What Christmas prezzies did she get?

Reggie.

Hope everyone is still in good form and sane. So what ya get...... we know muckit got a box in the mouth for no "wifey" card but how did the rest of ya do???

Got new runners, standard grassmen stuff and a dash cam.

Videos gonna be made this year

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Hope everyone is still in good form and sane. So what ya get...... we know muckit got a box in the mouth for no "wifey" card but how did the rest of ya do???

Got new runners, standard grassmen stuff and a dash cam.

Videos gonna be made this year

Oh got a dashcam too

alps

Munster jersey and tickets to the match tomorrow........��������������

Keepgrowing

Got 4 very happy kids and a limited edition that I've been searching for since October. Cannot wait to get stuck into this

jimini0

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Got 4 very happy kids and a limited edition that I've been searching for since October. Cannot wait to get stuck into this

Can you let us know about the book? Was goin to buy it for the father. He is well into his old IRA stuff. Is there anything about the mayo area.

Grueller

A friend bought the wife an audi A6. She thinks he is the best husband ever.
He traded her A4 as the deposit and has it signed up on pcp finance paid from their joint account.
Cheapskate me got the wife an internet radio and an iou for a new clutch and dual mass flywheel in our auld wagon in the new year.
She got me a blast of new running gear. Happy out with it.

kollegeknight

A grumpy mug, grumpy pjs and a crate of beer.

She got Ed Sheeran tickets and accommodation for the night up there

GrasstoMilk

We got the windows and a front door a few days ago. As good a present as any!
Got a pair of waterproof dungarees to go with a coat I got earlier in the year and a diary to help me organise myself a bit better

Dakota Dan

Grueller wrote: »

A friend bought the wife an audi A6. She thinks he is the best husband ever.
He traded her A4 as the deposit and has it signed up on pcp finance paid from their joint account.
Cheapskate me got the wife an internet radio and an iou for a new clutch and dual mass flywheel in our auld wagon in the new year.
She got me a blast of new running gear. Happy out with it.

Is she blonde by any chance

wrangler

Grueller wrote: »

A friend bought the wife an audi A6. She thinks he is the best husband ever.
He traded her A4 as the deposit and has it signed up on pcp finance paid from their joint account.
Cheapskate me got the wife an internet radio and an iou for a new clutch and dual mass flywheel in our auld wagon in the new year.
She got me a blast of new running gear. Happy out with it.

I was thinking of doing something similar for a 5 series beemer but the wife saw through it...........your friend obviously fancied an A6.

I hate those PCPs anyway, some people are surprised when they find they have nothing to trade at the end

Reggie.

wrangler wrote: »

I was thinking of doing something similar for a 5 series beemer but the wife saw through it...........your friend obviously fancied an A6.

I hate those PCPs anyway, some people are surprised when they find they have nothing to trade at the end

Pcp is supposed to be dynamite

whelan2

A girl up the road got a car for christmas off her parents, I'd say she's 18 .

Dakota Dan

Reggie. wrote: »

Pcp is supposed to be dynamite

Explodes right in your face PCP is for people to buy a new car they can't really afford.

wrangler

whelan2 wrote: »

A girl up the road got a car for christmas off her parents, I'd say she's 18 .

As I say I don't know why children ever leave home nowadays.....spoiled rotten.
I reckon I was born 50 years too early in the wrong family

whelan2

wrangler wrote: »

As I say I don't know why children ever leave home nowadays.....spoiled rotten.
I reckon I was born 50 years too early in the wrong family

Eldest lad will pay for his own car when the time comes, reckon he will appreciate it more then

Keepgrowing

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest lad will pay for his own car when the time comes, reckon he will appreciate it more then

We all got our first car bought for us. They weren't anything flash but we're very much appreciated. I'll most likely do the same

Keepgrowing

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

We got the windows and a front door a few days ago. As good a present as any!
Got a pair of waterproof dungarees to go with a coat I got earlier in the year and a diary to help me organise myself a bit better

Now that's progress, hard to top that

whelan2

Keepgrowing wrote: »

We all got our first car bought for us. They weren't anything flash but we're very much appreciated. I'll most likely do the same

See 2 lads over the road both got cars recently, one bought it himself, the other got it off his parents, the lad who paid for it himself drives carefully and looks after it really well. Other lad has written off the car and is lucky he didnt kill himself or others- he was crazy on the roads in it

Keepgrowing

wrangler wrote: »

I was thinking of doing something similar for a 5 series beemer but the wife saw through it...........your friend obviously fancied an A6.

I hate those PCPs anyway, some people are surprised when they find they have nothing to trade at the end

Brother here only buys on pcp, he loves it. The mileage would be within the terms and it's kept immaculately. Has another done for 18 traded in a 16. He reconsider its very cheap motoring. I've a new car bought for 18 but didn't fancy pcp but then again I was trading a 15 year old car that just dead.

Keepgrowing

whelan2 wrote: »

See 2 lads over the road both got cars recently, one bought it himself, the other got it off his parents, the lad who paid for it himself drives carefully and looks after it really well. Other lad has written off the car and is lucky he didnt kill himself or others- he was crazy on the roads in it

That probably has more to do with Darwins theory than who bought it

Who2

whelan2 wrote: »

See 2 lads over the road both got cars recently, one bought it himself, the other got it off his parents, the lad who paid for it himself drives carefully and looks after it really well. Other lad has written off the car and is lucky he didnt kill himself or others- he was crazy on the roads in it

I bought my own first car, it was six months old and wrote it off within hours. The best lesson I ever learned. All the stock I had over the years dragged away on a recovery Lorry.

Keepgrowing

Reggie. wrote: »

Pcp is supposed to be dynamite

Claas tractors, the place is falling down with them

wrangler

Keepgrowing wrote: »

We all got our first car bought for us. They weren't anything flash but we're very much appreciated. I'll most likely do the same

If they're in a farming family, some kids would have it well earned.....I had it well earned, still didn't get it bought for me.

whelan2

Cars and insurance were alot cheaper years ago though, costs a small fortune now

mayota

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

We got the windows and a front door a few days ago. As good a present as any!
Got a pair of waterproof dungarees to go with a coat I got earlier in the year and a diary to help me organise myself a bit better

That looks class, fair play and best of luck with it.

wrangler

Who2 wrote: »

I bought my own first car, it was six months old and wrote it off within hours. The best lesson I ever learned. All the stock I had over the years dragged away on a recovery Lorry.

Same here, lucky to walk away from it.

Who2

whelan2 wrote: »

Cars and insurance were alot cheaper years ago though, costs a small fortune now

Mine stood me nearly 5k at the height and that was twenty years ago,

mayota

jimini0 wrote: »

Can you let us know about the book? Was goin to buy it for the father. He is well into his old IRA stuff. Is there anything about the mayo area.

Googled it there, great looking book. I thought Sean Duignan wrote a book about the old IRA in Mayo but google doesn’t show up anything.

orm0nd

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

We got the windows and a front door a few days ago. As good a present as any!
Got a pair of waterproof dungarees to go with a coat I got earlier in the year and a diary to help me organise myself a bit better

gotcha now, seen the pic on twitter , greetings around the family there.

Grueller

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Is she blonde by any chance

Not naturally iykwim. She told my wife one day that she would have around €10k credit card debt at all times too. ALL from online shopping. My mate would spend a lot on image also. Birds of a feather and all that.

GrasstoMilk

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest lad will pay for his own car when the time comes, reckon he will appreciate it more then

My folks bought all of us our first cars. We've all bought the next one ourselves. None were anything special but they got us around

_Brian

Tickets to Michael McIntyre !!

grassroot1

Mrs Grassroot got a voucher for a spa and earings she got me a light for the rifle
But god if I have to put any more toys together some assembly require me eye

Coolfresian

A few historical books, love classical history and a holiday to recharge before the calving season starts. Spoiled by the oh. :-)

einn32

Two books on the birds and animals of Ireland which interests. Weekends away with herself throughout 2018 is the other present. We didn't go mad this year.

Keepgrowing

Coolfresian wrote: »

A few historical books, love classical history and a holiday to recharge before the calving season starts. Spoiled by the oh. :-)

Have you visited the Med to see all the sights?

Love history but more into contemporary European history

Coolfresian

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Have you visited the Med to see all the sights?

Love history but more into contemporary European history

Yea we try to go each year, nothing like the med for historical holidays. have done Greece, fantastic sights on the islands, Italy for Roman history and Croatia is a gem. Would highly recommend split and diocialatans palace. Study Byzantine history in my spare time so a trip to Istanbul is well overdue. A good history book helps to switch off from farming.

X6.430macman

Simply can't go wrong with slippers...

Reggie.

X6.430macman wrote: »

Simply can't go wrong with slippers...

Or socks?

Limestone Cowboy

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

We got the windows and a front door a few days ago. As good a present as any!
Got a pair of waterproof dungarees to go with a coat I got earlier in the year and a diary to help me organise myself a bit better

Theres a good group on Facebook about restoring old buildings like that, might be worth adding on it. It's called cottageology.

Muckit

Reggie. wrote: »

Or socks?

I got 10 pairs of jack jones socks & 2 hoodies. A portwest bodywarmer and Dunlop workpants!

Just to clear my name on the 'no card' front, l did get her perfume and giving her 10k towards a new car!!

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

I got 10 pairs of jack jones socks & 2 hoodies. A portwest bodywarmer and Dunlop workpants!

Just to clear my name on the 'no card' front, l did get her perfume and giving her 10k towards a new car!!

Doesn't matter.....you still didn't get her a card

jimmy G M

Not to worry Muckit ...

The best way to remember her birthday / anniversary / Christmas (*) is to forget it once!

(*) delete as appropriate

GrasstoMilk

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Theres a good group on Facebook about restoring old buildings like that, might be worth adding on it. It's called cottageology.

Must add that. The next step is insulting it inside and getting first fix of wiring and plumbing in. Really lost on the insulating tbh. Some ppl telling us not to insulate and others saying do

Muckit

Both are right... in a way. Well you won't be able to use conventional insulation (kingspan, rocwool etc) as it will sweat and mould.

Insulation of old stone buildings is a specialist area. You need special black insulation sheet and lime plaster and it will be A1.

Who2

Muckits bang on the money there. You'll sweat the building by insulating it conventionally. A return air system and lime plaster inside. It won't work out that much dearer. Use your building as a storage heater.

zetecescort

Wouldnt be one for Christmas jumpers but got this from my nieces

https://www.rydale.com/collections/christmas-jumpers/products/mens-christmas-sweater-2016?variant=32127060868

Lady Haywire

Agree with above, we didn't skimp on insulation when doing up our old house & can definitely say we'll get in back in the long run as it needs very little heating.

Presents, well!! I got a lovely gourmet kitchen set, a tripod for the camera, a wee highland cow mirror & these :D



Oh and a Mac magic mouse (wireless mouse) a cat brooch and couple of other bits!

CloughCasey1

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Must add that. The next step is insulting it inside and getting first fix of wiring and plumbing in. Really lost on the insulating tbh. Some ppl telling us not to insulate and others saying do

External insulation with rockwool and a silicon finish. Both breathable. Leave the inside alone. Those old houses tight enough for space as it is.

memorystick

Lego technic bucket wheel excavator. The chaps will help me make it!

Reggie.

memorystick wrote: »

Lego technic bucket wheel excavator. The chaps will help me make it!

Oh id love that