Re: How Excited By Christmas are you?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:15 am

Butterfield wrote:
NDN1984 wrote:I feel the cost is too much - I feel bad buying my brother a £65 game for his PS5!

I remember when Sega Mega Drive games were £39.99 in the early to mid 90s. I always thought that was expensive and I only had two games for mine before we sold it to someone my mum worked with about a year later! I guess I was more into CDs really.

Though I wonder how those prices compare with £65 when you factor in inflation and whatever.

The Bank of England's inflation calculator can tell you.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator?number.Sections%5B0%5D.Fields%5B0%5D.Value=1¤t_year=132.004&comparison_year=132.004

by Fangirl Three Sat Dec 16, 2023 1:29 pm

I'm glad people like my Christmas look.

by Nightjar Sat Dec 16, 2023 1:47 pm

I too like it, but it's TOO BIG.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:38 pm

Its size is fine, for me.

by Nightjar Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:51 pm

OK, I concur.

It's adequately slender.

Borglez'Z is much too cumbersome on the other hand.

by cosmictanya Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:57 pm

I like Fangirls Christmas look.

I’ve just paid twenty quid for six retro travel posters - I thought that was good. Then I noticed they are DIGITAL. So I’ve actually paid twenty quid for the right to print them.

by NDN1984 Sat Dec 16, 2023 5:30 pm

Butterfield wrote:
NDN1984 wrote:I feel the cost is too much - I feel bad buying my brother a £65 game for his PS5!

I remember when Sega Mega Drive games were £39.99 in the early to mid 90s. I always thought that was expensive and I only had two games for mine before we sold it to someone my mum worked with about a year later! I guess I was more into CDs really.

Though I wonder how those prices compare with £65 when you factor in inflation and whatever.

It'd be the equivalent to £76.62!! (I did 1995 as a barometer) To be honest, I find PS5 games steep. I've got an XBOX One Series X - I got the same game for mine for £30!

We had a Super Nintendo. I think I remember us buying the games second hand or friends of family donating them to us. I wonder whatever happened to mine?

by cosmictanya Sat Dec 16, 2023 5:33 pm

NDN1984 wrote:
Butterfield wrote:
NDN1984 wrote:I feel the cost is too much - I feel bad buying my brother a £65 game for his PS5!

I remember when Sega Mega Drive games were £39.99 in the early to mid 90s. I always thought that was expensive and I only had two games for mine before we sold it to someone my mum worked with about a year later! I guess I was more into CDs really.

Though I wonder how those prices compare with £65 when you factor in inflation and whatever.

It'd be the equivalent to £76.62!! (I did 1995 as a barometer) To be honest, I find PS5 games steep. I've got an XBOX One Series X - I got the same game for mine for £30!

We had a Super Nintendo. I think I remember us buying the games second hand or friends of family donating them to us. I wonder whatever happened to mine?

I think you’re asking the wrong people.

by Fangirl Three Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:03 am

Nightjar wrote:OK, I concur.

It's adequately slender.

I carefully chose a tall narrow one, because of all the b*tching and wh*ning about one of my previous avatars being too wide.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:34 am

Five days to go. scared

by Fangirl Three Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:34 pm

I'm quite excited now that it's the 20th. And I've started getting out-of-office messages from people at work cos they won't be back till the new year. And accordingly I have no choice but to abandon their projects till then too.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:27 pm

by cosmictanya Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:33 pm

Fangirl Three wrote:I'm quite excited now that it's the 20th. And I've started getting out-of-office messages from people at work cos they won't be back till the new year. And accordingly I have no choice but to abandon their projects till then too.

You do have to be careful with those. On impulse I once set mine to ‘Due to a meeting with a c*nt this morning, I’m not available for the rest of the day’. I heard on the grapevine he was not amused, so he had indeed emailed me and got the bounceback as designed - well I didn’t intend for him to be amused, but he also badmouthed me for it to other potential colleagues.

by Fangirl Three Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:43 pm

I am now at peak Christmas excitement.

by cosmictanya Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:14 pm

Wishing a happy Christmas to all.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Mon Dec 25, 2023 4:38 am

by Fangirl Three Mon Dec 25, 2023 7:04 am

Merry Christmas, Wendigonians!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:40 am

Happy Merry Christmas to all who sail on this ship and thank you for being on it. happy

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:41 am

Not that you have a choice because I've removed all the lifeboats. box

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:41 am

Don't get that on the other brand forum.

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