(unofficial) Mehrican Exchange 6 Shipping & REVEAL THREAD

@jbartus NOPE - still may have people who don’t get their box and I still have to keep up with the threads and emails I am getting from people. HA!

@Kidsandliz not buying it. Dealing with rare situations that might happen down the road and keeping up with your email are not full time pursuits. Plenty of time for goating. Eligibility is locked in and goat-seeking missiles are en route to your location.

@jbartus Well do it for July and you will be disappointed. No internet at my mom’s (have to sit in the lobby and am not going to do that much) and not even a cell signal at the farm.

@Kidsandliz

not even a cell signal at the farm

What’s up with farms and no cell signals? Same thing on Mom’s farm in TN. Had to climb a tree on the top of a hill to get a single signal bar, or drive 15 minutes to the highway for a decent signal.

@ruouttaurmind farmers don’t grow cell towers???

@jbartus true but not till july we still have the june goatwho deserves blame

@mikibell Ha! Fair one!

@ruouttaurmind
@mikibell
@kidsandliz
@jbartud

Paywall WSJ article

Rural America Is Stranded in the Dial-Up Age
June 15 2017

https://www.wsj.com/articles/rural-america-is-stranded-in-the-dial-up-age-1497535841

@f00l 3 mbps when I was homeless last year living in a shed on a farm. Reality was if 2 of us were online then <1 to 1.12 mbps. At the moment I have 10 - wish it was more but it is too expensive. Actually AT&T (and this is in the capital city of this state) only has this apt building set up for 3 mbps; with Comcast you can get more (and so I have comcast OMG). Of course with comcast the thought of justifiable homicide crosses one’s mind every time it is necessary to call customer service/support…

@Kidsandliz I walk into their CS office with any issue at all. It’s amazing what an on-site manager can do to fix issues that baffle desk or online CS people. Usual wait time <10 minutes.

@ruouttaurmind figure out how to get cows to pay a monthly fee and they will drop some towers out in the boonies.

@thismyusername

@Kidsandliz Yes, thank you.

@Kidsandliz Yes! I got home last night at 9 pm from camping vacation, and was peering confusedly at the box thinking “what in the world did I order this time” before I had the “AHA! That’s my MEH exchange and I gotta put my box together for my unlucky recipient!”. I have not opened it yet - trying to be work productive AND put the house back in order. So mystery sender, I SWEAR I will take the time likely tonight after I retrieve the dog from the boarding kennel to do an unhurried grand opening.

I also solemnly swear to get my loot package assembled and out to my recipient.

@Pamtha Glad to hear you got it. Hope you had fun. We will hold you to those promises or you will be added to the short list of those to be goated in the future LOL

@Pamtha

Oooo. I wonder what you got.

@PlacidPenguin Ha I wonder what I got in my cool box from… hmmmm… YOU??

OK the emails have been sent so you should be able to now get your hands on the tracking numbers and count down the days, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds until blast off until your big surprise comes!

@Kidsandliz not a problem at all

@SpaceBreak @thumperchick @Dave I second that request. I had already put out a request to make this a broadcast…Meanwhile we just need to keep bumping it. Since there are just under 50 people involved, likely we don’t need separate threads (eg one for shipping and one for the reveal).

@Kidsandliz
/giphy you got it dude

@Thumperchick thank you!

@PlacidPenguin I’m glad this worked out so well! You’re very welcome!

@Kidsandliz Could you please send me my tracking number?!

@zachdecker I can only send tracking numbers if the person sending to you has sent it to me.

@Kidsandliz

Can you please and me a buncha random tracking numbers for the hell of it?

/giphy numbers

@f00l no too tired. Been at the farm all day.

@connorbush Yup you missed the original post and the procrastination one and that it was finally on broadcast… next one will be in a few months. You are not alone though. A couple of others blew right by too it or procrastinated too long.

@Kidsandliz drat. depression.

@SkyyPunk You have to look.

@DJMajickMan ???

@Kidsandliz he’s on of those B$ spammers

@Cerridwyn Nope, @DJMajickMan is legit. He’s been a mehmber of the forums for at least a couple of years.

@ruouttaurmind was kidding

@DaveInSoCal me too it will go out Saturday.

@DaveInSoCal You are further along than I am; all I have is a mediocre pile of things to put in a box I have not yet acquired.

@RiotDemon this is my biggest problem with having something like this made a broadcast. There is no signifier of whether you’re up to date or not.

@djslack yeah. It’s a little frustrating. I like that it’s at the top because it’s a broadcast, but the lack of greying out makes me either check it way too often, or never.

@RiotDemon I thought broadcasts used to disappear after you read them… I’m not participating in this crap swap, so the broadcast is all up in my grill all the time for no reason.

@RiotDemon You’re very welcome. It was a lot of fun. And that’s a shillelagh left behind by a visiting leprechaun, of course.

@OldCatLady wow. I feel like an idiot. It clearly says Irish shillelagh now that I look at it. I really thought someone was testing different shellacs and they just spelled it weird, lol.

@OldCatLady wearing the Mrowr shirt today. As I was doing the laundry, I noticed the ninja moon one is actually glow in the dark. Neat!

@OldCatLady
Great work. Next time you can send boxes to all of us! You can fill all the boxes up with the 10K t-shirts you just bought from Woot!

@f00l Thirty three. I only bought 33 shirts. And some sweatshirts. I do have six more on order.

@OldCatLady - Ahem. By my count, that’s the third time a couple of those things have appeared in the forum. It will be fun to see how many times they cycle around.

(Hot pink hubperson, precious puppy box).

@KDemo I still have a couple of hubpeople in a box somewhere. I sent a green one to someone else. Somebody sometime is going to get the USB flashing red and blue lights and a lot of monkeys from way back when, too.

@OldCatLady OH OH OH!!!

Woot-off lights are about the only thing I ever wanted yet never got from woot in a BOC or even in an order.

@baqui63 I lied, the red and blue ones apparently went in the mehrican exchange box to boredashell. HOWEVER, I have the yellow set. Email your address (and T shirt size) to alurawilson at gmail and you can have them, with thanks.

@OldCatLady

And the yellow woot off lights are way betterer than the red and blue ones, so this is even more coolness.

I will do the above, but be warned: I must reciprocate in some meaningful way.

It seems you are cleaning up and/or downsizing, so this offer is not one of BOC or fuk(o|u) material (unless you want such things: I stopped counting BOC wins after 85 and got every fuk(o|u) prior to the circuit breaker scheme, so there is much crap to be given). Rather, I’d like to send you something you would enjoy and use yourself.

For example, I make my own strawberry jam (though the last batch didn’t set up quite right so it is great tasting but a wee bit closer to strawberry sauce than I like). I also make my own beer, apple cider and other things that contain alcohol, which could work if you partake of the occasional tipple. And I made (well, helped make) @miraclewhipsers who is a most excellent baker of yummy things to eat like pies and cakes and cookies and other such things; I can certainly commission her to make something to order. (I also bake, but she is much more accomplished than I at this particular art.)

@baqui63
OMG.

You are a good soul.

@OldCatLady, come here and appreciate this!

Dammit, you’d think I could spell my own daughter’s meh username!

@miraclewhispers

There. Now she should get the notification!

@baqui63 oh darn…and I didnt take you up on your offer for food last year!

@jsneider I owe you thanks for this awesome and very interesting box of goodies. Contained inside was

1. Purple and tan backpack
   2 table tennis
   3.giant plastic needle
   4make a lemon clock kit
   5 two Christmas pez dispensers
   6 popcorn boxes
   7 glow stick
   8 peppermint hot chocolate
   9 playing cards
   10 a hook rack
   11 a broom holder
   12 4 containers of something called bouncing clay
   13 a tin of fancy pate
   Wonderful quirky and awesome

@Avalora You’re very welcome! I’m glad you like everything. p.s. You got it right.

@Avalora Oh BTW I totally forgot. since you said your husband plays DG, he might want the spec for the disc I sent. Can’t remember if I wrote it on the back.
http://www.gdstour.com/disc-golf-discs/putt-and-approach/wizard/

@nigglez Thank you! I just double checked and you did write the info on the back too.

@Pamtha

Glad you enjoyed. I honestly had no idea what was in the box, so I was as excited as you were to open it to find out what was inside.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Pamtha

P.s

The white noise machine works.

And the wooden pieces which you put the plastic soldiers on are wooden ‘dividers’ from a cheap wooden bookcase which I bought on eBay.

@ruouttaurmind me too, but you have to remember, the people that sent boxes early enough to already be revealed are likely overachievers.

@djslack

@djslack
/image little lebowski urban achievers

@ruouttaurmind Me too. I feel very underdressed here

@djslack @ruouttaurmind - Don’t worry. As was said in the instructions - people here are at all income levels. Many of us send what can fit into a (in my case medium) priority mail box. End of story. I didn’t send nearly as much or as expensive as stuff as what has been posted - and remember likely people had most of this stuff just lying around the house unused already; are re-gifting stuff people gave to them… This time around I didn’t buy anything except one candy item. Hopefully my person will like what I sent (she should have gotten it already Wed or Thurs) as I did some forum hunting and when she said, “a woman can never have too many of X” and I had 6 X’s that I was going to sell in a garage sale that happened to be new, I put that in instead. When she said she had never managed to get a Fuko, I shared some fuku and fuko swag since I have gotten 4 of them… and the rest - well some I had been sent in a previous exchange, some was misc other things lying around, one was an unused christmas present my kid rejected because it didn’t meet her picky specifications even though it was what she had wanted…but no way is it as much or as impressive as some of the posts in this thread or even in older reveal threads - but I just couldn’t afford the postage for a bigger box and had no money to buy things.

@Kidsandliz Sources: I’ve been buying BoCs since they were $3. including shipping, in 2010. I still have a bag of monkeys, a storage rack full of extremely random items, and a few items bought because they were twofers. Some things came when I personally crashed meh.com’s servers, back in the day, and got Fuko bags. I recently bought random shirts when they were $1.50, with free shipping. (Sweatshirts were $3.) In short, I was thrilled to get the stuff OUT of here.

@ruouttaurmind you mean…you didn’t send me a custom made window cling? Or hot rod? …sigh…guess I will be disappointed

Seriously, I somewhat doubt you have anything to worry about!

@OldCatLady still jealous I missed the sweatshirts!

@mikibell @OldCatLady I’m a bit green myself. I don’t think all the people bragging about the wonderful warm weather should have been allowed to buy them all. We are practically freezing up north.

@speediedelivery You too can participate in the grab. At midnight CST, go to the http://shirt.woot.com/ site and click on whatever ‘birthday blowout’ comes up. Next time it’s scheduled to change is the 27th, but it could be sooner, or they could add things to the sale. (Krampus mugs, 2/$3. T-shirts, you never know.)

@OldCatLady I am kidding. I have eyed several of the birthday sales but that one was sold out before I checked it. If it comes back around I will be in.

@speediedelivery You have to sit there, sleepless, with finger poised. Like the rest of us. Then you wonder why, if it’s 98 outside, you just ordered five sweatshirts.

@riceatusc You drew your own name? (Sorry. Sometimes I can’t help myself.)

@gertiestn can’t wait to see what I get me

@YourLazyButt Aha! Instant karma! I sent your box today, YourLazyButt. The USPS tells me you should get it Monday. (I didn’t ask which Monday.)

@smigit2002 I haven’t done this before so I’m curious about this. Although, if it was an empty box, yeah, I’ve had that happen before. I’m the youngest of 3 brothers so growing up was interesting.
Thank you for the news. I’ll keep an eye out for it. You’re up in Baltimore? I lived in Maryland for 31 years, most of it in Davidsonville. What do you do? How do you like Baltimore? I moved down here in November of 2014 and I can tell you that I appreciate the lack of traffic. Between the Baltimore and DC beltways, I spent more time than I ever want to again in stop and go traffic…mostly stop. Have you lived there for a while? Down here, if a traffic light quick cycles, they think that’s a backup. No, 4 hours to go 5 miles is a backup. Uggg. I go up to the area about 3 times a year now and I am happy about the HOV lanes on the DC beltway and south of the mixing bowl. I was just up there for the Preakness and I go every year. Great time but it seems they want to move the race to Laurel.
Again, very nice of you to give me a heads up. I’ll be looking forward to it.
God Bless,
Brad

@smigit2002 you are in Baltimore? We should have a meet up

@CaptAmehrican Yup! Actually moved in September. Used to live in Windsor Mill, right by the Security Square Mall, now live in Severn, just south of BWI. I believe we met once shortly after your car accident. You had received a computer monitor as part of a fuku, and had no use for it, so I swung by and picked it up

@bsci87 Boo empty boxes! It’s funny you say that, there actually ARE two small empty boxes in the shipment, I didn’t have any bubble wrap or packing supplies, so I used them to fill up the top of the box.

My family moved to MD when I was 5. Grew up in Calvert County, went to school and now work at UMBC, to the south of Baltimore. I studied Technical Theatre in school (scenic construction, lighting and sound design) and now manage the events staff for the university, running lighting, sound, video and event logistics for anything from lectures to karaokes, dance parties to concerts and cultural events. It’s a good job, work with good people and have good state benefits, so any complaints I have are small and usually petty

I usually say I live in Baltimore online, since it’s the easiest landmark, but for someone familiar with the area, our house is in Severn, just south of the airport. I’ve been kicking around Baltimore County and northern Anne Arundel for the last 10 years, and yeah, the traffic can be pretty bad, but honestly, I’ll take 695 over 495 any day. Half the reason for our recent move to Severn was the commute, I can now hop on 195 and drive straight into work.

Anyways, I hope the package arrives safely and there’s something of interest within for you and yours!

Pat

@smigit2002 yes I had forgotten who the username was. I was kinda out of it for a few days after

@smigit2002 Your box is going in the mail tomorrow!

@DaveInSoCal Thanks for the heads up, Dave! Can’t wait to see what shows up! No worries on the lack of research, you probably wouldn’t have found anything particularly enlightening anyways!

@smigit2002 In the mail! I think the estimated delivery is Wednesday.

@DaveInSoCal Sweet! Sounds about right, Priority Mail can actually be pretty awesome

@bsci87 Looks like your package was delivered to a parcel locker Monday afternoon!!!

@smigit2002 Hi Pat, My sincere apologies for not getting back to you before now. As far as I know, your box arrived unharmed. I just got back home from a week I didn’t expect and well when you don’t expect to be gone for a week, you don’t pack enough clothes for it. For me, it was 4 surveys each going further away and it wasn’t fun. My neighbor took in my mail and since she is recovering from hip surgery, I’m not going to disturb her tonight for my mail. She’s pretty trustworthy so I’m figuring everything will be there. I will retrieve the mail tomorrow and write back then. Another unfortunate part was that I only had my phone with me and I can’t get to my regular email account from it. I’ve had the same email address since the late 80’s and I end up getting around 1,500 emails a day (98% are garbage) and that would overload my phone.
Please forgive my obvious lack of manners. It was very nice of you to send me a box and I wish I was here to get it. Although, this is the first time I have gotten nailed with 4 surveys without going home and out of the blue so maybe you did this to me??? Ok, I’m probably way off with that…probably…but I don’t want you to think I’m a bigger slime ball than you already do.
God Bless and I will write back soon,
Brad

@bsci87 No worries, take your time!

@smigit2002 Thank you so much for the excellent box and again my sincere apologies for my extremely rude behavior. A lot of things converged on me and everything was on a “must do it now” format. If anyone ever says you don’t know how to put a gift together, they are lying to you. Your theme was terrific. I love the Meh fanny pack. I also don’t have a quad copter but I am anxious to give it a try. Your generosity is overwhelming and honestly appreciated. I will share some of the items with my son as a Dad, I think that’s my obligation.
My sincere thanks for sending me such a nice box. That was great of you to put such care into something for a complete stranger. I really love everything.
God Bless and thank you again,
Brad

@bsci87 Guess what, it must have been an Atlanta Braves fan at the post office because I got my box even EARLIER!! Haha, I’m just playing with ya. I received my box today and I love it! I’m posting a picture, of course. I love the cups. I have twin grandsons who come every other weekend to visit their dad who lives with us. They are, let’s say rambunctuous. These cups are perfect for them, and my floors and furniture. I actually bought the robot boxing game for them, which they play all the time at home, so it gives them something they can play here when it rains. But my two favorite things, are the scan card organizer, didn’t know they made something like that and I NEED it. I’m constantly losing my cards. I live in the country and we tend to leave our keys in our vehicles so I never know which keys I will have and never know if I’ll have my scan cards…now I’ll have all of them right in my purse. My second favorite thing, your letter. It was so funny and friendly and well, it talked about my Braves. Yes, they suck this year, but they are still my Braves. In fact, I took my youngest grandchild, Harper, to her very first baseball game yesterday.
So thank you very, very much. I’m happy to get to be your very first mehrican exchange.
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@mehbee

@f00l I think that’s a personal choice. Though I wanted to give my person a heads up to the incoming box.

@YourLazyButt

Well I didn’t ship my box to My Own Lazy Butt.

I must have shipped my box to Someone Else’s Lazy Butt.

@f00l I’m not sure but i think your gunna like the box i sent you

@boredashell
You box arrived today. Am full of anticipation! As yet unopened!

Thx for excitement!

/youtube anticipation Carly Simon

@f00l so things might get weird. Just to let you know

@togle

Sounds good, unfortunately (for the box) I get on a 5 night cruise on Monday morning .
My reveal post may be a tad late…

@mweinberger You’re not delaying your cruise for this?

@mweinberger Well heck! Have fun on your cruise!

@WTFsunshine Hmm maybe next time I’ll have everyone send to me and then run for the hills? LOL Who is sent to whom was and will continue to be random, including me in the “random”. Others ran the first 5, of which @sturderc ran the first 4 and dreamed this up to begin with so actually we should be thanking him. I just got coerced into doing it this time around and plagiarized much of what he dreamed up. So thanks for the thanks but because of those who came before me, this was pretty easy - just a bit time consuming since I chose not to give out email addresses at the request of several people. Next time I think I’ll have a yes/no for can the receiver’s email be given to the sender so I am not caught in the middle of all those tracking numbers (and yes I know I have 7 to send from yesterday and today. Will take care of that shortly).

@WTFsunshine I got three boxes today, with notes! Then I put everything into one box, and put it on the floor, and I have two cats in it, staring in opposite directions, pointedly ignoring each other. Pix to come. Wow.

@Kidsandliz I don’t think previous exchanges have involved sending tracking numbers. That may be just extra work on your part - maybe senders should hang on to the tracking in case something goes awry, but otherwise just let the USPS work its magic.

@djslack I didn’t include the email address of the recipients like has sometimes happened in the past. As a result I guess people wanted to pass the tracking numbers on and sent them to me. I think next time I will include a box for “is it ok to give out your email address to your sender” and then I won’t be the middle man.

@WTFsunshine DO NOT feel apprehensive/inadequate. I, and some others, only sent what would fit into a medium priority mail box. This is NOT christmas. This is supposed to be fun, silly, sort of like a fuku/o so a crap shoot with respect to what shows up. There is NO requirement to buy anything special for the person you are sending to although some of us do choose a bit about what goes into the box based on what we can find.

I bought my person some candy. The rest I already had in a garage sale pile, some of which fit what they said they liked on a post from a year ago. Yes 2 things in that garage sale pile were brand new, some was previous meh fuku/o meh branded items since they had posted they had never gotten a fuko and I have gotten 2 fuku’s and 2 fuko’s… and yes with a previous recipient I took ping pong balls I bought at Walmart and used a sharpie to copy the meh “logo” on them (they had said on an old post they wished meh sold ping pong balls). I also saw they were a fan of a sports team and bought, on a post christmas clearance, a sports ornament with that team stuff on it. Didn’t spend much money, took me an evening to do a good job on the ping pong balls.

There is NO requirement to personalize it. There is a requirement not to send trash/broken junk. There is a requirement to post what you got. Some people have sent me info to send on to their recipient that they are going to be late sending or not home to receive so please send late (OK to do as long as people send me the info to send on so people know what is happening and so they don’t wonder if they are being screwed by someone who is never going to send or someone who received and then never posted).

Life happens and things sometimes go out late. As a courtesy to the receiver it is nice to let them know. I have emailed those whose sender said their stuff is going out late. Usually I remember to tell the one who gave me that information I did it. The last bunch I might have forgotten as I have been where there is no cell or internet service (farm - family reunion) until I get back to the hotel late but even then I have to help my mom (she is disabled) rather than spend time on the internet so all I did was a quick check, send and go to sleep.

Not worth worrying about being slightly out of the guidelines with respect to dates. This is, after all, meh. (grin). You do what you can when you can and then sit back and enjoy the results. This is supposed to be fun, not angst producing so don’t stress out about this.

@Kidsandliz I agree with everything you say except for the part about this NOT being Christmas.

Waiting to get my box and for my recipient to get theirs feels exactly like Christmas!

@Kidsandliz
You have done a bang up job here.

If you ever do it again, my only suggestion would be that the mailing deadline be at least 1 week after assignments are emailed out, and to pick a Tuesday or Wednesday as the final shipping deadline.

The reasons: this gives all of us who always has procrastinate about everything the entire weekend to get the box together, and then a full Monday and Tuesday to get the box to the shipper.

Much thanks for your industry or organization here.

All Hail The Great @kidsandliz for pulling this together!!!

@f00l good point about the deadline

@zachdecker Well yes - I was referring to what people spend on christmas, not the excitement of waiting to see what you get. : )

@f00l ps you are welcome

@Kidsandliz

You continue to be super organized and helpful.

Thx.

@moonhat Hey, that’s not a Built NY case!

@OldCatLady

Tracking has been working for me.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@readnj I hope you’ll find something there you can use or enjoy.

The book, The Barrytown Trilogy, was written by my favourite Irish author, Roddy Doyle. This is the unabridged UK edition, in all it’s Irish glory. Each of the three stories in this trilogy was made into films. The most notable of which is the 1991 Alan Parker film The Commitments, and one of my favourite Colm Meaney films, The Van.

@readnj nice! I’m especially jelly of the vmp shirt and the otter pin!

@RiotDemon The otter pin (usually called a badge or pin badge in the UK) is from a wildlife series offered by the RSPB and are collected in the UK about like Disney pins are in the US. They cost £1 each and the proceeds go to fund the RSPB projects, and maintain wildlife refuges throughout the UK. Very similar to the Audubon Society.

@ruouttaurmind sad. Not available for purchase on their store, only from the special collection boxes I’m the UK.

@RiotDemon Several sellers on eBay.co.uk offering badges from RSPB. I’ll check my collection for another otter. Or maybe you’d like a nice puffin? Or a perhaps a red squirrel? 🐿

(Ok, so that was a puffin on my iOS emoji picker, now it’s morphed into a penguin!)

@ruouttaurmind thanks. Went poking around and found a seller called rspb that says the money goes to charity. Not sure if it’s official or not. Red squirrel sounds cute! Otter is special though.

/giphy otter

@RiotDemon Here’s their official eBay site https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/rspb/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

And an otter badge: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RSPB-Pin-Badge-Otter-GNaH-backing-card-00396-/391794072245?hash=item5b38bf1ab5:g:7X4AAOSwopRYdks4

@RiotDemon

I’m the UK

Oi! This just sunk in. Are you in UK permanent like, or on holiday? Whereabouts?

@RiotDemon

@ruouttaurmind that was an auto correct typo that I didn’t notice until later.

Supposed to say in the UK. Not that I’m in the UK.

@thismyusername haha, so cute

@RiotDemon Well then, no cuppa an Jaffa cakes for you!

@RiotDemon When we first moved to the north I was a zoo volunteer and since I was in love with, and fascinated by, otters they let me swim and play with the otters to get them use to their new habitat. After hating leaving my southern roots and being teased by northerners for having an accent (like they don’t have one) the otters are my fondest memory. I have a five shelf collection of otters and a three shelf collection of frogs (my other favorite animal(amphibian)). @ruouttaurmind The fact that the UK includes them (the otters) is great!

@ruouttaurmind the polish deli close by sells the polish version of jaffa cakes, in the good flavors, like raspberry, so I’m good with that.

@WTFsunshine wow, just a wee bit jealous. They’re so fun to watch.

@RiotDemon Delicje cakes! They have strawberry too.

@boredashell Pictures and video! And that bag is GoPro stuff.

@PlacidPenguin nice little family you got there.

@PlacidPenguin I’m glad you liked it. This being my first mehexchange, I was worried. Definitely learned a lot from others for next time to make future exchanges even better. I love your little penguin. He is super cute btw.

@YourLazyButt

It’s all about having fun anyways. No way to go wrong.

@zachdecker I hope you and your kids enjoy it! Also, +1 for Greatest American Hero.

@zachdecker

Eragon is the name of the main character in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini.

It is also the name of the first book in aforementioned series, and by extension, the name of the first (and only) movie adaptation.

@metageist Contents include:

• fold up picnic/beach blanket tote thing
• glass + sailing themed koozies
• necklace
• Hydrasol cable wipes; the package says to use them in suitable applications but I immediately wanted to use them unsuitably.
• goat sticker
• waterproof matches
• bandaid holder from the UM medical center
• meh foam puck
• flamant
• jerky for the dog
• bunny soaps
• jump rope
• sparklers
• post it flags
• playing cards
• sew your own Meh fuko bag kit

@captamehrican
dog approves of your offering

Also I believe the “pride of meh” is too nice in your drawing.
/image decrepit sailboat

@metageist That pet food brand concerns me. I and Love and You. What does it mean? It is like some bad Google translate from a foreign language.

@metageist @captamehrican sparklers? Wasnt that on the “I solemnly swear this box does not have them” list at the post office?

@Pamtha maybe but i didn’t read anything about it. Besides they are fun and 4th of july is soon. Plus I mean I gave the guy a flamingo he might be destructive and want to explode it.

@Pamtha I won’t tell the post office if you won’t…
@CaptAmehrican watching a flamingo explode sounds like a good idea. Then I can use the bandaids to patch it back up! Also not a dude over here, unless you count the

@metageist @captamehrican Oh PLEASE blow something up or do something horribly inappropriate and vaguely perverted with the flamingo and sparklers. I would gladly replace them, illegal mailing and all!

@DaveInSoCal
That was quick.

The PO got it 2pm Sat.

An awesome box from @f00l! Contents included:

• Two Otterbox cases for phones unknown. One came in a ridiculously oversized box
• Cards Against Humanity main box and second expansion. LOVE this game, and will regift this to someone who I know has wanted it (I already have these).
• Heart rate watch
• bluetooth LG headphones for exercizing
• Garth brooks CD. Unopened because… it’s Garth Brooks. Once you learn his truck’s broken, his girl left him, and the dog ran away there’s not much else to know.
• POTATO EXPRESS! I am unreasonably psyched about this, and have a giant yam I intend to cook in it soon.
• Jump Rope! My two nieces (Age 4 an 7ish?) are coming to my house today and will love to use it.
• A security blanket. Because we can all use more security and blankets in a world without Alan Rickman.
• “Time of Wonder” book. I started to read it last night and got pulled away. Will definitely take a deeper dive into it when I have a chance. The illustrations look amazing.
• A nice note! “Hi! I hope you enjoy these. I was too busy to personalize, but I don’t think it’s junk! I had something special for you - and of course I couldn’t find it. It’s small, cheap, and cute. If I find it I will send it along. All my love and kisses to my favorite mehrican - @f00l”

I might have added a bit to the note. I also like that it was all packaged in a water resistant plastic bag in a large priority box in a extremely efficient manner. Thanks a bunch, @f00l!

Hey, @oldcatlady- @DaveInSoCal got your headphones. Maybe he’ll sell them to you.

@DaveInSoCal

I think that heart rate watch us s pretty good one. I know Mio developed the tech a lot of these watches use, and another division of the corporation has serious patents for hospital monitoring equipment.

I would have kept in, but I already have a Garmin and a fitbit.

The Otterboxes might be I think for Samsung Notes. Don’t know which gen.

Of all my childhood picture books, that’s the one that stays with me.

This is the same author of the classic Make Way For Ducklings.

Bit this is the book he wrote for children and adults.

Because children who live in good situations, with positive, solid families and safe places, sometimes have nearly perfect seasons when the world just keeps revealing new breataking moments.

And of course because children are young, and time does not stop, these nearly perfect seasons pass on to more normal ones.

And it’s only much later, perhaps years or decades later, that someone realizes how precious those moments were, and how every child should have them, and how, when you are a child having a rare nearly perfect season, you never know hiw irreplaceable those moments are, when you are experiencing them.

It’s only long after, when our lives have changed and changed and changed again, that we can look back and see the rarity and innocence of that magic.

Hope some of those things suit you well.

@YourLazyButt try moving it to horizontal nor portrait mode . It only works for me that way

@YourLazyButt I’m just glad it got there. There’s nothing especially pretty in the box!

@CaptAmehrican tried that. My iPhone only shows the white text box and my keyboard. Am I missing something?

@gertiestn I actually quite like the items. Very excited to try out my new socks and those cookies

@Kidsandliz You have really gone above and beyond with this.

@mossygreen So, uh, @jestout, did you get a box? Last Monday maybe?

@mossygreen hey! Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner. I had an unexpected bereavement and some travel as a result . I’m trying to get my sh*t back together now and getting all your stuff made me really happy. Reveal post down the bottom to follow. My apologies

@djslack Hmm, I have no idea whats on that disk. If its something cool let me know.

@mweinberger

El disquete de misterio:

Google tells me this says “Employees for 50 years for retirement age”. Also, I took this photo right side up.

@djslack Ah, that’s my fathers handwriting “Employees with at least 50 years until retirement”. This is probably a disk with an excel spredsheet from when he worked in HR at Cable&Wireless Panama. No idea how it got in there ¯\(ツ)/¯

@mweinberger @djslack It probably has their SSN’s, retirement account numbers, etc. Nothing important…

@PlacidPenguin i think that is my grandpa and he might need help uploading pictures lol. His box was pretty awesome though. Helping him post everything along with my first one tomorrow

@boredashell I love that your grandpa is participating. Send him over to chat sometime.

@sammydog01 for sure. When i showed him meh.com he fell in love at first sight. He knew it was suppose to be when the vinyl record player came up.

@PlacidPenguin

I was traveling on the motorcycle for the weekend and didn’t get a chance to do this until today. My grandson has had me looking online here every morning now for the last couple of years, I love it and have bought a lot of great stuff. I really look forward to seeing what is offered each day and this is the first time I participated in the exchange, he told me to do it last time but being retired keeps me way to busy ( thank you for such a great box look forward to doing this again.
Grandpa (grohman360)

@grohman360

Glad you enjoyed the experience.

(And huh, I thought the dash cam was in a different box.)

@Kidsandliz and @YourLazyButt , Thank both of you for your efforts. I gotta say that I loved putting this box together–it was my first–& I’m glad the stuff pleases you, YLB.

@Kidsandliz thanks for posting. Maybe I’m just dumb and can’t see it.

@YourLazyButt You are welcome

@readnj I didn’t receive it… what time did it come. I was home in the afternoon

@readnj lmao that kinda pisses me off, did someone steal your package Will check USPS tommorow… send me the confirmation email yugrudfoo@hotmail.com

Close-up of the plugs that don’t seem quite right.
Solid metal tabs and approx. 28AWG wire, maybe appropriate for the current they’ll handle but seem like they were made by someone who had read about U.S. style outlet plugs in a book once:

Am I strange for being weirded out by them? (I’m still totally going to use the lights somewhere and enjoy their multiple display patterns).

@djslack I always thought they were strange as well. I bought like 30 strings of those a few years ago and make mason jar lanterns. They were great for that, but I never trusted them enough to use them for anything inside the house.

I’m glad you enjoyed the box!

@capguncowboy @djslack
http://home.howstuffworks.com/two-flat-prong-plug-holes.htm

@djslack I totally considered sending you that same soap dispenser, I have an extra one of those at home too.

@zachdecker Yay!

@cargogod should have one tomorrow…

@Kidsandliz Oh noes! Have I mentioned that everything I touch turns to chaos and that my life is best described with “ack!”?

But look, it’s not a big deal; maybe @riotdemon needed the extra cheer. So if it gets sent or doesn’t… Meh. I still had fun putting together my box of random crap. (It’s really, really random. Sorry/ you’re welcome, @cargogod.)

@brainmist I’ll definitely be forwarding it along. I’ll be checking my work schedule later to see when I can squeeze in a post office run.

@RiotDemon If it is priority mail and not opened, line out your address and write Forward to [correct address]. You can drop it off or send with your mail carrier. You do not need to pay postage again.

@speediedelivery Cool idea! That will save me money LOL

@Kidsandliz It is legal and allowed so why not?

@speediedelivery yes why not indeed : )

@Kidsandliz sorry, I opened it before I emailed you to check for a letter or something to see why I got another box. Wasn’t a priority box either, at least I don’t think so.

@RiotDemon If the postage was visible and if it fits in a priority box and that is cheaper would it be possible for you to send it on that way? Or can it be taped shut such that it doesn’t look like it has been opened? Not your fault you opened it of course, it is mine for screwing up.

@Kidsandliz iirc, it might have been Ups because it didn’t come with my regular mail. I’ll check when I get home.

@RiotDemon It can’t hurt to contact whoever and check for free shipping. And no rush… I’ll get it when I get it.

@RiotDemon ok. I would just appreciate you sending it out the cheapest way, if possible with your schedule that is, since I am reimbursing you.

@RiotDemon Hey you haven’t send me how much I owe you in postage yet… Has it gone out yet for @brainmist?

@Kidsandliz unfortunately not. I’ve been working whenever the post office has been open.
Should be going out tomorrow morning assuming nothing else happens to get in my way.

@RiotDemon OK thanks for the update

I’ve finally taken some pics of the incredibly diverse and interesting box I received from @Turken and family. No doubt there’s a story behind nearly everything in the box, and I’m hoping @Turken will share some of the history here?

• CorningWare casserole dish
• OOP edition of Disney’s The Rescuers
• Superman and ET 15 piece puzzles
• 1 can of Crystal Beach Original Loganberry “adult beverage”
• Inkling Girl Nintendo Amiibo figurine (my first Amiibo!)
• “Man on toilet” tape and paperclip/pen holder
• Most of a Daily Brain Games 2017 desk calendar
• Ikea nesting cups baby toy
• Opened, but apparently complete toilet tank repair kit
• Wii Play decal
• Booklet about the glass industry
• Drawing of Ashimari (Popplio; Pokemon character) with an initially unnoticed bonus drawing of what I’m pretty sure is Keromatsu (Froakie) on the back!

Thank you, @Turken! Hopefully you’ll tell me about the drawings, as well as the Loganberry adult beverage, and possibly explain how the Brain Games calendar came to cease it’s progression on Valentines day?

And what’s the story on the recalled Disney movie? Was this one of the ones with the frames of porn inserted randomly?

Oh, and did you ever get that toilet fixed?

@ruouttaurmind Casserole dish- way to make the Postal Service pay for offering flat rate shipping.

@sammydog01 “If it fits, it ships”.

@ruouttaurmind Froakie!!! Love him!

@ruouttaurmind Sorry for the slow reply, vacation and all this past week. Glad that the box arrived with everything apparently intact. Not that exciting of a story behind the items, mostly just stuff sitting around at the office or home that were within easy reach.

Drawings were done by kid#1. She’s obsessed with pokemon, so we have tons of these things sitting around. That particular one I believe came from a “I’m stressed out from my siblings, so I’m going to my room to draw” session.

The loganberry beverage isn’t for adults only, it’s just a non-carbonated juice-like beverage concocted by a local guy and sold at his BBQ restaurant. Nice guy, but the drink is too sweet for my taste so it sat in the fridge for a few month before I sent it along.

Brain calendar wasn’t being used because I was frustrated with it being repetitive variations on only a handful of mediocre puzzle types. Toilet-guy got the boot because I was tired of him falling off the can as he didn’t fit on my desk that well.

I did fix the toilet, after I went to a real hardware store and bought the proper sized gasket. But by that time I already had opened the walmart special and was too lazy to return it, so if you can get yours to take it back, hey more power (and cash) to you!

Toys were stuff we had dupes of around the house for one reason or another. Same with the corningware dish. I had four in my office alone (not to mention the dozen or so in storage at home), so figured I could share the love and part with one. Everybody needs at least one corningware dish. Most awesome cookware ever made. Shame about what WorldKitchen did with the brand after they bought it, but that’s a rant for another day.

And yeah, the VHS is exactly that.

Anywho, glad you appear to like the box!

@jsneider glad you enjoyed it, I really didn’t know what to put in the box and will look forward to the next exchange. (I read the book and really liked it but that was just me (

@studerc So glad you liked it! Since it was my first box I was a bit nervous.

@studerc How much longer until you are done?

@Kidsandliz Technically pre-doctoral now. When Im done with my Administration classwork next summer I will have 3 or 4 classes and my dissertation to finish my doctorate.

@studerc At various points in this process the best thing you can repeat to yourself over and over is, “There are good reasons why I am doing this. The fact that I can’t think of any of them right now is not good enough reason to quit.”. There was more than one point in the process I had to repeat that to myself… An abusive department didn’t help, getting cancer for the first time in the middle of that didn’t help, a troubled adopted at an older age kid who was flying off the rails didn’t help… repeating that did help on occasion when it wasn’t practical to run away from home.

And remember the best dissertation is a done dissertation that they pass. That is not the time to be a perfectionist. No one reads those things except your committee, your family, and other doctoral students (and the occasional search committee - but mostly they’d rather you tell them about it during your job talk than have to read it themselves).

@Avalora It did! I was just coming in to make my report…this is the first chance I’ve had.

I got a wonderfully random box including:
A 2-pack of Woolite dryer balls
A Miracle Peeler (peels with one side…julienne with the other!) with a bonus mandoline
A Woot monkey with a red-checked cape
A Tiger Quiz Wiz(!)

Four T-shirts in various sizes (my favorite is probably the Salsa Dancing shirt…a bit small for me, but I have a sewing machine and may repurpose it.)
A pack of 2 LED lights on lanyards
A travel bottle
A customizable zombie action figure
A USS Enterprise dashboard accessory
A netbook sleeve
A small purse / wallet
A miniature totem pole
A jar opener
A set of measuring spoons adorably shaped like a cat

I am very pleased. Thank you so much!

@SR510 just went looking for those cat measuring spoons… $20 at Wal-Mart, $11 at eBay. Cute!

@SR510 Oh good! You’re welcome! I was hoping there would be a least a few things in the mix that you could actually use.

@OldCatLady @WTFsunshine Love that toilet paper!! Maybe he will kiss your butt! If you want to get banned from his twitter account use it on poop and post the results LOL. Hmm maybe better not. Who knows what the secret service might think.

@OldCatLady I’m glad you liked it. The research idea with instructions on how to do it came from @Kidsandliz (considering that it took me six months to figure out that hitting the stars meant that I liked something) without her I never would’ve known how to guess what you like. Finally found your “likes” in 2015/2016. You stated at one point that you wish Drumf would get a flesh-eating disease so I figured that you could use the wand towards him each time you had to see him. You got stuck with a Wiccan so the wand was just cute but crystals are up my alley so I was glad you said you like them. Love cats so glad he/she got in the photo. Toilet paper find was a bonus! Best wishes!

@WTFsunshine Thanks again. I have a bucket full of straight holly branches and a pile of (small) oak branches that need peeling and trimming, so they can become wands. I just need time to do it. If I use the Dremel on the oak before it dries out, they will have carvings. This has to be done outside because cats, and it’s been raining a ton. The one you sent is underdressed, so paint pens are in order. Oh look, a Michael’s coupon-.

@Turken …and it took me so long trying to figure out why my picture was uploaded upside down that I lost the edit window. Can a mod nuke that first pic? thanks.

@Thumperchick

You’re wanted.

@Turken FTFY. feel free to tag me for moderator grunt work.

@Thumperchick Thanks for doing that…

@Turken YAY!!! you got your box with only one broken thing!! WOO HOO!! lol

my pleasure mr. or ms. turken!! guess i will never know…
one of the great mysteries of life…

seems like the box brought your family a little silly fun. that makes me happy.

the only serious thing i sent you, was the crazy salt. i love this salty spice salt stuff… great on cooking everything. probably have this in NY too??

@brainmist Each person has their own financial limits. Everything I sent fit inside a medium priority mail box. I saw at least one other medium box on the reveal. Some of us are broke. You never know what is in someone’s junk pile (eg good stuff in their junk pile - I had some new stuff in my junk pile I sent on as well as some used stuff. I only bought one thing - a big Hershey’s candy kiss). Be thoughtful, give someone a good laugh with your note… and don’t worry.

@f00l i feel so accomplished right now.
P.S. you didn’t mention how you felt about dogs

@boredashell
Ok I got home around midnight last night.

Not 9pm as had anticipated.

No biggie, just “life is weird”.

Ok now have pix. I hope they will upload.

Even if they just upload sideways.

I am gonna start a new post for that.

@capguncowboy both your addresses are showing.

@capguncowboy that t-shirt is so cute. Great haul! Lots of fun stuff!

@capguncowboy Glad you liked it! It was fun to put together.

@thunperchick would you blur our addresses please?

@DaveInSoCal @RiotDemon

Yes, sorry about that! been a long day! All fixed!

@capguncowboy Now that I have a few extra minutes:

WOOHOO! Glad you liked it! The rubber thingy is indeed a doorstop.

The pressy plugs into your headphone jack and turns it into an extra button. It lets you use phone functions/apps like activating the camera, making a phone call, whatevs.

I believe the thermometer has never been used. Or has it? Sterilization is probably a good idea.

THAT’S NOT A PING PONG BALL! That is official unofficial meh art, custom designed by @kidsandliz. She gave me a 6 pack of them in a previous exchange, and I’m sharing them (except for one). I recommend buying one of those glass baseball display cases for it.

I LOVE my air vent phone mount. Hope it works well for you!

The little hanger guy’s arms and legs bend up so you can hang even MOAR stuff!

The plastic can bottle tops are neat, but also make a great practical joke. They’re a huge pain to take off without crushing the can. Give it to someone and watch them try while their beer is full. Mel Brooks style comedy ensues!

I’m happy you’re happy! The hair straightener thing is from china and I got it for free. Not disparaging china as a whole, but some of their stuff is junk. I encourage your wife to try a small amount of hair initially to make sure it doesn’t burst into flames or anything.

/giphy another satisfied customer

Also, that gif is stupid.

Ash felt left out of the pictures

And the party light actually works pretty well!

@smigit2002 I’m glad you like everything! The bitcoin is definitely real. Go to the bank and demand they give you cash for it

The “hand puppet” is so you can make a wine bottle look fancy! Don’t ask me, one of my neighbors gave it to me years ago on a bottle. I felt it was time it continues its journey.

Enjoy all the things!

@smigit2002 your custom branded (meh style with a sharpie) meh ping pong ball started its life as part of a vanilla plain ping pong ball pack of 6 in meh exchange #4 where your sender received them. You are now part of an elite group of 3 of who has one. Your sender only has 4 left…

@Kidsandliz The real question is, do I hold onto it and cherish it forever, or do I pay it forward at the next exchange?

@DaveInSoCal now that I know the costume is for wine, what better bottle to put it on than vintage 2014 Meh Wine!

Thanks again!!!

@mehbee Don’t worry about it, I’m not in any rush. And I’m probably going to see Baby Driver on Friday, so it will clearly be the DAY EVERYTHING HAPPENS.

@mossygreen well Baby Driver will definitely be the highlight.

@mehbee It came and it’s GREAT (although I have to in good conscience give the edge to Baby Driver); I will post photos as soon as I make my bed. Which, while it probably won’t be until Tuesday, might not be until Tuesday.

PS EVERYONE SHOULD SEE BABY DRIVER. Let’s make Edgar Wright some honest summer blockbuster money!

@mossygreen Trust me, I never thought I could compete with a movie. I mean its not like I sent a major award or anything.

@metageist Yes! We had family situation on-going the past few days. Just got chance to open it and take photos. You did a super job, thank you so much!!!

@mick ice ball molds.

Square eggs… Probably good for bento type lunch boxes.

@cwolfpack3 Yay I’m glad the box got to you intact and unbroken!
I’m glad you like the fabric. It was always one of those pieces in my giant craft stash that I liked but didn’t know what to do with. Make something fun

@f00l
A pen and pen holder! Refillable.

I esp like this because the symbol for “pi” is on the box.
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@f00l
A maple leaf dish. I love maple leaves.

Cool small rocks. I love pretty rocks. What I think is a temp tattoo. Know a kid who prob wants this.

@f00l

The Hess are molds you can use to make ice balls. I never made ice balls before. I guess that will change soon. Will try this.

@f00l
Lemonade crystals (love lemonnare)

And a thing to grow real crystals.

I have a thing for rocks and crystals. Happy happy.

@f00l

A travel toothbrush (always useful).

A USB dongle to let you read SD cards. Good.

@f00l

Hero Incredible Hulk!

Hello Minions pencils!

@f00l

A card game that looks interesting.

A compact rain pancho (good to have in glove box I think).

And a compact camera I’ve yet to play with.

@f00l

Ooooh. Horror! Classic Horror is excellent!

And Ozzy!

I’ve never before played an Ozzie cd. Guess it’s time to start.

@f00l

Ok now, what is this? Some sort of small real animal pelt. I don’t know what animal tho.

The way it’s constructed it seems to be meant for some particular use, but I have no idea what.

Hmmm

@f00l yep its a wolf.

@boredashell

I hope I didn’t miss anything in the box. I went thru the packing carefully.

You wanted to know how I feel about dogs?

All dogs are good dogs. All dogs are excellent wonderful loving sweet fabulous adorable dogs.

/giphy dog

@boredashell
Uhhh

Isn’t that the tiniest wolf ever then?

What is that intended to be used for? A decoration? Or something else?

@f00l lol i did not believe it either. Got it at the ren fest in kc last year and that is what the lady told me. I feel like it is a coyote

I couldn’t think of anything to make with it

@boredashell

I think coyote fur is a little stiffer and more wiry perhaps?

But I know little about that.

Odd item tho.

Why did the ren faire lady lady give it to you?

@f00l it was in a $10 random stuff bag. It was full of bones feathers and fur. It came with 2 of the faces and they are the only thing i have yet to make something out of. I went back to ask the lady after checking them out and she said it was a wolf, i didn’t argue. She also had a lion skull for $85. Bout walked away with it

@gertiestn Here I am, talking to myself again. The “Animal Whispers” CD that I received is no longer from a mysterious source, and I no longer have to ponder whether it came from someone Mehish. It didn’t. Aren’t you glad to know?

@gertiestn Yup good to know… would have been entertaining if it had come from your sender though…

@Pamtha @baqui63 I have the same question, for the same recipient.

@SR510 @Pamtha

Hi.

Yes, the mailroom is honest. That’s why deliveries go to my job, because at home they’d sit on the sidewalk where anyone who walks or drives by can take them. I’ve also asked the mailroom to wait for me to come and get my stuff, rather than delivering it upstairs, because it is kinda stupid for them to carry something upstairs so that I have to carry it back down, past the mailroom, to my car.

It looks like the boxes were delivered on Monday or Tuesday. I put both into my car on Wed morning. I considered a post at that time saying something like “Got the boxes; life’s crazy knob is on 11 right now so pix will follow soon” but decided it wasn’t really needed because of the tracking and all.

Then work on Wed went to shit (up past 14, maybe 15) and Thurs made Wed seem fun (in before 8AM and home after 10 PM both days), plus once home I needed to prep for a friend’s visit (basically so @publicart would have a place to sleep). I picked him up from JFK about 6AM Fri and spent much of the day playing tour guide. After PA went to bed, I checked email and started typing this.

Regardless of the reasons, I apologize for not acknowledging delivery of your boxes until now. In my defense, I do not recall there being a deadline for doing so; if there was and I missed it, apologies for doing that as well.

I might get a chance to post pix tomorrow night but don’t count on it. I promise I’ll do it on Sunday.

@Bogie Hey, @Bogie! Yes, I am told that the box was delivered to the house earlier this week. Alas, I am not there to open it, and I wont let the fam open it without me. I will be home tomorrow (today? I think it’s after midnight now. Saturday, regardless), so I will open it and post tomorrow or Sunday. Thank you in advance!

@Bogie … And I apologize, the having to leave town was unexpected. If it had been more planned/organized, I would have posted something general in the thread

@mikeleemm @Boredashell has terrible luck with people shipping to him on time.

@mikeleemm @mossygreen. Yeah it has been awesome experiences every time but i do get some slow moving boxes lol. Both boxes are epic and i know i have yet to post pictures. Life has been way to crazy but will properly reveal on this thread tonight when i get to slow down a little bit

@mikeleemm Can you take a closeup pic of the Indian Head bracelet that “Just George” made? From what I can see, it looks pretty cool.

Here it is, it’s very cool.

@Barney

@mikeleemm Thanks! Ah, it’s beautiful. Just George will you marry me? Or at least tell me if you sell these online?

@Barney Isn’t it gorgeous!!

@mehbee Yep, it sure is!

@mikeleemm
Wow. Want.

@f00l This!

@mikeleemm Can I just say “Jealous!”. Agree with @f00l and @Barney Just George if you do sell these or other types please let us know!

@Barney I received word your marriage proposal has been accepted. Email mehricanexchange6@yahoo.com for the particulars.

@f00l @mehbee @WTFsunshine

And unusual offer, possibly from Nigeria (grin), arrived in my inbox this morning (be sure to include your @name so I know who you are). Email mehricanexchange6@yahoo.com for the particulars.

@f00l @mehbee @WTFsunshine That was supposed to be: possibly from a Nigerian prince (grin)… oops too late to edit.