BEST presents this year....

[DaveL485]

Seeing as we have a 'worst presents' thread running, what are your best?

I Got a Freefall experience in a vertical wind tunnel off my OH and a portable gas welding set (its like a mini oxy rig with disposible bottles) off the unofficial in-laws.

AWESOME Casualty here I come!!

[Brown and Boris]

Sorry, put min in the other thread;

Two track experiences; Caterham and Atom.

[Elan159]

Powerboat experience for me - plus one of those Chinook remote control helicopters which I've been trying to chase the cat around with, if only I could get it to fly straight!

[Eric Mc]

The Eagle Book of Cutaways (from my sister) - real James May territory and a reminder of what is increasingly looking like a lost world.

[DaveL485]

Eric Mc said:

The Eagle Book of Cutaways (from my sister) - real James May territory and a reminder of what is increasingly looking like a lost world.

Interesting. Tell me more!

[Stu R]

A KTM SuperDuke R motorbike. Though that was a present to myself.

Other than that all I got was a couple of packs of Marlboro, so a small but useful haul for me this year

[Olf]

I'm very pleased with the Silverstone British GP tickets my wife got me. V. good seats at copse.

[samuelellis]

probably a propper quick to put-up/takedown tripod for when i am at car shows taking photos so no more shakey-cam

But i did treat myself to this wee beastie - http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/kdavx44-super-save...

[Cactussed]

7 pairs of underpants from Mum. Brilliant!

[Eric Mc]

DaveL485 said:

Eric Mc said:

The Eagle Book of Cutaways (from my sister) - real James May territory and a reminder of what is increasingly looking like a lost world.

Interesting. Tell me more!

It's a resume of some of the best cutaway artwork that was featured in the Eagle comic over its 19 year history. Lots of great images of nuclear power stations, Atlas rockets, Deltic trains and hovercraft.
However, there is also some very good social commentary inserted in the scroipt comparing what little boys of the 50s and 60s got excited about and what turns them on now.

The author makes some caustic comments about what types of cutaways would be drawn today - instead of a Whittle turbojet or a Bloodhound missile, to suit modern tastes we would be more likely to have a cutaway of the Bluewater Shopping Centre or The Big Brother House.

Good stuff and quite amusing - if a little sad,.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 26th December 09:51

[MentalSarcasm]

Enough DVDs to last me a week, longer if I'm sensible and space them out. I like to watch stuff when I'm working so they're all perfect and will keep me away from Top Gear repeats on Dave.

[edwardsje]

New fly rod - bought it myself...

[Maxf]

edwardsje said:

New fly rod - bought it myself...

Cool - what did you get? I'm a Sage man.


I think my best present was a guitar from my girlfriend.

[jagdpanther]

Money I need to repair my car

And

Two TVR Tuscan LM Racer 1:43 Scale models

[AJWB]

I got a video camera that I was quite pleased with

It was a complete surprise too, which made it even better.

[spants]

Cactussed said:

7 pairs of underpants from Mum. Brilliant!

Enough pairs not to do washing for 7 weeks!

But seriously, why are they called "pairs"?.

Tony

(just 2 pairs this year (but they are real CKs) amongst the presents from my wonderful wife)

Edited by spants on Friday 26th December 11:31

[ChristianZS]

[Elskeggso]

Blade Runner 2 RC Helicopter. Need some batteries though!

[gazza_3]

Rc Helicopter, its quite fun chasing the cat. One of these new fangled Ipods, which is actually really good. Also loads of car cleaning products

[otolith]

A PS3. Purely for the Blu-Ray, obviously, not for playing GT5 on, being as I am far too old and grown up for computer games...

Now, is it really, really worth spending £150 on a GT25, or is a Driving Force Pro good enough?

Oh, and a good friend got me and the missus an Aston Martin experience each, which should be fun.

Edited by otolith on Friday 26th December 11:48