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Stern, 2021Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Wasn’t there a Pinside staff grinch a year or two ago, or did I miss the update on that situation?
That got resolved. That Pinsider happened to be a moderator and I was able to open a moderator only thread and get it worked out that way with the help of the other mods.
Quoted from LesManley:I initially thought that I hope he is ok and wasn't in the hospital or an accident or something, but he logs on everyday to Pinside so he must be seeing my messages and still never responds, so I don't know what to think.
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Sometimes life gets heavy and people don't have to go to a hospital to know they're not "ok". I don't know him personally but just saying before you call him out and internet shame him.. remember he's a pinball brother and maybe needs us to he there for him.. could be a tough year and funds are tight..but to go silent and not be able to respond after logging in all the time makes me doubt it. So penguindeity, if you're feeling down..PM anytime u wanna talk dude! If you're hooked on the bottle or the pipe and just being a deadbeat..well then there goes my faith in humanity!
Quoted from Dee-Bow:Sometimes life gets heavy and people don't have to go to a hospital to know they're not "ok". I don't know him personally but just saying before you call him out and internet shame him.. remember he's a pinball brother and maybe needs us to he there for him.. could be a tough year and funds are tight..but to go silent and not be able to respond after logging in all the time makes me doubt it. So penguindeity, if you're feeling down..PM anytime u wanna talk dude! If you're hooked on the bottle or the pipe and just being a deadbeat..well then there goes my faith in humanity!
Totally agree, which is why in my messages I just asked for communication that's all. No name calling, threats or anything...I just needed to know what was going on. I don't need details, could have been as simple as, "I'm sorry, I can't send a gift right now" and I would have worked it out.
Quoted from wamonkey:How many people never posted what they received….
About 12. I've talked to a few of them already.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Wasn’t there a Pinside moderator grinch a year or two ago, or did I miss the update on that situation?
That one got rectified with some prodding
Quoted from Propsnsports:Sorry for posting so late. Covid has been making the rounds since Christmas Eve. A huge thanks to my secret santa. Still waiting to try the popcorn
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I love that mini-pin! A friend of mine got an AFM one too.
Quoted from Propsnsports:Sorry for posting so late. Covid has been making the rounds since Christmas Eve. A huge thanks to my secret santa. Still waiting to try the popcorn
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Oooo I definitely know exactly where that Mars cheese castle is. Your santa must be from Wisconsin!
I'm glad I kept my tree up......... today I got some Santa deliveries! Yeah!
A nice pack of 3 pinball themed tee-shirts...
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All 3 are nice... I like especially the one with the heart rate, displaying pinball interest in a relatively discreet way 
And.... someone got jealous about the one with cats... even if it does not fit very well 8 year olds! 
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Thanks Secret Santa!!!!!!!!!!
Some more packages showed up yesterday night!!!! I'm definitely keeping the tree up a bit more
Let's start with a nice little USPS box... coming from Texas...
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You'll appreciate how I composed the picture, to keep things interesting... Some Holiday elements on the left, some pinball context on the right, and the box in the middle 
Wow, some home made fudge!!!!!!! Coming with a nice Santa note. Awesome!
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I'm the only Pinsider in the family, so I hesitated to keep all this for me... but I guess I had to share this one
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And it is EXCELLENT... Thank you so much!
We're going to go slow and (tentatively) make the fudge bar last 2 or 3 days
Today I'm unpacking 2 amazon boxes... one super heavy and one super light... both the same size!
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One really nice hardcover book: "The Complete Pinball Book: Collecting the Game & Its History"... I will definitely dig into it quickly!
One pinball patent poster... It will definitely find a spot on my office wall!
Thank you!!!!!
Now a little USPS box... Seems packed!
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Let's have a look at all the goodies inside:
- Some "sour punches"... sweet!
- A metal pacman pin, followed by 3 angry ghosts
- A "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" pin (I admit I had to do some research to identify this one!)
- A "Brooklyn, MI" shirt (good, I did not have any tee-shirt from Brooklyn, Michigan 
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- Some marinated olives...
- And... a personalized note, in French (merci!)
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One big thanks for all these cool things!
Mat
(entertaining the Secret Santa 2021 thread in January 2022 )
And... Santa season is not over!!!!
Some little package showed up yesterday night...
This is a mod for my Deadpool Pro...
Shiny shurikens to upgrade the bumpers... They really look awesome 
, and the build quality is really impressive! These things are heavy!
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I will post back with some pictures once it's in the pin.
Thanks you Santa for so much generosity... This is... crazy!
Quoted from matiou:And... Santa season is not over!!!!
Some little package showed up yesterday night...
This is a mod for my Deadpool Pro...
Shiny shurikens to upgrade the bumpers... They really look awesome , and the build quality is really impressive! These things are heavy!
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I will post back with some pictures once it's in the pin.
Thanks you Santa for so much generosity... This is... crazy!
Excellent gift, I have those on my DP and I had the same feelings as you. Heavy and high quality! They look great in the game too!
Quoted from action76:They just haven't all posted it in the thread yet and doesn't look like they are going to
Fucking losers!!!!
Yeah I think everyone should post pictures of what they received, I know for me I really look forward to see if my recipient enjoys my stalking of them and what I gave. I actively try to top myself each year.
On the flip side though this is the most positive thread on Pinside and I don’t think we should call names or turn the thread negative. This is my favorite thread as it is not toxic and centered around positivity and this awesome community.
Nicely urging those that haven’t posted pictures yet is best, maybe life got in the way or they simply got too busy with things and forgot to post…things happen.
Quoted from Pinballlew:Yeah I think everyone should post pictures of what they received, I know for me I really look forward to see if my recipient enjoys my stalking of them and what I gave. I actively try to top myself each year.
On the flip side though this is the most positive thread on Pinside and I don’t think we should call names or turn the thread negative. This is my favorite thread as it is not toxic and centered around positivity and this awesome community.
Nicely urging those that haven’t posted pictures yet is best, maybe life got in the way or they simply got too busy with things and forgot to post…things happen.
If you have time to log in everyday you have time to post a thank you and if not you should not be allowed to participate again.
I was bored so I went back and crossed names off the list for everyone who posted pictures of their gifts. Here's who is left from the list on page one. Did some of these pinsider's names change maybe? Not sure.
26 Cheberha
28 chromag (posted confirmation, but no pics)
34 dddanielll
48 Gexchange
50 Gritty
51 Gundam_Pilot_
62 illiterate
78 K9Marshal
80 King_Jelly
105 NeilMcRae
115 Pball
128 Pinsterwmass
142 Secret Santa
165 vabeachrunner4
172 Y3AG3R
Quoted from smalltownguy2:I was bored so I went back and crossed names off the list for everyone who posted pictures of their gifts. Here's who is left from the list on page one. Did some of these pinsider's names change maybe? Not sure.
26 Cheberha
28 chromag (posted confirmation, but no pics)
34 dddanielll
48 Gexchange
50 Gritty
51 Gundam_Pilot_
62 illiterate
78 K9Marshal
80 King_Jelly
105 NeilMcRae
115 Pball
128 Pinsterwmass
142 Secret Santa
165 vabeachrunner4
172 Y3AG3R
Secret Santa is my second name since I put myself in twice every year, so you could cross that one off, I already posted gifts that I received from both Secret Santas.
Many of those people I have reached out to already. Some said they were going to post pics, some like King_Jelly didn't realize that was they received at the time was his SS gift. He actually thought that he hadn't received a gift, so he had reached out to me first. He was thankful when he found out what it was.
Quoted from LesManley:Secret Santa is my second name since I put myself in twice every year, so you could cross that one off, I already posted gifts that I received from both Secret Santas.
Many of those people I have reached out to already. Some said they were going to post pics, some like King_Jelly didn't realize that was they received at the time was his SS gift. He actually thought that he hadn't received a gift, so he had reached out to me first. He was thankful when he found out what it was.
You should put yourself in 3 times with all this extra goofing around you have to do with people who can't follow what are really simple instructions (minus the ones with reasonable explanations of course)
Quoted from Haymaker:You should put yourself in 3 times with all this extra goofing around you have to do with people who can't follow what are really simple instructions (minus the ones with reasonable explanations of course)
I don't get extra gifts from it though. I still buy for two people and get gifts from two people, so there isn't a gift advantage or anything. I just do it cause I collect so much cool stuff during the year specifically for this that I have enough to go around.
Quoted from LesManley:I don't get extra gifts from it though. I still buy for two people and get gifts from two people, so there isn't a gift advantage or anything. I just do it cause I collect so much cool stuff during the year specifically for this that I have enough to go around.
Lol, I wouldn't care if you got 30 gifts bro. Not enough positive energy and good old "nicety" in the world. And you are responsible for a BIG dose of it for a lot of folks every year. Whatever material things you get each year are not enough. But if hope, love and good tidings were currency, you would be a rich man. Thanks again for doing it every year. We all look forward to it. Coming to this thread during the season is a nice "break" from the world. For just a few fleeting moments, it feels like there's hope for the world and most importantly the people in it. What a year!!!
Quoted from LesManley:I don't get extra gifts from it though. I still buy for two people and get gifts from two people, so there isn't a gift advantage or anything. I just do it cause I collect so much cool stuff during the year specifically for this that I have enough to go around.
You're a really good guy 
Sometimes gift t-shirts can end up as "laundry day shirts" or "pajama shirts" but I am really happy to say that my SS gift has been in heavy weekly rotation and looks extremely stylish (and fits my brand lol). Thanks Secret Santa!!!
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Thats a bad ass shirt!
Same time next year then! Thanks again LesManley for making this a fun place to be during the holiday season!
I guess it's time to go back to the usual drama of pinflation, flippers, rainbow puking and price police! 
Quoted from radial_head:Sometimes gift t-shirts can end up as "laundry day shirts" or "pajama shirts"
Not that that's anything wrong with that! Some of my favorite shirts I never leave the house with!
Quoted from matiou:Oh you think it's over ? We can close the thread ? No no no!
One more package came today, full of Big Daddy goodies! Awesome!
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A big tee-shirt... a can sleeve... a quarter holder... a TPF coin... and a nice USB drive!
Thanks so much!!!!!
I love it. Maybe I will just randomly send a SS gift to someone this Spring so the thread can be bumped again.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:Used the gas card my secret Santa gifted me for a road trip today to pick up this sign a few towns west of me
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Ahhh, that's great! I bet that real neon sign which was gifted earlier inspired you! 
I follow a Cleveland Browns forum, and a couple of education forums. This thread is by far the most positive thread I've participated in, EVER! Thank you to everyone for being positive and sharing good thoughts. One thing I have found as someone involved in education, is that people are really struggling to assume best intentions in others. For strangers to try and be thoughtful to each other is amazing. Everyone that participated in this should know that they have brought joy to others. Thank you for letting me be a part of it. Thank you LesManley for organizing this.
I wanted to follow up. My SS sent me several signed posters and I just got them back today. I had them professionally framed and had conservation glass installed to keep the colors. Thanks again SS!!
I am hanging these in my theater/pinroom tomorrow. I also had my old Whitewater Translite framed since I changed to the new one.
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Quoted from Aflacjack:I wanted to follow up. My SS sent me several signed posters and I just got them back today. I had them professionally framed and had conservation glass installed to keep the colors. Thanks again SS!!
I am hanging these in my theater/pinroom tomorrow. I also had my old Whitewater Translite framed since I changed to the new one.
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Absolutely love that Pintastic Dialed In! poster!
Quoted from Aflacjack:I wanted to follow up. My SS sent me several signed posters and I just got them back today. I had them professionally framed and had conservation glass installed to keep the colors. Thanks again SS!!
I am hanging these in my theater/pinroom tomorrow. I also had my old Whitewater Translite framed since I changed to the new one.
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Wow looks good! That must've set you back a pretty penny - framing is sooo expensive. 
Quoted from Fezmid:Wow looks good! That must've set you back a pretty penny - framing is sooo expensive.
I always wait untill Michaels has a 60-75% off sale. And it is still not cheap but they do a nice job.
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