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Posted by Jengie jon (# 273) on :
 
It is almost Pentecost, which reminds me that the Hosts and Grandees have been busy running these boards for us for nowt for a year so...

These boards run smoothly thanks to the efforts of a relatively small group of volunteers. Every so often there is a thread where shipmates can sign up to send a token of their appreciation to the hosts on behalf of all shipmates. Traditionally that was chocolate but in this there is no reason to be traditional!

Hosts and Admins opt-in, and will add any important info, e.g. allergies, plus what country they're in.

Post here to offer tribute. Give an idea of where you are based and please say if you are able to send to a different country. Sorry, but you can't specify a particular person to send to. I would be grateful if one or two shipmates would offer to be reserve senders.

There is no guarantee I will be able to allocate a recipient to you, as this depends on numbers of people participating. Post here by 31st May to join in.

I will PM the recipients the name of their suggested sender, and then post a list of matches on the thread. All senders please PM their recipient, asking for their address. I do not gather addresses of hosts so won't be able to help with this.

Would H&As please post here when they receive their goodies, so I know who still has to receive. Around the end of July, I will check the thread to see what is happening with recipients who have not received. Then I will make a final allocation using any unallocated senders including the reserves. The thread should be finished by the end of August.

Suggested price guideline: region of £5-10/US$7.50-15 or the local equivalent.

Now I have said that, let the fun commence!

Jengie
 

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Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :
 
Well, I missed last year through a combination of both being away and unobservant when I got back, so this year I'm opting in early. I live in the UK and will be very happy with any type of chocolate, but if pushed for a preference it would be Green and Black's, either milk or dark - or both!
 

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Posted by Jack o' the Green (# 11091) on :
 
Sounds like fun. Put me down (as a volunteer - not in the one way trip to the vets sense).
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
Yes, I'll happily send anywhere in the world. I'm in the UK.

[ 10. May 2016, 20:01: Message edited by: Japes ]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Me too. I am also in the UK.
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Thanks, Jengie!

I'll opt in. I'm UK-based, happy to be surprised and to try something different*. The only things I don't currently like are white chocolate, hard toffees and fudge. Otherwise, I'd be very happy with anything that anyone was generous enough to send.

* With the exception of Marmite chocolate and Guinness chocolate.
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
Thank you Jengie.I love dark chocolate, very dark, no allergies.

Unfortunately, I suspect our customs may still be confiscating such stuff downunder.

On second thoughts, I will pull out.. Even if it was some other small thought than chocolate, our postal delivery makes it not worth the hassle involved. Deliveries have been cut in number, but even worse is that much stuff mailed to here disappears before arriving. I lost a gift ordered at Christmas for a grandchild when it fell off the back of a truck *in an entirely different postal areas. After weeks of complaints from me and the retailer, the address it arrived at was discovered and courier was severely reprimanded.

Thanks anyway for doing this.

* don't know if that is just an Aussie piece of slang. Goods bought and paid for disappear between despatch and delivery.

[ 10. May 2016, 21:31: Message edited by: Lothlorien ]
 

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Posted by Moo (# 107) on :
 
I am in the US. I love dark chocolate; the higher the cocoa content the better.

Moo
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
Definitely, Moo. 90% for me here.
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I'm in, I'm in Canada and given the choice I prefer milk chocolate (sorry about that).

I suppose you could say I was leaving most of the cocoa solids for those who appreciate them ...

Thanks for offering to organise this again, Jengie.

[ 11. May 2016, 00:12: Message edited by: Piglet ]
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
I'm in Japan, but by the time goodies get distributed I'll be back in the UK. I'll eat pretty much anything (though, if someone finds natto I'll draw the line at that), but in relation to chocolate like dark and without lots of bits in it - plain and simple, not nutty or fruity.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Thank you Jengie Jon!

I like milk chocolate, anything in the caramel/ toffee family, and local stuff. Please choccorit me!
 

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Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
I can send anywhere.
 

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Posted by ThunderBunk (# 15579) on :
 
Is RooK in hibernation? He has usually claimed a personal chocorrit ambassador by now...

Anyway, shocking organisational skills notwithstanding, I am happy to ply a worthy with goodies.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
I'm happy to take part. Would rather send within the UK, but don't mind elsewhere.
 

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Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :
 
Happy to send anything anywhere
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
I'm in, UK please
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Thanks, Jengie jon!!
I'm in the US, and very happy to receive anything that doesn't melt. Which means chocolate is out.

Through sad experience, I have discovered that Florida heat is not compatible with chocolate goodness. *huge sigh*
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Count me in! I'm in the US. Chocolate of any kind (without fruit please) is much appreciated, but feel free to be creative.

Thanks, Jengie jon, for organizing this.

[ 11. May 2016, 17:18: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
 

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Posted by John Holding (# 158) on :
 
I'm happy to participate. Dark, please.

John
 

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Posted by Ferijen (# 4719) on :
 
I *think* I was Rook's ambassador last time, maybe I put him off...

Happy to send anywhere, although I'm uk based
 

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Posted by mertide (# 4500) on :
 
I'm happy to send anywhere, thanks for organising this again.
 

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Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :
 
In view of this post and its subsequent outcomes, I suppose the right response to this altar call would be to put my hand up and ask for some Quality Street.
 

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Posted by Jengie jon (# 273) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ferijen:
I *think* I was Rook's ambassador last time, maybe I put him off...

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Nope. I was. He signed up late and there were only just enough sendees so he got me. I always allocate myself last.

Jengie

[ 13. May 2016, 17:18: Message edited by: Jengie jon ]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I'll send chocolate anywhere

(Lothlorien - we get stuff sold/falling off the back of lorry too.)
 

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Posted by Doublethink. (# 1984) on :
 
Ooh yes please I love milk chocolate, sometimes adorned with nuts.
 

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Posted by mark_in_manchester (# 15978) on :
 
I'll join in and send something - let me know Jengie.
 

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Posted by Jengie jon (# 273) on :
 
My working out is that we are even stevens with hosts and senders at present.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
I love that this appears just below the thread "Want to lose some weight?".

Am I too late to say "me too?"
 

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Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :
 
Jengie I can send chocolate anywhere - it might have a few tooth marks in it though

Huia
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
How have I missed this up to now?

I'm in the UK, and happy to receive as much chocolate as anyone else is willing to send. One requirement - no nuts. God help you if there are nuts in my chocolate.
 

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Posted by Jengie jon (# 273) on :
 
My checking to date is that there are thirteen hosts and grandees wanting chocolater (or other tribute):

1. Barnabas62
2. Ariel
3. Moo
4. Piglet
5. Alan Cresswell
6. Kelly Alves
7. jedijudy
8. Mamacita
9. John Holding
10. Eutychus
11. Doublethink.
12. Smudgie
13. Marvin the Martian

1. Jack o' the Green
2. Japes
3. jacobsen
4. North East Quine
5. ThunderBunk
6. Doone
7. Qoheleth.
8. Boogie
9. Ferijen
10. mertide
11. Curiosity killed ...
12. mark_in_manchester
13. Huia

I am publishing the lists so I can check I have everyone on the right list. I will wait until the end of the coming weekend before I start allocating. A few US shipmates willing to send would be welcome.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :
 
Now, this is important information. This isn't about a nice treat. It's about our health and wellbeing, and about maintaining our mental faculties to be able to manage this site proficiently. Which is good for everyone, so remember you are giving for your own benefit and so that we don't get fat, lazy and go ga-ga on you all.
 

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Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
Good grief! I had a bit of a meltdown when my Mum gave my kids bowls of Maltesers for breakfast (claiming that if it was in a bowl and eaten with a spoon, it counted as breakfast cereal) but it seems she might have been right.
 

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Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :
 
I noticed the site Alan linked to had a chocolate zucchini cake. One of my favourite recipe books has one you can make in a slow cooker. Pity it wouldn't travel well.

Huia
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I knew I should have bought that chocolate-chip muffin to have with my morning coffee ...
 

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Posted by Sparrow (# 2458) on :
 
I am happy to send, preferably in the UK but anywhere at a pinch.
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
I am a bit tardy, but I admit I would love some chocolate. (Milk chocolate caramel is probably my obsession, but don't feel you need to worry about that.)

[ 25. May 2016, 20:34: Message edited by: Gwai ]
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
Oh, right, waking up now. Yup, I like my chocolate as much as anyone else—but especially anything strange, out-of-the-ordinary, or locally made.
 

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Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :
 
Will send anywhere. Happy to send to US if required.
 

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Posted by Jengie jon (# 273) on :
 
Sorry this is taking longer than I intended. I am finding I can only work on it at weekends.

Most senders are notified but I need to check with one host that who I have allocated is ok. So please be patient with me.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Jengie jon (# 273) on :
 
Right the allocation is finalised so the list is:

• Japes -> Piglet
• Curiosity killed ... ->John Holding
• Sparrow ->Eutychus
• Jack o' the Green -> Barnabas62
• jacobsen -> Ariel
• ThunderBunk -> Alan Cresswell
• Doone -> Doublethink.
• Boogie -> Smudgie
• mark_in_manchester -> Marvin the Martian
• mertide -> Moo
• North East Quine -> Kelly Alves
• Qoheleth. -> jedijudy
• Ferijen -> Mamacita
• Huia -> Gwai
• kingsfold -> Ariston

Thanks for the shipmates sending.

One final request will hosts post here when they have received. It helps me keep tabs and check nobody is left out.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Just a suggestion that senders and sendees make room in their mailboxes for PM's to exchange info.
 

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Posted by Ferijen (# 4719) on :
 
Oops! Sorry Mamaacita!
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 

 

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Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :
 
Care package gratefully received. Just in time as my previous supplies of UK chocolate had just been exhausted by a Netflix-watching binge Thanks, sparrow!
 

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Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
Posted. I wrote "fudge" on the customs label instead of "tablet" in case American customs thought I was dealing drugs.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 

 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
I bought it - good

I got a box to post it in - well done

I gathered a bit of packing stuff - excellent

I wrote down Smudgie's address - good girl

Then I ate half of the chocolates - oooops, fail!!

But fear not, Smudgie, they have been replaced and will be posted tomorrow
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Boogie, as they'd say in Northern Ireland, you're an eejit.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Boogie, my chocolate will taste all the better knowing that I shared it with you
 

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Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :
 
Many thanks to Jack o' the Green for a most generous supply and the very kind card. My wife and I opened the parcel together and her eyes widened as the number of bars fell out. "I know it's really for you, but there's plenty to share" she said. "Yummy!" she said ....
 

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Posted by Jack o' the Green (# 11091) on :
 
You're very welcome, it was a pleasure. Just think of it as last years thank you as well as this years! I hope you and your wife enjoy it.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
I am on vacation, but when I called home, I was told a package from overseas was awaiting me. I will devour-- er, examine it in a few hours.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Opened it last night-- a box of yum! Lots of tablet, and also lots of Scottish made chocolate! I feel spoiled! Thank you, NEQ!
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Chocolate elf on his way today.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
My parcel went in the post this morning.

Much, much sympathy from the man in the PO about the lack of the requested chocolate in Piglet's country!
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Jacobsen, thank you very much for the lovely surprise that arrived this morning. I feel well and truly spoiled with four delicious bars of excellent chocolate, which really brightened up my Monday morning. Thank you also for the pretty card, now on my desk, and for taking the time and trouble to do this!
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Chocolate parcel gone off in the post today.
 

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Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :
 
Finally got my act together and posted chocolate today. The woman at the postal agency and I exchanged stories of childhood peanut slabs, which were one of the few specialty chocolates available when we were children.

I hope to convert the world to Whittaker's peanut slabs - one person at a time

Huia
 

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Posted by Ferijen (# 4719) on :
 
Chocolate dispatched across the pond...
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Huge thank-you to Japes, from whom a positively indecent quantity of Galaxy chocolate arrived today.

Your timing could hardly have been better, as we're booked on the ferry on Thursday for our move to Fredericton.

Thank you!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
My parcel having arrived just before I went away on holiday, I have been a bit remiss in posting my thanks here.
Boogie - oh, Boogie - what an amazing parcel. I am utterly bechocolated... despite the Smudgelet having stolen the buttons. I think I may have died and gone to heaven without realising. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
Excellent, I was hoping it could all be of assistance in the move process! (Many thoughts and prayers for that.)
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
That is a beautiful lot of chocolate. Huia, you are my hero!
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
I returned home from a week on the road to find a nice big parcel of assorted chocolate! I had to immediately sample the G&B burnt toffee. Heavenly!

Thank you, Ferijen, for the treats and the nice note.
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
My parcel having arrived just before I went away on holiday, I have been a bit remiss in posting my thanks here.
Boogie - oh, Boogie - what an amazing parcel. I am utterly bechocolated... despite the Smudgelet having stolen the buttons. I think I may have died and gone to heaven without realising. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

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Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :
 
Finally posted, albeit very late
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
WooHoo!
Late is fine!!! Looking forward to it,
Qoheleth!!!
 

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Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :
 
Tribute is finally dispatched.....
Sorry it's taken so long.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I am a very happy jedi!

Many thanks, Qoheleth., for the non-melting, gorgeous tea towel, beautiful postcards, and the lovely message from you on the card showing All Saint's Church!!!

I think I'll just daydream about being in these amazing places for the rest of the day!
*happy sigh*
 

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Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :
 

 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
All that I'm saying is that, if I were the performing type, there would currently be a video of me doing dramatic readings from the Glasgow Bible's Auld Testament. So many memories of Father Dominic conjured up with that one...

I haven't a place to put him yet, but my Wee Windup Scotsman will be finding a place next to my "why do you have a cow there?" cow that goes with me every time I move. It's nice to have a new Something Unexpected for my new digs—so many thanks from us, K!

[ 13. August 2016, 03:59: Message edited by: Ariston ]
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
I appear not to have received anything yet.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I apologise, nor has John Holding.

A very well-travelled parcel* is sitting here, awaiting for my sodding work to sort out the pay I'm due and budgeted to receive.

* it has been in sniffing distance of a number of well-known distilleries in Scotland with the intention of adding to it then, but I knew I hadn't been paid when I was on my own and allowed to visit the last few.
 

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Posted by Moo (# 107) on :
 

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
I appear not to have received anything yet.

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Originally posted by Eutychus:
Care package gratefully received. Just in time as my previous supplies of UK chocolate had just been exhausted by a Netflix-watching binge Thanks, sparrow!

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Originally posted by Jengie jon:

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Originally posted by Eutychus:
Care package gratefully received. Just in time as my previous supplies of UK chocolate had just been exhausted by a Netflix-watching binge Thanks, sparrow!

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Sparrow

You were so quick off the starting blocks that I had hardly posted the list and the above post appeared!

Jengie

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