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SECRET SAINTS! THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

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  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    I have received another bawx package!

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    And inside the bawx was... pain another box!

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    Ostensibly, this is for carrying miniatures, but the holes provided are too small for mine! Which means, with some of what the French call bricolage, it will serve as a paintbrush box!

    Children's rights are human rights.
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Uriel wrote: »
    Also I hate when I see an informed delivery notification but then this happens for no reason

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    Aha.

    The stupid management really needs to fix the door to the mail/laundry room. They changed it to an even worse key pad that's even more finicky. You have to type the code super fast to get in.

    The mail person must have gotten frustrated and instead of dropping it at my door which would be easy they just... Left.

  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
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    asscreed valhalla! i've heard good things about this! i didn't really play the last 2 games, but i saw this one brings back features i liked from past titles so i'm eager to play it

    thanks @IronKnuckle's Ghost!

  • IronKnuckle's GhostIronKnuckle's Ghost Registered User regular
    Enjoy! And the Switch charger was from me, though I must not have filled out the gift message for that one.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I love all of you nerds

  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    I love you too, Raijin Quickfoot.

    Hey, speaking of love, I got a package!

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    It's a library book! My favorite kind!

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    (No, seriously. It's a library book belonging to "Cerritos Library". Have they shut down? Is this legit? ???)

    Children's rights are human rights.
  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    Libraries have to withdraw ~10% of their books every year, because people keep writing books and our shelves stay the same size.

    Some of this is accomplished through natural attrition as books go missing or get damaged, but mostly we just have to look at which books aren't circulating as much and weed excess copies. If they're still in good shape, these books are sold as used, increasingly on Amazon and other online booksellers. Depending on the system, they might be stamped as withdrawn, have the barcode marked through with a sharpie, or simply have the RFID tag slashed or removed.

    Sometimes people steal library books and resell them, but this is typically a very inefficient crime, as library processing automatically drops books into the "fair" condition for most resellers.

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  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    I think I sent that one to you and assure you that I did not steal it from a library!

    I ate an engineer
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
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    Two packages showed up! A copy of one of my favorite movies on bluray with no note and a nice heavy duty metal kitty litter scoop for duck from iron knuckle' ghost!

    Thank you :)

  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    milski wrote: »
    I think I sent that one to you and assure you that I did not steal it from a library!

    I believe you, because of what Jedoc said, and it has a stamp of "WITHDRAWN" on the first page.

    So thank you very much!

    Children's rights are human rights.
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2020
    A gift arrived! Magic Jumpstart box! These cards are really hard to come by right now, so thanks a ton whoever sent it (pictures coming soon, my phone is dead)

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    Picture added!

    Munkus Beaver on
    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    That would also be me! The gift bombs are landing! Canadian Amazon being different than US Amazon is a tremendous hassle!

    I ate an engineer
  • astrobstrdastrobstrd So full of mercy... Registered User regular
    Have a few things to post tomorrow. Curious 6-year olds means keeping some stuff off-site. Consider my gast flabberred by all you lovelies.

    Selling the Scream Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-donaldson
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited December 2020
    And now a new catbox for duck's new scoop!
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    The high sides should keep litter off the floor!

    Tallahasseeriel on
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2020
    Uriel wrote: »
    And now a new catbox for duck's new scoop!
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    The high sides should keep litter off the floor!

    Litter...uh... finds a way

    Raijin Quickfoot on
  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    Litter hermetically sealed in a lead sphere demonstrates significant quantum tunneling effects if a cat approaches to within half a meter of the sphere.

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  • astrobstrdastrobstrd So full of mercy... Registered User regular
    Back from work and ready to be wrapped.

    The boy loves Into the Spider-Verse and specifically Miles. He’s making me play through Spider-Man on PS4 right now and got to see me bawl like a baby (for the 3rd time now!) at the Stan Lee cameo. I’m sure these will be a hit. This RollerCoaster Challenge may be the toy of his I play with when he isn’t here. What an awesome looking game. It looks really similar (at a larger scale) to a car puzzle game he really likes.

    This may be the corniest thing I’ve said in years, but you all really have me believing in Santa again.

    Shout out again to @Blackhawk1313 for the shirt. I have a similar looking one that I really like, but is getting old and prime for retirement.
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    Selling the Scream Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-donaldson
  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    Oh gosh, I'm so glad those resonated! They all seemed like things I would've loved when I was 6, and I wanted y'all to have things that would be fun to play with together.

    I'm having a little bit of a cry about the fact that I got to spread some holiday cheer - thank you for giving that opportunity, @astrobstrd

  • IronKnuckle's GhostIronKnuckle's Ghost Registered User regular
    Uriel wrote: »
    And now a new catbox for duck's new scoop!
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    The high sides should keep litter off the floor!

    Yay! There should be one more thing that Amazon claims is arriving tomorrow.

  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    So my brother was heading out for work, and I saw footsteps outside, so I assumed he had gone out, but then he popped up out of the stairs, and in that moment, I knew, I knew, that it was the work of a friendly Saint!

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    Thank you, mysterious Saint! I will use this case for my Kill Team miniatures!

    Children's rights are human rights.
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
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    A kit of homebrew equipment! I can finally brew mead again and make use of that honey I've got sitting around! Once I solve the logistics puzzle of doing so in this apartment!

    Hooray! Thanks so much!

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    A gift arrived!
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    Breath of the Wild for the switch! Thank you so much, whoever sent it, I love this game and have needed a switch version of it ever since the WiiU was put out to pasture

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Elaro wrote: »
    So my brother was heading out for work, and I saw footsteps outside, so I assumed he had gone out, but then he popped up out of the stairs, and in that moment, I knew, I knew, that it was the work of a friendly Saint!

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    Thank you, mysterious Saint! I will use this case for my Kill Team miniatures!

    That one's from me.

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  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    Uriel wrote: »
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    A kit of homebrew equipment! I can finally brew mead again and make use of that honey I've got sitting around! Once I solve the logistics puzzle of doing so in this apartment!

    Hooray! Thanks so much!

    You has a bukket!

    Children's rights are human rights.
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Elaro wrote: »
    Uriel wrote: »
    :biggrin:

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    A kit of homebrew equipment! I can finally brew mead again and make use of that honey I've got sitting around! Once I solve the logistics puzzle of doing so in this apartment!

    Hooray! Thanks so much!

    You has a bukket!
    Actually two buckets! One has a hole and a spigot for bottling down the line (probably several months after I start which might be early January)

    There is also a hydrometer and autosyphon and sticker thermometer for the side of the fermenting bucket and some cleaning solution powder and a bottle brush and a bottle capper and and airlock and some tubing and a bottling wand.

  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    edited December 2020
    Uriel wrote: »
    Elaro wrote: »
    Uriel wrote: »
    :biggrin:

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    A kit of homebrew equipment! I can finally brew mead again and make use of that honey I've got sitting around! Once I solve the logistics puzzle of doing so in this apartment!

    Hooray! Thanks so much!

    You has a bukket!
    Actually two buckets! One has a hole and a spigot for bottling down the line (probably several months after I start which might be early January)

    There is also a hydrometer and autosyphon and sticker thermometer for the side of the fermenting bucket and some cleaning solution powder and a bottle brush and a bottle capper and and airlock and some tubing and a bottling wand.

    TWO BUKKETS?

    *swoons*

    Elaro on
    Children's rights are human rights.
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    So MUCH GIFTING!!!

  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    Jedoc! Again! You bought my whole dang list you absolute maniac!

    With this tome of hoary old demented underground 70's comics you will make a hoary old demented underground 70's comics person very happy, thank you so much!

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    Oh yeah that's that weird greasy stuff they like alright

    Broke as fuck in the style of the times. Gratitude is all that can return on your generosity.

    https://www.paypal.me/hobnailtaylor
  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    Awesome! The delivery date kept getting pushed back, to the point where I don't think the people who sold me that book actually owned it at the time.

    Festive holidays to all!

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  • IronKnuckle's GhostIronKnuckle's Ghost Registered User regular
    Uriel wrote: »
    :biggrin:

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    A kit of homebrew equipment! I can finally brew mead again and make use of that honey I've got sitting around! Once I solve the logistics puzzle of doing so in this apartment!

    Hooray! Thanks so much!

    Ok! So! Now from one homebrewer to another, we need to figure out a way to exchange drinks. I recently bottled my first batch of sake and it's really damned good.

    Happy brewing!

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited December 2020
    Sake? Really? Isn't that a huge pain in the ass to homebrew? Color me impressed!

    :biggrin:

    Mead is honestly dead simple unless you really get into the weeds on nutrient dosing schedules!

    Tallahasseeriel on
  • IronKnuckle's GhostIronKnuckle's Ghost Registered User regular
    Nah sake is dead simple. Steam rice, seed with mold, wait, throw that in a bucket with water, seed with yeast, add increasing amounts of fresh steamed rice and water, wait about a month, press all that, rack to gallon jugs, wait another month, rack again, pasteurize, drink.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Nah sake is dead simple. Steam rice, seed with mold, wait, throw that in a bucket with water, seed with yeast, add increasing amounts of fresh steamed rice and water, wait about a month, press all that, rack to gallon jugs, wait another month, rack again, pasteurize, drink.

    Oh yes... so incredibly simple.

  • IronKnuckle's GhostIronKnuckle's Ghost Registered User regular
    It's only 90 days! Most of it just waiting and thinking about how, in just a short 25% of one year, you'll have gallons of very sweet and very strong sake!

  • Blackhawk1313Blackhawk1313 Demon Hunter for Hire Time RiftRegistered User regular
    A gift arrived!
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    Breath of the Wild for the switch! Thank you so much, whoever sent it, I love this game and have needed a switch version of it ever since the WiiU was put out to pasture

    Twas me again. It’s still one of my favorite games on the switch, it’s a wonder to be able to play such a game portable.

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    It's only 90 days! Most of it just waiting and thinking about how, in just a short 25% of one year, you'll have gallons of very sweet and very strong sake!

    90 days, lucky!

    Mead can take like a year to clear without finings from my understanding. Last time I did it I used supercleer after like two months in the carboy.

    It's just there are fewer steps and ingredients to a standard mead, just honey, water and yeast, maybe some nutrients for a nice stable ferment, and some sulphites and sorbate to stablize. Bulk aging takes the majority of the time.

  • TefTef Registered User regular
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    In retrospect I should've edited the other post, but phone posting! This was easier!

    Oh good the other arrived. Merry Saintmas!

    I was very confused for a second and then I went by front door and saw a package there

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    Holy shit! It’s the Godzilla painting I wanted! I cannot express how happy this makes me, thank you so much! This thing is awesome!
    That was me! I saw it on the list and knew I had to get it. Enjoy!

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Oh hey! A Seattle SuperSonics hoodie came in today!!

    I’m not sure who sent it and I forgot to take a pic but it rules!!!

  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    Hell yeah, Thunder up!

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  • astrobstrdastrobstrd So full of mercy... Registered User regular
    Hey, just wanted to let any saint who saw something was delivered that I haven't posted yet, that my parents received a large box, so some wires may have gotten crossed with my address last year.

    I will post once I get it, but my step-mom is an enormous procrastinator, so it may be later.

    I can't wait to share it here!

    Selling the Scream Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-donaldson
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