Alright, so now we can all say what we actually got for Christmas. I received the book that I told you all about earlier in this thread and then today from my Dad I got a digital caliper, a very nice dial indicator, complete with a magnetic base and sturdy arm set-up, and also a heavy canvas tool bag. What can I say, I'm a technical person and these are things that I will use. I am very pleased with these gifts.

Wouldn't it be fun to tell what we got for others as well? After all the season is about giving gifts as much as it is about receiving them. My Dad is a big Monty Python fan, so I gave him The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life DVDs. He also loves cooking on an open fire, it's like one of his hobbies, so I gave him a skillet made for camp fire cooking. The thing is that this skillet is about 2 feet wide, lol. I don't know if he will ever use it, but he likes it. I also got a classy looking metal Guinness sign (the beer, not the world records) for my friend, he has a bar room set up in his basement and it should fit right in hanging on the wall down there.