Merry Christmas!

[Evil Ash]

Merry Christmas 3dmm!

I'm out in Thunder Bay, ON visiting family here. I got for Christmas:

A massive towel, socks, shaving cream/aftershave (maca root), these awesome wine glass made out of mason jars, and a pretty cool Christmas sweater.

And some gift cards for like groceries and stuff.

It was a really chill Christmas cause we're pretty poor from our cat and everything, so it was nice to just... not have to stress out about shit.

Good times here. Hope you all doing good too.

[Bjorny]

Originally Posted by Damage Jackal

he got some books about film and a cheque to buy a coat. what's not to to get

lol coffee thinks it's british slang or something

[John Coffee]

yeah, pretty much. i'm high on weed.

[Rabid Dinosaur]

we spell it "check" and also I dunno what the stuff in parentheses means, so that might be where the confusion came from. I asked for a bunch of junk food and socks. COOL.

[Bown]

His parents are from the North and therefore cheap so they only gave him a cheque for the price of a coat during the post-Xmas sales and not for the full price.

Originally Posted by Ben Rice

nice one on the upcoming india trip, tom. i spent two weeks in goa about five years ago, truly wonderful experience. where bouts are you going?

I'll be staying in Chennai, but my friend who I'm going with has talked about going to Goa for a day or two, it sounds pretty insane. Also thanks Evan! I'm really excited, I've never really gone anywhere with an especially different culture before.

Originally Posted by Ben Williams

Bloody hell! Jim wins - although Bown's mini display port to hdmi is a very good lead.

I already don't know how I ever survived without it

And I'm only near the end of sequence 2 but yeah, AC3 is fucking boring so far. I assume it gets better when you start playing as the actual main character and not his dad, but atm they're really piling it on with the cutscenes.

[Rabid Dinosaur]

haha that's pretty funny actually

[Roadkill Dave]

and yeah, india trip sounds awesome, it's high on my list of places to visit, too. I've been to sri lanka and the best advice I can give is practice walking in a sauna with clothes on. that's the type of endurance you need in the subcontinent.

[tronderboo]

Originally Posted by Rabid Dinosaur

we spell it "check" and also I dunno what the stuff in parentheses means, so that might be where the confusion came from. I asked for a bunch of junk food and socks. COOL.

Stereotypically, people from the north of England are wiser (or meaner) with their money. It's mildly offensive, but as I have two northern parents I'm allowed to say it. Because of this, we're never allowed clothes for Christmas - they all go down in price in the Sales a few days later so we're made to wait.

Sounds dumb and unfunny now I've explained it.

Oh and books on film are just books whose subject matter is film. In this case, French cinema and Emeric Pressburger.

[John Coffee]

ok i though books on film was similar to books on tape or something

[Damage Jackal]

Originally Posted by Roadkill Dave

and yeah, india trip sounds awesome, it's high on my list of places to visit, too. I've been to sri lanka and the best advice I can give is practice walking in a sauna with clothes on. that's the type of endurance you need in the subcontinent.

haha yeah particularly in chennai. put all of your clothes on and sit in a room with the heating turned all the way up