I just wanted to say that my santee hasn't posted anything but in his initial message to me he said that if he got his gift after Xmas that he wouldn't be able to post for a while. Army stuff I think.
I throw myself on the mercy of the Santa's, Moses' and all other bearers of gifts, for I have been lax in getting a picture up of the amazing things I received!
So, without further delay, I wish to convey my thanks to Willeth, who went well above and beyond the call of duty for his gifts to me!
This man, no, this legend of a man searched up things that I liked, got them for me, and just kept finding cool shit until the post office told him to fuck off, or something!
Not to be too crass, but look at that! I'm half way through And Another Thing, and it's got the feel of Adams, may he (Adams, and Willeth, now that I think about it, know where their towels are!) rest in peace!
I come to Shanghai, which I've yet to listen to in full!
The Brass Eye, which is a political satire program, clearly he paid attention to my love of the Daily Show!
Cash! Foreign currency, and in a damned fine display as well!
Paper made of shit! No, that's not an exaggeration! There is apparently actual shit used in the making of this paper! Does YOUR paper have shit in it? I thought not.
Borderlands swag!! Who doesn't love buttons?? I don't want to know those people!
And the coup de gras (unlike he got; acid doesn't need a coup de gras): AOEFEL LIVES! A dapper, one of a kind t-shirt that I cherish to the point of being unsure if I want to wear it or frame it! I think it's wonderful, but am hurt, yes HURT at the thought of washing and thus damaging this fine piece of clothing. Geek heritage covering Star Trek to D&D, all contained in one simple article of clothing!
Thank you, sir. I apologize in general for failing to post last MONTH when I intended to. Yes, the holidays were busy, but that's no excuse. You guys did. 90 pages of you did. I apologize for falling short in my Santa'ee'ness.
Forar on
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
Thank God you liked it all! I was worried that you hadn't posted because I got you super wrong.
The shirt should be fine if you get some greaseproof paper and iron over it just to make sure it's adhered to the fabric. Wash it on a cool wash, and the design will be fine. Ask werehippy how he dealt with his last year if you're still not comfortable with it - the shirts I've got from this place before have shrunk a bit but the design has been fine.
Merry Christmas!
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@vgreminders - Don't miss out on timed events in gaming! @gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
Thank God you liked it all! I was worried that you hadn't posted because I got you super wrong.
The shirt should be fine if you get some greaseproof paper and iron over it just to make sure it's adhered to the fabric. Wash it on a cool wash, and the design will be fine. Ask werehippy how he dealt with his last year if you're still not comfortable with it - the shirts I've got from this place before have shrunk a bit but the design has been fine.
Merry Christmas!
Good to know, and no, you weren't wrong in the slightest! Thank you for these incredible gifts, and I hope the holidays treated you as well or even better!
Merry Christmas, and have a happy new year!
Forar on
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
GIFT GET, I SWEAR TO GOD I THOUGHT CANADA POST WOULD KEEP 'EM FOREVER:
After being manhandled by Canada Post for nearly a month, two boxes show up unannounced at work. I had honestly given up on them and figured my Santa would need to petition Canada Post to see what greasy conveyor belt they'd fallen under/into:
Check out my loot:
Wii Points! Holy shit, this is cool. My girlfriend's Wii is full of Her Games, but now it must bow before me and store MINE AS WELL AHAHAHA. Purchased: Secret of Mana (You can play *3 player* on this shit) and Super Smash Brothers (because awwww yeah).
I loved this movie! And it's the movie I bought for some kid at CHEO here in Ottawa for Child's Play. Now I get my own copy!
I love zombies! (Or, I mean, I hate zombies. Right. Get that straight.) And I just ran outta books to read on this bus. Am on Chapter two as we speak, and the zombie fightin' livens up what would otherwise be a fairly NOT action-packed romance story, I'm sure.
SPECIAL BONUS GIFT:
WTF is this? And how did it find its way to me with those crazy black censor bars hovering over the majority of the address? (leet photochop skills, yo)
Them's some fancy buildings:
Wall o' text:
I'm sure this was meant platonically:
The wall o' text all typed up for those who are interested:
Hey Dan "Imperfect" Hilton!
Merry christmas to you! I just got your gift in the mail today, and figured I'd write back right away so this reaches you in time! Thank you for some seriously great gifts! I just tried one of the maple dreams, and it was great. Since I'll be moving out of my home soon, the two books make a good start for my own cook-book collection. Your letter will go up on the wall as the first christmas card of the year (which is a big deal, let me tell you). So let me tell you about this picture, it's the dutch houses of parliament, and people are ice-skating on the pond in front of it. The tower on the left is actually the office of the prime minister. So in winter, you can skate up to his office and knock on his window! How cool is that! I read of the forum that you got laid off recently, sorry to hear that. I was much happier to read that you got a new job! Congrats! I hope you have an awesometastic christmas this year, and I'm sure I'll see you around on the forums!
Seasons greetings! (to the rest of Canada, too)
'Ampix'
Thanks, Santee!
TRADITIONAL "ANIMAL ENJOYING YOUR GIFT FOR YOU" PHOTO:
Eerie.
Hey, sorry I didn't see this sooner, I've been away from the forums for a few days - I'm glad you liked your gift! You sure do have some wacky postal services up there in Canuckistan, but Amazon.ca was more than helpful.
Before I saw that that letter was from your Santee, I was very confused and thought Canada Post had gone even more insane and was writing letters on my behalf
Wow, I can't believe it but apparently there have been some missing notices for a package at my PO Box because I just found a "final notice" one yesterday. Looks like I did in fact get my Secret Santa package, and it was mailed out a few weeks ago!
A package draws near! What lies within?
There's a note, but it looks like the message has been lost in translation! Oh no! Thankfully, this message has been subbed for my convenience. Now what could it mean...
Some awesome shirts! I love Castlevania and Mario both, and these shirts rock!
Holy crap! A haul of DS games! I've always been curious about Bangai-O, and I've heard fun things about RetroGame Challenge too. Legend of Kage 2 looks sweet as well!
The legendary Mustache of Old Timey! The perfect companion for old school challenges!
The whole haul!
There was no name explicitly given, but thanks to a handy clue I think I owe randombattle my thanks...and an apology! Sorry that I just managed to find your package, but thanks so much for such an amazing bundle!
I'm not sure who just sent me a present, so this is getting cross posted.
A nameless santa in the Colorado region has sent me an embarrassing bounty. Nay, bounty doesn't convey what I found, the bottomless cornucopia I was presented with.
I present to you:
The breakdown:
1 birck Havarti cheese
1.5 lb hickory smoked beef sticks
1 pack beef jerky nuggets
1 pack beef streakhouse bits
1 pack beef peppered nuggets
1 pack spicy jalapeno jerky bits
2 pack buffalo jerky nuggets (and that's made from the former king of the prairies, not flavored like an industrial New York city)
This meat-stravaganza brought to us courtesy of Sausage Express.
Santa, you kick ass.
edit: There was no note, so I'll have to wait until santa identifies him- or herself to thank them properly.
Wow, I can't believe it but apparently there have been some missing notices for a package at my PO Box because I just found a "final notice" one yesterday. Looks like I did in fact get my Secret Santa package, and it was mailed out a few weeks ago!
A package draws near! What lies within?
There's a note, but it looks like the message has been lost in translation! Oh no! Thankfully, this message has been subbed for my convenience. Now what could it mean...
Some awesome shirts! I love Castlevania and Mario both, and these shirts rock!
Holy crap! A haul of DS games! I've always been curious about Bangai-O, and I've heard fun things about RetroGame Challenge too. Legend of Kage 2 looks sweet as well!
The legendary Mustache of Old Timey! The perfect companion for old school challenges!
The whole haul!
There was no name explicitly given, but thanks to a handy clue I think I owe randombattle my thanks...and an apology! Sorry that I just managed to find your package, but thanks so much for such an amazing bundle!
Retro Challenge is one of my favourite DS games, you'll have fun for sure!
edit: And geez werehippy, your holiday gift will be a double-bypass haha :P
Wow, I can't believe it but apparently there have been some missing notices for a package at my PO Box because I just found a "final notice" one yesterday. Looks like I did in fact get my Secret Santa package, and it was mailed out a few weeks ago!
A package draws near! What lies within?
There's a note, but it looks like the message has been lost in translation! Oh no! Thankfully, this message has been subbed for my convenience. Now what could it mean...
Some awesome shirts! I love Castlevania and Mario both, and these shirts rock!
Holy crap! A haul of DS games! I've always been curious about Bangai-O, and I've heard fun things about RetroGame Challenge too. Legend of Kage 2 looks sweet as well!
The legendary Mustache of Old Timey! The perfect companion for old school challenges!
The whole haul!
There was no name explicitly given, but thanks to a handy clue I think I owe randombattle my thanks...and an apology! Sorry that I just managed to find your package, but thanks so much for such an amazing bundle!
Retro Challenge is one of my favourite DS games, you'll have fun for sure!
edit: And geez werehippy, your holiday gift will be a double-bypass haha :P
"Five, take dictation! Post to PA forums, RE: G&T Secret Santa
Another package arrived from an unidentified source. As you may remember from last time, my Secret Santa recently lost his job due to what appears to be a military coverup. What exactly was going on was unclear, but he promised that more communications would be forthcoming. Probably in the form of rad gifts!
So open it up, five, and let's take a look:
Why, it's a tome on how to domesticate zombies! It's told from the perspective of a self-help manual, for those that have been infected and wish to remain active in society without all the "braaiins" and the hysteria and the shotgunning and the chainsawing.
Ah, and there is a note! It reads:
"Dr. Tachyon's original books were lost in a fire at the 'facility', but I'm sure he would have wanted you to read this. Purely precautionary... more info to follow."
Did you hear that, five? Even more info!
That's good, because my daughter just came home from school with this picture and a note from her teacher that classes were canceled until the environment became more "brain-friendly". What could that mean? I thought you were supposed to bring brains to school.
GIFT GET, I SWEAR TO GOD I THOUGHT CANADA POST WOULD KEEP 'EM FOREVER:
After being manhandled by Canada Post for nearly a month, two boxes show up unannounced at work. I had honestly given up on them and figured my Santa would need to petition Canada Post to see what greasy conveyor belt they'd fallen under/into:
Check out my loot:
Wii Points! Holy shit, this is cool. My girlfriend's Wii is full of Her Games, but now it must bow before me and store MINE AS WELL AHAHAHA. Purchased: Secret of Mana (You can play *3 player* on this shit) and Super Smash Brothers (because awwww yeah).
I loved this movie! And it's the movie I bought for some kid at CHEO here in Ottawa for Child's Play. Now I get my own copy!
I love zombies! (Or, I mean, I hate zombies. Right. Get that straight.) And I just ran outta books to read on this bus. Am on Chapter two as we speak, and the zombie fightin' livens up what would otherwise be a fairly NOT action-packed romance story, I'm sure.
SPECIAL BONUS GIFT:
WTF is this? And how did it find its way to me with those crazy black censor bars hovering over the majority of the address? (leet photochop skills, yo)
Them's some fancy buildings:
Wall o' text:
I'm sure this was meant platonically:
The wall o' text all typed up for those who are interested:
Hey Dan "Imperfect" Hilton!
Merry christmas to you! I just got your gift in the mail today, and figured I'd write back right away so this reaches you in time! Thank you for some seriously great gifts! I just tried one of the maple dreams, and it was great. Since I'll be moving out of my home soon, the two books make a good start for my own cook-book collection. Your letter will go up on the wall as the first christmas card of the year (which is a big deal, let me tell you). So let me tell you about this picture, it's the dutch houses of parliament, and people are ice-skating on the pond in front of it. The tower on the left is actually the office of the prime minister. So in winter, you can skate up to his office and knock on his window! How cool is that! I read of the forum that you got laid off recently, sorry to hear that. I was much happier to read that you got a new job! Congrats! I hope you have an awesometastic christmas this year, and I'm sure I'll see you around on the forums!
Seasons greetings! (to the rest of Canada, too)
'Ampix'
Thanks, Santee!
TRADITIONAL "ANIMAL ENJOYING YOUR GIFT FOR YOU" PHOTO:
Eerie.
Hey, sorry I didn't see this sooner, I've been away from the forums for a few days - I'm glad you liked your gift! You sure do have some wacky postal services up there in Canuckistan, but Amazon.ca was more than helpful.
Before I saw that that letter was from your Santee, I was very confused and thought Canada Post had gone even more insane and was writing letters on my behalf
Dag, thanks so much cyphr. I'm reading through Pride & Prejudice & Zombies on the bus, and bought Secret of Mana and Super Smash Bros for the Wii. Now, we just have to go buy classic controllers for the Wii.
According to the tracking number a "proxy" supplied me with, a box found its way to me.
This box here!
(excuse my extraordinary cellphone quality)
After finally battling my way inside, two sackboys hand me a letter
thus state the letter:
Merry (late) Christmas, Mr Santee!
To begin, I apologize immensely for the tardiness of this present, although I hope that it maybe helps prolong the festive spirit on your return to college.
As for what's in the box, well I firstly trust I've not missed an important post where you lament the difficulties of living with diabetes. If you do happen to suffer from Crazy Insulin Syndrome, please accept my further apologies for the insensitive remarks you've just read and disregard the chocolate contained within.
Assuming this to not be the case, enjoy the chocolate, maybe while you read the books I have included. A pair of updated British classics that I expect you to know of, but don't know if you've found your way to reading yet. Secondly, Charlie Brooker is one of my favourite columnists here in the UK and while I know a number of the subjects and TV shows discussed may not cross the Atlantic perfectly, I'm pretty confident you'll get a good degree of amusement from his writing.
So I hope this all arrives intact and in good time, and I wish you the happiest of new years.
All the best,
darleysam
luckily I do not suffer from this Crazy Insulin Syndrome the sackboys warn me about, and I can eat all the chocolate and books without fear
that is... if I can survive the attack from the
british newspaper!!
ooooooooo terrifiying
the answer is yes
I can survive it
and I soon find the chocolate it was guarding
(victorious grasp)
And where there is chocolate there is sure to be...
chocolate!
Belgian Chocolate!
I totally felt like harry potter on the train opening this up
And hidden deeper still is that gayest of beasts
books!
(my hand is shaking from terror)
Oh no Mr Brooker watch out behind you!
If it is hard to read from the pictures, the full list of books I got is thus:
The Hell of it All
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Dawn of the Dumb
Screen Burn
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Thanks a buttload darleysam! I had some of the belgian chocolate and it is indeed tremendous. I also stuck the two pins to my backpack and will be the belle of the ball come class time. This Charlie Brooker fellow is news to me, and judging by the blurbs and book covers these look to be hilarious. It is great that it arrived on this day, for I have all day off to read the books and gorge on chocolate.
e: I almost forgot! Darleysam is a sneaky bastard and sent me PMs under the guise of a proxy. definitely james bond
i came home today and found an amazon package on my doorstep. i racked my brain and couldnt remember ordering anything recently. upon opening the mystery package i this found inside
just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... MORE CHRISTMAS CHEER! THIS TIME ITS PERSONAL!
I'm not sure who just sent me a present, so this is getting cross posted.
A nameless santa in the Colorado region has sent me an embarrassing bounty. Nay, bounty doesn't convey what I found, the bottomless cornucopia I was presented with.
I present to you:
The breakdown:
1 birck Havarti cheese
1.5 lb hickory smoked beef sticks
1 pack beef jerky nuggets
1 pack beef streakhouse bits
1 pack beef peppered nuggets
1 pack spicy jalapeno jerky bits
2 pack buffalo jerky nuggets (and that's made from the former king of the prairies, not flavored like an industrial New York city)
This meat-stravaganza brought to us courtesy of Sausage Express.
Santa, you kick ass.
edit: There was no note, so I'll have to wait until santa identifies him- or herself to thank them properly.
I believe I've confirmed that this was from my G+T secret santa. Who, in a heroic show of christmas spirit, has produced yet MORE holiday cheer.
In the mail today I got yet another package, including an anonymous note explaining that technical difficulties with santa's sleigh were responsible for the delay and including brand spanking new copies of:
Prototype
Fable II
Idioccracy
Stephen Colbert's I Am America (and So Can You!)
Pictures will be forthcoming, but thank you again santa. You bring the kick ass. The game are both supposed to be great games right up my alley I've been meaning to pick up, Mike Judge is great, and Colbert has been on my good side ever since he did that amazing set at the White House Correspondent's dinner.
i came home today and found an amazon package on my doorstep. i racked my brain and couldnt remember ordering anything recently. upon opening the mystery package i this found inside
just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... MORE CHRISTMAS CHEER! THIS TIME ITS PERSONAL!
thanks again peppersinclaire!
The minute you watch this movie, you need to report back and tell us if it's as amazing as it sounds.
Both MST3k and Cinematic Titanic have done it. Seems like Pook's got a new staple for his holiday viewing.
Also, the thread has slowed down quite a bit, as there's only a few stragglers left (ahem). Should Doc remake it so he can post wrapping-up updates to the OP, or should we just let this thread run its course?
So, pictures finally. Sorry it took me so long. Anyways...
A wild box. Native to Boxylvania, this brown creature's flesh is said to taste like a health food bar, but contain wonderous secrets- some good, some bad. Kittehs like to play inside them after the secrets are out. I wonder what's inside this one?
Iz free stuffz! Let's do a little digging...
Shot glass molds, for making them out of ice. I'm not a big drinker myself, but these could come in handy if I ever get invited somewhere.
All hail teh mighty Titanium Spork! Able to strike down evil overlords, ferocius dragons, and college cafeteria food all in the same day! This thing is cool. It's titanium, and it's a spork. That's two cool things in one, right?
An all-edge brownie pan. It's cool, but I had to leave it at home because the hall kitchenette was closed after someone blew up multiple potatoes in the microwave. It's getting a lot of use- apparently my mother and sister are both edge-brownie addicts, so this thing's been used about five times so far.
Nao all hoo-mans must lern to speek like kitteh. No ecskuses. Kitteh pidgin will be noo language for ofishul buziness, like ordering cheezburgers and forsing hoo-mans to du r bidding.
I'm going to get a lot of use out of these magnets. The only real downside is that the LOLmagnetz and the shot glass molds arrived absolutely thrashed. But that's okay, Santa, I blame the postal guy. Thanks!
From personal experience I must say that the corner brownie pan is the only way to eat brownies. It is the best. Ever. On earth. Brownies should only be corners or edges. This is a pan from God himself.
Plus Monkey bread/bubble buns/cake are AMAZING in it as well.
From personal experience I must say that the corner brownie pan is the only way to eat brownies. It is the best. Ever. On earth. Brownies should only be corners or edges. This is a pan from God himself.
Plus Monkey bread/bubble buns/cake are AMAZING in it as well.
Best. Pan. Ever.
I was wondering what the deal was with the edges pan, but now I understand. I'm not really an edges man myself, but I can understand the appeal. The best part of a brownie? The squishy, moist inside, delicious!
From personal experience I must say that the corner brownie pan is the only way to eat brownies. It is the best. Ever. On earth. Brownies should only be corners or edges. This is a pan from God himself.
Plus Monkey bread/bubble buns/cake are AMAZING in it as well.
Best. Pan. Ever.
I was wondering what the deal was with the edges pan, but now I understand. I'm not really an edges man myself, but I can understand the appeal. The best part of a brownie? The squishy, moist inside, delicious!
I can see your point of view, but alas, you are mistaken. With the edge pan, you get both the deliciously crunchy sides, and the amazingly gooey middle in less than two bites! See? My opinion is correct in this regard. [/sarcasm]
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The_SpaniardIt's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered Userregular
edited January 2010
Back from Europe, nice to see that this thread is still going strong, awesome gifts all around.
Anyway update time. Family in Spain gave me a nice little bit of cash to help get me back on my feet after the robbery. Off topic comment, airport security is a fucking ASSMARE* right now, 3 security checkpoints just to get on a plane. I've replaced most of the hardware that was stolen short of the Wii (think I'll wait a few months on that in case the WiiHD is magically announced or something), and I'm going to wait to replace the software until EBstop has another B2G1Free sale, so that I can at least put a dent in the 80ish games stolen without it being ASS expensive.
Also fuck Microsoft, Sony and Apple for various reasons, they can suck a dick. Please ask me why I say that, I have stories.
But hey it's still the happy gifty thread so, let's keep giving. I'm in the giving mood still, who wants a God of War 3 demo code?
i came home today and found an amazon package on my doorstep. i racked my brain and couldnt remember ordering anything recently. upon opening the mystery package i this found inside
(snip)
just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... MORE CHRISTMAS CHEER! THIS TIME ITS PERSONAL!
thanks again peppersinclaire!
You're welcome! Other than Die Hard, it is The Best Xmas Movie. Hope you enjoy it!
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The_SpaniardIt's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered Userregular
Also fuck Microsoft, Sony and Apple for various reasons, they can suck a dick.
Why do you say that?
Microsoft: Had they helped me out in the way I asked to begin with I'd probably have my stolen 360 back. Basically as soon as the system was stolen I called up MS and told them to remove my credit card from the account, since I had a credit card tied to my 360 so I could make purchases without having to punch it in every time. They told me it would take 2 weeks. Fuck that, if it takes 2 weeks then the guys that stole my xbox could charge up thousands of dollars in DLC on my card. So I was forced to just change the login info on my XBL account so they wouldn't have access to it. Fast forward a couple of days to when I have the police department subpoena Microsoft so that they could track my stolen xbox. After the PD contacts them MS calls me up and asks me for my Live tag because that's how they would track it, if somebody logged in they would see it, not the unique ID of the console, but the Live tag. Welp, I'm fucking boned, since MS didn't just remove my credit card from the account when I asked I was forced to change the login and now they can't track it. FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!
Sony: After my PS3 was stolen my wonderful boyfriend selflessly gave me his new weeks old PS3. He wouldn't take no for an answer, but I've since more than made it up to him. Anyway now that I have a new PS3 I called up Sony telling them what happened and that I'd like to reset the download counter for my purchased content. For those of you that do not know, you are allowed to download purchased content 5 times before you are charged again for it. I told them that considering the circumstances I think that the counter should be reset and it wouldn't be fair to consider the downloads on my stolen system as one of my downloads. I also wanted to fuck whoever stole my system out of all my purchased games and content. The Sony rep basically told me, there is nothing we can do, don't care, your stolen system counts as one of your downloads sorry. I mentioned that Apple will reset your activations without question if you call them, and hell even let you do it from your own account, it's really convenient. Why do you guys make it so difficult? She said, yeah it is convenient for them, but we don't do that. FUCK YOU SONY!
Apple: Oh man and to think I just defended them to Sony. Basically I was calling them up to ask a simple question about my new iPod touch that I got to replace the stolen one. It came up that my last couple were stolen and the guy mentioned a service that, if I signed up for it, if my iPod was ever stolen again they would be able to instantly track it down to the crook's doorstep. I was all wow that's amazing, yeah I've heard about it before but didn't know the specifics, tell me more! Well it's a 50 dollar a month service... Woah fuck that! I know there is more to it than just tracking your stolen iPod but this is how I see it. Your iPod is stolen and they have a way to find it for you, but instead of doing it for free as a courtesy, they are going to not only charge you, not only charge you a monthly fee, but a FIFTY DOLLAR monthly fee?! That's outright extortion, and the cost outweighs the benefits in just a couple months. Frankly I think the "finding your stolen ipod function should be removed from the feature set of that service, and if they have to, if their panties are in such a bunch to charge you to find it, then it should be a one time nominal fee. Oh your iPod was stolen? Well give us 20 bucks and we'll point the cops right to the front door of the guy that stole it. But even then, just the fact that they could find it and want to charge you an insane price to do it sounds like something the FTC should look into. The sad thing is that the guy on the phone that explained all this to me was really nice and fully agreed with me that it's a total skeevy slimeball tactic. I hope that my call wasn't being recorded because I wouldn't like a nice honest guy like him to lose his job. But still.. FUCK YOU APPLE!
Oh man it feels good to get that off my chest after everything that's been happening lately.
Apple: Oh man and to think I just defended them to Sony. Basically I was calling them up to ask a simple question about my new iPod touch that I got to replace the stolen one. It came up that my last couple were stolen and the guy mentioned a service that, if I signed up for it, if my iPod was ever stolen again they would be able to instantly track it down to the crook's doorstep. I was all wow that's amazing, yeah I've heard about it before but didn't know the specifics, tell me more! Well it's a 50 dollar a month service... Woah fuck that! I know there is more to it than just tracking your stolen iPod but this is how I see it. Your iPod is stolen and they have a way to find it for you, but instead of doing it for free as a courtesy, they are going to not only charge you, not only charge you a monthly fee, but a FIFTY DOLLAR monthly fee?! That's outright extortion, and the cost outweighs the benefits in just a couple months. Frankly I think the "finding your stolen ipod function should be removed from the feature set of that service, and if they have to, if their panties are in such a bunch to charge you to find it, then it should be a one time nominal fee. Oh your iPod was stolen? Well give us 20 bucks and we'll point the cops right to the front door of the guy that stole it. But even then, just the fact that they could find it and want to charge you an insane price to do it sounds like something the FTC should look into. The sad thing is that the guy on the phone that explained all this to me was really nice and fully agreed with me that it's a total skeevy slimeball tactic. I hope that my call wasn't being recorded because I wouldn't like a nice honest guy like him to lose his job. But still.. FUCK YOU APPLE!
The service is totally optional, so why again is this a problem? If it seems like such a bad deal for you then don't use it. Problem solved.
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FiggyFighter of the night manChampion of the sunRegistered Userregular
The service is totally optional, so why again is this a problem? If it seems like such a bad deal for you then don't use it. Problem solved.
Because it's not like Apple is installing a chip into your Ipod that they then track 24/7 for your 50/mo fee. It's a feature you use one time in the unlikely event that your Ipod is stolen. It doesn't cost Apple anything extra to do it, since the functionality is already in the Ipod to begin with.
Charging 50/mo for something like that is ridiculous.
The service is totally optional, so why again is this a problem? If it seems like such a bad deal for you then don't use it. Problem solved.
Because it's not like Apple is installing a chip into your Ipod that they then track 24/7 for your 50/mo fee. It's a feature you use one time in the unlikely event that your Ipod is stolen. It doesn't cost Apple anything extra to do it, since the functionality is already in the Ipod to begin with.
Charging 50/mo for something like that is ridiculous.
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AND IT'S ALREADY JANUARY
I throw myself on the mercy of the Santa's, Moses' and all other bearers of gifts, for I have been lax in getting a picture up of the amazing things I received!
So, without further delay, I wish to convey my thanks to Willeth, who went well above and beyond the call of duty for his gifts to me!
This man, no, this legend of a man searched up things that I liked, got them for me, and just kept finding cool shit until the post office told him to fuck off, or something!
Not to be too crass, but look at that! I'm half way through And Another Thing, and it's got the feel of Adams, may he (Adams, and Willeth, now that I think about it, know where their towels are!) rest in peace!
I come to Shanghai, which I've yet to listen to in full!
The Brass Eye, which is a political satire program, clearly he paid attention to my love of the Daily Show!
Cash! Foreign currency, and in a damned fine display as well!
Paper made of shit! No, that's not an exaggeration! There is apparently actual shit used in the making of this paper! Does YOUR paper have shit in it? I thought not.
Borderlands swag!! Who doesn't love buttons?? I don't want to know those people!
And the coup de gras (unlike he got; acid doesn't need a coup de gras): AOEFEL LIVES! A dapper, one of a kind t-shirt that I cherish to the point of being unsure if I want to wear it or frame it! I think it's wonderful, but am hurt, yes HURT at the thought of washing and thus damaging this fine piece of clothing. Geek heritage covering Star Trek to D&D, all contained in one simple article of clothing!
Thank you, sir. I apologize in general for failing to post last MONTH when I intended to. Yes, the holidays were busy, but that's no excuse. You guys did. 90 pages of you did. I apologize for falling short in my Santa'ee'ness.
Brasseye is excellent
For anyone unaware of it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwylBRucU7w
embedding's disabled but go watch.
The shirt should be fine if you get some greaseproof paper and iron over it just to make sure it's adhered to the fabric. Wash it on a cool wash, and the design will be fine. Ask werehippy how he dealt with his last year if you're still not comfortable with it - the shirts I've got from this place before have shrunk a bit but the design has been fine.
Merry Christmas!
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
Good to know, and no, you weren't wrong in the slightest! Thank you for these incredible gifts, and I hope the holidays treated you as well or even better!
Merry Christmas, and have a happy new year!
Before I saw that that letter was from your Santee, I was very confused and thought Canada Post had gone even more insane and was writing letters on my behalf
Wow, I can't believe it but apparently there have been some missing notices for a package at my PO Box because I just found a "final notice" one yesterday. Looks like I did in fact get my Secret Santa package, and it was mailed out a few weeks ago!
A package draws near! What lies within?
There's a note, but it looks like the message has been lost in translation! Oh no! Thankfully, this message has been subbed for my convenience. Now what could it mean...
Some awesome shirts! I love Castlevania and Mario both, and these shirts rock!
Holy crap! A haul of DS games! I've always been curious about Bangai-O, and I've heard fun things about RetroGame Challenge too. Legend of Kage 2 looks sweet as well!
The legendary Mustache of Old Timey! The perfect companion for old school challenges!
The whole haul!
There was no name explicitly given, but thanks to a handy clue I think I owe randombattle my thanks...and an apology! Sorry that I just managed to find your package, but thanks so much for such an amazing bundle!
A nameless santa in the Colorado region has sent me an embarrassing bounty. Nay, bounty doesn't convey what I found, the bottomless cornucopia I was presented with.
I present to you:
The breakdown:
1 birck Havarti cheese
1.5 lb hickory smoked beef sticks
1 pack beef jerky nuggets
1 pack beef streakhouse bits
1 pack beef peppered nuggets
1 pack spicy jalapeno jerky bits
2 pack buffalo jerky nuggets (and that's made from the former king of the prairies, not flavored like an industrial New York city)
This meat-stravaganza brought to us courtesy of Sausage Express.
Santa, you kick ass.
edit: There was no note, so I'll have to wait until santa identifies him- or herself to thank them properly.
Retro Challenge is one of my favourite DS games, you'll have fun for sure!
edit: And geez werehippy, your holiday gift will be a double-bypass haha :P
Is that a real thing!?
Huzzah! I'm glad it finally got there!
I never asked for this!
I'm quite jealous of that haul.
I never asked for this!
Another package arrived from an unidentified source. As you may remember from last time, my Secret Santa recently lost his job due to what appears to be a military coverup. What exactly was going on was unclear, but he promised that more communications would be forthcoming. Probably in the form of rad gifts!
So open it up, five, and let's take a look:
Why, it's a tome on how to domesticate zombies! It's told from the perspective of a self-help manual, for those that have been infected and wish to remain active in society without all the "braaiins" and the hysteria and the shotgunning and the chainsawing.
Ah, and there is a note! It reads:
Did you hear that, five? Even more info!
That's good, because my daughter just came home from school with this picture and a note from her teacher that classes were canceled until the environment became more "brain-friendly". What could that mean? I thought you were supposed to bring brains to school.
Now, back to work! End dictation."
Dag, thanks so much cyphr. I'm reading through Pride & Prejudice & Zombies on the bus, and bought Secret of Mana and Super Smash Bros for the Wii. Now, we just have to go buy classic controllers for the Wii.
My tracking number says delivered!
I will shower and get un-gross and go get it.
and then post a berjillion pictures
According to the tracking number a "proxy" supplied me with, a box found its way to me.
(excuse my extraordinary cellphone quality)
After finally battling my way inside, two sackboys hand me a letter
thus state the letter:
luckily I do not suffer from this Crazy Insulin Syndrome the sackboys warn me about, and I can eat all the chocolate and books without fear
that is... if I can survive the attack from the
british newspaper!!
ooooooooo terrifiying
the answer is yes
I can survive it
and I soon find the chocolate it was guarding
(victorious grasp)
And where there is chocolate there is sure to be...
chocolate!
Belgian Chocolate!
I totally felt like harry potter on the train opening this up
And hidden deeper still is that gayest of beasts
books!
(my hand is shaking from terror)
Oh no Mr Brooker watch out behind you!
If it is hard to read from the pictures, the full list of books I got is thus:
The Hell of it All
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Dawn of the Dumb
Screen Burn
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Thanks a buttload darleysam! I had some of the belgian chocolate and it is indeed tremendous. I also stuck the two pins to my backpack and will be the belle of the ball come class time. This Charlie Brooker fellow is news to me, and judging by the blurbs and book covers these look to be hilarious. It is great that it arrived on this day, for I have all day off to read the books and gorge on chocolate.
e: I almost forgot! Darleysam is a sneaky bastard and sent me PMs under the guise of a proxy. definitely james bond
8-)
just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... MORE CHRISTMAS CHEER! THIS TIME ITS PERSONAL!
thanks again peppersinclaire!
its a bit late to but heres a sweet obscure christmas song, to rekindle the seasons joy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faGEKXgZOEk
I believe I've confirmed that this was from my G+T secret santa. Who, in a heroic show of christmas spirit, has produced yet MORE holiday cheer.
In the mail today I got yet another package, including an anonymous note explaining that technical difficulties with santa's sleigh were responsible for the delay and including brand spanking new copies of:
Prototype
Fable II
Idioccracy
Stephen Colbert's I Am America (and So Can You!)
Pictures will be forthcoming, but thank you again santa. You bring the kick ass. The game are both supposed to be great games right up my alley I've been meaning to pick up, Mike Judge is great, and Colbert has been on my good side ever since he did that amazing set at the White House Correspondent's dinner.
The minute you watch this movie, you need to report back and tell us if it's as amazing as it sounds.
It does, indeed! Clips may be available, in fact, out there in the wilds of the net on the tube of yous.
Also, the thread has slowed down quite a bit, as there's only a few stragglers left (ahem). Should Doc remake it so he can post wrapping-up updates to the OP, or should we just let this thread run its course?
A wild box. Native to Boxylvania, this brown creature's flesh is said to taste like a health food bar, but contain wonderous secrets- some good, some bad. Kittehs like to play inside them after the secrets are out. I wonder what's inside this one?
Iz free stuffz! Let's do a little digging...
Shot glass molds, for making them out of ice. I'm not a big drinker myself, but these could come in handy if I ever get invited somewhere.
All hail teh mighty Titanium Spork! Able to strike down evil overlords, ferocius dragons, and college cafeteria food all in the same day! This thing is cool. It's titanium, and it's a spork. That's two cool things in one, right?
An all-edge brownie pan. It's cool, but I had to leave it at home because the hall kitchenette was closed after someone blew up multiple potatoes in the microwave. It's getting a lot of use- apparently my mother and sister are both edge-brownie addicts, so this thing's been used about five times so far.
Nao all hoo-mans must lern to speek like kitteh. No ecskuses. Kitteh pidgin will be noo language for ofishul buziness, like ordering cheezburgers and forsing hoo-mans to du r bidding.
I'm going to get a lot of use out of these magnets. The only real downside is that the LOLmagnetz and the shot glass molds arrived absolutely thrashed. But that's okay, Santa, I blame the postal guy. Thanks!
I can has cheezburger, yes?
Plus Monkey bread/bubble buns/cake are AMAZING in it as well.
Best. Pan. Ever.
I was wondering what the deal was with the edges pan, but now I understand. I'm not really an edges man myself, but I can understand the appeal. The best part of a brownie? The squishy, moist inside, delicious!
I can see your point of view, but alas, you are mistaken. With the edge pan, you get both the deliciously crunchy sides, and the amazingly gooey middle in less than two bites! See? My opinion is correct in this regard. [/sarcasm]
Anyway update time. Family in Spain gave me a nice little bit of cash to help get me back on my feet after the robbery. Off topic comment, airport security is a fucking ASSMARE* right now, 3 security checkpoints just to get on a plane. I've replaced most of the hardware that was stolen short of the Wii (think I'll wait a few months on that in case the WiiHD is magically announced or something), and I'm going to wait to replace the software until EBstop has another B2G1Free sale, so that I can at least put a dent in the 80ish games stolen without it being ASS expensive.
Also fuck Microsoft, Sony and Apple for various reasons, they can suck a dick. Please ask me why I say that, I have stories.
But hey it's still the happy gifty thread so, let's keep giving. I'm in the giving mood still, who wants a God of War 3 demo code?
*Combination of the world ass and nightmare.
Why do you say that?
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
You're welcome! Other than Die Hard, it is The Best Xmas Movie. Hope you enjoy it!
Microsoft: Had they helped me out in the way I asked to begin with I'd probably have my stolen 360 back. Basically as soon as the system was stolen I called up MS and told them to remove my credit card from the account, since I had a credit card tied to my 360 so I could make purchases without having to punch it in every time. They told me it would take 2 weeks. Fuck that, if it takes 2 weeks then the guys that stole my xbox could charge up thousands of dollars in DLC on my card. So I was forced to just change the login info on my XBL account so they wouldn't have access to it. Fast forward a couple of days to when I have the police department subpoena Microsoft so that they could track my stolen xbox. After the PD contacts them MS calls me up and asks me for my Live tag because that's how they would track it, if somebody logged in they would see it, not the unique ID of the console, but the Live tag. Welp, I'm fucking boned, since MS didn't just remove my credit card from the account when I asked I was forced to change the login and now they can't track it. FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!
Sony: After my PS3 was stolen my wonderful boyfriend selflessly gave me his new weeks old PS3. He wouldn't take no for an answer, but I've since more than made it up to him. Anyway now that I have a new PS3 I called up Sony telling them what happened and that I'd like to reset the download counter for my purchased content. For those of you that do not know, you are allowed to download purchased content 5 times before you are charged again for it. I told them that considering the circumstances I think that the counter should be reset and it wouldn't be fair to consider the downloads on my stolen system as one of my downloads. I also wanted to fuck whoever stole my system out of all my purchased games and content. The Sony rep basically told me, there is nothing we can do, don't care, your stolen system counts as one of your downloads sorry. I mentioned that Apple will reset your activations without question if you call them, and hell even let you do it from your own account, it's really convenient. Why do you guys make it so difficult? She said, yeah it is convenient for them, but we don't do that. FUCK YOU SONY!
Apple: Oh man and to think I just defended them to Sony. Basically I was calling them up to ask a simple question about my new iPod touch that I got to replace the stolen one. It came up that my last couple were stolen and the guy mentioned a service that, if I signed up for it, if my iPod was ever stolen again they would be able to instantly track it down to the crook's doorstep. I was all wow that's amazing, yeah I've heard about it before but didn't know the specifics, tell me more! Well it's a 50 dollar a month service... Woah fuck that! I know there is more to it than just tracking your stolen iPod but this is how I see it. Your iPod is stolen and they have a way to find it for you, but instead of doing it for free as a courtesy, they are going to not only charge you, not only charge you a monthly fee, but a FIFTY DOLLAR monthly fee?! That's outright extortion, and the cost outweighs the benefits in just a couple months. Frankly I think the "finding your stolen ipod function should be removed from the feature set of that service, and if they have to, if their panties are in such a bunch to charge you to find it, then it should be a one time nominal fee. Oh your iPod was stolen? Well give us 20 bucks and we'll point the cops right to the front door of the guy that stole it. But even then, just the fact that they could find it and want to charge you an insane price to do it sounds like something the FTC should look into. The sad thing is that the guy on the phone that explained all this to me was really nice and fully agreed with me that it's a total skeevy slimeball tactic. I hope that my call wasn't being recorded because I wouldn't like a nice honest guy like him to lose his job. But still.. FUCK YOU APPLE!
Oh man it feels good to get that off my chest after everything that's been happening lately.
The service is totally optional, so why again is this a problem? If it seems like such a bad deal for you then don't use it. Problem solved.
Because it's not like Apple is installing a chip into your Ipod that they then track 24/7 for your 50/mo fee. It's a feature you use one time in the unlikely event that your Ipod is stolen. It doesn't cost Apple anything extra to do it, since the functionality is already in the Ipod to begin with.
Charging 50/mo for something like that is ridiculous.
Bingo.