What do I want for my birthday and Christmas? 2011 version

[Ingmar]

Yeah. That one took a little negotiating.

[ghost]

Very nice. 


Can I borrow it?   

[Ingmar]

I just checked the prices it is getting these days, maybe I should sell mine. 

[ghost]

You could sell it for the $2500 or so that it will fetch and then purchase the new regular edition coming out in December (?) for about $50 bucks.  That sounds smart if you don't feel particularly nostalgic about stuff.

Edit:  Here's a mint one for $5,000 on Ebay.  I doubt they'll get that much, but you never know.  A new one is $2400 or so on Amazon.

[Ingmar]

Really I'm not one to sell off my collectibles, plus it has actually been played anyway. The one kind of annoying thing is it didn't include the expansion, so I had to keep my regular edition to use with that. First world problems!

[ghost]

Yeah, I'm not either.  That is one to keep if you appreciate that sort of thing.  I would still pick up the regular new edition for playing.  That's one you break out once a year or every other year.

[shiznitz]

I don't see a $50 version coming out on Amazon. Just a $220 version.  The reviews are all raving good.

[ghost]

Yeah, you need to find a pre-order for the second edition.  Thoughthammer has one up for $68, and they have good deals.  So it's close to $50. 

That's where I pre-ordered mine.  I have a suspicion that this may be one you would want to pre-order if you wanted to pick it up.  They may go quick.

[WayAbvPar]

I found the perfect gift for Ironwood-

[RhyssaFireheart]

I want my husband to still have his job come Christmas time.

I want to keep working down our debt.

I want to get hired on full time instead of being a contractor.

I want a nice, peaceful Christmas without an family drama.

[Mosesandstick]

Work and fulfillment.

[K9]

Hawksmoor At Home

These guys run (arguably) the best Steak restaurant in London, they really known their meat. I had a flick through a copy in a bookstore last week and it's really everything a carnivore could want in a cook-book.

[Count Nerfedalot]

I've got both coming up as well.  I've asked for SWTOR. 

What I'd REALLY like is for everyone looking for work to get a job at least as good as what I'm blessed with (reasonably secure unless I try real hard to screw up, decent health insurance, crummy but livable pay, work that is useful to society rather than a parasitic blight on it, and tolerable if imperfect working conditions) and for every jackass in America with the "I got mine screw you/I made good all by myself I don't owe the society that made it possible anything" attitude a year or ten in the shoes of those who are now seeing their unemployment checks end just as their savings are completely depleted, their insurance cancelled, and their banks and creditors circling like vultures.  With an unexpected but not unreasonable medical emergency thrown in for good measure.

Yeah, I'm a vindictive bastard and I've had too much to drink tonight.

[Sjofn]

Yeah. That one took a little negotiating.

Pfft, what?

"Man I want that so bad.  "

"Alright, you can buy it, but it means I don't have to get you a birthday present this year."



Hoo, that was tough. 

[schild]

Yeah. That one took a little negotiating.

You don't want to know what the girl got me for Christmas. Early, no less.

[Ingmar]

[schild]

Value, on Par. Actually this:

[Ingmar]

Ahh, Portal Three Kingdoms, very nice.

[schild]

Ahh, Portal Three Kingdoms, very nice.

Yar, she actually got me 4 English ones, making it one of the very few things that could be considered a crown jewel that's legal in legacy.

* schild spits on Vintage.

[Evildrider]

Are Black Lotus' worth some dough?  I have like 3 black border ones.  I just can't remember where I put all my old MtG cards.

[schild]

What. $900-$3000 a piece. Are you kidding?

Edit: PM'd you.

Edit 2: Feel free to donate that to the Schild Needs Money fund if you ever find your cards btw. I'm working on a card game and it's going to need money. No, it's not a CCG, it's more like Ascension meets Dominion meets Diplomacy.

[Evildrider]

Nah I'm not kidding.  I was at GenCon the year they were giving out those decks.

The only thing is I'm not sure what I did with them, because I let some friends go through them, and I haven't even looked at them in probably 10-12 years.

I'll be pissed if I lost them, I could really use some cash lol.

[Tale]

I'd like (and I think I'll get) better times.

At the start of this year I was doing 100km bicycle rides and could comfortably run 15km. I was in a great relationship. I was her kid's father figure. I was getting my teeth fixed.

But I overdid it. In March, I got shingles. Took me out of action for three months. With my immune system low, I also got glandular fever (mono) in June. It was misdiagnosed at first. When I wasn't myself, I broke up with her and spent another three months very sick, alone.

It's like being a teenager again: heartbreak, mono and braces. The orthodontist says they'll be off before Christmas. My ex is talking to me. My health is coming back. I cycled 15km the other day (lol).

Appreciate what you've got while you've got it. Or you'll want it for Christmas :)

Edit: I'm lucky I live in a country where unemployment is only 5.2%. Good luck to those in need of jobs. I know what that's like - you'll find one when you least expect it. I know two people who were unemployed and found their new jobs when they thought everything was winding down for Christmas.

[apocrypha]

Dude, I had shingles earlier in the year. It fucking sucks. Had it on my left leg, top of thigh, all round from & back. I've been left with permanent scarring from it, was seriously fucking horrible. Mine started when I was trying to break a valium addiction. Happy days.

I'd like to add "nobody ever getting shingles again" to my Christmas list please.

[ezrast]

Are Black Lotus' worth some dough?  I have like 3 black border ones.  I just can't remember where I put all my old MtG cards.

[tgr]

I only really have two things I want for christmas.

1) http://www.rytterfalk.com/2011/04/30/exploring-the-new-sigma-120-300-2-8-os-lens/
2) Spending time with my parents.

Edit: And of these two, only really 2) actually matters, as I only really see them twice a year.

[Cyrrex]

Yeah. That one took a little negotiating.

Pfft, what?

"Man I want that so bad.  "

"Alright, you can buy it, but it means I don't have to get you a birthday present this year."



Hoo, that was tough. 

And this is why I never tell my wife about F13.  Such a burn!

[Azazel]

I asked for a PS3 for my 30th birthday and instead got a framed photograph.  I could barely contain my abject disappointment. I wanted to heave the goddamn thing at all of them.  So, I went out and bought it myself the next week.  

"You're going to stop playing when you turn 30, right" "No. How about I ask you to give your favorite hobby when you hit a predetermined age?"  
"You're going to stop playing when we have kids, right?"  "Not a chance, I'll be able to play some co-op games in 5 years"

I'm so glad that my wife has never tried ot make me "grow up" and instead spends (some) time with me doing shit.

[Cyrrex]

I think my wife has just accepted that I will probably never stop playing video games nor completely grow up.  She calls me a geek/dork in jest, but she generally has no problem with it. 

[apocrypha]

My wife hated my gaming.

I am now divorced, been living with someone more accepting and am about one million times happier. 

[ghost]

I'm generally very difficult to buy things for because if I see something I really want I usually just buy it.  Thankfully my wife is almost as much of a dork as I am.  She's not into video games, but partakes in almost every other dorky activity I do.  

[Murgos]

Here's a question for the ladies.  Get my wife a moderate piece of antique jewelry or a pretty 3 to 4 carat manufactured sapphire pendant and something else nice to go along with it?

Are manufactured gemstones a travesty?  Or, is it 'I can have this 4 carat flawless honker?  Hell, yeah!"

[Ironwood]

This is a personal question.

If you follow advice given here and it's wrong, you're going to get 'Don't You Know Me ?'

Don't fall into this trap.

Find out direct from the horses mouth, so to speak.


My wife would LOVE the former and HATE the latter, for what it's worth.

[schild]

Antique jewelry and a sapphire pendant could not be further from each other. Why are your two options both extreme? Just ask her what she wants. Or look through her jewelry and find what she's missing.

[Murgos]

Antique jewelry and a sapphire pendant could not be further from each other. Why are your two options both extreme? Just ask her what she wants. Or look through her jewelry and find what she's missing.

No one ever made sapphire pendants before today?  How odd.