OT: Xmyth presents?

T i m · 2018-12-28T10:21:50+00:00

So,Silly season is on the ebb and I wondered if anyone here actually gota good Xmyth present?I'll need to define my 'good' further:It needed to be a complete surprise. No previous hints, not anotherbottle of what you liked last year, not another addition for yourexisting collection etc. An exception to that (here) could be a wantedpower tool of the same series as your existing (so it could sharebatteries etc). However, you still need to have needed it (rather thanfancied it) and be likely to use it (if you haven't already).I'm also not including std / useful stuff, like socks or underwear,especially lingerie for your partner ... as the chances are is that itwas actually for you. ;-)And I don't really mean something that was particularly expensive,like a new car, but 'a car' from (say) your parents to get you throughyour test or because you recently passed but couldn't afford a carmight be, but again, it had to be 'surprise keys in xmyth paper'moment.So, did anyone get anything that fits my criteria above?Cheers, T i mp.s. Luckily the only presents I got this year was from our daughter,a hexagon of Toblerones (that I guessed though the packaging, much toher frustration (a previous year she'd made a dummy Toblerone that Iguessed wasn't one because the inertia was wrong )), a ball-pointpen that has 'Sh1t Christmas Gift' on it (was cheap, funny and can beused) and a Haynes manual for the RAF Chinook (she couldn't get me aride in one so this is a next best thing). Not sure if I'll ever readit as I'm not really a reader and typically only refer to workshopmanuals when I'm fixing stuff. ;-)I'd just previously given her a 10,000mA USB battery / phone chargerbut mostly in the hope she doesn't keep 'borrowing' mine.