You sit upright in your chair. You just got the weirdest feeling…it felt like something important began a journey. A journey that would lead it to you…
You dismiss the feeling for now, but you feel that, should something arrive in the next few days, you should document the occasion with pictures, and share them with your co-forumers. They might get a kick out of it.
Guys I need help.
What do I have to do to mail a letter to Canada? Can I just put a bunch of stamps on it and mail it away, or do I have to do the whole standing in line at the post office for hours thing?
Does your post office have an APU (the teller machine thing)? If so, you can probably do it there - look for the global Forever stamps, and I think you can get them for $1.10 apiece.
If it's just a regular letter (not extra thick or heavy or anything), then FCM postage to Canada looks like ~$1.60 or so (you can calculate the exact rate on the postal service website and then print your postage there).
I feel like I've got some good ideas, and I've amassed a couple of things, waiting for another shipment that I HOPE doesn't take too long...but I feel like I'm missing some essential piece that ties it all together. I guess I need to stalk harder. My santee doesn't post too much. But then again, neither do I.
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I got a PM from my santa via Proxy, and.. I assume it is some sort of tracking number or something?
It's got a date (tomorrow) at the bottom, and then a shit-ton of binary.
But the binary doesn't translate into ascii or anything that I can think of. I HAVE TO GO DEEPER
I got a PM from my santa via Proxy, and.. I assume it is some sort of tracking number or something?
It's got a date (tomorrow) at the bottom, and then a shit-ton of binary.
But the binary doesn't translate into ascii or anything that I can think of. I HAVE TO GO DEEPER
I swear it's not from me.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Man, one piece of the gift isn't going to arrive at my house until Monday 12/9. Sorry Santee, but I guess your present will be on its way to you by 12/10 so hopefully will get there by Christmas.
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Santa, if you sent the gifts to my parent's address(which is more reliable by far than my apartment building), it'd be appreciated if you proxy me a message when it arrives. I don't exactly go there everyday, and they're not great at telling me when I have packages arrive.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Maybe if you wrapped them in beef jerky and the American flag they would be less gay?
You know, I've looked at the price of beef jerky and American flags for the past two years. It was most appropriate last year when my Santee and my Santa were both Australian, but that stuff is prohibitively expensive for a gag gift. I'd rather spend the money on other stuff.
Maybe if you wrapped them in beef jerky and the American flag they would be less gay?
You know, I've looked at the price of beef jerky and American flags for the past two years. It was most appropriate last year when my Santee and my Santa were both Australian, but that stuff is prohibitively expensive for a gag gift. I'd rather spend the money on other stuff.
I think you can request one from your local government? Or something? I vaguely recall something about that.
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Judge-ZTeacher, for Great JusticeUpstate NYRegistered Userregular
There's room on my bar for both. And knob creek. And eagle rare. And booker's.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Anyone able to help me figure out what this is? I've bashed my head against it all afternoon with no luck
If you really want it, let me know as I think I've got it licked. Also, thanks for prompting me to remember file i/o in python.
I don't know why I'm so proud of something this quick, dirty, and clunky, but here you go forum. In case anybody else gets a similar puzzle this should be easy to edit to get the image.
Language is python with html and css output. I ran it against 3.3
f = open('binary.txt', 'r')
lines = f.readlines()
f.close()
f = open('output.html', 'w')
f.write('<html><head><style>table { border-collapse: collapse; } td { padding: 0px; width: 10px; height: 10px; } td.black { background-color: black; } td.white { color: white; }</style><title>output</title></head><body><table>')
for line in lines:
f.write('<tr>')
i = 0
while(i < 22):
if(line[i] == '1'):
f.write("<td class='black' />")
else:
f.write("<td class='white' />")
i += 1
f.write('</tr>')
f.write('</table></body></html>')
f.close()
And this is the picture it spat out that a reader app should be able to decipher:
jclast on
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I got it! It turned to a data matrix barcode or whatever, which took me to http://imgur.com/gKYMTG9
Which translates to the message:
"Theroadvirus, I know you have been wondering who your santa has been. You may have ideas who may be your santa. I don't think I'm quite ready to reveal myself yet, so I'm going to let you keep guessing for a bit longer. I've got a few more things possibly in the pipe, so keep your eyes open!"
My santa remains a-non-a-moose. And hints at possibly more things!
Thanks for the puzzle to help pass the time today!
Santa, all of my black friday weaknesses showed up at my door today. I'm sorry. I was weak. Movies were $4. We both made mistakes. Amazon only hit me because it loves me.
On the plus side I have a nook now so I can read books in a non gay format thanks to the wonder of technology!
hidden in that was one of my santees gifts. I eagerly await the other packages being drone delivered to me as we speak.
Cruelest trick :
Send presents in boxes marked 1,3,and 4
That is brilliant. I wish I had known that before sending things off. Next year. Mwahahahaha!
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The_SpaniardIt's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered Userregular
Dear Santee,
The packages I ordered for you weeks ago still have not arrived. Still waiting on them, and as soon as they come I shall begin baking something to go along with them. Damn Chinese shipping.
Also, yay happy birthday to me, just had to replace the battery in my car. Almost 200 bucks. But that won't stop the giftening!
A wild package appears. Kitty is not fucking amused.
What's in the box? ITS PRESENTS!
First: Delicious treats! We already cracked into the hippos, and they are super delicious.
Second: Awesome books! I've been really wanting to read the Weird Space books for a while now, and I've always heard that Good Omens is super super great.
Third: A game that I've almost bought many times for myself! Time to get my MMO on
Fourth: Cards Against Humanity! Me and my fiancee have been on a huge game kick lately, and this will definitely be featured in our next game night!
Fifth: A pretty incredible art project! Its a painting of the ninja turtles facing off against the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. So... that's getting a frame tomorrow
Bonus Drawings!
And my cat even got a present too, though it didn't do much to improve her disposition
Thanks a ton Santa! Reveal yourself and bask in my merry holiday gratitude!
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You sit upright in your chair. You just got the weirdest feeling…it felt like something important began a journey. A journey that would lead it to you…
You dismiss the feeling for now, but you feel that, should something arrive in the next few days, you should document the occasion with pictures, and share them with your co-forumers. They might get a kick out of it.
Does your post office have an APU (the teller machine thing)? If so, you can probably do it there - look for the global Forever stamps, and I think you can get them for $1.10 apiece.
If it's just a regular letter (not extra thick or heavy or anything), then FCM postage to Canada looks like ~$1.60 or so (you can calculate the exact rate on the postal service website and then print your postage there).
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The merriment has just been revealed to me! @Blackbeard7 knew what was missing from my life, and made it his mission to gift it!
Reading this thread is always great!
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Pretty sure a package is at your place of residence! MAKE A POST!
Please tell me what you think of the gifts!
Tell me that you want them.
I have this stuck in my head now:
Wii: 4521 1146 5179 1333 Pearl: 3394 4642 8367 HG: 1849 3913 3132
It's got a date (tomorrow) at the bottom, and then a shit-ton of binary.
But the binary doesn't translate into ascii or anything that I can think of. I HAVE TO GO DEEPER
I swear it's not from me.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Like I have no clue on this.
Wii: 4521 1146 5179 1333 Pearl: 3394 4642 8367 HG: 1849 3913 3132
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Watch me struggle to learn streaming! Point and laugh!
Maybe if you wrapped them in beef jerky and the American flag they would be less gay?
1100101100101101000011
1001011010110101001100
1000111000010111011101
1100000001100100111000
1100101000100000001111
1100011001011101100110
1101000000010101101111
1100000010101000110100
1000101011111010110111
1001110101110000011100
1011111011100111010011
1101110101111011111000
1100111000011010101001
1111001010111001001000
1101000101010110010011
1010001010000111111010
1000010110010011111011
1111101001100010100100
1010010100010111001001
1010101001100111100010
1111111111111111111111
Anyone able to help me figure out what this is? I've bashed my head against it all afternoon with no luck
EDIT: Bwahahaha you cheeky git!
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
You know, I've looked at the price of beef jerky and American flags for the past two years. It was most appropriate last year when my Santee and my Santa were both Australian, but that stuff is prohibitively expensive for a gag gift. I'd rather spend the money on other stuff.
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There's a puzzle a few pages back whose solution looks an awful lot like this. That might be a good place to start!
I think you can request one from your local government? Or something? I vaguely recall something about that.
Almost as good as Bulleit
There's room on my bar for both. And knob creek. And eagle rare. And booker's.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
If you really want it, let me know as I think I've got it licked. Also, thanks for prompting me to remember file i/o in python.
I don't know why I'm so proud of something this quick, dirty, and clunky, but here you go forum. In case anybody else gets a similar puzzle this should be easy to edit to get the image.
f = open('binary.txt', 'r') lines = f.readlines() f.close() f = open('output.html', 'w') f.write('<html><head><style>table { border-collapse: collapse; } td { padding: 0px; width: 10px; height: 10px; } td.black { background-color: black; } td.white { color: white; }</style><title>output</title></head><body><table>') for line in lines: f.write('<tr>') i = 0 while(i < 22): if(line[i] == '1'): f.write("<td class='black' />") else: f.write("<td class='white' />") i += 1 f.write('</tr>') f.write('</table></body></html>') f.close()And this is the picture it spat out that a reader app should be able to decipher:
Ahahaha, very nice!
I was going to give a hint, but it should be pretty self-explanatory by now...
http://imgur.com/gKYMTG9
Which translates to the message:
"Theroadvirus, I know you have been wondering who your santa has been. You may have ideas who may be your santa. I don't think I'm quite ready to reveal myself yet, so I'm going to let you keep guessing for a bit longer.
My santa remains a-non-a-moose. And hints at possibly more things!
Thanks for the puzzle to help pass the time today!
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Proxy just messaged me, telling me to keep an eye on my door for the first packages. Is my Santa generous enough for multiple packages?!
The excitement. It grows!
Send presents in boxes marked 1,3,and 4
On the plus side I have a nook now so I can read books in a non gay format thanks to the wonder of technology!
hidden in that was one of my santees gifts. I eagerly await the other packages being drone delivered to me as we speak.
That is brilliant. I wish I had known that before sending things off. Next year. Mwahahahaha!
The packages I ordered for you weeks ago still have not arrived. Still waiting on them, and as soon as they come I shall begin baking something to go along with them. Damn Chinese shipping.
Also, yay happy birthday to me, just had to replace the battery in my car. Almost 200 bucks. But that won't stop the giftening!
A wild package appears. Kitty is not fucking amused.
What's in the box? ITS PRESENTS!
First: Delicious treats! We already cracked into the hippos, and they are super delicious.
Second: Awesome books! I've been really wanting to read the Weird Space books for a while now, and I've always heard that Good Omens is super super great.
Third: A game that I've almost bought many times for myself! Time to get my MMO on
Fourth: Cards Against Humanity! Me and my fiancee have been on a huge game kick lately, and this will definitely be featured in our next game night!
Fifth: A pretty incredible art project! Its a painting of the ninja turtles facing off against the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. So... that's getting a frame tomorrow
Bonus Drawings!
And my cat even got a present too, though it didn't do much to improve her disposition
Thanks a ton Santa! Reveal yourself and bask in my merry holiday gratitude!
Do it with pigs and release them into your Santee's house.
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