2018 Secret Santa Sign Up

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    :p

    Cool little ziplock bubble wrap bag.

    Looks like something in fancy-schmancy packaging inside that. Something in cardboard with gold trim on it. I certainly wasn't expecting anything like that.

    Truth be told, I have no idea what to expect! :woot:


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  3. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    I say open it! Probably no snakes inside....
     
    coin_nut, Dec 19, 2018
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  4. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter


    Open on Christmas. Keep to the plan........
     
    green18, Dec 19, 2018
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  5. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Good Lord, I hate and abhor 'snakes'. Ill creatures meant to crawl on their belly since the beginning of time. By the fact they ain't evolved yet , let them remain undistinguished.......
     
    green18, Dec 19, 2018
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  6. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    I sent that packet with the understanding that LM was my officially designated Secret Santa Recipient. We gots to wait until Christmas? OK, I had forgotten that part. Only 5 more days anyhow...
     
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  7. Rushmore

    Rushmore Coin Addict

    Let me join you as a fellow snake hater. Even garters
     
    Rushmore, Dec 19, 2018
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  8. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    I like snakes and avoid killing them most times. When I find a cobra in the yard, then it is time to adopt your attitude...
     
    coin_nut, Dec 19, 2018
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  9. H8_modern

    H8_modern Attracted to small round-ish art

    I like them and made sure my daughters aren’t frightened of them
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  10. mikenoodle

    mikenoodle The Village Idiot Supporter

    Right before I was married, my brother and I had a 10 foot Reticulated Python that roamed freely around our apartment between shedding time and eating time.
     
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  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    I knew you were sending a package but not that you were my Secret Santa, just as I am yours! Funny how that worked out.

    Oops! It's too late to stop me from opening the package. But I suppose I could make everybody wait until Christmas to see what was inside... :hilarious:;)

    As to the topic of snakes, which we somehow got upon, I'm not one of those "Kill 'em! Kill 'em!" kind of people. (Ladymarcovan is, when it comes to snakes.) But I'm a "live and let live" kinda guy.

    That being said, I don't especially want to cuddle, hold, or handle 'em. Once upon a time, I woke up with a live snake wrapped around my upper arm. The cats had brought it in an open window, played with it a while, and dropped it - unbroken and still very much alive - in the bed with me while I napped. Open your eyes to see that, and you'll wake up with a quickness, let me tell you! Fortunately it was just a harmless little green snake.
     
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  12. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    My wife found this one dead in the yard a few months ago. Our old, fat, half crippled dog Turbo had apparently killed it. He also got a small load of venom in his eye as this was a "spitting cobra". Note the eye glass markings on the back of the neck. Also note that Turbo is OK now, he did not lose the eye. Cobra-1.jpg
     
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  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Yoiks!

    We had cobras in our yard and basement when I lived in Africa as a kid. Mambas, too, I suppose. I encountered a snake in the high grass when I stooped to pick up a dropped toy. Didn't hang around to properly identify it. It was dark colored. Not a cobra, but... who knows what.

    There's something snakey in this old dig story of mine. :)
     
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  14. charlietig

    charlietig Well-Known Member

    :wideyed::wideyed::wideyed:
     
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  15. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    Due to my location, mail to me requires an actual name instead of Secret Santa, and also has to list what’s in the package per customs requirements. My secret Santa was smart enough to add my username in the address line, so hint that it was from CT. This is good because I had a few numismatic items in the same style packaging and would’ve just ripped it open without much thought.


    Not to be deterred, I opened it anyway! Well, mainly because I’m leaving for Christmas and I think it would be rude to make my SS wait.


    My SS must’ve read somewhere that I just love the bicentennial series because I got a very nice bicentennial dollar and quarter. Seems my SS swapped out the half for a Franklin proof, which is a win for me!


    Now, it may just be coincidence, but perhaps my SS knew that I have two kids and that I sometimes buy and set aside coins for them. I just happened to get two proof PCGS slabbed dimes. One for each! These will get added to their list of coins to be handed to them at the appropriate time.


    A very nice gift from my SS this year. Thank you very much and merry Christmas!
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  16. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Turns out the cardboard with the gold stripe was from a Scotch whiskey box, repurposed as packing material.

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    Inside, there were some ...


    ;)


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  17. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    Excellent choice of packaging material.
     
    Kasia, Dec 20, 2018
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  18. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Oh, I love proof silver! Quite the "bling" factor there!
     
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  19. ACoinJob

    ACoinJob There are still some out there to be had.

    Sorry, wrong discussion.
     
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  20. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    What in the world is that all about? I'm sure I don't know, but the tone doesn't seem to be "in the spirit of giving"?

    I don't know what "gibberish" you're speaking of, and don't really want to know - at least not here.

    Perhaps this should have been expressed in a PM, so as not to drag everyone else into it while they're trying to have a happy time?

    Just sayin'.
     
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  21. ACoinJob

    ACoinJob There are still some out there to be had.

    I'm just going to "ignore it". It's not taking my Christmas spirits away. Sorry if it detracted from your happy experience here. It was rude and unethical.
     
    ACoinJob, Dec 20, 2018
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