| Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7869] |
Sat, 13 December 2008 19:06  |
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 Black Bear
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Ho ho ho, it's here.
"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7887 is a reply to message #7877 ] |
Sat, 13 December 2008 21:02  |
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I got one of these umbrellas off ThinkGeek last year. It's been really nice, I actually will carry it even when it's not raining, just because it's really dark and I tend to wear black.... being seen is a GOOD thing!
I keep thinking about modifying it with some of the EL wire so that I could have glowing stuff going along the ribs of it, too.
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7890 is a reply to message #7869 ] |
Sat, 13 December 2008 21:53 |
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Wooo, so cool!
I love the cat shirt. That's awesome. And light up umbrellas!
[Updated on: Sat, 13 December 2008 21:54]
Smooshes!
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7908 is a reply to message #7869 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 01:09 |
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Better yet, the theme music shirt can be customized! You can add whatever you want, just need MP3s on your computer and a micro SD card.
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7921 is a reply to message #7917 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 06:10 |
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Yikes! What's the world coming to when such a mistake isn't noticed??
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7967 is a reply to message #7935 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 18:42 |
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| Maren wrote on Sun, 14 December 2008 13:49 |
| ebullient wrote on Sun, 14 December 2008 00:19 |
Not sure how I got from here to there, but...
http://www.geniegadgets.com/gadgets_uk/flying-alarm-clock.ht ml
I think some variant of THAT belongs in a book somewhere..
It's almost as good as being slobbered awake by your favorite dog (I was terrible at getting up in the AM when I was younger... but I couldn't be mad at the DOG.. MOM sent him in, after all.. )
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Have you seen Clocky? If you don't get up the first time, it rolls off your bedside table and hides while continuing to bleep. And it doesn't say this on the page, but I believe it's smart enough to never hide in the same place for two days in a row. This is eeeevil but so brilliant.
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Hahaaa! I was JUST about to mention it myself. I keep thinking about getting one, but a) my room is such a mess it'd die, and b) I keep holding out for a fuzzy one like the prototype.
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7972 is a reply to message #7869 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 18:59 |
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I want one so I won't sleep in and will instead get up and write instead.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7976 is a reply to message #7973 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 19:09 |
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| tassiegal wrote on Sun, 14 December 2008 19:01 |
That remote control tarantula remind me of the one my SO HID on the toilet seat once, gave me a massive fright when I went in half asleep!
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I hope there was retribution involved after that one!!
Kind of like waking in the early morning, whilst using the top bunk, and seeing a Huntsman spider 2 feet from my face on the ceiling. I am not arachnophobic but I got out of bed fast. And told it off very sternly.
Ever had the experience of thinking that a spider was crawling on you in the night and managing to leap out of bed in about 1 nanosecond as you simultaneously throw back the doona and turn on the light? And then you remember to breathe when there is nothing there.......
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7984 is a reply to message #7869 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 19:25 |
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I noticed that bird head too. Swan Lake this is Not.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #7990 is a reply to message #7981 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 19:31 |
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| Robin wrote on Sun, 14 December 2008 19:19 |
| Mori-neko wrote on Sat, 13 December 2008 21:02 |
I got one of these umbrellas off ThinkGeek last year. It's been really nice, I actually will carry it even when it's not raining, just because it's really dark and I tend to wear black.... being seen is a GOOD thing!
I keep thinking about modifying it with some of the EL wire so that I could have glowing stuff going along the ribs of it, too.
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Snork! A light sabre with a . . . a . . . HAT!
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>.> ..... Maybe.... I've only gotten in a duel with it once, though.....
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| Re: Internet Christmas Shopping [message #8111 is a reply to message #8049 ] |
Tue, 16 December 2008 10:31 |
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Mrs Redboots
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| Susan from Athens wrote on Mon, 15 December 2008 21:07 |
Dear Mrs. Redboots you have just brought up something I always have questions about (never having had a class in English grammar there are huge gaps in my education and having done copious amounts of Grammar in Modern and Ancient Greek, French and German does not always help). You say in Montague street, but on the same side of the road. Why not on the street? I have similar questions about places like born in Athens but if it is an island are you born on Skye rather than in Skye? and should you put it as on the island of Skye as this isn't a specific location. I figure if you don't know - or can't be bothered to answer (I mean this without any offense at all) one of the numerous English majors on this forum will provide me with an answer.
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Hmmm - I imagine this is American vs British usage; it's weird, though, because, thinking about it, I'd say I lived on Montague Street (if I did!), but that a shop is in it. Erm, why? Blest if I know!
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And having recently re-read Sunshine and re-read it yet again (thank you so much Southdowner!) I came across another language question/irritation that I would also like an answer for: It is the S.O.F. so ESS-OW-EFF. When talking about one of its officers is it a SOF or should it be an ESS-OW-EFF. Because I would say the latter (I'm not trying to be cheeky Robin - I'm genuinely stymied by this). Does the euphonic -n- get added on here or not? Anyone?
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I wouldn't, but then, I mentally read it as "a SOF", and have to remind myself that it's Special Other Forces and not Streatham Open Festival (a former ice-skating competition, which was called "sof" - word, not initials).
[Updated on: Tue, 16 December 2008 10:32]
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) is pronounced Ess Oh Eff, you would use "an S.O.F.," while if it's pronounced "Sof," you wouldn't. 