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Taak Farst

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Ctrlveed from Swamp Christmas thread.

 

 

My girlfriend got me a Lichtenberg figure!

 

 

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It's a piece of acrylic that they pump a charge from a tesla coil (or similar high voltage generator) into until the acrylic hits the point of dielectric breakdown and the charge is able to briefly flow through it. The streak left behind is a burn from where the charge tried to find a path to ground. It's like frozen lightning! :)Video of one being made

 

 

Btw, the ring I got her was very well received. She cried, she shook, and then she hit me because she thought there was no way I could top her gift. :D

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Ctrlveed from Swamp Christmas thread.

 

 

My girlfriend got me a Lichtenberg figure!

 

 

Cylinder1a.jpg

 

 

It's a piece of acrylic that they pump a charge from a tesla coil (or similar high voltage generator) into until the acrylic hits the point of dielectric breakdown and the charge is able to briefly flow through it. The streak left behind is a burn from where the charge tried to find a path to ground. It's like frozen lightning! :)Video of one being made

 

 

Btw, the ring I got her was very well received. She cried, she shook, and then she hit me because she thought there was no way I could top her gift. :D

 

Congrats on the ring-ing! Im both envious and jealous. And that figure is pretty cool!

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I got a few hundred dollars, the second season of Two and a Half Men on DVD, a Dalek Sec Hybrid voice changer mask, a pack of coasters (I have no idea why... o_O), and the usual annual quota of chocolate and baked goods.

 

This year was the first time since I was a child, however, that I actually honestly enjoyed Christmas. Last year saw my Grandfather degenerate with lung, liver, and throat cancer; the year before, I was dating this incredibly selfish shrew of a woman; the two years before that were disrupted by continual bickering between my mother and her brother. It's been four years since I had a truly enjoyable Christmas. :D Got a decent Doctor Who Christmas Special to boot, also the first time in a number of years. :xp: The Christmas Invasion was the last half-decent one.

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I shall raise you one pair of Adidas Copa Mundials

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Best boots ever.

 

Very nice boots them; up there with Puma Kings. Interesting fact about the Mundial - for all Nike's boasting about weight, the Mundials are (having just checked again) officially the lightest boots you could buy on the market ;)

 

Though I'll stick with my Shark Skin Kelme's :xp:

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Hmm, let meesa see...

 

A Davy Jones key (Endo, you are REALLY starting to scare me!)

LOTS of lip gloss

A great big tote bag

A hand-made doilie from my old baby-sitter

 

DVDs:

Underworld

National Treasure 2

The X-Men Trilogy

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Prince Caspian

 

Books:

Fossil Hunter

The 34th Rule

The Klingon Dictionary

The Galactic Traveller's Guide to Klingons

The Klingon Hamlet

 

yes, I'm a nerd :D

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