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HF Secret Santa 2014: Better Late Than Never Edition

Nov 12, 2014#1

Tress

Hello!

I must start with an apology to all of you. I volunteered to take over this year, but I allowed myself to get sidetracked with work and personal life stuff. I should have started this November 1st. I have no good excuse. From this point on I'm going to make sure that I keep this up to date, and I will make sure there are no further delays.

Having said all that, let the Secret Santa-ing begin!

This will work just as it had in previous years. Basically, it goes like this: you sign up, you get a name assigned to you, you send them a gift. Someone else will send you a gift as well. Fun!

What is it?
It's a Secret Santa between your fellow halforumites. Everyone who signs up will be randomly assigned another participant. You are then tasked to buy that person a gift. As a recipient, you should leave a few hints in a post to this thread as to what sort of interests you have.

Rules and Info

To sign up, send me a PM with your email address, shipping address, and any gift rules/restrictions. Be sure to specify whether or not you would accept NSFW or "adult" gifts (such as alcohol). Also, please specify if you are unwilling/unable to ship internationally.
International people are allowed. If you would prefer not to get an international person, indicate so when you sign up. It may be the case that if you restrict your choice to local shipping then matching might not work out and you may be left out - I'll let you know once the matching is complete if that's the case. So far we've always been able to match everyone that wanted to participate and meet their shipping requirements.
-International Shipping Links: USPS, Customs Forms
-Tips for shipping in and out of Canada
-Remember to allow extra shipping time when shipping outside of your home country
Who can sign up?
To keep things fair, only those with a join date earlier than April 15, 2014 and more than a handful of posts will be allowed to participate for obvious reasons. If you would like to participate and don't fall under the requirements then you will just have to wait until next year. The final say of who can join this activity will be entirely up to Dave so there may be exceptions, but the final word is final. Don't complain if special dispensation is not made for you. This goes for those who may be disincluded as well.
The deadline for signing up will be November 26th. After that day, Santas will be randomly assigned by computer. You will be sent an email or PM shortly after with the information of whom you will be drawing a gift for.
Recommended gift value is $5-20. Feel free to spend as much as you want, just be aware that the more you spend, the less likely you will receive a gift of equal value. Also, homemade/handmade gifts are allowed, and even encouraged (no homemade food please).
ABSOLUTE FINAL DEADLINE FOR GIFTS SENT IS DECEMBER 13th! PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SEND GIFTS BY DECEMBER 13th WILL BE SUSPENDED BY THEIR BIG TOES AND LEFT TO DRY OUT IN THE DROUGHT-RAVAGED CALIFORNIA COUNTRYSIDE. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you are not CERTAIN you will be able to send a gift, then don't sign up.
Do not complain about your gift, conversely, try to send something you think the other person will like.
You MUST post pictures of your gift when you receive it. No exceptions.
UNLESS SPECIFIED AS SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE, PLEASE DO NOT SEND NSFW OR ALCOHOLIC GIFTS. Please note that many states/nations have rules about shipping alcohol, so when in doubt, choose another gift.
CAN I SHIP SOMETHING STRAIGHT FROM AMAZON OR SOMETHING?
Yes you can, and it's a good idea to shop at your person's home country's Amazon site (www.amazon.ca for instance) if you want to save a bit on shipping.
SHIP WELL IN ADVANCE
Get your act together NOW and ship your stuff by Dec 13th to make sure it arrives before the crazy Christmas rush that always happens at the latter half of December.

As people sign up, I will post a list showing their names. When we move on to the next step, I'll be sure to update that too.

The List (Final):
Officer_Charon
Ravenpoe
evilmike
Cajungal
Tinwhistler
Emrys
steinman
Dave
ThatNickGuy
Hylian
BErt
PatrThom
blotsfan
jwhouk
Dirona
LittleSin
MadeYaBlush
klew
CeltZ
Gusto
Bumble the Boy Wonder
Enresshou
Dei

Nov 12, 2014#2

Tinwhistler

sent

Nov 12, 2014#3

Emrys

Sent

Nov 12, 2014#4

ThatNickGuy

Be gentle, it's my first time doing this. :unibrow:

Nov 12, 2014#5

Emrys

Ooooo, I wanna be @ThatNickGuy's Secret Satan. :devil:

Nov 12, 2014#6

ThatNickGuy

Oh god, she'll send me a live, rabid ferrett. She's out to get me, you guys!!!

Nov 12, 2014#7

evilmike

ThatNickGuy said:
Oh god, she'll send me a live, rabid ferrett. She's out to get me, you guys!!!

I wouldn't take it personally.

She's out to get everybody.

Nov 12, 2014#8

Hylian

sent

Nov 12, 2014#9

Tress

In case anyone missed it, I've added a list of people to the bottom of the OP.

Nov 12, 2014#10

Emrys

ThatNickGuy said:
Oh god, she'll send me a live, rabid ferrett. She's out to get me, you guys!!!

I would never send you a live, rabid ferret.

You're getting the live rabid wolverine.

And a boot to the head.

Nov 12, 2014#11

Dave

I'm in. Secret Santa, that is. Not a boot to the head.

Nov 12, 2014#12

ThatNickGuy

Dave said:
I'm in. Secret Santa, that is. Not a boot to the head.

*slowly, disappointedly, lowers his boot*

Nov 12, 2014#13

Emrys

@Dave, you have broken @ThatNickGuy's widdle heart.

Nov 12, 2014#14

Chad Sexington

ThatNickGuy said:
Oh god, she'll send me a live, rabid ferrett. She's out to get me, you guys!!!

Remember, pics are mandatory.

Nov 12, 2014#15

BErt

Sent!

Now that Stienman is participating and not organizing, he has to promise not to send his person a human baby, correct? Should this be added to the main rules?

Nov 12, 2014#16

PatrThom

Threw my hat into the ring.

...even though I'm already going to be hung up in a dry, Michigan Winter.
(Really @Tress you might want to CA-ify the header)

--Patrick

Nov 12, 2014#17

jwhouk

Sent. First time as well.

Nov 12, 2014#18

Ravenpoe

stienman said:
I hope I'm not the only one reading the thread title as "better nate than lever'

I honestly thought it was, I just now had to double check.

Nov 12, 2014#19

Dirona

sent!

*squee!*

Nov 12, 2014#20

Made Ya Blush

Sent

Nov 13, 2014#21

LittleSin

Sent~

I can do zis.

Nov 13, 2014#22

Bowielee

I REALLY want to do this again, but I'm not even sure if I'll have enough money to make it through next semester without getting a job, so I'll have to pass this year.

Nov 13, 2014#23

Terrik

I'm kinda on that fence too. Not doing it would suck since I've done it every year, but still.

Nov 13, 2014#24

klew

klew has joined the game

Nov 13, 2014#25

jwhouk

An additional note on my Secret Santa: Oyo Sports would be FTW. (Brewers/Packers/Predators)

Nov 14, 2014#26

Celt Z

I'm in! But if I get something addressed to "Selt-Z", I swear I'm borrowing one of Emrys' rabid wolverines and sending it to the return address!

Nov 14, 2014#27

Ravenpoe

Celt Z said:
I'm in! But if I get something addressed to "Selt-Z", I swear I'm borrowing one of Emrys' rabid wolverines and sending it to the return address!

If you'll excuse me, I need to go intercept a package... for unrelated reasons.

Nov 14, 2014#28

jwhouk

Someone wanna poke @Tress about updating the list?

Nov 14, 2014#29

PatrThom

jwhouk said:
Someone wanna poke @Tress about updating the list?

I see what you did there.

--Patrick

Nov 15, 2014#30

Tress

jwhouk said:
Someone wanna poke @Tress about updating the list?

*looks up from the mountain of essays he's still grading*

Huh? What? Oh. Sorry. I've been keeping the list, I just forgot to update it here.

The List (So Far...):
Officer_Charon
Ravenpoe
evilmike
Cajungal
Tinwhistler
Emrys
steinman
Dave
ThatNickGuy
Hylian
BErt
PatrThom
blotsfan
jwhouk
Dirona
LittleSin
MadeYaBlush
klew
CeltZ
Gusto
Bumble the Boy Wonder
Enresshou
Dei

Nov 15, 2014#31

jwhouk

Sorry, didn't realize it was that time of the year for papers.

Nov 15, 2014#32

Celt Z

Santa-Tress had been making a list, but too busy to check it twice.

(Stupid elves and their end-of-the-semester essays!)

Nov 15, 2014#33

evilmike

Celt Z said:
Santa-Tress had been making a list, but too busy to check it twice.

(Stupid elves and their end-of-the-semester essays!)

This does bring up an important issue: are we supposed to apply "naughty or nice" modifiers to the secret Santa gifts?

Nov 15, 2014#34

Tress

jwhouk said:
Sorry, didn't realize it was that time of the year for papers.

No sorry needed, I appreciate the reminder. I need to keep it updated.

Nov 15, 2014#35

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble has entered the fray.

Whos gonna be the lucky one to get a pic of me in my new lingerie

Nov 16, 2014#36

Emrys

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Bumble has entered the fray.

Whos gonna be the lucky one to get a pic of me in my new lingerie

<swoon>

Nov 18, 2014#37

Tress

...and @Enresshou makes 22. There's still plenty of time to sign up!

Nov 22, 2014#38

Tress

Just a reminder: the deadline to sign up is this Wednesday!

Nov 23, 2014#39

ThatNickGuy

I'm in!

Wait. I was in already, wasn't I?

NO, THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE MY PROM NIGHT.

Nov 26, 2014#40

Tress

Last day to sign up! The deadline is 12 midnight PST.

Nov 28, 2014#41

Tress

Okay, registration is closed. I'll work on getting the info and SS assignments out to you guys tonight.

Nov 28, 2014#42

Emrys

Remember, I want @ThatNickGuy!

:confused:

I mean, I want to be ThatNickGuy's Secret Santa.

Forget it, I'll just send him the dire wolverine anyway.

Nov 29, 2014#43

evilmike

Tress said:
Okay, registration is closed. I'll work on getting the info and SS assignments out to you guys tonight.

You know who else used to give out SS assignm....

You know what? In keeping with the spirit of the season, I will not Godwin the Secret Santa thread.

Nov 29, 2014#44

jwhouk

Too late. Mentioning him invokes it.

Nov 29, 2014#45

PatrThom

--Patrick

Dec 1, 2014#46

jwhouk

Not that I'm getting antsy, but I'd kinda like to know who I'm getting, so I can get the shopping done in time for Christmas and all...

Dec 1, 2014#47

LittleSin

While we are waiting I'm just going to put myself out there and say that the Oh Joy Sex Toy book would not go astray for whoever gets me.

Dec 1, 2014#48

Ravenpoe

LittleSin said:
While we are waiting I'm just going to put myself out there and say that the Oh Joy Sex Toy ~~book~~ catalog would not go astray for whoever gets me.

Dec 1, 2014#49

LittleSin

Ravenpoe said:

Dec 1, 2014#50

PatrThom

LittleSin said:
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I don't know. "The Cthunderer" might be a little out of the recommended price range.

--Patrick

Dec 1, 2014#51

Tinwhistler

nudging @Tress

Dec 1, 2014#52

PatrThom

Hey, Tress.

We know it's a busy time of year and all, and we're totally willing to wait. Just don't put it off too long, ok?

--Patrick

Dec 1, 2014#53

Emrys

If I have to wait too long, everyone's getting a weasel for Christmas. Just lettin' you know.

Except for @ThatNickGuy. He's getting a boot to the head.

Dec 1, 2014#54

ThatNickGuy

Emrys said:
If I have to wait too long, everyone's getting a weasel for Christmas. Just lettin' you know.

Except for @ThatNickGuy. He's getting a boot to the head.

Dec 1, 2014#55

Shakey

Too late? It's too late.

Next year.

Dec 2, 2014#56

blotsfan

There's still enough time for me but even if not for everyone else maybe we could just move the deadline to send packages.

Dec 2, 2014#57

Ravenpoe

stienman said:
Per the rules, the deadline to ship your stuff is by December 13th, and the sign up closed less than a week ago. There's plenty of time, and matching people up isn't trivial - it took me many hours (over several days) to do this part even after automating as much of the process as was reasonable. Last year I believe I had to perform hundreds of random matches before I found one that met everyone's requirements.

Be patient. This is a fun game, not a time bomb.

... Then what were those wires I just cut?

... why doesn't my mouse work?

Dec 2, 2014#58

Tress

I'm sorry, guys. It's still going on.

The short version is: fuck my life.

The long version is: a story for another day.

The good news: I will get everyone an assignment by this evening (if not sooner).

Dec 2, 2014#59

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Tress said:
I'm sorry, guys. It's still going on.

The short version is: fuck my life.

The long version is: a story for another day.

The good news: I will get everyone an assignment by this evening (if not sooner).

Don't sweat it dude. It's gift giving, nothing to fret yourself over

Dec 2, 2014#60

Tress

Thanks. When I say "fml", it's more a comment on everything else that keeps getting in the way. It's been a rough two weeks.

Anyway...

Assignments are done. I'm sending out PM's now!

Dec 2, 2014#61

Tress

Work is intruding, which means the PM's will be put on pause for a moment. Roughly half of you have an assignment by now, and the rest will have them in a few hours.

Dec 2, 2014#62

PatrThom

A thing has occurred!

--Patrick

Dec 2, 2014#63

Emrys

For whomever is lucky enough to get my name (hey, I'm easy to buy for, plus I'm Queen of the Doomweasels!), here is my amazon.ca wishlist.

Told you I was easy.

Dec 2, 2014#64

Dave

Yay! I got ************************!! Prepare your anus!

Dec 2, 2014#65

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I hope you fucks like autographed pictures of my face, and framed one-of-a-kind drawings of butts

Dec 2, 2014#66

Dave

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I hope you fucks like autographed pictures of my face, and framed one-of-a-kind drawings of butts

I still have your picture on my desk at work.

Dec 2, 2014#67

Bumble the Boy Wonder

That's why you're my favorite

Dec 2, 2014#68

Dave

People always ask me who you are and I say, "That's Bumble!" and then they look at me all confused.[DOUBLEPOST=1417547441,1417547425][/DOUBLEPOST]Especially since it says, "To whom it may concern" on it.

Dec 2, 2014#69

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Dave said:
Especially since it says, "To whom it may concern" on it.

That was my favorite part

Dec 2, 2014#70

PatrThom

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I hope you fucks like autographed pictures of my face, and framed one-of-a-kind drawings of butts

Better than the alternative.

--Patrick

Dec 2, 2014#71

Tress

Okay! Everyone has been given a name and address.

If you need help figuring out what to get your person, you can either ask anonymously in this thread or PM me, and I'll send the question along.

When you have sent your gift, please let me know either in this thread or via PM so I can track who has done what. Please try to send it out as soon as possible. I would guess December 17th is your last day to mail something out and hopefully have it arrive by Xmas.

When you receive your gift, remember to post pictures! That's one of the best parts of this whole thing.

If you have any questions or concerns, please post them here or send me a PM and I promise to take care of it as soon as possible.

Also, thank you for your patience, everyone. I know the delays haven't been fun.

Dec 2, 2014#72

PatrThom

stienman said:

The great moment is here!

--Patrick

Dec 2, 2014#73

Anonymous

@Ravenpoe, while I appreciate that you have "no limits" on your gift, I believe that a selection of the finest of gay interracial porn would probably not be well-received.

Any hints?

Dec 2, 2014#74

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Anonymous said:
@Ravenpoe, while I appreciate that you have "no limits" on your gift, I believe that a selection of the finest of gay interracial porn would probably not be well-received.

Any hints?

Oh god, please do that[DOUBLEPOST=1417557914,1417557604][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, for my secret Santa, I will say that I'm not a very hard person to gift for. I really am more appreciative of gifts which you've made, or you already had and are passing them on to me.
If you MUST purchase me something, I always need sketchbooks, inking pens (not picky with brands, but 03 or 05 size is what I use), and my collection of tastefully done erotic photos is always in need of growing.

Dec 2, 2014#75

LittleSin

Amazon product

I have a bit of everything from all corners of the web on my wishlist, including stuff I'm saving for my kids.

I tihk the stuff I like is fairly obvious.

Dec 2, 2014#76

ThatNickGuy

Dec 2, 2014#77

LittleSin

Is my link not showing up?

Dec 2, 2014#78

Bumble the Boy Wonder

LittleSin said:
Is my link not showing up?

It just takes me to canadazon

Dec 2, 2014#79

Emrys

LittleSin said:
Is my link not showing up?

The same thing was happening with my post. Highlight some text and use the insert_edit_link function. It'll take you directly to your Amazon.ca wish list.

Dec 2, 2014#80

LittleSin

Not working for me. I can't even post a plain text of it.

Weird.

Dec 2, 2014#81

Emrys

Maybe Amazon.ca hates Elder Gods. I can't see why though.

Dec 2, 2014#82

LittleSin

I should be fucking FEARED.

I actualyl am kinda frustrated right now, though.

Dec 2, 2014#83

evilmike

LittleSin said:
Not working for me. I can't even post a plain text of it.

Weird.

Try embedding it in a code tag. It won't be clickable but cut and paste should work.

Eg

Code:

 link goes here

Dec 2, 2014#84

LittleSin

Code:

http://www.amazon.ca/registry/wishlist/1RUUAOP0ZY9O3

Let us see.

That did it!

Dec 2, 2014#85

jwhouk

I stated elsewhere in this thread: OYO Sports.

Keep in mind: I already have Shea Weber, David Legwand, and the NHL Zamboni.

Dec 2, 2014#86

Ravenpoe

Anonymous said:
@Ravenpoe, while I appreciate that you have "no limits" on your gift, I believe that a selection of the finest of gay interracial porn would probably not be well-received.

Any hints?

You are correct in that assumption. I never go with the finest, the markup is just too high, but middle shelf gay interracial porn works just fine. Is it of humans? You know what, don't answer that, I like the surprise.

Or, I like nerdy shit. Anything geeky or video-game related. My last secret santa sent me a large poster of the original legend of zelda overworld map, which is something I didn't know I had to have in my life until just then.

So, basically 'whatever, man'... which probably isn't as helpful as you'd hoped.

Dec 3, 2014#87

Tinwhistler

Tress said:
Okay! Everyone has been given a name and address.

If you need help figuring out what to get your person, you can either ask anonymously in this thread or PM me, and I'll send the question along.

When you have sent your gift, please let me know either in this thread or via PM so I can track who has done what. Please try to send it out as soon as possible. I would guess December 17th is your last day to mail something out and hopefully have it arrive by Xmas.

When you receive your gift, remember to post pictures! That's one of the best parts of this whole thing.

If you have any questions or concerns, please post them here or send me a PM and I promise to take care of it as soon as possible.

Also, thank you for your patience, everyone. I know the delays haven't been fun.

Gifts sent

Dec 3, 2014#88

Anonymous

I am thinking that @Celt Z should come in here and tell this poor, lost soul what she is into.

Dec 3, 2014#89

jwhouk

Gifts sent.

Dec 3, 2014#90

Dave

My gift will go out Monday when the wife gets paid. It's a strange gift but I think my recipient is going to LOVE IT!

Dec 3, 2014#91

Celt Z

Anonymous said:
I am thinking that @Celt Z should come in here and tell this poor, lost soul what she is into.

Can do!
I love Christmas ornaments. Our tree is like a scrapbook of events in our lives. I always try to get an ornament when we travel somewhere or to mark a special occasion or even ones that reflect our interests. Something from wherever you are or even homemade would be wonderful addition to my tree.

If you'd like to go simpler, I am always happy to receive anything related to comics, especially Wonder Woman or Spiderman, Doctor Who, Sailor Moon or dark chocolate. Anything homemade and/or edible is always welcome too!

Dec 3, 2014#92

Anonymous

@Officer_Charon, is there anything in particular you have been wanting or shall I just get you some random stuff?

Dec 3, 2014#93

Anonymous

Hey @Cajungal, how about a little help? Otherwise you're getting dong pics. Not necessarily of my own.

Dec 3, 2014#94

Anonymous

Paging @evilmike. What can Secret Santa leave under your Christmas tree?

Dec 3, 2014#95

Ravenpoe

I don't think tagging sends a notice when you do it anonymously. I didn't get a notice when my secret santa tagged me, just saw it in the thread.

Dec 3, 2014#96

Hylian

@evilmike, @Cajungal ,@Officer_Charon

you have all been tagged by anonymous people

Dec 3, 2014#97

Cajungal

I love journals, pens, aprons... I like lady superhero themed things. I like books about comic books and graphic novels (such as: Amazon product --This was a fun read, so I guess if you know of anything similar...)

Not picky. Like many have said, something homemade is always appreciated.

Oh, and I'm all out of butcher's twine. So there's that!

I'm sure I'll love whatever you send, whoever-you-are.

I was very careful not to look for the post where I was tagged anonymously since I can see those names.

Dec 3, 2014#98

evilmike

Anonymous said:
Paging @evilmike. What can Secret Santa leave under your Christmas tree?

As might be expected, it's hard to go wrong with a Lego-themed gift (or for that matter, a Lego set proper).
Little toy robots are always fun.
A book on the nerdy side of cooking could be interesting (either technical like pairing flavors or fun like the Star Wars cookbook). I'm always on the lookout for a good cookie recipe.
I'd be interested in a graphic novel that showcases something new and different. (I'm up to date on Saga, and Chew; but that's about it.)
Handmade things would be fine too.

Let me know if you need more ideas (for me, this is always the hardest part of Christmas.)

Dec 3, 2014#99

Anonymous

I feel bad for asking but do you have anything on your list @klew ?

Dec 3, 2014#100

PatrThom

Anonymous said:
Hey @Cajungal, how about a little help? Otherwise you're getting dong pics. Not necessarily of my own.

--Patrick

Dec 3, 2014#101

Dirona

Gift sent!

Dec 3, 2014#102

jwhouk

Lest it has already been sent, I do actually have an Amazon Wish List as well:

http://amzn.com/w/1FHYFSSYHXISZ

Dec 3, 2014#103

PatrThom

Thought I had a great gift.
It's even available on Amazon!
They're out but they're getting new stock
...in 1-2 months.

:confused:

--Patrick

Dec 3, 2014#104

Anonymous

Never mind @klew I think I know what I'm getting you.

Dec 3, 2014#105

Anonymous

He sees @BErt when he's drinking
and when he drafts the league
and as creepy as this post may sound
he'll have his gift within a week!

Dec 4, 2014#106

klew

Anonymous said:
Never mind @klew I think I know what I'm getting you.

alrighty, true surprise time

Dec 4, 2014#107

jwhouk

Now the question I have: were we supposed to note who the secret Santa was in the delivery?

Dec 4, 2014#108

BErt

jwhouk said:
Now the question I have: were we supposed to note who the secret Santa was in the delivery?

I think it's up to you, people have in the past. Or just make them guess

Anonymous said:
He sees @BErt when he's drinking
and when he drafts the league
and as creepy as this post may sound
he'll have his gift within a week!

Dec 4, 2014#109

Enresshou

I should have thought of this earlier, but it slipped my mind. For whoever my Secret Santa is, my wife and I will be out of town from the 17th until January 2nd. Since I don't want to make you rush, I'm also perfectly fine with waiting until after we get back!

Happy holidays, ya'll.

Dec 4, 2014#110

Gusto

I like local shotglasses/pint glasses and craft beers/liquors. I own a 3DS with only a handful of games (Pokemon X, Smash Brothers, Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem Awakening from @Jay last year), if someone can find a cheap game they wanna send. I'm also into board games or card games but those tend to get a little costly.

I like nerdy stuff too, and wouldn't mind some Game of Thrones paraphenalia. I'm a Stark at eart, if you're choosing houses.

I take a medium t-shirt or a large long-sleeve. I've also got a wishlist on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/withgusto/wishlist/

Thank you!

Dec 5, 2014#111

Anonymous

Paging @Officer_Charon again, please off some help? If not I have some ideas of my own to surprise you with!

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha

Dec 5, 2014#112

Ravenpoe

@Officer_Charon some random guy up there needs you. We should probably poke Dave about fixing paging while anonymous

Dec 5, 2014#113

PatrThom

Well, that was fast. My gift arrived the day before yesterday (I'm honestly not sure. I think it's my gift, I wasn't expecting anything else).
Maybe when I'm not working 40hrs over a 72hr period I'll even get a chance to open it.

--Patrick

Dec 5, 2014#114

Officer_Charon

Sorry for the delay! I was off the radar for a bit, and not at work today because my son was ill...

Let's see...
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970148986/wishlist/

Hrmm.... I can't seem to be able to link my GoG wishlist. :/

And my Amazon wishlist is so out of date, it's useless.

Failing that... I like just about anything cop-related (natch), or something quirky from your area. Bonus points if you can snag a police patch from your local PD, with a promise of reciprocation from me to that department!

Dec 6, 2014#115

jwhouk

Wait, you mean that's all it would have taken?...

Oh, wait.

Dec 6, 2014#116

PatrThom

Officer_Charon said:
my Amazon wishlist is so out of date, it's useless.

Oh, so this means you don't want that VHS copy of Equilibrium any more?

--Patrick

Dec 6, 2014#117

Cajungal

What's this...it is presents?!

Ohhohohooo this is AWESOME. I was going to buy this book if I didn't get it for Christmas! Pictures below: Me snuggling with my new papery friend.

And a wine book?

I can't wait to read this

whilst I finish off the rest of

I don't know if you want your real name revealed, and I'm still not sure who you are... but thank you very much! I have gotten some great books from y'all...

I promise I'll spoiler all these large pics once I get to my PC...

Dec 6, 2014#118

Ravenpoe

Cajungal said:
What's this...it is presents?!

Ohhohohooo this is AWESOME. I was going to buy this book if I didn't get it for Christmas! Pictures below: Me snuggling with my new papery friend.

And a wine book? I can't wait to read this

whilst I finish off the rest of

I don't know if you want your real name revealed, and I'm still not sure who you are... but thank you very much! I have gotten some great books from y'all...

I promise I'll spoiler all these large pics once I get to my PC...

A literary bird? No idea who that could be.

Dec 6, 2014#119

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Ravenpoe said:
A literary bird? No idea who that could be.

That doesn't even make sense.

Like some sort of fucking bird that can read? I call shenanigans. Have that member banned from secret santa forever

Dec 6, 2014#120

Cajungal

Ravenpoe said:
A literary bird? No idea who that could be.

......oh, well duh. Thank you! [emoji1]

Dec 6, 2014#121

blotsfan

(spoiler for length)

Well whats this?

Rough day for us, but I'm still proud.

I haven't spun a dreidel in years, but I guess thats gonna change.

Sorry, not Groot, but still a welcome addition to my work desk.

And I get to live like a king.

Thank you so much @Tinwhistler !

Dec 7, 2014#122

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler uses Creepy Past Post Stalking on @blotsfan
It's super effective!

Glad you enjoyed the gifts!

Dec 7, 2014#123

BErt

Wow...I'm floored. Spoilered because long.

My present was hand delivered! An unexpected knock on the door and lots of dog barking caused me to forget a picture of the wrapped gift :/

Oh my.

A six pack of Strohs (a favorite growing up) and some great looking ales I haven't tried before.

Omg. This is amazing. I've never been able to track this down myself.

Best of all there were three home brewed Halforum beers!!

Yoshi enjoyed the gift as well

@Enresshou Thank you so much! It was seriously the best surprise. Great seeing you again and Merry Christmas! :drunk:

Dec 7, 2014#124

Anonymous

@Ravenpoe never fear, your gift has been selected... slight hiccup with payday has delayed it, but it will be forthcoming!

Dec 7, 2014#125

Jay

Officer_Charon said:
Failing that... I like just about anything cop-related (natch)

Dec 8, 2014#126

Made Ya Blush

My friends were busy taking me out to celebrate my birthday this weekend. I'll be shopping and sending my secret Santa gift after work this week.

Dec 8, 2014#127

Anonymous

A certain gentleman in Michigan is going to be getting a surprise sometime next week, according to ~~Amazon.com~~ Santa's little helpers.

Dec 8, 2014#128

Enresshou

I am not sure if this is me. If it is, woot! If it is not, woot for another!

Dec 8, 2014#129

Anonymous

Nick, your gift will be forthcoming. I've ordered it and it should be winging its way soon, but it's now out of my hands. On another note, packages to Canada are expensive. Like ridiculously expensive. The shipping cost more than the gift.

Dec 8, 2014#130

Enresshou

stienman said:
There are at least four of us michiganders participating, so you've got up to a 25% chance it's you.

Hmmm...50/50 maybe? PatrThom got his, and I delivered BErt's yesterday. Hopefully it's yours, I've heard Christmas cheer does wonders for chest congestion!

Dec 8, 2014#131

BErt

stienman said:
Ooh, right! The game show host has already opened two of the doors.

I better switch from the door I originally chose...

aaaaand it's a goat. At least it will go well with the chickens?

Dec 8, 2014#132

Anonymous

Tin, when you get a package from
Fellowship Foundry

That is your Secret Santa gift.

Dec 8, 2014#133

Emrys

Anonymous said:
Nick, your gift will be forthcoming. I've ordered it and it should be winging its way soon, but it's now out of my hands. On another note, packages to Canada are expensive. Like ridiculously expensive. The shipping cost more than the gift.

That's why I plan on sending @ThatNickGuy only Canadian rabid wolverines.

Dec 8, 2014#134

evilmike

stienman said:
Well of course. Even you don't want to deal with violations of C.R.C., c. 296 51(b).[DOUBLEPOST=1418064125,1418064082][/DOUBLEPOST]Besides, rabid wolverines in the US are more rare, and thus more expensive than rapid Canadian wolverines.

Dec 8, 2014#135

Anonymous

@Bumble the Boy Wonder It'll go out by the end of the week...

Dec 8, 2014#136

Emrys

evilmike said:
View attachment 16860

Are those the rabid or the rapid ones?

Dec 8, 2014#137

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Anonymous said:
@Bumble the Boy Wonder It'll go out by the end of the week...

Dec 8, 2014#138

PatrThom

Yay! finally have a day off tomorrow.
Then the documentation and shredding can commence.

--Patrick

Dec 8, 2014#139

Emrys

stienman said:
Well of course. Even you don't want to deal with violations of C.R.C., c. 296 51(b).

Look at you, getting all technical on me there.

Sexy. :unibrow:

Dec 8, 2014#140

Anonymous

Steiny: your gift has indeed been shipped.

Dec 9, 2014#141

Anonymous

@Made Ya Blush - your package is on it's way!

Also, shipping to Canada sucks. Next year I'm sending my gift by moose.

Dec 9, 2014#142

Anonymous

Tin, got the tracking number for your gift should be there USPS this week. The receipt probably has prices on it, so pretend to ignore it.

Dec 9, 2014#143

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Anonymous said:
@Made Ya Blush - your package is on it's way!

Hey, I was the one that asked for dick pics

Dec 9, 2014#144

PatrThom

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Hey, I was the one that asked for dick pics

Your package is in the way!

--Patrick

Dec 9, 2014#145

Emrys

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Hey, I was the one that asked for dick pics

I thought you were the one sending out dick pics.

Dec 9, 2014#146

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Emrys said:
I thought you were the one sending out dick pics.

They aren't just pics, they're ART

Dec 9, 2014#147

Emrys

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
They aren't just pics, they're ART

I stand corrected.

Dec 9, 2014#148

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Emrys said:
I stand erected.

Dec 9, 2014#149

Emrys

That's your job, cheri. I 'm lacking that equipment.

Dec 9, 2014#150

Tinwhistler

Anonymous said:
Tin, got the tracking number for your gift should be there USPS this week. The receipt probably has prices on it, so pretend to ignore it.

Will do

Looking forward to it![DOUBLEPOST=1418172046,1418171956][/DOUBLEPOST]

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Hey, I was the one that asked for dick pics

Well if you insist...

Dec 9, 2014#151

Anonymous

Gusto your gifts are on their way! I apologize in advance, Amazon had no options for expedited delivery.

some or all your gifts will arrive after Christmas, sorry.

Dec 9, 2014#152

Anonymous

@Dirona

Your packages have shipped.
BUT
Expedited shipping would have VASTLY inflated the price.

If not on time then please be patient.

Yours in Holidaitry,
Not @Tinwhistler.

Dec 9, 2014#153

PatrThom

Well, that's unfortunate. Amazon is out of this $20 item I want to send.
Fortunately there's a third party seller who has one for ... $530* OH COME ON NOW STUPID AMAZON BOTS RRRGH

--Patrick
*I am not making this up.

Dec 10, 2014#154

Tinwhistler

PatrThom said:
Well, that's unfortunate. Amazon is out of this $20 item I want to send.
Fortunately there's a third party seller who has one for ... $530* OH COME ON NOW STUPID AMAZON BOTS RRRGH

--Patrick
*I am not making this up.

I ran into this yesterday, buying the How To Train Your Dragon books for my son...one of them was out of stock, but a 3rd party seller helpfully had the book at seven thousand dollars. I typed that out so you wouldn't think I accidentally put an extra 0 on there.

Seriously, WTF?

Dec 10, 2014#155

evilmike

Tinwhistler said:
I ran into this yesterday, buying the How To Train Your Dragon books for my son...one of them was out of stock, but a 3rd party seller helpfully had the book at seven thousand dollars. I typed that out so you wouldn't think I accidentally put an extra 0 on there.

Seriously, WTF?

If you need it:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sho...cm_mmc=aff-_-ir-_-59145-_-92814&afn_sr=impact

Dec 10, 2014#156

Anonymous

@ThatNickGuy, your gift should arrive some day. The tracking email I got said the 18th, the website says the 19th, and the actual tracking itself says the 10th.

Dec 10, 2014#157

Dirona

Anonymous said:
@Dirona

Your packages have shipped.
BUT
Expedited shipping would have VASTLY inflated the price.

If not on time then please be patient.

Yours in Holidaitry,
Not @Tinwhistler.

No worries! Shipping to/in Canada is insanely expensive. And this way I will have time to properly adore it after the insanity of Advent/Christmas Eve.

Dec 10, 2014#158

PatrThom

Tinwhistler said:
I ran into this yesterday, buying the How To Train Your Dragon books for my son...one of them was out of stock, but a 3rd party seller helpfully had the book at seven thousand dollars. I typed that out so you wouldn't think I accidentally put an extra 0 on there.

Seriously, WTF?

As I understand it, if you are a Marketplace seller, you can avail yourself of many softwares that will watch the price of the items you are selling for you, and relist/adjust them up or down accordingly for "optimum" sales. Sometimes, much like HFT, these 'bots will get into wars with one another (or Amazon itself), leading to amusing results such as this one.

--Patrick

Dec 10, 2014#159

Anonymous

@Bumble the Boy Wonder
Last minute query--allergies?

Dec 10, 2014#160

Anonymous

@evilmike, my sources inform me that your package has been delivered. I hope you like it.

Dec 10, 2014#161

Tress

Paging @Bumble the Boy Wonder and @evilmike and @ThatNickGuy

Dec 10, 2014#162

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Anonymous said:
@Bumble the Boy Wonder
Last minute query--allergies?

Nope. Well, idk, nothing that I know of. Maybe Himalayan camel semen? I haven't had that since I was a kid, so I could've developed an allergy I guess.

Dec 10, 2014#163

BErt

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Nope. Well, idk, nothing that I know of. Maybe Himalayan camel semen? I haven't had that since I was a kid, so I could've developed an allergy I guess.

Pretty sure the Bumble candy-thing I got you a few years back was made from Himalayan camel semen, you're probably fine.

Dec 10, 2014#164

Dave

Good thing your santa bought you ANDES camel semen!

Dec 10, 2014#165

evilmike

Tress said:
Paging ...

My SS gift arrived today. They are all excellent choices. Thank you very much to my Secret Santa, who is still a secret thanks to Amazon's packaging. I'll try to get pictures this weekend.

Btw, I don't think you need to repost the anonymous tags. Mine have shown up normally even if the source was anonymous.

Dec 10, 2014#166

PatrThom

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
camel semen?

Well, they are the ships of the desert.
(coulda went with a "hump" joke but...naahh)

Dave said:
Good thing your santa bought you ANDES camel semen!

Mmm! Minty!

--Patrick

Dec 10, 2014#167

ThatNickGuy

Tress said:
Paging @Bumble the Boy Wonder and @evilmike and @ThatNickGuy

I haven't even looked for anything yet. I'm sorry. Depression has gotten the better of me in the past week. And I've never been going with buying things for people.

Dec 11, 2014#168

Anonymous

@LittleSin you should be getting a fedex package on Friday, assuming weather and delivery people cooperate.

That parcel is part 1 of 2.

The second one is being a twit and not telling me when it should arrive, but hopefully before the 24th.

Dec 11, 2014#169

Emrys

evilmike said:
My SS gift arrived today. They are all excellent choices. Thank you very much to my Secret Santa, who is still a secret thanks to Amazon's packaging. I'll try to get pictures this weekend.

Btw, I don't think you need to repost the anonymous tags. Mine have shown up normally even if the source was anonymous.

It's still a secret, not because of Amazon, but because your Secret Santa was a doorknob that day and forgot to check the "it's a gift" option, so I forgot to include a card.

Merry Christmas to you and your family from the Queen of the Doomweasels and all the little doomweasels.

Dec 11, 2014#170

evilmike

Emrys said:
It's still a secret, not because of Amazon, but because your Secret Santa was a doorknob that day and forgot to check the "it's a gift" option, so I forgot to include a card.

Merry Christmas to you and your family from the Queen of the Doomweasels and all the little doomweasels.

Thanks again. I suspected you were my Secret Santa, but I was not sure because the package did not include a mustelid terribilus.

Dec 11, 2014#171

Emrys

I considered it but none of my guys wanted to volunteer to terrorize Florida. Lazy little bastards.

Dec 11, 2014#172

PatrThom

Emrys said:
Lazy little bastards.

--Patrick

Dec 11, 2014#173

Emrys

stienman said:
Volunteer?

Hardly what I'd expect to hear from the queen of doomweasels.

Maybe you're not ready to take over the world.

Hey, hey, hey! You stick to herding children; I'll stick to herding doomweasels.

It's not my fault they kept chewing their way out of the boxes.

Dec 11, 2014#174

LittleSin

HETALIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Secret Santa, you have made my day~

Dec 11, 2014#175

evilmike

Emrys said:
Hey, hey, hey! You stick to herding children; I'll stick to herding doomweasels.

It's not my fault they kept chewing their way out of the boxes.

In his defense, @stienman was apparently @LittleSin 's SS and included a child as part of the shipment.

Dec 11, 2014#176

Emrys

evilmike said:
In his defense, @stienman was apparently @LittleSin 's SS and included a child as part of the shipment.

Well, it's not like he can't spare one or two.

Dec 11, 2014#177

Anonymous

@Celt Z Well. I just got a notification about your gift telling me it won't be there for Christmas. In fact, it will not get there until between jan 8th and the 26th!

Stupid amazon.

Dec 11, 2014#178

Hylian

@Celt Z, you have been paged

Dec 11, 2014#179

Anonymous

@Hylian, expect a discreet brown paper wrapped, re-purposed "box" in the mail next week.

Dec 11, 2014#180

Celt Z

Anonymous said:
@Celt Z Well. I just got a notification about your gift telling me it won't be there for Christmas. In fact, it will not get there until between jan 8th and the 26th!

Stupid amazon.

It's okay; don't worry about it. It just means I get to extend my Christmas and this thread!

Dec 11, 2014#181

Tinwhistler

Pewter pirate skull shot glass. So cool

Thank you secret santa! I don't know who you are because there was literally nothing in the package but the shot glass--so you don't gotta worry about me seeing the prices

Dec 11, 2014#182

Dei

It was me! I did email and ask if they could leave the invoice out of the package, but they never replied so I wasn't sure.

Dec 12, 2014#183

Anonymous

@Ravenpoe, your gift should be winging it's way to you presently! Site says "2-6 business days." We'll see how close it gets to that...

Dec 12, 2014#184

LittleSin

I saw that, anon.

You think no one did...but I saaaaw.

Dec 12, 2014#185

Anonymous

Consider this a virtual "Needs a Lock" vote.

Dec 12, 2014#186

strawman

Strange. I didn't get a notification from Amazon that I was getting a package today. What could this be?

Woohoo! These will both be put to very good use. I haven't gotten the Prince of Egypt because it's on Netflix, but I wanted it because Netflix doesn't have the 5.1 surround sound, but this disc does, and as far as I'm concerned the animation is gorgeous, but the sound and music really make the movie, so I'm really looking forward to watching it.

Guardians of the Galaxy is going to get a lot of play time here as well, I haven't seen it since the theater, and it bears repeating. Going to have to break out the 3D glasses for this one.

Thanks, @jwhouk!

Dec 12, 2014#187

jwhouk

I'm glad you're excited about them - and feeling better!

I'm also glad the Amazon elves managed to get it there before next week, too!

Dec 14, 2014#188

klew

Giant box when I didn't order anything? (Pop vinyl Elsa for scale)

Luggage? But I just took my last big trip for a while

But Sharks!

Thanks @blotsfan! I'll find a use for it, perhaps I can put it to use as home storage.

Dec 14, 2014#189

blotsfan

Or you could just use it as an excuse to plan another trip! Glad you like it though.

Dec 15, 2014#190

Made Ya Blush

Came home from a long day at work and getting over mild food poisoning. There were packages at my door and then after shuffling through them I saw it! It was ruldolph! No moose but a fantastic reindeer delivered my package! It's epic, got some hobbits, salt water taffy and a New Jersey magnet to add to my collection! That's CeltZ for the awesome Xmas gift!!!

Dec 16, 2014#191

Anonymous

@Dei tra

Dec 16, 2014#192

Anonymous

@Dei

...cking says your stuff was delivered on Saturday. I hope everything got there ok.

Dec 16, 2014#193

Dei

I got a package/shirt yesterday (which may have been from saturday cause we suck at checking mail on the weekends), and a package from amazon last week, are these both secret santa? I

Dec 16, 2014#194

Anonymous

Yep that's it

just wanted to make sure they both got there since I had to track separately.

Dec 16, 2014#195

Dave

Oooh! Dave has a package!

It's a tube! I've always wanted a tube! But I bet there's something in it. The cat is sure interested.

Damn. It's stapled shut.

But I have the tools and the talent! Well, the tools, anyway.

So what could it be? Something rolled up tightly in brown paper. Hmmm.

Holy shit! A Durr poster!

What you don't see very easily is that this picture is made up of Halforums avatars! I tried to take a better close-up picture, but it was always too blurry to see.

Whomever my Secret Santa is, this was excellent! Now I just gotta find a place to put it up. The thing is HUGE!! Millions of thanks!

Dec 16, 2014#196

Celt Z

Made Ya Blush said:
View attachment 16925 View attachment 16926 View attachment 16927 Came home from a long day at work and getting over mild food poisoning. There were packages at my door and then after shuffling through them I saw it! It was ruldolph! No moose but a fantastic reindeer delivered my package! It's epic, got some hobbits, salt water taffy and a New Jersey magnet to add to my collection! That's CeltZ for the awesome Xmas gift!!!View attachment 16922 View attachment 16924

You're very welcome! I had to keep swatting Mr. Z away from your taffy. That man is a salt-water taffy Gollum.

Dec 16, 2014#197

BErt

Dave said:
Holy shit! A Durr poster!

Holy shit is right. That is amazing.

Dec 16, 2014#198

Dei

I am not going to make a crazy reveal-y post this time, but thank you Santa BErt, I love it and my daughter has already tried to convince me to give her the shirt even though it is much too big for her.

Dec 16, 2014#199

BErt

Great! I love TeeTurtle, but their gifting options are nonexistent which is why I was concerned. Glad you like it

Dec 16, 2014#200

jwhouk

Part one of Secret Santa gift came today... not sure if I want to reveal all at once (which will give me time to assemble part one) or put what I got today up.

Dec 17, 2014#201

Hylian

So I came home to find a package waiting for me!!

What's inside?

Thank you @klew!

First up is a LEGO minifigure!

A Weeping Angel (I was afraid to look away for awhile)

A pound sign/hash tag

A melting snowman!

A wrapped package! What could be in it?!

A 3D virtual helmet!

Thank you so much Klew this is beyond awesome!!

Dec 17, 2014#202

Dave

That melting snowman is hilarious!

Dec 17, 2014#203

Dirona

Doot dee doot dee doo, sorting through today's mail...

...what's this? Amazon? I know I'm waiting for a few things from them, but this doesn't feel right, and I thought they weren't supposed to get here till later. Ooo! "Gift inside"! That means it should be my Halforums pressie!

There's a note!

It's a book!

Wheee! This is freaking awesome. I watched every episode of this show when it first aired (back before PVRs and when TLC actually, you know, taught you things), and I have the second series on VHS, which Eriol digitized for me for Christmas a few years ago. And I don't think I ever mentioned any of that on here, and if so it was a loooong time ago, so well done Santa (who I'm thinking is @PatrThom)! I will read this, and I'm really really looking forward to it.

If this were all, you would have outdone yourself. That there is more on the way is stunning. Thank you so much!

Dec 17, 2014#204

jwhouk

Tuesday came. Wife said there was a box sitting next to the door. Amazon Prime? Oh wait, that must mean...

A Packers End Zone Set!

Oh, what's this? 'Merry Xmas from your Secret Santa! By the way, another package is coming too! - @Tress"

Major cool! Thanks, Tress!

Dec 17, 2014#205

PatrThom

Dirona said:
I don't think I ever mentioned any of that on here, and if so it was a loooong time ago, so well done Santa (who I'm thinking is @PatrThom)! I will read this, and I'm really really looking forward to it.

Guilty as charged, and no, you did not mention it, 'cuz I checked (at least, as well as the forum search and Google site search could determine, anyway). You did describe yourself as a lifelong learner, and I could think of no better match for that sort of person.
Kati has a copy of the book, and I believe it is positioned as a companion volume to the TV series, but I've had plenty of entertainment just randomly wandering through its pages.

Dirona said:
If this were all, you would have outdone yourself. That there is more on the way is stunning. Thank you so much!

I'll go through the entire rationale once they're all there, but let's hope. I considered surreptitiously asking Wilma or Taylor for help, but wasn't really sure how they'd handle an out-of-the-blue request from a random stranger asking for gift hints.

--Patrick

Dec 17, 2014#206

Emrys

@Dirona, if you like that one, check out his other book, The Pinball Effect.

Dec 18, 2014#207

Anonymous

@Emrys - I believe something as arrived at your PO Box.

And there's more on the way!

Dec 18, 2014#208

Emrys

<squeeeeee!>

Dec 18, 2014#209

ThatNickGuy

Package get!

What on earth could be in here...?

OH MY GOD!!!

(Dill purposely looking over my shoulder in pure jealousy.)

IT'S AN ARMADILLO DRINK HOLDER!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH, @Dave

Dec 18, 2014#210

Dave

*whew* The tracking said you got it days ago. I was thinking maybe you hated it or something! What's funny is the shipping cost more than the gift!!

So glad you like it!

Dec 18, 2014#211

LittleSin

@Dirona I got your card today! Thank you~ Is this the part 2 I've been waiting for?

Dec 18, 2014#212

ThatNickGuy

Dave said:
*whew* The tracking said you got it days ago. I was thinking maybe you hated it or something! What's funny is the shipping cost more than the gift!!

So glad you like it!

Yeah, Tress said in a private message that it said it'd arrived, but I didn't get anything. So confused. And it's armadillo related. Of COURSE I'm going to like it. Not sure how much it'll be used as a drink/bottle holder, but it's now a permanent resident on my desk. Not sure what to call him, yet. Can't call him Dill, since that's the stuffed animal.

Dec 18, 2014#213

PatrThom

Emrys said:
@Dirona, if you like that one, check out his other book, The Pinball Effect.

I considered that one as well, but reviewers seemed to think TPE was a little harder to follow with its "hard-copy hyperlinks."
This doesn't rule out my getting it later for my own perusal, of course.

--Patrick

Dec 18, 2014#214

Tress

Ah, the sweetness of seeing messages on Steam about free games. @ThatNickGuy was awesome and hooked me up with THREE games on Steam: The Banner Saga, Kingdom Rush, and Ace Patrol - Pacific Skies. That's a crazy, fantastic slew of gifts! Thanks!

Dec 19, 2014#215

klew

Hylian said:
So I came home to find a package waiting for me!!

You are very welcome, last year's recipient also received a LEGO minifigure, so it is now a tradition. The pound sign thing is the symbol for Oslo's public transportation company Ruter, these highly reflective things are meant to hang on a bag or bike for increased visibility (as they have long periods of darkness), I grabbed several from a ticket station, I hope they were meant to be free. I also made an assumption that you or someone you like has a smartphone that can make use of the cardboard.

Dec 19, 2014#216

Dirona

LittleSin said:
@Dirona I got your card today! Thank you~ Is this the part 2 I've been waiting for?

Nope - there should still be a box on it's way... possibly there today, but no tracking (cheap bastards don't track non-rush international ordes), so I'm not sure.

Dec 19, 2014#217

LittleSin

Dirona said:
Nope - there should still be a box on it's way... possibly there today, but no tracking (cheap bastards don't track non-rush international ordes), so I'm not sure.

I am so excited for the mail to come now!

Dec 19, 2014#218

Hylian

klew said:
You are very welcome, last year's recipient also received a LEGO minifigure, so it is now a tradition. The pound sign thing is the symbol for Oslo's public transportation company Ruter, these highly reflective things are meant to hang on a bag or bike for increased visibility (as they have long periods of darkness), I grabbed several from a ticket station, I hope they were meant to be free. I also made an assumption that you or someone you like has a smartphone that can make use of the cardboard.

I have a smartphone and have already assembled the DoDoCase VR and it is awesome

Dec 19, 2014#219

Dave

Posted anonymously in the wrong thread:

@Officer_Charon, your gift has been shipped and should arrive on Tuesday the 22nd

Dec 19, 2014#220

evilmike

Dave said:
Whomever my Secret Santa is, this was excellent! Now I just gotta find a place to put it up. The thing is HUGE!! Millions of thanks!

I'm glad you liked it.

Thanks go to @stienman, who provided a sounding board for the idea, @Far who supplied the original image, @HCGLNS who helped me figure out how to replace @Squidleybits avatar, Phoebe the Customer Support Hero at Zazzle for helping me figure out a copyright issue, and AndreaMosaic for providing the freeware that generated the final image.

The image was created by taking a screenshot of the website, blurring it a bit, and then inserting the original Durr picture over the top of it. The avatars were scraped from Halforums using a VBscript I adapted for the purpose. I manually cleared out all of the null avatars and at least some of the duplicate avatars. That left me with 316 images. I used AndreaMosaic to create the final image out of 10000 tiles. The settings I used were: no tile rotation, no tile overlap, no duplicates within 5 cells, 7% color shift, and must use every tile at least once*. The final image was 6400x6400 and intended to be printed on a 32"x32" square poster. (This actually wasn't the biggest option!) I submitted the image to Zazzle... and had it rejected! There were 2 avatars, out of the 316, that were at issue. I removed 1 of the avatars that belonged to an inactive user and replaced the other with a @HCGLNS approved image.

*Although it looks like everyone was included, there were only two avatars that I specifically looked at to make sure they were used -- that of Dave and that of North Ranger. I believe each avatar only appears once.

Here is a scaled reproduction of the image:

Dec 19, 2014#221

Dave

Man that was a lot of work! You rule! There is duplication of avatars, but who cares? I actually am taking down a Dallas Cowboys poster to put this up!

Dec 19, 2014#222

PatrThom

Dave said:
I actually am taking down a Dallas Cowboys poster to put this up!

...and nothing of value was lost.

--Patrick
(well what do I know, I don't Sports, but I wasn't about to pass up the chance to make the comment)

Dec 19, 2014#223

Tinwhistler

PatrThom said:
...and nothing of value was lost.

--Patrick
(well what do I know, I don't Sports, but I wasn't about to pass up the chance to make the comment)

The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders were the first to really turn cheerleading sexy, and they've striven to maintain the reputation ever since.

The team, however, can suck a bag of dicks

But that might just be my personal feeling.

Dec 19, 2014#224

Celt Z

evilmike said:
I'm glad you liked it.

Thanks go to @stienman, who provided a sounding board for the idea, @Far who supplied the original image, @HCGLNS who helped me figure out how to replace @Squidleybits avatar, Phoebe the Customer Support Hero at Zazzle for helping me figure out a copyright issue, and AndreaMosaic for providing the freeware that generated the final image.

The image was created by taking a screenshot of the website, blurring it a bit, and then inserting the original Durr picture over the top of it. The avatars were scraped from Halforums using a VBscript I adapted for the purpose. I manually cleared out all of the null avatars and at least some of the duplicate avatars. That left me with 316 images. I used AndreaMosaic to create the final image out of 10000 tiles. The settings I used were: no tile rotation, no tile overlap, no duplicates within 5 cells, 7% color shift, and must use every tile at least once*. The final image was 6400x6400 and intended to be printed on a 32"x32" square poster. (This actually wasn't the biggest option!) I submitted the image to Zazzle... and had it rejected! There were 2 avatars, out of the 316, that were at issue. I removed 1 of the avatars that belonged to an inactive user and replaced the other with a @HCGLNS approved image.

*Although it looks like everyone was included, there were only two avatars that I specifically looked at to make sure they were used -- that of Dave and that of North Ranger. I believe each avatar only appears once.

Here is a scaled reproduction of the image:
View attachment 16976

This needs an "AMAZING!" rating. Great job!

Dec 19, 2014#225

Anonymous

@Ravenpoe, your package is apparently in Jacksonville... they're not giving a projected delivery date, but I can't imagine it will be long now...

Dec 19, 2014#226

grub

I could look at that image forever and not find me.

Dec 19, 2014#227

jwhouk

Hello, what is this?

A package appears in yonder mailbox!

And what to my wondering eyes should appear:

Well, of COURSE I need A-Rod12 to complete a Packers gift set!

THANK YOU @Tress!

Dec 19, 2014#228

evilmike

Dave said:
Man that was a lot of work! You rule! There is duplication of avatars, but who cares? I actually am taking down a Dallas Cowboys poster to put this up!

There is going to be some duplication since there are fewer avatars than mosaic cells. The difference is that there aren't areas that are solid blocks of a single avatar.

grub said:
I could look at that image forever and not find me.

If it helps, here is a link to the original:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qniegl15jvk7nlz/durr with background Mosaic05.jpg?dl=0

Dec 19, 2014#229

Tinwhistler

grub said:
I could look at that image forever and not find me.

Upper left corner, 4th row, 9th column

Took a little longer, but I found me too

Dec 19, 2014#230

Gusto

Thanks somebody! I haven't played a Mario game in years!

Dec 19, 2014#231

PatrThom

grub said:
I could look at that image forever and not find me.

I was actually surprised at how many of the lo-res images were recognizable.

Also, I can verify that it makes a great conversation-starter when set as the wallpaper of a work computer.

--Patrick

Dec 19, 2014#232

grub

PatrThom said:
I was actually surprised at how many of the lo-res images were recognizable.

--Patrick

I was too. Mine was a bit tough but I wasn't looking in the blue section. I figured it would be in the black section.

Dec 20, 2014#233

Anonymous

Glad you liked you received your gift gusto, there are two other gifts on there way from Amazon. They probably won't arrive in time for Xmas though. When they arrive then I shall reveal myself.

Dec 20, 2014#234

Emrys

Dun dun dunnnn!

Dec 20, 2014#235

Gusto

Anonymous said:
Glad you liked you received your gift gusto, there are two other gifts on there way from Amazon. They probably won't arrive in time for Xmas though. When they arrive then I shall reveal myself.

Two MORE?! You really went all out!

Dec 20, 2014#236

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I got a gift!!

It's toffee!! And delicious! @Cajungal
Best gift I could've ever hoped for

thanks Seej! Also, the address on the package, can I write a thank you note to said address??

Thanks for the delicious toffee, and the coozies from your wedding!

Dec 20, 2014#237

Cajungal

Yay!!! So glad you liked it

It took a couple of batches to get exactly right. And please do write me if you want--I love mail. Merry Christmas!

Dec 20, 2014#238

Tress

If you have not yet received your gift, especially if you never got an update about it, please send me a PM.

Dec 20, 2014#239

Anonymous

@Enresshou patience... What with your trip and all. But fret not, it's taken care of.

Dec 22, 2014#240

Anonymous

@Officer_Charon, according to the tracking information your gift should arrive sometime today

Dec 22, 2014#241

Dave

Call out to @Officer_Charon & @Enresshou.

Dec 22, 2014#242

Ravenpoe

Dave said:
Call out to @Officer_Charon & @Enresshou.

I don't think that's required anymore, since I've been getting alerts about anonymous tagging.

Dec 22, 2014#243

Celt Z

Hey Secret Santa! Is my package supposed to be coming from China? Because I just got something in the mail today but didn't have any information. I want to make sure its from you before I post the pictures.

Dec 22, 2014#244

Anonymous

@Celt Z

Y

Dec 22, 2014#245

LittleSin

Anonymous said:
@Celt Z

Y

That was supposed to say YES.

Dec 22, 2014#246

LittleSin

LittleSin said:
That was supposed to say YES.

FUCK.

I CLICKED ANON.

Dec 22, 2014#247

Dirona

@PatrThom - fresh parcel today that I didn't recognize. A lovely anthology from the Book Depository. Would I be correct is attributing its arrival to you?

Dec 22, 2014#248

Celt Z

Perfect timing, Secret Santa! I was having a crummy morning and feeling very Charlie Brown-ish, when...what's this?

A package! And inside...

OMG! SAILOR MOON!!
But what's in the box?! (Not Gwyneth Paltrow's head...)

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! :banana:

I LOVE it! I love that you can customize both the necklace and the keychain!

It's going to fit in perfectly around here.

Thank you so much, Secret Santa! Or should I say Santa-thulu?

Dec 22, 2014#249

PatrThom

Dirona said:
@PatrThom - fresh parcel today that I didn't recognize. A lovely anthology from the Book Depository. Would I be correct is attributing its arrival to you?

You would, though you threw me with "anthology." One more remains.

--Patrick

Dec 22, 2014#250

LittleSin

Celt Z said:
Perfect timing, Secret Santa! I was having a crummy morning and feeling very Charlie Brown-ish, when...what's this?
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A package! And inside...
View attachment 16996
OMG! SAILOR MOON!!
But what's in the box?! (Not Gwyneth Paltrow's head...)
View attachment 16997
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
I LOVE it! I love that you can customize both the necklace and the keychain!
View attachment 16998

It's going to fit in perfectly around here.
View attachment 16999
Thank you so much, Secret Santa! Or should I say Santa-thulu?

Woo!

I am so happy you liked it!

I am doubly happy that it is as advertised! I wasn't sure seeing as it was coming from China and stuff from there tends to be hit or miss!

Merry Christmas!

Dec 22, 2014#251

Celt Z

LittleSin said:
Woo!

I am so happy you liked it!

I am doubly happy that it is as advertised! I wasn't sure seeing as it was coming from China and stuff from there tends to be hit or miss!

Merry Christmas!

I could give you such a huge hug right now! It is lovely in person. At first I was afraid I broke one of the chains, but then I realized it came with extra links to customize the pendants. I'm showing it off to some of my fellow Sailor Moon fans on Facebook. Great choice!! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Dec 22, 2014#252

jwhouk

An addendum: With said Packer playset that our SS organizer sent me, there was a special offer for baseplates for the set - for free (with nominal shipping charge).

So, for $3 I got a baseplate for the "end zone"... but what's this?

They sent me FIVE 16x32 plates, and two 16x16 plates??? :eek:

They give you enough for the entire field, even if you only bought the end zone playset.

The words, "LEGO-maniac's dream" came to mind.

Dec 22, 2014#253

Officer_Charon

I received A Thing while I was tussling with a shoplifter today. It's a surreal experience having GLADOS tell you you have a text message while you're cuffing someone.

Returning home, I was informed that Said Thing was on the couch. After being pursued by a disgruntled 10 month-old (who demanded to be picked up, thinking he could get at my phone. He was wrong), I opened The Thing.

Oooh.... *grins*

Unless I'm blind, I didn't see a note that went with it, so... thanks, Secret Santa! It's gonna get mounted on the wall next to my other one. My daughter has some pointed opinions on what should go where.

Dec 22, 2014#254

Enresshou

Anonymous said:
@Enresshou patience... What with your trip and all. But fret not, it's taken care of.

Much appreciated for the heads up. Sorry for the delay, I've been traveling.

Dec 23, 2014#255

Hylian

Officer_Charon said:
I received A Thing while I was tussling with a shoplifter today. It's a surreal experience having GLADOS tell you you have a text message while you're cuffing someone.

Returning home, I was informed that Said Thing was on the couch. After being pursued by a disgruntled 10 month-old (who demanded to be picked up, thinking he could get at my phone. He was wrong), I opened The Thing.

Oooh.... *grins*

Unless I'm blind, I didn't see a note that went with it, so... thanks, Secret Santa! It's gonna get mounted on the wall next to my other one. My daughter has some pointed opinions on what should go where.

That was from me, I asked them to include a gift note for you but it must have gotten forgotten somehow :/

Dec 23, 2014#256

PatrThom

This time of year, I get precious few moments to do anything that isn't "necessary," and when I do, it's usually broken up into nonconsecutive chunks of 40min or less. That said, I did receive a package almost 3 weeks ago, and, knowing I would not be able to do anything about it right away, it got put under the tree to await a big enough window to document its unboxing. It immediately had an appreciative fan:

Meet Sigrid.

Dec 7th:

Dec 8th:

Dec 9th:

Dec 10th:

Dec 11th:

...okay, Sigrid. You've had it long enough. Now it's my turn.

Notice the concat-vity worn into the upper face from a week of warm, fuzzy afternoons spent in front of the window.

If only I had something sharp to open the box. Well, these scissors should do, assuming I grossly violate their usage guidelines.

Ooo! More ammo for last year's gift!

Wait, what's that green/white thing tucked between two pillows at about 2 O'clock?

Huh. Looks like conveyor rollers aren't the only things floating around an Amazon warehouse, trying to cowbird their way into outgoing packages to effect their escape. Looks like this ersatz lollipop is well past its expiration date, though.

Let's see what lies under the air blanket, shall we?
Oh, it's starting out pretty good...looks like someone has been paying attention. Close attention.

Hey now, this package looks like it wasn't just for me!

...and indeed, the included notes confirm this. Here's the glorious posed shot of all the contents:

Thank you, @stienman!

I don't know if I'll get to the game right away (we only have 3.5 people here to play it, and it really needs at least 4), but the cookbook looks...quite interesting. I don't know how soon we'll get to trying any of the recipes, but the photography is amazing--it's all glossy coffee table book quality.

These look fantastic. Hope we can do the recipes justice once Kati "approves" the book for use.

As for the sand? It's really weird stuff. It packs like snow, but if you manage to fissure it in any way, the fissures will spread, as though the newly-admitted air is forcing its way deeper between the grains. As for how much fun the sand is to play with?

...we may need to get back to you on that one.

--Patrick

Dec 24, 2014#257

strawman

I'm glad you like the gift! I'm glad the cat understood it was a pet bed since I didn't leave a note about that part of the gift.

Dec 24, 2014#258

Anonymous

@Ravenpoe, the tracking is showing that the USPS delivered your package yesterday... PLEASE tell me that you got it?

Dec 24, 2014#259

PatrThom

stienman said:
I'm glad you like the gift! I'm glad the cat understood it was a pet bed since I didn't leave a note about that part of the gift.

Oh, the cats always get the boxes around here. At least, they get all the ones that Cary doesn't.

--Patrick

Dec 24, 2014#260

Ravenpoe

Anonymous said:
@Ravenpoe, the tracking is showing that the USPS delivered your package yesterday... PLEASE tell me that you got it?

I haven't been to the post office yet, so it's probably there waiting for me!

Dec 24, 2014#261

Ravenpoe

Oho! There's a package in the mail for me! I wonder what it could be?

They're Firefly posters! :heart:

My phone's sd card decided to take a shit, so I can't currently take pictures of them, but here they are from the internet!

spoilered for size

... they'll be in my bunk.

Whoever my secret santa is, I love them. Thank you.

Dec 24, 2014#262

Emrys

I finally made it to the post office and found a package waiting for me. Opening it up, I find two wonderful DVDs - ParaNorman and Coraline - and a note from our own Gusto.

Thank you, @Gusto! I love my gifts! They're going to start and finish my DVD-watching marathon tomorrow.

And the doomweasels say thank you for the envelope. They love themselves some bubble-padded mailers.

I'll post pictures soon.

Dec 24, 2014#263

Gusto

Emrys said:
I finally made it to the post office and found a package waiting for me. Opening it up, I find two wonderful DVDs - ParaNorman and Coraline - and a note from our own Gusto.

Thank you, @Gusto! I love my gifts! They're going to start and finish my DVD-watching marathon tomorrow.

And the doomweasels say thank you for the envelope. They love themselves some bubble-padded mailers.

I'll post pictures soon.

There's one more coming! Not gonna make it there by Christmas, obviously. Glad you're enjoying so far - ever since I sent Coraline I've had a huge urge and no time to rewatch it.

Dec 24, 2014#264

Emrys

Gusto said:
There's one more coming!

<squeeexplode!>

Though I won't be "watching" anything if I don't find my glasses!

Weasels! Front and center! I have a job for you!

Dec 26, 2014#265

Officer_Charon

Ravenpoe said:
... they'll be in my bunk.

Whoever my secret santa is, I love them. Thank you.

Rolled the dice, looks like I rolled boxcars. Sweet! Glad you love them, dude!

Jan 3, 2015#266

Anonymous

@Enresshou it totally slipped my mind you had returned! Your gift will be going out Monday morning

apologies for the delay!

Jan 3, 2015#267

Dirona

PatrThom said:
You would, though you threw me with "anthology." One more remains.

--Patrick

I think that last item may have arrived. CD?

If so, pictures of the second two parcels shall be added soon.

Jan 3, 2015#268

Enresshou

Anonymous said:
@Enresshou it totally slipped my mind you had returned! Your gift will be going out Monday morning apologies for the delay!

No worries, and thanks for the heads up. I'm looking forward to it!

Jan 3, 2015#269

PatrThom

Dirona said:
I think that last item may have arrived. CD?

Yay! And I'll PM you with the decision process later. No need to bore the rest of the class.

--Patrick

Jan 8, 2015#270

Bubble181

In the category "better late than never", I got around to actually reading the book I got from the HSS last year. It was great fun, thanks

Jan 8, 2015#271

Dirona

As promised - pictures of the last of the loot!

It's a(nother) book!

What's messing with me is I can't remember if this is from my Amazon list or not. It feels painfully and agonizingly familiar, but it's not already on my shelf and I don't recognize the editor or most of the contributers, which is odd for a RELS-esque book. I'm quite looking forward to reading it.

Next up: It's a CD!

2 CDs technically. I've now listened to both of them (in between my new Straight No Chaser disks I got for Christmas), and I think the 'newer' disk is the stronger of the two. It's been years since I've sung in a group that was good enough to do some of these arrangements, but I still remember a bit of my part to some of these, which is cool.

All in all, @PatrThom you did a kick ass job as my secret santa. I'm rather chuffed at each of the things you sent my way. Thanks muchly.

Jan 8, 2015#272

PatrThom

Dirona said:
I can't remember if this is from my Amazon list or not.

It is. I believe you added it to your wish list back in 2011. Surprised it went unpurchased so long. Now you can remove it.

You almost got this instead, but since it said it was going to take an extra 1 or 2 months before it would ship, I had to skip it.

Dirona said:
It's a CD! [...] 2 CDs technically.

This was something similar to many of the items on your wish list. I wanted to get you a Rockapella album, but while most of them are $9 or so in the States, they were $30 and more up there, so they got skipped*. I tried to choose something that would give you a decent cross section of the King Singers' repertoire, maybe encourage you to sample a little more of their catalog.

Dirona said:
I'm rather chuffed at each of the things you sent my way. Thanks muchly.

You're welcome. I try.

--Patrick
*Same thing happened with the other book. Originally I was going to get you one of the Connections series (not knowing you already had them), but in Canada, each was several hundred dollars. Yeesh.

Jan 10, 2015#273

Enresshou

Hello to my Secret Santa! I'm not sure if you have a tracking number but would you mind checking the status of the package? I just want to make sure it wasn't stolen off my front porch. Thanks!

Jan 11, 2015#274

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Enresshou said:
Hello to my Secret Santa! I'm not sure if you have a tracking number but would you mind checking the status of the package? I just want to make sure it wasn't stolen off my front porch. Thanks!

@Enresshou
Well crap.. Yeah, it should've been there Thursday or Friday. Well the cats out of the bag, I'm your secret Santa!
I had originally planned to try to meet up with you while you were in the bay, and hand it off to you in person!
Let me know if you still don't get anything in the next week. Don't worry if it got swiped or lost.. It's very easily replaced and shipped to you. I'll be out of town until next week though.

Sorry this whole thing has been such a mess to get to you! I hope swear I didn't plan any of it like this

Jan 14, 2015#275

Enresshou

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
@Enresshou
Well crap.. Yeah, it should've been there Thursday or Friday. Well the cats out of the bag, I'm your secret Santa!
I had originally planned to try to meet up with you while you were in the bay, and hand it off to you in person!
Let me know if you still don't get anything in the next week. Don't worry if it got swiped or lost.. It's very easily replaced and shipped to you. I'll be out of town until next week though.

Sorry this whole thing has been such a mess to get to you! I hope swear I didn't plan any of it like this

Damn; now I'm double sad for not being able to make it out while I was back west! I'll let you know before I head back next time.

Also, still nothing, so...yeah.

Sorry for the trouble!

Jan 26, 2015#276

PatrThom

Soo...does that mean everyone now has everything from everybody? Or are there things still pending?

--Patrick

Jan 26, 2015#277

Tress

PatrThom said:
Soo...does that mean everyone now has everything from everybody? Or are there things still pending?

--Patrick

As far as I can tell, everyone got everything. If I'm wrong, please correct me in this thread or via PM.

Jan 26, 2015#278

Enresshou

Tress said:
As far as I can tell, everyone got everything. If I'm wrong, please correct me in this thread or via PM.

Due to the possibility of either a mail hiccup or someone stealing it, I haven't received my gift from Bumble yet. However, he's resent it and says it will be here by Wednesday!

Jan 26, 2015#279

Bumble the Boy Wonder

UPS, don't let me down!

Jan 27, 2015#280

PatrThom

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
UPS, don't let me down!

...Brrrruce!

--Patrick

Jan 31, 2015#281

Enresshou

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
UPS, don't let me down!

UPS did NOT let you down, @Bumble the Boy Wonder ! I'll be editing this post with some proper pictures, but thank you so much. I loved everything!

(Although I'm not quite sure what I might have been confused by...)

My only regret is that now December can't come soon enough. VROOM!

Jan 31, 2015#282

Bumble the Boy Wonder

@Enresshou awesome!
And I was just worried you'd already have the book, but I always loved reading it over the years, and knew you'd appreciate some wonderful words!

Oct 9, 2015#283

Ravenpoe

I wonder if anyone realizes that this thread is still linked to on the front page of halforums.com, if you aren't logged in.

Oct 9, 2015#284

Dave

...no?

Oct 9, 2015#285

Ravenpoe

On the 'forums' tab
spoiled for size (that's what she said)

Oct 9, 2015#286

Dave

Not. Any. More.

Oct 10, 2015#287

Bubble181

Ravenpoe said:
I wonder if anyone realizes that this thread is still linked to on the front page of halforums.com, if you aren't logged in.

Also, if you log in to a new alt or account.

Oct 10, 2015#288

PatrThom

I was actually waiting until Nov 1st* to reopen this thread with a comment about just X-ing out the 2014 and replacing it with 2015.
Thanks for tipping my hand early, @Bubble181.

--Patrick
*The age-old traditional first day of Christmas Sales, Christmas Music, and Christmas Shoes

Oct 10, 2015#289

Ravenpoe

PatrThom said:
I was actually waiting until Nov 1st* to reopen this thread with a comment about just X-ing out the 2014 and replacing it with 2015.
Thanks for tipping my hand early, @Bubble181.

--Patrick
*The age-old traditional first day of Christmas Sales, Christmas Music, and Christmas Shoes

Never any recognition...

Oct 10, 2015#290

Bubble181

Ravenpoe said:
Never any recognition...

Sorry.

PatrThom said:
I was actually waiting until Nov 1st* to reopen this thread with a comment about just X-ing out the 2014 and replacing it with 2015.
Thanks for tipping my hand early, @Bubble181.

--Patrick
*The age-old traditional first day of Christmas Sales, Christmas Music, and Christmas Shoes

Sorry.

Oct 10, 2015#291

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
Sorry.

Well, it's too late now.
I'm going to blame you for Xmas Xreep.

--Patrick

Oct 11, 2015#292

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
Well, it's too late now.
I'm going to blame you for Xmas Xreep.

--Patrick

I'm a staunch supporter of the rule, no Christmas before saint Nicholas and no saint nick before all saints..

Oct 14, 2015#293

PatrThom

Still 3 weeks until Hallowe'en, but stores near me have already started to carry multiple varieties of egg nog.

--Patrick

Oct 14, 2015#294

fade

I can't wait for the annual tradition of listening to you current and former retail workers gripe about all the little things I like about the holidays.

Oct 14, 2015#295

PatrThom

The thing about being in retail is that we can gripe all we want, so long as we stay happy while doing it.

--Patrick

Oct 14, 2015#296

blotsfan

fade said:
I can't wait for the annual tradition of listening to you current and former retail workers gripe about all the little things I like about the holidays.

Well we put up with it from you the rest of the year.

Oct 14, 2015#297

fade

blotsfan said:
Well we put up with it from you the rest of the year.

Ha. That was good. Bravo.

Nov 6, 2015#298

Dei

So speaking of Secret Santa, it's November now!

Nov 6, 2015#299

PatrThom

Dei said:
So speaking of Secret Santa, it's November now!

I know. It's almost time for @figmentPez to change his icon to...oh, wait.

--Patrick

Nov 6, 2015#300

Tress

Funny you should mention it, I was planning on starting a new thread for this tonight!

Stay tuned.

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