What did you get for Christmas?

[Mark Blanchard]

I got:

Lotus cufflinks

Lotus T-shirt

CTEC Trick Charger for the Lotus.

Deep Purple - Burn

Thin Lizzy T-Shirt

Perfect .

[jollyroger]

A nice sweater

A good videogame

An iPhone

Can't complain :-)

[Petrol feet driven]

A HKS SSQV Type 4 cylinder Dump Valve Kit (Chargecooled) (Wife)

A Duel DVD. (Kids)

A BLITZ DTT (Dual Turbo Timer) T/T/DC IV Black. (Mum)

A cleaning kit for the car plus colour wax. (Mother in law)

And also Airbrush Kit, Airbrush Propellant, Leather Repair Kit, Leather Touch Up Kit for the seat's in the S4. (Father in law)

Beats the normal socks.. what I also got.

[Al]

The Clarkson Duel DVD including the Evora (just watched) & Evora collapsible umbrella - One of my sons

An Evora Carbon Fibre (look alike) pen & Evora Polo shirt - the other one

More smelly stuff - wife trying to tell me something?

i-Mac 27" with Airport Extreme, Airport Express and Apple TV bits and bobs for better surfing the forum. - lets pretend from Wife as expensive.

New spoiler for the Evora for those that watch that Forum...... Myself.

Oh yes - and most importantly - one of Bibs "The Lotus Forums" Lots Of Torque Usually Sideways T shirts.

Can anybody see a trend above?

[ifly]

Slippers from the wife - One size too small

Beatles Rockband Game for XBox 360 from daughter - We only have PS3's in the house (but she got it free from her friend who writes the Video Game section for NYT.)

Subwoofer Amplifier from family - Speakers did not arrive as they were damaged prior to shipment

Godiva Chocolates from Son - Hopefully these are OK.

Its the thought that counts I say!

Merry Chrimbo guys and gals!

[oneshot]

Spooks - series 7 DVDs

Dan Brown's new book - The Lost Symbol

Bill Bailey's Guide to the Orchestra DVD

Shirts & jumpers

Light to read my book by!

[Paul C]

There is a theme going on here:

Bottle of rum.

Box of chocolates.

Box of chocolate buscuits.

Some rum truffles.

Rugby shirt.

Another box of chocolates.

Bottle of baileys.

A chocolate cake.

Another box of biscuits.

Alan Partridge DVD's.

Another box of chocolates.

Some beer.

Big tin of chocolates.

Some money.

And three duck eggs.

[hedgerley]

Three framed Lotus ads for my study - Cortina Lotus (its a Ford ad, 108bhp,

[rogerch]

A nicely re-sprayed Lotus Esprit

[ramjet]

A box of chocolates

Some new after shave

Gift voucher for Myers

Bottle of Jack Daniels

DVD's of tv's Home improvement (the Tim Allen sitcom)

Some clothes

[Mikes2esprit1979]

Lotus T Shirt

2 X LEF Stickers

Track suit

Running Shoes (trainers)

Lots of smelly stuff (everyone must thing i stink ???)

my son got a Wii

[molemot]

Bottle of 16 year old Lagavulin

Bottle of 10 year old Glanmorangie

Bottle of Remy Martin VSOP

Bottle of 2006 Pauillac

And a copy of the Royal Air Force Souvenir Book 1969 edition....that's the year I decided to join!! Read it cover to cover as soon as I unwrapped it. There is an advertisement from British Aircraft Corporation, contrasting "then" in the 1920's to "now" in the 1960's..part of which reads "Once the need was to police remote frontiers against the uprisings of primitive tribes..." referring to Trenchard's policy of "Air Control" back in the 1920's. Now, 40 years on from the date of this yearbook, we are back in the same place doing the same things!!

Stay safe in the sandpit, troops...and all of us, everywhere!!

[Louise]

Today, I'll mostly be playing with my multi models Meccano.

[GavinT]

digital timing light

leather & canvas tool roll - going to make up a tool kit to carry in the Esprit

Guy Allen MJK Print, #15

original S1 brochure, with the red car

NOS Rear Shocks

none Lotus -

dressing gown

slippers

sweat pants

and the delightful task of killing off some mice that moved into the house while we were away. Nothing like coming home on Christmas Eve to mice poop in the kitchen got two of the suckers so far.

[Mario]

Lotus Mario Andretti 1/18 Minichamps

Digicam

[MPx]

1: Halfords Pro 150 piece toolkit

2: Sparco FIA flame proof driving boots

3: Some new bits for my Concept 2 in a bid to make me take up rowing again...

4: Slippers from my Mum!

5 on.... Loads of other little bits and bobs

Happy days...

[USAndretti42]

A copy the book of "Stephen Fry in America"

A light to read it in the dark.

A couple of neckties. I'm not a great wearer of ties but the one I did have was the one I bought for my interview at Honda 11.5 years ago.

A couple of sweaters and a new shirt.

Box of shortbread biscuits.

A Dilbert desk calendar.

A Dilbert book. I admit I am a bit of a Dilbert fan.

and bunch of odds and ends which we have mainly eaten by now.

[Dave Freeman]

Well, Santa bought me;-

Loads of stuff, but the good bits were a HELICOPTER (indoor and outdoor) remote control. Its in black to match my car.

A set of combination imp and metric spanners. AND ratchet spanners, with pivoting handles............cannot wait to play.

Oh and nearly forgot, a DREMMEL and a hugh box of consumables, these should save me some aggrovation, at least I can cut it of now and throw it rather than beating it to death (immoveable rusty nuts that is).

A Good xmas, forgetting the new toys, we have our health, which is the most important thing, ...............oh and an Esprit SE

Dave

[cjtpb13]

Christmas, though I was on travel, was still nice...

I received my Christmas gift for my Lotus the same day the recovery company came to take it to the dealership for the repairs from the accident. I had gifted myself a glass sunroof.

I also ended up with the second generation international edition of the Kindle reader. Great! No more lugging about several books whilst I travel. Numerous car detail products and such, the required mock turtlenecks in various colours, also standard travel items, and a set of Speedo water sneakers ( a must as an international poolboy ), some liquid smelly stuff. I also received Jeffrey Walton's " LOTUS ESPRIT The Official Story ". Then the required socks and boxers ( never too old to get away from that...lol )

No to only wait til the dealership has finished with the Lotus repairs....

[stephenbirdsall]

I got:

Marshall guitar amp

Car cleaning kit

Tie and cufflinks set

3 Terry Pratchett paperbacks

1 Terry Pratchett hardback

Scalextric (oh, no....that was my boy's) - I did persuade him to buy the Ford Lotus Cortina the other day, rather than the standard Ford Cortina when we bought some extra bits. I think the fact that it was