Thread: what did you get your kids for christmas?

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Nothing but a ruse.

whatever

it's a whole lot of fun and we don't have work

i'm all for it in spades

group hug.

16 year old twin girls prefer money. Still Christmas with a few things under the tree, but what can you do? Merry Christmas all.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

the three year old has now grown out of blocks and letters and got a tesco hudl off her grandmum

I'm really not sure about that one, seems too young to me

I bought my son a tablet last year, but to be honest I take it off him most of the time because it's so anti-social.... he's also a boy of "that" age

I'm thinking of giving him my old mobile because he starts secondary school next year and it would be useful to keep in touch when he's playing football, at clubs etc... . Still not sure it won't be more trouble than it's worth though

Originally Posted by NickA

I'm really not sure about that one, seems too young to me

not at all

within days she was able to navigate to the play store..watch the youtube flick and install it
she also deletes stuff she dislikes

she's especially keen on the 'baby bus' stuff

she managed a score of 290,000 on subway surfer...my best is 103,000

she might well have asbergers though
it's something i have been seriously looking into

In the end.... (here anyway).... it's cold outside, everyone's on holiday, there's football on the tv, my son's birthday is the 26th so he'd be having presents anyway, I'm veggie so couldn't give a feck about christmas dinner anyway, we have a 2 foot tall crappy plastic christmas tree....

not sure what my point is or was, but there you go

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

not at all within days she was able to navigate to the play store..watch the youtube flick and install it she also deletes stuff she dislikes

oh, I've no doubt of the skills that can be gained for kids

but how do you police the usage?

they've got my old laptop, but there are parental controls on that, so I can limit the apps they use, the amount of time they spend on it and check the websites they visit

couldn't find an easy way of doing all that on a tablet

still, for a 3 year old the problems are slightly different, but there are still some issues

Originally Posted by NickA

I'm veggie so couldn't give a feck about christmas dinner anyway

you could have carrots, mushroom stuffing and broccoli?

my wife has ordered me to cook lasagna for her and guests

i don't eat carbohydrate but will comply

i'm going to have a big ham leg and lots of veg...no potatoes

Originally Posted by NickA

but how do you police the usage?

the odd glance now and again
it's never been a problem to be honest
at least not yet and she's been using a tablet since last march

Here ya Nick, Mrs said we should buy our 12 yo a mobile, I said no but now its 7 pm, and I don't know where she is.
Although i know she went to a shopping center with girl friends and her friends Mum.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

you could have carrots, mushroom stuffing and broccoli?

I'll have roast potatoes, yorkshire puddings, carrots, sprouts and gravy probably

we don't bother with a turkey anyway, an aldi chicken for £3 will do

Originally Posted by NickA

we don't bother with a turkey anyway

i've never really rated the bird

and at 250 baht a kilo, you can forget it

rimping has parsnips
i love them, my favourite vegetable in the world but at 95 baht each....:shudder:


vegetarian gravy?

Originally Posted by peterpan

Here ya Nick, Mrs said we should buy our 12 yo a mobile, I said no but now its 7 pm, and I don't know where she is. Although i know she went to a shopping center with girl friends and her friends Mum.

Yeah, similar age and problem.... would be really useful to be able to contact them sometimes, but mobiles can also cause trouble

I'm going to give it a go, but like the tablet.... if there's any trouble or misuse I'll just confiscate it... I've got a sim where I can check the usage online and it's PAYG so he won't be able to overspend

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

vegetarian gravy?

I'm probably the slackest vegetarian on the planet... i eat jelly and sweets with pig's hooves in and thai food with fish sauce and stuff in and gravy and all kinds of stuff

just checked and the life span of a guppy in captivity is between 1 and 3 years

i presume they reproduce

Originally Posted by NickA

I'm veggie so couldn't give a feck about christmas dinner anyway

poor trist.

having the full xmas dinner at my mum's house tomorrow.

the kids will be flooded with pressies no doubt.....don't see how we can bring them all back in the 2 suitcases though!!

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i don't eat carbohydrate but will comply

wtf???

Originally Posted by Jofrey

don't see how we can bring them all back in the 2 suitcases though

put one kid in each?

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

my wife has ordered me to cook lasagna for her and guests

yes, that christmas classic....

Originally Posted by NickA

wtf???

stopped carbs again

went from 80 kilos to 65 in 3 and a bit months but i run 8 km a day except saturdays

don't dare risk it

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

put one kid in each?

good idea.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

stopped carbs again went from 80 kilos to 65 in 3 and a bit months but i run 8 km a day except saturdays

nob

I'm 105kg+

lol

^
plwch's wife was worried about me when i went up

thought i was sick

tried feeding me beer and spaghetti and cake

show and tell is such fun.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

thought i was sick

did you have a beard?

you look a bit weird without a beard and thin