Random act of kindness Anandtech style. A thank you thread.

[shortylickens]

If you plan to use those zippers, put some strings on them.
You cant grab zippers with mittens.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

If you plan to use those zippers, put some strings on them.
You cant grab zippers with mittens.

I doubt it they appear to be vents but I’ll keep this in mind

 

[pete6032]

I too received one. Thank you to the kind person who did this!

 

[ViviTheMage]

:thumbsup:

 

[DigDog]

i received one as well when i was really down on luck and money, it got me a watch from Amazon that ... well, it gave me some hope. It's not like it got me to my appointments on time (i'm obsessive about punctuality) but i thought of it as a little jewel, a little something that i owned just for making me feel better.

 

[Kaido]

This makes me miss ATOT Secret Santa

 

[shortylickens]

This makes me miss ATOT Secret Santa

Whats his face did a good job running it all those years, but it got to be too much work.
I sent him a beer of the month for working his butt off. Come to think of it that was the last year I participated.

 

[Kaido]

Whats his face did a good job running it all those years, but it got to be too much work.
I sent him a beer of the month for working his butt off. Come to think of it that was the last year I participated.

I thought about doing reddit secret santa, but with over 100k participants, the pool was a little too large for me. I prefer our little corner of the world lol.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Happened to me, too, but the wife grabbed the code and used it for herself. She's such a wife.

 

[bbhaag]

Happened to me, too, but the wife grabbed the code and used it for herself. She's such a wife.

I'm not joking here.....my wife did the same fucking thing. She bought seeds for the garden for 2021....I logged into Amazon yesterday and saw I had $2.89 left and I was like "wth is this shit?" then I checked the order history and immediately knew I got sandbagged.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

That's pretty cool. Good on the mystery giver for his/her generosity. You guys are all smartasses but generally helpful. I was happy to take part in a few Secret Santa's in the past, those were fun.

 

[Svnla]

Happened to me, too, but the wife grabbed the code and used it for herself. She's such a wife.

I'm not joking here.....my wife did the same fucking thing. She bought seeds for the garden for 2021....I logged into Amazon yesterday and saw I had $2.89 left and I was like "wth is this shit?" then I checked the order history and immediately knew I got sandbagged.

I am trying to settle down with a wife and y'all married guys are not helping at all with my cold feet syndrome.


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[rh71]

No offense, but you've been here 10 years and I don't even recognize your name. I must not be here enough anymore. Regardless, Merry Everything.

Happened to me, too, but the wife grabbed the code and used it for herself. She's such a wife.

It's only fair since you've been so busy in the babes thread.

 

[ponyo]

I am trying to settle down with a wife and y'all married guys are not helping at all with my cold feet syndrome.


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Married life is great. In marriage there's no mine and yours. It's ours. My wife haven't used our code because I told her I'm giving it away to someone who deserve it more.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

WTH?
I have zero problems with this. Admittedly she may spend it by accident but she’d tell me.
Her stuff goes on her card.

 

[bbhaag]

Haha yeah it ain't like that guys. I was just joking around and don't really mind that she bought some seeds. We kinda do it old school in our home. Joint accounts, credit cards, and retirements accounts ect. is our way of doing things so when she bought the seeds it was no big deal.

Anyway, if you don't already know we are BIG gardeners and because of this generous gift it will help put food on my families table in 2021. We even donate some of the extra produce from our garden to our neighbors in need. If you haven't seen it check out my ATOT garden tour 2020.
It's going to be even bigger next year!

 

[shortylickens]

Holy fucking crap!

Are you rich or just really lucky?

 

[pete6032]

I'm not joking here.....my wife did the same fucking thing. She bought seeds for the garden for 2021....I logged into Amazon yesterday and saw I had $2.89 left and I was like "wth is this shit?" then I checked the order history and immediately knew I got sandbagged.

The mistake was combining Amazon accounts! Wife and I have separate ones. She's got prime from a family member and I have it on my own. Makes buying Xmas gifts easier.

 

[bbhaag]

Holy fucking crap!

Are you rich or just really lucky?

Heh neither if you really want to know. We started the garden for us then saw a need within our community so we decided that what we couldn't use should be share instead of going to waste. It's the same reason we've donated over $7500 in the the past two years to the Crittenton Centers Crisis Nursery because we feel that supporting the community around us leads to a better community for everyone.

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Whats his face did a good job running it all those years, but it got to be too much work.
I sent him a beer of the month for working his butt off. Come to think of it that was the last year I participated.

Thanks for the comments. I did appreciate the beer as well. That was an extremely generous gift. It wasn't too much work for amdskip and me. The problem was we had extreme lack of interest multiple years in a row. Talking under 20, maybe under 15 sign-ups. After multiple cancelations, we gave it up. Even now, most of the participants are no longer active and I rarely browse the forums myself. It sucks because it was so much fun for multiple years.

 

[snoopy7548]

Haha yeah it ain't like that guys. I was just joking around and don't really mind that she bought some seeds. We kinda do it old school in our home. Joint accounts, credit cards, and retirements accounts ect. is our way of doing things so when she bought the seeds it was no big deal.

Anyway, if you don't already know we are BIG gardeners and because of this generous gift it will help put food on my families table in 2021. We even donate some of the extra produce from our garden to our neighbors in need. If you haven't seen it check out my ATOT garden tour 2020.
It's going to be even bigger next year!

I think you put an extra "an" in Anandtech.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

No offense, but you've been here 10 years and I don't even recognize your name. I must not be here enough anymore. Regardless, Merry Everything.


It's only fair since you've been so busy in the babes thread.

I've placed myself on probation in that Babses thread. Do not wish to over-step myself.

 

[Amol S.]

Well looks like im the looser, or everyone is trying to play a prank on me and no one actually got anything. Everyone except me. Although, I do know beggers can't be choosers, but thanks for confirming that anyway. Marry Christmas and a happy new year.

 

[Geekbabe]

I am guilty of not always checking notifications.... I also got a gift card & sit here crying happy tears. You people are the best, thank you to my wonderful gift giver

 

[Exterous]

I'm not joking here.....my wife did the same fucking thing. She bought seeds for the garden for 2021....I logged into Amazon yesterday and saw I had $2.89 left and I was like "wth is this shit?" then I checked the order history and immediately knew I got sandbagged.

Amazon will automatically apply gift card balances so if you don't pay attention to your payment method it's easy to do