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  1. Hi, welcome to the 2023 Secret Santa party ! A sunny Secret Santa that begins here, today, in France, with an outsider temperature of 33° Celsius ! We're in summer !
  2. Welcome to the Secret Santa Exchange 2022, the dreamcatcher. caldigger Never forgotten. Thanks, once again to my wonderful helpers and advisors, @Darktooth and @Tidgy's Dad and a special thanks to @sixgill pete and @Bobby Rico If you, or anyone else, has any suggestions or advice, i'll listen to it. Most of you know how to participate to the annual Secret Santa exchange, but for our new participants here is how it works : You enter your name into a pool and i match you with another player to send a gift, while another Santa sends you a surprise full of fossils and goodies ! We try to keep the gifts to close to a $35 value, so no one is sending too extravagant a gift nor a too minor one. This exchange is built on trust. All participants are putting in decent items that they have either found, purchased or been gifted in the hope that the other players have done the same. So please play fair, do not send a box of trash rocks. The better way is, while making your selection on what to send is to ask yourself if you would I be happy receiving this and your gift will reflect that. ALL ARE WELCOME TO PLAY AS LONG AS ADHERING TO THE FOLLOWING RULES : This is a Secret Santa Exchange. Your recipient won't know who is sending the gift or what it will be until it is received. Your name will in turn be chosen for a different Santa to send you a gift. It goes without saying that the real Santa will be watching and it is crucial that the identity of whom the gift is coming from be kept totally unknown, so that the real Santa gets all the thanks. So, please, don't post hints or contact who you are sending to ! If you have any doubts, contact me. One Item of Note - This exchange is for established members of the Forum. New members will have to wait until next year to participate. While it is rare, we have had a very few issues with new members not sending fossils, only receiving. As a result, you must have an established presence here on the Forum to participate. Any who may attempt to scam the system will be banned from the Forum, for life. Signing up for this fun annual event will begin immediately and entries will be accepted until the cut off for entry on the 30th of October at midnight your time. You will then be matched with your exchange partner and the names and addresses will be sent out in the following days. I'll have a little surgery on November the third so I'll try to match everybody before this date. Please PM me, @fifbrindacier with your full name, postal address and tell me from what area or state you are. There are three choices you can make for your exchange recipient. 1. US domestic only. (includes Canada) 2. European only. (includes Morocco) 3. International. (includes me or Matt Damon on Mars) Some countries may ship by sea only which will take a lot longer, so, please ship your parcels as soon as possible. For the international cut off, sending until the second week in November is ideal. Post as soon as you can even for US domestic or European postage because during this period, the postal services are overwhelmed. And in some countries, sending to other countries can give you headaches, like, for example sending from France to US ! International post can be cripplingly expensive, so please check before sending a heavy package. A few handy tips that we have learned from past exchanges that may help the shipping transactions run more smoothly and prevent any unnecessary hold-ups : 1. Make sure your items are cleared of dust and dirt as best as you can. Most foreign customs services frown upon having a load of foreign dirt entering their country. 2. Check the box on your customs form as "Gift." This gives a better indication that the contents are not being brought in for commercial resale. 3. In the past, when writing the description on the customs' declaration, it has been found that something very simple like "Geological Specimens for Educational Purposes." or "Study Grade Fossils for Educational Purposes - No Commercial Value." works well. You don't want your gift to incur taxes if the tax office thinks they're going to be sold on. 4. For the contents value box on the form, make sure you have a low valuation, say $10, no matter how high the value of the actual contents may be. Many customs departments will charge the recipient an additional charge based on the supposed value of the package's contents as declared on the form when entering the country. As it's a gift, we don't want any of our friends to have to pay to get it released from customs! 5. DO NOT PUT ZERO (0$) on the valuation section either. This automatically raises a red flag to customs. 6. Please, please, please package your items with lots of packaging material. Your parcel will get tossed by strong arms, jumbled, have heavier parcels placed on top, get turned upside down, etc... You can never have too much padding, especially when you parcel is travelling halfway around the world. If you can feel the slightest movement in your box, assume it will break. Pad every item individually and the spaces that surround them. You may open your parcels whenever you wish but take photos or your goodies as soon as they are out of the box and share them with us on this thread. And there's a game to be played guessing who sent which parcel of fossils with points to be won! So, don't mention your Santa by name until it has been worked out by others. HAVE FUN ! ! ! ! Remember that this is for the 25th December Holiday ! And to begin with, guess who's dreamcatcher is this one and from who does it come from ?
  3. Well, I hope it will be spectacular. Thank you to Santa's Helpers and everyone who participated last year to make it such a success. I think Doren would have been very pleased. Never forgotten. Thanks, once again to my wonderful helpers and advisors from last year, @Darktoothr @Bobby Rico @fifbrindacier and @sixgill pete. Honestly, your assistance was worth more than you know. Invaluable. I hope I can rely on you once again when I start to panic. If you, or anyone else, has any suggestions or advice Welcome to the Secret Santa Exchange 2021, a Festival of Fossils. The Secret Santa Exchange is when you enter your name into a pool and get matched with another player to send a gift, while another Santa sends you a fossil surprise! We try to keep the gifts to close to a $35 value, so no one is sending too extravagant a gift or receiving too menial a one. When making your selection on what to send, ask yourself; "Would I be happy receiving this?" ALL ARE WELCOME TO PLAY AS LONG AS ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING RULES : This is a Secret Santa Exchange. The point is that your recipient won't know who is sending the gift or what it will be until it is received. Your name will in turn be chosen for a different Santa to send you a gift. It goes without saying that the real Santa will be watching and it is crucial that the identity of whom the gift is coming from be kept totally unknown, so that the real Santa gets all the thanks. So no hints or contacting who you are sending to! If you have any doubts, contact me. Signing up for this fun annual event will begin immediately and entries will be accepted until the cut off for entry on Wednesday 27th of October at midnight your time. You will then be matched with with your exchange partner and the names and addresses will be sent out by the witching hour on Halloween. Please PM me, @Tidgy's Dad with your full name and postal address. There are three choices you can make for your exchange recipient. 1. US domestic only. 2. European only. (includes Morocco and Wales.) 3. International. (includes SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Jupiter, etc.) Deadline for post may be variable due to the current world situation, postage costs may also be higher. Some countries may ship by sea only which will take a lot longer. Here the camels are pretty fast at the moment. International post can be cripplingly expensive, so please check before agreeing to send a fossil tree stump to Taiwan. Please ship your parcels as soon as possible as the situation in your state/country or that of your Secret Santa partner could change at any moment. Last year, the international cut off date for sending from the USA was the second week in November, but I'm not sure about this year. Post as soon as you can. Internal US or within Europe will be quicker, but please check and bear in mind that some of the postal services are not making any promises. Please post as early as possible, if someone has a parcel under their tree for two months and has itchy fingers, it's much better than them not getting their parcel until March. It is important that everyone posts their parcels well before any deadlines, especially in these years of pandemic. Everything is still in flux, so better safe than sorry. Please do yourself and your partner the courtesy of posting in plenty of time. You may open your parcels whenever you wish, I know some folk can't wait til Christmas because of impatience or because they have plans for the holidays that would make this inconvenient, so you don't have to wait to open it on Christmas Day if you don't want. Boxing Day is fine too. One of the rules of the exchange is that you MUST photograph your fossils and share them on this thread, preferably before Christmas or on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, so PLEASE photograph your fossils as soon as they are out of the box and before they are distributed around the house, put in your collections or the kids have run off with them. Last year, some fossils vanished before photos had been taken and so the sender never had their lovely gift shared online. It's all about sharing, folks. And there's a game to be played guessing who sent which parcel of fossils with points to be won! So, don't mention your Santa by name until it has been worked out by others. A few handy tips that we have learned from past exchanges that may help the shipping transactions run more smoothly and prevent any unnecessary hold-ups : 1. Make sure your items are cleared of dust and dirt as best as you can. Most foreign customs services frown upon having a load of foreign dirt entering their country. 2. Check the box on your customs form as "Gift." This gives a better indication that the contents are not being brought in for commercial resale. 3. In the past, when writing the description on the customs' declaration, it has been found that something very simple like "Geological Specimens for Educational Purposes." or "Study Grade Fossils for Educational Purposes - No Commercial Value." works well. You don't want your gift to incur taxes if the tax office thinks they're going to be sold on. 4. For the contents value box on the form, make sure you have a low valuation, say $10, no matter how high the value of the actual contents may be. ($35, ahem!) Many customs departments will charge the recipient an additional charge based on the supposed value of the package's contents as declared on the form when entering the country. As it's a gift, we don't want any of our friends to have to pay to get it released from customs! 5. DO NOT PUT ZERO (0$) on the valuation section either. This automatically raises a red flag to customs. Nobody sends a parcel through expensive postal services that is worth nothing at all. 6. Please, please, please package your items with lots of packaging material. The parcel may seem well packaged when sitting upright on your coffee table, but they get tossed around, jumbled, beaten with baseball bats, have heavier parcels placed on top, get turned upside down etc. You can never have too much padding, especially when you parcel is travelling halfway around the world. There is nothing sadder and more frustrating to anxiously await a package and then to find that the sender did not take the time to ensure everything was packed tightly and your gift is broken. If you can feel the slightest movement in your box, assume it will break. Pad every item individually and the spaces that surround them. HAVE FUN ! ! ! ! But, okay it must be said. This exchange is built on trust. All participants are putting their decent items that they have either found, purchased or been gifted on the line in the hope that the other players have done the same. We cannot control what members do, so please play fair. Do not send a box of trash rocks. We all want items that we would be glad to have in our collections and your gift should reflect that. Remember that this is for the 25th December Holiday! A major part of this exchange, indeed , a compulsory part is to post pictures of the gifts that you receive. Please photograph what you get when you receive it, before the specimens disappear into you collections. Share with us. We want to see what Santa sent you. That's half the fun! If you don't feel the rules and deadlines are suitable for you, then please refrain from signing up for this event. We have had shed loads of fun with these events in the past and hope to keep it that way. LET THE FOLLIES BEGIN ! ! !
  4. Sjfriend

    Vacation fossil trip

    I got to travel from home to visit family and of course I couldn't resist the chance to go dig! I mean really, it was only a 6 hour drive to get there. I was able to make 2 trips, both 2 days long. So I was able to put in some serious time. Including a few hours each day by flashlight. The location is...... wait, I'll mention that in a bit. The finds were mostly.... more on that later. Here are a couple photos of my finds Oh wait, I can't share any information These just might show up in my Secret Santa box and that would not help the "secret" part I will post the real thing once my box is guessed.
  5. Welcome to this years Secret Santa gift exchange 2019. FESTIVAL OF FOSSILS The Secret Santa exchange is when you enter your name into a pool and get matched with another player to exchange gifts. We try to keep gifts to around the maximum $30. range so no one is sending an overly extravagant gift or too menial a gift. When making your selection on what to send, ask yourself "would I be happy receiving this?" All are welcome to play so long as you adhere to the rules. This is a Secret Santa exchange. The catch is that your partner will not know who is sending the gift or what it will be until it is received. Your name will in turn be chosen for a different "Santa" to send a gift to you. It is crucial that the identity of who it is coming from to be kept totally unknown, so no hints or contacting who you are sending to! Sign up for entering this fun event will start today October 13 and will be open until the cut off for entry on Sunday October 27th Midnight Pacific Time. You will then be matched with your exchange partner and the names and addresses will be sent out by Midnight October 30th. Please PM me ( caldigger ) with your full name and mailing address. There are three choices you can make for your exchange partner. Do you want to send Domestic ( US only ), Overseas/ International ( could be anywhere outside the US ), or the greater European realm ( for those in Europe and close surrounding countries who don't want to ship overseas ). Send off deadline for International (overseas ) packages will be on November 12th due to the holiday shipping lag times ( busy postal departments and customs delays ) that occur at this time of year. Domestic send off deadline is December 4th. * It is important to get the gifts sent off by the deadline! Delays can and will happen, so please do yourself and your partner the curtesy and send on or before the deadline! It has been requested by many members that since this is a Secret Santa exchange, that everybody either hold off on opening their received packages or at least take pictures of what you received and not post the photos until Christmas ( December 25th ). *** A few handy tips we have learned from past exchanges that may help the shipping transactions run more smoothly and help avoid unnecessary holdups. *- Make sure your items are cleaned of dirt and dust the best you can. Most customs departments frown upon having foreign dirt coming into the receiving country. *- Check the box on your customs form as "Gift". This portrays a better indication the contents are not being brought in for commercial resale. *- In the past, when writing the description of the contents on the customs form it is found best to write something very simple such as "Geological specimens for educational studies" or "Study grade fossils for educational purposes- No commercial value". You don't want your gift to incure taxes because the customs office thinks they are going to be sold. *- For the contents value box on the form make sure you give it a low valuation ( I personally write $10. No matter how much higher the contents value may be ). Many customs departments will charge the receiver an additional charge based on the declared value on the form when entering the country. It is a gift, we don't want the receiver to have to pay to get it released from customs! Also do not put "0" value on the form either. That automatically raises a red flag to customs. Nobody is going to spend money shipping a package that is worth nothing! *** Please, please, please package your items very well with lots of packing material. The parcel may seem well packaged when sitting upright on your table, but they get tossed around, jumbled, have heavier boxes stacked on top, placed upside down, etc, etc. You almost can never have too much padding, especially when traveling half way across the world. There is nothing sadder and more frustrating to anxiously await a package to find the sender did not take the time to assure all was properly padded tight. If you can feel the slightest movement in the box, it will likely break. Pad every item and all spaces around them. OK, it must be said. This exchange is based and built on trust. All participants are putting their items they have either found or purchased on the line in hopes the other player has done the same. I can not control what members do, so please play fair. Do not sent a box of trash rocks. We all want items that we would be glad to have in our collections and your gift should reflect that. ~Remember this exchange is for the December 25th holiday!!! ~ A major part of this exchange is to post pictures in this thread of the goodies that your Santa sent you. Please take pictures and post them for all the other Forum members to see. That's half the fun!!! ~If you don't feel the rules and deadlines are going to work for you, please refrain from signing on to this event. ~ We have had great fun with these exchanges in the past and hope to keep it that way. LET THE FOLLIES BEGIN!!!!
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