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I know it's been some time since then, but I've only just come online
again, and am listening to my favourite present of this year (one that I
requested, so of course it is) and I just think it's a nice topic, really.
What makes a good Christmas present? Is it when someone surprises you by
getting exactly what you wanted even though you never, directly, told them?
I confess that has not happened to me, but I have been the giver in such
situations and if the feeling of the giver, knowing they've got it right, is
anywhere near as good as the feeling of the receiver has, then I guess it
must be pretty spectacular!
My definition of a good Christmas present is when someone listens to what
you specifically say, then gives you that and more. Last Christmas I was
particularly pleased when I put out a request to my family (breaking from
the usual tradition of music, frivilous pretty household things and perfume)
for a cordless drill. The lack of communication between siblings meant I
ended up not only with a particularly good cordless drill that ain't gonna
wear out in a hurry, but also a sander. That was my DIY Christmas.
This year, my only specific request returned to the more normal request of
music, and it is Dido's "Life for Rent" that I'm listening to for now. And
which touches and pleases me.
But I'm interested to know - what particular diy presents did people get that
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A bottle of single cask scotch whisky what I bought for myself ('coz
only I am a member) but which I had to watch sitting under the tree with
the tasting notes bumping around in my mind.
I had a dram of it this evening as it happens and one thing I love about
it is that at the end there is a tingling on the point of the tongue
which in the notes is described as 'spritzig' but which I perceive as
peppery. The only one I've had that does this. Knowing the bottle will
change as the air gets at it increasingly, the prosepct of that journey
as the year progresses means that I will always remember that bottle
with the peppery tip. A bottle of single cask scotch whisky what I bought for myself ('coz
only I am a member) but which I had to watch sitting under the tree with
the tasting notes bumping around in my mind.
I had a dram of it this evening as it happens and one thing I love about
it is that at the end there is a tingling on the point of the tongue
which in the notes is described as 'spritzig' but which I perceive as
peppery. The only one I've had that does this. Knowing the bottle will
change as the air gets at it increasingly, the prosepct of that journey
as the year progresses means that I will always remember that bottle
with the peppery tip. |
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