Earlier this afternoon, while I was reclining in my comfy chair-and-a-half, the doggies laying on my belly, sleeping under a red and blue checker board throw, I was engrossed in an episode of "Lie To Me" on Netflix...a wonderful television show that I had never seen before...and now that I have found this show, I have one reason to miss cable television.
Anyhow, I saw a weird flash of light play across the living room ceiling and thought that someone had pulled into the drive way. I got up, looked out the picture window...nothing. So I got back into my chair, got back into my comfy position, the puppies resumed their belly surfing and I went back to watching "Lie To Me".
A little bit ago, I took the dogs out for a potty. On the way back in, I saw an Amazon shipping box sitting in the white patio chair that sits outside our garage service door. I looked at the address on it..it was addressed to me. Hum? I quickly run through my noodley brain trying to remember if I had ordered anything. Nope. Had Deb ordered anything? Nope...and I am sure of this since she does not have any of the account info for Amazon.com, Paypal...not even E-Bay...when my e-mail was hacked a while back, I changed all my online shopping account info and passwords and have "forgotten" to give Deb the new info.
So, I bring the box upstairs and sit it on the kitchen floor. I call the dogs, Brutus and Hazel, back into the kitchen and have them smell the box. Neither of them are trained in the detection of explosives or bio-chemical weapons....but you never know. Hazel went nuts for about 5 minutes the first time we fired up the furnace for the year....you know that dusty, smokey smell that comes with the first fire up....Hazel did not like that smell and went from room to room with her hackles up, barking at the top of her 8-pound voice. Maybe she would react to the box in some way. Nothing from either dog...other than them looking at me like I was some sort of idiot...a trait they have learned from Deb evidently.
I carry the package into the livingroom and sit in my comfy chair to open it...then had second thoughts about that. Deb has all of her Christmas decorations out...and if there were to be a bomb in the box, the blast would mess up her carefully placed Nativity Scene and she would be really mad! So, into the office/sim room I bring the box.
I place the box on my desk, open the desk drawer and pull out my folding box knife. I carefully use the sharp blade to slice through the plastic on the box. No explosion, no unidentified white powder. That's good!
I slowly pull open the flaps on the box..still no BOOM! I slowly lean in over the box and I can see the packaging list. And I see this:
TrackIr 5 Professional Premium Head Tracking for Gaming
Then a bit lower, I see this:
To: Tim Hey, Tim, all the best for this holiday season. Be careful what ya wish for (smile)!!!! FROM: XXXXXXXXXXX
But where the Xs are, there was printed a name that I know. A name of one of the forum members. A name that has appeared on a few packages that have appeared at my doorstep the last couple years. First, there was a LAGO scenery package for FS2004. The Holiday Resorts package. Then there was a brand new 500gig Western Digital Caviar Black SATA drive. And now this.
I will not reveal the name of this member...but I will publicly express my gratitude, my thanks, and my joy for these gifts that you have so generously sent me...always by surprise, always without expectations. Thank you! You have made this Christmas some much brighter for me. May God above bless your every step this coming year and may He give onto you much happiness and joy.
Tim
Anyhow, I saw a weird flash of light play across the living room ceiling and thought that someone had pulled into the drive way. I got up, looked out the picture window...nothing. So I got back into my chair, got back into my comfy position, the puppies resumed their belly surfing and I went back to watching "Lie To Me".
A little bit ago, I took the dogs out for a potty. On the way back in, I saw an Amazon shipping box sitting in the white patio chair that sits outside our garage service door. I looked at the address on it..it was addressed to me. Hum? I quickly run through my noodley brain trying to remember if I had ordered anything. Nope. Had Deb ordered anything? Nope...and I am sure of this since she does not have any of the account info for Amazon.com, Paypal...not even E-Bay...when my e-mail was hacked a while back, I changed all my online shopping account info and passwords and have "forgotten" to give Deb the new info.
So, I bring the box upstairs and sit it on the kitchen floor. I call the dogs, Brutus and Hazel, back into the kitchen and have them smell the box. Neither of them are trained in the detection of explosives or bio-chemical weapons....but you never know. Hazel went nuts for about 5 minutes the first time we fired up the furnace for the year....you know that dusty, smokey smell that comes with the first fire up....Hazel did not like that smell and went from room to room with her hackles up, barking at the top of her 8-pound voice. Maybe she would react to the box in some way. Nothing from either dog...other than them looking at me like I was some sort of idiot...a trait they have learned from Deb evidently.
I carry the package into the livingroom and sit in my comfy chair to open it...then had second thoughts about that. Deb has all of her Christmas decorations out...and if there were to be a bomb in the box, the blast would mess up her carefully placed Nativity Scene and she would be really mad! So, into the office/sim room I bring the box.
I place the box on my desk, open the desk drawer and pull out my folding box knife. I carefully use the sharp blade to slice through the plastic on the box. No explosion, no unidentified white powder. That's good!
I slowly pull open the flaps on the box..still no BOOM! I slowly lean in over the box and I can see the packaging list. And I see this:
TrackIr 5 Professional Premium Head Tracking for Gaming
Then a bit lower, I see this:
To: Tim Hey, Tim, all the best for this holiday season. Be careful what ya wish for (smile)!!!! FROM: XXXXXXXXXXX
But where the Xs are, there was printed a name that I know. A name of one of the forum members. A name that has appeared on a few packages that have appeared at my doorstep the last couple years. First, there was a LAGO scenery package for FS2004. The Holiday Resorts package. Then there was a brand new 500gig Western Digital Caviar Black SATA drive. And now this.
I will not reveal the name of this member...but I will publicly express my gratitude, my thanks, and my joy for these gifts that you have so generously sent me...always by surprise, always without expectations. Thank you! You have made this Christmas some much brighter for me. May God above bless your every step this coming year and may He give onto you much happiness and joy.
Tim
