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Robot Made of Meat posted:I could only see the first two pictures because the rest were ".webp" files (whatever the h*ck that is), so I fixed that. thanks, iOS doesn't like those and I haven't been able to get to my laptop to check out the squirrel grease |
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Oh my goodness the BYOB brand squirrel grease  Great presents!
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Dec 8, 2016 23:30
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FluffieDuckie posted:ok guys by my count we have 7 people who haven't shipped or havent told me they shipped. I am waiting for everything to arrive!!!!!  But it's all on the way, I think!
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Dec 8, 2016 23:51
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Dec 8, 2016 23:56
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alnilam posted:It's very nice of fluffie to sew an entire quilt for each santa as a thank you gift
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Dec 8, 2016 23:58
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alnilam posted:It's very nice of fluffie to sew an entire quilt for each santa as a thank you gift al you're gonna get us all in kitty jail. we don't speak of The Quilting Times.
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Dec 9, 2016 01:01
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omg i got the best gifts i'm writing up an unboxing post rn but i wanted to prepare you for how great htese gifts are
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Dec 9, 2016 01:38
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omg, how did santa know i love giant red tissues? my nose will be so happy! giant beige ones too! these... won't hide the blood as well, but they're still very nice  omg AAAIR! In the grim airless future a la spaceballs, i need all the packaged air i can get  Okay this is where I know my santa is off the dang hook, look at this wee basket!  here i got so excited that things get a little out of order i think, we'll be back to the basket in a minute but h*ck if I'm gonna go out of the chronological order in which i took the photos! an amazing mug!!! it's actually way too awesome to waste at work, and my wife loves it too and told me she wants it here at home  A lot of fun things to drink out of that mug! I do love my coffe, and how did you know POOL IS CLOSED that african coffe tends to be my fav? And then there's a mysterious yellowy liquid that I immediately recognized as MEAD!  I haven't had mead since I brewed a... kinda ill-fated batch roundabout 2009, but don't worry i still love the stuff. Soon I will pretend i'm beowulf or hrothgar and raise a stein of the ol' honey booze in cheers to my good friend and santa POOL IS CLOSED. But not quite yet! Soon though and then I'll post about how good it is, cause guess what, pool is closed made it themselves?! from their own honey??!!?!?!? holy cr*p. how do I know this? well first of all unlabelled bottle i mean that's a big hint right there, but also there's a card!  a cool beet card that says inside in lovely green handwriting: quote:(look, it a beet!!!) What a nice card  and get this, I'm not v*gan actually, I'm just regular ol vegetarian, so I eat all the honeys. Also my housemate is vegan but she's decided she's okay with honey esp. if it's homegrown, so my whole house will participate in getting drunk thanks to the tireless work of your bees + some cool yeasty friends + you!moving along, what's this? the aforementioned little bowl!  this is a legit gorgeous bowl, and i don't say that about many bowls. For scale i put my marriage circle in it, which is a size 10.5 *winks at next year's secret santa* There's also a really lovely olive-wood spoon, which is great because I love to cook! In fact half an hour after opening it I'm already using it to stir a pot of beans while I type up this post!  and as if that wasn't all enough, a larger-than-usual snowflake that somehow hasn't melted yet  and some glow-works that someone imprisoned in a necklace! two of my favorite things Thank you so so much POOL IS CLOSED, and my wife says thank you also! She makes fun of me for my goofy forum that i love but when she saw these gifts she was like "wow those are actually some pretty cool people?" and I was like "that's what I've been telling you!!" Much love and yobmas reetings
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wow, nice job santa and santee! some really nice work there
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Dec 9, 2016 02:09
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 i'm glad everything survived the journey! i started getting worried when it didn't show up as scheduled on the 5th! the air is the most important part!!!i hope you enjoy the mead! it's weirdly mild and dry thanks to champagne yeasts going bonkers on the honey + honeycrisp apples. it had a nice nose still when i last opened a bottle in october. (i actually cheat and add honey + seltzer to make a cocktail because by gob i will drink fizzy mead.) if for whatever reason that's a terrible bottle please let me know and i'll make it up to you, santee alnilam~  also the bee bookmark is something my mom did, she went stamp-mad and the results were cute
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Robot Made of Meat posted:I could only see the first two pictures because the rest were ".webp" files (whatever the h*ck that is), so I fixed that. thank you sincerely, i did all that on my phone and it took like half an hour already and i was confused about why that's what they uploaded to imgur as but it worked on my phone so i gave up
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Dec 9, 2016 02:15
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that is quite a haul! great job pool, and excellent unboxing al! I love the dawn-to-dusk approach with the coffee and mead. (and as to which goes with dawn and which with dusk, well that's personal preference and we won't judge!) (however, obligatory hunter s. thompson shoutout:) 
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Dec 9, 2016 02:17
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Dec 9, 2016 02:19
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big black turnout posted:thank you sincerely, i did all that on my phone and it took like half an hour already and i was confused about why that's what they uploaded to imgur as but it worked on my phone so i gave up No problem! I was as excited as everyone to see the chill presents!
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Dec 9, 2016 02:52
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POOL IS CLOSED posted:
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Dec 9, 2016 03:41
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manifisto your cookies are he*king delicious i want to reiterate
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Dec 9, 2016 05:23
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those gifts for alnilam are the classiest things i ever saw, congrats POOL IS CLOSED on being one of the most stylish secret santas in probably the world |
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i'm currently drinking the congolese coffee, i started with that one because it's a rare country i haven't had coffe from, and also because i don't get to use that demonym often *smugly also checks off the word demonym* it's really good! i made it in a pour-over immediately upon the bloom (which is when you first pour water on and the grounds swell up and make good smells) i noticed a really fruity, almost grapey smell... in my experience african coffees have really berry-ish flavors and that's one reason they're my favs the body is light and the flavor is ... kinda raisiny? in a good way, i like it v much thank you again POOL IS CLOSED haha just after typing that i looked on the bag and it says "RAISIN COMPLEX PUNCHY" so i guess i was right and now i'm going to go punch some things
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Dec 9, 2016 13:39
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this reminds me, attention to my santee, whenever you get to opening your gift: i want you to know that there's a little more coming but it might not come for a bit yet, and i want you to open what you get anyway! also the contents of the box you're receiving before the shipping deadline more than meets the BYOBSS minimum anyway so legally speaking i'm ban-safe and i'll be sending a "bonus gift" probably after the shipping daedline
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alnilam posted:i'm currently drinking the congolese coffee, i started with that one because it's a rare country i haven't had coffe from, and also because i don't get to use that demonym often I also have a special love for African origin coffee so I'm glad that one works for you!
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alnilam posted:this reminds me, attention to my santee, whenever you get to opening your gift: i want you to know that there's a little more coming but it might not come for a bit yet, and i want you to open what you get anyway! also the contents of the box you're receiving before the shipping deadline more than meets the BYOBSS minimum anyway so legally speaking i'm ban-safe and i'll be sending a "bonus gift" probably after the shipping daedline same here
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Dec 9, 2016 16:04
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first big box sent, and email sent to duckie. bwahahaha.
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Great job everyone! Also sweet donuts. Also if we are talking about quilting, you know the story about the man whose's reflection in the mirror ages instead of his body? Can anyone make me one of those but in quilt form instead of a mirror?
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Vynar posted:Great job everyone! Also sweet donuts. i have a bunch of reflective emergency blankets and you can borrow my sewing machine.
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Dec 9, 2016 19:43
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big black turnout posted:manifisto your cookies are he*king delicious i want to reiterate my grandma would have been so pleased to hear it! tip: if you think you're not going to be eating some for a while (ha), they freeze very well. |
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Ok, so a place I ordered from messed up and my order isnt coming, but most of the stuff will be shipped by the deadline. I will ship priority which WILL BE THERE IN 1-2 days. in other news I HAVE A PACKAGE!!!!!! UNboxing to follow. edit: its possible that this is from the OTHER secret santa but who knows.
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 http://m.imgur.com/6Ovyg6A?r i cant post pictures or something but here looky
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But in the end the truest gift of all was friendship
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WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR but a package from forums poster ANILAM  Whats this?  THE MOST BYOB MUG EVER mug before hot coffee:  mug after hot coffee  Wont you be my neighbour? Theres a cARRRRRd  (the inside is secret pirate instructions) Local Artwork  Cat loves him some h*ckin pizza and last but not least a participation ribbon I POSTED  (also there was a note) Anilam! Thank you for your thoughtful box o goodies! im going to hang up the cat pic next to my print of the Biting Pear of Salamaca print (LOLWUT pear) I will be in your locale for Christmas! super mario batali fucked around with this message at 04:03 on Dec 10, 2016
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super mario batali posted:WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR Fred is perhaps the BYOB'est person ever.
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 the note mentions that Mr Rogers show is from Pittsburgh so both things are local in a way There's another small ~~bonus gift~~ coming soon hopefully! Also if you're gonna be in the actual city and want to drink a beer let me know! |
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pssst... blurry shipping info showing in third pic... |
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FluffieDuckie posted:ok guys by my count we have 7 people who haven't shipped or havent told me they shipped. eep! i shipped today 🙃 my santee is getting all the nice forums upgrades they wanted too but it wouldn't be xmas if they couldn't tear up dat box |
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Remember how I was real excited because I got a second package? A bunch of things I ordered for Christmas presents arrived today, so I opened all the boxes expecting to see familiar stuff. But...I didn't order skeleton....  Santa got me again! 1. Skeleton gloves with those special fingertips that let you use your phone (extr. important to me) and I think they also glow in the dark (also important) but I haven't tested it yet  2. The tiniest, perfect little ghost earrings. They're so wee I love them   3. Codenames, the game. I don't already have a copy, Santa, and in fact I've never even heard of it, but apparently my boyfriend has and he says it's real good and you're real good for picking it  Here I am wearing everything that can be worn (next year I'll have to ask for a full length mirror)  You're the best, my secret Santa! You made this a great week 
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MrWillsauce posted:need to know if they glow in the dark they do! I turned off the lights and made spooky ghost sounds and everything. perfect!
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duckie I would like to sign up for the secret santa please. requesting skeleton socks. 
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