Christmas comes early for me
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It turned out that my all-in-one and my negative scanner were “not worth repairing”. Labour charges being what they are, it will be cheaper to replace them. What a way to run a planet! So today I sent away for the replacements, and for a new camera. This will apparently be my combined birthday and Christmas present. As a child I was invariably conned by “combined” birthday and Christmas presents - the curse of being born in mid-December. My parents would always ask if I wanted separate minor presents, or one major one. I fell for it every time. My “major” present at Christmas never amounted to anything more than my brothers received. They had the sense to be born in April, March and August. Incidentally, I tried to say that the tumble-drier we bought last month was my Christmas present to Emma, but she wasn’t at all happy with the suggestion. I’m sure I’ll come up with something more personal.
It turned out that my all-in-one and my negative scanner were “not worth repairing”. Labour charges being what they are, it will be cheaper to replace them. What a way to run a planet! So today I sent away for the replacements, and for a new camera. This will apparently be my combined birthday and Christmas present. As a child I was invariably conned by “combined” birthday and Christmas presents - the curse of being born in mid-December. My parents would always ask if I wanted separate minor presents, or one major one. I fell for it every time. My “major” present at Christmas never amounted to anything more than my brothers received. They had the sense to be born in April, March and August. Incidentally, I tried to say that the tumble-drier we bought last month was my Christmas present to Emma, but she wasn’t at all happy with the suggestion. I’m sure I’ll come up with something more personal.
