Official 2020 Secret Santa Extravaganza Thread!
Oct 18, 2020, 1:27 pm
#47
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Santa Update Post:
The first round of assignments will be private messaged to you within the next two hours. On a personal note, many of you actually included me as a Secret Santa assignment you wanted this year (this seems to happen every year). Again, coordinating this event is my gift to the community. I am again not participating due to not being employed at the current time. I also end out having to financially fulfill some commitments that go unresolved. Due to those anticipated financial outlays, I have chosen to not send and receive any personal gifts. In addition, with our recent move (still do not have furniture due to some construction work) and having a medical director husband on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis here in Georgia, our lives are pretty hectic. I do appreciate the requests. Now, if anyone knows of any great deals on a 17” touch screen laptop, send that my way! That would be a great gift as I hope to get one by Black Friday!
The first round of assignments will be private messaged to you within the next two hours. On a personal note, many of you actually included me as a Secret Santa assignment you wanted this year (this seems to happen every year). Again, coordinating this event is my gift to the community. I am again not participating due to not being employed at the current time. I also end out having to financially fulfill some commitments that go unresolved. Due to those anticipated financial outlays, I have chosen to not send and receive any personal gifts. In addition, with our recent move (still do not have furniture due to some construction work) and having a medical director husband on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis here in Georgia, our lives are pretty hectic. I do appreciate the requests. Now, if anyone knows of any great deals on a 17” touch screen laptop, send that my way! That would be a great gift as I hope to get one by Black Friday!
Oct 19, 2020, 7:14 am
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Oct 19, 2020, 9:34 am
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I have had very bad luck with generic numbers. I made 1000 phone calls, picking numbers at random, looking for a date.
Of the 1000 calls:
250 did not exist
400 were answered by men or young children, so I hung up.
100 of the women I actually reached threatened me with restraining orders.
200 refused to meet me.
45 did meet me and were very disappointed.
The remaining 5 who met me were nauseated.
Of the 1000 calls:
250 did not exist
400 were answered by men or young children, so I hung up.
100 of the women I actually reached threatened me with restraining orders.
200 refused to meet me.
45 did meet me and were very disappointed.
The remaining 5 who met me were nauseated.
Oct 19, 2020, 9:57 am
#52
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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I have had very bad luck with generic numbers. I made 1000 phone calls, picking numbers at random, looking for a date.
Of the 1000 calls:
250 did not exist
400 were answered by men or young children, so I hung up.
100 of the women I actually reached threatened me with restraining orders.
200 refused to meet me.
45 did meet me and were very disappointed.
The remaining 5 who met me were nauseated.
Of the 1000 calls:
250 did not exist
400 were answered by men or young children, so I hung up.
100 of the women I actually reached threatened me with restraining orders.
200 refused to meet me.
45 did meet me and were very disappointed.
The remaining 5 who met me were nauseated.
Oct 19, 2020, 5:31 pm
#53
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FWIW, I've had repeated success in buying refurbished laptops on Amazon (from 3rd party sellers), the Leveno ThinkPad brand which I've used for 15+ years . You get the Amazon buyer protections and dirt cheap prices.
Oct 20, 2020, 10:11 am
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I am very surprised by this. I can't find any booze on the Amazon website. There certainly are many related items (eg: glasses with the logos of particular brands) but no actual booze. After seeing this post I tried searching for Redbreast whisky and, again, found only related items.
Oct 20, 2020, 10:31 am
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I am very surprised by this. I can't find any booze on the Amazon website. There certainly are many related items (eg: glasses with the logos of particular brands) but no actual booze. After seeing this post I tried searching for Redbreast whisky and, again, found only related items.
Oct 20, 2020, 10:42 am
#57
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I am very surprised by this. I can't find any booze on the Amazon website. There certainly are many related items (eg: glasses with the logos of particular brands) but no actual booze. After seeing this post I tried searching for Redbreast whisky and, again, found only related items.
Oct 21, 2020, 7:06 pm
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