Prize winners announcement thread!

[74deeds]

Mine shows it arrived in the U.S. over a week ago not sure where, then again I have another package coming from Texas that has taken over a week now too... the postal system is fail lately...in my opinion anyway, Fingers crossed they will arrive safely!

Ironically both packages arrived today. I will try to get a pic uploaded tomorrow. so yep just in time for the 4th!

 

[LynnNC]

My smok-GCT arrived today! What a beautiful atty! It's an atty for a temperature controlled mod which I don't have yet so I'll have to wait until I can use it.

 

[Rsunderl]

They were my #1 if only cause they make a birch beer flavor. I love birch beer

I bet sassafras (or even root beer) with a bit of wintergreen would be close.

 

[NancyB]

Then...

And today...

Sent with one hand, the other is busy vaping.

I just stopped in to see where things were in this thread, and found I'm some 26 pages back in my reading, and exactly 2 weeks ago that the 'winners family chat' began.... I got some catching up to do!! lol
Cody, it's so fun seeing what you look like today! Much more serious looking than I would have guessed, but then again, you're just taking a picture for comparison, right? old days/today... where's your wide brimmed hat? haha mine would most likely be non-smiling as well... back to catching up! NB

 

[NancyB]

Here's the ruler of my house

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Looks like this one is laying down on the job, there.

 

[NancyB]

After all the hullabaloo over USMCotaku's pictures, thought it would be fun to post a couple 'before and a bit later' pics... 1st is me loving on our dog Butchie on the lake in Washington.... (hmm do I say back in 1945?)

then here's one I like from just after we were married (1967 vintage) grin... I know, dating myself, right? I was 23 in this picture.

 

[USMCotaku]

I just stopped in to see where things were in this thread, and found I'm some 26 pages back in my reading, and exactly 2 weeks ago that the 'winners family chat' began.... I got some catching up to do!! lol
Cody, it's so fun seeing what you look like today! Much more serious looking than I would have guessed, but then again, you're just taking a picture for comparison, right? old days/today... where's your wide brimmed hat? haha mine would most likely be non-smiling as well... back to catching up! NB

Guess I'm just a serious kinda guy

 

[AndriaD]

Guess I'm just a serious kinda guy

BTW, I much prefer the facial foliage. Always been a sucker for guys with any sort of beard... even that brillo pad on my husband's face.

Andria

 

[USMCotaku]

Lol. I tend to get sick of it and shave it all off pretty quickly. Specially when allergies are kickin.
Sent with one hand, the other is busy vaping.

 

[AndriaD]

My allergies are really assaulting me this summer; I've always had summer rather than spring allergies -- grass, not tree pollen -- but this year, being nearly a year smoke-free, my nose AND eyes are just going bananas. I take a Zyrtec every morning because of our cat, but I may need to double up on those, during the summer; take them 12 instead of 24 hrs apart.

And I was right, this *is* an el Nino (neen-yo -- no idea how to get an n with a tilde over it) summer; hot hot hot, infrequent rain, and when it does rain, it's a real gullywasher. Good thing I'm not doing any serious gardening this year.

Andria

 

[USMCotaku]

Ñ like that
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[AndriaD]

Ñ like that
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Except I needed lower-case.

Andria

 

[USMCotaku]

Except I needed lower-case.

Andria

Not really.....El Ñino is a name
But for prosperity.......ñ

 

[USMCotaku]

Your virtual keyboard should have that btw
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[AndriaD]

Not really.....El Ñino is a name
But for prosperity.......ñ

The tilde goes over the 2nd n, not the first one. It denotes the N+Y sound in spanish.

Andria

 

[USMCotaku]

Ah, not a Spanish speaker.... Dabbled in French, Japanese and mandarin Chinese.....zero Spanish

El Niño..... There ya go, cut and paste
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[AndriaD]

Ah, not a Spanish speaker.... Dabbled in French, Japanese and mandarin Chinese.....zero Spanish

El Niño..... There ya go, cut and paste
Sent with one hand, the other is busy vaping.

I took Spanish for 2 yrs in HS... not nearly enough for fluency or even much vocabulary, though I did learn to count to 100, and still can do that (and also, to ask where is the bathroom, which seemed a really useful thing to know, in Spanish, in case one ever went to Mexico. ). What I admire most about spanish is the phonetic nature of the language, and the syntax construction of noun then adjective, rather than the adjective then noun which I think English inherited from Saxon/German, or possibly from Old Norse/Old Danish.

My son took it for 4 yrs in HS, and became quite fluent -- when he'd be on the phone with one of his BFFs, he'd speak in Spanish to keep me from understanding -- and it pretty much worked.

Andria

 

[Jode]

I just stopped in to see where things were in this thread, and found I'm some 26 pages back in my reading, and exactly 2 weeks ago that the 'winners family chat' began.... I got some catching up to do!! lol
Cody, it's so fun seeing what you look like today! Much more serious looking than I would have guessed, but then again, you're just taking a picture for comparison, right? old days/today... where's your wide brimmed hat? haha mine would most likely be non-smiling as well... back to catching up! NB

His beautiful eyes are smiling Nancy.

 

[NancyB]

BTW, I much prefer the facial foliage. Always been a sucker for guys with any sort of beard... even that brillo pad on my husband's face.

Andria

I like 'em clean shaven, please - te he I know it's a pest to do everyday, but if I can do it, they can too! HAHA (Bless my mama and gramma for my chin hairs and mustache!)

 

[NancyB]

Except I needed lower-case.

Andria

And you'd be correct with the 2nd 'n' with a tilde too! (grin)