Wasilla, AK
Btw, I am already wearing one of the tshirts. The girls took the spinners and bracelets and ran off.
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all of the chinchillas have finally arrived. does anyone know if I can safely package a honey badger in with them, or will those nasty little fuzzballs attack the badger?
I hate for my recipient to receive a bunch of fat chinchilla and one badger carcass 
Quoted from j_m_:all of the chinchillas have finally arrived. does anyone know if I can safely package a honey badger in with them, or will those nasty little fuzzballs attack the badger?
I hate for my recipient to receive a bunch of fat chinchilla and one badger carcass
Did you try seeing if Belushi ever got any wolverines back in stock? That may work better...
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London
So I ordered some stuff for my SS, the package came to the UK, and is now apparently in Brazil! I've ordered them again!
November 26, 2018, 2:41 pm
Processed Through Facility
BRAZIL
Your item was processed through a facility in BRAZIL on November 26, 2018 at 2:41 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
November 20, 2018, 1:03 pm
Departed
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
November 19, 2018, 10:45 pm
Departed
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES
LOL
Hi Santas, just wanted to post an update on how the gift sending is going so far. We still have 9 days before the posted shipping date cutoff and we have already had almost half of the SS check in with me saying they shipped out their gifts, which is great. I'm marking people off as they contact me and/or when someone posts that they received their gift, so if you haven't contacted me but your recipient has posted that they got their gifts, you are all good.
If you have shipped and didn't let me know yet, please shoot me a quick PM so I can mark you down. In a couple days I will post again here and send out reminders to anyone I haven't heard from yet, as that will still give people another week to ship. Thanks again!
Capture (resized).JPGGot something in the mail yesterday and have not had a chance to post until now. We got a great haul!
A nifty window decal
An awesomely cool pinball shirt
A sweet flash/work light
A metal sign of the JP flyer
last but not least...Laser Fingers and some delicious candy (which our 4 year old was extremely exited about both)
Thank you very much SS. It was a great gift!
20181203_171255 (resized).jpg20181203_171930 (resized).jpgQuoted from LTG:Thank you for all your work organizing this John. I hope Santa is real good to you.
LTG : )
Thanks Lloyd! It's been a lot of fun and it's really cool to see all the gifts and how much everyone is enjoying it!
P.S. I talked to Jim today and we are going to stop in tomorrow afternoon to play some more Pirates, so I'll see you then. 
Watching everyone open all these cool gifts almost made me tear into mine. But, my wife said it’s as fun for her as it is me, so she wants me to wait for Christmas. Damn it! At least she’s into pinball as much as me....I’ll wait. Although I’ve threatened to open it in the middle of the night. 
My stuff finally will arrive late this week, so package will get sent on time. I’m definitely in next year!
Quoted from dnapac:almost made me tear into mine.
Just think how much better Christmas will be when you get to open your Secret Santa present. Just like years ago when you were a kid.
Christmas is over too fast anyway. Why hurry it, and miss part of the excitement ?
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:Just think how much better Christmas will be when you get to open your Secret Santa present. Just like years ago when you were a kid.
Christmas is over too fast anyway. Why hurry it, and miss part of the excitement ?
LTG : )
I agree. I haven’t been this excited for Christmas for years/decades. Waiting does add that anticipation/excitement component.
Quoted from action76:Got something in the mail yesterday and have not had a chance to post until now. We got a great haul!
A nifty window decal
An awesomely cool pinball shirt
A sweet flash/work light
A metal sign of the JP flyer
last but not least...Laser Fingers and some delicious candy (which our 4 year old was extremely exited about both)
Thank you very much SS. It was a great gift![quoted image][quoted image]
That window decal and shirt is awesome...whoever your secret Santa is did a great job! I would like to receive a pm on where to get these if you don’t mind SS..thanks
Quoted from action76:Got something in the mail yesterday and have not had a chance to post until now. We got a great haul!
A nifty window decal
An awesomely cool pinball shirt
A sweet flash/work light
A metal sign of the JP flyer
last but not least...Laser Fingers and some delicious candy (which our 4 year old was extremely exited about both)
Thank you very much SS. It was a great gift![quoted image][quoted image]
I think the sign is awesome. I would like to know where to find those.
Did not get my present yet but just looking at how everyone has put so much time and effort in picking gift is even more fun!
Good job John!
Quoted from Phat_Jay:17.5 lbs of pinside goodness!
Wow, the postage alone equals the minimum budget requirement!
I got my Secret Santa package and got some cool stuff. Always useful bottles of Novus 1 & 2, a t-shirt, some Mrs Pin podcast buttons, stickers, slap bracelets (or quick and dirty cable wraps), a couple of Deadpool flyers, 3 issues of Gameroom Magazine, some cool arcade and pinball stickers, Pinball compendium book (awesome book which we didn't have), and a Making of Tron book which my husband is thrilled with because somehow he'd never seen it.
Thank you Santa!
P1020417 (resized).JPGWow! Hit the big time! Whomever you are, you kick ass!!! Seriously, we don’t do much for presents in my family so this will likely be the one thing I open for the holidays. You totally stalked and were creative. Thx from the bottom of my heart!
image (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgAbsolutely perfect! I opened up the box and everything was individually wrapped, attached to them was quotes I made in the forums. Every item was tied to something I said, very cool. I wish I had photographed everything but I was like a kid on Xmas morning. Thank you! I haven’t felt that in years...decades. Thank you! I got a lit pac man sign to go with my pac man machine, not sure where I’ll put it yet but it came with a awesome wall mount. Very solid, led lit. Love it! A pac man record that’ll look great hung on the wall ( my kid already listened to it) Two T-shirt’s, one of strikes and spares cuz I like skinny red heads 
( that was in this thread, early), and a porn shirt cuz we were joking about what to get everybody. Also got a micro screwdriver, Molex pin tool, and a pin straightening device because I said I wanted one in a thread (works great btw!). I needed all three actually, love the Molex tool especially!
Very, very, thoughtful and cool. THANK YOU!
Quoted from Phat_Jay:Absolutely perfect! I opened up the box and everything was individually wrapped, attached to them was quotes I made in the forums. Every item was tied to something I said, very cool. I wish I had photographed everything but I was like a kid on Xmas morning. Thank you! I haven’t felt that in years...decades. Thank you! I got a lit pac man sign to go with my pac man machine, not sure where I’ll put it yet but it came with a awesome wall mount. Very solid, led lit. Love it! A pac man record that’ll look great hung on the wall ( my kid already listened to it) Two T-shirt’s, one of strikes and spares cuz I like skinny red heads ( that was in this thread, early), and a porn shirt cuz we were joking about what to get everybody. Also got a micro screwdriver, Molex pin tool, and a pin straightening device because I said I wanted one in a thread (works great btw!). I needed all three actually, love the Molex tool especially!
Very, very, thoughtful and cool. THANK YOU!
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Love the strikes and spare's shirt. I haven't been able to find a good source for pin shirts. Would love a pm to know where to get that one.
Quoted from Phat_Jay:... and a pin straightening device because I said I wanted one in a thread (works great btw!).
Dammit... I knew I shouldn't have mentioned in one of the OT threads how I wondered what it would be like to own a Chinchilla. The stalking in this thread is unbelievable. 
Quoted from Pinzap:Dammit... I knew I shouldn't have mentioned in one of the OT threads how I wondered what it would be like to own a Chinchilla. The stalking in this thread is unbelievable.
hope you've got room for 30 of the little bastards. they were all so cute, I couldn't see just taking one and leaving the rest at the local animal shelter
next year, someone is getting hedgehogs!
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damnit! one of the little guys off and died on me. waiting for a replacement. I hope he looks the same 
Just got back from a work trip and find this waiting for me. Absolutely awesome gift. I received a nice little overhaul kit for my TMNT machine! Thanks secret santa! I cant wait to ship my gift out tommorow and join in the fun.
20181206_170547 (resized).jpg20181206_171045 (resized).jpgQuoted from Coz:My package is here! Big question...do I open now??? Or wait for Christmas?????
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Open it without looking, take pic, post pic without looking....then look at your post on christmas 
I’m off to a pretty wonderful start from my Secret Santa! I love the popcorn, and I had a bumper sticker exactly like this one years ago! We will see how long I can wait to open the other gifts, but I love what I have so far. Thank you SS!!!!!
3BA20200-1047-4E29-8B2D-882D15677DAD (resized).jpegA1BC7699-4C6B-4CBD-998F-A2B73524F8B7 (resized).jpegOk, I couldn’t wait. My gifts are truly IMAMACULATE!!! Wow, my secret Santa found the most imamaculate Baywatch shirt and flyer, the Hoffs CD, a signed picture and some cool pinball items. Thanks for the laugh and the awesome gifts. I don’t have a Baywatch pin, maybe this is a sign that I need one...
1BA55A29-E26A-4F4B-8183-39D7C089C7CF (resized).jpeg00F2E1A5-39A1-4698-9700-1D643C8F74DE (resized).jpeg2F622B68-B7DE-49FA-9497-D94AE7295CF8 (resized).jpegQuoted from Coz:Ok, I couldn’t wait. My gifts are truly IMAMACULATE!!! Wow, my secret Santa found the most imamaculate Baywatch shirt and flyer, the Hoffs CD, a signed picture and some cool pinball items. Thanks for the laugh and the awesome gifts. I don’t have a Baywatch pin, maybe this is a sign that I need one...[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
No F’ing way!! Did the Hoff actually sign that?
Quoted from ypurchn:No F’ing way!! Did the Hoff actually sign that?
Wait.....do you think the Hoff is my secret Santa???
Quoted from Coz:Ok, I couldn’t wait. My gifts are truly IMAMACULATE!!! Wow, my secret Santa found the most imamaculate Baywatch shirt and flyer, the Hoffs CD, a signed picture and some cool pinball items. Thanks for the laugh and the awesome gifts. I don’t have a Baywatch pin, maybe this is a sign that I need one...[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
That is hilarious!!!!
Quoted from Coz:Wait.....do you think the Hoff is my secret Santa???
Absolutely why else would he sign it XOXOXOXO
My package arrived! I chuckled because it traveled such a short distance, yet was sent 1-day priority. Seemed unnecessary but maybe the price was the same, -OR- maybe there's something that can't be in the box for very long?! Hhhmm, what are chinchillas anyways?!
Seriously, though, I'm waiting, but would love to know if it is safe to open the box, and not ruin the surprise? Maybe there's a nicer package inside whose presentation I will be wasting. SS, please advise John to let me know if it's safe to open. Otherwise, I'm not risking it.
Quoted from cletus:Who wouldn’t like a ziplock freezer bag full of assorted , HUO, rubber rings and incandescent bulbs, right?
that was an option?
Quoted from HighVoltage:My package arrived! I chuckled because it traveled such a short distance, yet was sent 1-day priority. Seemed unnecessary but maybe the price was the same, -OR- maybe there's something that can't be in the box for very long?!
OK, I've been advised if I want to wait to open then I need to cut a small hole and drop in some celery and pepperoni daily.
??? Hhhmmmm.....
Quoted from HighVoltage:OK, I've been advised if I want to wait to open then I need to cut a small hole and drop in some celery and pepperoni daily.
??? Hhhmmmm.....
But not after midnight.
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