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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 25, 2011 - 08:17pm PT
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hey there say, aric.... my dad had us in allen town pa, for a bit, before he moved us all west to calif... well, at THAT time, all of us was only about 2-3?? of us, i reckon?
fun shares, this city here, and city there, stuff, :)
oh, say, bluering:
YEP... the ol' wonderful WONDERFUL taco-shirt with the TACO on it supertoposhirt,
:) was part of my very special supertopo gift last year, along
with the neat wooden cutting board... (that may ring a bell, for one folk, here) :)
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 26, 2011 - 05:49pm PT
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Anyone else open their gifts yesterday?
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Dec 26, 2011 - 07:43pm PT
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Strider- post up the goodies!
Thank you for hosting another one. The pool is growing.
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AlexCobbs
Trad climber
Santa Fe, NM
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Dec 26, 2011 - 07:51pm PT
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I received some really cool stuff from my ST Santa. A set of Tomahawks, can't wait to use them, plus a fifi hook, ans some T's. Love the BridwellFest one w/ all his routes. All came wrapped in maps, one w/ a note "something fo you're daughters". Very thoughtful. Who's this special Santa so I may thank them.
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Dec 26, 2011 - 09:01pm PT
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Strider,
i handled the group buy for you.
i checked tracking, and it appears all were delivered.
you should have received 4 gifts.
did you get them?
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Dec 27, 2011 - 12:07am PT
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Secret Santa was very good to me. Everything I need to have a great time in Maine, even the lingo book. Thank you Secret Santa, this is some sweet gear.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Dec 27, 2011 - 12:14am PT
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Alex... you are very welcome! Two comments...
1. While I would love to take credit, I did not send a fifi hook so that one must have been slipped in by the mailman!
2. I made a presumption that you had ONE daughter... if there is more to the brood than that please PM me and we will get it all sorted!
Merry Christmas!!!
Simon
(I am already looking forward to next year's SS exchange!)
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Dec 27, 2011 - 03:20am PT
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Cheers Zip!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 27, 2011 - 09:16am PT
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hey there say, zip.... wonderful thoughtfulness here, to our strider, and his kind secret-santa-work here...
hope to soon see the surprises that he got...
:)
kind of like sharing what has grown in the flower bed, over night, though,
of course, had been planted weeks before, :))
:)
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Dec 27, 2011 - 10:31am PT
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Zip - I think Strider said upthread that he's out of town and out of touch for a little while. He won't be able to open his gifts until he returns.
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Dec 27, 2011 - 11:08am PT
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C,
And that's why you make the big bucks!
Thx
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Dec 27, 2011 - 11:09am PT
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Yeah, we professors are rolling in the big money during all our time off :) Haha!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 27, 2011 - 11:19am PT
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Gosh, there sure are a lot of lurkers who haven't
posted their gifts. . . . .
:-(
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crustie
climber
SF, CA
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Dec 27, 2011 - 11:53am PT
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what do we do if our ss doesn't post here? i made my gift (and it took a while) and was looking forward to seeing if my ss liked it...ho hum...or at least got it?
christie
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 27, 2011 - 12:02pm PT
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hey there say, crustie/christie...
lets give a nice warm welcome to those lurkers and hope that they do...
i'd sure love to see what you made, too... :)
i love home-made things...
say, folks, you do NOT need to put yourself in the picture, if you are not sure to do so.... no one will feel slighted, :)
or,like me, if you have camera, or dial up, or tech trouble, you could just say, "arrived safe and sound" and "enjoying some kick-back time, with the family" and a small thank you...
it's hard to wonder about the mail, if stuff arrives safe... :)
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hucklebear
Trad climber
NY
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Dec 27, 2011 - 02:01pm PT
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Brandon, so glad you liked the biners in their cozies. I'm glad they went to someone living in a cold climate ;) Happy holidays!
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Strider
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2011 - 10:13pm PT
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Hey guys. Sorry for the slow response but life and work has been busy. And I finally got to celebrate Christmas!
Holy Moly! Thank you all so much for everything! Your generosity and kindness is amazing...
The first gift to arrive was a long rectangular box that contained a beautiful, brand-spanking-new...
AWESOME. Already got plans to bring this bad boy down to Josh at the end of Jan to break him in.
A couple days later I got another package, a smaller box sent from our very own neebee (I also got a great christmas card from her as well, thanks bee!). Upon opening it I found:
...which is currently hanging above my bed, admirably catching dreams nightly.
Then a third package arrived, a small box from Barnes and Noble. What could this be, I thought, surely not another gift...but it was! And it seems someone was poking through my comment history because they found the post I made about reading the book, "Last of the Mohicans" and I got:
Catching up with the rest of the Mohican series has been on my list of books to get and now I am a book closer. I can't wait to read it. Thanks!
And finally I received an over night envelope which contained:
A very thoughtful Christmas card and a very generous gift card. Thank you so MUCH John. This was a huge surprise and GREATLY appreciated.
To be honest, I am completely stunned by the kindness shown to me from all you folks. A HUGE thanks to zip, poco, neebee and of course everyone who chipped in to take care of me. The surprise of getting the gifts, one after another and not knowing what was going on was a huge boost during the busy season here at work. Heck, I was in such a good mood yesterday when I was opening the gifts that I didn't even care when a guest cabin here at work caught on fire and I had to run into a smoke filled cabin to make sure it was empty. Fortunately the fire sprinklers had done their job and put the fire out. Probably $20K in damage though but not my problem.
I am happy everyone had a great time with this event, I look forward to it every year. And every year it gets better and better, with more people joining the fun, great gifts traveling across the country (and from other countries!) and a lot of surprises and smiles for all involved.
Merry Christmas Everyone! Happy New Year!
We will be talking about this again in 11 months. =)
From the bottom of my heart, thanks again everyone. =)
-n
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Dec 27, 2011 - 10:16pm PT
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LOVED Last of the Mohicans. Think you will too. (I even cried). Merry Christmas Santa Strider!
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Dec 27, 2011 - 10:20pm PT
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Merry Christmas, Strider! this Secret Santa thing is a wonderful contribution! TY, LP
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 27, 2011 - 11:27pm PT
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Thank YOU, Strider~!!!!!!!!!!
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