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Thread: Votive offerings for Host, Admins and other grandees of the boards 2015
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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These boards run smoothly thanks to the efforts of RooK and 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 RooK and the hosts on behalf of all shipmates. Traditionally that was chocolate but in this there is no reason to be traditional! Other than risking banning for sending non-chocolate to RooK.
Aside from the required portions sent to RooK in the USA, 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 other than RooK. I would be grateful if one or two shipmates would offer to be reserve senders in case RooK doesn't get enough.
There is no guarantee I will be able to allocate a recipient to you other than RooK, as this depends on numbers of people participating. Post here by 15th July 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. If RooK doesn't receive his tribute, he'll just ban you. Around the end of August, I will check the thread to see what is happening with recipients who have not received, along with who appears to be banned. Then I will make a final allocation using any unallocated senders including the reserves to RooK. The thread should be finished by the end of September.
Suggested price guideline: region of £5-10/US$7.50-15 or the local equivalent for non-RooK offerings.
Now I have said that, let the fun commence!
Jengie
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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I know my fellow hosts and admins are shy and retiring and would hate to seem greedy goats by posting first on this thread, so let me sacrifice myself by saying, "Bring it!!!"
And thank you, Jengie jon!
[ 28. June 2015, 19:39: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
And thank you, Jengie jon!
Amen!!
I'll be second here, to help Kelly break the ice.
My home is in Florida, USA, and as much as I love the chokorit very kind and generous Shipmates have sent in the past, I am going to ask for something nontraditional, as the traditional tribute is a melted (but tasty!) mass by the time it gets to my hotter than blazes mailbox.
Yay!
![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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I'll post anywhere. I can offer chocolate, tablet, or non-melty sweeties.
[ 28. June 2015, 22:01: Message edited by: North East Quine ]
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Kelly Alves
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By tablet you mean toffee? (drool)
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
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Piglet
Islander
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Thanks very much, Jengie - I'm a sucker for milk chocolate. Count me very in. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Mamacita
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Yes please! I gratefully accept gifts of chocolate or any goodies you want to send.
Thank you, Jengie jon!
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Sounds wonderful! I am in Australia where it is currently winter. Like Mamacita, anything would be gratefully received. However I much prefer dark chocolate to milk and the darker the better. I eat the 90% generally here.
Any offering will be accepted, chocolate or otherwise and thanks to Jengie for organising this.
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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Far be it from me to make my fellow hosts look bad by withholding from this little thread.
It would be churlish of me to refuse the generosity and kindness of my fellow shipmates.
I'm just not that kind of penguin.
No nuts or coconut please, milk rather than dark, traditional or non-traditional. I'm easily pleased ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Okay, outamyway, move it, walk left stand right, it's time to put my snoot firmly in the trough and go "oink!"
I like all things local, though, if you want to send chocolate, I have no objections. Of course, if you want to save a pound or two on postage (aka "send your favorite cuddly Hellhost more chocolate"), or just want the chocolate to not suffer the indignities of international transit (RIP Paschal Penguin Parcel) and DC's torpid summer, I have fewer than no objections to anything ordered from Ye Olde Local Chocorrit Shoppe.
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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I'll offer and post anywhere. Local offerings aren't that easy - the local speciality sausages won't do so well in the heat either.
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Japes
Shipmate
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I am happy to offer to post chocolate, or other goodies anywhere in the world.
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
By tablet you mean toffee? (drool)
Tablet
I can also offer Scottish boiled sweets. Or chocolate. Scotland is a good place for teeth rotting sugariness. (It makes you feel like this, but with fewer teeth)
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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I'm in.
Chocolate is, of course, a perfectly acceptable offering, but I'm also a sucker for a good strong cheese or red wine if my allocated sender happens to live somewhere that is noted for such things. Other offerings will also be given fair consideration should the sender wish to discuss the matter in advance.
No nuts of any kind. Seriously. Sending me nuts will be considered a personal attack (and/or attempted murder) and may result in a summary suspension of a duration not exceeding two ice ages.
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marzipan
Shipmate
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I'm in. Based in Ireland but I'll send anywhere.
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jacobsen
seeker
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Count me in. UK based but will send anywhere, allowing for the fact that last time I sent to Oz the Gestapo confiscated everything except the card.
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Kittyville
Shipmate
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Blimey, Jacobsen - what were you trying to send?!
I'm happy to be in - A list or reserve. In Australia, but can send anywhere.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
# 107
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I note that another host has indicated an interest in tablet. I have heard so many references to it on the ship and would love to taste some, but at present it appears we have only one donor, and someone else spoke first.
I like dark chocolate very much, but it doesn't stand the summer heat very well.
I would also welcome something typical of the place where the donor lives. It gives me a picture of what different shippies' homes are like.
I live in Virginia.
Moo
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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Thanks very much to Jengie for coming up with this idea, and thanks to all the nice people who are kindly offering. I always feel a bit embarrassed about posting to this thread but if anyone is up for it that would be very kind of you.
I prefer dark to milk chocolate but don’t usually have a problem eating either. I have many favourites, but I’d rather someone else made the choice; it would be nice to have a surprise. I’m happy to try new flavours as well as old favourites. The only things I really don’t like are white chocolate, toffees, Marmite or Guinness chocolate, and extremely dark chocolate (90%-plus variety).
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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quote:
Originally posted by Moo:
I note that another host has indicated an interest in tablet. I have heard so many references to it on the ship and would love to taste some, but at present it appears we have only one donor, and someone else spoke first.
I have already tried it. I just wasn't sure if it was the stuff I tried. Go for it.
Are we supposed to post preferences here? I like anything in the caramel/ toffee family, most nuts ( except walnut) and I prefer milk chocolate to dark. Local stuff is appreciated, too.
[ 29. June 2015, 14:46: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
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Piglet
Islander
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Originally posted by Kittyville:
Blimey, Jacobsen - what were you trying to send?!.
Have you never watched Border Security: Australia's Front Line? We get it several times a day over here, and from what I've observed, you're very particular about what sort of things (especially edible things) you allow into your country. No blame to you - you've got a wonderful ecosystem into which you don't want to introduce any nasty wee beasties (or even plants with evil intentions). ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Perhaps it would be best for the Australian hosts to receive things from within Australia: Amazon may be your friend. We got a lovely package of Canadian cheese and crackers with a little cheeseboard for Christmas from D's sister in England, which had come via Amazon.ca. Is it possible that Amazon.au does something similar?
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Originally posted by Ariston:
it's time to put my snoot firmly in the trough and go "oink!" ...
Hang on a minute - isn't that my prerogative?
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I am reluctant to join in as sending anything here from elsewhere can be traumatically expensive and also you are not allowed to send food items by post in India. Plus I am hugely allergic to chocolate - a single small bar could have me in bed for days, which doesn't seem very fair.
However Amazon.in is a pretty reliable supplier and I notice they have things like this at not unreasonable prices so I might be convinced to join in this year.
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Qoheleth.
Semi-Sagacious One
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count me in as a tributory
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Ferijen
Shipmate
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Happy to send anywhere, to anyone, from the UK. Limited internet access for the next few weeks, so my offerings won't hit the post til the end of July...
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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Tis very kind of all involved
I am a UK based milk chocolate lover.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
# 273
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Rules for allocation stipulate that as far as possible people are paired who live in the same continent.
If anyone really wants to send abroad please state. I am not saying anyone will, it might just be my peculiarity.
Jengie
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Jengie, this may have already been mentioned but my brain is mush this morning. Another way of avoiding postage is to buy online in the country of recipient. Of course, sometimes the exchange rate is still a killer.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
# 273
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Yes it has been mentioned. Indeed the last time I sent abroad I chose something British and then found an importer to deliver it abroad. This was cheaper than the postage.
Jengie
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John Holding
Coffee and Cognac
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Far be it from me to stand aside from such a noble Ship tradition.
I'm in Canada and love dark chocolate.
John
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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I am happy to spread the Joy of Tablet anywhere that the Postal Service will take it.
I have previously attempted to send tablet to Australia and it didn't arrive, but I don't know if it just got lost or was intercepted (described it as fudge on the customs slip, because I knew that "tablet" might sound as though I was posting drugs)
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Kittyville
Shipmate
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Tangent/ Home prepared foodstuffs may be more of an issue than commercially produced things. I've never had anything taken off me when returning from the UK, although perhaps the Customs officers got distracted by the Marmite vs Vegemite Question./End tangent
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
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Count me in to receive. I'll be in Scotland until the end of August, then back in Japan, if that makes any difference to anyone.
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dj_ordinaire
Host
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Ooh, how lovely to see
If anyone wants to send some sweet chocolately goodies over to Ireland, it would be greatly appreciated!
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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I would be very happy to receive anything sugary (I'm not quite sweet enough yet ![[Biased]](wink.gif) ) if someone is happy to send something to Sweden. Thanks!
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
# 273
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Unusually a lot of hosts willing to receive and fewer shipmates than usual willing to send.
Jengie
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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I'll bow out if needed.
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ArachnidinElmet
Shipmate
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I'd be happy to post something to a host: chocolate or whatever. I am also in a position to provide Pontefract cakes or rhubarb and custard (the boiled sweet, as real custard tends to leak through the jiffy bag).
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
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I've already told Jengie I am happy to send to Hosts, if need be. Don't bow out. (Y'all fellow Admins are on your own )
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
# 273
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The second half of the post was to say, that if shipmates have been disappointed not to send to hosts in the past, now is a good time to volunteer as you have a higher chance of getting one.
Jengie
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Cottontail
Shipmate
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I'd be happy to send goodies anywhere, to anyone! Chocolate has been more than earned.
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Sarasa
Shipmate
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I'm happy to send to anyone, anywhere.
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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quote:
Originally posted by Doublethink.:
I'll bow out if needed.
So will I if needed.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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I can do either Canada or India.
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Piglet
Islander
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I'll do sending to other Hosts too, if necessary.
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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I was going to volunteer, but now I feel guilty! ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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kingsfold
Shipmate
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I'm happy to send goody bags wherever you like.
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