Forumswide Secret Celestia 2018: The Hearthswarmening πͺπ
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Two packages still in transit. Both international. Neither with tracking info.
There is no guarantee that the wizard selling you that bag full of magic sand is wearing pants underneath his robes.
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GUESS WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL!
First up! Socks!
Look at how cute these are!
Ooh! Mystery packages!
Nice. Can't wait to taste this
Holy shit, yes
A nice bookmark. Good thing I'm both.
Treats!
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I googled the Tim Tam Slam and well...
I also got... a card!
Thanks drunkill!
First up! Socks!
Look at how cute these are!
Ooh! Mystery packages!
Nice. Can't wait to taste this
Holy shit, yes
A nice bookmark. Good thing I'm both.
Treats!
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I googled the Tim Tam Slam and well...
I also got... a card!
Thanks drunkill!
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Hooray, one of our crazy international shipping adventures has resolved! With that, only one package remains before we can officially close out this Secret Celestia season!
Fun fact: the Secret Santa pairing of Drunkill and Princess Flufflebutt is very close to being literally the opposite side of the Earth.
via https://www.antipodesmap.com/
This about 1.5 New Zealands away from being pretty darn opposite. That's a long distance, but compared to the overall size of the planet, not that long.
There are closer possibilities, but not many. UK and Spanish ponyfolk would land right on New Zealand itself, for example, though I don't know if we have any Kiwis so it'd still be "close relative to Drunkill." Brazil <--> Phillipines is another one that our forum would hypothetically be able to do, though not this round of Secret Celestia folks.
Fun fact: the Secret Santa pairing of Drunkill and Princess Flufflebutt is very close to being literally the opposite side of the Earth.
via https://www.antipodesmap.com/
This about 1.5 New Zealands away from being pretty darn opposite. That's a long distance, but compared to the overall size of the planet, not that long.
There are closer possibilities, but not many. UK and Spanish ponyfolk would land right on New Zealand itself, for example, though I don't know if we have any Kiwis so it'd still be "close relative to Drunkill." Brazil <--> Phillipines is another one that our forum would hypothetically be able to do, though not this round of Secret Celestia folks.
There is no guarantee that the wizard selling you that bag full of magic sand is wearing pants underneath his robes.
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Whoa. Secret Celestia magic travels all around the world.
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And boy, are her wings tired.Perrydotto wrote: βTue Jan 15, 2019 10:30 amWhoa. Secret Celestia magic travels all around the world.
Yeah, that was awful. Sorry.
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I must know more about these glowing socks
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It finally arrived, hooray!
Also, open up that can and post another picture of what is inside.
I was ready to include another two packs of Australian confectionery but that would have almost doubled the shipping cost to be in the next weight tier so unfortunately for you, I ate them.
Sorry about the delays, at least it showed up in the end.
Also, open up that can and post another picture of what is inside.
I was ready to include another two packs of Australian confectionery but that would have almost doubled the shipping cost to be in the next weight tier so unfortunately for you, I ate them.
Sorry about the delays, at least it showed up in the end.
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Some good swag there!
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There's a thing inside!?
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I need to buy a can opener first.
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That is a powerful and airtight argument
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I hope the small kangaroo inside that can is still OK.
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I forgot to buy a can opener.
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The suspense is great, though!
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GUESS WHO FINALLY BOUGHT A CAN OPENER?
IT IS TIME!
Look at this poor can.
It has no idea what's gonna happen to it.
IT IS TIME!
Look at this poor can.
It has no idea what's gonna happen to it.
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Oh right.
I was gonna post the contents.
I was gonna post the contents.
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HereΒ΄s the moment we've all been waiting for!
To see the contents of the mysterious can!
What was in it, you wonder? Well...
We'll get to see right after a message from our sponsors!
To see the contents of the mysterious can!
What was in it, you wonder? Well...
We'll get to see right after a message from our sponsors!
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I'm at the edge of my seat
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ARE YOU READY!?
BECAUSE
HERE
IT
IS!!!!
BECAUSE
HERE
IT
IS!!!!
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i took it right after the other btw
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Well...
What does it taste like?
What does it taste like?
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Like a kangaroo.
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And update. The book was a lot of fun. It reminded me of The Castle of Cagliostro anime film. It's a Lupin the III film, it works as a Lupin film, but it feels much more like a Miyazaki film. Likewise with this. It works fine as a Doctor Who story, but it is most certainly a Douglas Adams work. It has all the casual asides and tangents to explain things that you got in the Hitchhiker's story, and it works great with the Tom Baker Doctor.The Doctor wrote: βTue Dec 25, 2018 9:47 am
Yes, gather round for a paragraph of Doctor Who education. Douglas Adams wrote this story for Tom Baker's Doctor, but it was rejected. So he just repurposed a bunch of elements of it into the 3rd Hitchikers book, "Life, The Universe, And Everything"
Thanks again, Kefka.
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One package remains. I'm starting to think that this one is not just taking a long time, but was lost in transit.
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I'm posting this a bit late, but I got presents from Perry and Fontra!
I wasn't expecting anything this year, and it ended up being a really messy and incomplete Christmas. My mother was in the hospital for the duration, and although she was released with a clean bill of health she passed away shortly after. Having things to help me relax and something to cuddle really came in handy. These gifts meant a lot to me. Thank you both, and I miss you dearly.
I wasn't expecting anything this year, and it ended up being a really messy and incomplete Christmas. My mother was in the hospital for the duration, and although she was released with a clean bill of health she passed away shortly after. Having things to help me relax and something to cuddle really came in handy. These gifts meant a lot to me. Thank you both, and I miss you dearly.
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You're more than welcome. We miss you too, and think of you often. Stay rad, and remember you got folks in your corner, always.
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International shipping is real bad sometimes, y'all! Apparently the last Secret Celestia package was held by customs for 6 weeks. They never attempted to deliver it or notify anyone, and as soon as people started contacting the customs office directly, they marked it "Return to Sender" and kicked it out of the country!
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Yep, Bulgarian postal services apparently never left a notice that they couldn't deliver and just kicked it over to customs, who sent it back once I asked about it. They also refuse to do anything if you don't have said notice. We have a solution though!
On the plus side, a package did come in today addressed to me at my apartment directly (thankfully we spotted the note amongst all the advertising junk we get) and Aline went to pick it up. She spent an hour and a half waiting in various lines to get it, with some interesting incidents such as being told to go back and forth between two queues as they both kept pointing her at the other line. We've also already had it happen that a package addressed to us in Bulgaria got shipped to Hong Kong for some reason.
This one turned out to be Secret Celestia-related though so it's topic-relevant. I also had some help opening it up and everything was carefully inspected.
A kind of heavy small box, which looks quite interesting.
Hm, that's a Surprise . And some wrapped goods.
Ooh, we have the identity of our mystery sender!
And this is what's in there. Maple syrup, maple spread, maple candy and two bottles of Texan BBQ sauce!
It's a thank you present from last year's receiver of gifts, Davyinatoga! I wasn't expecting this at all, and it's very nice . I'm glad this one managed to arrive safe and sound.
On the plus side, a package did come in today addressed to me at my apartment directly (thankfully we spotted the note amongst all the advertising junk we get) and Aline went to pick it up. She spent an hour and a half waiting in various lines to get it, with some interesting incidents such as being told to go back and forth between two queues as they both kept pointing her at the other line. We've also already had it happen that a package addressed to us in Bulgaria got shipped to Hong Kong for some reason.
This one turned out to be Secret Celestia-related though so it's topic-relevant. I also had some help opening it up and everything was carefully inspected.
A kind of heavy small box, which looks quite interesting.
Hm, that's a Surprise . And some wrapped goods.
Ooh, we have the identity of our mystery sender!
And this is what's in there. Maple syrup, maple spread, maple candy and two bottles of Texan BBQ sauce!
It's a thank you present from last year's receiver of gifts, Davyinatoga! I wasn't expecting this at all, and it's very nice . I'm glad this one managed to arrive safe and sound.
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The thread that keeps on giving.
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I hope you get your other gifts too but Iβm glad you got these, Smoke
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Oh. Smoke made an offhand comment about maple syrup in the discord chat in the beginning half of January so I assumed the package was long since delivered!
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Yeah, that one was because my wife got me maple syrup as well for christmas .
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I have been informed that we could close out this thread... if Smoke would ever check his e-mail and/or other services and then post!
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