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David T
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.. for christmas? I got

digital camcorder
F-Zero GX
1080 avalanche
LOTR music
rugby world cup book
star trek nemesis DVD
bourne identity DVD
concorde model
talking manchester united clock (pretty funny, "Beckham... Sheringham... Solskjaer... and he's done it!!! man u win the european cup!!!!!!")

"Nowadays more and more of our imports are coming from abroad" - George Bush

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So far $130 bucks.


I've lost 25lb playing Dance Dance Revolution, no really!
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paint shop pro 8
introduction to 3d game programming with DX9(book)
shirt

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John H
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Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus!!


Its bea-uuuutiful!!

And a Vintager AC 112 Amp! Its so awesome!

Im goin nuts!!

RPGamer


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Jess T
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DBPro
Sams Teach Yourself C In 24 Hours ( SHould have been C FOr Dummiew Volume's On eand Two, but stupid parents... )
Really good Shirt
Need For Speed Underground for PS2
and joint pressies between me and my step-dad were Jak II for PS2 and Ratchet & Clank 2 for PS2

I did prety well this year...

I'm happy...

Merry Xmas everyone...


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i got siemens a55 phone (which i can't register yet because orange has rubbish customer service), a rover 64mb MP3 player and a second hand dreamcast (£25!) with Sonic Adventure 1 & Choo Choo Rocket

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

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I got a big fat fish.


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I've got Christmas indigestion (gulp)

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EA NHL 2004
EA MADDEN 2004
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Swiss Army Knife (Cyber Tools Version) with Initials
LOTR 2004 Calendar
Sponge Bob Square Pants Throw Rug (pretty funny)
music cd's
+ building new computer
+ a few other odds and ends

Gave wife:
Simpson's Hit & Run (Game Cube)
Diamond Earrings....<bank account says OUCH!>



Merry X-Mas Everyone

-RUST-

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Quote: "Diamond Earrings....<bank account says OUCH!>
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Didn't you say you had a divorce?


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David T
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lol, it's all part of the settlement

joking

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I got the following:

TI89 Graphic Calculator
Microsoft Visual C++ .net Standard
Diablo II Battle Chest
Unreal Tournament 2003 (Cant Wait to See How Quickly You All Blow Me To Bits Online)
Neverwinter Nights Gold
Neverwinter Nights Hordes of the Underdark Expansion
Warcraft II Battlenet Edition
Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard
Samsunk 19" Flat Screen Monitor

Pretty Good Haul If I Say So Myself

Cheers,
Preston


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Agreed.


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I gotta agree too...dear Lord, some of you guys are SPOILED. I asked for four things and of those I only got two of what I wanted:

1. A new TV...about a 21"
2. A giant fluffy pillow for my futon

And then I got about five things I didn't ask for. Grand total: probably worth about $150.

*sigh* Oh well...maybe I'll get a DVD player and season one of Family guy some other time...

(Yeah, I know I should be greateful...and I am! But man, what's the point of the new TV if I still have to watch all of my DVDs upstairs in the family room??)


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I got:

Books in no particular order:
The Dragon Reborn
Eragon
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
The Wish List
Lyra's Oxford
Assassin's Apprentice

Other:

Logitech Internet Explorer Keyboard
LOTR Trilogy Edition Risk

And one present that hasn't arrived yet in the mail. My mom and dad won't tell me what it is ...

Anyways, before any of you call me spoiled, I've got six family members in the house-- and one who visits-- so I buy more than most of you too, and I have never had a TV in my room-- those of you who do have no right to call other chaps spoiled . Tch tch!

Btw, HZense, computers have been able to play DVDs as a standard since '98. It works

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

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Ian T
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Oh, and I got my dad's 'dead' 15-16" (I just know it's bigger than my old tube monitor) flatscreen LCD display working a few weeks ago, kind of like an early Christmas present and it kicks ass .

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
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Quote: "I gotta agree too...dear Lord, some of you guys are SPOILED."


Hey...I got a Guinness World Records 2004, 20$, and a gift certificate. And I'm happy. Tell me who is spoiled now.


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Don't you dare call me spoiled. You haven't seen spoiled until you've seen my niece!

And just because I have a TV in my room - so what? My first TV I saved for myself...my parents were just nice enough to get me one. And I'm grateful

@Mouse: My monitor is small, I want to be able to watch DVDs on my nice shiny new TV


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I didn't say you were spoiled. T_T


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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 21:14
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Nor I you...that's just the way I took what you said sorry


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Hey...once I had a tv in my room. I dragged it in from outside (I found it in the dumpster) and it worked quite well too. Good for playing a bit of dreamcast on. I hid it in my closet but my mom found it and made me throw it out. Later on that year I did it 2 more times again.

I had to throw out all of them. That's what happens to TV's who don't get bought during garage sales. They all go to me. Mwahahahah.


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Ian T
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Well considering my family in general dislikes consoles of all sorts, and I already have a computer to play DVDs on, it'd be a pretty big waste of hundreds of bucks to buy a TV. I mean, I could get a new CPU with that money

(Btw, I've saved up for my operating system, Radeon 9500 Pro video card, Sound Blaster Live! sound card, and optical mouse by myself-- and that's without me being able to get a job. Huah ! Rambo!)

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
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Quote: "That's what happens to TV's who don't get bought during garage sales. They all go to me."


Lol, you're a smart boy Megaton. <- Hey look, I didn't say megaman

Quote: "I've saved up for my operating system, Radeon 9500 Pro video card, Sound Blaster Live! sound card, and optical mouse by myself-- and that's without me being able to get a job."


I'm going to assume then that you get allowance? Then technically, you didn't earn any of that many, it was just your parents being nice enough to give it to you...


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-Gameboy Advanced Player (parents wouldnt buy me a portable console to save their lives)
-Zelda 4 swords
-LotR: RotK game for cube
-drum sticks
-pants (bout freakin time)
-shirts
-socks
-gloves (IT SNOWED HERE!!! ON CHRISTMAS!!! hehe, gotta love Utah, "Greatest snow on earth")
my mom wouldnt buy me anything more for the computer, she's trying so hard to get me off, thats prolly the reason why i didnt get DBPro...grr

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jebus, there are alot of lil spoil kids out there ^_^
well i'm kinda happy this christmas, wish it was another uneventful one; but as always the bad luck struck...
presents were all cool, everyone had fun. Just some things have happened around it; that just have taken away that "joyful" spirit.


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Glad to hear you're having a good time Raven...


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The heack with giting games. You all should have asked for
some Programs. Im giting texture maker very good program. I got a new card. All the stuff I git is for my CPU.

Quote: "I got a big fat fish."
LOL Ide eat it!

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'I'm going to assume then that you get allowance? Then technically, you didn't earn any of that many, it was just your parents being nice enough to give it to you...'

Completely wrong. I do not and have never gotten allowance-- all the money I get, I earn from doing odd jobs and/or babysitting either in or out of the family. So there ...

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

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i've never had an allowance/pocket money either my dad took me down the local newsagents when i was 13 and got me a job as a paperboy i hate waking up early!!!! but xmas tips are good, i'm making some serious monies this year


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Quote: "I do not and have never gotten allowance"


Then you know the value of a dollar...


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$1 dollar?


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...sure


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i'm special


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you... are... a

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number one pressy...see sig (was a little early too )
number two was MS visual basic.net
number three was a cool rucksack to take my lunch to work in
number four was a cannon lide 20 scanner
number five was a huge digital wall clock with weather predictor
number six was sams visual basic.net in 24 hours

spoilt?...nah! I bought myself five of those "pressy`s" , (and put in the overtime to pay for them too )

Mentor.

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I got clothes as well Yay clothes! My bro and I got a few GC/PS2 games to share

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ATI Radeon 9600 Pro (yeah! 200fps to 2000fps) }: )
Video and DVD player (unexpected)
Dilbert books
A clock that stays the right way up, no matter which way you turn it.
Magazines
Chocolate!
Terminator 3 rise of the machines for ps2 (thats going back in exchange for something good)
Clothes

Do you bite your thumb at me sir?

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'Terminator 3 rise of the machines for ps2 (thats going back in exchange for something good)'

Good taste

'Dilbert books'

Very good taste

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

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This year's christmas was weird...didn't feel like Chritmas at all. Just felt like a normal every-day, day. No Christmas tree, no cool simpsons christmas specials, no "WOW" presents, and most importantly, NO SNOW. Bah. Humbug.


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Quote: "This year's christmas was weird...didn't feel like Chritmas at all. Just felt like a normal every-day, day."


Amen to that. The magic has gone from me now...


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True enough, however for a breif moment before I when to bed it felt like Christmas, it probably was the "Carol of the Bell" playing at the time.


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No crap you're lucky !!

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

FOCAIDASD, geri.
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My main presents were

gererals zero hour
office 2003
disk keeper


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I got what I wanted...

I lay-in, bacon sandwich, peace and quiet, a day off work, and a damn fine day spent with my wife.

The simple things in life and generally the best.

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Generals zero hour is an expansion pack for command and conquer generals (like red alert 2) Great game!


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Quote: "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"


The book I assume ?!


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A PS2 with Gran Turismo 3 and Prince of Persia
A complicated 3d physics book
and Red Dwarf series 3 DVD

My Fiance got them for me , but I guess since shes back at college it was technically me that got them .DOH
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Quote: "This happens when you get old.
"

I'm still 14...unless kids consider that old these days.

Quote: "I lay-in, bacon sandwich, peace and quiet, a day off work, and a damn fine day spent with my wife.
"


same here man.
uh.
Only minus the wife..


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Quote: "Okay, I'll reword it then and be totally insensitive if ya like..."


um...leave it. I'm just saying, I'm 14 and I don't care for Christams much. The best gift I got was 2 WHOLE WEEKS OFF FROM SCHOOL but the people here who like school won't agree. No school is the best present a high school student can get. Peacefully, you can go to the mall, broswe the forums, chat with friends, GO SNOWBOARDING MWAHAHAHA, sleding, nail that kid you always hated in the face with a snowball, have a snow war, or just hang out or do some work on your game or site. The actual presents come last.


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