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Which category of charity shall we support this year? This poll is closed. |
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| Kids |
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2 | 7.41% |
| Animals/Nature |
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6 | 22.22% |
| LGBTQI+ |
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6 | 22.22% |
| Vulnerable People |
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9 | 33.33% |
| Health Related |
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4 | 14.81% |
| Other |
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0 | 0% |
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 Got a package from far away! I assume the size of box was needed for the sheer amount of stamps   This was going to be a photo of the bunting up in the place I normally put butting but there's so much of it I need to find more wall space. It's fitting as I've a friend who recently did an endurance stream in iRacing on Bathurst and plans to do it again so I'll have it up for then.  Loads of 3D printed racetracks. As this is already going to be a long post I won't list them all as I'm sure everyone here already knows them off by heart. Just like me. Honest.  More Honda goodies including a 3D printed "lithograph" which now lives in my study  It took some doing but I got all my dicks in a row eventually. Haven't had chance to accessorise anyone's tyres with them yet A tool bit holder in the shape of a mouth is equal parts disturbing and hilarous. Not sure what the counters and dice are for, I didn't notice them mentioned in the note but they are neat.  Literature is always welcome in this house, I've seen and almost bought one of those air fresheners before so I'm glad I didn't get it. The photo doesn't show up how cool the effect is on the postcard and the other one is very pretty too The Australian Research & Space Exploration pins are very cool and serious, there is nothing to laugh at there at all Apparently I now need to aquire an automatic car in order to swap the shifter out for this superiour Pig Balls one Thank you so much Humphreys for this massive treasure haul!
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Dec 3, 2021 22:23
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The rest of the gift went out, so hopefully it makes it!
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Dec 3, 2021 23:10
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Those 3D track maps own. Looks like they've got elevation changes too, yeah?
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Dec 4, 2021 00:34
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Those 3D track maps own. Looks like they've got elevation changes too, yeah? I think so. Just lovely.
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Dec 4, 2021 02:18
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 Packages? For me? I don't recall ordering anything from the USA and the tube from Lithuania is too small to be my Soviet Era MilSurp Dong. I guess this must be the work of some kind Santa!
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Dec 4, 2021 08:29
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freelop posted:
Woohoo! We are under 24 hours until the Bathurst 1000, so arrived in nick of time! All those tracks indeed have elevation. Pig Balls Shifter is from another thread you may have unfortunately missed that got gold mined.
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Dec 4, 2021 08:53
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slothrop posted:
Yesss! I’m glad they made it because the Lithuanian tracking is, uh…. not forthcoming. And UPS kept pushing the delivery date back.
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Dec 4, 2021 17:01
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Package away!
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Dec 4, 2021 22:05
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Package arrived at my santees front porch yesterday, hopefully it wasn't porch pirated 
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Dec 4, 2021 22:18
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Well this doesn't look like it came from Amazon....... Oh, it sure didn't:  Grandad's tools are awesome and will go with my grandad's tools that always seem to somehow end up being just the right thing for some project or another.......  Oh my, these are going DOWN:    Thanks Killhour!
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Dec 4, 2021 22:40
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Glad everything got there safe. I was worried about the painting. There's a 4th tool in there. It's pretty small and triangular so it might be hidden in the packaging. KillHour fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Dec 5, 2021 |
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Dec 5, 2021 03:34
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Bajaha posted:Package arrived at my santees front porch yesterday, hopefully it wasn't porch pirated It was not porch pirated, but it did get probed by customs! Effort post coming later tonight but first and foremost, thank you! Edit: Effortpost time! A box showed up yesterday:  Hmm, I don't recognize this. ENHANCE:  Thank you Border Patrol, I feel very protected  Slightly fuzzy photo of a letter, click to embiggen:  A coil pack coated with an unfamiliar brown substance, some very German wheel center caps, and a gauge for showing maximum boostu:  Delicious, delicious snacks - we've already broken into the ketchup chips. We can actually get these here but they are noticeably different (and not as good) - thicker cut chips and not as much flavor. Funny enough, a friend brought over some ketchup chips from the Philippines, and those were different yet again, tasting almost exactly like eating a french fry with ketchup.  More delicious snacks that I'm sure will be gone within the week:  And finally a couple of bottles, I'm sure one of which helped prompt the inspection:  My wife is fairly sure she's had the sauce before when visiting family in Minnesota, who probably went across the border to pick some up. I don't need much convincing to get some chicken going.  I poo poo you not, we used up all but the last few drops of our Costco syrup on pancakes this morning. So not only is this perfectly timed, but it looks to be absolutely god-tier. I have no idea where I'll find any of this "snow" to pour it on, though. Again, thank you Bajaha! IOwnCalculus fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Dec 5, 2021 |
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Dec 5, 2021 04:28
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Time for photos, we have a bumper package! Lots of great stickers here, as well as some coasters and a stubbie holder, will need to get some tool chest decorating done:  Conbook from an old Dragoncon - strangely, we've got a bit of "degrees of separation" going on here, if you attended, as one of my friends was a guest at it.  Mmm, nuts!  OK, this is great, just what I needed, dealing with constant tension clamps is one of the most annoying jobs I encounter:  Lastly, pretty certain these are E30 LCA bushes, so I'm sure I'll manage to put them to good use!  Thanks Crunchy Black!
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Dec 5, 2021 16:34
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KillHour posted:There's a 4th tool in there. It's pretty small and triangular so it might be hidden in the packaging. Aww hell, this is a sweet thread pitch gauge. Thanks again! 
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Dec 5, 2021 19:13
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IOwnCalculus posted:
Glad it made it in one piece and glad you like it! I tried my best to make it not look like contraban but the combination of a dial gauge, wires, and bottles with liquid probably gave someone a bit of a pause before they opened it up and confirmed I'm just the standard type of crazy Canuk and not the 'splodey type.
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Dec 5, 2021 19:14
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Motronic posted:Aww hell, this is a sweet thread pitch gauge. Thanks again! Glad you found it! Happy festivus!
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Dec 5, 2021 19:50
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Well, I now have a "misc grandad tools" section of a drawer. They seem to fit in perfect.
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Dec 5, 2021 22:49
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This is the perfect amount of tape. 
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Dec 6, 2021 16:34
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God it was so hard to not say anything.
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Dec 6, 2021 17:06
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KillHour posted:God it was so hard to not say anything. I had to explain to my family why I was laughing when I got it. That was great. Looking forward to opening it tonight.
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Dec 6, 2021 18:52
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PS: a part for my toilet came in that box. Just so you know. Edit: be careful opening one of the smaller things in there. It's made of wood and would gouge if you used a box cutter.
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Dec 6, 2021 20:22
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Box shipped. I fear it does not have enough tape on it.
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Dec 6, 2021 22:21
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KillHour posted:PS: a part for my toilet came in that box. Just so you know. This is awesome, thank you! Opening the box was easy with an angle grinder with a saw blade on it I laughed again but what can you do? It's good advice. Some great stickers, delicious candy (honeycomb but with no chance of burning the everloving snot out of yourself), a bills ornament (my wife's family spent some time in Buffalo when she was younger so it's even better), some great old tools and some puzzles. "Tomorrow's Problems" is going in the van somewhere (eventually, hush).  After I got distracted by the puzzles (sorry, they were obviously broken in the mail as they don't immediately come apart). The tools even came in handy immediately.  Pretty sure that's how they're supposed to work.  .024+.023=.047" worth of tape. It's like ablative armor!  Pride of place. 
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Dec 6, 2021 22:29
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I demand you spend the rest of the year trying to solve the wooden box so you can see what's inside 
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Dec 6, 2021 22:52
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builds character posted:Yesss! I’m glad they made it because the Lithuanian tracking is, uh…. not forthcoming. And UPS kept pushing the delivery date back. The little tube from Lithuania arrived first, and was immediately put into service.   It's in my entranceway, letting people know what kinda house they're walking into!  Diccckkkkkksssss   What a haul!!   Many exciting treats! Looking forward to the hot sauce and the chilli and getting a bit of time over xmas to bake some things from the book!  The weight of the card imediately set alarm bells ringing. I sounds like there was glitter in there. I very carfully opened the envelope but no gltter came out, just a song.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNHkWzmpPSo The music did not stop. After 30 minutes or so I got fed up and decided to disassemble it. However my spidey senses were tingling so I did it in the shipping box.  Hidden glitter! Good loving prank! Thanks you very kindly Orion/buildscharacter 
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Dec 6, 2021 23:56
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KillHour posted:I demand you spend the rest of the year trying to solve the wooden box so you can see what's inside I literally can't do anything else (after I finish work slothrop posted:The little tube from Lithuania arrived first, and was immediately put into service. Hah! I'm glad you opened the card. I wanted to write more of an explanation of things but even before you take off the safety "doesn't turn off ever again" part, it still just keeps playing while it's open and I couldn't. Hopefully the favorite hot sauces and petrol passion picture are self explanatory. The book is from my favorite bakery and I really like some of the recipes so hopefully you can find at least one or two that are good. The roll of tape is to protect your porch from birds and also you can hang it from a bicycle helmet to protect yourself during magpie season which I understand is like all the other seasons in Australia but it's the birds trying to kill you also instead of just the stuff that crawls and climbs. Last but not least, those are the smallest pliers I could find. And then some surgical tools that seem like even smaller pliers.
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Dec 7, 2021 00:18
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Success!  Another gift too.   And thank you again! The little box is super clever. There's four prongs - one on each side - in the inner box and they hold it into the outer box. They slide in and out so if you tilt the box to look in, it seems like they're only there on the bottom side. Which of course you generally don't look in first if you're me. You have to adjust box so none of them are out and it'll come out. Using your new feeler gauges is cheating. Obviously.
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Dec 7, 2021 01:18
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It's even more clever when you notice they're counter-weighted so they slide in instead of out when they're on the bottom. This might not make much sense until you realize you're supposed to put it on a flat surface and spin it Also you have no idea how much of a pain in the rear end it was to get that piece of paper to fit in the box. KillHour fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Dec 7, 2021 |
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Dec 7, 2021 02:42
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KillHour posted:It's even more clever when you notice they're counter-weighted so they slide in instead of out when they're on the bottom. This might not make much sense until you realize you're supposed to put it on a flat surface and spin it Feels like half the posts in here are mine but  It works!
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Dec 7, 2021 21:21
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Hey there's a fellow Canuck goon whose package was marked as dropped off yesterday, hope it's safe...
Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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Dec 8, 2021 01:46
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I have two packages here I need to open - and will as soon as this cold passes. I also have two packages here I need to ship - see above. Sorry for the delays SS:recipients, I feel like this happened last year too. Our household seems to get wrecked by colds this time of year.
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Dec 8, 2021 19:21
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Package away! I suck at writing letters so sorry about that, otherwise hope you like it.
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Dec 8, 2021 20:48
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With AI:SS season in full swing, that also means it's time for The AI Holiday Sheep Game! (click here to play today!) We're just under two weeks to the deadline of December 20th to get your Sheep Game entries in, and so far we are way down on entries compared to normal - the last two years we've had over 60 participants, this year we are on track for less than 40...this is disappointing AI, we can do better than this! Come take part in this end of the year tradition and have a little fun with your fellow posters, as we've done for the last seven years!
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Dec 8, 2021 23:53
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I got home tonight and saw a fuel pump I didn't order on my porch. It's happening! Came with a letter.  And stuff!  The picks and interior tools will come in very handy, ty. I love the cone. It's found its home already.  The plate too. Not sure how I'm gonna explain having one non Ohio plate in the funniest way possible but I'm open to ideas.  I'll have to sort them out better at some point. The caddy ornament too.  I was talking to my mom last night about her 91 sedan DeVille so it makes it extra fitting. I'm excited to try the hot sauce and balsamic. Thanks iOwnCalculus!
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Dec 9, 2021 02:53
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Looks like UPS treated that box far nicer than I expected them to. Those sauces are great, the hot sauce goes really well on some good breakfast potatoes. Also, Bajaha, everything I've eaten so far out of that box you sent me has been loving delicious.
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Dec 9, 2021 03:42
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InitialDave posted:Time for photos, we have a bumper package! Yep, it was my first D*Con even though I've lived here all my life. Was a raucous time. And I had to think for a minute--we call a "stubbie holder" a koozie in these parts InitialDave posted:Lastly, pretty certain these are E30 LCA bushes, so I'm sure I'll manage to put them to good use! And it looks like I got a package yesterday, too. I'll try and open it up tonight. Crunchy Black fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Dec 9, 2021 |
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Dec 9, 2021 15:17
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Ok OK I'm late AF to getting this poll thing organised. The Winner of the Poll was "Vulnerable people" which leaves us with the following options to choose from. If your name appears on the list below, you have 1 week (Friday 17 Dec AEST) to put forward your case for your charity. Failure to do so will result in a comedy sixxer, Charity Battle Royale! https://www.cudl.org.au/vic-branch - Big Dong Wanter https://www.ircom.ca/take-action/donate/ - Bulk Vanderhuge https://rayinc.ca/ - Bajaha https://www.thewomenscentre.org/ - Fermented Tinal https://www.raicestexas.org/ - KillHour
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Dec 10, 2021 01:23
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Mine is pretty self explanatory - immigrant families have had a pretty terrible time and just going back to having the government quietly poo poo on them instead of doing it loudly isn't enough. Not to mention, with the combination of climate refugees becoming a thing and the worsening stability problems in Latin America, fighting for legal protections for refugees is more important than ever.
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Dec 10, 2021 05:06
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Well my package got delayed for delivery to my santee. I'm going to guess its snow related. drat you goons choosing to live in the snowy regions.
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Dec 11, 2021 04:06
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HOLY loving poo poo. HondaWhisperer you slayed it this year bud.  That's some QUALITY junk right there.  I'm impressed. I already let the kiddo open the Aston. I think the Bozoku is next but only if she's especially good tomorrow. Oh and for the record, I also like Honda cars. I think once the market chills out a bit I'll try and pick up an EK hatch.
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