SECRET SANTA 2012

[Humpybong]

Thought I would start this to see how many would be interested in being included for a Secret Santa this year.

Gifts would be around the $10 mark.

Post here if interested and if we have enough participants I would be happy to set it up and manage it.


 

[NoHope587]

one

[Nevol]

Two 

[Goose]

Three

[Hansenhome]

Yes

[Usarok]

Soitenly. Count me in.

[Tobyle]

I'll be in it.

[Pocketcoins]

Seven

[Templar]

ATE----OOPSI MEAN EIGHT

[EgCollector]

 9

[Humpybong]

Thought I would start this to see how many would be interested in being included for a Secret Santa this year.

Gifts would be around the $10 mark.

Post here if interested and if we have enough participants I would be happy to set it up and manage it.


 

Will hold this open for another week.  Closing date will be Saturday 17th November.

Those of you who want to be in it please PM me your current name & address details as well as a few lines on what you collect.
This will be passed onto your secret santa.

    

[Humpybong]

Any more members for the Secret Santa Gift Exchange.......only a few days left.......last chance.

Do not forget to PM or email me your current address details and what you currently collect.

[Humpybong]

Secret Santa is now CLOSED!


I have sent a PM to each of you naming your gift receiver.

Please confirm receipt.......Merry Christmas.

[Templar]

HOW MANY JOINED IN THIS YEAR?......

[NoHope587]

confirm receipt

[Hansenhome]

Confirm receipt
Thanks

[Pocketcoins]

confirmed receipt
Thanks 

[Goose]

Received.

[EgCollector]

confirm receipt

Thanks 

[Nevol]

Receipt confirmed, thanks humpy!

[Tobyle]

Confirm email receipt. Thanks Humpybong.

[Usarok]

Rceipt Confirmed
Thanks

[Humpybong]

HOW MANY JOINED IN THIS YEAR?......

We only had 9 this year, hope you all enjoy and receive a great gift.

[Humpybong]

Please confirm here when you have received your Secret Santa gift.

Then I can chase up any missing ones.....Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[Hansenhome]

Yes I received Secret Santa and sent one

[Pocketcoins]

I have sent my package and have recived one today.    

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Boy I didn't know if I could get these photos on here or not. It's been a long time. When I went over to photo bucket I could not even find my way around for awhile

[Goose]

Geeze, those are nice coins!

[Templar]

VERY GOOD COINS---WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR IN TRADE?
KEEP ME IN MIND IF YOU GET ANTSY TO SELL......THANKS FOR SHARING.

[Pocketcoins]

VERY GOOD COINS---WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR IN TRADE?
KEEP ME IN MIND IF YOU GET ANTSY TO SELL......THANKS FOR SHARING.

I want be trading these.  Mine, all mine 

[Templar]

AS GOLLUM WOULD SAY "THESE ARE MY PRECIOUS"................I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO GIVE THEM UP

[NoHope587]

templar I believe Pocketcoins was displaying his secret Santa gift some might consider it in poor taste that you made an offer to trade for it.














Especially since you got it in before me....

[Goose]

And before me.

[Templar]

I CERTAINY DID NOT WANT TO SHOW ANY LACK OF RESPECT BUT I KNOW HOW QUICK THE SHARKS ARE IN THE CASTLE MOAT SO I THOUGHT I WOULD LET HIM KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS INTERESTED IN HIS NEW COINS IN CASE HE WAS MAKING A FUTURE LIST....




ON ANOTHER TOPIC---TIME IS RUNNING OUT........

[Goose]

I received a package of coins today from my Secret Santa......glorious coins consisting of a multitude of Canadian coins (I don't have them....none of them) and two U S mint sets. (I have neither.) I thank you with great wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Goose

[Templar]

WELL MY SECRET SANTA --A LOVELY LADY FROM AUSTRALIA--MS. NANCY CROSS (NEVOL)---SENT ME A SELECTION OF CRISP PAPER MONEY FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND I WANT TO THANK HER AND SHOW THEM OFF TO MY FELLOW KNIGHTS........FIRST ARE SOME INDONESIAN NOTES IN THREE DENOMINATIONS...........

[Templar]

NEXT ARE SOME NOTES FROM ARGENTINA--2 DENOMINATIONS...........

[Templar]

THE NEXT NOTE IS FROM BRAZIL..............

[Templar]

THE NEXT NOTE IS AN OLD ONE FROM THE COUNTRY OF YUGOSLAVIA A COUNTRY VERY DIVIDED TODAY..........

[Templar]

THE LAST IS A CUTE LITTLE NOTE FROM HONG KONG---NOT VERY BIG AND BLANK ON THE BACK---I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD CARRY THIS AND NOT LOSE IT.....AGAIN I WISH TO THANK NEVOL AND I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED MY CHRISTMAS GIFT...............

[Humpybong]

We still have not had a confirmation receipt from:

Amr
Nevol
NoHope
Tobyle
Usaroc

Please confirm here if you have received your Santa's gift.

[NoHope587]

Lets assume my Secret Santa gift is waiting at home. I have been in Mexico since the 14th and don't expect to be be back home until mid Jan.

[Goose]

Oh yes....you've been 'suffering' in Mexico under the warm sun while we in the northern climes in the U S are now cool at +5 F (-15 C). Our expected low tonight is predicted to be -12 F (-25 C). But we really should feel 'sorry' for Steve in Perth......it's still around +80 F (+27 C) around 4 AM in the morning on New Year's day.....AND no air conditioning!

[NoHope587]

Yes lovely and warm here along with the 17ft seas the last two days and the same expected this Thursday. want to trade....?

[Nevol]

Nothing received so far.      

[Triggersmob]

But we really should feel 'sorry' for Steve in Perth......it's still around +80 F (+27 C) around 4 AM in the morning on New Year's day.....AND no air conditioning!

Thanks for your thoughts, Cy.
We have just been through our hottest heatwave since 1942.
Should officially end today, with temp only expecting to reach 33c.
Next two days will be in the 20s. Phew, am I glad that's over.

[Usarok]

I haven't received anything yet.

[Goose]

11:30 PM C T (central time) in upper U S on Monday, 12-31-12 and it's -5 F (-21 C). Now in Perth at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, 1-1-13, it's 88 F (33 C). I think yesterday (Sunday) Perth had a 104 F (40 C).......a little too hot for me.  In February 1996, we had a -43 F (-42 C). Can anyone in Aussie Land comprehend that temp?

[Triggersmob]

a little too hot for me.  In February 1996, we had a -43 F (-42 C). Can anyone in Aussie Land comprehend that temp?

A lot too hot for me.
They do get snow in the mountains, in the eastern states, but I don't know if it gets down to those temps.

[Templar]

I HAVE SPOKEN TO AMR ABOUT HIS GIFT AND IT SEEMS TO BE SITTING IN CHICAGO ,ILLINOIS


I WILL PERSUE THE PEOBLEM TODAY AND TRY AND SET IT FREE.............





WHAT LETTER ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?....WE HERE AT THE POSTAL DELIVERY SITE  WILL HELP YOU TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS....................

[Templar]

I RECEIVED A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM E,G,COLLECTOR.----AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME SCANS OF IT WITH YOU BECAUSE IT IS SO UNIQUE....

WHAT AMR SENT ME WAS A "HOLY BOOK" WRITTEN IN ARABIC ----THE BOOK HAS A ZIPPER CLOSER AND  2 GOLD COLORED MARKERS-----THE MARKERS WERE PLACED IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE BOOK AND BECAUSE MY ARABIC IS A LITTLE RUSTY I COULDN'T TELL IF THE PASSAGE WAS IMPORTANT OR JUST WHERE THE MARKERS LANDED----DON'T GET ME WRONG ALL PPASSAGES ARE IMPORTANT-----AS I UNDERSTAND THE HOLY BOOK IS THE OLD TESTAMENT..........AMR AND I BOTH HAVE SKYPE SO I PLAN TO LEARN ARABIC BY SKYPE---SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG---3 T0 8 YEARS---OH WELL I AM RETIRED...FIRST ISTHE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND THE CARD HE ENCLOSED......

[Templar]

THE LAST SET OF PICTURES SHOWS THE BEAUTY OF THE MAPS--THE WRITNG AND THE LAYOUT........THANKS AGAIN AMR----A TRUE TREASURE........

[Triggersmob]

A very beautiful gift indeed.

[Pocketcoins]

Nice  Ask Arm what the map is of. It looks like a map of Paul's Journeys, but Paul lived in the time of the New Testament.  I do notice that it looks like they read from right to left.

[Triggersmob]

I believe it's left to right and bottom to top, so you would start reading the book, where we would normally end.

[EgCollector]

Happy to know that you received the gift and that you like it

First i would like to say that this has nothing to do with the secret santa gift exchange as i am not your secret santa.

----THE BOOK HAS A ZIPPER CLOSER AND  2 GOLD COLORED MARKERS-----THE MARKERS WERE PLACED IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE BOOK AND BECAUSE MY ARABIC IS A LITTLE RUSTY I COULDN'T TELL IF THE PASSAGE WAS IMPORTANT OR JUST WHERE THE MARKERS LANDED----DON'T GET ME WRONG ALL PPASSAGES ARE IMPORTANT..

Second, the two markers arent placed in a special page its just were they were placed when i got the Holly book.... no special phrase or page i am marking

----AS I UNDERSTAND THE HOLY BOOK IS THE OLD TESTAMENT...........

No Sir, the Holly book is Both the New and Old Testament (The Bible and the Torah) together plus Paul's messages.

 

[EgCollector]

Nice  Ask Arm what the map is of. It looks like a map of Paul's Journeys, but Paul lived in the time of the New Testament.  I do notice that it looks like they read from right to left.

Yes it is the map of Paul's Journeys

[EgCollector]

I believe it's left to right and bottom to top, so you would start reading the book, where we would normally end.

LOL .... its from left to right but we read from top to bottom 

[EgCollector]

Glad that you like my gift from the land of Camels and Pyramids   

[Templar]

I REALIZE A FEW THINGS IN MY CONFUSED STATE----NEVOL WAS MY SECRET SANTA AND SHE SENT ME SOME PAPER NOTES THAT I HAVE ALREADY POSTED..........

THE BOOK WAS JUST A GIFT ---AND WHAT AGIFT IT WAS------THANK YOU AMR--I FIGURED YOU WOULD STRAIGHTEN OUT THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE BOOK AND I THINK MANY OF OUR KNIGHTS LEARNED A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT ANOTHER CULTURE.......MANY OF MY BOOKS DON'T READ LEFT TO RIGHT  OR RIGHT TO LEFT ---THEY JUST SAY COLOR IN THE LIINES.........

AGAIN MANY THANKS TO MY FRIEND AND GREAT KNIGHT---AMR EL ETREBY FROM THE LAND OF NO CAMELS

[Triggersmob]

I believe it's left to right and bottom to top, so you would start reading the book, where we would normally end.

LOL .... its from left to right but we read from top to bottom 

Oops, my mistake, sorry.
As I don't read Arabic (except numbers), it would probably make just as much sense, which ever way I looked at it LOL.

[Pocketcoins]

When we take the time to learn about the other cultures of the world we usually find that we are all not so much different.   

[EgCollector]

Finally my Secret Santa gift made its way to me.

I received my SS gift from templar and its clear now why it took this very long time to reach me.
Joe wrote in my address Gaza instead of Giza.

Only one letter changed but it sent the gift to another country  
Giza (Were the Pyramids are) is in Egypt but Gaza is in Palestine  

The funny thing is that when you track the package on the USPS site, it says that it is in Chicago   I love the post office service

Now to the goodies that Joe sent me  

First is a card with my name on for the Northwest Detroit Coin Club and a couple of post cards for Michigan, one in winter and the other with a Wolverine on it.
Second is a handbook for the Top 50 most popular modern coins in US.

[EgCollector]

 Last but not least two beauties; 1962D and 1963D Franklin halves.

I LOVE THEM 

Now i have only 11 holes to fill in my Dansco and i hope i will complete this set by the end of this year.



Thank you Santa for this beautiful gift

[Humpybong]

Glad to hear they finally arrived Amr.

Was getting worried.......still a few members who have not received thier gift as yet.

[Nevol]

My Secret Santa gift arrived today.    It's the second that was sent to me as the first one did not arrive.
Thank you Santa for all the lovely gifts.            


I received:
1 x Unc US $1 Note - 50 yrs old
1 x Brazil 200 Cruzeiros Note
1 x 1972P Mint Set
1 x 1972D Mint Set
1 x 2012P Sacagawea $1
1 x 2012D Sacagawea $1
1 x Marshall Islands $5 Commemorative Coin - Heavenly Angel 1998