How would you rate your prezzies this year on a scale of 1-10. and were there any wierd and wacky ones given out??
I got CD's (Eminem and Weezer)....Wahooo!!!!......not....(4/10) so unimaginitive. o ya and socks... :^P
How would you rate your prezzies this year on a scale of 1-10. and were there any wierd and wacky ones given out??
I got CD's (Eminem and Weezer)....Wahooo!!!!......not....(4/10) so unimaginitive. o ya and socks... :^P
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Well, I don't celebrate Christmas, so ...
Well, I don't celebrate Christmas, so I didn't get anything.
Hang on......
Hang on...
Oh dear, soldierboy - that's a bit rat ...
Oh dear, soldierboy - that's a bit rat arse! Well, I got great pressies this year. One brother got me a man to come and do my grounds for me (take that how you like), another brother burned me some wicked music (from his own puter, I might add. Nothing illegal)- Al Green, Amp Fiddler, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Kool and the Gang, the Groove Lounge, an album called Strange Games and Funky things.......oh, what a lucky girl I am!
Sorry - 10/10 for the two biggest ...
Sorry - 10/10 for the two biggest pressies I should say :)
Yeah, well, after 22 years you get used ...
Yeah, well, after 22 years you get used to it.
but don't you get gifts for ...
but don't you get gifts for Hanukkah?........ isn't there this whole wee dradle thing?
Well, some families dish out money ...
Well, some families dish out money (lots of small coinage) to their kids as a kind of "present" - there is some symbolism here, but exactly what, I'm not too sure of.
The dreidl business is more like a game you play with tokens (can be nuts, small coins, etc) - you spin the top (dreidl), and depending on which side it lands on, you have to throw a token in the bank, take half the bank, take the whole bank, or take nothing, and the player with the most tokens wins. It's fun, I guess, though again it's mainly for kids.
What's nice about Chanukah it is cusomary to eat alot of oily foods, especially doughnuts.
// burned me some wicked music (from ...
// burned me some wicked music (from his own puter, I might add. Nothing illegal)
Just to set the record straight, that sounds entirely illegal. In New Zealand, it is illegal to copy (copyright) music from a CD to a tape, from vinyl to a tape, from the radio to a tape, from tape to tape and likewise from any of those sources to a computer or a media player (eg. an iPod or mobile).
So if the music was already on a computer, it was probably illegal to have it there unless your brother downloaded those files from a legitimate filesharing source. Burning the music from the computer to a CD was definitely illegal, and giving the CD to someone else also illegal.
Not sure how any of this is affected if you did the "format shifting" while in a country whose legislation allows it..?
I don't necessarily have moral issue with what you're talking about (how magnanimous of me!) but just think a lot of people are unclear about the copyright laws.
Thank you for that clarification, Jet. ...
Thank you for that clarification, Jet. I would have considered it to be illegal if he had downloaded the music from filesharing software, and I'm pretty sure he didn't, so I'm okay with it even if it is ever so slightly illegal. It's all in the spirit of giving, eh what?
My daddy made me a dining room table! ...
My daddy made me a dining room table! Crafted it with his own hands (and some tools)! I also got a new keyboard, loads of comic books and some regular books from the boyfriend. I'd say overall this year was the best haul yet.
I didn't get any presents, in the ...
I didn't get any presents, in the sense of parcels or something, but I did get to go and hang out with some actual Japanese people for only the second time in 2 weeks in Japan. And discuss Adorno and Heidegger with them. Oh, as well as how cute little kittens are. :D
Isn't there that cat with a shortish ...
Isn't there that cat with a shortish tail that's supposed to be a symbol of good luck in Japanese culture? I sometimes see them here in Howick - several Asian shops have that little statuette on their counters - the golden cat with one paw in the air. I've never seen the cat it's modelled on though...
Samurai Pizza Cats.......
Samurai Pizza Cats....
"Haw haw", said the clown...
"Haw haw", said the clown
"bark bark" said the dog...
"bark bark" said the dog
Whatever, "jaybs"...
Whatever, "jaybs"
Hmmm... I wonder if you might be ...
Hmmm... I wonder if you might be talking about a maneki-neko (lit. "inviting cat"). Was the thing you saw a cat? It usually has one paw up near its face in a sort of beckoning gesture. It's traditionally placed in shops and other businesses as a lucky charm to "invite" customers in. Does that sound like it?
That's it - apparently it's modelled ...
That's it - apparently it's modelled on an actual cat - the Japanese Bobtail:
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