I got yummy treats from Ginger! Baked goods are Da Bomb.
Still no Secret Santa package, though, so whoever you are, if you're tracking, well, there you go.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2004: Well, I Wasn't Expecting That.
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2004? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
deborah grabien - Dec 29, 2004 10:15:38 am PST #589 of 962
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
beathen - Dec 29, 2004 10:20:09 am PST #590 of 962
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Still no Secret Santa package, though, so whoever you are, if you're tracking, well, there you go.
Ditto
Ginger - Dec 29, 2004 10:27:17 am PST #591 of 962
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My SS present hasn't arrived yet either, but the packages I sent to the West Coast, including Deb's, apparently went by Turtle Express.
Steph L. - Dec 29, 2004 10:56:02 am PST #592 of 962
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Ginger! I, too, got a Turtle Express package! I figure last week's snowstorm slowed down the mail here in Cincy big time.
Thank you! (I love the Spidey clock -- it's on top of my computer monitor already.)
Connie Neil - Dec 29, 2004 11:42:34 am PST #593 of 962
brillig
Report from my sources in the dungeons of USPS customer support--the massive snowstorms kicked all guarantees of delivery out the window. They do their best, but they're not omnipotent. People are being told they can apply for refunds, but what they're not being told is the chances of getting those refunds in this situation are pretty minimal. NOt even the USPS can plan for time-zone spanning mega-blizzards.
You should have heard the bitching when post offices and delivery routes were put on hold during the big California fires last year. "But you're supposed to deliver through storm and rain and dark of night!" "You'll notice that firestorms aren't listed anywhere in there, are they. I'm sorry, ma'am, our delivery people are not paid to risk their lives to deliver your catalogs."
No, I never said that, dammit.
edit: "Where's my mail!" "Um, your post office burned down, sir." "So?"
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2004 11:46:18 am PST #594 of 962
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We had a package delivered USPS on Christmas day. She said she was getting 4x time, for four hours. Seemed quite cheerful, and her Santa cap was jauntily cocked.
Hil R. - Dec 29, 2004 12:23:35 pm PST #595 of 962
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Just got my Secret Santa present. Some bath bombs, a mix CD, and a gorgeous knit scarf (and I was just thinking yesterday that I could use a scarf more interesting than the navy fleece one I was wearing). Thank you, Kat!
Vortex - Dec 29, 2004 1:00:20 pm PST #596 of 962
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
We had a package delivered USPS on Christmas day. She said she was getting 4x time, for four hours. Seemed quite cheerful, and her Santa cap was jauntily cocked.
I would be too, if I was making 2 days pay for 4 hours. Hell, we don't eat dinner until 4, so I could have made a few bucks.
libkitty - Dec 29, 2004 2:54:20 pm PST #597 of 962
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
It sounds like a difficult situation, beathen. I have no pearls of wisdom, but send discernment ~ma your way.
deborah grabien - Dec 29, 2004 4:52:52 pm PST #598 of 962
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Heh. Connie, no crit from me of the USPS; all the ginger cake I sent this last batch got there quite quickly.
Speaking of which, I have not forgotten or reneged on my second-round baking - mostly cpbdb cookies - but I didn't want to do it while I was encrusted with hideous flu-like germs.