Open Road

NCporsche wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:18 am I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

You're right, but hopefully we're also talking about an inefficient shipping environment we are in!

XR4Tim wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:03 am For what it's worth, some packages may be arriving late. The one I sent was supposed to be delivered Monday, but now says "arriving late" with no ETA. The last package I sent prior to this one wound up two weeks late.

Well something is out for delivery today, so here to hoping (of course it could also be my wife's order from Kohls that is a few weeks late).

Yes indeed. I definitely enjoyed the giving part! All good!

NCporsche wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:18 am I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

I need to remember the joy is in the giving, not the receiving.

Looks like I might have made the "naughty" list as I still haven't received the lump of coal I earned this year. Hopefully I, too, am just a victim of a labor disruption by the Elves union at the North pole...

Santa dropped a collection of items.

Some to enjoy now, . . .

. . . . and some to cause trouble by starting a search for the rest of the parts to build an AR.



I like the Matchbox Jeep.

1948 Willys CJ2, just like the one I built for a friend in high school.
Hence starting the search for my 1956CJ5.

No one has posted up what I sent. Hope it got there ok!

Cuda911 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:47 pm No one has posted up what I sent. Hope it got there ok!

Got it yesterday...




I didn't participate, but when this came I thought of you. There was a slip of paper in the package. In 0.05 font, it identified the guilty party. Just to be clear, it actually wasn't from you.

Santa sent me package today! however, there seems to be a mix up there was a mint, still factory edged 1980's vintage knife in a 2011 box. Sorry Santa, not gonna return this for the '11 version.

Obligatory pic:

Today? It was guaranteed for delivery two days ago. I demand a refund.

Excellent vintage ID, I'm impressed.

It's never been out of the brown paper before. Fun to see/read all that printing on the inside of it!

I received a second package today.... a red hot sauce. Sorry to screw up the secret part, but was wondering if this is intended fore someone that got shrifted, and should I be forwarding it on.

Cuda911 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:47 pm No one has posted up what I sent. Hope it got there ok!

Same, I sent a message anyways to make sure it got there!

DAVfoto wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:44 am Same, I sent a message anyways to make sure it got there!

It has, Thank You!

Now we need some definitive guessing.
I am at a loss.

Yea. Not sure myself.

Fernando, can we get a list of everyone that did the secret Santa in here. So we can guess!

Nothing to see here.....literally.

Guess I’m on the naughty list....

Merry Christmas.

Lol. That’d be a very “open road” thing to do, actually... pick a couple of folks for the “naughty” list. I’m on it too, so you are in good company.

Is anyone still waiting?

We need some guessing going on!

The gift I sent is still out in the USPS ether somewhere.

DAVfoto wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:34 pm Yea. Not sure myself.

Fernando, can we get a list of everyone that did the secret Santa in here. So we can guess!

Sorry I didn't see this message!

Here are the participants so although late, guess away:

amdavid
cuda911
davfoto
Gregs04.5
Louis de Funes
ltusler
MrsFlorida
N_Jay
NCporsche
sh944
V-Fib
XR4Tim

I'm fairly sure mine came from Cuda911, Thanks and Merry Christmas!

I'm going to guess Scott SH944 for mine.

I think mine came from @ltusler , if based on nothing but the postmark. Is that cheating?

Gregs04.5 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:51 am I'm fairly sure mine came from Cuda911, Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Indeed.... enjoy! I thought it was a pretty cool knife.

The Peruvian hot sauces I received are great! Been putting them on everything. Thx to sender!

I'm still at a loss.

Blake, you’ll have to keep guessing as that wasn’t from me. Thanks for thinking I had such good taste tho! lol

If the person who received the gift from me doesn’t guess correctly, I’ll be amazed for several reasons, such as the fact that I screwed up and didn’t use the Secret return address amongst other things.

I’ll also have to add that since I never received anything, not even a lump of coal, that I must have been exceptionally bad this year...

When I created the sign-up form I forgot to check of the "member permissions" box so it was actually accessible to everyone even those who are not OR members.

A woman by the name of "Gladys" actually signed up. I looked for her everywhere and although it would have been nice to include her, I didn't even have her email address. So Gladys if you are out there hiding under another handle, sorry I didn't include you!

Moral of the story is, she might still be waiting for her gift too...

I didn't receive anything. OTOH I didn't sign up. In the past with a few family Secret Santa deals, I signed up, gave, but received nothing. So I got the same result without the hassle.

SANTA LIVES

Received my Santa gift today. It had an expected delivery of 12/21 and package may have been breached.

Thanks for honoring my wish list which was a 10mm socket and a T-shirt for a local place of interest.

Life is good. I’m happy happy.

Here’s what I got....

Guessing Santa was pissed off and stressed this year, or maybe it was me....

Of course giving was the best part!....I’ll participate again.