What did you get from Santa then?

[kmount]

I'll try someone elses' first then!

[Andrew_C]

BUT you must remember that some things cannot go in it or else they shrink....

Or melt. I got soaked standing at a bus stop waiting for a non-existent bus. Gave up, went home and rang my nylon-ish ski jacket out.

 

Hmmm... Tumble drier... Well, there are a selection of hieroglyphs that as a man mean nothing to me, but underneath each one is a plain English translation. Do not bleach, Warm wash, etc. None of them say "Do not tumble dry".

 

A more accurate description of a crossed out circle in a square would be "Do not tumble dry", rather than "Do not dry-clean". Jacket is fine, but all the zips melted.

 

[speckytecky]

From brother and sister:

 

A triple pack of chutney jars in a wicker carrier bag - looked hopefully like a bottle when wrapped

 

A cheese board - and 3 cheeses - including goats cheese - board will be in the next car boot, one bit of cheese eaten by family, the other hanging around and the goats cheese in the dog they know we don't do dairy!

 

Aftershave - well handy as I use an electric razor

 

Apart from that some useful bits and pieces - Angles and Demons DVD - not a patch on the excellent storyline of the book.

[ozzy]

Bose Acoustimass 6 speaker system:D I love my wife, I also bought myself a new Sony AV amp;) to go with them, hope every one got what they wanted:o

[maniac]

Iron? You need to learn the art of the tumble dryer. I used to iron all the time, work shirts, trousers etc for both me and the other half, until I was enlightened with folding straight after tumble drying, never had to iron anything since.

 

Small question of running the thing - they use a fortune in electricity, and I also don't have space for one in my kitchen - it's tiny! The only thing I ever iron is my work shirts anyway.

[leco]

What is this "book" you speak of ?

 

A book is made of "paper" and has many things called "pages". Unfortunately there are very few navigation aids, no Back or Forward arrows on which to click, instead the "pages" are numbered sequentially. The way I think it works is that the "pages" have to be "turned" manually.

 

It is taking me some time to get to grips with this new-to-me phenomenon, but I'm learning all the time.

[ahuxham]

Small question of running the thing - they use a fortune in electricity, and I also don't have space for one in my kitchen - it's tiny! The only thing I ever iron is my work shirts anyway.

 

Both my Washing machine and tumble dryer which are a two-in-one are "A" rated, they hardly use any electricity at all. I've tested this theory, running a full load and than tumble dry for 100 minutes consumes all of 1.42kWH which you can calculate at your electricity price.

 

My under-the-counter fridge is "A" rated as well, and as specified by the manufacturer uses 137kWH a year, bar open and closing it like a maniac.

 

It's all about the ratings, pay more and you get your savings back!

[GrumbleDook]

Firstly

@ahuxham - Heresy! Ironing is a way of life ... a sacred time for meditating, for organising your inner thoughts and becoming one with electrical equipment. How can you seek to become one with the more advanced electrical pantheon if you are not prepared to spend time with even the lowliest of electrical tools. Some might confuse time spent with a power drill as sufficient but only the iron has all four symbolic elements of earth, fire, water and air!

 

I got plane tickets too ... and mightily enjoyed my time in Oz with the family. To save taking pressies over me and my better half had the idea of taking photos of presents that we would send on to others when we got back ... and my Mum and her husband, Terry, thought it was a sparkling idea too ... though Terry wen one better and had photos of each stage of unwrapping the pressies! Absolutely brilliant to see my Mum's face with that.

 

I also got a fantastic set of cufflinks from my wife

http://www.londoncufflinks.co.uk/images/t_157.jpg

 

We picked up a joint pressie to each other before we went over of a DSi with various games, etc ...

 

I had been unable to get the signed copy of Matt Le Tissier's autobiography for her though so I got a normal one ... and am sorting out a tour of St Mary's when the weather is better, followed by a meal and a game.