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To my immense irritation, the company I ordered from has suddenly refused to ship to my Santee's home country. I have had to give my home address and will send everything on when it arrives (which should be tomorrow or the day after).
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OK, I've updated your entry accordingly, thanks!
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Dec 14, 2015 20:34
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Another reminder for any unfortunate Santa who received me but my post office is currently shut down due to being flooded recently along with a good chunk of the town I live in. An update to the situation is that local mail has been routed to another city, but the process is slow-going as they transfer mail from the flooded office to the other one as well as long-rear end lines and wait times. I checked this last Saturday and didn't find anything but that doesn't mean nothing has been delivered. I'll be checking again on Wednesday or so. Unfortunately there's no ETA on when our local post office will reopen, but if your gift to me is stuck in limbo because of this then I apologize and will endeavor to get you some peace of mind ASAP.
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Dec 14, 2015 20:35
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Kai Tave posted:Another reminder for any unfortunate Santa who received me but my post office is currently shut down due to being flooded recently along with a good chunk of the town I live in. An update to the situation is that local mail has been routed to another city, but the process is slow-going as they transfer mail from the flooded office to the other one as well as long-rear end lines and wait times. I checked this last Saturday and didn't find anything but that doesn't mean nothing has been delivered. I'll be checking again on Wednesday or so. Unfortunately there's no ETA on when our local post office will reopen, but if your gift to me is stuck in limbo because of this then I apologize and will endeavor to get you some peace of mind ASAP. That's awful! I hope they get the flooding under control soon and that you have a dry place to sleep!
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Dec 14, 2015 22:20
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LLSix posted:That's awful! I hope they get the flooding under control soon and that you have a dry place to sleep! Homewise I'm fine, we live up on a hill and the water didn't get to us, but the downtown area including the post office and a bunch of local businesses got the short end of the stick.
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Dec 14, 2015 22:30
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Ho Ho Ho! And another item has arrived! (No picture this time sadly). It is a softcover of Kevin Crawford's Exemplars & Eidolons! Thank you again Santauralsaurus!
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Dec 14, 2015 22:47
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Pyrolocutus posted:My gift is away! Someone should be receiving it in 3 business days! And it has been received! Unfortunately my package inspector ran out the door when I got home so I must be brave.  I boldly opened the packaged to find:  Holy poo poo, mang! Talk about the massive amounts of undead! I am actually going to be demoing Malifaux this weekend, by the way. I'm looking forward to trying it out. These undead rockers will probably go pretty nicely in my D&D campaigns I tend to run as well. U dun gud. Treser fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Dec 15, 2015 |
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Dec 15, 2015 02:58
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thespaceinvader posted:What's this?! Awesome, glad you got them! Amazon got them out a lot quicker than I thought (and they kept changing the ETA so many times). Originally predicted 15-17, but then Monday, and then I got a notice on Saturday that they tried to deliver! Weird stuff.
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Dec 15, 2015 03:45
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Kai Tave is a really rad goon. Even though his or her town is having a hard time right now he got me these totally rad games. The giant robot one looks especially radical. I've heard good things about the other two and am super excited about these gifts. Thank you so much!  
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Dec 15, 2015 05:50
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You're very welcome. They didn't have anything for those titles specifically formatted for Kindles so I assumed straight pdfs were kosher.
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Dec 15, 2015 06:21
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thegodofchuck posted:Present Received! Woo, glad you got it! I think I'm still waiting on thegodofchuck's part 2 to arrive, and my package must still be sitting at the post office, since my redelivery request was for a week ago at this point. I'll be getting off work early on Friday so I'm going to swing by and hopefully pick it up!
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Dec 15, 2015 06:22
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My first round gift was half recieved, and I have just now found the card that was supposed to accompany the second half of said gift, which was due to be delivered today. So LLSix, if some giftwrapped snacky foods have shown up at your house, those were from me. My lightning round gift hasn't shipped yet, but it was ordered Friday so it should go out soon!
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Dec 15, 2015 06:34
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I'll hop in for Lightning Round 4 since all my santee's gifts have been received!Spincut posted:I don't really go to SA anymore, but Leperflesh emailed me and TG Secret Santa is one of my favorite things ever, so here I am back for my third year!!
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Dec 15, 2015 07:59
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Dear "Goon Santa", who I theorise is thespaceinvader Your package "Part I" has been received. Your drawing of a Corellian corvette cunningly smuggled it past my drawing of a Star Destroyer. Your note implies a Part II is still on the way - I shall document your wonderful generosity in full when it arrives.
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Dec 15, 2015 14:30
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Many apologies for being MIA! And a huge huge huge thank you to my Secret Santa, your gift has arrived safe and sound. The envelope was unmarked, and I didn't actually mean to open it before Christmas, but here it is! You rock, Secret Santa.
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Dec 15, 2015 16:40
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NovaLion posted:Many apologies for being MIA! And a huge huge huge thank you to my Secret Santa, your gift has arrived safe and sound. The envelope was unmarked, and I didn't actually mean to open it before Christmas, but here it is! About the identity of your Secret Santa... Anyway, yeah, sorry, there was no gift option with the vendor I used. I got some help from the guys in the Warhams IRC since I saw you liked Tau (I did some digging in your post history), and it seemed like a cool thing you could use in your army, hopefully it'll win some battles for you!
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Dec 15, 2015 16:59
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Loxbourne posted:Dear "Goon Santa", who I theorise is thespaceinvader It is indeed. I'm chasing part 2 now as I've not received a delivery note yet. E: apparently it has been despatched via yodel(!) I'll send you the code by PM or via TGSS gmail thespaceinvader fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Dec 15, 2015 |
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Dec 15, 2015 18:06
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Spincut posted:Woo, glad you got it! Tracking says it should be there "by 8pm tomorrow" so I'd expect it today or tomorrow (cross your fingers!)
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Dec 15, 2015 18:38
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Got fairly delayed in wrapping the presents, sorry, but got it all posted this morning 1st class. Should be with my santee shortly 
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Dec 15, 2015 18:56
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Came back from introducing my daughter to other babies this morning to discover a note! A package had been left for me with my neighbours, who are very nice but keep strange hours that I can't fathom at all. Nine hours later, they came home! Under the watchful eye of the gift inspector, I cracked the cardboard to reveal a very nicely wrapped gift.  It's amazing!  I'm pretty sure the terrible phone-cam picture doesn't show anything, so let me enumerate my largess:
I'm bowled over - this is all great stuff, and basically perfect for me. A thousand thankyous to my goon santa! (Who signed themselves Santa Snake, but I have no idea if that's their forum ID or just a reference to the MGS-style time-travel message enclosed in the package.)
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Dec 15, 2015 21:11
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Tourist? http://stalker.wikia.com/wiki/Tourist's_Delight
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Dec 15, 2015 21:30
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Oh hey, I've actually played that standing-in-line-for-stuff game! It's a wonderful hit of cold-war nostalgia, plus it's kind of a cool worker placement game in its own right. I'd play it again.
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potatocubed posted:
Glad you liked it! A note for each of the gifts:
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Dec 15, 2015 21:42
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WereJace posted:My first round gift was half recieved, and I have just now found the card that was supposed to accompany the second half of said gift, which was due to be delivered today. So LLSix, if some giftwrapped snacky foods have shown up at your house, those were from me. My lightning round gift hasn't shipped yet, but it was ordered Friday so it should go out soon! Nothing yet today but packages are often delivered to the office after end of hours so I'll check tomorrow.
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Dec 16, 2015 00:33
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LLSix posted:Nothing yet today but packages are often delivered to the office after end of hours so I'll check tomorrow. Alrighty. It seems to have vanished upon reaching the border, so hopefully it is still safely on its way. If you don't see it by the end of the week, I'll fix you up with something else. My lightning round gift also shipped today, so right now it's a race!  Meanwhile, this arrived amidst all of the other Christmas that was heading my way. Thanks, santa, I've had my eye on Space Alert for awhile now!
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Dec 16, 2015 01:12
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Part 2 of my Santees gift has been ordered! It should ship tomorrow and easily beat the deadline, I'll be on them if it doesn't. Part 1 is going in the express mailbox on Friday, and then they can race each other.
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Dec 16, 2015 08:26
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Firstly, regarding my own Santee, the re-routed gift has arrived and been sent on. Good luck, brave Santee! Secondly...  A small drawing of a Corellian Corvette sneakily enters the system.  It evades Imperial patrols and docks at Battle Station Wang.  Bearing a cargo of Skellingtons, large treeman things, and gothic tomb accoutrements for Frostgrave...  ...an illicit stockpile of Haribo...  ...a small band of Orcs, complete with source lighting on the shaman's holy symbol, seriously thespaceinvader tell me the paint colours and wash you used so I can expand these guys...  ...and large quantities of Brian Blessed  (It's a poster) Thanks Santa! That warband was seriously above and beyond, I'm impressed!
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Loxbourne posted:Firstly, regarding my own Santee, the re-routed gift has arrived and been sent on. Good luck, brave Santee! Glad you're happy =) I was looking for nerdy rugs, but the Brian Blessed just jumped out at me! Pleased it got there, I was a little worried, having ordered a similar print at a similar time last year and not got it til February D: No worries - I have so many more Orcs to paint that not having those ready might persuade me to paint some more!
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I got a big box and a little box today. I found these inside, no thanks to my useless postal inspector, pictured here with my glamorous painting setup.  I actually said "Holy poo poo" loud enough for my spouse to ask me what I'd broken.Who do I have to thank for a literally startling level of generosity?
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A box came today! What's in the box???  PAINT! More paint!! I...guess I need to start painting things, now... Thanks, who I assume is thegodofchuck!
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Dec 17, 2015 02:59
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Spincut posted:A box came today! Yep, that's me. Paints to use the inks with. Enjoy.
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grassy gnoll posted:I got a big box and a little box today. I found these inside, no thanks to my useless postal inspector, pictured here with my glamorous painting setup. Oh hey, you got it all at once! I had ordered you the Seraphs only at first, but MM said that they were a pre-order when I called about it not shipping very quickly. I didn't realize they had sent it out already! Happy Holidays!
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Now that all my santees have received their gifts all I'm left with to obsess over is how long the other gift I'm about to receive will be stuck in the bowels of postage system (not that it really matters, as I'm not unpacking it until 24th). loving postmen, how do they work?  PS. Actually, there is one more thing to be anxious about : potatocubed, I'd appreciate it if you dropped a word on whether the trip to deli was successful, as those guys, while friendly, are a bit of a pain to coordinate poo poo with.
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Lichtenstein posted:Now that all my santees have received their gifts all I'm left with to obsess over is how long the other gift I'm about to receive will be stuck in the bowels of postage system (not that it really matters, as I'm not unpacking it until 24th). loving postmen, how do they work? Not had any post from Scotland have you by any chance..?
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Sion posted:Not had any post from Scotland have you by any chance..? Alas. I don't doubt that it'll probably get here in time, but since my family managed to inadvertently spoil all poo poo I'm going to get in three separate noodle incidents, I'm sublimating all my christmas excitement onto goons and my girlfriend.
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Oh! This is exciting; my Secret Santa has arrived! Expect photos when it's not one of the busiest days of the year at work for me (release tomorrow, plus Company Quarterly Meeting followed by Company Pantomime). Neil
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Hi there TGSS nerds! LIGHTNING BONUS ROUND 4 emails are awaaay! It's too close to christmas to run another round, so that's gonna be it for this year. All told, when everything is delivered (and there are no grinches), we'll have exchanged 115 gifts! Awesome! It's time to start putting a fire under a few goon's butts, though. Today is Thursday, December 17th (unless you're in australia, in which case it's already friday the 18th). You have about one week to get your gifts delivered to your Santees. If you haven't already sent them, you probably can't send a gift using ordinary basic postage any more. You can still get stuff delivered on time using Amazon Prime, or using an upgraded shipping option. Check your shipper's special holiday schedule, and then realize that the dates they give are not contractual promises, just estimates, so add a little padding to that! Here's the info for the USPS, who say that standard post will not get there in time; you can use first-class mail through the 19th (so add a day or two to that and get first class shipped TODAY), Priority Mail shipped by the 21st (call it the 20th), and Priority Express shipped by the 23rd (call it the 22nd, and for gently caress's sake don't leave it that late). Costs for something bigger than an envelope skyrocket as you climb up the priority ladder, but that's on you for waiting so long, procrastinator! Here's UPS's shipping calendar for the US Here's the last days to ship for FedEx US I'm listing every goon whose status isn't "delivered" below. If your name is in bold, then I want to hear from you pronto. Otherwise, this is a bookkeeping exercise and you're probably OK. Main Round NTRabbit - ordered/shipped 2/2 WereJace - received 1/2, 1/2 still in shipping? Galaspar - santee received but not at home to verify for a couple weeks Namenlos - partial shipped, waiting on the rest? NeoAnjou - shipped Sion - shipped Antivehicular - shipped Deadgame - no info EatinCake - no info El Estrago Bonito - shipping midweek Felime - construction of gift in progress LoG - shipped Mr. Maltose - shipped MySwan - no info Niemat - is sending today Rhjamiz - no info Selachian - shipping delayed to the 16th (did this go out yet?) TheSoundNinja - no info Lightning Bonus Round 1 Kai Tave - shipped, package stuck in-city, post office must be subdued Babylon Astronaut - no info LLSix - 2 packages sent, santee hasn't posted receipt Lightning Bonus Round 2 Spincut - 1/2 received, 1/2 still in transit? Niemat - is sending today Lightning Bonus Round 3 Dr. Clockwork - shipped Loxbourne - shipped WereJace - ordered Lightning Bonus Round 4 just got started, all goons presumed in progress. If your name is in bold, then I want to hear from you pronto. Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Dec 17, 2015 |
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Special Request: A Goon is requesting a list of good nerd shops to shop online at, situated in Australia. I think someone posted something like that, but I can't remember who or when.
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Mine shipped yesterday.
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Cover blown! Kai_Tave please check your PMs ASAP because there has been a hiccup in your delivery.
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