Author Topic: (Giveaway) Translucent Pink Stump MX (over) (Read 12459 times)

bocahgundul · « **Reply #50 on:** Sat, 26 December 2015, 05:09:55 »

I never celebrate christmas

Sifo · « **Reply #51 on:** Sat, 26 December 2015, 15:10:27 »

Quote from: bocahgundul on Sat, 26 December 2015, 05:09:55

I never celebrate christmas

I don't either.

Christmas is over but my giveaway isn't

THSdrummer · « **Reply #52 on:** Sat, 26 December 2015, 15:17:47 »

Some of my favorite holiday traditions I have with my high school running friends. Even though I graduated high school 4 years ago, we're still best friends. One event is the Egg Nog Mile we host. I'm sort of the planner, we have a media guy, and a few talk-show type hosts. This year we tied our record of people at the event with around 70 people (it's our 5th year). But, I managed to land one sponsor for our little event. I also got more people on board with trying to help me plan the event throughout the year and not just jump on the hype train at the end.

Bonus facts: We have had one runner compete who has qualified for the Olympic Trials in the marathon.
We have also had multiple All-Americans at the NCAA Division 1 level (cross country and track).
I am one of three to compete in every edition of the Egg Nog Mile (out of an original 8, 5 have gone soft).

Looking forward to next year and hopefully getting a better website up and running and make it more "official".

ice31000 · « **Reply #53 on:** Sat, 26 December 2015, 21:55:40 »

My favorite Christmas memory was one year in Georgia it snowed and my mother's family came down and the parents and kids were all in the living room opening presents and exchanging stories from the past year. Overall a great time of recollection which hasn't happened for about a decade now unfortunately.

Bevo · « **Reply #54 on:** Sun, 27 December 2015, 02:23:14 »

One of the best Christmas memories I've had was Christmas morning 1995, when I got a Game Boy bundle with Tetris. Bulky, heavy, gray-on-yellowish-graphics, Game Boy. I honestly thought to my 9-year-old self, “This is like having a Nintendo I can walk around with. Nothing can ever get better than this.” In a way, I was right; technology and game design improved, but the feeling of that moment has never been duplicated for me.

Sifo · « **Reply #55 on:** Sun, 27 December 2015, 10:18:22 »

Damn that's 2 months and 2 days before I was born yo

Bigpock · « **Reply #56 on:** Sun, 27 December 2015, 10:46:39 »

All my favorite holiday memories is when my cousin, uncle, brother, and myself always mysteriously go missing from the holiday gathering to meet on the side of the house for a little dreadlock circle. Sadly I can not partake in this holiday tradition anymore due to some career choices, but I always find myself out there to stand with them for the free smells.

And then we eat~~~~

Sinanju · « **Reply #57 on:** Sun, 27 December 2015, 19:56:06 »

Favorite memory was when my brother and I got first Xbox console along with Halo: Combat Evolved. We were obsessed with the game ever since one of our friends let us play it, but only had a PS up. Until then, definitely spend the rest of the day playing against each other and single player. I do remember us always crashing the warthogs on blood gulch seeing how far we could throw each other.

Probably not the best memory I have, but its the only one that I can really remember worth writing about.

Thanks for the giveaway, Sifo.

Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays and good luck to all.

katushkin · « **Reply #58 on:** Sun, 27 December 2015, 20:04:51 »

I will do a Christmas memory me and my brother share.

A Christmas about ten-fifteen years ago now, we were both wondering what we were going to get from our parents. After we had unwrapped everything, my parents gave us one small round present each. When we opened them, I had something white, my brother had something black. Turns out in the other room, my parents had bought us a snooker table. A mini one of course, about four and a half feet long, but me and my brother remember it every year.

It's not a fantastic story, but it's the one time I remember truly going mental over a present as a child/teenager.

inanis · « **Reply #59 on:** Sun, 27 December 2015, 20:16:46 »

When I was much younger, there was one Christmas my dad waited until after everything had calmed down and then brought out one final present. It was a brand new, just released, SNES and I nearly lost my mind. Me and my baby brother played that all day and all night. It is one of the few times in our entire lives we got along.

nathanrosspowell · « **Reply #60 on:** Mon, 28 December 2015, 12:24:55 »

Waited till after Christmas day to post here as I was expecting to have a new funny story about meeting my gf's relatives for the first time. Kinda got one...

Basically I went to meet my girlfriends extended family for the first time. Turns out that means an evening meal with 35 french speakers and my grasp of french is poor at best (FML). Maybe a few of you (on this keyboard enthusiasts forum, haha) can relate to the type of social anxiety that can bring on

Anyway, a few beers, hand shakes and cheek kisses later things are going ok. Only one (older) relative roasted me for having terrible french skills. As we sit down for dinner (again, 35+ people....) one of my gf's cousins stands up to make a speech. He has some disabilities but we already talked a bit about video games and I expressed as best I could in French that that Mario Maker is indeed a dope af Christmas present. Anyway, just before he stands up he was whispering something with the person next to him and looking a bit flustered... This guy stands up and gives a nice little speech about having a nice meal and gifts (in French, obviously, so some of the details were lost to me) and then he ends with "joyeux noel et merry christmas"... Makes sense what he was whispering about now. He learned how to wish me a happy holiday in my native language! Everyone is cheering and clapping, a bunch of people look to me and yes, on queue, some of those feel good happiness tears that no amount of 'manly reserve' can hold back. Then, I tuck into some traditional pig knuckle stew... life is good.

TL;DR got accepted into my new family, cried, had a good holiday

slip84 · « **Reply #61 on:** Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:00:16 »

1997: Got a PlayStation and a copy of Final Fantasy VII. Parents forgot a memory card.

Halverson · « **Reply #62 on:** Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:02:33 »

Quote from: slip84 on Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:00:16

1997: Got a PlayStation and a copy of Final Fantasy VII. Parents forgot a memory card.

You're alive!

I'm missing my PlayStation memory cards as well, welcome to the "leave the system on for weeks club". My roomy was playing a metal gear and that's a true story. He plays slow.

slip84 · « **Reply #63 on:** Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:04:25 »

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:02:33

Quote from: slip84 on Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:00:16
1997: Got a PlayStation and a copy of Final Fantasy VII. Parents forgot a memory card.

You're alive!

I'm missing my PlayStation memory cards as well, welcome to the "leave the system on for weeks club". My roomy was playing a metal gear and that's a true story. He plays slow.

It's been a rough few months. Really, really rough.

I just drove 16+ hours yesterday/day before. Dead inside.

Halverson · « **Reply #64 on:** Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:05:36 »

Quote from: slip84 on Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:04:25

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:02:33

Quote from: slip84 on Mon, 28 December 2015, 13:00:16
1997: Got a PlayStation and a copy of Final Fantasy VII. Parents forgot a memory card.

You're alive!

I'm missing my PlayStation memory cards as well, welcome to the "leave the system on for weeks club". My roomy was playing a metal gear and that's a true story. He plays slow.

It's been a rough few months. Really, really rough.

I just drove 16+ hours yesterday/day before. Dead inside.

Ugh, sorry to hear. Message sometime

Blueblue · « **Reply #65 on:** Mon, 28 December 2015, 15:35:59 »

For my 10thish xmas my parent's told me that there wasn't going to be a xmas present for me.
After doing a crapton of chores and falling asleep I wake up to a N64 with Majora's mask on my bed.
Not the most extravagant present but to me it was super awesome especially because it was my first console.

clacktalk · « **Reply #66 on:** Mon, 28 December 2015, 16:34:51 »

i met a cousin i didn't know existed on Christmas day this year. our families are pretty small, so any addition to the body count is pretty significant. we went to get ice cream and didn't watch Star Wars bc he's practically a millennial and doesn't care for it. then we detoured to my place to pick up a board game and i graciously demolished them when the time came for the scrubs 2 challenge the king (me). family is super dank

i want my submission to count for codingcpa. if that doesn't fly, i don't want to participate in the tournament. gl bbs

Incredigasmic · « **Reply #67 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 09:33:56 »

I was 9 years old and the Pokemon fever had just taken root within the U.S. All of my friends had either Red version or Blue version and their parents were cool enough to buy them the small Pokemon figures that had remarkable detail for '98 toys. I went to class every day and was bitten by the envy bug more and more. I legitimately couldn't go to school without being depressed and without being overwhelmed with the thought that I was always going to be left out.

That October/November my parents asked me what I wanted...I knew there was nothing more that I could possibly want than a purple, translucent Gameboy Color and Pokemon Red, Charizard appealed to my young heart much more than Blastoise. I waited patiently for the day to arrive to see if Santa cared enough about me to deliver.

Christmas morning...I bolt down the hallway with my little brother and stare in awe at the small pile of presents, felt more like a mountain at the time, under the tree. We move in closer and divide our gifts into respective piles and quickly shred through all of the red and gold wrapping paper. I open each gift as the anxiety builds. I finally get to my last gift. I was devastated. The last gift was nothing more than a Christmas card, or so I thought...I open it up and lo and behold there's a note from Santa.

It read: "A true Pokemon master would need to catch them all. Good luck."

Baffled, I questioned my parents about it, to which they promptly responded, "Oh yeah! Santa left this with us...."

My mom handed me a gift bag and I tore through it like a mad man. Sitting at the bottom was my exact wish. A shiny, new purple translucent Gameboy Color and Pokemon Red. I screamed with joy and quickly opened it all up to actually start my first adventure. I skipped through the opening dialog and promptly entered my name and chose Bulbasaur as my first partner in life. An unbreakable smile stretched across my face as the best phrase ever scrolled across my screen...

"{Incredigasmic's Real Name} saved the game!"

birdi127 · « **Reply #68 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 09:50:05 »

My birthday is right before christmas, my parents often forget about it (I'm a young one, still hurts on the inside)
Makes for fun holidays

thanks for the giveway!

henz · « **Reply #69 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 10:00:01 »

Spent one Christmas eve with tonsillitis was chilling at the emergency room for 15 hrs

Finally got home at 23:00 .Really nice evening .

nmur · « **Reply #70 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 10:13:48 »

xmas 3 years ago, when my gf and I had been dating for almost a year. had no idea what she was going to get me for xmas.

she had noticed my interest in Gunpla I had at the time, where I bought a couple of models over the course of the year. I enjoyed it a lot, but she didn't care much for the "little robot things" I'd faun over. she thought they were pretty silly and impossibly fiddly to put together.

come christmas though, she presents me with a brand new MG gundam wing, one that I'd actually looked at and wanted, ****. I was amazed that she had actually gone and found a gift so well fitted to my current hobby.

that wasn't all though. I noticed that the box was already open. I open it up to find that the model was actually already assembled!! she had actually put this thing together. she tells me that she found it hard as ****, but fun. I look closer, and see that a couple of delicate parts were once broken, now glued together. also, almost all of the alternate weapons were attached, or glued to the model, making it look pretty hilarious. she said I should fix it up, but I chose to keep it in its original glory.

I thought it was really sweet how she put so much effort into my present.

sncbraxsc2 · « **Reply #71 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 11:16:59 »

Quote from: MiTo on Wed, 23 December 2015, 18:47:57

Oh man!

You guys are so generous, I'll gladly share a good story soon.

EDIT:

I was waiting and thinking about what memory I should post and well, I decided to go with my favorite and most inspiring one. I'll keep it short.

It was Christmas '97 and I was 4 years old. My parents gave me this space shuttle kit and it basically defined what I was going to do in the future. Studing, college, career. I don't know why they decided to give me this, but I can definitely say that it changed my whole life.

Hell, this toy was the main inspiration for the Godspeed keyset!

Man, I really love space-y things. Playing with my parents and this shuttle is a very special memory.

Show Image

WHAT THE HELL!! I remember getting that as a present from my Grandparents in Florida. The top of the Shuttle opens on both sides lambo style. Thanks for the nostalgia! I had totally forgotten about that.. I was so proud of how well I assembled the thing and applied all the stickers to make it look legit

Sifo · « **Reply #72 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 13:28:45 »

Hmm I better start keeping a list of names. There's something else I wanted to give away too actually but that might be for another time!

ANightOnCloudNine · « **Reply #73 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 14:09:30 »

I was down at my sisters place for this christmas dinner and I decided to have a big wine glass of well... wine (some sort of peach watermelon sparkling wine) and I thought that was gonna be the only alcohol I would consume, nope. After our ham dinner I went to go get a glass of water but instead my mom couldn't finish her bottle of Twisted Tea, and passed it to me, and I finished it for her. then my sister made me split a glass of wine with her cause she couldn't finish hers. After I hung out with some of my moms friends talking about video games and movies. I decided to get up to go to my friends house down the road. Grabbed a Twisted Tea for myself and walked down to his place. Friends family wasn't done their dinner yet, so I basically had two dinners that night ham and turkey. Anyways I was chilling at his house but his mom gave me a glass of some sort of alcohol, which I assumed was wine since it tasted fruit like but not artificial. and then I went to his room chilling listening to music and downed another twisted tea that was only slightly cold and played some Mario Kart 8 with him having a good time. Then we headed down to another friends house to pick him up to hang out with. And then we decided to race eachother down an icy road and I ate **** cause I was slightly drunk and my legs felt like they were retarded and we all laughed but I didn't realise at the time I landed right on my knee that was already injured prior because I was slightly drunk and having fun. So then the day later I have a really ****ed up knee and to this moment it is still sore and aching. Moral of the story. Don't race friends down an icy road with a bad knee while drunk. You'll hurt yourself.

1swt2gs · « **Reply #74 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 14:36:13 »

Quote from: Sifo on Tue, 29 December 2015, 13:28:45

Hmm I better start keeping a list of names. There's something else I wanted to give away too actually but that might be for another time!

ANightOnCloudNine · « **Reply #75 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 14:40:55 »

Quote from: Sifo on Tue, 29 December 2015, 13:28:45

Hmm I better start keeping a list of names. There's something else I wanted to give away too actually but that might be for another time!

Is it your soul?

MiTo · « **Reply #76 on:** Tue, 29 December 2015, 14:52:00 »

Quote from: sncbraxsc2 on Tue, 29 December 2015, 11:16:59

Quote from: MiTo on Wed, 23 December 2015, 18:47:57
Oh man!

You guys are so generous, I'll gladly share a good story soon.

EDIT:

I was waiting and thinking about what memory I should post and well, I decided to go with my favorite and most inspiring one. I'll keep it short.

It was Christmas '97 and I was 4 years old. My parents gave me this space shuttle kit and it basically defined what I was going to do in the future. Studing, college, career. I don't know why they decided to give me this, but I can definitely say that it changed my whole life.

Hell, this toy was the main inspiration for the Godspeed keyset!

Man, I really love space-y things. Playing with my parents and this shuttle is a very special memory.

Show Image

WHAT THE HELL!! I remember getting that as a present from my Grandparents in Florida. The top of the Shuttle opens on both sides lambo style. Thanks for the nostalgia! I had totally forgotten about that.. I was so proud of how well I assembled the thing and applied all the stickers to make it look legit

It's a great toy indeed, so many memories... It's always great when toy nostalgia hits! The toy was remarkable, probably my favorite toy of my whole childhood.

I still remember the little rover, the two astronauts, the tiny helicopter and the satellite! Not to mention the super sick stickers.

Incredigasmic · « **Reply #77 on:** Wed, 30 December 2015, 09:20:43 »

Quote from: MiTo on Tue, 29 December 2015, 14:52:00

Quote from: sncbraxsc2 on Tue, 29 December 2015, 11:16:59
Quote from: MiTo on Wed, 23 December 2015, 18:47:57
Oh man!

You guys are so generous, I'll gladly share a good story soon.

EDIT:

I was waiting and thinking about what memory I should post and well, I decided to go with my favorite and most inspiring one. I'll keep it short.

It was Christmas '97 and I was 4 years old. My parents gave me this space shuttle kit and it basically defined what I was going to do in the future. Studing, college, career. I don't know why they decided to give me this, but I can definitely say that it changed my whole life.

Hell, this toy was the main inspiration for the Godspeed keyset!

Man, I really love space-y things. Playing with my parents and this shuttle is a very special memory.

Show Image

WHAT THE HELL!! I remember getting that as a present from my Grandparents in Florida. The top of the Shuttle opens on both sides lambo style. Thanks for the nostalgia! I had totally forgotten about that.. I was so proud of how well I assembled the thing and applied all the stickers to make it look legit

It's a great toy indeed, so many memories... It's always great when toy nostalgia hits! The toy was remarkable, probably my favorite toy of my whole childhood.

I still remember the little rover, the two astronauts, the tiny helicopter and the satellite! Not to mention the super sick stickers.

Nice Avatar xD

dgneo · « **Reply #78 on:** Wed, 30 December 2015, 09:25:32 »

Riding in my fiancee's dad's truck (who speaks little English) on a 1 hour drive to his house to grab an extra table for Christmas, listening (on the radio) to how masturbation is a sin, and that only Jesus can save you (he's very religious).

It's my favorite because it makes my fiancee and I laugh every time we think about it.

Sifo · « **Reply #79 on:** Wed, 30 December 2015, 23:40:45 »

Hey guys, this giveaway will proceed as planned and it ends in 2 days, but round 2 has been cancelled because a friend's dog needs help for a holiday miracle. Please see here for some info and sorry to derail my own thread.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=68660.0

sitch · « **Reply #80 on:** Thu, 31 December 2015, 09:05:54 »

Well, this Christmas I and my family went Thailand ( next to Malaysia, where we stayed ) and we had very enjoyable experience in Bangkok. We went to Grand palace and the place is covered with GOLD! and later we get to our lovely suit in Mandarin Oriental, Overall it's quite an experience, first time to bangkok

Sifo · « **Reply #81 on:** Thu, 31 December 2015, 12:52:10 »

Round 2 will happen eventually thank to riotonthebay ^_^

ENDS ON JAN 2ND WHEN I WAKE UP GET YOUR LAST DAY STORIES IN TO BE ELLIGIBLE FOR FREE CAP WOO

pichu23 · « **Reply #82 on:** Thu, 31 December 2015, 17:54:07 »

Hey Simmy, thanks for organising this giveaway!
I always wanted a stump so here's my story

So this year as the past 5 years, I'd either go to London or travel around Europe with my high school friends during the winter break.
Well most of my friends have already left the UK so it was just me and a buddy this year.
I always wanted to ski so I decided to try it out this year! I have no experience of skiing prior to this and the last time I did something close to it (sledging

)) I went off the sledge path.
So in the end, I've decided to go to the High Tatras Mountains in Slovakia because it was cheaper compared to the French & Swiss Alps.
Anyways, it was also beginner friendly (apparently).
Signed up for 4 lessons which lasted for 4 days.
And oh boy, the first 2 days were hellish for me and not to mention walking on the shoe itself while carrying ski's was a pain.

Heavy ski boots

Constant slips and falls while trying to keep my balance and trying to control my directions $:-\$
It was not until day 3 where the ski instructor said she would bring me up to the mountains.

Ride via the cable car!

It was amazing! Although the first few attempts I fell at least 3-5 times before making my way down.
By the end of the lesson (Day 4) I could ski down on my own without fall and it was the greatest feeling. (Although at my own pace which was slow

)
But it was something that really fun. I wish I could do it occasionally but probably will not be able to in the coming years as I would be going back to my home country after my studies. (no Winter season back home)

Either way, the view was amazing from the top and foot of the mountain.

Here's a pic taken during the clear day.

Seems really bright and warm but it was -1 or something

I would of course like to continue skiing in the near future!
I'd probably want to try other places probably in the states as I have relatives there.

Anyhoo, thanks again for organising.

As I'm finishing this post it's gonna be 12 soon in the UK so,
Happy New Year and Good Luck everybody!

calvinhousecat · « **Reply #83 on:** Thu, 31 December 2015, 18:11:22 »

Every Christmas my friends and I chip in for a cabin up in the mountains of California. As of December 2014, I finally learned how to snowboard properly, feels so good man. Although the snow in my area sucks, mainly because it is ice, so I kinda wanna go even more north to snowboard in powder snow.

pichu23 · « **Reply #84 on:** Thu, 31 December 2015, 18:22:39 »

Quote from: calvinhousecat on Thu, 31 December 2015, 18:11:22

Every Christmas my friends and I chip in for a cabin up in the mountains of California. As of December 2014, I finally learned how to snowboard properly, feels so good man. Although the snow in my area sucks, mainly because it is ice, so I kinda wanna go even more north to snowboard in powder snow.

The place I ski doesn't have pure snow towards the mid and bottom part of the mountain.
I was told it was technical snow, made by machine. It is only in the higher parts of the mountains where the real deal is however it is really steep so I did not even bother.

)
Ah snowboarding is something I would want to try after I can ski "properly".
Trying to get used to parallel then I would want to learn carving later on.
Always afraid when I put my ski's parallel and it picks up speed.

haha
It's great to live in countries where it has 4 season. I'll miss UK very much.

Sifo · « **Reply #85 on:** Fri, 01 January 2016, 15:40:42 »

yall have til tomorrow.

slickmamba · « **Reply #86 on:** Fri, 01 January 2016, 15:51:25 »

This was sometime in the spring. I am part of a program called Teach For America, and was placed in a community where science is not the biggest care in the world. Half my class had no idea what evolution was, and the other half barely understood it. So I have a little lesson on the basics of evolution, adaptation, darwin using cute drawings, horses, giraffes, evolutionary arms race, etc.

Kids loved it, made sense to them and many had questions after class for me. I did this lesson on a Friday and when they came back on Monday, I had a grandmother waiting for me at the door, angry because as her granddaughter said on Friday, "I had fun in class today! My teacher, Mr. Slickmamba told us that God wasn't real."

Obviously those words never came out of my mouth, I actually said the opposite and told them about how many scientists are actually religious and believe evolution to be part of the intelligent design, etc etc.

Anyway, she admitted that I didn't say that, and the grandma went back to being happy with me.

The End.

iamtootallforthis · « **Reply #87 on:** Fri, 01 January 2016, 15:54:43 »

Love seeing all these giveaways!

I'm not gonna enter as Pink is not my color and I know there are more people who would enjoy it more!

Good luck all and good on you for doing this Sifo!

dohbot · « **Reply #88 on:** Fri, 01 January 2016, 16:10:20 »

Hi there.

Every year my dad and brothers make Ginger Bread houses. When we started doing this my dad wanted us to plan out how we were going to make our houses, starting with planning it out days before with pens and paper. One year when I was maybe 9, I decided that I didn't want to plan out where all the candy was. So once we started, it was obvious that I didn't have a plan, so I was just putting candies wherever I wanted them to be. I am having so much more fun than the rest of my family that the next year they all decided to do it the "dohbot" way, I remember my dad put one of those gummy sunny side up eggs on the roof of his house and then laughed about it for a bit. This then stuck and then every ginger bread house we would make from then on would be my way of doing it. Granted all the houses now look like absolute ****, but we have a lot more fun making them.

Thats my story.

Thanks so much for the giveaway!

tronbeaver · « **Reply #89 on:** Fri, 01 January 2016, 19:37:12 »

I won a Translucent Pink Stump MX!

It made my Christmas.

Hexterdude · « **Reply #90 on:** Fri, 01 January 2016, 21:23:27 »

On Christmas eve I returned home after a 22 hour flight to visit my parent for the holidays. It was full of cheer and joy as we saw it each other, the tree was set up, the present were set and the weather was warm (don't hate me pls). They told the rest up and that tonight we'd open the present at midnight as per usual. I was ecstatic and rushed to my room to take a quick nap, my heart full of warmth and smile full of glee. Then i woke up, and I realized that it was the next day and I had missed out on opening presents. I also realized that there was a reason why they hadn't woken me up and that was because they had forgotten buy presents. I was just so tired I hadn't notice that the 'presents' under the tree were our Christmas decorations to make the tree look more lively.

TL:DR

Parents didn't wake me up to open present cause they forgot to buy some so bought them while I was sleeping

Sifo · « **Reply #91 on:** Sat, 02 January 2016, 00:10:32 »

last chance to post a holiday/new year story

going to sleep

calvinhousecat · « **Reply #92 on:** Sat, 02 January 2016, 00:21:25 »

Quote from: pichu23 on Thu, 31 December 2015, 18:22:39

Quote from: calvinhousecat on Thu, 31 December 2015, 18:11:22
Every Christmas my friends and I chip in for a cabin up in the mountains of California. As of December 2014, I finally learned how to snowboard properly, feels so good man. Although the snow in my area sucks, mainly because it is ice, so I kinda wanna go even more north to snowboard in powder snow.

The place I ski doesn't have pure snow towards the mid and bottom part of the mountain.
I was told it was technical snow, made by machine. It is only in the higher parts of the mountains where the real deal is however it is really steep so I did not even bother. )
Ah snowboarding is something I would want to try after I can ski "properly".
Trying to get used to parallel then I would want to learn carving later on.
Always afraid when I put my ski's parallel and it picks up speed. haha
It's great to live in countries where it has 4 season. I'll miss UK very much.

Haha, I so feel you on the speed part. When I was still a noob at snowboarding (well technically I still am), whenever I went faster than like 15mph or something I feel like my board took over my body and I would quickly bail out and hurt my butt

crayzieap · « **Reply #93 on:** Sat, 02 January 2016, 01:35:52 »

This holiday was definitely a bit more special and memorable as I helped my 13 year old cousin in-law build is first gaming desktop about a week before X-mas. A few months back he asked advice for a gaming computer and originally wanted a gaming laptop but after finding that his budget was only about $300, I convinced him to build his first gaming PC.

Building this PC brought back childhood memories since I was around the same age when my father's co-worker also helped me build my first PC with all my saved up allowance. In the end, it really taught me about responsibilities as a young kid and was an invaluable lesson in my life.

Anyhow, we were able to complete his first build with him doing most of all the heavy lifting and with my watchful guidance. He had saved a bit more since then (~$450) and with a help of some added donations from me (old monitor, GTX 560) and a friend's SSD, he was able to get the computer up and running on the first attempt. Definitely a proud moment for a 13 year old.

The best part is that the responsibilities don't end here as he has set a financial plan for the next 3-4 months to work part time and save up his allowances on his next big purchase --- getting a new GPU (GTX 960, maybe 970).

Anyhow, after getting his steam account installed and pre-loaded with classic (HL1/HL2, Skyrim, Starwars, TF2), he's already given me quite a few laughs as he thinks he has created Garry's Mod and pretends he owns the place. Sigh, Kids and their Minecraft these days

Thanks for the giveaway! Happy New Year's Everyone!!!

garfi3ld · « **Reply #94 on:** Sat, 02 January 2016, 01:49:53 »

This year I was greeted when I got to my parents by my younger brother. He and oen of my older brothered moved out to Cali years ago. The older brother passed away and the younger I hadn't seen with the exception of the funeral. He has been having some serious emotional health issues recently and I've felt really bad about not being in touch so it was a great feeling to see him walk up to the door as a surprise. I got to spend two days with him and family before heading home, made for a great and rare holiday!

bcredbottle · « **Reply #95 on:** Sat, 02 January 2016, 13:23:23 »

Man, Sifo sleeps late.

demik · « **Reply #96 on:** Sat, 02 January 2016, 13:28:35 »

SIFO DID I WIN YA ****

Sifo · « **Reply #97 on:** Sat, 02 January 2016, 17:37:28 »

LOL i just woke up. I'm gonna shower and eat and such yall have last minute entries

Sifo · « **Reply #98 on:** Sat, 02 January 2016, 17:54:50 »

closing in 6 minutes

Sifo · « **Reply #99 on:** Sat, 02 January 2016, 18:11:21 »

GRATS CONNLY33

Quote from: Connly33 on Wed, 23 December 2015, 21:40:21

It's not a very good story, but it relates to a gift i got this year.

I guess it's semi close to bcredbottle's as i had been wanting a BB gun for christmas, i didn't end up getting one that christmas, i ended up getting used computer parts and appliances from goodwill. Which i didn't mind in the least bit, iv never been into toys but i've always been into taking apart electronics and appliances, and for some reason had an obsession with vacuum cleaner's. I ended up getting my vary own vacuum cleaner when i was about 9 lol. But anyway as for the story, i ended up getting a BB gun at the age of 8 or 9, but shortly after it disappeared. Now one of the things my grandparents sent me this year.... was the exact same bb gun rifle that had disappeared. It turns out that my grandmother didn't like the idea of me having my own bb gun yet, so it ended up in there attic where it was only supposed to stay for another year. Well i ended up opening the box they had sent and it was right there on top, with a note explaining how they ended up forgetting about it.

sorry for not screenshotting randomizer pls believe me no rig like demik

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