a ferret-proof garbage can
LOTS of Crayola Model Magic
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (for Nintendo GameCube)
a Cush
the first two Lemony Snicket books
Arby's gift certificates
Chia Donkey
Tetris Tower 3D
...and lots of other stuff!
:!: Mich :?:
I got some great craft books, including one on the history of textiles with some beautiful pictures. Also some chocolate.
I got £150 (early) from my mum which I then spent on presents for everyone so I got lots of smiles for Christmas
Compaq Proliant 2500R with 4-disk RAID and 3 ethernet interfaces
CDs
"Exploiting software: How to break code" (a book on software exploits focusing on exploiting bugs in software rather then network security)
Chocolate and sweets and crap
A book full of guitar licks and riffs
Clothes
Hurrah for Belgian chocolate
I prefer Maya Gold myself, which is Belizean (I think).
Four non-fiction books:
The Annotated Flatland by Edwin A Abbott, edited by Ian Stewart
The Home Buyer's Guide: what to look and ask for when buying a new home by Alex Ely
Mathematics for the Imagination by Peter M Higgins
The Cat That Could Open the Fridge: a curmudgeon's guide to Christmas round-robin letters by Simon Hoggart
Some sheet music for recorders (William Byrd Diliges Dominum, Andrea Gabrieli Ricercari a quattro nr VI & VIII, and 2 canzonas by Tarquinio Merula)
A kitchen timer
An umbrella
2 mugs featuring old Penguin front covers - one of Jane Eyre, another of Lady Chatterley's Lover
Pot of Origins "Ginger Float" bubble bath
A Lake District calendar
A £20 book token
CD of Pamela Thorby playing Handel recorder sonatas
I also received a "corporate" gift of a box of Thornton's chocolates, but I ate them all before the 23rd!
"The Home Buyer's Guide: what to look and ask for when buying a new home by Alex Ely"
Does this mean that you havent had any luck with the house buying yet?
"The Home Buyer's Guide: what to look and ask for when buying a new home by Alex Ely"
Does this mean that you havent had any luck with the house buying yet?
The answer to my question posed earlier (on the NT-AS interaction thread) "Are there any sources of support for getting onto the property ladder?" is evidently a big fat no.
Chances are that when the present generation of Aspie children grow up, there will be, but by then it will be too damn late for anyone older to take advantage. Sod's law!
Hey Mich, whats a cush?
It's a large, squishable stress reliever that I like, practically love, to cuddle on! Mine is green and cylindrical.
:!: Mich :?:
It's all coming true...
:shock:
This is what I had:
New clothes
Deodrant and shower gel
A new aluminium carry case for my CDs, just to take to parties and monthly discos
Chocolates (Celebrations, Cadburys Roses, selection boxes and a chocolate Santa)
Driving Test Success Practical, which includes a simulator. This is something I wanted for years!
A DK book on the history of flight.
3 VHS videos: 2Fast 2Furious and 2 Dr. Who videos (The Five Doctors and Planet of the Daleks)
Wow, you made out like a bandit Jay!
Lush stuff smells sooooo lovely mmmm.