2013 JUB Christmas Card Exchange

[cityboy-stl]

2013 JUB Christmas Card Exchange

The JUB Christmas Card Exchange has been great fun for the past several years. I have volunteered to coordinate the exchange this year. The exchange is a member event and JUB itself is not involved although everyone is certainly welcome to participate. The only leap of faith people have to make is trusting that their fellow JUBbers to maintain confidentiality.

Here's how it works!

In order to participate this year, either say so in this thread, or send me a PM stating you would like to be included. I will then PM you with an email address to which the following information needs to be sent:

1. Your Real name
2. Your Real Mailing Address
3. An email address to which the full mailing list will be sent.

For those who sign up early, a list will be sent out mid-November. The list will close on November 30, 2013 and any final updates will be emailed out on December 1, 2013. Hopefully, this will give people enough time to post cards to International JUBbers.

As always, we expect the participants to respect the privacy of the other participants and keep the addresses and names you receive CONFIDENTIAL. Private Email addresses will not be included on the mail list. Once the final update is sent out, I will delete the distribution email account.

There are several JUBbers that are unable to receive cards but would like to send them; those that are in this situation will get the 'send only' list. You know who you are!

Similarly, if you are financially unable to send cards but would like to receive them, by all means sign up. In the season of giving your fellow JUBbers may wish to brighten their day and yours by sending you a Christmas greeting.

On a personal note, the card exchange has been a very rewarding experience in past years and it is great fun to receive cards from JUBbers all over the world. Enjoy.

Peace on Earth.

[palbert]

Count me in!

(Shouldn't this be a Sticky?!)

[Telstra]

Is that mean we are able to stay in you guys houses for free as well ?

[G-Lexington]

I got my cards early this year, so sign me up.

Lex

[youfiad]

I would, BUT, I live at home and won't give out my parents' address. But if you all want to send me gift certificates for Culvers, I would love you forever (just kidding). Or am I? I have a soft spot for their food

[swerve]

Thanks cityboy for volunteering your time to handle the exchange...

This is ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN!!!

HOPEFULLY, I can participate this year...

[FPNY]

I'm in....

[LilBit]

LI'L BIT WANTZ TEH CHANUKKAH CARDINGS!!!

Sign me up!

[JayHawk]

Sending my PM now...... last year was the best one yet and I hope this year is just as excellent....

[ravenstar]

Yep I'm in! I've not missed it yet.

[frankfrank]

I only missed it in the beginning, but now now...I'm about to send the PM!

[thewiz]

Cards bought and hopefully I'll get them out in time this year!

[CoverModel]

I'm in. Already bought my Christmas cards!

[JayHawk]

I'm in. Already bought my Christmas cards!

Did you go with the 'Bad Santa full nudes'?

[CoverModel]

Did you go with the 'Bad Santa full nudes'?

Hahaha! You'll have to wait and see

[Alistair]

I'm in enjoyed it last year

[G-Lexington]

The raw materials for my Christmas cards arrived last night. Just need a couple more supplies and I'm set to go.

Lex

[CoverModel]

The raw materials for my Christmas cards arrived last night. Just need a couple more supplies and I'm set to go.

Lex

Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

[JayHawk]

The raw materials for my Christmas cards arrived last night. Just need a couple more supplies and I'm set to go.

Lex

Hmmm did you order your 'raw' materials from DudesRaw.com?? http://dudesraw.com/

[G-Lexington]

Close - eBay.

Lex

[72-Jay]

The raw materials for my Christmas cards arrived last night. Just need a couple more supplies and I'm set to go.

LOL never thought of xmas cards as having 'raw materials' or 'supplies'

[JayHawk]

LOL never thought of xmas cards as having 'raw materials' or 'supplies'

It is a labor of love for Lex or a creative outlet.... makes me wanna up my game.... but I may juts be lazy again this year havent come up with any ideas.....

[Thad1527]

Ooooh! I'm in!

I've seen Christmas cards in some stores already....

[JOHN B]

unfortunately I will not be joining this year...I just have way too much stuff going on..and no extra money.....I will be back for this next year though....the last two years of this, were really fun.......plus since I am still without a computer, I am rarely on here anymore.....:/....you all have a great holiday though.....

[palbert]

Where is the list? Have cards but no place to send them!

[JayHawk]

Well I am a step behind but I did amazon prime my cards to me yesterday so i will be ready to scribble on Monday.... so yeah that list...

I went off last year too but do we know how many there are yet?

[cityboy-stl]

Technical difficulties...meaning I'm an idiot with my mail program. But I think I finally got the list all sent out. Some of you may have gotten multiple copies but there is no difference in the lists. Some of you may have received the list from my personal email...again no difference in the lists.

If anyone did not get a copy please PM me and I will get it to you right away.

[JayHawk]

Thanks!!! Just to put it out there, the list is not final and done until the end of November? or is it by US Thanksgiving day ??

[cityboy-stl]

Right. The list officially closes November 30 and I'll send out the final list Dec 1. This list was intended as a preliminary mid November list for those who wanted to get started early. The number is down from previous years but hopefully more sign up in the next two weeks. Sometimes people miss "stickies"...I'll post another message in HT to catch some attention.

[frankfrank]

c-s I agree, posting an extra thread in Hot Topics is a **GREAT** idea! I think that stickys are almost always missed by people, because they so very rarely change.

Stickys are generally supposed to be the "most important" threads in here, but it's sometimes taken me six months, a year, or more to see sticky threads - even in Forums that I often go to.

I've asked before, but I was wondering if the vBulletin software supports a type of "sticky" which would appear within the main summary of all Forum posts, and AUTOMATICALLY BOUNCE BACK to the top of the summary every time it drops off the front page, so it would always appear somewhere on the front page. This would of course be used for stickys which have some sort of "timely value" such as this one which is relevant only up to the days close to Christmas. After the timeliness part has expired, the sticky could presumably be retired, or turned into a "regular sticky" which would be in the small section above the Forum.

Of, even this in preference to what we have now, the stickys used to be at the top of the Forum, but not in the separate small section. Maybe "timely stickys" such as this one could be put first in the Forum summary queue, and the small section on top would be for "permanent stickys" or something...

OFF TOPIC A BIT...I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST A "TIMELY STICKY" ATOP THE BUSIEST FORUMS (HT, Fun & Games**, C E & P, Amateur, etc.) when a JUB meet is planned. I know that some people here (BUT HOW MANY??) agree with me that JUB meets are arguably the most important event, derived from this Site, that can ever happen - and it's a pity and a shame that the amount of publicity for these Meets is absolutely *ZERO* in here!!! I assume that the vast majority of members aren't even aware that JUB meets have ever happened, because the Forum is entirely hidden, near the very bottom of "View All Forums," and is not even available on the smaller dropdown menu.

I have very few complaints about this site, but my complaint about this aspect is MASSIVE.

[EDIT: "Gun & Games"??? Wow, that was a goofy typo]

[TickTockMan]

I would like to do this , but I have two questions:

1) The OP says I have to give my real name. Can I use RJ? That is what everyone calls me or my other nickname. I don’t like using my real first name.

2) I have never sent anything internationally, how does one do it? Is it the same as sending in the states? Would I need two stamps? Any info would be helpful.

[JayHawk]

Thynight, I do not know where you come from but I will try to answer for the US postal service. You can buy a stamp that will go to just about anywhere for a postage card for around a buck. Of course, inside the US is .46 cents. They have a specific flat rate for greeting cards. I dunno if other posts do that but I would imagine they would.

As far as real name, I dunno if Cityboy-Stl has a specific guideline BUT the real name warning is for folks wanting to maintain complete anonymity. Whatever name you provide, if it arrives at your post box then it should work.

[cityboy-stl]

^ You can use any name you want. A PO box address is fine as well. It is up to you. There just needs to be a name and address good enough for the post office to be able to deliver the cards to you.

I'll post some international mail info and rates tomorrow evening when I can get it together. But basically it is no different than domestic mail. It just needs a little more postage.

[TickTockMan]

Thanks to both of you. I will watch the thread.

[cityboy-stl]

International postage rates for a Christmas card of normal weight and size, from the U.S. to just about anywhere, are a $1.10. No one on the list is anywhere where that isn't true. You can use the USPS rate calculator at http://ircalc.usps.com/ to see for yourself. If you just have regular cards, $1.10 is going to be the U.S. International rate. The U.S. domestic rate is of course $0.46.

[JayHawk]

Well bugger, it was a dollar last year I thought....

But I would never miss it for a ten cent piece...

I was going to go to the sight for USPS ... well actually I did but had no clue what the weight of a greeting card was...lol.

Thanks St Louie

[Yooper]

Fair Warning!

I'm still considering participating again this year! It has been loads of fun in the past!

However, it depends if I survive the next two weeks (which includes the infamous Black Friday). With my promotion at work, my workload has been hellacious (last week was a 65 hour week...ON the clock...which in executive retail world means probably add 35%), I'm short 3 staffers in my department and one of my few reliable people is in a 'delicate condition' (I got called on the carpet last week 'disclosing' the actual condition that should be obvious to anyone with actual eyeballs)...I am SO SICK of the PC Police but that is the subject of a whole other rant but I'm trying to watch my blood pressure...

However, if I DO survive intact I'll submit my info on the last day, so please bear with me...

(I am SO over the Christmas music already...there's some stupid Mariah Carey (sic?) song that drives me nuts...it sounds like she's killing her cat or something...)

I'm thinking if I participate it will restore some of the wonder and joy of the season...but at the moment all I want to do is torch a Christmas tree or something......

[G-Lexington]

(I am SO over the Christmas music already...there's some stupid Mariah Carey (sic?) song that drives me nuts...it sounds like she's killing her cat or something...).

All I want for Christmas is yoooooo...

Next year, I say fuck Christmas and we all send Halloween cards. It's the better holiday, anyway.

Lex

[chrisrobin]

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Hi St. Louie,
Please count me in. Sending last year's cards were really fun!

Thanks,
chris

[Thad1527]

It's not too late to get in on this. I love the anticipation of holiday greetings!

[Alistair]

Come on guys, I want to send out a bunch more cards.

This is a lot of fun!

[bradsnow8]

You know what, I'll give this a try. Big fan of the holidays here anyways. Sing me up!

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Count me in, please?

[palbert]

Good to see JUBBERS are coming aboard! The first list was a little scant - and I have lots of cards to go out!

[desertboi]

I would, BUT, I live at home and won't give out my parents' address. But if you all want to send me gift certificates for Culvers, I would love you forever (just kidding). Or am I? I have a soft spot for their food

Culvers is delicious! I get it every time I go to Minnesota to visit family.

[palbert]

Only a couple more days to get your name in!!

[just_mills]

Yes, yes, yes!! Oh I am so glad to be able to participate again. I've done it every year since it started, and something made me think about JUB at work today, and I had to log-in as soon as I got home.

Glad I have, and glad I am still able to join in the great exchange! I don't post much on here any more, unfortunately, so being able to send cards around the world is lovely.

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Turns out I PMed the data back to cityboy-stl the first time.

Now actually read the PM and sent the data to the e-mail address.

[cityboy-stl]

The Christmas Card Exchange final list has been sent to email addresses that everyone provided.
If you do not receive the list please PM me asap.
Now the fun begins. Merry Christmas everyone.

[palbert]

The Christmas Card Exchange final list has been sent to email addresses that everyone provided.
If you do not receive the list please PM me asap.
Now the fun begins. Merry Christmas everyone.

Thanks for your efforts!