Guess what I'm sending Dave! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 24, 2013, 06:03:06 am
content: I just sealed up an envelope full of stuff to send Dave. Nothing huge because I can't afford a lot of postage, but decent enough. So I'm going to do what xrunner did and give you a hint. I'm not going to say whether you're right or wrong, because that would spoil the surprise, but it might be fun to see what you all come up with.The hint is the picture below.Even if you figure it out, there are a few items, so you'll still be surprised.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 24, 2013, 06:17:37 am
content: Yeah, it sure has. There are actually five dormant or active volcanos within viewing distance of Portland, so things could get really interesting really fast.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2013, 05:53:22 pm
content: Shoot, nearest active volcano to me is about half a continent away, but the dormant ones are a 5 hour drive to the big hole where there was once a small mountain. If you want a big hole though you have to travel to the Phalaborwa copper mine, where the little thing half way up the side is actually a 100 plus ton payloader hauling ore up the road.

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2013, 06:29:50 pm
content: Quote from: duskglow on June 24, 2013, 06:03:06 amWhen will that be, early 2014?

author: Corporate666
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:17:17 am
content: Quote from: duskglow on June 24, 2013, 06:03:06 amA fleshlight?

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:19:29 am
content: Quote from: duskglow on June 24, 2013, 06:03:06 amAnother metal detector!

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:21:23 am
content: Quote from: Corporate666 on June 25, 2013, 12:17:17 amQuote from: xrunner on June 25, 2013, 12:19:29 amNo, you idiots, it's a volcano!Now tell us, how much does postage cost for that?

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:27:25 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on June 25, 2013, 12:21:23 amDude, it's illegal to ship volcanoes to Australia. I suppose he can always falsify the description.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:30:38 am
content: That was a hint. I am not sending a volcano. Which volcano is the picture?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:31:00 am
content: Yeah, last I checked, regular mountains were fine, but one eruption and the damn Aussies don't want it anymore.Do they feel the same about flashlights/fleshlights?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:31:49 am
content: Quote from: duskglow on June 25, 2013, 12:30:38 amDamn! Well... will you send me one? I've always wanted a volcano...

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:34:50 am
content: Um, sure. PM me your address and I'll tell you where to send the twenty billion dollars, and I'll get right on it with the bulldozer.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:40:28 am
content: I'll have to call up the Bank of Nigeria and see if they have my money yet.

author: Radio Tech
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 12:43:01 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on June 25, 2013, 12:40:28 amI get emails from there all the time trying to give me money. That should not be a problem.

author: SLJ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 01:09:49 am
content: Quote from: duskglow on June 25, 2013, 12:30:38 amIt kinda looks like Mount Rainier but with the tree line it might be Adams. it's been a long time since I saw them.

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 01:17:15 am
content: It's Mount St. Helens.Alexander.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 02:14:25 am
content: He's sending him a postcard of Mt. St. Helen

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 02:52:09 am
content: Quote from: Stonent on June 25, 2013, 02:14:25 amNo dude! He's sending a tree! It's called Adams! How much did you pay the customs mafia for it to pass through?

author: Corporate666
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 03:20:52 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on June 25, 2013, 12:21:23 amAhh, I thought he meant the volcano metaphorically - hence the fleshlight guess.Of course, I have no idea what a fleshlight is. I'm sure you don't either. It's just a word I heard once.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 03:25:24 am
content: Hell, I'm still trying to figure out what a volcano is!

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 04:54:36 am
content: Quote from: xrunner on June 25, 2013, 12:27:25 amJust write RC HOBBY GIFT and $1 on the tax form, and it'll work out.

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 11:16:38 pm
content: Quote from: xrunner on June 25, 2013, 12:27:25 amgoing from those TV shows with the aussie postal and airport customs controls it's surprising any mailbag stuff gets through!i have a box on it's mailbag way tomorrow

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2013, 11:48:40 pm
content: This is amusing. I would never send Dave a fleshlight, unless it had a motor and a microcontroller. Though the lingerie did crack me up, I wonder what that was about. Did we ever find out if it actually fit Mrs. Crazy Aussie Bloke?Not asking for pictures, mind you, just wondering what the final disposition of it was.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 26, 2013, 12:10:32 am
content: Quote from: dexters_lab on June 25, 2013, 11:16:38 pmCool.He teased me for several months before opening mine. I saw it on the Super-Stack, and his son even stepped on the box in one video, but to no avail. But eventually, he opened it.All I have to say is - be patient.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 27, 2013, 06:07:31 am
content: I'm hoping that this thread will make him die of curiosity.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 27, 2013, 05:38:57 pm
content: I will say that Stonent is the closest so far, though he's still pretty far off.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2013, 06:37:56 pm
content: Quote from: duskglow on June 25, 2013, 11:48:40 pmThen do not do a Google image search for little piggies with safe search turned off.........Trust me the US midwest baptists would have their eyes explode, even if the little piggies are silicone. Still trying to figure that one out, but each to his own.BTW, Dave just has to drop into town and visit JT's shop to get his very own unused, new in box and smelling all plasticky fleshlight, nice blue box, about the size of a cola can, that takes 2 AAA cells to make it work.Just saying, but I have met JT.