FOFC Gift Exchange Year 3 - Revealed

[MacroGuru]

Alright, I am going to start the post....

My Secret Santa sent me the following...

The Wine Bible - An awesome book, I have thumbed through it and loved what I have read so far.

DVD on the 2002 - 2003 Stanley Cup, New Jersey Devils - Can't wait to watch it..

THANKS!!!!

BTW.....I have to guess Airhog was my Santa....

[JPhillips]

WOOHOO!

79 Piece Drill Bit set.

Thanks.

I have no idea who got it as it was on my Amazon Wish List. I'll try a guess after a few other people connect some dots.

[Airhog]

Alright, I am going to start the post....

My Secret Santa sent me the following...

The Wine Bible - An awesome book, I have thumbed through it and loved what I have read so far.

DVD on the 2002 - 2003 Stanley Cup, New Jersey Devils - Can't wait to watch it..

THANKS!!!!

BTW.....I have to guess Airhog was my Santa....

Glad you enjoy the gifts

[johnnyshaka]

Sweet, got home to my brand new vintage Edmonton Oilers T-shirt!!! I'm daydreaming about Gretzky to Kurri right now!!!

Thank you, Secret Santa!!!!

No idea who sent it...but one guess about who DIDN'T send it...JPhillips as he figures his won't be delivered until after Xmas. Now, he wouldn't be trying to throw us off, would he?

[MizzouRah]

A long sleeve Mizzou t-shirt, much appreciated!!!!!

[st.cronin]

I found my gift outside my front door today, 2 books - The Boys of Winter, which I have been so close to buying many, many times! And a Sporting News coffee table book on college football venues with intro by Keith Jackson!

Very nice job, Secret Santa!

My best guess on the giver is MacroGuru, based on the return address.

[MacroGuru]

I found my gift outside my front door today, 2 books - The Boys of Winter, which I have been so close to buying many, many times! And a Sporting News coffee table book on college football venues with intro by Keith Jackson!

Very nice job, Secret Santa!

My best guess on the giver is MacroGuru, based on the return address.

Yup, ya got me....took a lot bit of digging for me to find out what you liked, but I am glad that you liked them.

[Flasch186]

i wish Id have had more time getting creative with my gift...its my fault I procrastinated and then crap piled up. sorry in advance for my lack of creativity.

[st.cronin]

Yup, ya got me....took a lot bit of digging for me to find out what you liked, but I am glad that you liked them.

You did an outstanding job. I am probably the most difficult person in the world to shop for. Whenever anybody asks me what I want, I'm completely stumped.

[MacroGuru]

You did an outstanding job. I am probably the most difficult person in the world to shop for. Whenever anybody asks me what I want, I'm completely stumped.

Oh, and the stadium book....I have always wanted....I keep dropping the hint to the wife....So I think I will order it myself...

[DaddyTorgo]

My secret santa sent me a little tabletop-size #12 Pats helmet. Hotstuff. Will look great in a number of places in my room, or I might even try to do something classy with it and kleenex to make it a tissue-holder.

Thanks!

(oh yeah and it arrived several days ago i've just been too busy+then lazy to post)

[Raiders Army]

Better be careful, st. cronin will come steal it...and I don't think that he's gonna use the kleenex in the way that you would. ;)

Anyhow, glad you like it!

[DaddyTorgo]

Better be careful, st. cronin will come steal it...and I don't think that he's gonna use the kleenex in the way that you would. ;)

Anyhow, glad you like it!

st cronin don't know where i live. but if he wants to come and visit mike vrabel he's welcome to come to wellesley...vrabes lives the next town over and i've seen him in downtown wellesley shopping before

[st.cronin]

My girlfriend's brother actually gave me a painting, that he made, of Tom Brady. It's really beautiful.

[timmae]

No idea who sent it...but one guess about who DIDN'T send it...JPhillips as he figures his won't be delivered until after Xmas. Now, he wouldn't be trying to throw us off, would he?

I'm guessing JPhil had me as my present came yesterday and had a last name of Phillips on the packing slip... yes, great detective skills I know! Thanks for the digital camera. At 300,000 pixels it'll work great for jobsite visits. My better half was getting upset that I was taking "our" camera to work everyday. Thanks dude!!!

[timmae]

My girlfriend's brother actually gave me a painting, that he made, of Tom Brady. It's really beautiful.

The sarcasm isn't lost.. ;)

[DaddyTorgo]

I'm guessing JPhil had me as my present came yesterday and had a last name of Phillips on the packing slip... yes, great detective skills I know! Thanks for the digital camera. At 300,000 pixels it'll work great for jobsite visits. My better half was getting upset that I was taking "our" camera to work everyday. Thanks dude!!!

twasnt JPhil, twas me myself and I. Glad that it'll come in handy, figured it was more of a "fun little geeky gadget" but glad to hear that it'll get some actual use.

[timmae]

twasnt JPhil, twas me myself and I. Glad that it'll come in handy, figured it was more of a "fun little geeky gadget" but glad to hear that it'll get some actual use.

AHA!! I have been christened an idiot again;)

A big thanks... I am about to run out and grab some AAA batteries to test it out as we speak... err... type.

[Raiders Army]

I received a bottle jersey (Raiders of course, Jim Otto #00) and Tankard today from FedEx. Some really good stuff as my last Raiders mug broke this year and I haven't replaced it yet. Drunk Guy thread here I come! Thanks JPhillips!

[JPhillips]

You're quite welcome. Many of my Christmas gifts this year have been methods for making drinking easier, so this fit my pattern.

[MizzouRah]

Well, well... I just received another gift from my secret santa... A MIZZOU window flag!!

We now have one mean looking Mini-van. lol :)

[Barkeep49]

Considering last I checked my recipient still hadn't gotten his present it seems appropriate that mine hasn't arrived in the mail either.

[Eaglesfan27]

I got a best buy gift certificate yesterday. I'm guessing it was Flasch that sent me mine. If so, I don't mind your lack of creativity at all as I enjoy getting gift certificates :)


I wasn't exactly creative in my gift selection as well, but I think/hope my recipient is enjoying their gifts.

[Flasch186]

I got a best buy gift certificate yesterday. I'm guessing it was Flasch that sent me mine. If so, I don't mind your lack of creativity at all as I enjoy getting gift certificates :)


I wasn't exactly creative in my gift selection as well, but I think/hope my recipient is enjoying their gifts.

yup...you know I say lack of creativity but I gave the same gift last year so perhaps its just my M.O. eh, it spends the same...I hope you have a best buy nearby.

[Eaglesfan27]

yup...you know I say lack of creativity but I gave the same gift last year so perhaps its just my M.O. eh, it spends the same...I hope you have a best buy nearby.


I do have one a few miles from our house and I enjoy shopping there. Thanks for the gift :)

[Pumpy Tudors]

DVD on the 2002 - 2003 Stanley Cup, New Jersey Devils - Can't wait to watch it..
I didn't participate in the gift exchange, but I just want you to know that that's a great DVD. What a series that was. I like watching the last two minutes of Game 7 just to see Daneyko on the ice for the final shift. Magical stuff.

[Airhog]

Got my stuff tuesday, just havent had time to post. Thanks JeeberD!

[Flasch186]

I just got my sweet GC to Fansedge.com, which I didnt know about but they have a ton of stuff. I cant wait to browse!!


Thanks to whomever it was, I dont have a clue.

[JeeberD]

Your gift wasn't from me, Airhog. Yours was though, Flasch... :)

UPS tried to deliver a package yesterday while I was at work but instead of leaving it at the front office like they usually do they decided to re-deliver it on Monday...when I'll be working again. So I have no idea when I'll actually get it. :(

[Eaglesfan27]

Mine has already been delivered to someone who has posted in this thread.

[Flasch186]

thnks Jeebs!!

I ordered some Jags stuff!!

[Airhog]

Your gift wasn't from me, Airhog. Yours was though, Flasch... :)

UPS tried to deliver a package yesterday while I was at work but instead of leaving it at the front office like they usually do they decided to re-deliver it on Monday...when I'll be working again. So I have no idea when I'll actually get it. :(


Doh!

Hmm, It has to be someone else from the DFW area. Gonna have to do some research now

[st.cronin]

Mine has already been delivered to someone who has posted in this thread.

As has mine!

[MacroGuru]

I didn't participate in the gift exchange, but I just want you to know that that's a great DVD. What a series that was. I like watching the last two minutes of Game 7 just to see Daneyko on the ice for the final shift. Magical stuff.

I am saving it for my travel out in January, I will need something to watch while I am in Bentonville for a couple of days.

[RedKingGold]

The gift was delievered before X-mas, but I left my apartment for my family's house on Dec. 22nd and did not return until yesterday.

Thanks to whomever sent me the Los Angeles Express t-shirt. My g/f told me it came from Throwback Max and I knew immediately it was something I would really like. Unfortunately, my g/f also threw away the package so I cannot speculate whom sent me the gift. But whoever it was, thank you very much!

[RedKingGold]

Doh!

Hmm, It has to be someone else from the DFW area. Gonna have to do some research now

Hmmm, someone has to look closer at the state of origin, methinks.

;)

[MizzouRah]

The gift was delievered before X-mas, but I left my apartment for my family's house on Dec. 22nd and did not return until yesterday.

Thanks to whomever sent me the Los Angeles Express t-shirt. My g/f told me it came from Throwback Max and I knew immediately it was something I would really like. Unfortunately, my g/f also threw away the package so I cannot speculate whom sent me the gift. But whoever it was, thank you very much!

Hope it fits. :D

[Barkeep49]

Thanks to timmae for getting me two pretty cool books about Chicago and Coach K's Keywords for Success. I can't wait to dig into them.

[timmae]

Thanks to timmae for getting me two pretty cool books about Chicago and Coach K's Keywords for Success. I can't wait to dig into them.

Hope they are a decent read... it was tough tracking something down.

[johnnyshaka]

Still no idea who my secret Santa is...but, I'll guess Joe just for the simple fact that he might have taken it upon himself to take the token Canadian.

[st.cronin]

Still no idea who my secret Santa is...but, I'll guess Joe just for the simple fact that he might have taken it upon himself to take the token Canadian.

wrong :D

[johnnyshaka]

Sweet...thanks, st.cronin...I'm wearing my new T-Shirt right now!!!

[st.cronin]

Sweet...thanks, st.cronin...I'm wearing my new T-Shirt right now!!!

Funny story, I was actually in the midst of ordering you a gift card for Tim Horton's (inspired by this thread: http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=48821&highlight=canadian+army ) when Joe sent the pm with your wish list.

[johnnyshaka]

Funny story, I was actually in the midst of ordering you a gift card for Tim Horton's (inspired by this thread: http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=48821&highlight=canadian+army ) when Joe sent the pm with your wish list.

LOL!!! Funny story, in the office, we were just talking about how hard it was to find Tim Horton's gift cards around here before Christmas...LOL!!! Somebody had to drive to 6 different stores to finally get one!!!

Either way...the T-Shirt or the Timmy's gift card...I'm a happy camper!!!

When it comes to buying gifts for people, I'm pretty unimaginative. Once in a while I come up with a good idea, but that is the exception, not the rule. So, I was a little nervous about doing something like this because I can barely think of something for the people I've known my whole life, let alone somebody I've never met!!! Alas, I had a wish list to go from, thank God, and picked something that I know I'd like and would be able to use around the house...wink, wink. (there's my hint as the person I bought for hasn't figured out who his gift came from yet...;))

[JeeberD]

I finally managed to get my gift from the UPS warehouse after an exhausting search by two brilliant workers last Wednesday. They asked if I knew if it was wine...something about the code indicated that...and that's when I told them it was a Christmas gift and I had no idea what it was. Whoops. Anyway, they finally found it and gave it to me, and I was very excited to see what kind of wine I had received. So I was VERY confused when a bottle came out that contained a clear liquid. Of course, when I turned the bottle around and saw that label my confusion turned into joy. For I had received a bottle of Tito's Handmade Vodka, great stuff that I had been extolling just a week or two before. The label didn't give me a name to go off of, but the phone number under my name wasn't mine, and the 224 area code makes me think my Secret Santa was none other than timmae! Thanks a bunch!

Hmmm...does it put me in amdaily territory that the bottle was gone in two days?!?! ;)

[Eaglesfan27]

Since people seem to have stopped guessing, I'll give another hint: My gift was a two parter.

[DaddyTorgo]

no love for EF's gift guys?

[timmae]

The label didn't give me a name to go off of, but the phone number under my name wasn't mine, and the 224 area code makes me think my Secret Santa was none other than timmae! Thanks a bunch!

Hmmm...does it put me in amdaily territory that the bottle was gone in two days?!?! ;)

Ahh.. not I my friend... I am one of those pesky 312's...

And yes (2 days?!?)!!

[Joe]

someone let me know if I should post the official list yet