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Mr. Wiggles posted:Dang, don't know how I missed this this year. If there's still room let me know, but otherwise I'll just wait until next year. Nah fuckin fire away, I'm doing family stuff so I'm a little late with the matches.
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I’ve had to miss out on this year, things have gone mental, including taking my former employer to the employment courts and a bunch of other poo poo involving corruption and maladministration so I don’t have the spare time or mental capacity to not just have the deadlines just blow straight past me and end up screwing this up
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Ferremit posted:I’ve had to miss out on this year, things have gone mental, including taking my former employer to the employment courts and a bunch of other poo poo involving corruption and maladministration so I don’t have the spare time or mental capacity to not just have the deadlines just blow straight past me and end up screwing this up Please sign up for a “pay it forward”. You won’t have to do anything and you’ll get a package (pun intended) that will hopefully cheer you up. You’ve been a great participant over the years, and it would be a shame for you to miss out on a letterbox full of dicks
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slothrop posted:Please sign up for a “pay it forward”. You won’t have to do anything and you’ll get a package (pun intended) that will hopefully cheer you up. You’ve been a great participant over the years, and it would be a shame for you to miss out on a letterbox full of dicks Fine, you talked me into it! Ferremit My vehicles: 1956 Ferguson 35 tractor, 2005 Landcruiser 100 TD, 2006 Nissan Tiida 1.8, 2013 Mazda 3 Neo. The tool I most commonly use/wish I had: I use everthing from 1/4" drive stuff to 3/4" drive, depending on what broken shitbox I'm working on, but i'm learning TIG welding, so a torch stand would be REALLY helpful cos I keep dropping the drat thing! I'm also trying to improve my skills on a lathe so any kind of books regarding using carbide tooling in details would be AWESOME- Especially now my ADHD is actually controlled a bit better so I can actually read a book and remember it! Something small I would really like:[/b] Workshop Decorations! I've got a sticker wall going on and you'll have to beat the Kim Yong Un "Live, Laugh, Love" flag to get a place on the wall tho. Hobbies: Exploring Australia, campfire and indoor cooking, farming and continuing to discover the impact the last 30 odd years of undiagnosed and untreated ADHD has had on my life! Shirt size: Large Food Allergies: Mushrooms (the regular, not magical ones!) turn me into a fire hose glued to a toilet for 3 days, so no thanks! Junk/No Junk: Only if its absolutely spectacular- I've got melted pistons and shattered diffs, but theres a 'Shelf of Shame' being built in the workshop so if its good, you might wind up on it! Comments: Use your imagination! Im a poly amorous half talented-half hack mechanic/fabricator/machinist/builder with raging ADHD, bursitis in both shouldeers, a black as night sense of humor and the HMAS defered maintenance as his daily, I'm open to anything and rarely find anything offensive A local merchant option: I'll happily pay extra to support a local small business and to buy locally made products, so thats my go to. Dicks/No Dicks: We just got a new postie who I haven't worked out their tolerance to shenanigans yet (the last one didnt crack the shits about me ordering 8x brake rotors for landcruisers at around 10kg each, but DID spend the time finding 8 individual 'safe places' around my house and garden to put them and then sent me on a scavenger hunt) so maybe keep the dicks INSIDE the packages this year
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Nov 6, 2022 23:19
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slothrop posted:Nah fuckin fire away, I'm doing family stuff so I'm a little late with the matches. Aw sweet! Thanks! Mr. Wiggles My vehicles: 2012 Mazda2 (lightly warmed), 2020 Hyundai Ioniq, 1983 El Camino, Yamaha Super Ténéré, Harley Davidson V-Rod. The tool I most commonly use/wish I had: Always wanted a set of those locking vice grips. And I always lose my 3/8 u-joints. Something small I would really like: Stickers and magnets all day Hobbies: Aside from cars and bikes, I fight in the SCA so I spend a lot of time making armor and stuff. I also host a couple of radio shows (one punk, one jazz), and I'm heavily in to tiki culture. Shirt size: Large Food Allergies: None Junk/No Junk: All the junk, all the time Comments: I turned 40 this year and decided to start law school, so anything that helps you make fun of my poor life choices. A local merchant option: Cyclegear Las Vegas, but really there's not a lot of other really cool automotive related places here. Dicks/No Dicks: Who doesn't like a good dick?
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Terrible Robot My vehicles: 1989 Volvo 240, 1999 Volvo C70 T5M, 1986 Celica GTS, 2017 Mustang Ecoboost The tool I most commonly use/wish I had: organization Something small I would really like: local/exotic snacks stickers etc Hobbies: driving, cooking, shooting, reading Shirt size: no more shirts, thanks Food Allergies: none Junk/No Junk: PRO JUNK Comments: local fun stuff is always cool, I am a huge candy slut also. Any old car stuff always welcome A local merchant option: no preference, local again always fun Dicks/No Dicks: PRO DICK
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Cursedshitbox My vehicles: 1990 Ford F350 7.3 with a big dumb camper. 2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. 2004 KTM 950 ADV. 2017 Africa Twin. Some hard tail mountainbikes too. The tool I most commonly use/wish I had: Whatever tool the gas axe makes that day. Wanna send a broken one or one I can hack on? Obscure tools rule. I'm pretty well stocked generally. Easy button for swapping dead 7.3s? Something small I would really like: your dick, exotic snacks Hobbies: sourdough, electronics, amateur radio, physics, mechanical engineering, robotics, lovely cars, lovely motorcycles, lovely bicycles, living in a rattle trap, road side engine swaps, breakin frames and rearends, navitrash engines. Overlanding. Shitposting. Shirt size: M/L. Hoodies of your local variety would ROCK. Sometimes I'm medium, sometimes I'm large. 37-40 chest. Depends on how many beers and burritos I've trashed. Food Allergies: Milk/dairy. Don't care. gently caress my poo poo up. Junk/No Junk: JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNNNNNNK Comments: Interesting local things. Interesting broken things. Interesting things in general. Food good. Liquor good. Yeah whatever just send anything. A local merchant option: Spicy Jeff's poo poo warez. I'm mobile and uh yeah. Dicks/No Dicks: Dick Me the gently caress up. Someone else will see this. This is probably fine. To my Santa. Ok you're going through a mail forwader bumfuck Texas where I am not. It will get forwarded onto me via general delivery to the closest usps facility. Proceed with Caution. Sorry in advance. If you gotta break 4th wall and PM me, I'll give you the closest amazon locker. Where I am when I'm posting this, I won't be by the time pairings go out. Hell if you happen to be in the south west, I'll even drive over. cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Nov 8, 2022 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR My vehicles: Too many loving Subarus, bunch of bicycles The tool I most commonly use/wish I had: Multimeter, electrical plug pin tools Something small I would really like: Eh Hobbies: Subarus, rally driving in the welsh countryside, cycling, cats, Shitposting. Shirt size: M/L. Food Allergies: NIL Junk/No Junk: Dont care Comments: Do not send food / wood / biodegradable international, Customs hate that. A local merchant option: Amazon / Ebay / Supercheap Dicks/No Dicks: *shrug* Dick me if you want CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Nov 7, 2022 |
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Terrible Robot posted:The tool I most commonly use/wish I had: organization Hooo boy
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I'm out this year I'm sorry to say. Gotta whole lot going on with my separation that I really just lost interest in everything. I look forward to seeing what everyone gives out though.
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I am happy I was able to browbeat some of you into signing up. This is the last pocket of truly enjoyable community on the internet.
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sharkytm posted:Hooo boy Look, the important thing is that I know where all of my tools are. They don't have to look pretty
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Nov 7, 2022 17:05
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All of my tools are in California. I’m pretty sure.
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DJ Commie My vehicles: 1992 Daihatsu Rocky, 2x 1988 Mazda 323 GTX, 1987 Mazda 323 Wagon Turbo, 1994 Mitsubishi Montero almost-SR The tool I most commonly use/wish I had: Astro tools Something small I would really like: regional snacks, tools Hobbies: Mazda BF chassis Shirt size: US XL or LT Food Allergies: none Junk/No Junk: bring it on Comments: kitschy trinkets my kids would like A local merchant option: Regional kitsch is great Dicks/No Dicks: Inside packaging only thanks
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sharkytm posted:Hooo boy yeah i felt that one too please nobody look in my garage, ever
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Raluek posted:yeah i felt that one too  no comment.
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I hope I'm not too late. Last week got away from me. Anyway... nitsuga My vehicles: 2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI. The tool I most commonly wish I had: A better understanding of electricity. Something small I would really like: A cool sticker or two or a hundred. Hobbies: Building scale models (cars and motorcycles), hiking, photography, reading, skateboarding... Shirt size: Medium. Food Allergies: None. Junk/No Junk: I'll accept it gladly. Comments: Feel free to surprise me, I'm none too particular. Snacks are always cool too. A local merchant option: Anything from any place you enjoy. Dicks/No Dicks: Inside packaging only, thanks.
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Ok goons. The form is closed and I’m just waiting for a mouse and a keyboard to charge. Only apple could take a solved problem and make it worse. Matches will get emailed out once I have defeated the ghost of Steve Jobs.  Matches are out! Please let me know ASAP via email if you don't recieve your match or have any other issue Once again I am relying on InitalDave to swap Santas to keep the mystery alive. If you're keen to swap with him and be my santa, please pm him. slothrop fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Nov 9, 2022 |
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slothrop posted:Once again I am relying on InitalDave to swap Santas to keep the mystery alive. If you're keen to swap with him and be my santa, please pm him. If anyone is interested, don't forget Slothrop is in Australia, so it will be an international gifting for most of you.
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Santee has been received. Oh boy. Now I have to get my act together and track stuff down.
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Santees received, this is gonna be good. I've been keeping a list of dumb poo poo that would work for the entire year. 
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Little late to the party, lots of life changes happening. If yall need an extra box sent out, let me know. Sorry to have missed it this year.
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uhhhh i got an email that ups had delivered a package today, but i haven't ordered anything recently. i was super confused until i realized - maybe santa has been wrenching on his sleigh recently and made it a whole lot faster? it's still the middle of november, what the heck! anyway i havent opened it yet, so i may be way off the mark here, but i intend to get to the bottom of this in the morning!
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Raluek posted:uhhhh i got an email that ups had delivered a package today, but i haven't ordered anything recently. i was super confused until i realized - maybe santa has been wrenching on his sleigh recently and made it a whole lot faster? it's still the middle of november, what the heck!     aiss confirmed, lmao  dude this rules! i was cackling as i unwrapped it. poo poo, this sets a high bar for the rest of us! names redacted to protect the guilty. through context clues i think this is from our own Brazilian imperator! i will make a more detailed post this evening; i barely had time to crack this thing open on my lunch break. thanks a ton, santa! i am delighted.
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ok, where do i even start. how about with that box conspicuously visible behind the note:  i assume "femoral nail" means if you bust up your femur too badly they use this to screw you back together? thats hardcore. well, like any other nerd, i already have several random items made out of titanium, so this is definitely a welcome addition. who doesnt think a giant chunk of anodized Ti is cool? fascinating material. let alone its macabre intended use. its also expired by over a decade. i assume that means the sterility guarantee has expired? i cant imagine its any less a stick of cool lookin Ti than it was originally, so it suits my needs perfectly. if i ever am in a position where i care that it's expired, i am in trouble.  plates! i only had one not on a vehicle (a black 60s plate i stole from the junkyard), so i guess i didn't collect them before but i do now! per the note, the NC plate is from toplitzin's S60R. the sticker is recent enough for plausible deniability, so now i just need a stolen car to put it on and ill be set!  speaking of set, theres also a set of sockets. this is actually a great guess, because i don't have 6-point standard deeps. i have 6-point metric and 12-point standard, which is sometimes undesirable. well, now i do! right into the toolbox.  biek exhaust. and a fancy one, at that. from what little i know, akrapovic doesnt make crap, and i think this is titanium too? it's too light to be stainless. somehow i doubt this will easily install on my lil honda, but red is pretty close to orange so i guess ill give it a try if the bike starts running just a little too well, lmao  ford branding, apply directly to  ahh, heres the one that is supposed to be applied directly to forehead. i have neither a mustang nor a mantic clutch, and looking at their prices i think it will stay that way, but that means that these will make good beater hats! they'll probably get subjected to garage duty, or jeepin', or some ranch creek action that i wouldn't want to beat up my normal wardrobe doing.   im not sure im brave enough for this one. dude drove car #44 in 1997-2000, according to wiki, and the bottle says 1998 on it. maybe my curiosity will get the better of me, but... i kind of doubt it.  hell yes, my very own trueno. im thinking about re-gifting this to my brother, since he is specifically a fan of 80s wedge toyotas, but i also kind of want to keep it. who doesnt love an ae86??  i have never had a rotary, but now i have an anthropomorphic plush rotor! ive seen these guys in other goons' RXs before, so i am stoked to have my own. i probably would get looks from both V8 guys and rotary guys if i stuck him to the window in my car, so i will have to find an appropriate spot for him to live.  this appears to be an air freshener. i sure hope it's gasoline scented, as per the graphics, because that would be hilarious. not that any of my old vehicles need any help smelling like gas.  i think this is a more normal air freshener. it looks like takumi got his lean on and his cupholder G-meter is all out of whack.  the sticker is charming, but that pin fucks. gotta find a good spot to bedazzle with it.  lastly, a gently caress-rear end-load amount of stickers. i have no idea what i am going to do with these things. i could be a huge poser by putting them on my car, despite not having the parts that go with them, but more likely ill find another appropriate surface. dude, Imperator, this is quite the haul. I'm blown away. you really spanned the whole spectrum from useful, to "cool but wtf", to downright funny. i was laughing while reading your note and unpacking the box this afternoon, and then again as i was putting together this post. how the hell did i luck out like this?? poo poo, now i really have to step up my game as i put together something for my own santee. this will be a hard act to follow! thanks again!
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Raluek posted:ok, where do i even start. how about with that box conspicuously visible behind the note: Oh that is awesome. I've got an intramedullary nail in my tibia. Probably better to get one in the mail than to get one installed by an orthopedic surgeon at the local trauma center.
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Raluek posted:ok, where do i even start. how about with that box conspicuously visible behind the note: Hopefully a reasonably short response about some of the questionable items: Nail: The femoral nail is, as you guessed, an implant for broken femurs. That one is several generations old so unless you’re in the third world, you ain’t getting one of those. I sell orthopedic trauma implants for a living so I tend to collect this kind of crap over time. Plates: Steal an S60R for extra sneak factor. Sockets: Enjoy them! That’s the only “new” item you got! I’m glad I got that much right Pipe: That’s a knockoff Akra exhaust, definitely not guaranteed to make your biek better or even as good as it currently is. I figured you had the F100 so some Ford gear might do well, and you can never have enough hats! DRINK THE ANCIENT SODA! Merry goonmas!
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Holy gently caress AI:SS off to an incredible start this year.
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I got a package too. I'll get pictures shortly.
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sharkytm posted:I got a package too. I'll get pictures shortly. Oh good, I never got any shipping confirmation so I wasn't sure when that would arrive. I'm putting together package 2/2 this weekend.
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Safety Dance posted:Oh good, I never got any shipping confirmation so I wasn't sure when that would arrive. I'm putting together package 2/2 this weekend. Can't wait!
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To my Santees, I split your gifts between local (regional) to ensure something arrived on time and then a second package full of junk. The junk boxes are 75% complete. I have shipping notifications from the local vendors, however there was no option to add notes or comments. So something will show up that you didn't order and won't have a note. Sorry.
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I've got 90% of my santee's gifts assembled. Now to find enough junk to pad the box. I wonder how much it'd cost to ship a rusted out step side...
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An hour in CAD, and part of my Santee's gift is ordered!
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Santa came! Thanks, Santa! A cool tool, some hotsauce, and all of stickers. Like, seriously, a couple of hundred stickers. Awesome! Also, dicks!
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That hotsauce is amazing.
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Those pliers are awesome, especially for getting stripped screws out of things.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Those pliers are awesome, especially for getting stripped screws out of things. This is a situation I often find myself in, so that's very good to know!
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Sorry, santee. I was hoping to get this out by Dec 1 but you may be getting multiple packages… 
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I just wanna say, AI Goons, YTB. I’ve been having some lovely life times lately and it’s still a pleasure to organise AI:SS. Y’all always make me proud. We’re still in November and you’re crushing it!
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