Do you already know what you're gonna get for Christmas?
Posted by anze89
I'm going to get Lego Mindstorms NXT. I consider myself very lucky to have parents that are prepered to spend so much money on me. I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with Mindstorms in next few years.
For all you that don't know what Mindstorms are: Basicly you get a small computer unit to which you connect three servo motors and four sensors (touch, sound, light and ultrasonic). You connect the unit to the PC through bluetooth or with an USB cable and then you program it (you tell it how to react when the touch sensor is pushed, etc.). The whole set comes with around 500 lego pieces, so you can build many different things (it comes with instructions for 4 different models).
For more info check this page: [mindstorms.lego.com]
That's enough about my Christmas present so what are you going to get?
For all you that don't know what Mindstorms are: Basicly you get a small computer unit to which you connect three servo motors and four sensors (touch, sound, light and ultrasonic). You connect the unit to the PC through bluetooth or with an USB cable and then you program it (you tell it how to react when the touch sensor is pushed, etc.). The whole set comes with around 500 lego pieces, so you can build many different things (it comes with instructions for 4 different models).
For more info check this page: [mindstorms.lego.com]
That's enough about my Christmas present so what are you going to get?
and to think, people say the youth of today don't know the real meaning of Christmas...
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I don't want to start a debate about "the real meaning of Christmas" but to me personally, it ain't got nothing to do with babies or stables. 
As for Xmas presents, I don't know what I'm getting - never do - even though I'm now well past being a kid, I always like the surprise that comes with Christmas
I must be quite easily pleased too, because whatever I get, I usually like.
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As for Xmas presents, I don't know what I'm getting - never do - even though I'm now well past being a kid, I always like the surprise that comes with Christmas
I must be quite easily pleased too, because whatever I get, I usually like.and to think, people say the youth of today don't know the real meaning of Christmas...
the 'real meaning of Christmas' died a long time ago IMO. Now it's commercialised and it's not anything special to me (I hardly know what the Christmas was all about at the first place). The only thing that makes Christmas time different to other days is that we eat slightly better food (like smoked ham, beefsteak...), drink champagne and we visit most of our relatives and for some strange reason (almost) everybody is happy The Christmas as a day it self it isn't anything special to me, much more special is when snow starts to fall (I'm thriled like a little child when that happens) and when I decorate the christmas tree and of course it's wonderful to watch all the rockets that are launched into the sky at the new year. But of course I'm very happy when I get my Christmas presents, it's a totally natural thing to feel happy when you get something and it doesn't matter on which day you get it.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2006 03:55PM by anze89.
the 'real meaning of Christmas' died a long time ago IMO. Now it's commercialised and it's not anything special to me (I hardly know what the Christmas was all about at the first place). The only thing that makes Christmas time different to other days is that we eat slightly better food (like smoked ham, beefsteak...), drink champagne and we visit most of our relatives and for some strange reason (almost) everybody is happy
The Christmas as a day it self it isn't anything special to me, much more special is when snow starts to fall (I'm thriled like a little child when that happens) and when I decorate the christmas tree and of course it's wonderful to watch all the rockets that are launched into the sky at the new year. But of course I'm very happy when I get my Christmas presents, it's a totally natural thing to feel happy when you get something and it doesn't matter on which day you get it.Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2006 03:55PM by anze89.
Well, my two pressies i always get are the F1 season review vid and my annual subscription to F1racing.
I have asked for a few books/dvds etc but i usually end up with vouchers.
I have asked for a few books/dvds etc but i usually end up with vouchers.
i dont really need/want anything..
i have everything i need atm
but will be nice to see parents, seing as though its been almost 3months without seeing them lol.
but id like the odd dvd and book or something
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
i have everything i need atm
but will be nice to see parents, seing as though its been almost 3months without seeing them lol.
but id like the odd dvd and book or something
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
speaking of the meaning of christmas, my brother threw a bit of a hissy fit this last year about how 'if god and all that crap and the bible' was real, then why were there wars and why have they put him in a wheelchair and stuff. quite deep and meaningful things to think about!
anywho, i found a comical response to that for his present i have chosen to get him this year.
There are a set of three different books, and I think they are absolutely fantastic. I know some may feel I am wrong for buying them as I find them funny, they do stil portray the real meaning of christmas, but just make it comical.
There are 176 pages worth in each book, one on christmas, one on the 10 commandments and about the same for other Bible stories - classics include Creation and Moses' Plagues. I laughed so hard at most of them I gave myself stomach cramps that evening.
And may I add - a BARGAIN at a price of £20 for all three - infact, they were just £6ish each book last I checked! Ideal for anyone too - top student present
Extract examples...
Matthew 1:18, Luke 1:26
This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth...
Luke 2:9
An angel of the Lord appeared before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. The shepherds were terrified.
Luke 2:16
And they found Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the manger.
Matthew 2:1-2
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the days of King Herod, some magi from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose, and have come to do him homage.”
Matthew 2:11
They bowed down and did him homage. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Exodus 10:15 - The Eighth Plague
No green was left on tree or plant in the fields anywhere in Egypt.
Genesis 1:1, 2:4-6 - The Garden of Eden
In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth. No plant or shrub had yet sprung up, for Yahweh God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the soil. Moisture would well up from the earth and water the surface of the ground.
Genesis 6:11-12 - The Flood
The earth was corrupt before God and filled with crime. God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all living beings had perverted their ways on the earth.
and just so wrong, yet so funny and true....
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2006 05:09PM by danm.
anywho, i found a comical response to that for his present i have chosen to get him this year.
There are a set of three different books, and I think they are absolutely fantastic. I know some may feel I am wrong for buying them as I find them funny, they do stil portray the real meaning of christmas, but just make it comical.
There are 176 pages worth in each book, one on christmas, one on the 10 commandments and about the same for other Bible stories - classics include Creation and Moses' Plagues. I laughed so hard at most of them I gave myself stomach cramps that evening.
And may I add - a BARGAIN at a price of £20 for all three - infact, they were just £6ish each book last I checked! Ideal for anyone too - top student present
Extract examples...
Matthew 1:18, Luke 1:26
This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth...
Luke 2:9
An angel of the Lord appeared before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. The shepherds were terrified.
Luke 2:16
And they found Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the manger.
Matthew 2:1-2
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the days of King Herod, some magi from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose, and have come to do him homage.”
Matthew 2:11
They bowed down and did him homage. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Exodus 10:15 - The Eighth Plague
No green was left on tree or plant in the fields anywhere in Egypt.
Genesis 1:1, 2:4-6 - The Garden of Eden
In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth. No plant or shrub had yet sprung up, for Yahweh God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the soil. Moisture would well up from the earth and water the surface of the ground.
Genesis 6:11-12 - The Flood
The earth was corrupt before God and filled with crime. God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all living beings had perverted their ways on the earth.
and just so wrong, yet so funny and true....
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2006 05:09PM by danm.
I don't know yet what I will get, nothing big though. When you are not a teen anymore you don't usually get that big gifts from your parents. I probably will buy something small for a gift to myself.
Well, and as I see other people here saying they don't mind about the real meaning of Christmas that much, you probably don't mind if I say too what Christmas means for me. In short, for me it's the birthday of the Christ.
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Well, and as I see other people here saying they don't mind about the real meaning of Christmas that much, you probably don't mind if I say too what Christmas means for me. In short, for me it's the birthday of the Christ.
My photo gallery: [viltzu86.deviantart.com]
mika19b Wrote:
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> I am getting a petrol remote control car and the
> usual such as F1 review dvd, a model or 2, few
> ps2/pc games etc.
You'll get fed up with it, I just sold both of mine.
I'm getting a new guitar.
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> I am getting a petrol remote control car and the
> usual such as F1 review dvd, a model or 2, few
> ps2/pc games etc.
You'll get fed up with it, I just sold both of mine.
I'm getting a new guitar.
HAHAHAHAHAHA Dan :D
I didn't ask for anything, but dad might end up asking me to choose a guitar for Christmas. I have to get an iPod nano in red color for my sister though
I didn't ask for anything, but dad might end up asking me to choose a guitar for Christmas. I have to get an iPod nano in red color for my sister though
'Behold, I will bring a flood of waters on this earth to destroy every living thing under heaven. Everything on earth will die.'
hmmm god obviously had forgotten about fish
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and another thing, are we supposed to believe that noah was the only living person on earth that had a boat?
sorry for going O/T but these questions need answering!!
LS's Tip of the week
ESSENTIAL OILS aren't essential unless you're an engine, a gearbox or a twat
sorry for going O/T but these questions need answering!!
LS's Tip of the week
ESSENTIAL OILS aren't essential unless you're an engine, a gearbox or a twat
LS. Wrote:
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> and another thing, are we supposed to believe
> that noah was the only living person on earth that
> had a boat?
>
>
> sorry for going O/T but these questions need
> answering!!
It's a cover up/conspiracy instigated by the White House.
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> and another thing, are we supposed to believe
> that noah was the only living person on earth that
> had a boat?
>
>
> sorry for going O/T but these questions need
> answering!!
It's a cover up/conspiracy instigated by the White House.
LMAO at these lego screenies
I'm gonna get a new car, maybe a Ford Fiesta Trail 1.6 Flex :P
"I'm an artist, the track is my canvas, and the car is my brush."
I'm gonna get a new car, maybe a Ford Fiesta Trail 1.6 Flex :P
"I'm an artist, the track is my canvas, and the car is my brush."
I don't really care what I get for christmas as long as it starts with "red" and ends with "wine" and has "Barolo", "Amarone", "Brunello" or "Bordeaux" somewhere on its label.
REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS
REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS
Merry Christmas mate!!
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ESSENTIAL OILS aren't essential unless you're an engine, a gearbox or a twat
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ESSENTIAL OILS aren't essential unless you're an engine, a gearbox or a twat
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