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No Money Christmas

Pilerats
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Christmas Gift Guide for Cheapskates. Don't even think about opening that wallet.. Cover: Riley O' Shaughnessy No money to throw down on baller gifts this year? You can still win respect and gratitude from your loved ones by having a truly legendary gift idea. Don't have a truly legendary gift idea? That's okay, we've got heaps of them. Read on, 'Rats! GIVE SOMEONE A HOME MADE TATTOO Make it impossible for them to forget this year's Christmas present for the rest of their lives. Youtube has this handy video showing you how to turn a BIC Mechanical Pencil into a home-made tattoo gun in less than five minutes. Tell your family to form an orderly line and pull down their pants!  CUSTOMISED HARD DRIVE Set someone up for their holiday viewing (and save yourself the pain of watching your Mum try and use Bit Torrent) by torrenting heaps of TV shows and movies and pre-loading them onto a hard drive. Go for a genre/director/actor theme...here's Pilerats best indie movies of 2014  and Dune Rats