And we definitely couldn’t do this without Daily Steals, the company that’s once again handling all the packaging, shipping and order fulfillment. They’re the MVPs of this fundraiser, donating considerable time and resources to the effort.
My one and only experience with Daily Steals was bad enough to turn me completely off ever ordering anything from them again, so that’s going to be a hard pass from me.
@Barney haha, nah I will just continue to sunscreen my porcelain skin and hope for the best. If I am lucky enough to get the box I will just give away the t-shirt
@tinamarie1974 Can’t you just snip the crew neck?
I know it’s not the same as a V neck, but I’ve seen lots of women do this (usually rocker-chicks in concert tour shirts), and it looks good to me.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@DennisG2014@tinamarie1974 That’s what I do! It was hard cutting the neck out of my first woot shirt, but once I did…
Between the snipped neckline and the lavender naughty streak in my hair, does that qualify me to be a rocker chick? I do own three rocking chairs and a bright red V-8 if that helps.
@Barney Nope. I’ve blown through the second childhood awhile ago (thus the red rocket). I think I’ve hit the Fukitall Years. This lovely little poem I ran across awhile back sums it up quite nicely:
In time of yore, it teemed and burst
With row and row of care.
But I grew bored, and came the worst
And now it’s dry and bare.
That fertile field of my concern
Which I no longer heed
Is desiccated, dry, and burned,
Untended, and I’m freed.
I realized that your drama sucks.
So I quit keeping score;
This barren land, my Field of Fucks
Lies empty, ever more.
@LaVikinga Well, my definition of a rocker chick involves wearing all black, leather, tattoos, love of hard-rock and/or heavy metal bands, etc - but it sounds like you do rock.
I like hot cars - what kinda V-8?
edit: Let’s see if the interwebs agree w/ my definition…
/image rocker chick
lol - Yup, pretty much nailed it except she has no (visible) tattoos and is a generation younger than I pictured.
@LaVikinga Nice!
You are definitely a rocker chick. The Camaro Z28 (regardless of year) is the official car of the rocker chick!
The woman in the pic above is more of a poser - it’s rocker chic.
The true rocker chick has to also be old enough to have scored back stage passes at late '80s/early '90s Mötley Crüe/Ratt/Poison/etc. shows and probably still smells like Aqua Net.
@DennisG2014@RiotDemon Shhhh! I resemble that age. Well, actually, what I should say is if you squint through the bottom of a martini glass I might get away with it. And if I don’t blow my hair dry, my youngest is fond of asking if it’s time for the White Snake album cover tryouts again. Have no clue when the Stevie Nicks waves started happening but woke up one morning after falling asleep with a wet head and had a sudden urge to wear filmy black chiffon, torn lace, and make paper flowers.
@LaVikinga@RiotDemon
It’s just my (strongly held) opinion of course, but the original, iconic rocker chicks would be Debbie Harry and Joan Jett - now 74 & 60 y/o.
I’m sure there are other originals in that generation range that I’m leaving out, but I do believe that the “rocker chick” was invented in the early '70s and perfected in the late '80s.
Of course, I’m going to be 50 day after tomorrow, so sure, I’m biased. Fond memories of hanging out with a lot of chicks (and even dating a couple) who fit my definition - including the Camaro Z28 (one of my best HS buddies’ girl friend drove one and was one of the most genuine, totally metal rocker chicks I’ve known) and especially the Aqua Net.
@f00l@LaVikinga@RiotDemon
Janis Joplin and Grace Slick are a different species of rocker chick - the Hippie rocker chick.
I’d say Stevie Nicks bridges the gap between hippie and hard-rock rocker chicks - and probably even created her own sub-species.
@DennisG2014@f00l@LaVikinga it may be your opinion, but I still call it ageist. To call someone a poseur when you don’t even know them is weird. How do we know that she doesn’t go to rock concerts?
I’m not mad. It was just an observation.
Just like all the quotes about “real men” being this or that. They suck.
@RiotDemon Please don’t take me too seriously, as I’m really just talking out my ass anyway.
I admitted I’m biased (toward my own generation, was the unsaid implication) and I’m also getting to the age where, “these kids today…” is becoming a personal trope - but even I don’t take myself seriously.
I agree with your sentiments about “real men” and the like - I don’t subscribe to that kind of BS - but this is not that.
Wasn’t commenting on anyone’s woman-hood, femininity, etc., just (again, talking out my ass) about fashion choices.
And specifically, the woman in the picture is a model, modeling “rocker chic” - literally a poser.
It’s a professionally shot modeling image, not a selfie or profile pic.
Maybe you’re not mad, but it does seem like you’re bothered. Definitely not my intent, so I’ll say it again; please don’t take me too seriously.
And rocker-ish. (If Led Zep and Stones and NIN and Ramones and Fripp and Herman’s Hermits and Prince and X and Otis and Wilson Pickett and Nirvana and so many other musicians/bands count.)
@f00l@LaVikinga@RiotDemon@therealjrn Also, FWIW, when I was around 17 I got into the Grateful Dead and started going to lots of shows. More and more I started dressing in tie-dyes, ripped jeans, a doo rag, funky hat, etc.
I was a poseur, and I knew it. It’s not that I was “faking” being a fan, but I was consciously “dressing the part”.
I grew out of it, and thankfully there aren’t any too terribly embarrassing pics of me in my “Deadhead” get-up.
@DennisG2014@f00l@RiotDemon@therealjrn
I knew you weren’t poking fun at the model, Dennis, but had posted the photo as a representation of a particular look/style.
There are so many “people” in my closet it looks like I’m throwing a block party. I’ve got the yoga pants/bunhead grocery look, the button down & jeans & driving moccs with the perfect Navy Wife hair, the boho anthropologie funky ethereal look, the hellsbells-this-house-is-a-mess-Crap-I-have-to-clean-what’s-the-least-I-have-to-wear-and-i’m-not-brushing-my-hair-today look, the glamour girl armcandy piece of fluff…
It’s like The Three Faces of Eve, but with a bigger wardrobe and more personality!
@f00l This is hypnotizing! It reminds me of one of those Magic Dot pictures. Why, I have no clue. I guess maybe because it seems like it’s about to morph into something different (but never does, no matter how long I stare at it). Of course, it could also be a side effect of all the cold medicine coursing through my veins.
@f00l Her face was familiar, but I honestly have no clue who she is. From reading her wiki page I figured out why her name was unfamiliar to me. I never strayed too deep onto the avant-garde/electronic/discordant art-pop path back when she was in her heyday, but it appears I have encountered her work via a few soundtracks.
I see she was married to Lou Reed (what an interesting ride that must’ve been).
@DennisG2014@mossygreen No smokes for this chick because who likes kissing an ashtray. Besides, you really have to be careful firing up a coffin nail while laying on the coats of Aquanet.
I preferred using L’Oreal’s Studio Line hairspray. That stuff was like cement, and was easier to keep in my car.
@DennisG2014@LaVikinga I did know a former teenage goth girl in the '80’s who told me about losing her magnificent spray of jet black bangs in a tragic cigarette-lighting incident
@f00l You know, all these years I’ve always known Joni Mitchell wrote that song but, surprisingly, this is the first time I’ve ever heard her version.
Personally, I prefer the CSNY version, but it’s a brilliantly written song.
Thanks for the heads up!
I signed up - the fact that first I have to win a chance to buy it and then I can decide not to, made me say “why not?”
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m assuming the box won’t be filled with returned, damaged or otherwise unwanted items, which to me makes it a better bet than a Fuko, even at 15 x the price.
The fact that a portion goes to charity means that even if I put the box in the closet with all my other BoC, Fuko and Irk unwanted junk, it still won’t have been a complete waste of money.
edit: oops, never scored an Irk - the final Fuko was my last grab-bag purchase.
I suspect it will be 100% unwanted items. Whatever you receive, you probably have it already or something better. You’ll be able to find people to gift the stuff to though.
Just signed up. I hope I’m not chosen as that last LE BOC was a bust for me and hubbie is still salty about that $50 down the drain. Still fun to try and maybe I can scrounge up some ebay sales to finance a purchase if chosen.
@Barney I keep checking my spam folder just in case, but I fear I may have blocked Daily Steals back when they were spamming me with a dozen messages a day.
@ruouttaurmind
Hahaha, didn’t you know that my middle name is Screw-up? Anything even remotely associated with screw ups of any kind – just look to me for doing it or having it happen to me.
True story: I bought you a purple Super Bee last night on eBay, set it all up to be shipped in your general direction…then the seller (100% feedback) cancelled the sale citing a duplicate and OOS listing.
So I tried.
Can I interest you in a purple Sun Joe old folks sprayer for your garden hose?
@therealjrn (See my above comment about my middle name.)
That was so sweet of you to try to buy me a Super Bee. Aren’t they pretty in purple?
But it’s a good thing the seller cancelled, because I would have killed you for doing this. (See, you just can’t win with me, can you.)
Gee, I’ve got enough sprayers, but I sure could use someone to mow my yard (and Mom’s), since I’m not able to do this right now. I’m wondering how deep it will get before one of my neighbors comes over to see if I’m still alive.
@Barney oh no! Sorry. I feel that way about my trash man Jimmy. His birthday is this month and I am organizing a subdivision wide celebration
Ensuring he is celebrated his entire route and made to feel special.
@UncleVinny@barney. So I had to share. Today is the big celebration day. There are cupcakes, special beverages, as you can see from the pics some neighbors did balloons for him and lots of presents along the route.
I taped his present to the top of my can and headed off to work. Just got a message that he took 2 weeks vacation and is not working today. Hope his sub does not take his presents!
@sammydog01 Nothing said about those who declined to purchase, but as I understood it, they would send out second chance emails after 48 hours and they had a count of those who did not make a purchase.
(They did send out the email links to the winners for their T-shirts today.)
@raccoon81 I think that email was for the leftovers. I got an email a few days ago that said I was not selected to purchase a box. I got another one today with a link to buy one of 100 boxes, and they were sold out by the time I got the link to load
/giphy instant regret kit
Ok, so after the fuck up earlier today with the email, and then an apology email - I just received ANOTHER email saying the boxes were almost gone and to go grab one.
@tinamarie1974 Haha. Maybe it’s just because I’m slow in figuring out how to do this. Every time I post pictures, it’s a brand new learning experience for me.
@Barney So, there’s a dash cam, a waterproof phone case (3 of them that won’t fit my phone), a wireless charger that I don’t think will work on my phone, 10% off my next Daily Steals order (yeah, like that’s gonna happen), two free months of Audible plus a $10 Amazon gift card, when I join, and a $25 gift card to Newegg.com.
@mfladd@sammydog01 I will have to remember to take a picture, at my next family gathering, with my blender placed at the head of the table. I think it’s smiling.
So maybe I didn’t get what I wanted in my Mystery Box (what the hell did I want anyway?). But I had a lot of fun and, of course, the money goes to good causes.
Will I do this again next year? You bet your sweet bippy I will and I hope that y’all are around to continue to complain with me about how things are run with the drawing.
@sammydog01 I don’t even have a shipping notification yet so I doubt I’ll see my box for a while. From the looks of it, I won’t be pacing away the minutes waiting.
EDIT: I lied. I actually got a shipping notification the same day the order was placed. Right now it’s in Fort Stockton, TX. Expected to be delivered on Monday.
Didn’t know what to expect but the contents are worth at least the $75
scale around $40
anker 3 in 1 charger
universal armband for phone
cheapskate phone loops
visible R2 phone and free service until January
the same audible coupon and 10% off next daily steals order
@jpklein87@sammydog01 The phone is a ZTE model. It has a fairly decent display (about 5.5") and a healthy 3100mAh battery, 13MP camera, 2GB RAM/16GB onboard storage, and overall decent review at Phonearena.com and PCMag.com
My Cheapskate box arrived this afternoon, a couple days early.
It’s a wee little box, innit. Good things come in small packages? Well… good is always relative so.
iClever BoostCube 60 watt USB charger with Quickcharge 3.0. ($35 at Newegg)
iClever Sport Bluetooth headphones (discontinued at Amz but C3 low price is $20)
Origem HS-3 Bluetooth headphones ($100 at Amz; C3 low price is $100)
Kobra color changing LED lightbulb 4-pack ($25 lowest price at Amz per C3)
Cell phone armband thingy
Stupid little ribbon cell phone strap thingy
Audible offer that everyone else got
Mint Mobile SIM welcome kit*
*Nobody else mentioned that Mint SIM kit. I’m unclear if it’s a prepaid SIM, or just a blank SIM which is included by Daily Steals as a marketing piece. It doesn’t have any kind of plan type or dollar value mentioned on the literature, so at this point I’m completely unclear what it is.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If I was a headphone user, I’d probably be pretty jacked about those Origem headphones. But I just never use headphones. Ever. At all. For anything.
Well, after looking up values, I feel a little bit better about tossing $75 into the wind. Even though the only thing I’ll get any use from is the USB charger. That Audible offer is available to everyone, and I doubt I qualify since I’m sure it’s only for new Audible users. Gotta find out about that Mint SIM though. Gotta switch mom from Cricket and if there’s any airtime value there, I’d like to use it for her.
@ruouttaurmind They talked about the Visible Sim card having 3 months (free) service for the Visible ZTE phone, but I haven’t seen anything about the Mint Sim card.
@Barney I did notice on Rick B’s Cnet blog he listed the sponsors and Mint was one of the companies who donated items for the boxes. I guess I need to shoot Rick an email and ask if he knows what it is.
@Barney I am very happy to send you the iClever headphones. As I posted above, I don’t ever use headphones. Ever. Well, except when flying, and then I use a set of huge over-the-ear corded phones to block out the jet engine noise and avoid the inevitable dead batteries.
Whisper your contact deets and I’ll get them out to you on Monday morning. Not purple though. But a lovely shade of bright zombie green.
@ruouttaurmind Aww… that’s okay, and you are so sweet to offer, but I was just yacking away. I do have headphones (why do they now call them headphones when they really are earbuds?), but since I have not mastered Bluetooth and I’m not sure I want to, I will just continue to listen to all of my noise on my regular speakers.
@Barney Nothing against blenders. Nothing against vacuum sealers either, but the one I got in my last Fuko still sits in its box, along with just about everything I’ve ever gotten in one of these grab-bags.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@DennisG2014 I am not disappointed I participated in this one. The big difference between this and a Fuk/IRK/BOC is the charity component. 100% of the proceeds went to NPO charitable organizations, including TAPS. Well, except for the $15 shipping cost. That went to FedEx.
ICYMI: The Mint Mobile SIM cards that came in some #CheapskateMysteryBox are good for 3 months of service–a $60 value. And the Visible phones (which WERE priced at $99 when they were donated) also come with service that’s good until January. Four months @ $40 = $160.
@narfcake Have you been messing with the topic pictures?!?
@Barney Nope. Not I.
(Blame the scapegoat.)
@nolrak is the one sending 30-50 feral hogs into your bed at night.
Cool! Entered.
Thanks for sharing this @AuntB!
@therealjrn I really hate this nickname. Please find a different one.
@Barney @therealjrn
How bout now??
@therealjrn You are officially on my shit list. Might as well add you, too, @llangley. -sigh-
@Barney Oh boy! Guess what @llangley? We’re going to be the buzz of the town!
@Barney @therealjrn
OMG. Did someone say BUZZ???
@Barney
@llangley Yeah, I know. But if you think you can bribe me with purple…
You might be right.
My one and only experience with Daily Steals was bad enough to turn me completely off ever ordering anything from them again, so that’s going to be a hard pass from me.
Entered. Although I don’t want the t-shirt. Anybody know why
@tinamarie1974 Wear it when mowing the lawn. It will keep you from getting sunburn in a sensitive area.
@Barney haha, nah I will just continue to sunscreen my porcelain skin and hope for the best. If I am lucky enough to get the box I will just give away the t-shirt
@tinamarie1974 Can’t you just snip the crew neck?
I know it’s not the same as a V neck, but I’ve seen lots of women do this (usually rocker-chicks in concert tour shirts), and it looks good to me.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@DennisG2014 I have and I could, but I would rather give it away to someone who would appreciate it as-is
@DennisG2014 @tinamarie1974 That’s what I do! It was hard cutting the neck out of my first woot shirt, but once I did…
Between the snipped neckline and the lavender naughty streak in my hair, does that qualify me to be a rocker chick? I do own three rocking chairs and a bright red V-8 if that helps.
@LaVikinga I think you are in your second childhood.
@Barney Nope. I’ve blown through the second childhood awhile ago (thus the red rocket). I think I’ve hit the Fukitall Years. This lovely little poem I ran across awhile back sums it up quite nicely:
In time of yore, it teemed and burst
With row and row of care.
But I grew bored, and came the worst
And now it’s dry and bare.
That fertile field of my concern
Which I no longer heed
Is desiccated, dry, and burned,
Untended, and I’m freed.
I realized that your drama sucks.
So I quit keeping score;
This barren land, my Field of Fucks
Lies empty, ever more.
I wish I knew the author to give proper credit.
@LaVikinga Damn, I like this! Also, I need to tag @carl669
@LaVikinga Well, my definition of a rocker chick involves wearing all black, leather, tattoos, love of hard-rock and/or heavy metal bands, etc - but it sounds like you do rock.
I like hot cars - what kinda V-8?
edit: Let’s see if the interwebs agree w/ my definition…
/image rocker chick
lol - Yup, pretty much nailed it except she has no (visible) tattoos and is a generation younger than I pictured.
@DennisG2014 Her hair is way too dark. They call me La Vikinga for a reason, and not visible tattoos are not visible also for good reason.
Mine’s a chick car, but I’m rather partial to it. 2002 z28. It’s old, but it goes!
@LaVikinga Nice!
You are definitely a rocker chick. The Camaro Z28 (regardless of year) is the official car of the rocker chick!
The woman in the pic above is more of a poser - it’s rocker chic.
The true rocker chick has to also be old enough to have scored back stage passes at late '80s/early '90s Mötley Crüe/Ratt/Poison/etc. shows and probably still smells like Aqua Net.
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga that’s ageist.
@RiotDemon What is? My minimum age requirement for being a true rocker chick?
Maybe it is ageist, doesn’t mean it’s not true.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@DennisG2014 @RiotDemon Shhhh! I resemble that age. Well, actually, what I should say is if you squint through the bottom of a martini glass I might get away with it. And if I don’t blow my hair dry, my youngest is fond of asking if it’s time for the White Snake album cover tryouts again. Have no clue when the Stevie Nicks waves started happening but woke up one morning after falling asleep with a wet head and had a sudden urge to wear filmy black chiffon, torn lace, and make paper flowers.
@LaVikinga @RiotDemon
It’s just my (strongly held) opinion of course, but the original, iconic rocker chicks would be Debbie Harry and Joan Jett - now 74 & 60 y/o.
I’m sure there are other originals in that generation range that I’m leaving out, but I do believe that the “rocker chick” was invented in the early '70s and perfected in the late '80s.
Of course, I’m going to be 50 day after tomorrow, so sure, I’m biased. Fond memories of hanging out with a lot of chicks (and even dating a couple) who fit my definition - including the Camaro Z28 (one of my best HS buddies’ girl friend drove one and was one of the most genuine, totally metal rocker chicks I’ve known) and especially the Aqua Net.
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga @RiotDemon
Oh dear.
Janis?
/giphy Janis
/youtube Janis
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga @RiotDemon
/youtube Grace Slick
@f00l @LaVikinga @RiotDemon
Janis Joplin and Grace Slick are a different species of rocker chick - the Hippie rocker chick.
I’d say Stevie Nicks bridges the gap between hippie and hard-rock rocker chicks - and probably even created her own sub-species.
(Do I even need to add “IMHO” and/or
?)
@DennisG2014 @f00l @LaVikinga it may be your opinion, but I still call it ageist. To call someone a poseur when you don’t even know them is weird. How do we know that she doesn’t go to rock concerts?
I’m not mad. It was just an observation.
Just like all the quotes about “real men” being this or that. They suck.
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga
She’s prob just a professional model.
For the “look”, blame the stylist and blame whoever designed or ordered the shoot.
@DennisG2014 @f00l @LaVikinga @RiotDemon What? You’re being ageist too?
@RiotDemon Please don’t take me too seriously, as I’m really just talking out my ass anyway.
I admitted I’m biased (toward my own generation, was the unsaid implication) and I’m also getting to the age where, “these kids today…” is becoming a personal trope - but even I don’t take myself seriously.
I agree with your sentiments about “real men” and the like - I don’t subscribe to that kind of BS - but this is not that.
Wasn’t commenting on anyone’s woman-hood, femininity, etc., just (again, talking out my ass) about fashion choices.
And specifically, the woman in the picture is a model, modeling “rocker chic” - literally a poser.
It’s a professionally shot modeling image, not a selfie or profile pic.
Maybe you’re not mad, but it does seem like you’re bothered. Definitely not my intent, so I’ll say it again; please don’t take me too seriously.
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga @RiotDemon @therealjrn
I am? Well fuck.
I’m being aged and being ageist.
And rocker-ish. (If Led Zep and Stones and NIN and Ramones and Fripp and Herman’s Hermits and Prince and X and Otis and Wilson Pickett and Nirvana and so many other musicians/bands count.)
Blame away. Go for it.
/giphy rock out.
/youtube piece of my heart
@carl669
@f00l You beat me to it - that’s pretty much what I was saying. I was commenting on the image, not the woman personally.
@DennisG2014 @f00l @LaVikinga @RiotDemon Blame the scapegoat.
@nolrak bleat bleat.
@mediocrebot @nolrak
Ok
/giphy rocker goat
@nolrak this is your fault.
@f00l @LaVikinga @RiotDemon @therealjrn Also, FWIW, when I was around 17 I got into the Grateful Dead and started going to lots of shows. More and more I started dressing in tie-dyes, ripped jeans, a doo rag, funky hat, etc.
I was a poseur, and I knew it. It’s not that I was “faking” being a fan, but I was consciously “dressing the part”.
I grew out of it, and thankfully there aren’t any too terribly embarrassing pics of me in my “Deadhead” get-up.
To each their own.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@mediocrebot @nolrak
More here:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/punk-rock-goat
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga @RiotDemon @therealjrn
Perhaps we could use some
/youtube Joanie Mitchell back to the garden
@DennisG2014 @f00l @RiotDemon @therealjrn
I knew you weren’t poking fun at the model, Dennis, but had posted the photo as a representation of a particular look/style.
There are so many “people” in my closet it looks like I’m throwing a block party. I’ve got the yoga pants/bunhead grocery look, the button down & jeans & driving moccs with the perfect Navy Wife hair, the boho anthropologie funky ethereal look, the hellsbells-this-house-is-a-mess-Crap-I-have-to-clean-what’s-the-least-I-have-to-wear-and-i’m-not-brushing-my-hair-today look, the glamour girl armcandy piece of fluff…
It’s like The Three Faces of Eve, but with a bigger wardrobe and more personality!
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga @RiotDemon @therealjrn
Well we fucking like all of them
/giphy rocker chicks
@carl669
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga @RiotDemon @therealjrn
Rocker chick.
/youtube Laurie Anderson live O Superman
@f00l This is hypnotizing! It reminds me of one of those Magic Dot pictures. Why, I have no clue. I guess maybe because it seems like it’s about to morph into something different (but never does, no matter how long I stare at it). Of course, it could also be a side effect of all the cold medicine coursing through my veins.
@LaVikinga
It could be worth tracking down an entire Laurie Anderson concert on YouTube or someplace for the watching.
A list of potentials
https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=Laurie+anderson+full+concert
Here’s one at random
Everytime I’ve attended one, has been totally worth it.
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga Aqua Net and Marlboro Lights
@f00l Her face was familiar, but I honestly have no clue who she is. From reading her wiki page I figured out why her name was unfamiliar to me. I never strayed too deep onto the avant-garde/electronic/discordant art-pop path back when she was in her heyday, but it appears I have encountered her work via a few soundtracks.
I see she was married to Lou Reed (what an interesting ride that must’ve been).
@DennisG2014 @mossygreen No smokes for this chick because who likes kissing an ashtray. Besides, you really have to be careful firing up a coffin nail while laying on the coats of Aquanet.
I preferred using L’Oreal’s Studio Line hairspray. That stuff was like cement, and was easier to keep in my car.
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga I did know a former teenage goth girl in the '80’s who told me about losing her magnificent spray of jet black bangs in a tragic cigarette-lighting incident
@DennisG2014 @LaVikinga @mossygreen
/giphy bangs on fire
@f00l You know, all these years I’ve always known Joni Mitchell wrote that song but, surprisingly, this is the first time I’ve ever heard her version.
Personally, I prefer the CSNY version, but it’s a brilliantly written song.
Happy half-a-century to Woodstock and me today!
@DennisG2014
The two performances are quite different, and I love them both.
/youtube CSNY Woodstock
I signed up- hope I don’t win.
@sammydog01 I have mixed emotions about this. It would be so cool to win and find out what’s in the box, but…
I’m gonna need a bigger house.
Much thx to meh for doing this. And to @Barney for the mention.
Thanks for the heads up!
I signed up - the fact that first I have to win a chance to buy it and then I can decide not to, made me say “why not?”
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m assuming the box won’t be filled with returned, damaged or otherwise unwanted items, which to me makes it a better bet than a Fuko, even at 15 x the price.
The fact that a portion goes to charity means that even if I put the box in the closet with all my other BoC, Fuko and Irk unwanted junk, it still won’t have been a complete waste of money.
edit: oops, never scored an Irk - the final Fuko was my last grab-bag purchase.
@DennisG2014 My $5 IRK had $108 worth of working items. I highly doubt this mystery box will be a better return on my money.
@DennisG2014
I suspect it will be 100% unwanted items. Whatever you receive, you probably have it already or something better. You’ll be able to find people to gift the stuff to though.
Signed up. Thanks, Aunt Bee!!
Damn you, Barney. Damn you.
@mfladd you said just the other day that you wanted a mystery box…
@mfladd Payback is a bitch, isn’t it.
Signed up also - hopefully someone from this crowd will get one so we can get the reviews of what’s inside!
@stolicat It would be fun if a mehtizen gets one, but remember the Mystery Boxes are all different, except for the T-shirt.
@Barney well, at least what’s inside one of them …
Last day to sign up!
I’ll feel obligated to buy it if I’m chosen. I assume that is their whole scheme for this charity racket.
Just signed up. I hope I’m not chosen as that last LE BOC was a bust for me and hubbie is still salty about that $50 down the drain. Still fun to try and maybe I can scrounge up some ebay sales to finance a purchase if chosen.
Signed up too!
Thanky Kindly Auntie Bea[e]
/giphy auntie bee
@PhysAssist Damn you all to pieces @therealjrn. You started this, now you fix it.
@Barney @PhysAssist
Imma Do Bee, not a Don’t Bee. Didn’t you ask me?
@PhysAssist @therealjrn
You could send me a Dodge Super Bee and I might forgive you.
@Barney @PhysAssist I know that’s right!
@Barney @therealjrn
I dint do nuthin…
I’d like one of those too, though…
Did anyone receive an email yet??
@mikibell Not me. I’m a loser. Wait a minute, I’M A WINNER BY LOSING!
@mikibell nothing yet. Did they say when it would be sent out
@mikibell @tinamarie1974 @sammydog01 Nope, nothing here either.
I’ve always suspected that I’m hanging out with a bunch of losers.
@mikibell Nope nope nope. Not a winner.
@Barney @mikibell @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 @ruouttaurmind Nope I have nada and zilch here today.
Of course I don’t see this thread until the sign-up window is closed
/giphy shake my head
@turtle_2014 It’s OK- you’re pretty much tied with the rest of us.
I’M A
LOSERWINNER!@Barney WOO HOO!!!
@therealjrn Hey, you got my name right!
@Barney For reals? Good for you!
@Barney @therealjrn who does the email come from?
@ruouttaurmind Yep, for reals.
@tinamarie1974 The email came from Daily Steals.
It Says, “Congratulations, buy the Cheapskate Mystery Box Now.”
@Barney I keep checking my spam folder just in case, but I fear I may have blocked Daily Steals back when they were spamming me with a dozen messages a day.
@ruouttaurmind Yeah, that’s the bad thing. I’m not a big fan of Daily steals. But maybe, just this one time, they can get something right?
For @Barney? They wouldn’t dare screw this up!
@ruouttaurmind
Hahaha, didn’t you know that my middle name is Screw-up? Anything even remotely associated with screw ups of any kind – just look to me for doing it or having it happen to me.
@Barney Hahaha Congratulations!!!
I wasn’t so lucky? Or was I?
(payback)
@mfladd Why do I have a feeling I know how this Mystery Box will turn out? But at least I get a “free” Mediocritee T-shirt!
@Barney @mfladd THAT IS SO EXCITING!
@mfladd @sammydog01 Haha, yeah because it’s not YOUR money. Right?
@Barney @mfladd EXACTLY!
@Barney
True story: I bought you a purple Super Bee last night on eBay, set it all up to be shipped in your general direction…then the seller (100% feedback) cancelled the sale citing a duplicate and OOS listing.
So I tried.
Can I interest you in a purple Sun Joe old folks sprayer for your garden hose?
@Barney I won with you! I love me a good high stakes gamble! $75 for… SPEAKER DOCKS??? DAMNIT MEH!
@therealjrn (See my above comment about my middle name.)
That was so sweet of you to try to buy me a Super Bee. Aren’t they pretty in purple?
But it’s a good thing the seller cancelled, because I would have killed you for doing this. (See, you just can’t win with me, can you.)
Gee, I’ve got enough sprayers, but I sure could use someone to mow my yard (and Mom’s), since I’m not able to do this right now. I’m wondering how deep it will get before one of my neighbors comes over to see if I’m still alive.
Hey, @Tardy, I guess we both are a couple of lovable losers.
@Barney @TaRDy Congrats to both of you. Please post pictures when you receive your boxes! I just received confirmation that I DID NOT win.
Excited for you guys
/giphy excited
@Barney @therealjrn I just got a purple one in the mail today!
It’s official. I’m a loser. I just got my Dear John letter from Daily Squeals.
@ruouttaurmind Fuckers…me too. Altho the dear loser letter is a nice touch…and a chance to buy a t-shirt.
@ruouttaurmind I’M NOT GOING TO GO BUY A LOSER T-SHIRT!!!
@ruouttaurmind You’re not selected, but disregard that if you are selected…
/giphy wut?
@ruouttaurmind @therealjrn I think they should have made “I’m a loser” shirts. I bet they could have sold quite a few.
@Barney @ruouttaurmind @therealjrn I would buy a loser shirt.
@Barney @ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 @therealjrn but they are not deep v neck
I’ll post my winnings here as well
@jpklein87 YES! Please do.
Lucky loser.
I saw the email and thought darn @Barney. Then I read the sorry go guy a shirt. Yay. 
14 lb. box due on Wednesday, Aug. 21.
@Barney that is pretty fast. HOPEFULLY Nathan delivers it
@tinamarie1974 I think Nathan has left me. I asked the substitute carrier on the route, " What happened to Nathan?" And she answered, “Nathan who?”
He’s gone! Waaaaaaaaah!
@Barney oh no! Sorry. I feel that way about my trash man Jimmy. His birthday is this month and I am organizing a subdivision wide celebration
Ensuring he is celebrated his entire route and made to feel special.
@tinamarie1974 What a very nice thing for you do do for Jimmy. I’m sure he will really appreciate it.
@Barney he deserves it. He does so much for all of us all the time.
@tinamarie1974 holy Jesus on a dill-encrusted bun, you are so nice! When/if I’m reincarnated, remind me to pop up somewhere in your orbit.
@UncleVinny awwww shucks! Just paying it forward!
@tinamarie1974 tish-posh! the pope has got you up for sainthood or I’ll never send him a Christmas card again
@UncleVinny
/giphy embarrassed
@UncleVinny @barney. So I had to share. Today is the big celebration day. There are cupcakes, special beverages, as you can see from the pics some neighbors did balloons for him and lots of presents along the route.
I taped his present to the top of my can and headed off to work. Just got a message that he took 2 weeks vacation and is not working today. Hope his sub does not take his presents!
@Barney @tinamarie1974 oh no! That’s kind of a hilarious accident. I guess when he comes back you’ll have a story for him!
@Barney @UncleVinny well we are goong to re-do it…although I am not buying another gift card, so I hope he gets the card I left for him.
@tinamarie1974 @UncleVinny Bummer. The best-laid plans…
There were just over 10,000 entries received, so there was a 1 in 10 chance of winning.
@Barney That was pretty good odds. Did they mention if all 1000 were purchased? Will there be another round tomorrow?
@sammydog01 Nothing said about those who declined to purchase, but as I understood it, they would send out second chance emails after 48 hours and they had a count of those who did not make a purchase.
(They did send out the email links to the winners for their T-shirts today.)
@Barney I can’t wait to see what you get!
@sammydog01
Well I got email to purchase Cheapsakte Mystery Box just now… but go to site and it shows sold out.
/giphy They Lied!
@raccoon81 It wasn’t sold out when I first clicked, but then I clicked the Amazon sign in it was sold out. That site is such a janky scam.
@medz Honestly I am better off not getting one, will live through others here that spent the money.
@raccoon81 Bastards did the same to me!
/giphy son of a bitch
@raccoon81 @tinamarie1974 Same here. Oh well.
@raccoon81
/giphy bet
@raccoon81 I think that email was for the leftovers. I got an email a few days ago that said I was not selected to purchase a box. I got another one today with a link to buy one of 100 boxes, and they were sold out by the time I got the link to load
/giphy instant regret kit
@raccoon81 And I just got another email saying I could buy one, but there’s no link in it
/giphy box of crap
@eonfifty @raccoon81 Does it say my apologies in the header and not have an apology inside? That’s what I got.
@eonfifty @raccoon81 @sammydog01
How do I know that I’m going to regret this purchase?
@raccoon81 @sammydog01
/giphy yup
@raccoon81 @sammydog01 Just got another email with the apology and an explanation: glitches.
/giphy computer glitches sorry
@eonfifty @raccoon81 Yep, they fucked up their apology letter too. Classic.
@raccoon81 it was like a vmp holdback… Very limited quantities.
Ok, so after the fuck up earlier today with the email, and then an apology email - I just received ANOTHER email saying the boxes were almost gone and to go grab one.
WTF is going on over there in Cheapskate land!?
@carl669
@mfladd Their email server is becoming sentient?
@ruouttaurmind When is it coming? When is it coming? WHEN IS IT COMING??? Also thanks for spending $75 to entertain me. It was very generous.
Such a paltry sum for charity and the amusement of @sammydog01.
I have no idea how long before these ship. Based on my one and only prior DS order, I’m going to assume I will have it sometime in mid-September.
Poor guy.
Box is out for delivery. Will post when I get home from work.
@jpklein87
/giphy excited
How about a nice fuzzy picture?
Hmm… A BIG box.
@Barney it is like a slow strip tease?!?!?!
@tinamarie1974 Haha. Maybe it’s just because I’m slow in figuring out how to do this. Every time I post pictures, it’s a brand new learning experience for me.
Um… There’s not much in there.
@Barney So, there’s a dash cam, a waterproof phone case (3 of them that won’t fit my phone), a wireless charger that I don’t think will work on my phone, 10% off my next Daily Steals order (yeah, like that’s gonna happen), two free months of Audible plus a $10 Amazon gift card, when I join, and a $25 gift card to Newegg.com.
Oh, and one more thing.
@Barney
@Barney Is it a blender? DID YOU GET THE BLENDER?
I’m one of the few (and proud?) who got the blender.
Do I look like I need three blenders? Along with my own Ninja blender, I also got one in a Fuko from Meh. Oh, well, it looks like a nice one.
@sammydog01 Bingo! You win the prize!
@Barney I WON A BLENDER? Please don’t send me a blender.
@Barney I did a quick check and those blenders go for about a hundred bucks. So maybe you do need 3 blenders.
@Barney @sammydog01 Well, where the hell was that hiding? And what is Elechomes?
@sammydog01 You are safe from blender ownership. Postage would probably take all of my retirement savings.
@mfladd You should know by now not to ask me questions I can’t answer.
@Barney @mfladd Looks like it’s a commercial blender and IT HAS A SPEEDOMETER!
https://www.elechomes.com/product/1600W-Commercial-Countertop-Smoothie-Blender-30000RPM-2L-JarCHS2001
(Actually yours looks like the model without the speedometer. But it’s pretty.)
@mfladd @sammydog01 I will have to remember to take a picture, at my next family gathering, with my blender placed at the head of the table. I think it’s smiling.
So maybe I didn’t get what I wanted in my Mystery Box (what the hell did I want anyway?). But I had a lot of fun and, of course, the money goes to good causes.
Will I do this again next year? You bet your sweet bippy I will and I hope that y’all are around to continue to complain with me about how things are run with the drawing.
@Barney We’ll also remind you what you got. Next up @ruouttaurmind!
@sammydog01 I guess I could cash in an IRA and send you that blender…
@sammydog01 I don’t even have a shipping notification yet so I doubt I’ll see my box for a while. From the looks of it, I won’t be pacing away the minutes waiting.
EDIT: I lied. I actually got a shipping notification the same day the order was placed. Right now it’s in Fort Stockton, TX. Expected to be delivered on Monday.
Didn’t know what to expect but the contents are worth at least the $75
scale around $40
anker 3 in 1 charger
universal armband for phone
cheapskate phone loops
visible R2 phone and free service until January
the same audible coupon and 10% off next daily steals order
@jpklein87 I was kinda worried that I’d get the scale. At least I can now sit back and have a smoothie.
@jpklein87 Does that phone work on wifi? Because that would be nice.
@sammydog01 just turned it on and am setting it up but it says to connect to wifi to do that so I am sure it does.
@jpklein87 @sammydog01 The phone is a ZTE model. It has a fairly decent display (about 5.5") and a healthy 3100mAh battery, 13MP camera, 2GB RAM/16GB onboard storage, and overall decent review at Phonearena.com and PCMag.com
@jpklein87 @ruouttaurmind So it’s a fancy new music and audible streaming device and camera? Nice!
@jpklein87 @sammydog01 I would be down for one of the phones. I wouldn’t mind a dedicated Audible player with free data until January.
@ruouttaurmind I predict you’ll get three phone cases and a Bluetooth scale.
@sammydog01
@sammydog01
My Cheapskate box arrived this afternoon, a couple days early.
It’s a wee little box, innit. Good things come in small packages? Well… good is always relative so.
*Nobody else mentioned that Mint SIM kit. I’m unclear if it’s a prepaid SIM, or just a blank SIM which is included by Daily Steals as a marketing piece. It doesn’t have any kind of plan type or dollar value mentioned on the literature, so at this point I’m completely unclear what it is.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If I was a headphone user, I’d probably be pretty jacked about those Origem headphones. But I just never use headphones. Ever. At all. For anything.
Well, after looking up values, I feel a little bit better about tossing $75 into the wind. Even though the only thing I’ll get any use from is the USB charger. That Audible offer is available to everyone, and I doubt I qualify since I’m sure it’s only for new Audible users. Gotta find out about that Mint SIM though. Gotta switch mom from Cricket and if there’s any airtime value there, I’d like to use it for her.
@ruouttaurmind How come everyone else get headphones and all I get is a blender? kicks rock
@ruouttaurmind They talked about the Visible Sim card having 3 months (free) service for the Visible ZTE phone, but I haven’t seen anything about the Mint Sim card.
@Barney I did notice on Rick B’s Cnet blog he listed the sponsors and Mint was one of the companies who donated items for the boxes. I guess I need to shoot Rick an email and ask if he knows what it is.
@Barney I am very happy to send you the iClever headphones. As I posted above, I don’t ever use headphones. Ever. Well, except when flying, and then I use a set of huge over-the-ear corded phones to block out the jet engine noise and avoid the inevitable dead batteries.
Whisper your contact deets and I’ll get them out to you on Monday morning. Not purple though. But a lovely shade of bright zombie green.
@ruouttaurmind Aww… that’s okay, and you are so sweet to offer, but I was just yacking away. I do have headphones (why do they now call them headphones when they really are earbuds?), but since I have not mastered Bluetooth and I’m not sure I want to, I will just continue to listen to all of my noise on my regular speakers.
Thank you!
@Barney @ruouttaurmind Tweety Bird doesn’t have bluetooth so I just plug him in.
Man, I’m glad I didn’t even get the chance to be tempted to buy one of these.
No better than a $5 BoC/Fuko/Irk.
@DennisG2014
@DennisG2014 What? You got something against blenders?!?
@Barney Nothing against blenders. Nothing against vacuum sealers either, but the one I got in my last Fuko still sits in its box, along with just about everything I’ve ever gotten in one of these grab-bags.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@DennisG2014 I am not disappointed I participated in this one. The big difference between this and a Fuk/IRK/BOC is the charity component. 100% of the proceeds went to NPO charitable organizations, including TAPS. Well, except for the $15 shipping cost. That went to FedEx.
@DennisG2014 @ruouttaurmind Isn’t Fedex is a charity these days?
@sammydog01 Based on what they charged me to ship the last package I used them for, they’re more like an organized crime syndicate than a charity!
@ruouttaurmind
Tweet from Cheapskate blog:
ICYMI: The Mint Mobile SIM cards that came in some #CheapskateMysteryBox are good for 3 months of service–a $60 value. And the Visible phones (which WERE priced at $99 when they were donated) also come with service that’s good until January. Four months @ $40 = $160.
@Barney Excellent! Thank you so much for the intel! So $20/mo value means it’s the 8GB plan. Nice!