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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Nov 19, 2012 - 09:45pm PT
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bump....
I've received my warning. Err, I mean confirmation.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 19, 2012 - 10:32pm PT
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So now you are Catholic, Tami??????
hee hee hee. . .
(Still wanna see you in that teddy)!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 19, 2012 - 10:42pm PT
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I have for once signed up, but wish to emphasize the non-sectarian, non-religious nature of my participation. It is purely a "secret Yuletide gift exchange", managed by a benevolent elf. Naturally whatever I send will be timed so as to arrive on midwinter's day, the start of the traditional seasonal festival of northern peoples, before it was corrupted by all the religious/commercial crap. It may be delivered by reindeer, and hang in a fir tree - all are politically correct. It will not be accompanied by a corpulent person, an inebriated ungulate, grating carols, fatuous homilies, or other nonsense. However, simple, plain good wishes will surely be part of the package.
And thanks to the elf, for organizing this for the fourth or more year in a row!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
moving thru
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Nov 19, 2012 - 10:58pm PT
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I hope MH gets my name.....he has this gig figured out. :D miles of smiles, lynnie
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Nov 20, 2012 - 12:48am PT
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I got my confirmation--psyched! ooooh, did I mention part of my job is at a climbing shop, eff yes, it's true!!!!!!
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 20, 2012 - 02:35am PT
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I so hope I get Mighty Hiker so I can send him a dancing Santa Claus ;)
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Nov 20, 2012 - 04:58am PT
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Send Anders a Santa sock puppet to distract opposing counsel.
But be careful…he sent back the Judge Mental and the Well Hung Jury’s Christmas Album Lois mailed and the 1000 Romneys dancing on the head of a pin I sent last year… :-)
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Nov 20, 2012 - 09:44am PT
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So now you are Catholic, Tami??????
hee hee hee. . .
(Still wanna see you in that teddy)!
I've got a pic of her wearing a t-shirt for shortz and standing on her head if that will work....
$450,000. Give or take a decimal point (comes with a reservation for nine nights in JT).
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 20, 2012 - 04:54pm PT
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Perhaps I'll get a (US$4.50) teddy bear!
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Nov 20, 2012 - 06:01pm PT
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Uh oh, no confirmation yet!
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Nov 20, 2012 - 06:28pm PT
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No offense, but is MH this year's Fatty? :-)
Lots of us ignostic/atheist-oriented folks here from what I can tell, so imho no need to be so on the nose about your particular stance. Got a bone to pick, kindly start a new thread and not kill the vibe in this one.
Just my $0.02, and really, no offense intended. Happy you're joining in! :-)
(Fatty trolling the thread last year was a downer, IMO)
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 20, 2012 - 06:40pm PT
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I have signed up, I am participating, I'm having a little fun at my own expense, and maybe taking a few digs at the way in which the midwinter spirit has been distorted by commercialism, en route.
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Nov 20, 2012 - 07:29pm PT
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No worries, MH. Kindly take it as a shot across the bow to stave off the negative vibes Fatty contributed last year, and my sincere apologies for nor not clueing in that you were playing nicely. :-)
Frankly I agree with you; it's just that the FattyGrinch kinda gave the thread a sour tone last year and it bugged me. That said I'm mostly a lurker, do take it as my overly-inflated $0.02.
:-)
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Nov 20, 2012 - 08:59pm PT
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Oh Yea, I'm in, this is a lot of fun.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Nov 20, 2012 - 09:26pm PT
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I'm not Xmassy at all, And I'm in. It's just another chance to make a monkey's day. That sh#t rules.
MoosE!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 21, 2012 - 01:16am PT
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hey there say, all...
bump....
:)
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:49am PT
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Last year quite few people gave money to buy Strider a gift.
Some people sent a little, and some a lot. We collected quite a bit, and I believe we gave him a rope, one or two books, and a Dream Catcher.
The gift suggestions and money were sent to me, and then I ordered the stuff, and sent it to Strider.
I would like to do this again this year.
Please contact me off site if interested.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 21, 2012 - 07:58pm PT
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I was curious about the logistics, o illustrious elf! When you match givers and receivers, do you pair them, or is it some more complicated system? That is, do simply match A+B, C+D, and so on, with A giving to B and B giving to A? Or is it A gives to C, C gives to D, D gives to A, etc etc?
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:28pm PT
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Keep it simple Brother Anders. I don't know what the system is; but my gift person, Tony Yeary, could not could not have been more coincidental. And Gals gifts were great.
Just going to have to go with the flow Bro.
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Strider
Trad climber
ಠ_ಠ
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2012 - 11:06pm PT
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Hello Again Everyone.
To be honest, this year I have been slacking. Ostensibly I will whine about work and how busy I am but I really should have stayed on top of confirmations and answering questions. Sorry about that.
As of this moment, everyone who has signed up should have a confirmation email sent to them.
The number of sign ups is down this year so I encourage everyone who hasn't signed up to get on it! There are only 5 days left to sign up!!!!
I was curious about the logistics, o illustrious elf! When you match givers and receivers, do you pair them, or is it some more complicated system? That is, do simply match A+B, C+D, and so on, with A giving to B and B giving to A? Or is it A gives to C, C gives to D, D gives to A, etc etc?
You nailed it with your second guess of: A gives to C, C gives to D, D gives to A, etc etc?
I assign everyone a # based on when they signed up. Then those numbers I enter into a random number generator to do the matching. I then massage it a little bit to accommodate special requests for privacy, security, international shipping, etc... I NEVER allow someone to choose their recipient for example but they can tell me who they do not want to be matched with because of privacy concerns.
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