Anybody get anything cool for Christmas?

Jstas
Jstas Posts: 14,806
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I got a dash cam and the kids got me a radio controlled helicopter.

They've also taken to getting me a magnet with something funny on it for my chemical cabinet in the garage. It's a steel cabinet that's probably 70-80 years old at this point. Was my grandmother's. I built a pressure treated wood pedestal for it and screw it to the bottom to keep it off the floor. I use it to store chemicals in the garage. It's line with Rock Auto magnets and whenever I buy a part that comes with a sticker, I sticker the sticker to a magnet sheet from a craft store and cut it out. The kids have been getting me a magnet for it the last 3 years now. This year was a magnet that looks like french fries and says "Exercise? I thought you said "Extra Fries"!"
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,046
    edited December 2019
    I got a pair of MIT S2 Cables via a fellow Polkie, a 20 pound BlanQuil to help me sleep (thats a weighed blanket that applies deep pressure) and a 2 year subscription to The Economist to receive stay up on news and current events. Quite an excellent Christmas!
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  • Milito
    Milito Posts: 1,958
    Fluance T85 turntable. Needless to say big improvement over the LP60 I had before.

    Connected to a Parasound Zphono MM/MC Phono Preamplifier with USB I got for my birthday earlier this month.

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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,125
    Nothing audio related here but I requested and received a spare 6amp 80volt kobalt battery for my kobalt chainsaw and blower. Battery operated tools are amazing nowadays as the blower out does my stihl handheld gas blower.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,999
    I got to see and have my kids say it was the best Christmas ever and not 11 people over for dinner. That's enough for me. Sure I got some practical things but nothing tops seeing and knowing my kids had an amazing day.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    I received from @vcwatkins, Craig, what I would call Christmas gifts of a great magnitude and meaning! o:)

    He gave me just a day or so before Christmas all of his cassettes he had recorded in college with attention to detail on how he labeled the cases with songs and art too. :) He recorded about 250 or more. ;) Plus... 50+ or so prerecorded tapes AND an AWSOME Denon DRR-780 horizontal auto reverse, 2 motor Dolby B-C and HX PRO noise reduction Deck to play them on. :oB) It plays these tapes with a silent background too! B)
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    The drop-down plate really is cleaner than this pic. makes it out to be. ;)
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    He also gave me a AWSOME ROTEL RCC-945 6-disc shuttle system single drawer CD player. This player plays CDs GREAT. Smooth and quiet operation!
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    And the last and also AWSOME GIFT is this Ultrasonic Cleaner's Record Spinner motor and record hanger device. He bought it off this Forum a while back from another member who was building them for us. It's really HEAVY and built like a 1st Class Device!
    I've looked at Ultrasonic cleaner tanks on the Web already and will get one next year for sure.
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    Here are some picks of a GREAT "my generation" collection of Music on tapes Craig gave me. :pB) I had stacked them by number per 100's. Craig had numbered almost everyone! It's an AWSOME collection to me!
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    Thank you again Craig! o:)

    Tony








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  • Gerres26
    Gerres26 Posts: 864
    Not audio related but the wife surprised me with a Saeco super-automatic espresso machine. I’m pretty stoked as we have a similar machine at work and I love that thing.

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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    I got a record that i've been wanting, not much outside of that but I am thankful to be able to get plenty of gifts for my kiddo, wife and plenty of items for the new baby coming next month-ish.
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    PJs....woohooo!
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    I got a stocking full of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. That is all I got... :D
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,461
    not much ere either, wife said my 705's were the last audio I'm getting.

    Had good dinners with my wife's family and mine, that is all I can ask for.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    Wife fixed me up with a new MacBook Air, and also a Wireless Mouse. I'm not a Finger Pad kinda guy :D

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    mrbiron wrote: »
    I got a stocking full of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. That is all I got... :D

    Will that get you to Epiphany?

    ;)

    mrloren wrote: »
    not much here either, wife said my 705's were the last audio I'm getting...
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    Heh.
    Heh.
    Heh.

    :#

    On topic :p
    Yeah, I got something pretty cool from our daughter & son-in-law...

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  • tratliff
    tratliff Posts: 1,701
    I got a Ortofon 2m Bronze for my new to me Denon DP-59l. Have not had time to mount it and get setup. Will do next week.

    Also got the Beetles Abby Road 50th vinyl along with the Analogue Productions Hugh Masekela 45 rpm/4 lp version of “Hope”. If you haven’t heard this I recommend you do.

    Tomorrow I should be receiving the Mobil Fidelity Ulta-Disc version of Yes Fragile. Wife tried to get it in time but it just didn’t make it.

    I also picked up many bottles of bourbon (see the sippin bourbon thread) but those were more presents to myself.

    Overall it was a great couple of days. I gave the wife the Louis that she picked out a couple of weeks ago and now I’m in good graces.

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  • Dabutcher
    Dabutcher Posts: 2,594
    Not much here to speak of. I usually get myself something kool during the big sales. Nothing jumped out at me this year. I am blessed to have spent time with family and extended family for food and comfort. I also feel thankful that my wife and me were able to fulfill our two kids wishes for new phones for Christmas. iPhone 11 and galaxy S10. Peace. D
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    I got a third of a pair of Martin Logans! so, 2/3rds of a single speaker!

    I bought myself the other 4/3rds. :)

    I also got a nice Skagen watch, from Denmark. My dad got one years ago and I've always admired it :)
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,007
    Ok, I was a bad boy

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I got spikes for my other rack from Brian, what a righteous dude!
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,994
    edited December 2019
    Dabutcher wrote: »
    Not much here to speak of. I usually get myself something kool during the big sales. Nothing jumped out at me this year. I am blessed to have spent time with family and extended family for food and comfort. I also feel thankful that my wife and me were able to fulfill our two kids wishes for new phones for Christmas. iPhone 11 and galaxy S10. Peace. D

    You want Küül? Bring yourself back to 1978! New in Box...

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    Tom
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    dromunds wrote: »
    Ok, I was a bad boy

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    If you were good you would got some 100% cotton free ballers.
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  • rebelsoul
    rebelsoul Posts: 756
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    And a Blackhawks jersey Kane 88
    Air Jordans
    From Wife
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,032
    Anything cool? Yeah....I got a bag of ice.
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,683
    edited December 2019
    Our family get together is on Saturday this year rather than Christmas Eve or Christmas day, so Mrs. Boot and I got to eat a Christmas day dinner of roast lamb, brussels sprouts with shallots, glazed carrots, garlic mashed potatoes with heavy cream, homemade ice cream and a nice petite sirah all on our own. It was a pretty cool gift.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,999
    shawn474 wrote: »
    I am 45 years old and my wife got me what I would consider one of the top 5 coolest gifts I have ever received. I am a HUGE Legos can; I get my kids a set each Christmas. And the wife gets me a set. They have gotten quite expensive throughout the years but she splurged this year.

    She got me the Voltron: Defender of the Universe set. It’s pretty incredible actually. You put together the five lions and they transform to assemble into the large robot. It’s over two feet tall and took hours to assemble. The detail in it was amazing. I know it’s nerdy but I think it’s awesome.

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    Don't show Trey, he might fall off the wagon.
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  • aiconn
    aiconn Posts: 277
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    ...a 20 pound BlanQuil to help me sleep (thats a weighed blanket that applies deep pressure)...

    I got an 18lb version. Have you tried it? I'm a little scared that it will make me feel trapped.

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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    I thought about picking up Voltron myself. I was a huge fan in my childhood. Unfortunately I spent too much on retro Nintendo gear (besides Christmas) recently so could not pick it up. I am a geek too.

    BTW, do you have the Saturn V set? It's one of the best deals out there last year and still going. I have 3 sets (one for both my sons and one for myself).

    This Christmas I got my 8 year old the "LEGO City Cargo Train 60198" with some extra track. He loves it.

    For myself, I asked for the "WORX Pegasus Multi-Function Work Table". It's a nice portable work surface for in the garage and outdoors. I often find a make-shift place to cut stuff while working outside. This will be a safer way to work.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    aiconn wrote: »
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    ...a 20 pound BlanQuil to help me sleep (thats a weighed blanket that applies deep pressure)...

    I got an 18lb version. Have you tried it? I'm a little scared that it will make me feel trapped.

    My wife and I share a 15 lb version I think: we like it, don’t feel trapped all (and if you can’t get out from under an 18 lb blanket ya got bigger problems pal...)
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    Legos are seriously cool. :)

    I bought this set a couple months ago. vhnm7niezaj7.jpg
    I'm not a fan of Voltron, but that set is really cool. My sisters, who like Science fiction stuff more than me, nearly died when they saw that set in the LEGO store. ;)
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,994
    Trey is gonna have a boner popping up more so than the day he got married......ah 5h!t son!

    I'll call his wife and break the bad news.....

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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