# White Elephant, 2008... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001 "2008-07-28T23:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chuks54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@chuks54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chuks54)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/41 "2008-08-03T19:54:33Z")
[QUOTE=Fiveroptic] Be careful. **chuks** might send you one of her in-laws. [/QUOTE] Nah I’ll keep the in-laws and just send one of my parents. The in-laws aren’t half as much trouble. I really hadn’t thought of that Fiver, maybe you’ll be the lucky recipient of my WE. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/42 "2008-08-13T21:11:25Z")
Ummmm… Update? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/43 "2008-08-15T18:52:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Ummmm… Update? [/QUOTE] What sort of update would you like, oh stripey one? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/44 "2008-08-15T20:05:29Z")
Well I haven’t gotten an address. When are you going to send those out? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/45 "2008-08-15T20:15:37Z")
> [@zebra](#): > > Well I haven’t gotten an address. > > When are you going to send those out? As per post #5 [QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Lets make the cut off September 1st just because I like that date and it will give people a long time to sign up. [/QUOTE] You’ve got another two weeks to cool your jets I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/46 "2008-08-15T22:44:47Z")
My box is getting full! :happy dance: ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/47 "2008-08-15T23:03:57Z")
I’m off the week before the deadline and will be at home, cleaning out the basement, among other parts of the house. I expect to have an interesting collection for my box. ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/48 "2008-08-15T23:47:26Z")
Finally got off my lazy ass and sent my email. Phew! I’ve got loads and loads of goodies, thanks to cleaning out my father’s estate last year. Guaranteed to have nifty piles of junky goodness waiting on your doorstep! I mean, Treasures Of The Universe! ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/49 "2008-08-16T00:47:19Z")
Oooh! I want to play, I got the neatest box o’crap a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/50 "2008-08-16T01:48:21Z")
I’m in! I’ve never done this before, but I already have a couple of ideas… this should be fun! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/51 "2008-08-16T03:12:29Z")
So, I have no updated list yet. That is because I’m getting ready for the mondo-garage-sale-from-hell, which is happening tomorrow. The stuff I don’t sell is going in a box. Heh. Hehe. HehahahahahahahBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/52 "2008-08-16T06:06:22Z")
Can I be a one-way participant? As wonderful as your boxes of stuff will surely be, I simply don’t have room for it. My SO would kill me (if I didn’t manage to off myself first) if I accepted one more item into our teeny-tiny apartment. But oh boy do I have stuff I could _send_. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/53 "2008-08-16T06:53:27Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] I have a metric assload of crap… [/QUOTE] Wow, that sounds positively desirous! Seriously, I’m in. PM sent. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/54 "2008-08-16T14:11:44Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] - in the past I’ve tried to arrange people so they’re not shipping over too many states, but I think it might not actually make a difference - is that true? [/QUOTE] I think I have mentioned it before but here are a few USPS Flat Rate (FRB) shipping rates: FRB1 - 11" X 8.5" X 5.5" $9.80 Domestic / no weight limit, $23.95 to Canada and Mexico- $38.95 to all other countries, 20 lb weight limit applies to international shipping FRB2 - 11-7/8" x 3-3/8" x 13-5/8" - $9.80 Domestic / no weight limit, $23.95 to Canada and Mexico- $38.95 to all other countries, 20 lb weight limit applies to international shipping. Large FRB - 12” x 12” x 5-1/2” $12.95 Domestic / no weight limit, $29.95 to Canada and Mexico- $49.95 to all other countries, 20 lb weight limit applies to international shipping. If you’re shipping something somewhat heavy like a brass thing-a-ma-bob or some books and they will fit into one of these boxes it is definately going to be less expensive to send them this way. For example, I recently received 8 books that shipped USPS domestic for $13. They would have all fit in a FRB1 box and shipped for $9.80 with room to spare. Ok, saving $3.20 may not get you a gallon of gas, but it’s still $3.20. If you are mailing something quite light or something that does not fit in one of these boxes then shop around for the best bargain. These boxes, plus labels and stuff, are all available free online at [http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10152](http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10152) By the way, I’ve some crap in my shed I’d like to get rid of, I’m in. PM on it’s way. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/55 "2008-08-16T16:31:42Z")
[QUOTE=Rachael Rage] Can I be a one-way participant? As wonderful as your boxes of stuff will surely be, I simply don’t have room for it. My SO would kill me (if I didn’t manage to off myself first) if I accepted one more item into our teeny-tiny apartment. But oh boy do I have stuff I could _send_. [/QUOTE] You’ll just have to send a lot and hope you send more than you get. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/56 "2008-08-17T00:51:15Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] You’ll just have to send a lot and hope you send more than you get. [/QUOTE] You know, she _might_ recieve something edible. I was just thinking, this would be an _excellent_ way to get rid of extra zucchini from the garden. Email sent! ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/57 "2008-08-17T19:58:32Z")
email sent! Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/58 "2008-08-17T20:55:58Z")
I tried to post here last night, but the board ate it three times, so I gave up. Anyway, I’m in and email sent! ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/59 "2008-08-21T16:14:52Z")
I would like to bump reiterate that I bumpsent in an e-mail. bump ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/60 "2008-08-21T16:29:15Z")
Here’s the updated list. One person has droped out due to lack of crap to send. Another person has responded but provided no screen name. If you’re not on this list and you’re not one of the people above I don’t have your info: Alice in Wonderland Alistair McCello Avarie537 BiblioCat chuks54 Don’t fight the hypothetical Fiveroptic FourPaws frog princess gardentraveler Hockey Monkey jackdavinci jayjay Lionne MannyL Marjorie Melodyharmonius Mmouse9799 mnemosyne nd\_n8 NinetyWt Papaw picunurse Pixilated Purple Haze rockingchair Shamrock227 silenus SomeUserName supervenusfreak Susie Derkins The Punkyova Tristan Ultraviolet vetbridge Wile e Zebra It’s not too late to sign up - September 1 is the deadline - just **e-mail** your details to the account in my profile - please **DO NOT PM ME** - I don’t have any space left in my PM box. thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001.md?page=4)