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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Helen Date: 11 Dec 02 - 05:25 PM Now that would be a good Christmas present! "The dirty little coward that shot John Howard" would be a hero to half the Oz population. JH is the miserable little prime minister of Oz who keeps agreeing with Shrub. Helen |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Mudlark Date: 11 Dec 02 - 05:14 PM Outlaw songs, you say? Not a genre I'm all that familiar with...I don't know any Pancho but are you left-handed??? I know you're not the dirty little coward that shot John Howard--noone who sends beautiful shells, coral, sand and pebbles, to a shells-sand-coral-pebbles nut would do that... I'll have to go ask my cowboy song source about this...see if he can point me in the right direction... Arggghhh..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Amergin Date: 11 Dec 02 - 01:38 PM OOps, sorry....have not really been around....busy and then i was sick for a while...and on vacation....i do apologise...and yeah i would LOVE it... ;) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Amergin's SS.............. Date: 11 Dec 02 - 10:48 AM Now, lissen here, boy! I have done this several times, and not a nibble from you. Are you out there? I have finally figgered out what to get you, now just have to find in! No worries about it arriving on time, same continent. Pull outta yer funk and let me know you are still interested................ Amergin's SS, who is not Will D. Beeste |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Giac's Secret Santa Date: 11 Dec 02 - 10:32 AM Giac, at last I have procured the final piece of your surprise. It will be on its way to you soon, very, very soon. As we are on the same continent, I have great faith in the Postal Service to get it to you in a reasonable amount of time. :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Kim C no cookie Date: 11 Dec 02 - 10:30 AM Oh, Sandy Claws and Man Friday, thank you So Much! (sorry, I couldn't wait till Christmas!!) I got a CD, a baseball card, some lovely vials of perfume, and some very fabulous beads in a little green silk bag! I can't wait to make them into something wonderful!!! Thank You Thank You Thank You and Merry Christmas!!!!!!! :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Mudlark's Whatever Date: 10 Dec 02 - 10:09 PM Don't worry. I'll include my name when I send your "official" present. I hope to get it finished this weekend and put it in the mail in time to reach you by the 24th and no earlier! I remember in some thread you mentioned singing cowboy songs. Ever sing any outlaw ballads? Might be a cloo there somewhere. Of course you'd have to find the right one. And interpret it correctly. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Mudlark Date: 10 Dec 02 - 03:04 PM ...AND points for being the 400th poster to this thread! Now I am a full-fledged member of the 400 Club.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Mudlark Date: 10 Dec 02 - 03:01 PM Bleary-eyed from a late night of searching thru Mudcat for "clews" I'm now not much forwarder than I was. Wait...not true! Now I know at least one person who is NOT my SSPerplexer. Flag and geographical clues are forcing me to look closer to home...hmmmmm.....must check Profiles again...while I put the rest of my life on hold! Seems like I ought to at least get points for the sand/Sandra connection however...I thot it was brilliant... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: SharonA Date: 10 Dec 02 - 01:39 PM Oh ho, I see on the "I opened my SS pressie" thread that Helen is Firecat's SS, so I guess my package wasn't from her, then. Hmm hmm hmmmmm... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: SharonA Date: 10 Dec 02 - 01:17 PM goody goody goody meow goody goody goody meow goody goody goody meow! My Secret Secretive Silent Sneaky Secret Santa's package arrived safe and sound! Checked my post office box after closing time on Saturday to find a yellow card saying that a parcel too big for the box was being held for me, so I couldn't pick it up until yesterday – oh anguish! The cardboard envelope has several stamps on it that say "Australia" and there's a return address from Oz, so unless my Sneaky Secret Santa is being extremely sneaky by asking one of our Oz 'Catters to send it for him or her, I'd guess that my SS is one of those Oz 'Catters themselves. Ah, but which one? Sandra in Sydney? Depends on how strictly one defines "Sydney" since that's not what the return address says (even though the mailer's first initial is "S", it may or may not be my SS's first initial! Might be his or her Spouse, or Sister...) (or Seudonym... *G*). Then again, Helen posted as a guest using IE on the same day my SS talked about using IE at work... On the other hand, my SS made a reference earlier to having been off-line for a while, but the posting histories of both Helen and Sandra show no great gap between posting dates at that time (heck, I've been away from the 'Cat more than they have, recently!). Same with alison's posting history. Hmmmm... did I miss any other Australian 'Catters on the SS sign-up list? Ennnee-wayyy, I opened the envelope so I could look at the cat wrapping paper! My SS is right, there's a multitude of cats there: lots and lots of click-art carefully collected by my SS and printed out on blue paper, tied with a blue ribbon! Big cats, little cats, "hang-in-there" cats, Bill-the-Cat cats, all wonderful cats! :^) :^) :^) Now comes the hard part: waiting till the 25th to open it! I've been good so far; I put the package into my big knitted Christmas stocking right away so that only the corner of the package peeks out to tempt me. If need be, I'll push it in farther toward the stocking's toe ("out of sight, out of mind", they say... yeah, right!). Wonder if my SS's true identity will be revealed when I open it? So thank you, Secret Secretive Silent Sneaky Secret Santa, for sending the pressie and the fun of anticipating Christmas morning! Meow! :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Mudlark's perplexer Date: 10 Dec 02 - 08:54 AM Sydney indeed! Not even close. Half a world away. Too many stars with to many points on their flag (though the colors work). Don't let my elves' return addresses fool you. I might be nearer than you might think. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 10 Dec 02 - 08:02 AM Hello, Mudlark wrong!! T'aint me - keep guessing sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Mudlark Date: 10 Dec 02 - 03:28 AM A clew....hmmmmm.... a clue in itself. Gift in Friendship, you say....well, a part of my last gift was a handfull of sand from Thailand (one of the most exotic things I've ever received!). Makes me wonder, just as a wild guess, if you might be Sandra from Sydney? Other than that I am flummoxed--the "which entirely coincidently" phrase makes my brain skew sideways. Hand poised above collage.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,MMario's Puckish Secret Santa Date: 10 Dec 02 - 12:16 AM The elves are flying through the place, grumbling that the reindeer don't always need to wait till the last minute to deliver stuff, just 'cause that's the way Santa operates. . . Soon, very soon, I assure them. All in good time. This week. For sure. It'll be on it's way. Good thing there aren't any ponds to cross! No polar circumnavigation required! It's only travelling from a place where he's glad his niece isn't living. Santa |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Sharon A's secret, secretive, silent, sneaky Date: 09 Dec 02 - 07:55 AM meow, meow - multitudes of cats were wrapped in cat paper, put in a postbag (without cat stamps, only boring postage stamps) & sent winging off into the wild blue yonder away several days ago, not in the briny blue, tho. hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions & billions & trillions of cats (to quote, probably incorrectly) my favorite cat book. At work THEY stymied me - they gave me acces to IE for a program I use, with very stern warnings on page 1 saying don't use for non-work related purposes, or else - big brother is watching. SA'sSSSSS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,KIM C's SECRET SANTA Date: 09 Dec 02 - 03:45 AM Kim Man Friday tells me he had to fill out a green customs form to send you your present. Whatever you do, don't read it as he had to detail what the items in the parcel were. Chimneys were so much easier!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Helen Date: 09 Dec 02 - 01:07 AM There is a second interesting twist, too, which I will also reveal in a week or so, when my Secret Santee gets his/her present. Helen (Back in on Netscape - fickle browser programs!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Helen, using IE Date: 09 Dec 02 - 01:02 AM It's here! I went to the Post Office and there, waiting for me was a huge cardboard box. I *had* to open it to make sure that everything was okay, because the Oz Quarantine service had placed a sticker on the box saying that they had inspected it. Lots of purple packages, beautifully wrapped! I am under STRICT instructions not to open it all until Christmas, so I guess I'll have to wait. The truth is, I was kind of hoping it *would* take 3 weeks to arrive because then I would have a better chance of fighting off temptation. It has Mary S (Internet etiquette prevents me from writing the surname) written on the label and I thought I would have a great deal of trouble figuring out her Mudcat name, but she posted to the Morticia's got troubles thread, mentioned Portland, and signed herself Mary, so I now know --- ta-da!!! --- that Sinsull is my Secret Santa. So, miracles do happen. It only took 10 days to get here. She has obviously taken pity on a poor woman whose attitide to presents is not unlike the "seafood diet", i.e. "see food and eat it". [When my sister and I were kids she could keep her Easter eggs for a whole week just taking one little nibble once a day until they were all gone. Mine were all gone in about 10 minutes.] She has included a newspaper and a magazine for me to keep busy with while waiting for Christmas Day to roll around. Slowly. And now I get the references to the Union. There is a very very interesting twist to this story, which I will reveal later, maybe in a week or so. Helen |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Blackcatter Date: 09 Dec 02 - 12:28 AM Woo Hoo! I hope it's not a rattlesnake - we have them here too and I used to catch them for a living (though I'm pretty immune to the toxin) I llok forward to recieving the package. - I'm going to sit by the PO Box until it comes, well, ok, I'll just check it each day... pax yall |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Mudlark's Secret Santa Date: 08 Dec 02 - 03:35 PM A clew, she wants. Let's see. If you're into languages you may find in my name a Gift in Friendship, which entirely coincidently, is what one expects from one's Santa. (And don't glue down your collage yet) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Nathan in TX's SS Date: 08 Dec 02 - 03:02 PM Good grief, Nathan. You are hilarious. You're getting close on me being either meek or bold and young or old, but I'm not a Ding Dong! Really, I'm not. Well, it's pretty cold outside here, but there's no snow. I've never lived anywhere where it snowed before, and now I move here, fully expecting snow, but there's no snow. Egad. Will I never get to live with snow? I was so excited about it, too. Anyway, your gift will probably be mailed tomorrow. Santa is a procrastinator. It's not entirely my fault, though. Hezekiah's wife insisted that he had to stay home to recover from his cold, leaving the already-overworked Ananias to do all the work, thus losing several days' progress. The important thing is that your present will arrive before Christmas. Here's another lyrical clue for you: Ding dong merrily on high, The Christmas bells are ringing Ding dong verily the sky Is riv'n with angel singing: Gloria, hosanna in excelsis! Gloria, hosanna in excelsis! --Santa Claus (who should be writing a paper right now....) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Nathan in Texas Date: 07 Dec 02 - 11:12 PM My Santa's a Ding Dong! That's a clue, I'm sure. Hmmm, Ding Dongs are cupcakes. There's a current thread about Nibbling Cupcakes. Cupcakes are made by Hostess.. . Is either "meek or bold" and "young or old." That narrows it down. I've just about got it figured out now. Let's see . . . |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Blackcatter's S-s-s-secret S-s-s-santa Date: 07 Dec 02 - 09:44 AM From the land of Kokopelli and the rattlesnake to the land of Mickey and the mosquito shall come your present...if the darn elves ever get around to mailing it... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Nathan in TX's SS Date: 07 Dec 02 - 02:12 AM *sings* Hark how the bells Sweet silver bells All seem to say Throw cares away Christmas is here Bringing good cheer To young and old Meek and the bold... Ding dong ding dong. --Santa Claus |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Mudlark Date: 07 Dec 02 - 02:05 AM This is IT, SS....I demand more clues than these fabulous stamps and great handfulls of coral, shells and what look like inviting bits of Sensen...from Thailand!!!! I am intranced, and intrigued, and now in the process of carefully steaming off all these great stamps that *cover* the envelope, while cudgeling my brain, and pouring over posts, feeling sure that, like beachcombing, the next step will lead me to a significant find. But getting an exotic envelope like this, with the return address simply "Mudcat SS" is totally frustrating! Good Mudcat drawing tho...I'll give you that. Thanks for making my mail the very best part of the day! Your humble servant.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Bardford Date: 06 Dec 02 - 04:09 PM Okay, my benevolent and generous-with-the-clues Pere/Mere Noel, here's what I did: I took all the clues you've provided and created a FileMaker Pro database. Then I ran those clues through the Mudcat Thread history thesaurus analyzer/algoryhtm generator(its a new thing-I don't think even Max knows about it yet). Then armed with that information, I tapped into the Florida Voter List database random partisan de-registerer which results I then imported into my Itunes program and converted the whole dataset into an mp3 file. I haven't had a chance to listen to the results yet, but I will announce the results on this thread. (Likely around Christmas time.) You on the left coast? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Genie .... Are You Being Good ?(G.S.S.) Date: 06 Dec 02 - 01:23 AM <Pre> O / \ / \ [|||||] Heh heh heh! _ 0j0 / All my hints, are from the 'cat /_|/ ( <-> ) Just look around to see what can be found. \ \ / ( ) \ \ \/ (_) \ /| \__/ \ \ ||o |||[_]|||\_\ |o | |(_/ /| | |\ \ ||o | | \ \ |o | | \ \ | |O There sure are a lot of folk | | | | /___\ ( ) / around here. Hey Santa Did I just see | _ | | |__ | xxx | |_| two of you? |/ \| |______|) |music| 0 0______ / /\o/\ \O (all better) \_ _/ <___/ </Pre> |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Genie Date: 05 Dec 02 - 03:33 PM Well, I've elminated Kendall and Mousethief, so to speak, by their prolific positing propensities. (Alex, I thought of you because of "runamuck" and because you live near the epicenter of the big quake that hit Seattle while I was visiting a couple of years back. And I thought it might be Kendall because of a post my Santa just posted in the "Songs NOT to sing in nursing homes" thread.) Now I'm really getting puzzled. Hmmmmm.... Genie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: SharonA Date: 05 Dec 02 - 03:00 PM *sniff* *wah* Where'd my Santa go? I'd love to join the guess-the-SS's-identity game, but I'm gonna need more hints. Then again, maybe my SS doesn't want me to guess before I open the pressie (?). Orrrrrrr... maybe my SS doesn't know about the split-the-thread-into-pages feature of the new 'Cat and can't open the longer thread (??). Seems that I am playing a guessing game here, but not the one I thought I'd be playing! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Genie Date: 05 Dec 02 - 02:09 PM Or would that epicenter be closer to a state capital? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Genie Date: 05 Dec 02 - 08:26 AM To my ever so clever Secret Sandy Claws: Is Maine the epicenter of anything in particular? Genie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Monsieur Bardford's Santa Date: 04 Dec 02 - 12:37 AM Well, Bardford, you're right on count one, wrong on count two. And if you think YOU'RE a terrible fiddler, you shoulda heard me when I quit my lessons as a kid! But as to our similarity/difference, I was thinking of something more concrete. We once shared a sort of 'kinship,' I guess, but now we're neighbors of a sort. (As for the intangibles, let's see who adores me: women? maybe (but I hope not exclusively). Children? Sometimes. Old people? Usually. Violin/fiddle afficcionados? See above. "Charismatic, charming, strong, sensitive..." Do you also love long walks on the beach and hate phony people? LOL! Some word pieces of the puzzle: carol beavers and geoducks and palms wishes spiral strawberry an old friend from Nazareth rose and emerald (and sunshine?) scorpion cowpie ailurophilia Ë bient™t, mon fr쳌re! Sayonara. Und auf Wiedersehen! Shalom and all that, too! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Bardford Date: 03 Dec 02 - 11:33 PM I loves riddles, I does! Let's see- beneath me- geographically, I guess. Ahead of me - vis a vis Greenwich time, methinks. Like me - hmmmm - charismatic, charming, strong, sensitive, adored by women, children and old people? terrible fiddler, yet delightfully engaging at parties? Comfortable in jeans by the fire, or on the beach in a tux? I must do some thread sleuthing. Or, I suppose I could just wait. Thanks for the note! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Bardford's SS Date: 03 Dec 02 - 11:01 PM Bardford, me lad, you'll probably have a hard time guessing my my true identity, but here's a hint or two. You probably would think I'm beneath you. (And you'd be right.) But then, in at least one sense, I'm quite a bit ahead of you. There was a time in my life when I was more like you (at least in one objective way) than I am now. I have often found myself challenged since joining Mudcat a while back (but I always find some help from the immortals when that happens). I can't say I can traverse the globe in a single night like my mentor from the North Pole, but I do get around quite a bit. Mudcatters who were concerned with being dated may have seen more of me last year than they did of most other Mudcatters. Your prezzie should be on its way sometime this week. I don't think you'll have trouble getting it B4 Christmas. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: SharonA Date: 03 Dec 02 - 08:45 AM Not necessarily, Nathan! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Nathan in Texas Date: 02 Dec 02 - 07:47 PM Woo-hoo! Being assembled! What could it be? And my Santa is someone who knows enough html to have a red signature. That should be a clue. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Mrs. Ducks secret santa Date: 02 Dec 02 - 07:02 PM It was alive when it left here. Open package with stout gloves and small caliber pistol. Merry Christmas!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Robin2's Secret San-twin Date: 02 Dec 02 - 05:17 PM Attention all Santas and Santees! My Santee has had a major setback: a stroke, 3 weeks ago. CatsPhiddle started a thread for her, to wish her well in her recovery and to send prayers & thoughts. For anyone who hasn't seen the thread yet and would like to add their best wishes, this is the URL -- http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=54158 Link to thread Thanks, Robin2's Secret San-twin |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock's Secret Santa Date: 02 Dec 02 - 04:52 PM Your prezzies have been sent!!! They went out with today's mail (2, December, 2002). They should arrive in about a week. Happy Christmas!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Stephen L. Rich Date: 02 Dec 02 - 04:48 PM Thanks to my Secret Santa. Your package arrived the day before Thanksgiving safe and sound. I promise I won't open it until Christmas. Stephen Lee |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Nathan in TX's SS Date: 02 Dec 02 - 04:19 PM Dear Nathan, There has been quite a rush here this year and the staff has been working night and day to meet demands. Poor Annanias is quite overworked, and Hezekiah's wife complains that he is never home. Yet, your present is being assembled as I type, and shall be sent off as soon as possible. -- Santa Claus |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: SharonA Date: 02 Dec 02 - 12:32 PM Oops; there was an errant space in my Morse Code that makes it looks like NNQ instead of CQ! Should be _._. _ _._ Why "CQ", you ask? The answer is on this page: http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/cqde.htm Sharon (sister of a ham radio operator!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: SharonA Date: 02 Dec 02 - 11:19 AM Are you still there, Santa? Or is your internet access on the fritz again? Can you read me? Come in, Santa! CQ, CQ, _. _. _ _._ (dah-dit-dah-dit dah-dah-dit-dah...) I'm trying to be good, but I usually end up just being trying... However, I am returning my overdue library books tonight! :^) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Sarah the Flute's SS Date: 02 Dec 02 - 08:16 AM Not to worry, Sarah, your SS has a nice array of gifts for you! They should definitely arrive before christmas!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Will D Beeste aka Sorchas SS Date: 02 Dec 02 - 08:07 AM Here is a pic to help you guess who I am, I am of course, the one in the red stocking hat!! click here for pic |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Sarah the flute Date: 02 Dec 02 - 07:22 AM My secret santa has gone all quiet.... and i've been such a GOOOOOOOD GRRRRRRLLLLLL! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 02 Dec 02 - 05:15 AM Thanks for the musical hint Secret Santa. You should be pleased to know that I'm completely CLUELESS! The first time I listened to the song I didn't even think it was in English. After listening to it many times now I can decipher about 3/4 of the words, but really they make almost no sense to me at all! (That last line in the first verse...) Can't you give me more hints? I've narrowed you down to someone in the Western US who likes animals or someone with a British accent who sings Irish songs or someone who likes art and museums... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: GUEST,Giok's Secret Santa Date: 01 Dec 02 - 05:11 PM Giok, my man, your prezzie is on the way, so your last hint is here. I can't make it much easier!!!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mystery Santa Goofy Hints From: Morticia Date: 01 Dec 02 - 08:30 AM Dear Santa, I am very sorry I did not post any hints,I have been very busy and only got round to this thread today. 1. what is your age range? 40-ish 2. gender? F 3. Do you have a favorite color? electric blue/purple 4. favorite authors/ type of book? Sci fi, fantasy, almost anything 5. what books have you really been wanting? I think I probably have them all 6. what type of music do you like? ermmmm....folk? 7. what cds have you really been wanting? I'd love anything from someone on the 'cat 8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wnting? none 9. what is your t-shirt size? biggish 10. do you collect anything? if so, what? only debt and bad relationships *BG* 11. what are some of your other hobbies? computer graphics,anything 'crafty'or make-able 12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? silver 13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like anything from where someone lives would be great and chocolate is always acceptable I have been a good girl(ish) all year ( sort of) and will be eagerly awaiting news from you. Thank you, Morticia |