Christmas present?

[SCROUNGER]

I realise this is a little self indulgent, selfish and probably not in the true spirit of Christmas, but i tend to buy myself a Christmas present each year to avoid not getting exactly what i want because of fit, price or complexity of selecting the correct product.
So i snuck off the other day and bought myself a new 3/2 steamer wetsuit by Patagonia and i'm pumped. It's going to take a pre-christmas surf this weekend i think
Merry Christmas Scrounger :lol: :lol:

Apart from all the 'good will to all men' stuff, what are you hoping Santa (not our Sandta unless he's family) might bring you?

 

[Guest]

LOL mate i understand what your saying, i do the same.

 

[SCROUNGER]

LOL mate i understand what your saying, i do the same.

So what's on your 'personal' shopping list mate? What are you hoping YOU might buy YOURSELF? :lol:

 

[Guest]

Might get myself a new Stihl chainsaw.

 

[Bacchus]

The drag on the 25 year old Abu Garcia 6500C overhead has finally given up the ghost so it's off to BCF sometime this week

 

[SCROUNGER]

The drag on the 25 year old Abu Garcia 6500C overhead has finally given up the ghost so it's off to BCF sometime this week

I used to run a 7000 level wind,a 10000 and a 'millionaire' in the 'old days' mate. They were great reels. What new reel are you thinking you might gift yourself?

 

[Bacchus]

Still running a shimano charter special for snapper so may even go to an egg beater , the Okuma Salina looks the goods as an all rounder for whiting , bream etc . Those Swedish made Abu's were the ducks guts but the Japs seem to have the best gear now IMO .

Cheers

 

[Bacchus]

Might get myself a new Stihl chainsaw. https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/6236/1449005890_thumb.jpg

Nice choice , can't kill my old Stihl " Farm Boss " , the tree loppers around here are using Husqvarna's now so they must be ok

Cheers

 

[SCROUNGER]

Still running a shimano charter special for snapper so may even go to an egg beater , the Okuma Salina looks the goods as an all rounder for whiting , bream etc . Those Swedish made Abu's were the ducks guts but the Japs seem to have the best gear now IMO .

Cheers

Yeah, the quality of workmanship and the drags on the egg beaters are hard to beat they are so good these days. The Japs know how to produce a quality reel that few others can match in price or quality except perhaps when it comes to saltwater fly reels.

 

[user 5415]

The yanks and the Swed's do all right, best egg beater I ever owned was a Quantum, best overhead, Abu 7000, Penn do Ok as well.

All I want for Christmas is World Peace and an end to Hunger around the world, don't want much

 

[ColinD]

Hey Scrounger are you planning to use that wetsuit with the SDC?

 

[SCROUNGER]

Hey Scrounger are you planning to use that wetsuit with the SDC?

No mate, hadn't even thought about that :lol: :lol:

 

[SCROUNGER]

The yanks and the Swed's do all right, best egg beater I ever owned was a Quantum, best overhead, Abu 7000, Penn do Ok as well.

All I want for Christmas is World Peace and an end to Hunger around the world, don't want much

Come on Filthy, there's no place for world peace etc here.
This thread is purely for hedonistic pleasures with the emphasis on personal toys we buy for ourselves:lol: :lol:
Now come on, get into the spirit of it, there must be some little detecting item or other you'd like to spoil yourself with?

 

[user 5415]

Yeah, OK, I'll have a new camper trailer c\w all the goodies to be self sufficient and comfortable in the bush and an SDC to complement the 5000 oh yeah and the time to use them at my leisure :lol:

 

[Ramjet]

I'll be very annoyed if I get socks! My family always has a very comprehensive list of things I'd like to own.

 

[GaryO]

The drag on the 25 year old Abu Garcia 6500C overhead has finally given up the ghost so it's off to BCF sometime this week

You can still get parts for a rebuild , love the 7000's still have 3 original Sweed built ones going strong.

As for xmas presents im getting a camper trailer

 

[SCROUNGER]

Yeah, OK, I'll have a new camper trailer c\w all the goodies to be self sufficient and comfortable in the bush and an SDC to complement the 5000 oh yeah and the time to use them at my leisure :lol:

That's the spirit mate. A camper trailer with an sdc inside fired up ready to use. What a Chrissy present that would be. :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[SCROUNGER]

I'll be very annoyed if I get socks! My family always has a very comprehensive list of things I'd like to own.

Socks are not on mate, jocks maybe, have you seen how much jocks cost these days, ***** some are $25 bucks a pair!!!
So what's something you'd be inclined to buy for yourself as an indulgence if you had too Ramjet?

 

[SCROUNGER]

The drag on the 25 year old Abu Garcia 6500C overhead has finally given up the ghost so it's off to BCF sometime this week

You can still get parts for a rebuild , love the 7000's still have 3 original Sweed built ones going strong.

As for xmas presents im getting a camper trailer https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4018/1449017788_image001.png

yeah, i dunno what happened to my Abus. I used to use my 7000 for spinning off the rocks for tuna etc off Greencape.
Are you getting or wishing for a camper GaryO? If you're getting one then i wouldn't imagine there'd be much left over in the kitty for any other little surprises to indulge yourself :lol: :lol:

 

[Ramjet]

I'll be very annoyed if I get socks! My family always has a very comprehensive list of things I'd like to own.

Socks are not on mate, jocks maybe, have you seen how much jocks cost these days, ***** some are $25 bucks a pair!!!
So what's something you'd be inclined to buy for yourself as an indulgence if you had too Ramjet?

Oh I buy mostly what I want. Nothing jumping out at me at the moment. A detector upgrade at some point. If we are talking $$$ a motor home or big caravan.