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So who got what?
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Dec 25, 2016 00:30
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Merry Christmas NZpol thread. May your fridge be full of kai and your government free of Key. Or something like that. /\/\/\/\/\ Socks, underwear, and books. A good Christmas 
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Dec 25, 2016 00:50
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I got a book about grilling Argentinian style written by a man who has more than one gf and also lives on an island on a lake in remote Patagonian and he burns everything. I also the The Ladybird Book of the Zombie Apocalypse And it's loving hilarious. I got socks as well, which is great. And I made a trifle with sherry and jelly, and I am roasting a chicken, and the missus glazed a ham, and I got some jersey bennes Oamaru potatoes, and some green beans. It's just me, my new boy, and my gf this Xmas - he is only 3 months old and my family are all down south and all I want to do is have relative quiet and sleep and eat and listen to my son giggle. We could hear the neighbors kids screeeretching in delight at about 6:30 which was cool. gently caress I am old. Edit: I forgot, I have some Manuka leaf beer in the fridge which I made myself, and is loving delicious, and I am very proud of it, especially since the recipe was a guess haha
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Dec 25, 2016 00:58
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A copy of the re-issue of Frenching the Bully by The Gits The BFI's 2K restoration of Abel Gance's 1927 silent epic Napoleon 4-disc blu-ray set
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Dec 25, 2016 00:59
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I got a Wallace and Gromit dvd so now I'm wondering if i need to put my mother in a home.
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Dec 25, 2016 01:07
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Wallace and Grommet are awesome so you don't need to. Unless you already had it or that was a statement about purchasing physical media in 2016. My wife thought it was a good idea to give our four year old a water pistol.
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Dec 25, 2016 01:33
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Merry Christmas and party like you just don't care!
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Dec 25, 2016 02:11
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I got what is effectively an entirely new wardrobe worth of shirts, a videogame and a really good bottle of Whiskey
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Dec 25, 2016 02:47
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I got nothing. Because I specifically asked for nothing. e: phone does some funny poo poo sometimes Slavvy fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Dec 25, 2016 |
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Dec 25, 2016 03:45
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I got a solar charger for my phone, a water bottle and purifier, and beer. Pretty good haul but needs more socks
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Dec 25, 2016 03:48
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I got a picnic backpack, a mug with Shakespeare insults on it, some socks and a new shaving kit. Pretty pleased with it. I also made a shitload of Tiramisu, Trifle and Duck L'range. Nice to roll up my sleeves again.
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Dec 25, 2016 04:31
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I got a frying pan. A set of knives and the new Lee Child. It was a good year. Merry Christmas you grumpy goons
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Dec 25, 2016 04:37
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I got the pleasure of cooking a massive lunch for about 20 people
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Dec 25, 2016 04:40
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I love cooking for people
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Dec 25, 2016 04:49
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:I got the pleasure of cooking a massive lunch for about 20 people We do the breakfast for the extended family. It ducked last year because we did poached eggs for everyone. Much better this year because we just did a pan of two dozen eggs scrambled. Took us 5 years to figure this out.
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Dec 25, 2016 05:32
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Spiteski posted:We do the breakfast for the extended family. It ducked last year because we did poached eggs for everyone. Much better this year because we just did a pan of two dozen eggs scrambled. Took us 5 years to figure this out. Just cook them the day before and take them out a touch early put in a ice bath. And then reheat on the day in a pot of hot water. Far less stressful.
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Dec 25, 2016 05:45
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Guinness book of world records. Again. Every loving year since I was 17, I've never liked them, I like trivia not pointless boring facts the majority of which never change. Also the internet killed the need for this at all. My mother buys them because I like them, because I have a bunch. This year when she comes over I'm going to tell her this.
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Dec 25, 2016 05:47
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Just woke up from my annual post Christmas lunch food coma. A good time of the year.
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Dec 25, 2016 06:30
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Christmas is a worthless day where people pretend they like their extended family and all sit around in excruciating awkwardness wishing they were dead.
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Dec 25, 2016 06:35
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No one told me but now that I have a kid I no longer get presents for myself, so I just enjoy the food and booze now. Though not too much booze because I have to look after a kid. So mostly just food.
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Dec 25, 2016 06:43
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Yeah but now you have an excuse to buy all of the cool toys you want but are too old to buy for yourself. For example this year my son got a radio controlled monster truck.
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Dec 25, 2016 06:51
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Wibbleman posted:Just cook them the day before and take them out a touch early put in a ice bath. And then reheat on the day in a pot of hot water. Far less stressful. I also cooked them all breakfast. And now I am cleaning the breakfast dishes because everyone is too loving tired to clean up from nearly 12 hours ago. Fuckers. They'll be sorry once the wrath of Bill English/Paula Bennett is unleashed on their dole-bludging asses.
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Dec 25, 2016 07:28
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I won an auction for 10kg of wagyu prime rib. And I got new socks. Christmas rules.
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Dec 25, 2016 07:28
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My sister got me a huge poster of Lenin standing triumphantly while many, many blimps with PRAVDA written on them fly overhead. She knows me so well.
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Dec 25, 2016 07:45
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Wibbleman posted:Just cook them the day before and take them out a touch early put in a ice bath. And then reheat on the day in a pot of hot water. Far less stressful. That's something I'll try next time. Poached is still the yummiest. Day before we're already making potato salad and kebabs so easy to add something then. Cheers for the tip.
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Dec 25, 2016 08:18
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Midget Fist posted:Christmas is a worthless day where people pretend they like their extended family and all sit around in excruciating awkwardness wishing they were dead.  It's my second Christmas away from family so I'm just hanging out solo today. I bought a bunch of good beer and food though  merry Christmas goons
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Dec 25, 2016 09:10
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It's not all terrible, I like the people I spent most of the day with, but the christmassy stuff still feels very forced. Also my mum died just over a year ago so this is my second christmas without the one parent who raised me from birth, so yeah I'm a bit salty:( Our second living child was born on the first of the month and while that's a very happy thing, today I'm sad that my mum isn't around to spoil him. On the plus side I did get some sweet beer which I am now drinking so I feel a bit better.
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Dec 25, 2016 09:20
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The Rabbi T. White posted:I won an auction for 10kg of wagyu prime rib. I am more interested in this than anything else that has happened today, how do I get in on meat auctions?
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Dec 25, 2016 10:29
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Midget Fist posted:It's not all terrible, I like the people I spent most of the day with, but the christmassy stuff still feels very forced. Also my mum died just over a year ago so this is my second christmas without the one parent who raised me from birth, so yeah I'm a bit salty:( Our second living child was born on the first of the month and while that's a very happy thing, today I'm sad that my mum isn't around to spoil him. Sorry to hear it man, that's hard  congrats on your wee boy.
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Dec 25, 2016 11:06
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gently caress all of you have kids and stuff, I must be getting old. Summer Christmas is the best but nobody here believes me.
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Dec 25, 2016 13:16
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Varkk posted:Wallace and Grommet are awesome so you don't need to. Unless you already had it or that was a statement about purchasing physical media in 2016. My niece who turns 3 in about a week got a fairly fancy water pistol as well. I was having a look at it, and she told me off and took it off of me because "it's for outside." I would also like to have it put on record that I specifically asked for physical media in 2016, and the 4-disc blu-ray set in particular because I haven't found it available in any other format.
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Dec 25, 2016 21:56
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The Schwa posted:Sorry to hear it man, that's hard Thanks, feeling much better today. Anyone hitting the beaches today? Nice weather for it.
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Dec 25, 2016 22:13
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Smithersnz posted:I am more interested in this than anything else that has happened today, how do I get in on meat auctions? It was at Farro. They were auctioning it off for charity. Meat was supplied by First Light, and from talking to a couple of people, they do this occasionally. http://www.farrofresh.co.nz/bid-for-the-ultimate-piece-of-firstlight-wagyu-beef-support-families-in-need/ I paid $400 for that. Which is well under half price.
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Dec 25, 2016 22:24
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Hey goons, Might be a bit late to get into the investing game, but I was thinking about putting about $5,000-7,500 into an ETF (I wanted to do a diversified index fund but that's a little trickier here) via Smartshares as part of my New Years resolution. All passively managed. Thoughts?
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Dec 26, 2016 01:19
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Midget Fist posted:Thanks, feeling much better today. Anyone hitting the beaches today? Nice weather for it. Way too hungover for any of that stuff which sucks cause today is so nice. House sitting the parents place which is great cause they hosted yesterday so me and my girlfriend get to just eat all the awesome leftovers for the next few days
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Dec 26, 2016 01:20
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Midget Fist posted:Thanks, feeling much better today. Anyone hitting the beaches today? Nice weather for it. We did early morning boxing day sales, and then hit Kariotahi beach. Was real nice. Windy though. Goons close enough to Kariotahi should go there for a swim these holidays
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Dec 26, 2016 01:22
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WarpedNaba posted:Hey goons, Private prisons.
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Dec 26, 2016 03:28
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... I can invest in those?
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Dec 26, 2016 03:43
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WarpedNaba posted:... I can invest in those? It's where he financial class belong
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Dec 26, 2016 05:00
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Under king trump the question shouldn't be "can I?", it should be "why haven't I?"
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Dec 26, 2016 05:17
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