middle-aged divorcee. I don't mind, though.

A friend's family gave me a 200 gram pack of chili gummy bears for my birthday (24th Dec), because they guessed I would get nothing, and they were sad. They are called "Napalminallet", which translates to "Napalm Teddies".

I gave the kids quite a haul of things myself. The ukuleles have been especially heavily in use ever since, especially with the second daughter. And Horna loved his catnip-infused stuffed lobster, too.

Boxset that comes with a replica of the dagger


It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia patches


Also got some 103 proof bourbon.

Cool!

Ok, let's see:
-New shocks and springs kit for my racing car:
http://viviendoapesardelacrisis.blogspot.com.es/2014/07/chapucillas-al-honda-s2000.html

-Shaving machine: Braun Series 7 7840s:



-Beer:
http://www.metal-archives.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=2696792#p2696792

-Money: 300€.

-Diving equipment:
http://www.apeksdiving.com/uk/regulators/product/xtx200-regulator.html
http://www.apeksdiving.com/uk/regulators/product/xtx40-octopus.html
http://www.apeksdiving.com/uk/regulators/product/fsr.html
http://www.apeksdiving.com/uk/gauges/product/console-spg-compass-brass-5000psi.html



-We could finally repair my motorbike:
http://viviendoapesardelacrisis.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/nueva-yamaha-dt125re.html

-And they gave us a new car to replace the Peugeot 206 that died in a car crash:
http://viviendoapesardelacrisis.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/chapucillas-varias-al-peugeot-206.html

I think that's all.

I got a bit of cash and a couple gift cards, and my brothers all chipped in and got me a skateboard setup (quality materials, they didn't skimp). I'm on the wagon so I'm trying to occupy myself by rekindling my interest in my pre-alcohol hobbies. I'm planning on getting back into my guitar playing and obviously I'm getting back on the board.

It's all about the kids naturally so we tend to channel all of our resources towards gifts for the kiddoes. I dumped $300 into gifts for my son and he had a blast. Always a pleasure watching him open them up.

I honestly love that someone with the name TheJizzHammer has children. That's pretty awesome.

My family and GF belong to the rather practical thinking kind, so I got lots of clothes (but thank God no socks) and a nice warm blanket and pillow, all of which I very much appreciate and needed a lot more than, say, movies or CDs. Also some money (unfortunately not 2000$, only about 100€) and enough candy to get three types of diabetes and still feed Africa. I guess they gave to me the latter because I've been losing lots of weight in the last few years, so I could need a bit of chocolate. However, an acquaintance bought me a Swans vinyl EP, so I still got something useless but fun

If Opsius was Australian it would make so much sense that the gasoline and the hangover are mentioned in the same breath...

Talisker and Macallan. Good thing to have at the cold end of the year.

I got $150 cash (which was promptly spent on records), two bottles of vodka, and a Steam copy of The Division from a buddy of mine. All in all a good Christmas.

A bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail was my christmas gift to myself. I love Talisker too, but I've been buying it less since the price went up about $10 in the states...



And a damn fine one too. I've cooked up some delicious stuff in my dutch oven.

(hehehe damnit I can't resist the joke either)

Got a professionally framed copy of my album (Sarcoptes) on cd and cassette from my GF. Very cool.

Also got a Vonnegut box set

Christmas presents finally came in! Got some summer sausage, cheese and sweet-hot mustard, a photo of me with my two nephews, some Christmas cookies, and this wooden puzzle thingy from my sister, plus $80 from my grandparents and some lottery scratch-offs from my aunt.

A book on hipsters [amusing and maybe relevant since I have a long beard]
A portrait of Batman[?]
Chocolates
Clementine
Copy of the Spectator [been reading it for years on and off]
Remy Martin VSOP [a tradition and always goes quickly, I'm finishing the last of it now]
Two shirts [black thick cotton Levis, black/grey H&M, both very nice]
Insoles for shoes [very comfortable, I recommend these for everyone]
Reef shoes for swimming/diving [do quite a bit of this when abroad]
Cash

I tend not to request CDs/Vinyls since I'm so picky about what I buy anyway on physical media these days. I only bought two CDs in 2016 [Moonsorrow, Alkonost] out of the huge amount of material I listened to.

Really enjoyed reading this thread to see what everyone got.

6 pairs of gym shorts
2 pairs of camo cargo shorts
2 pairs of gym shoes (1 squat shoes, 1 running shoes)
Sewing kit
Socks and a-shirts
A new razor
A couple video games on Steam
A bunch of gift cards