Best christmas present..what did you get?

yaesumofo · Dec 26, 2005

My wife got me a Nixie tube clock (http://www.nixieclock.net/pd1122985600.htm?categoryId=0)and my sister got me a cheap Russian night vision monocular.

I feel like I claened up.
What about you guys?
Yaesumofo

PhotonWrangler · Dec 26, 2005

Nixie tubes! Wow, I haven't seen those in ages. I remember seeing them in the displays of some gasoline pumps a long time ago. Very cool and retro.

How's the image quality on the night vision scope?

bjn70 · Dec 26, 2005

I got an electronic flash for my DSLR.

I also got a portable DVD player with 10" screen.

raggie33 · Dec 26, 2005

a capascan monkey who can play the banjo but he plays kinda badly

PhotonWrangler · Dec 26, 2005

raggie33 said:
a capascan monkey who can play the banjo but he plays kinda badly

offroadcmpr · Dec 26, 2005

I got a digital camera. I guess I'm going to have to start taking pictures at college now. it is a nikon coolpix 4600. It should work for what I am doing now, lookinng to get some good pics with my lights. Not sure if I am up to doing beam shots though.

yaesumofo · Dec 27, 2005

The image is good enough to see in the dark but not amazing.
I am happy with it I am not sure just exactly what I am going to do with the thing but it is cool none the less.
Yaesumofo

PhotonWrangler said:
Nixie tubes! Wow, I haven't seen those in ages. I remember seeing them in the displays of some gasoline pumps a long time ago. Very cool and retro.

How's the image quality on the night vision scope?

greenlight · Dec 27, 2005

I got one half of a 2pack of lights from costco from my dad. My brother got the other one. It is a crank-up 3 led light with no batteries. Well, I guess I did need one for the car. It's the car's flashlight now. Thanks, dad.

Bravo25 · Dec 27, 2005

I got a little 6 year old girl in my face with a smile, proclaiming "Daddy, daddy get up, Santa Clause came!!!", and then I got to watch her open up the presents. That was the best present I got.

I also got to watch me wife open up a set of 6 individually wrapped boxes. All placed inside of each other. Only at the end to find a set of diamond earrings. She never had diamonds before, except for the one on her finger.

The second best was the Band of Brothers box set of DVD's.

I still like the first better, even though I have wanted those DVD's for a looong time.

No lights this year, but I am very particular about those, and usually buy them myself.

One of the most important ones I got was knowing that even after all the rush, crowds of people, stampedes, bad attitudes, comercialism of Christmas, and mad dashes for goods, I can still "hear the bell"

KC2IXE · Dec 27, 2005

Bravo25 said:
I got a little 6 year old girl in my face with a smile, proclaiming "Daddy, daddy get up, Santa Clause came!!!", and then I got to watch her open up the presents. That was the best present I got.
...snip...

Yeah, that about sums it up, doesn't it - my older one is 8, and is on the edge of not believing, but my 4 YO is still really into it - seeing them jump up and down, and my daughter wave her hands (when she is REALLY happy, she flapps her hands - don't ask me why - she just does) made my day

Other gifts? A kent TP-1 Morse code paddle for my ham radio, a new meat thermometer for cooking (I do most of the cooking), and a book of Soduku puzzles - and a bunch of cash from my parents

leukos · Dec 27, 2005

My wife's day trip to Stirling Castle.

BigBaller · Dec 27, 2005

Got this a few weeks ago, I couldnt wait, but it counted towards christmas.

And it wouldnt be complete without the diffusion filter. :naughty:

IsaacHayes · Dec 27, 2005

Yaesumofo, cool "toys"!!
BigBaller, way cool. espcially the flip up filter!

I got some tools from my dad and a neon clock from my mom.

greenLED · Dec 27, 2005

Bravo25 said:
I got a little 6 year old girl in my face with a smile, proclaiming "Daddy, daddy get up, Santa Clause came!!!", and then I got to watch her open up the presents. That was the best present I got.

I know the feeling... add tears of happiness for a forever-dreamed-of present they never-ever thought of getting.

I used to hate Christmas, but my kids have made it fun again.

geepondy · Dec 27, 2005

Those bring back memories of the old Wang computers we played around with in grade school in the late 70s. Also when I first started my career in electronics (1983), we had some very old test equipment that utilized them. Didn't know you could find anything that contained them anymore, even retro items.

yaesumofo said:
My wife got me a Nixie tube clock (http://www.nixieclock.net/pd1122985600.htm?categoryId=0)and my sister got me a cheap Russian night vision monocular.

I feel like I claened up.
What about you guys?
Yaesumofo

The_LED_Museum · Dec 27, 2005

I have a bench type voltmeter downstairs that uses Nixie tubes for its numeric display.
I don't fire it up all that often because I don't want those tubes to burn out.

PlayboyJoeShmoe · Dec 27, 2005

Don't have a wife or kids, so Christmas isn't so special anymore. Did get to watch small cousins open stuff Saturday.

My best unexpected gifts were a Heart and a REO Speedwagon CD. My best and only flashlight gift was a M*gcharger I myself bought Thursday.

Of course the bits and pieces of flashlight goodies I have coming are "Christmas Presents"....

PhotonWrangler · Dec 27, 2005

The_LED_Museum said:
I have a bench type voltmeter downstairs that uses Nixie tubes for its numeric display.
I don't fire it up all that often because I don't want those tubes to burn out.

Mendleson's in Dayton has nixie tubes for reasonable prices, just in case. Actually they have a lot of neat-looking old tubes, including "magic eyes," acorn tubes and others.

PhotonWrangler · Dec 27, 2005

Bravo25 said:
I got a little 6 year old girl in my face with a smile, proclaiming "Daddy, daddy get up, Santa Clause came!!!", and then I got to watch her open up the presents. That was the best present I got.

What a heartwarming moment! Thank you for sharing that with us. We don't have children but I can share in this moment vicariously.

Cornkid · Dec 27, 2005

I think I got the best christmas present of all time:

A SIGNED, FIRST-EDITION, TOM CLANCY'S SUM OF ALL FEARS..

Excellent book!

-tom

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