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InitialDave posted:I have a card for a package to collect, which I suspect will be my AISS. Might be a day or two before I can collect it though.  From Australia. Many  So, we have a couple of insulated beer cosies, one is a neat wetsuit design that should fit really well around my preferred IPA bottles, the other I suspect will actually be used for Pepsi Max cans. Screen protectors, which are always handy Some Wild Turkey playing cards Ford and Holden stickers (no evidence of in-package fighting) This really neat Mad Max-esque brooch:  Looks to me like a 34T standard drive middle ring we've got there   I'd never even heard of a Holden Calais before.   Australian origin of gift now being doubted.Final mention has to go to the choice of stationary the accompanying note was written on:  Thanks Slothrop!
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My box is going to be late again this year, santee, but don't worry, its going out. Hope you enjoy what I got you.
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Dec 21, 2016 22:57
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Boy did Santa ever come for me this year! So much thanks to bloodmagnet, who handmade this fantastic, wonderful, amazing Yugo sculpture for me!  You are looking at what is possibly the most structurally sound Yugo in the world!
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Dec 21, 2016 23:04
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Boy did Santa ever come for me this year! This is amazing 
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Dec 21, 2016 23:16
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  Stuff arrived in the mail! From  A smaller box, naturally. And inside that box...  A yet smaller box!  Nitrile gloves. I will appreciate not having to wash up after doing little fiddly stuff.  One of those Stanley adjustable vice grip wrenches! They're neat.  Neji-saurus pliers! Overnighted from Japan! Sadly (or happily?) I am not enough of a weeaboo to read the back of the package.  Swag stickers. Those E46 stickers will look great on the side of my Buick.  The cutest little NOS bottle. My daughter later showed me that the top screws off and offers storage for, uh, small things.   And this, uh bag, with rag.   My official feline inspector making sure everything is kosher.  Some impressive carnage inside. Bent con rod with bonus wrist pin, half of a piston, and part of a gear.  Really cool stuff. Thanks, mystery Santa. You didn't include an identifying letter, so I don't know who you are, but thank you. This will probably be the most thoughtful gift I will receive this year.
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Dec 22, 2016 00:05
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Fair warning on those Japanese pliers - they are loving killer, but the jaws are a bit soft. Probably helps them bite better but they do appear to be somewhat easy to wear down. Mine have received some heavy use and definitely don't grip like they used to.
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Dec 22, 2016 00:40
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Boy did Santa ever come for me this year! Holy poo poo, that's incredible.
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Dec 22, 2016 01:52
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Part 2 of 2 is shipped!
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Dec 22, 2016 02:56
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InitialDave posted:Package collected! Glad you like, glad it arrived pre-xmas. It was a bit of a challenge finding stuff that I could ship without the price going through the roof. Did I forget to put the Brock The Turbo sticker is apparently the same as the badging/decals that went on the infamous VL Turbos
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Dec 22, 2016 04:44
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Haven't seen my Santee post but a couple of small things off Amazon should have hit his door today. There's another box coming I promise even if it's after Christmas. A coworker had to take off this week due to a death in the family so I've been covering him and doing a lot of my normal job duties and there have been some long days. Dog ate my homework, etc.
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Dec 22, 2016 07:05
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My gifts in a box and are in my Santee's country! Hoping they are there before Christmas! Watching the tracking is agonizing!
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Dec 22, 2016 10:00
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Left Ventricle posted:Really cool stuff. Thanks, mystery Santa. You didn't include an identifying letter, so I don't know who you are, but thank you. This will probably be the most thoughtful gift I will receive this year. It arrived a day earlier than expected! Note was discovered on my passenger seat after the package was dropped off. The tool are two I use very frequently in the garage and I think everyone needs to have. The gloves since I didn't see any used in your thread. The carnage is from a BMW M54 I think, money shift the customer was blaming on a faulty flywheel (that's the gear looking part). Keychain and stickers in hopes of making your car faster. By the way love your thread, amazing work and great documentation.
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Dec 22, 2016 10:43
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My santees box went out tuesday, and is scheduled to arrive after Christmas due to distance. Sorry  But the wife said I got a box in the mail yesterday, so whenever I finally get off work I can see if it's from one of yall.
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Dec 22, 2016 15:02
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slothrop posted:Did I forget to put the Brock
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Dec 22, 2016 20:31
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Boy did Santa ever come for me this year! That's not accurate at all, he should've just sent you a pile of rust with four tires buried in it.
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Dec 22, 2016 22:17
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Fermented Tinal posted:That's not accurate at all, he should've just sent you a pile of thermite with four tires buried in it. Fixed that. Having owned a yugo, thats probably way better built.
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Dec 22, 2016 22:24
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Tracking says the package I sent out was delivered yesterday... No one has posted about it.
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Dec 22, 2016 23:33
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Left Ventricle posted:Tracking says the package I sent out was delivered yesterday... No one has posted about it. Yes! That one thing is going up in my cube at work! I'm sorry I haven't updated yet but I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Thank you, and I'll get pictures up tomorrow slacking off at work. 
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Dec 23, 2016 00:01
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mekilljoydammit posted:Yes! That one thing is going up in my cube at work! I'm sorry I haven't updated yet but I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Thank you, and I'll get pictures up tomorrow slacking off at work. Glad you like it. Like I said, sorry I couldn't shower you in cool poo poo like everyone else is doing.
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Dec 23, 2016 01:06
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who managed to not include a note. I thought to myself "self, you should write a note now" and then got distracted by a coworker and ended up taping the box shut and mailing it days ago, and only just remembered. Whoops  Fermented Tinal posted:Aww poo poo, my second box to the States has a couple kinder surprises in it, I completely forgot they're not kosher south of the border. Apparently the fine is up to $2500 per item, so ID's smuggling shenanigans could have cost him or me $7500. Fortunately I've already destroyed all evidence of this event, they were quite tasty!
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Dec 23, 2016 01:24
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kastein posted:I'm glad I'm not the only one who managed to not include a note. I thought to myself "self, you should write a note now" and then got distracted by a coworker and ended up taping the box shut and mailing it days ago, and only just remembered. Whoops I too meant to write a note but I forgot to before I did up the box and the cards (only thing on hand to write on) at the post office were all "thinking of you on christmas" kind of poo poo. There are however, at least two examples of my handwriting in the package. There's two "pink" kinder surprises in the box, because I couldn't find a red one, so geirskogul and his gf can decide who gets the Hello Kitty choking hazards. I really hope he doesn't catch a fine though, seriously didn't realize they were banned.
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Dec 23, 2016 01:39
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kastein posted:Apparently the fine is up to $2500 per item, so ID's smuggling shenanigans could have cost him or me $7500. Fortunately I've already destroyed all evidence of this event, they were quite tasty!  . (My dad's a vet).
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Dec 23, 2016 01:42
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The kinder eggs are banned for retail sale, because the US feels that putting choking hazards inside candy is a bad idea. I don't think they're banned for one person to give to another person as a gift, and even if they are, nobody at the post office gives a poo poo. Unless you're shipping like, many boxes of them for resale or something, it's fine.
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Dec 23, 2016 01:45
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Leperflesh posted:The kinder eggs are banned for retail sale, because the US feels that putting choking hazards inside candy is a bad idea. I don't think they're banned for one person to give to another person as a gift, and even if they are, nobody at the post office gives a poo poo. Unless you're shipping like, many boxes of them for resale or something, it's fine. The ban stems from an old practice of having toys literally moulded into the chocolate bars, which is quite clearly A Bad Idea from a child safety point of view. So you are not allowed chocolate/candy which contains toys or other non-food items. The rule is broad enough that it includes Kinder Surprise. Similarly, I believe those little silver dragees (cake decorating balls) aren't available in California, because yes, strictly speaking, they're toxic, though you'd have to eat God knows how many to do yourself in.
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Dec 23, 2016 01:52
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The Wonderball was another one that came with toys until that legislation came down. I think they ended up discontinued for years and eventually brought back with hard candy instead of toys on the inside. Up here, if you can even get a Wonderball (they're rare), it'll be candy-filled.
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Dec 23, 2016 01:57
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Oh I wonder wonder wonder what I do! What's in my wonderball? So many surprises a wonderball can hide. Something candy chocolate with something toys inside. Get out of my head, old jingle I can't find on YouTube.
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Dec 23, 2016 04:03
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There I was, "politely suggesting" that someone not park in the loading zone out the front of my work. Especially when I clearly have placed cones in said loading zone, indicating I am expecting an imminent delivery, a motorcyle courier came with a package for me. After he strode out the door, I thought that's weird, we don't have motorcycle couriers in round here. Also this package has no postage marks on it. Sorry ephphatha!!! I'm such a fuckin' goon! Took me far too long to put two and two together. I feel like such a rude oval office, personal delivery and all! If I had been quicker I would have supplied a beer or two. If you're in the area, let me know, I owe you a beer to prove I'm not the rudest person alive. On to the haul! Very nicely packaged, and a classy card too.  Look at all this good poo poo!  A lovely card  Badass cookbooks. The CCCP one looks amazing  Motorcycle Parts!  So many useful tools. Scissors will be perfect and I like that they have a locking mechanism, my current ones don't and it always pisses me off.  This will come out after cricket  season is over and when rugby begins  (why is there no kiwi emote anymore? anyway, a crying Wallaby is probably appropriate here) the card, proudly displayed on my fridge, held up by the two magnetic torches kindly gifted  Also in the package were some super useful latex gloves, I use em heaps for cooking. Finally a bunch of earplugs. I'm going to have to move into a share house soon so you know they will come in handy! All in all, 100/10. ephphata you are a loving champ who clearly took the time to check my (meagre) post history and select some very thoughtful gifts!  The offer of a beer stands anytime.
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Holy crap another Blue Mountains AI goon?!?!?!?! Edit : Highly remiss of me, I need to post pics of what I got. Will do tomorrow CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 12:15 on Dec 23, 2016 |
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Got to knock off work early, hooned up through the mountains to drop off my santee's gift, then came home to find a gently caress-off big box with my name on it. The contents, as described by CT in an electronic note: quote:CAT INTERCEPTOR wrote on Dec 22, 2016 19:12:  The road book was for a rally in the forests west of Canberra so the notes had plenty of warnings about trees near the road. (Was the magnetic gutter where you binned it?)  Mad Max: Fury Road CHROME EDITION (!). I didn't own a copy of fury road before today but now that character flaw has been corrected.  A fairly compact wire stripper/multi-tool. I've got one of those automatic wire strippers that spends most of its time at the bottom of the toolbox cause it's huge, having something closer at hand will be great.  A set of double-ended (  ) ratcheting spanners. My other set have started to seize so these are definitely gonna take over as the primary Official WRC team kit, slightly oily (used to wrap the piston).  Official AMS kit, mostly clean.  I'm torn between mounting the shirts in the garage or wearing them (they're slightly too large but would still work fine for casual wear). Seems a waste to have them as display pieces. And the reason shipping cost a mint, the blown piston.  No major damage that I could see, presumably the rings just didn't feel like holding up their end of the bargain.  And not mentioned in the letter but there was a Specialized bag that from the trace amounts of oil may have contained the piston at one point.  Thanks heaps Cat Terrist/Interceptor! I'm definitely gonna try catch up at some point to ride bikes and/or hoon through the woods. slothrop posted:Sorry ephphatha!!! I'm such a fuckin' goon! Took me far too long to put two and two together. Absolutely no worries  , you were working so I didn't want to waste your time. The little black plastic thing serves absolutely no purpose (it was to support a bicycle stem iirc) but it looked kinda like a buttplug so I had to include it. The lovely drawing in the card is of micromancer as well.
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My santee still hasn't picked up his package. CA
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Dec 23, 2016 14:38
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My Secret Santee: Shipping to the Great White North is expensive from here in the Republic of Trumpistan. I got you some good stuff, so don't worry, you are getting a package, but it probably won't hit you till next week. 
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So, I got home the other day to a package! But what could it be! A selection of stuff!  No worries, I completely know about the limited cash thing. And this...  THIS is going up in my cube at work, because I'm terribly mature like that. Thank you, Left Ventricle, and happy AImas!And now I'm knowing how you're feeling because I'm seeing UPS saying my package got left at a desk and haven't heard anything since.
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First item has been delivered! It has nothing indicating it's a gift at all, but I'm glad it made it before Christmas! When Amazon didn't offer prime, I randomly picked an alternate seller who didn't charge me tax (in CA) hoping that they would be closer. Have fun with the gift, the rest of the stuff is scheduled for next Wednesday.
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So I found this on the front porch: And I can only assume that somebody took this as a request: angryrobots posted:You're welcome! I love my cheap r/c helis. They are a great stress reliever and very sturdy, you can and will crash the hell out of it, but they are also very controllable once you get the hang of it. LOL, that was unexpected, thanks Santa! It's charging now. 
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My package arrived bearing a strange foreign language, and clear instructions on where and how to open. Which my wife promptly ignored by cutting down the middle of the box. Inside was a variety of goodies  Starting with a wonderfully illustrated letter  A selection of stickers  My favourite being this one (in reference to my car being stolen before Xmas last year)  A funky Snoopy card holder?  A selection of GT  s and Ferraris A short while later  These are apparently frequent customer rewards for buying coffee from 7Eleven. I would so be buying coffee more if we had sweet stuff like this in NZ. Some seriously tasty tea.  Not pictured was a box of Ferrero Rocher, that was scoffed rather quickly by my wife, my son and myself. Last but not least was this awesome model, Who doesn't love an 80s econobox!  Looking forward to doing this, I've got three weeks off work so this will help keep me occupied. Thanks so much YF19 Pilot, you've been and amazing Santa two years in a row. I still have my grenade valve caps on the Caldina!
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mekilljoydammit posted:
You're welcome. I had to go to two Autozones to find that. The first one, I asked for a water pump gasket, and the guy just sighs and goes "Is it for a Tacoma?" I just about pissed myself laughing. He knew. He said he didn't have any, so I went to another store nearby. To the clerk's credit at the second store, he didn't even crack a smile or ask any questions about my
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As an aside, the rx-8 also has a rather dongtacular water pump gasket. So next time when they sigh and ask if its for a tacoma, you can give them an alternate dick gasket!
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Echotic posted:Thanks so much YF19 Pilot, you've been and amazing Santa two years in a row. I still have my grenade valve caps on the Caldina! I had no list of who had who last year and did not have time to research it by thumbing through last year's thread. Looks like we have a few repeats this year, I'll do better next year to avoid that by keeping this year's match list to reference next year. Sorry for anyone who was disappointed by having the same person. Looks like YF19 Pilot did it right, though!
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Cop Porn Popper posted:As an aside, the rx-8 also has a rather dongtacular water pump gasket. So next time when they sigh and ask if its for a tacoma, you can give them an alternate dick gasket! Boy, you weren't kidding! 
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USPS delivers on Christmas Eve, right? Geirskogul, I'm sorry about the lack of tracking, but Canada Post said 4-6 days and swore it would get there before Christmas and today is day 6.
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