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page last manually updated on Sunday 21st February 2010
- but note that wanted DVDs, books, records and oils come from a database and
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wants list
I've been asked (mainly by relatives) what I'd like (and what I'd rather not
get) for gifts (birthday, Christmas, etc.)! I've tried where possible to give
the best online source for ordering - usually significantly cheaper than the
High Street. Note to people wishing to sell:
please note that due to my current financial position, I am not in a position to buy any CDs or records, much as I may want to.
DVDs
See www.find-dvd.co.uk for the best prices.
I use www.play.com frequently.
- Depeche Mode - The Videos '86-98'
- Devo: Live in the Land of the Rising Sun
- Eurythmics - Peace Tour
- Everybody Salsa: Irene Miguel, et al.
- The Jimi Hendrix Story
- Learn Salsa: Elder Sanchez
- Marc Almond: Sin Songs, Torch & Romance
- Marillion - The EMI Singles Collection
- Steve Hackett - The Tokyo Tapes (Live In Japan)
- Timecode
- Yes: Live In Amsterdam
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- Adobe Premiere Elements 8 (£77) for editing videos
I'm not buying many games at the moment, as I find it next to impossible to play all the games I do have, but there are some great new games out there...
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I prefer LPs where they are available.
Where cd is shown on the list, I already have the music on cd, but would like vinyl, and vice versa.
The priority list contains those albums I particularly want, or you can search below for the full list.
most wanted albums
- Gary Numan Tubeway Army
- Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger The Angry Muse
- Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger The Wanton Muse
- Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger Travelling People
- Bob Marley African Herbsman
- Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger Chorus from the Gallows
- Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger The Body Blow
- Michal Hromek Consort Music
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gadgets (or toys for the boy!)
- everything from micro racers to Instant Fireplace or Aquarium DVDs. See
i want one
of those.com.
- everything from a Luminous Light Pull to a Procrastinator! See firebox.com.
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magazine subscriptions
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aromatherapy oils
Alexander Essentials,
Neal's Yard,
Bay House Aromatics and
Nature's Gift
are all sources of aromatherapy oils - and you can order online!
- I do not need any oils at the moment, thanks.
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board games
See board games for suppliers
- Tobago
- Smallworld: Leaders of Small World expansion
- Stone Age
- Dungeon Lords
- Dungeon Twister (and expansions)
- Agricola: Farmers of the Moor (expansion)
- Descent: Journey in the Dark (and expansions)
- Runewars (and expansions)
Niagara designed by Thomas Liesching - Leapfrog by Fragor, designed by Gordon and Fraser Lamont - a frog-racing game. See www.fragorgames.com - out of print
- San Juan by Rio Grande, designed by Andreas Seyfarth
- Iglu Iglu by Goldsieber, designed by Bruno Cathala and Bruno Faidutti
- Wings of War by Nexus/Fantasy Flight, which is similarly-themed to Sopwith - one of my all-time greats.
- Industria by Queen, designed by Michael Schacht. I have played the German edition of this, and with the wrong rules, but look forward to playing it properly.
computer upgrades
Yes, I know this is pricey - it's more of an aide-memoire for me than an expectation that anyone else
will get them!
I either need a ready-built PC: CyberPower Gamer Infinity i5 Hercules SE (£656) or I need parts to build one...
- CPU: Intel i5-750 (£151)
- CPU cooler: Gelid Tranquillo (£22)
- mainboard: Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 (£82)
- graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 4890 (£139) or Gainward GeForce GTX 260 GS (£145)
- hard disk: Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB [HD753LJ] (£52)
- memory: Corsair XM3 PC3-12800 2x2GB(£105)
- Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two (£90)
- PSU: Antec TruePower New TP-650 (£81)
- OS: Windows 7 family pack (version to be confirmed)
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miscellaneous
- a girlfriend!
- Hawaiian shirts - size XL, the brighter the better. I guarantee to wear any shirt you send, and I'll post a picture too!
SatNav - I bought a TomTom Go 730 (I now know why it's called Go - the backlight has GOne [now mended under guarantee]).- a massage. See The Heeler Centre, Hassocks (01273) 843780
- another facial from Ãnandi
- An HDTV LED 42"(LG 42SL9000 or LG 42SL9500) (£1,000!)
- more golf lessons. See
Burgess
Hill golf club
- WH Smith or Amazon gift tokens
- Body Shop:
Cocoa butter hand and body lotion,
Fig body lotion, peppermint foot lotion
etc.
- wine
- accessories for Kenwood chef classic KM400. I currently only have a citrus press.
See www.kenwood.co.uk
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non SF
- Judy Astley Just For the Summer
- Isabelle Leymarie Cuban Fire: The Saga of Salsa and Latin Jazz
- Alexander McCall Smith 44 Scotland Street
- Sue Steward Salsa: Musical Heartbeat of Latin America
- Graeme Thomson Complicated Shadows: The Life & Music of Elvis Costello
- Lynne Truss Speak to the Hand
SF
- Poul Anderson Genesis
- Piers Anthony Chaos Mode
- Piers Anthony DoOon Mode
- Piers Anthony Xone of Contention
- Piers Anthony Yon Ill Wind
- Piers Anthony Zombie Lover
- Orson Scott Card Earthborn
- Orson Scott Card The Memory of Earth
- Jack L Chalker Spirits of Flux and Anchor
- Gordon R Dickson Lost Dorsai
- Gordon R Dickson Young Bleys
- David Eddings Demon Lord of Karanda
- David Eddings Guardians of the West
- David Eddings High Hunt
- David Eddings Kings of the Murgos
- David Eddings The Hidden City
- David Eddings The Losers
- David Eddings The Seeress of Kell
- Alan Dean Foster A Call to Arms
- Alan Dean Foster The False Mirror
- Alan Dean Foster The Spoils of War
- Elizabeth Kerner Song in the Silence
- Anne McCaffrey Freedom's Challenge
- Anne McCaffrey Freedom's Choice
- Anne McCaffrey Freedom's Landing
- Wil McCarthy Bloom
- L E Modesitt Jr The Chaos Balance
- L E Modesitt Jr The Death of Chaos
- L E Modesitt Jr The Magic Engineer
- L E Modesitt Jr The Towers of the Sunset
- L E Modesitt Jr The White Order
- Larry Niven Man Kzin Wars IV
- Mickey Zucker Reichert Beyond Ragnarok
- Mickey Zucker Reichert Child of Thunder
- Mickey Zucker Reichert Prince of Demons
- Mickey Zucker Reichert The Last of the Renshai
- Mickey Zucker Reichert The Western Wizard
- Martin Scott Thraxas & the Elvish Isles
- Bob Shaw Orbitsville Departure
- Harry Turtledove A World of Difference
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i'd rather not have...
- Pants
- Socks
- other smellies (please no Old Spice, after-shave etc.)
- Handkerchiefs
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