jayonabike
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My boys bike is already built up and well hidden, but I can't get to it till Christmas Eve
Present wrapping
- Thread starter Arch
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jayonabike
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- Hertfordshire
He sort of knows he's getting it, When he got his road bike for his birthday a few years ago I didn't wrap it, just stuck a birthday banner on it. I think I will wrap the BMX though, but like you said, making it obvious it's a bike
BrumJim
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- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Nice one!
BTW, I know why foil has one shiny side, and one dull, and if enough people ask, I'll tell you all...
Asked Wikipedia instead, as I couldn't wait.
Amanda P
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- Location
- York. Well, York-ish...
Please tell us why, Arch! I'm dying to know now!Nice one!
BTW, I know why foil has one shiny side, and one dull, and if enough people ask, I'll tell you all...
Last year was my mum's last Christmas, we didn't know she had pneumonia at the time, she was drifting in and out of sleep a lot. I managed to wrap all the presents up in silver and gold paper and put bows on them, she thought they all looked marvelous.
Her present wrapping was funny, I have never seen phantom present wrapping before. She was worried about Christmas so much she was wrapping things in her sleep. She missed Xmas day, she slept through it all. It's going to be really odd this year.
Her present wrapping was funny, I have never seen phantom present wrapping before. She was worried about Christmas so much she was wrapping things in her sleep. She missed Xmas day, she slept through it all. It's going to be really odd this year.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
this year is a bit of a make do Christmas. On the bright side of things the present wrapping is easy - everyone is getting the same printed A3 calendar (photos from our tour) http://photographerschat.net/threads/do-you-make-pictures-into-presents.145/ and they will all be wrapped in the same paper - not christmas paper, but a roll of thin liner wall paper we got for lining some drawers... On the bright side we won't be there for the comments on the paper, we will be away camping wild somewhere in Scotland. The calenders always go down well with family though so should make up for the 'odd' wrapping paper!
Nice one!
BTW, I know why foil has one shiny side, and one dull, and if enough people ask, I'll tell you all...
I saw that in an episode of how stuff is made.
OP
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Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
And of course then I went and got on a train and then went Christmas shopping and left you all* hanging.,,
Foil is made by rolling aluminium thinner and thinner. But it's not possible to get rollers closely enough spaced for the final thinness, because the foil will stick to the rollers, so for the last roll, the foil is folded double, so that it can come out at half the smallest possible gap.
The shiney side is the roller side, and the dull side is the side that's in contact with the other half of the foil.
*checking my post, I found I'd typed al here, not all, which is kinda appropriate for the subject of aluminium....
Maz
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Tell us, please.Nice one!
BTW, I know why foil has one shiny side, and one dull, and if enough people ask, I'll tell you all...
Mr Haematocrit
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Arch
Married to Night Train
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- Salford, UK
Hilldodger
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- sunny Leicester
Massey Ferguson 135 tractor for Night Train
A man of great taste but I'd go for a David Brown Cropmaster first.
I bought one for £40 when I was 15 but had to sell it to a mate not long after because we were moving house. He's still got it and I've nearly convinced him to sell it back to me, although after 35 years he want's a lot more than £40
A man of great taste but I'd go for a David Brown Cropmaster first.
I bought one for £40 when I was 15 but had to sell it to a mate not long after because we were moving house. He's still got it and I've nearly convinced him to sell it back to me, although after 35 years he want's a lot more than £40
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
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Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
I can reveal that a large number of people in York wrapped their presents in the last week. I know this, because of the vast number of cardboard tubes from paper rolls that were in the recycling today!
Lately I've been opting for gift bags because I cant be faffed with wrapping. I used to buy rolls of paper -cheaper than sheets - for birthdays etc, but after they've been used once they get lost/squished/used by small children with scissors 
For Christmas it's too expensive to buy individual bags so I'll have to fight on with the paper.
One year I made an extra effort with gifts for friends and family, using white tissue paper and silver ribbon. For a couple of the girl's gifts I added a little angel hair bobble instead of a gift tag, and for the little children I stuck on chocolate coins and candy canes. I didn't get a single word of thanks or acknowledgement of the effort so I haven't bothered again.
For Christmas it's too expensive to buy individual bags so I'll have to fight on with the paper.
One year I made an extra effort with gifts for friends and family, using white tissue paper and silver ribbon. For a couple of the girl's gifts I added a little angel hair bobble instead of a gift tag, and for the little children I stuck on chocolate coins and candy canes. I didn't get a single word of thanks or acknowledgement of the effort so I haven't bothered again.
