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Thread: Hosts & Admins (Gifts of) Appreciation Thread 2014
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Five bars of assorted fair trade chocolate arrived in the mail yesterday-- thank you, Weeder! Once I get over my cold I can properly taste it. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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ElaineC
Shipmate
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Will be posting later today.
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Eutychus
From the edge
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Oh bliss! A consignment of Cadbury's Caramel!
It looks like it might have melted and reassembled itself several times during transit, but I'm sure the taste will be unaffected. Thank you CK!
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Let's remember that we are to build the Kingdom of God, not drive people away - pastor Frank Pomeroy
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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A card informing me that a package containing chocolatey and fruity goodness had arrived at my local Royal Mail Sorting Depot arrived at my office today. One journey to said depot later, and I am a Very Happy Marvin.
Patdys, you rock very much . Let me know if there's anyone you'd quite like to see banned... ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
Oh bliss! A consignment of Cadbury's Caramel!
It looks like it might have melted and reassembled itself several times during transit, but I'm sure the taste will be unaffected. Thank you CK!
I did try not to melt it! I kept it in the fridge and waited until the weather cooled before posting.
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Mugs - Keep the Ship afloat
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Deputy Verger
Shipmate
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I haven't seen a PM so I assume I'm a reserve too, which is fine. Just let me know if I'm delinquent please.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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Originally posted by Qoheleth.:
Posted today! But the package has a long way to travel.
You lovely generous creature!
And somehow you knew that chile choc makes me weak in the knees! Now if I canjust keep it away from co workers and kids...
The postcards are lovely, is that your church?
Smoooooooooooch! Thank you!
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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ecumaniac
Ship's whipping girl
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Originally posted by Deputy Verger:
I haven't seen a PM so I assume I'm a reserve too, which is fine. Just let me know if I'm delinquent please.
Yes you are, sorry
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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A public thank you to Alwyn; all arrived in good shape and much appreciated. Mrs B and I are both "fruit and nutcases"! The gift may have some short term impact on our good shape, I suppose, but well worth it!
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Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
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Piglet
Islander
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Thanks for the earworm, B62!
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Piglet
Islander
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Sorry for the double-post, but I must say a huge public thank-you to ElaineC for the lunch-bag with cooler pads and the almost indecent amount of Galaxy CHOCOLATE that arrived in the post today.
I've put most of it away in a vague attempt at hiding it from myself, but I'm not sure that's going to work ...
Thank you! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Mrs Shrew
Ship's Mother
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I'm hoping to get my parcel in the post at the weekend. Real life shall not defeat me, despite its efforts
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"The goal of life is not to make other people in your own image, it is to understand that they, too, are in God's image" (Orfeo)
Was "mummyfrances".
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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quote:
Originally posted by Mrs Shrew:
I'm hoping to get my parcel in the post at the weekend. Real life shall not defeat me, despite its efforts
Almost time to haunt the mailbox!
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Mrs Shrew
Ship's Mother
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Commence haunting of mailbox. I'm so so sorry it took this long to get it sorted. August has been a terrible month in the Shrew household
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"The goal of life is not to make other people in your own image, it is to understand that they, too, are in God's image" (Orfeo)
Was "mummyfrances".
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marzipan
Shipmate
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Finally I've got my parcel posted. Sorry it's taken so long to post
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formerly cheesymarzipan.
Now containing 50% less cheese
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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Happy happy penguin dance
Cheezymarzipan, thank you so much. Milk chocolate, white chocolate, fudge and, best of all, my very own little crochet penguin.... and the chocolate arrives while the Smudgelet is away so I get to eat it all by myself
Thank you!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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Oh, My! My, my, my! The haunting of the mailbox has been rewarded with amazing treats from Mrs Shrew! Thank you, thank you for the Earl Grey and Date and Ginger Chocolate!
I am being good and planning to share them with my BBF tomorrow when she comes over for my famous black bean soup. She won't be expecting cocoa beans made into an awesome treat!
(I can smell them!!!! Anticipation! I'm being good, I am!)
Chocolate is worth extra exclamation marks, just in case you were wondering!
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Cottontail
Shipmate
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Oh, My! My, my, my! The haunting of the mailbox has been rewarded with amazing treats from Mrs Shrew! Thank you, thank you for the Earl Grey and Date and Ginger Chocolate!
I am being good and planning to share them with my BBF tomorrow when she comes over for my famous black bean soup. She won't be expecting cocoa beans made into an awesome treat!
(I can smell them!!!! Anticipation! I'm being good, I am!)
Chocolate is worth extra exclamation marks, just in case you were wondering!
Um ... I am glad you are delighted ... but they were from me, not Mrs Shrew. Unless there is some weird synchronicity going on or something.
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Mrs Shrew
Ship's Mother
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I'm so pleased you posted that cottontail... I was trying to work out how the chocolate had changed completely whilst flying over the pond.
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"The goal of life is not to make other people in your own image, it is to understand that they, too, are in God's image" (Orfeo)
Was "mummyfrances".
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marzipan
Shipmate
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Glad you like the penguin Smudgie! I've just started making little crochet animals and I thought you would like it ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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formerly cheesymarzipan.
Now containing 50% less cheese
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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It's okay folks, stay calm, I'll just go and check the liquor cabinet in the Hosts Lounge.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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Originally posted by cheesymarzipan:
Glad you like the penguin Smudgie! I've just started making little crochet animals and I thought you would like it
Another maker of Amigurumi! yay! Is Earwig responsible for your interest to?
Jengie
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"To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge
Back to my blog
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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Originally posted by cheesymarzipan:
Glad you like the penguin Smudgie! I've just started making little crochet animals and I thought you would like it
I love the little penguin. He has appeared on facebook already and is currently in pride of place on the (newly dusted) bookshelf. And so special to have a gift that is handmade. Thank you again.
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Miss you, Erin.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Oh, dear. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Cottontail, thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm SO sorry I got you and Mrs Shrew confused!!!!
(My excuse is that I found no Ship name, and went with my best guess!!!!)
I'll go stand in the corner now.
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Cottontail
Shipmate
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Oh, dear.
Cottontail, thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm SO sorry I got you and Mrs Shrew confused!!!!
(My excuse is that I found no Ship name, and went with my best guess!!!!)
I'll go stand in the corner now.
It is a privilege to be confused with the excellent Mrs Shrew.
And just think ... more marvellous chocolate still to come.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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And more marvelous chocolate is here!
Thank you, Mrs Shrew!!!
Now, I will get to try some treats y'all have talked about and I could only dream of!
Locally made KitKat, Kinder (which looks intriguing!), two different G&B's, Cadbury like we never ever have here, and Smarties! This is definitely not the Smarties we have!
I feel extremely blessed to find chocolate in my mailbox two days in a row!
(And another big thanks to Cottontail! I did share with my BFF tonight, and we were yum-yumming so much I'm surprised the neighbors didn't come over to see what we were enjoying!)
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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mertide
Shipmate
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Glad it arrived, it had tracked the east coast with me till I could post it!
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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I pulled a lovely surprise out of the letterbox a short while ago: a Pigwidgeon Package!
Ooh. I am enticed by all of those flavours, but can I just say... POMEGRANATE!!
Where's a spinning happy smiley when you need one?
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:
I pulled a lovely surprise out of the letterbox a short while ago: a Pigwidgeon Package!
Ooh. I am enticed by all of those flavours, but can I just say... POMEGRANATE!!
Where's a spinning happy smiley when you need one?
I was beginning to get worried that my Mail Owls hadn't gotten it there!
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"...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe."
~Tortuf
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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The postal carrier braved two torrential downpours today to leave a lovely surprise on my doorstep. A big package of chocolate from NZ! Milk chocolate with lots of yummy stuff inside, and a beautifully crafted dark chocolate piece with white heart pattern inside. It's a thing of beauty. But I'm having it for dessert anyway. Thank you, Huia!
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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It's been a long week. Emergency last-minute shifts at the shop going late. Job application limbo. Prescription optics phun. The 100th problem Jay Z didn't have. Storm and stress. Blah.
So I stumble up my stairway and see a Scottish package. Oh yes. Chocolate. Just what I need. Oh exactly what I need after a long day as the last of the coffee wears off.
The rhubarb candies are getting saved for later…and Oh Dear Lord, I think I about set the dog to barking laughing at the cover of Attack of the Robot Chickens. Couldn't have arrived at a better time—thank you so much NEQ!
—A.
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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Nothing as yet. Hopefully it's because my sender hasn't got round to it yet rather than because the postie ate it. (Family aren't that stupid)
Tubbs
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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I feel it necessary to update my status by reporting that my package contained really satisfying candy, the kind that you chew slowly and savour the flavour.
Well, that's what I'm doing anyway.
Thank you again, Pigwidgeon. They really are some of the nicest I've ever had.
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Japes
Shipmate
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I have posted!
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
# 31
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It took it's time, but I now have a stack of dark chocolate. And a nice little Monet to brighten up my room.
Thanks.
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Japes
Shipmate
# 5358
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Excellent. Glad it got there!
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