Off-Topic Forum

I cannot pin or unpin this post, so it's something that Admin exclusively controls (at the moment). And even when I asked Admin the other day about this, I received a message back stating that he doesn't "have an easy way to pin forum posts at the moment..." My guess (and strictly my guess) is that he did this to see if it could be done, how it's done, and how it can be undone.

And currently sitting at 78 participants (with almost 2 more weeks of sign up to go) this year, it seems to have been tested on a worthy post that Admin was happy to support.

to Admin.

Let's see if we can get to at least 100 Secret Santa participants (and 100% success in participants receiving a gift).

Yeah. Sure.  Why not? I'm in

Yeah. A quick question(s) before I sign up.

If I get paired up with someone who collects, say, Soccer cards (Football for everyone who's not in the US) and don't have any soccer cards to give what will I do?

I don't have the ability to order things (Combination of circumstances that I don't want to get into, I live in a weird neighborhood).

I really will be able to give only Wrestling/Baseball cards from my collection to whomever I get paired up with, so that's why I'm asking.

Extreme circumstances can call for other measures to be taken. There have bee nothers who have offered to help beyond what is expected of each member, so I'd rather you participate and complicate things for me somewhat than have you not participate.

Ok I had to see if I was off the week of the random drawing and I am so I will participate this year

Thank you so I guess I am #79

Problem I have with this being on top of the Forum is that we are not even past Remembrance Day here in Canada and we have Christmas being flaunted in our faces every time we look at the Forums. Many Canadians like to wait till after we have remembered those who fought and died for our freedom before we even think of Christmas.  It is a simple sign of respect that I wish everyone would observe.

Hi Bruno,

This was certainly not meant to be disrespectful of Remembrance Day (or Veteran's Day here in the US).

Last year, I initially posted on 11/4 as a means of ensuring we had our recipients by US Thanksgiving. As it was, we still had a few members who requested to join late. I was simply trying to get a little bit more of a head-start this year, again as a means of getting the recipients to everyone, so that they time needed to obtain stuff (which wasn't even expected last year) and ship it (and we're hearing that there are still delays in the various postal services).

I'm truly sorry if you feel this was done in disrespect. It was not. It was simply timing, and ensuring everyone has the time they need (including me to make the assignments).

by having until 11/21 to sign up if we waited until after 11/11 we would only have 9 days to sign up. I know there are semi-active people on here that only get on once or twice a month and they may not be able to participate if they wanted to.

I would love to do this.  Count me in as a first timer.