Trade Train Cafe, Pub and Disco & Rehab Centre (fresh paint)

[The crowned one]

I am done cleaning...just putting up the old paper work for new riders :D

A Trade Train is an online game which allows you to trade a deck you don';t want for one you do by participating in a virtual "Train" with other AT members.

At the urging of several regular riders, I'm opening a thread to allow us to discuss train stuff when we aren't actually in motion.

If anyone has any concerns, questions, etc about the Tarot trade trains, they can be asked here...

Below this you'll find a set of rules for the various iterations and the post below will contain thread links to past trains. :)

Scion


At present three flavors of train have evolved: Regular Trains (which tend to be leisurely and chatty), Mystery Trains (which involve a story that players will solve while playing characters), and Bullet Trains (in which deck trades break the sound barrier).

That being said there are a few things for future and past riders to note. :)

1. If you are interested in riding any upcoming train, please let us know so we can add your name to the list.

2. Anyone on past trade trains who is still waiting on decks, please let us know. We're trying to keep track, but without a central notice of outstanding trades it's hard to know. If you ARE waiting for something from Trains 5-10, please post and let us know.

3. We will be starting another Mystery Train in the next month or so, if you're interested please let us know ASAP so we can build you into the story.


UPCOMING TRAINS!

Mystery Train (when Scion's writing schedule is less freaky :bugeyed:)
Satori
cronesayer
The Crowned One
Firefrost
Valeria
Aulruna
Hemera
RussianSoul
Grip Dellabonte
Scion
Keavy McGee
Leo62
Franniee
baba-prague
Eugenia Madora
missycab
magpie9


List randomized using Perceptus!: http://tools.perceptus.ca/number-tables.php?ops=4

Ah, here is another good one:


HISTORY OF THE TRADE TRAINS:
If you haven't ridden a train yet, the best way to get a sense of how fun and crazy it can be is to look at some of our past adventures... Check it!

REGULAR TRAINS:
Trade Train #1 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=84552)
Trade Train #2 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=84937)
Trade Train #3 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=85540)
Trade Train #4 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=86943): The Halloween Mystery Train! (Curse of the Misfortune Teller)
Trade Train #5 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=88766)
Trade Train #6 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=89206)
Trade Train #7 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=91283)
Trade Train #8 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?p=1364837)
Trade Train #9 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?p=1431335&posted=1#post1431335)
Trade Train #10 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=98592)
Trade Train #11 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=100857)

BULLET TRAINS:
Bullet Train #1 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=90642)
Bullet Train #2 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=92315&page=1&pp=10)
Bullet Train #3 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=95456)
Bullet Train #4 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=102894)
Bullet Train #5 (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=106265)



Old Housecleaning threads:
TCO's original planning thread that started it all. (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=84324) :)
Pre Train III chat (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=85212)
Halloween pre mystery train IV chat (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=86264)
Pre-Bullet and Train 7 Chat (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=89966)
Trade Train IX Signup & Chat (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=96245)

Yet another classic poster for our walls!

The rules follow below; just look them over and feel free to ask if you have any questions. At the request of several people, I've included short and long versions of the guidelines.... if you do decide to join us, and you aren't clear about something, please take a moment to read the longer rules below the yellow soundbites below. :D

SHORT RULES:
The Trade train is a fast, fun game that allows you to trade a deck you don't need for a deck you do by setting up a series of Stations at which Tarot decks are offered and chosen. :)
Each player is a "Station" we will visit on the trip for a set period of time, according to a randomly assigned order.
You may choose your deck at any time.
First player to choose a deck at a Station moves us to the next Station.
For Regular trade trains, the Station order is determined by preassigned random order.
For Bullet trade trains, the person who chooses a deck immediately becomes the next station to offer.
You will only offer when we reach your "Station."
Any kind of deck is fair game.
Riders may join the Regular Train during the ride (until the last 3 stations), but will not pick til the next offering/Station. Bullet Trains are locked down before departure.
You must complete a trade to keep your chosen deck.
Everyone who trades a deck will pick a deck. It's a win/win.
Each player must have fun.
It is that easy. As others can attest, these trains are fun, hilarious, and exciting.


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LONG RULES:
ITINERARY: From the sign up list of riders, we will generate a random order of Stations. This itinerary will determine the order in which you will post your decks to trade. But you can CHOOSE at any time. This itinerary will be posted at the top of the thread along with a record all of the completed trades...

SPEED OF THE TRAIN: We spend 24 hours maximum at each station (i.e. person listing decks) before moving on to the next station. If/when someone picks a deck, the next person/station can list as fast as they want. So you have to stay on your toes and in theory we could go through the whole train in an afternoon.

OFFERING DECKS: You may list as many as you like, but but will only trade one. Everyone who trades a deck will get to choose a deck. Any type of deck is suitable: Majors-only, Pip decks, Oracles, Sets, along with full 78 card decks are welcome. You may change your decks as often and as fast as you like while the train is at your station. And remember, offering a better selection encourages every station to offer a better selection themselves to insure they'll place a deck. It's a win/win!

SELECTING A DECK: You can choose your deck at any time from any rider, but once you have chosen you may not choose again. If you choose a deck you must trade a deck to close your deal. This is a chance to expand our horizons for the cost of post.

NO TAKERS?: Feel free to tweak your offerings during the allotted hours of your station. If no one chooses any of your decks within the alotted hrs the train moves on to the next person/station below you on the itinerary. You will have a chance to list new trades later as when the list reaches the bottom it will go through a second time, starting at the top with the first person who has not had a deck picked from his list.

KEEPING IT FRESH / KEEPING IT NEW: Remember: the quality of each offering dictates the quality of every other trade... The train is only as snazzy as we make it. In order to keep the landscape surprising and to insure the train moves at a reasonable speed, please board the train ready to shake up your offerings. If there are no takers within the first 6 hours, consider changing your offerings. We encourage everyone to list at least 2 decks that are not repeats from the previous train. If a deck has not found a home on the previous train(s), its likely that people already own it or don't care to. If you list an offering identical to the previous train, and a trade is not made, we will move on after 12 hrs.

UNCOMPLETED TRADES: What If someone picks a deck, but the person that listed their choice fails to choose a deck for themselves? Unfortunately then the person that picked that deck would lose that deck. This sure will add some butterfly style excitement. At this point that person that lost their first choice would have a opportunity to re-choose in the second go-a-round.

FINISHING YOUR RIDE: After you have listed, traded away a deck, and accepted a deck you are off the train, but feel free to participate in the chatter. After you finish a trade please leave your decks posted for at least another 24 hrs so all those aboard can browse what they missed...

END OF THE LINE: No decks will be sent until all trades in the chain are complete or the train finishes two laps. This insures no one will be left out and also gives train members something to look forward to/worry about in the days ahead.

TALK: In-game chatter is highly encouraged!

YOU CAN'T LOSE!: You only give a deck if you get one. If after the second round you have not managed a trade you are off of the train, nothing lost or gained, unless you accepted a deck, you would lose that, And that train member would re-list.

JOINING THE TRAIN: You can sign up starting now. Also, anyone may join the Train at any time before the train reaches the THIRD TO LAST person of the FIRST ROUND. Then the train closes: no more tickets.

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The internal workings for those who care: The itinerary of offerings will be randomized blindly. I've asked another rider to send me a mixed list of numbers equal to the number of people on the train.

Even more boring internal workings: With just 20 riders we have 1 048 576 combinations of deck combinations in all at just one deck. With a average of 3 or 4 decks being listed each the number is huge. To be in matched pairs takes it to 190 opportunities. SO with just 20 players we have collectively 190 opportunities to make a trade, imagine the numbers as we add cars to this train

[The crowned one]

IF I were to say "train" would someone post here :D

[cardlady22]

I respond to your plea . . . through danger by storm . . . at the risk of my Beloved Hard Drive and Indispensable Hi-Speed Modem!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36826389@N06/3602376732/

ETA: I did not take this photo. Found it via search. The "face" of lighter clouds looks like Elliott from Pete's Dragon getting a pretty good freak out!

[franniee]

Hey guys! Lovely clean thread! Whoo hooo!

I wanted to tell you guys that I used the traveling deck today at my reading event in the city. It was awesome! I read 12 people and I forgot how much I love the HR and the tea staining is beautiful Kat! So many people commented on it and I told them the deck was sent from Aus and has traveled around a bit and I will soon pass it on! The energy from the deck is loving! Thank you! :heart:

[coyoteblack]

nice clean thread I do not see my name on the cho choo list though que pasa

[thorhammer]

Oh, Fran, that's wonderful! It warms the cockles, to know that little deck is out and about! I love the HR, too; my copy of the original printing is precious to me!

I would be in a train, as long as it happens soon. This coming week would be especially fantastic, as I'm off work for the whole week :D In fact, I'm surprised I've not missed a train while I was away!

\m/ Kat

[Queen of Disks]

looks nice in here! I can do a Train, I don't know what I can offer up because most of my spare decks are for sale in the Trading forum.

[Mellaenn]

I'd like to try a Trade Train. I don't have a secret chest full of tradeable decks but I've got a few; it always looks like fun from the sidelines.

[faunabay]

Are we doing a mystery train soon???? If so I want on the list please! :)

[Quester]

Please add my name to the mystery train!
Ready to board a regular train too! :D

[Shalyn]

I'd like to try a train. Not sure if anyone would want what I have to offer, but always good to try!

[Aulruna]

Where's the disco ball? We didn't lose our glitzy disco ball, did we???

[thorhammer]

You mean this one?

http://www.thesugardaddyband.com/Images/spring%20ball%20disco%20ball%20copy.jpg

\m/ Kat

[minrice]

Oh wow! If that isn't an incentive to get on the train, I don't know what is...
Have never done a trade train before! If I want it to be is this my signup?

[thorhammer]

Sure is! Welcome to you, and Shalyn and Melleann, too! How awesome to see more and more new faces every time :)

\m/ Kat

[coyoteblack]

great now I have to play the bee Gees before bed . Thanks kat!

[The crowned one]

Stay-a-a-ay a-in stayin alive...God I hated Disco! LOL

This is so not a sign up for a train as a affirmation of possible interest ;)

[Guiding Cauldron]

But if we were to sign up when would the next one be? :)

[Aulruna]

Ah! The ball is here, the music is on ... all is well in Train Land :D

Except there is no timetable for the next departure ... and my trade decks are getting so restless, they shuffle and rustle and don't let me go to sleep!

[minrice]

Stay-a-a-ay a-in stayin alive...God I hated Disco! LOL

This is so not a sign up for a train as a affirmation of possible interest ;)

Oh, ok. Well I am interested!

[The crowned one]

Bullet? monday July 6 at 1.30 PM Pacific time?
or
Regular Monday july 12 at 1.30 PM London time?

[minrice]

I vote for the bullet, although either one of those would be fine with moi!

[Mellaenn]

I'm a newbie; I'm up for whatever train hits the track! :grin:

[Shalyn]

I'm a timorous newbie. I like to start off slow. But that's just me.

[Guiding Cauldron]

Bullett! lol Although both dates work for me :)

[faunabay]

Bullett! lol Although both dates work for me :)
As seems to be the case lately....I agree with Guiding Cauldron! :*

This is me as well!!! LOL

[Queen of Disks]

I know I can do a regular Train. Not sure about the Bullet because I don't know my schedule for next week yet.

[Aulruna]

Can't do a bullet on a weekday ... opting for a regular.

[Quester]

Riding the rails will be fun either way!!! :D

[faunabay]

I'm assuming since we haven't heard anything lately we're not doing the July 6th bullet???? :P

[thorhammer]

If a train were to happen in about a week, I'd love to partake. For the moment, I'll be really busy moving house - again - out of my boyfriend's house. Hopefully I've found a place to rent, but have to wait till they accept my application . . . nothing's easy, is it?

:( I'd love a train to help lift my spirits. I'm so very sad just now.

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

If a train were to happen in about a week, I'd love to partake. For the moment, I'll be really busy moving house - again - out of my boyfriend's house. Hopefully I've found a place to rent, but have to wait till they accept my application . . . nothing's easy, is it?

:( I'd love a train to help lift my spirits. I'm so very sad just now.

\m/ Kat


Friends, Kat needs us and a train. So lets do one. Short notice, who wants on?

Kat can choose: bullet or a leisurely cruise.

[faunabay]

Oh Kat!! I'm so sorry you're having to move out. :( Big hugs to you hon!!! :* We'd all love to give you a wonderful, spirit lifting train ride!!! :*

We were posting at the same time TCO!! I'm all for it. Just tell me when Kat!! And I'll be there!

[thorhammer]

Oh, guys, that would be so nice :) I'd love a bullet, actually! But I'll have to get back to you on a time, what with waiting to hear about this house and all. Hoping to get moved by the weekend. One thinks of bandaids - rip 'em off fast, they hurt less :rolleyes:

\m/ Kat

[franniee]

I am cool with a bullet....let me know.

[minrice]

Woo hoo, I'm ready!



Oh Kat, oh no! ((((hugs)))) I feel for you :( It's ok to be sad, there there. I hope the train and AT can cheer you up a bit.

[Quester]

(((Kat))) A train ride might just be what you need!!

[Shalyn]

If we do the bullet on a weekend, I can do it. Can't promise on a weekday - I normally only get on at night.

The only way I can do it during a weekday is if someone were to instant message me to tell me I'm up.

[franniee]

If a train were to happen in about a week, I'd love to partake. For the moment, I'll be really busy moving house - again - out of my boyfriend's house. Hopefully I've found a place to rent, but have to wait till they accept my application . . . nothing's easy, is it?

:( I'd love a train to help lift my spirits. I'm so very sad just now.

\m/ Kat


OH ((((((Kat))))))) I missed this post! I am so sorry! :heart:

I am sending you love and hugs!

Chickie went to her first day of camp today and came out all dressed in her tank and shorts and the satchel that you sent of Stripey!! She had all her "necessities" in it! I think of you every time I see that striped little fellow. :laugh: :love:


XOXOXOXO

[Guiding Cauldron]

just say when and ill try to get here bullet is great for me too, sorry about eth move hun xx

[rhombchick]

How did I miss this thread???
I AM SO IN!!
Mystery, Slow, Bullet... whatever... I am so there....

*starts preparing her list...*

[thorhammer]

Thankyou, all of you, for your words of encouragement :) the man and I have managed to come to an agreement, out the other side of a seriously harrowing conversation, soul-sharing and baring all. Not used to this kind of thing :( and it makes me very uncomfortable. But we've worked it through for now at least, and I've agreed not to move until we have a chance to make some other changes.

But I'm still keen for a train! I'd be up for next Sunday/Monday my time - happy to forgo work for one day LOL so if it makes it easy for others to get it moving, say, Sunday lunchtime American? How does that sound?

\m/ Kat

[franniee]

Cool Kat! I hope things settle down. :heart:

[thorhammer]

Yeah, me too, hon! All's well on the home front tonight :heart: and here's hoping that this has marked our first real milestone *cross fingers*

I'm so glad your wee one likes Stripey! I'll have to find some mates for him, for next time we trade!

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

Good stuff Kat!

A good relationship is much more work then a bad one ;)

[thorhammer]

Thanks, TCO :) I'm thinkin' a relationship is more work than none, too . . . :( There are days when loneliness has a distinctly attractive patina to it!

\m/ K

[Aulruna]

Sunday lunchtime sounds excellent.

(((Kat))) I know living together can be quite the challenge.

[minrice]

Don't think I will be around Sunday lunchtime :( I will just catch the next train though!

[faunabay]

Oh, I'm so glad you were able to work it out. :heart:

Sunday sounds fine with me too. Now I do have some things I need to get done on Sunday though, so what time are we talking??? Around lunch pacific or atlantic time? :) ........so I can schedule my other things around it! :D

[thorhammer]

Oooh, how exciting! Must get my list in order :) TCO, if you see this, are you going to be available for Sunday? If juggling the actual time makes it easier on you, please go ahead - it'll make it evening and waaaay into the night for me, but I've already decided I'm skiving off Monday :D (the joys of flu season!) so I'm all good :)

\m/ Kat

[Mellaenn]

(((Kat))) for the ups and downs you have been going through. I'm wishing you the best possible outcome for your situation.

I can do a Sunday afternoon bullet, but I do wonder - I only have a few decks to try and trade. Will that be OK?

I'll check out the most recent train threads to make sure they are not decks from Mr Bo-Bo's table (remember that old Cheers episode when Sam's jersey ended up on Mr Bo-Bo's table and no one was bidding on it?}

[NorthernTigress]

I'm working most of Sunday, so I prob won't be able to make a bullet train. If it's a slow train, I have Monday off, except for an early morning meeting.

On another note, it just occurred to me that I made 2 trades on the previous train, but only got one package. Dreamwalker, what's up?

[thorhammer]

Anyone out there?? :) Will there be anyone available for Sunday afternoon/night? If it doesn't suit anyone then of course we'll have to find another time, it's definitely time for a train!

I can't take Monday off anymore :( *sob* as work has just gotten absolutely crazy on us. Today, I was actually relieved when a client emailed with a last-minute cancellation (unheard-of and extremely rude in our business). I'm so very glad it's the weekend!

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

I think I can be there! I finish work at 1.00PM and will be home by 1.30 perhaps a bit earlier.

[thorhammer]

Two makes a short train, but a train nonetheless! :D

How've you been, handsome?

[Aulruna]

We were supposed to have our internet connection by now, but it will be Monday. Originally I planned to be around a computer with access on Sunday, but now I don't know if I can make it :(

I'll just show up at the platform if it's possible.

[The crowned one]

Two makes a short train, but a train nonetheless! :D

How've you been, handsome?

Way too busy! :D

[thorhammer]

Hey, Aulruna! Sorry to hear that you're offline - no wonder we've been suffering in the shade, without your sunny Self to enliven us :)

TCO - it's easily enough done to put it off, do it later on when others can make it - others, in particular, who can aid your good self in conducting the affair.

[faunabay]

I still want to ride. :P But need to know what time.

It would be easier if it were earlier in the morning or later at night for me. I've got some stuff I need to do sometime Sunday.

So for me it would be good to do it somewhere around 9 am or 9 pm New York (US atlantic time). It'd be tough for me to make it if it was right in the middle of the day.

Of course that's just me though. If it works out for others better I'll just catch the next one. :*

[franniee]

I am ready. I want an anna K does someone have one for me??? })

[Shalyn]

I'll be around Sunday afternoon. On my computer. :)

[minrice]

Yes, at this point it looks like I WILL be around Sunday afternoon. That's tentative though, so I guess I will just show up at the platform if I can make it? i hope so, this sounds like a lot of fun.

[The crowned one]

WE will call this one "seat of our pants" as that is how we will be doing it, if it is a go ;)

[faunabay]

Well I better get my list together just in case I can catch this train. :*

edited to add:
OK, I've got my list together. Even if I don't make this train, I've got it ready for the next one. And let me tell you..........I've got some good decks on it too!!!! })

[Shalyn]

so - I should list out any and all decks/oracles/books that I am willing to foist off ...erm, part with? And list them at some point during the train?

[Guiding Cauldron]

i'll try to show up just give a time check for me :)

[Guiding Cauldron]

so - I should list out any and all decks/oracles/books that I am willing to foist off ...erm, part with? And list them at some point during the train?

pretty much, having a list is handy when the vultures start to circle when its your time to list :)

[faunabay]

pretty much, having a list is handy when the vultures start to circle when its your time to list :)
Especially for a bullet. })

I have my list all typed up and ready to go. So all I have to do is cut and paste. LOL Because on a bullet, even the 5 or 10 seconds it takes to cut and paste has the wolves howling!

[The crowned one]

Last train I went all out, this time I will do a wait and see ;)

[thorhammer]

Oooh, how exciting!!! Love a bullet - I get so agitated and nervous and deliciously excited!!! I really do have to get my list together . . . :angel:

I wish I could share the weather here with peeps today - even though we're in the dead of winter, the sun has come out this morning! It's absolutely gorgeous here. Quite cold (very cold, for us :D) but still just beautiful. The man and I are taking advantage of it by having a barbequed breakfast.

That means him standing out in the cold, me waiting impatiently for my bacon and eggs inside :D

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

So Thor, 'ol bean...What time do we start?

[thorhammer]

What's easy for everyone else? I can manage any time in the next 22 hours or so, but in 22 hours I'll be going to work, no doubt sleepless and buzzed from the train. So whatever suits you in particular, I suppose, and whoever else can make it "by the seat of their pants" :D

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

So in the next 20 hours max! We need 2 min for a train, this may be a small one but I suspect intense!!

[franniee]

I'm in just tell me when.... :D

[The crowned one]

I'm in just tell me when.... :D

GOOD! I was going to call the hospital and take the day off, but my wife logically talked me out of it... ( I need a day next week) I will be home by 1.00 pm but if we start earlier you Frann can fire up the engines?

[thorhammer]

Breakfast was good :) Bacon, grilled tomatoes and poached eggs on toast! Accompanied by the wonderful smoked Tabasco that MM sent me, and hot orange juice!

Now he's stomping around the house like a bear with a sore head because he's got to change the tap washers :rolleyes: won't let me help, oh blast. Whatever shall I do??? :D

[Mellaenn]

I have been clamoring to get on the train with my measly few decks, but now I will be tied up with what will probably be a long phone call at 2:30 EST...I will have to try the next time. I'm sure you guys will be fine without me! :D

I will peek in, though, to see what's going on.

[emmsma]

Might need to play mom, but I'd like to try for it.

[The crowned one]

Good morning starshine!!

AH! I love Oliver! We need you on a train!

[thorhammer]

I missed the reference - what Oliver?

Well, the tap washers are changed, not without drama. Now I've been warned to be super-careful turning them off :bugeyed: or else I'll stuff 'em up again!

Guess I know who's changing them if that happens, eh? ;)

The weather's holding, too! How wonderful!

Is anyone up for a one-card *intuitive* read with the Ladybug Oracle?

\m/ Kat

[Guiding Cauldron]

Will this be around 7pm my time then for start? If so I'll be on board too :) TH I'll take a ladybug for the day thank you xx I'm not getting my list togther until we start I'm gonna make you all wait rofl :)

[thorhammer]

Sure, GC :) I've pulled #20 for you - a pair of bugs explores a kitchen corner, which contains a string of braided garlic and two capsicums (bell peppers). The card highlights food!!! (This might also be my rumbling stomach :laugh:) Food is a soulful, beautiful thing that enriches the lives of all around you - one thing I doubt I need to tell you, of all people! But maybe life has gotten carried away with you and food has suffered . . .so no more convenience food! Soulful! Slow food!

On that note, I just cooked my first pastry effort - a lovely tart with spinach, ham, capers and sundried tomatoes, all bound with a rich egg and sour cream mix, and topped with cheese! It's a triumph - anyone want a piece? :D

\m/ Kat

[franniee]

I missed the reference - what Oliver?



Good morning Starshine - the earth says hello .... it is that song that was in Oliver....

[Mellaenn]

Yep, that's it - Oliver! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxOdvH1Qygs

Apropos, as 'tis morning here in Florida right now.

Here's the deal...gonna have my 'putor fired up this afternoon at the appointed time (which is 1:00 EST?). At 2:30 I'll be calling and going on hold to speak with a renowned psychic (long story, but some of us who got missed in a gallery Friday night were told to call this afternoon to get our readings). So now I have all day to think of another, "mo bettah" question than the one that got missed Friday night. Hmmmmm....

But I'll mutli-task then, and look out for the Trade Train thread at the same time; I presume it will be another thread? Perhaps linked to this one?

[thorhammer]

Ah, I think I've got it :)

Hey, what's the weather like there? Prolly hot as Hades? It's fit to freeze the balls off a brass monkey here tonight! My little feets are icy!

\m/ Kat

[thorhammer]

A world-renowned psychic?? Lucky you :) you must fill us in on the details!But I'll mutli-task then, and look out for the Trade Train thread at the same time; I presume it will be another thread? Perhaps linked to this one?It will be another thread (threat?? :D) and there will indeed be a link somewhere here. It usually gets lost, though, so the active Train thread is usually a Note or Sticky in the Games forum.

\m/ Kat

[franniee]

Is it 1PM Eastern?

It is nice here. About 72 and a bit humid - we had a lot of thunderstorms come through last night with a warm front.

HEY!!!! Got a new addition to our family. His name is Leo! He is an 8 week old kitten. He is mostly black with white paws and a white belly. He is adorable! Lily our 8 year old cat knows he is here and isn't having it at the moment.... she is a black and gray tabby. He is very tentative and our daughter wants him to play and I am trying to get her to understand tha she needs to sit still and let him come to her. She is making me crazy!

[Mellaenn]

Hi, Franniee, hi, all! Yep, I'll pass on the info later about the reading. It's Jill Dahne. http://www.jilldahne.com/ We had her on our Blogtalk show last month and she came to the local shop where I hang out with all my tarot/metaphysical buddies Friday to do readings, then she had to leave suddenly and missed some of us.

Beautiful day in Florida, too. It will be a hot one, but the mornings are perfection.

Yay for new kitty! Yes, it always takes a while for the older cats to let the new little guys in.

Well - gonna go to the gym and fling my blubber around :grin:...see you guys later!

[franniee]

This is Leo.

[The crowned one]

It is 5.55am here, having coffee and going to work...see you all in a while.

[thorhammer]

So, how far are we away from 1pm eastern? I might try to get some sleep before then, and set my alarm for the wee hours.

[franniee]

It is 9:20AM right now Kat....so you have 3 hours and 40 minutes

[thorhammer]

Sweet! I'll doze off in a little while, have a wee kip and be up and about for the main event!

\m/ Kat

[Eugenia Madora]

Oh franniee, that new kitty is too precious!!
TH - you are inspiring me with your menus. My eating has been off lately but you are making me hungry!

[thorhammer]

Oh, Fran - I just saw Leo! I adore his little face! I can understand why the wee one wants to play with him - I'd be chasing him under tables and stuff, too, trying to get him to play!

EM - hey, you! You can have a piece of that tart, it's fantastic. I reckon this week will see a beef stroganoff, too - I'm hankering for those awesome tangy flavours!

\m/ Kat

[franniee]

OK I will begin the bullet thread in an hour and a half - then you guys can board.... it would be cool if I get a head count now.... so who wants to be on?

Post here and I will add you.....

[thorhammer]

I'm in!!!

[Queen of Disks]

Can't do it, I have to be at work at noon. Have fun everybody!

[Shalyn]

I'm in

[Guiding Cauldron]

me too plz sweety xx

TH that ladybug card was so funny! I have indeed been in the kitchen today with OH, racking homemade wine off, and having a laugh. Also made homemade from scratch French Pizza today, made the dough had a theraputic time hand kneading it, rolling it out then slathering it with creme fraiche "sauce" pancetta, and shallotts all cooked crispy, then adding 2 layers of Jarlsberg shredded cheese and baked for 30 mins on 200 degre F fan assisted oven. OH and I had a lovely al fresco lunch and watching the chickens clucking gently nearby :) So I guess the card was spot on and I didnt even know it until now! lol Thanks xx

[thorhammer]

I'm glad you've had such a nice day! It does sound awesome, all that love and attention to food :heart: I love food - I've been reading "Maggie's Harvest" by one of my favourite *celebrity* cooks, Maggie Beer. My bf gifted her latest book to my for my last birthday, and it's huge! I'm still discovering its wondrous secrets, and it was Maggie's Sour Cream Pastry that I cooked today.

\m/ Kat

[emmsma]

No promises, but I'd like to try. Got my list ready just in case.

So we are 2 hours away from the start of things?

[franniee]

OK I began the thread - come find me - All Aborad!!! Chooo choooo

[Quester]

:bugeyed: Looks like I am too late this time! I'll just have to catch the next one! :)

[thorhammer]

Hey, Quester! Missed you :( but there's always the next train - it can't be far away! :D

So we're here for debrief? I'm gonna have to call it a day, I'll PM my partners tomorrow, I'm absolutely shot right now. Can't even type straight.

I might get another couple of hours sleep before I have to get up for work!

\m/ Kat

[Guiding Cauldron]

Night TH sweet dreams xx

[rhombchick]

There was a train??
*kicks a stack of inoccently bystanding books, which proceed to topple all over the ground*

I missed it... :(

And now I have a sore toe.....

Oh well.... *grudgingly* I spose there's always next time

[thorhammer]

Oh, darlin! I'm sorry you missed it - well, it was likely a blessing in disguise given the time of day

:bugeyed:

^That was how I looked all day^ LOL

And I believe that my manners got left behind somewhere - I wanted to thank everyone for the messages of support, and fran in particular for giving me poll position! I had a lovely time on the train, and I'm so excited about my mini Il Meneghello deck!

Mell has sent me her address, as well as an order for two bags! I do so hope you love them, and because I already promised you one I'm putting three in the parcel :) I should be able to get the parcel out this week . . . sometime :rolleyes: work has gone off the charts!

[faunabay]

I read through the thread and you all seemed to have a great time!! Too bad I missed it, but that's the way it is. I'm glad you had fun Kat!!! That's the most important thing for this train anyway! :* I"m kind of jealous you got the mini soprafino though. })

[morticia monroe]

Sitting here reading threads and notice that Thor's ALWAYS cooked something REALLY yummy to eat. Something that sounds special.

Munching my tuna sandwich and wondering what the heck??? :(

[thorhammer]

Thanks, FB :) I'm chuffed to get it - pity it won't be for aaaaages now, as I've been told I'm going away again on Sunday :rolleyes: There will be another huge pile of decks waiting for me when I get back again . . . I haven't even touched the sides of the last pile! :(

@ MM - LOL You shoulda been here for dinner - I cooked the most fantastic soup! Tomato based, with chunks of Italian sausage, spring onions and celery sauteed in olive oil, spiral pasta and chopped spinach. It was fantastic!

Melleann - I will, I absolutely promise, get your parcel away before I go away. I may not get a chance to post or pm to let you know, though - but it will be on its way before Sunday!

\m/ Kat

[franniee]

Hey guys I sent the deck set off to GC along with the traveling deck. :D Sorry to see it go - it was so much fun to have - wonderful energy! Thanks for this Kat!!! :love:

[Mellaenn]

Hi, all - couldn't get in to AT yesterday, but wanted to say what fun that train was. I sent my package off this morning to you, Franniee and there is a little surprise in there that reflects my appreciation for the awesome course in lithomancypessomancy that you did for us in NJ.

Woo-hoo, Thorhammer - really looking forward to the tarot bags; got all these nekkid decks lying about! :grin: Good luck on your travels!

OK, - final question - when's the next train?

[emmsma]

Kat, your mini Soprafino was shipped yesterday. I was told 5-10 days. Maybe you will get lucky and it will arrive before you go.

[Guiding Cauldron]

Hey guys I sent the deck set off to GC along with the traveling deck. :D Sorry to see it go - it was so much fun to have - wonderful energy! Thanks for this Kat!!! :love:

AHH now that answered my question lol I forgot all about the train travelling deck! I will make sure it gets passed on with the next train :)

Got the Faerie Tarot today, cute deck thank you Franniee xx

[franniee]

Mellaenn thank you so much! I got the deck and gave it to my daughter she loves it...and thanks so much for the lovely crystals!! They are gorgeous!! :D

[Mellaenn]

My pleasure! That makes me happy to think about that deck having a wonderful little girl to love it! :love:

[thorhammer]

My mini-Meneghello arrived! I'm not in Perth, so a colleague is bringing it up for me and I hope to get my hands on it Thursday night!

Thankyou, emmsma!

\m/ Kat

[Mellaenn]

Yahoo - got a lovely goodie box all the way from Australia - my Touchstone is here; yay - I love it!!!:love: Thanks so much, Kat!

Plus the tarot bags are beautiful - the pictures on your etsy shop are pretty true to life, but still, they are even nicer "in real life" than the pix.

Thanks so much!

[thorhammer]

I'm so glad they got there, M! I wanted to send you an extra since I did promise one with the deck :) I hope they hold your most honoured decks safe for ages to come! :)

I love my wee Soprafino :) I'm still practising to get the hang of shuffling it LOL but it's so cute. I've also got the big one here on site with me, so I can compare and still get to know the images, and take the wee one out to site with me when I go out! :D

Everyone thinks I'm totally cracked :D

\m/ Kat

[emmsma]

I'm so glad you are enjoying that baby Soprafino. It deserved a home where it would be used and loved. Thank you for taking her in. :)

[coyoteblack]

was there just a train I missed? I did not even know about it.

[Mellaenn]

Hi, coyoteblack, how's tricks? Yes, there was a bullet a few weeks back. I think it was such a fast one that lots of folks didn't even see it hit the track! Still, I did get to participate in my first trade train. Since it was a bullet I'm still dizzy!

[coyoteblack]

glad you enjoyed the bullet. I did not know we were having one. I am looking forward to the next train.

[Isinea]

Will there be a new train coming up? :?:

[The crowned one]

Will there be a new train coming up? :?:

.yes.

[Aulruna]

Hooray, my Dream box arrived!!!!

Well, at least this is what I gather from the sender's address my neighbour read to me ... I won't be home until Friday ... torture!!!

[Isinea]

.yes.

ok i see, the question was not precise enough ... :D

[Guiding Cauldron]

The question is WHEN will teh next train be coming up? :)

[Isinea]

Em .. YES! :D

[Saturness]

The question is WHEN will teh next train be coming up? :)

Oh, i can't wait ^.^
It's been such a LOOOONG time since i last participated of train!!! :D :D :D

[Guiding Cauldron]

Oh, i can't wait ^.^
It's been such a LOOOONG time since i last participated of train!!! :D :D :D

Hey sweety! Its been a awhile since I've seen you around! I dont know when a train is happening but i'm sencing some slight chomping at the bit for one lol. I'm sure TCO, Scion or Franniee will enlighten us soon xoxo

[The crowned one]

I can do a long or bullet starting on the 16 of Aug if there is intrest. I think it is time for a long train...

[thorhammer]

The 16/8 is an auspicious day for me - that sounds bloody great! I'd be in that :)

\m/ Kat

[Aulruna]

Since the last was a bullet, we could do a nice slow scenic ride and go sightseeing leisurely at all the stations...

[NorthernTigress]

Sorry, I'm going to be busy for the next couple of weeks. I volunteer for a local festival every August.

[Guiding Cauldron]

I can do a long or bullet starting on the 16 of Aug if there is intrest. I think it is time for a long train...

I concur TCO what a nice way to spend my birthday weekend :) Long scenic train is great with me xoxo

FYI I just found out I'm busy all day Saturday for my birthday treat from Hubby but I'll be around after that xoxo

[Isinea]

th 16th and a slow one sounds good to me too.

[faunabay]

I'm up for a train....since I wasn't able to do the last bullet. :)

[cardlady22]

Drat! We've got mini-vacation plans and hubby's dental surgery during this time.

[The crowned one]

Drat! We've got mini-vacation plans and hubby's dental surgery during this time.

Slow trains run for days. I usually just check in every 12 hours or so...but I have gone a day or two in the past without having access to the train....still make a fun trade most of the time :D

[Saturness]

August 16th seems great for me ^.^

A think a long train would be nice. So maybe even those are sorta busy these days may find a way to participate. With a bullet train, it'd be impossible for them, since we need to stay glued to the computer all the time.

(Not that i am complaining - trains are so fun that i would gladly give up any social life to stay in front of the computer talking to you guys :D)

His Guiding Cauldron :). I have been away because of some serious real life problems...but now i am back, at last. Thought almost no one would remember me. The fact that you did made me really happy ^.^

[faunabay]

Guiding Cauldron :). I have been away because of some serious real life problems...but now i am back, at last. Thought almost no one would remember me. The fact that you did made me really happy ^.^
I remember you too Marina!!! :* Glad you've come back to us. :)

[Saturness]

I remember you too Marina!!! :* Glad you've come back to us. :)

Thank you :)
I surely missed being here .o/

[Saturness]

So...any news regarding the next train?

It's not that i don't have anything else to do, but a trade train is much more fun than doing my dissertation >_<

Lol :D :D :D

[morticia monroe]

I remember you too Marina!!! :* Glad you've come back to us. :)


Me three!! Of COURSE we remember you, Marina! :)

[Saturness]

Me three!! Of COURSE we remember you, Marina! :)

Yay! Thank you :D
*feels loved*

[faunabay]

Well are we starting a train tomorrow???? :confused:

[Madame Squee]

Hey, I want to hop on board, too! :D

It has been awhile, but I can grab my bindle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindle) and be ready to go in a flash...

Any time is perfect!

x
Q:spade:

[Queen of Disks]

Me three! A Train would be really nice right now! :)

[thorhammer]

I've got a few offerings to put up! Let's get this on!

\m/ Kat

[faunabay]

Yoohoo!!!!

Train conducters, do we have a train starting???? :P The natives are getting restless!!! :laugh:

[The crowned one]

Hi!

So This is pretty unorganized but how many do we have for a train? I think this might be more of a bullet day rather then a long train. We need to organize better for a long train :D

[Quester]

:bugeyed: OOOOOHHHH!!! Did I hear the sound of a train??? :bugeyed:

[Guiding Cauldron]

I'm here for a train too :)

[Madame Squee]

Yoo-hoo, I'm here...

ETA:

And my list is ready to go! (Including links!)

:*
Q:spade:

[Quester]

I will be back in a couple of hours. If I miss the train I hope you guys have a ball!! :heart:

[faunabay]

I"m here!!! :)

[Aulruna]

Well, as it's close to midnight in my timezone, and tomorrow a working day, I won't be here for a spontaneous bullet :(

If you decide to go for a long train after all, I'll hop on tomorrow...

[Queen of Disks]

I can go!

[thorhammer]

Depending on the time, I could possibly manage a bullet; a long train is a sure thing for me :)

I'll keep an eye on the thread when I get back from my meeting with the Co-Freemasons.

\m/ Kat

[Isinea]

I'm here and a bullet would be ok i think (didn't have one yet), a long would be better ...

[Quester]

I'm back! Are we going for a ride?? :D

[franniee]

IM racing. Just got here. Be back tues then off again Thursday

[Isinea]

sitting at the train-station, writing an article and eating some cookies.

anyone else waiting who wants a cookie?
*arranges-a-box-with-vegan-chocolate-cookies*

[Madame Squee]

Oh my gosh, it's past my bedtime (gasps the old lady, who works tomorrow)! :bugeyed:

Please save me some chocolate cookies, Isinea. :heart:

I'll catch you guys on the flip side... :D

xox
Q:spade:

[faunabay]

I guess we're not going to do a train. :( Oh well, we'll all get together once again when the timing is right. :*

[Quester]

I would LOVE a chocolate cookie Isinea! Thank you!! :)

[Isinea]

*is sharing out cookies!* :D

[thorhammer]

Thanks, isinea! Would you like a white rum, cranberry and lychee cocktail in return? :D

\m/ Kat

[Isinea]

Yay, that sounds great, Kat ;) Thankys!

[Aulruna]

What a Monday....

Read my bumper sticker. Hope someone here can fix me one.

[Guiding Cauldron]

lol aww hugs aulruna xoxo Hope today can be a grand day by teh end of it for you :)

[Aulruna]

Thanks hun :heart:

Feeling well enough now to fix a round of coffes to taste for everyone in the bar car!

[Guiding Cauldron]

ohhh swirly, omg i love the one with the planet and stars in it! so cool :)

[Madame Squee]

Mmmm... cofffeeee... :heart:

Say, guys, I'm heading to work in an hour, but I'll pop in and out, just in case we start rolling. :)

x
Q:spade:

[Saturness]

I need coffee as well...i need to study. So many books to read for this dissertation. I know it's just a semester, but it feels like an eternity. And i love reading but...but... >_<

I wish my dissertation would just do itself and leave me alone. Hehehehehe!

TCO, how many people do you need for a long train? I was without computer access this weekend (:mad:), but if i hear a train coming, i'll find a computer no matter what.

I'm in for a train, as always! If you need help to organize anything, let me know ^^v

[jackdaw*]

*deep breath* okay, I can do a regular train if that is what comes about. Just must be strong and resist back door trades!

Aulruna, that made me laugh! I had a boss before who (when I asked if he wanted anything on a coffee run) asked for a "Bailey's and Advil smoothie" :)

[The crowned one]

Sorry everyone, I am feeling a bit low and workking a bit too much...but all that aside I will start a train sign up thread...now!

This will be a slow train, short notice, leaves Tuesday the 18 or Saturday the 22.

I will go with a poll result.

[Scion]

Shooting a film!

Sorry I can't participate in this one. :( Have several dirnks for me. I'll come play after the weekend when I'm a human again. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Boy do i have STORIES to tell. :D

[Aulruna]

Boy do i have STORIES to tell. :D

Wanna hear! Wanna hear!!!

[thorhammer]

Shooting a film!

Sorry I can't participate in this one. :( Have several dirnks for me. I'll come play after the weekend when I'm a human again. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Boy do i have STORIES to tell. :D
Missed you! Can't wait to hear yer stories, and just your *voice* again :)

\m/ Kat

[faunabay]

yoohoooooo!!!

I hear an echo!!! Is there anyone else around???

Hellooooooo!

[coyoteblack]

yup had to go change first then spike the punch I am a coyote dont cha know

[Mellaenn]

Hey, guys - that was a hoot!

[The crowned one]

I am here!

And I am excited. I have enjoyed Salvador Dali's work and personality for a long time. I even have a couple documentaries on him...but I was never overly fond of the deck based on the few pictures I have seen... So now I finally took a chance and get to see it up close and personal!

[Queen of Disks]

I am here!!

I've seen the Dali Tarot majors in a book. Interesting, the World is actually kind of depressing.

[Mellaenn]

It wasn't quite as break-neck as the bullet train I tried last month, but it does move fast at times!

[The crowned one]

Lets open the bar, I just arranged to have my shift covered for tomorrow AM...YA!

I am trouble tonight!

[Mellaenn]

OK, what will you have? I was a bartender for 15 years, but I warn you, my knowledge of alcoholic drinks ends somewhere in the 80's...

[coyoteblack]

guinness stout and a shot of jameson's

[Mellaenn]

I think the Dali is a nice catch, too. I've always been fascinated with his work. I'd love to see the cards as well!

[Mellaenn]

Comin' right up...this Guinness will take a long time to draw, though...

[emmsma]

Know what I haven't had in years?

I'll have a Long Island Iced Tea!

[The crowned one]

guinness stout and a shot of jameson's

LOL ..coming right up...Lucky got you we keep Irish whiskey in this bar... ;)

[Mellaenn]

Cann do - vodka, gin, rum + coke and lemonade, equal parts. Be careful with that little lady!

[The crowned one]

I am actually starting with an American beer!!! A Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbeer my daughters boyfriend gave to me.

Not too bad...lacks body but a nice flavour!

[emmsma]

Been awhile since the last one, but I remember.

If I don't go slow, you'll find me swinging from the rafters or running around snatching up as many decks as I can carry!

[coyoteblack]

as long as I have to bar tenders I will not go dry and now I am reminded why I go to AA in real life.

[Mellaenn]

I do have a question and TCO, feel free to point me back over to the long rules, cause I bet you get tired of certain Q's since there are some of us newbies with each train - but somehow I missed this. How come some of us were "safe" in our trades and others were not towards the end? What does that mean to close the loop?

[Queen of Disks]

Something really strong, I don't care (don't drink much). I need it after the day I've had.

[emmsma]

Some of Sam Adam's varieties are quite nice.

My three top choices for beer: Newcastle Brown Ale, Guinness (both of which are in the fridge right now), and Fat Tire.

In fact, gimme a Newcastle please!
Two fisted drinking!

[emmsma]

Rough day, QoD? Wanna talk about it?

*passes over a Long Island Iced Tea*

[The crowned one]

ha, if I trade with you and you trade with me, we are protected a small loop of two.

If I trade with you and you trade with someone else, until that someone else makes a trade that connects back to us the chain is open and the train loop can fail. Take a look at the first page of the train and you will see the two separate chains from this train...I post then as links so it should make sense to you when you look at them...let me know.

[The crowned one]

Something really strong, I don't care (don't drink much). I need it after the day I've had.


For you a three finger glass of Vizcaya VXOP Cask 21!

Just to warm up your pallet ;)

[Mellaenn]

(Ale and SA to emmsma and TCO)
QoD - Long Island Tea for you, dear?

[Mellaenn]

(at TCO's suggestion, peeks at first page, then pops back to the bar car...)

Oh! (doink!) I get it.

[The crowned one]

as long as I have to bar tenders I will not go dry and now I am reminded why I go to AA in real life.


For you, respect and a virtual finger of 30 year old Highland Park!

[coyoteblack]

On my way to the juke box with a hand full of quarters. we thinking mellow type billy joel or something more upbeat. no disco please.

[The crowned one]

Born to run?

[coyoteblack]

For you, respect and a virtual finger of 30 year old Highland Park!

your the best TCO

[coyoteblack]

born to run goes so well with thin lizzy and bob segar and the silver bullet band

[emmsma]

Tunes are sounding very good to me. Just got a bunch of cd's that came into the thrift store. Spent the week listening to the Essential Billy Joel, David Bowie, and Elton John.

[coyoteblack]

now that I have a buzz I can finish my Algebra homework see yall in a hour.

[Mellaenn]

Bob Seeger, or the Eagles. My music world trail peters out about the same time as my drinking world does...

But I have been noticing this guy that I never heard of before and suddenly he is all over the place - Leonard Cohen. Love the song "Dance Me To The End of Love". Got that one by chance?

[The crowned one]

"Hollywood nights", "You Never Can Tell" and "ramble'n man" for good 'l Bob!

I always liked this one driving song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2aBOTNGWMY)

[Queen of Disks]

I am having problems with my bank. I was supposed to have gotten overdraft protection so I wouldn't get overdrawn again like I was a couple of weeks ago. Except I found out today I am overdrawn again. I went to my bank and found out that even though they approved the overdraft protection (they even sent me a letter and and hooked it up and everything) the overdraft protection did not work because the bank people need to change my checking account from the one I have (the totally free one) to a different one (the NOT free one) for it to work. Which they conveniently forgot to mention to me. Supposedly they are going to put the money back in my account and it should be done in the next few days. :mad: Which means I have no $$$ again for a while.

I am beginning to see why people put money under the mattress. The banks just take your money away. :mad:


Thanks for the Long Island Ice Tea!

[The crowned one]

QofD I pack my money into land...and toys for my kids LOL

Who needs a top up??

[Mellaenn]

Anyway, oh Crowned One...I do want to thank you for the fun tarot card trading game; looks to me like you concieved and executed it, and you are there personally to enjoy but also assist when you can be.

Let's hear it for TCO, everybody! Hip, hip, hooray!

I'm going to leave the liquor cabinet unlocked and toddle of to sleepy-land. So nice riding with all of you; see ya around AT!

[The crowned one]

Leonard Cohen was just here! Love his words and wisdom, not a fan of his voice.

[emmsma]

Uggh! I hate money troubles! Especially when they are caused by the errors of others. Hope it gets fixed for you quickly - though I know thats little consolation while you are waiting for it to be fixed.

[thorhammer]

I'll have a Long Island Iced Tea, if ye will :)

I'm trying to scan something for gregory - I'm just not focussing today and keep stuffing up :rolleyes:

And I just got hit on by some strange guy in the corner store.

[The crowned one]

I'll have a Long Island Iced Tea, if ye will :)



And I just got hit on by some strange guy in the corner store.

Lets focus on these two events :D

[thorhammer]

Let's hear it for TCO, everybody! Hip, hip, hooray!
I second that!

QoD - that sucks. I am always floored by the irony of the bank taking more money off you as some "fee" when by definition you don't have any :rolleyes: But just try and make them see that . . . no go.

[The crowned one]

Back in Five minutes I forgot I told my wife I would put the chickens in!

EDIT: that was easy, they all let them selves in! I just had to close up the coop!

[thorhammer]

Lets focus on these two events :D
Hmm, I'd rather focus on the scanning to get the dirty feel out of my brain! :D

[emmsma]

Hey Thorhammer, dirty feelings and a drink...many a night came out of those two items when coupled. :P

And on that happy note, I'm signing off!

Thanks All. Its been a pleasure!

[The crowned one]

Good night!

[thorhammer]

Back in Five minutes I forgot I told my wife I would put the chickens in!

EDIT: that was easy, they all let them selves in! I just had to close up the coop!
Oh! I thought you were talking about putting chickens in the oven to roast! We're having roast chook tonight. Maybe on the rotisserie, if the weather stays rainless.

[thorhammer]

Hey Thorhammer, dirty feelings and a drink...many a night came out of those two items when coupled. :P*shudder*

And on that happy note, I'm signing off!

Thanks All. Its been a pleasure!
It has indeed been a pleasure :) See you about!

[The crowned one]

Time to eat. Good night all!

[Wendywu]

I cannot believe everything that happened while I was asleep - net train I'm living on coffee and not gonna sleep at all!

[thorhammer]

I cannot believe everything that happened while I was asleep - net train I'm living on coffee and not gonna sleep at all!
LOL I know what you mean :) My first train was the first ever bullet - double whammy! - and it started at about 2am my time :bugeyed: I had an absolute ball, but my nerves were shot! No chance for coffee refills, either, what with convulsively punching the Refresh button constantly!!! :D

[Quester]

:bugeyed: OOOhhh! they left the bar open!! Now what to drink?? :bugeyed: choices...choices...choices! At least I won't be drinking and driving! :laugh:

[Guiding Cauldron]

looked like a great ending all, already have the addy i need and will post tommorrow to the states :)

FB you should have my addy already but let me know if u need it again lol

Scion cant wait to hear of your stories and the film your working on!

Since the cabinet is open still I'll take a red apple gin martini please with a caramel swirl ; i think i've been bitten by the autumn/fall bug already lol :)

[Aulruna]

Hooray, while I was sound asleep you wrapped up all the trades nicely ... I hate waking up in the debris of a train wreck, and now instead it's a lovely sunny Sunday with happy traders all around! Yay!

[Mimers]

LOL, yes, the first thing I did upon waking was go check out the thread to see if it was complete. Great ride, even if I was only a lurker!

[Saturness]

Darn, i missed all the action :/
But the ride was nice, wasn't it?

I won't have a drink with you guys because i have this terrible belly ache - maybe it was something i ate yesterday? - and feel slightly sick :(. But i can stay around and talk! :laugh:

This train has barely stopped and i feel ready to jump aboard the next one!How come they get so addictive?

[emmsma]

They are lots of fun. And it makes me want to do more trades. I usually do a few extra trades, post-train. Got none going this time. :(

But that just means, I'm that much more ready for the next one!

[faunabay]

The trains are just a complete blast!!! Fun had by all!!! And this one was no exception!! I loved seeing all the new people too!!

And yes, CG I do still have your address and all other information about you too!!!! :* })

[The crowned one]

So for our new players now is the time, if you have not, to trade addresses.

And now is the time for coffee!

[emmsma]

I'm actually having a lovely cup, right now.

Hubby makes the best cappuccino.

[Mellaenn]

Just got back from a trip to town where hubby and I each treated ourselves to a mocha light frappucino. It took me a half an hour to calm down from the caffiene buzz, dang, Starbucks must be distilling the coffee beans!

Anyway - as a train newbie, I want to thank all the rest of you for making it so fun and interesting. I love a) chatting with AT folks, b) getting packages in the post and c) looking through and using new tarot decks, so this is a great way to get more of the latter two without taking out a second mortgage.

Anyone out there who is peeking in on the trade train thread and wondering "should I?", I say "Go for it"! I didn't think I had that many decks to offer, but I had a taker each time. I read the rules, but if I was still confused, everyone was very helpful.

[Wendywu]

I slept through most of the action lol, but when I was actually conscious - it was a great train trip and I will surely be along for the next one.

Thank you to you all for helping make it such an easy first time train for me :)

[Guiding Cauldron]

The trains are just a complete blast!!! Fun had by all!!! And this one was no exception!! I loved seeing all the new people too!!

And yes, CG I do still have your address and all other information about you too!!!! :* })

UHHHH, do we need to talk privatly abouty this? Is there a GC dossiah out there?!! :bugeyed:

[Eugenia Madora]

I can't believe I missed a train.
I will settle in a corner booth and watch the happy traders.
Congrats everyone!!!

[faunabay]

UHHHH, do we need to talk privatly abouty this? Is there a GC dossiah out there?!! :bugeyed:
hehehehe I'm not telling! })

No really it's just all the info that you gave me yourself hon!! :laugh: And I'm the only one who has it. (giggle)

And Eugenia, I was wondering about you!! Wishing you were with us on this last train. We missed you!! :*

[Eugenia Madora]

Thanks, fauna.
I thought about trying to jump on late but too much going on right now.
Hopefully, it's not too long until the next one!!

:heart:

[Guiding Cauldron]

hehehehe I'm not telling! })

No really it's just all the info that you gave me yourself hon!! :laugh: And I'm the only one who has it. (giggle) :*

WHEW! :*

[Scion]

It's a wrap!!

I've now directed my first film. Sassy little short called PHOTO OP. The process was a complete blessing, and I'm thrilled with how it went... Everyone on the project said it was th best film set they'd ever been on. My mom was definitely watching over us. Hurricane warnings all weekend, flash floods expected... we never got a drop when we were outside. Gorgeous shots, unbelievable performances and images. And already started the ball rolling on the next one: a romcom feature! :thumbsup:

We finished at 4am and I have to go to bed,. but I wanted to tell someone who might be awake. :D Can't wait to tell y'all wacky stories.

[thorhammer]

Congratulations, S.!!!! I'm awake, and excited for you :) Can't wait to hear your stories - now go and get some good quality sleep.

\m/ Kat

[Guiding Cauldron]

oh yeah shawn!! Congrats hun xoxo

[coyoteblack]

Congrats Shawn now producer shawn/scion
I hope to see you at the meetup Sunday

[Saturness]

Wow, congrats Scion!!! :D

We once made a movie at college! What i like most about movie-making is the editing part. I'm not so keen at filming and i don't know if i would be a good director. But i love love love editing and i'm very perfectionist while doing so.

It's a big work, but it's fun, isn't it? :D

[The crowned one]

Lets hear some stories Scion!

[Quester]

Congrats Scion!! Love to hear all about it!! :)

[morticia monroe]

I expected no less from you, Scion. :) Even though we've "howdied but never actually shook", I can tell you're a shining star.

Looking forward to your tales.


BTW, when and how will we get to see your film?

[Eugenia Madora]

...Let the wacky stories begin...

[Cat*]

Since I'm busy tweaking my CV for an application, I don't have much time to hang out with you folks.

But I wanted to quickly drop in at least to let you all know that the nameless train was my first, and that it's been a lot of fun. I think I'll be back on the next one, too, if my schedule allows it.

Scion, I'm also looking forward to hearing your wacky stories! Congratulations again on your project! :thumbsup:
I also made a (completely no-budget) film a few years ago, together with a small group of people. We all co-wrote the script, co-directed, and nearly all of us worked on nearly everything else. We still get invited to show it and talk about it afterwards (no money coming from that, but a lot of interesting conversations and a few worthwhile contacts). I'd love to make another film eventually. And then another... :D

[Guiding Cauldron]

posted parcel today

[emmsma]

Chiasma cards are in the mail!

And tonight I made dukkha! Its so good. I may have to get a food processor, cause the blender is taking forever.

My thanks to whomever mentioned it - inspiring me to google a recipe.

[coyoteblack]

Wendy your stuff is in the mail. The post office guys said about 5 days.

[Aulruna]

Favole all wrapped and ready to fly tomorrow!

[Wendywu]

QoS has some gnomes on their way to stay ;)

[Quester]

Faunabay the Pirates set sail this afternoon! :)

[Manda]

The Fairy Tale is all packed, addressed, and ready for a flight around the world!

[The crowned one]

The ettillia has wings!

[Wendywu]

And tonight I made dukkha! Its so good. I may have to get a food processor.


What is Dukkha please?

Inspired by the train - we made cornbread. Yum yum! Great for us diabetics - no sugar but cakey :D

[Guiding Cauldron]

I adore these lil parcels of love floating to their destinations :) However they get there they are indeed of love because each of us had to choose which "love" ( i say this as all of us to an extent love our decks lol) to part with and waited for whom wanted to partake of our golden lil love choice we offered. So now our touch of love will indeed touch someone else and bring them surprise, joy, lessons or even love of themselves and we helped with that in our very own small way. xoxo Forgive the sentimeism I just couldnt help it :)

[thorhammer]

The parcels are on their respective journeys to WendyWu and Mellaenn!

\m/ Kat

[emmsma]

Ingredients

½ cup Sesame Seeds
½ cup Sunflower Seeds
1 cup Hazelnuts
1 cup Blanched Almonds
1 Greggs pkt Cumin seeds
3 Tbs Ground Coriander Seeds [1/4 cup normal seeds if you can find them]
1 Tbs Black Peppercorns [2 Tbs for a more peppery taste]
1 Tbs Ground Paprika
1 tsp Ground Tumeric [turns everything yellow, can leave out]
Rock Salt … a few turns of the grinder

Other ingredients:
½ cup Pumpkin Seeds
1 tsp dried wild thyme or mint
1/3 cup Chick Peas [roasted ... soak them first to soften them!]



Instructions:
Heat oven to 180oC.
Put seeds into separate shallow dishes and place in oven to roast.
Watch carefully, check every few minutes. Take out when seeds have
darkened a little, but not a lot, and have an appetising aroma.
Allow to cool.
Place all ingredients into a blender/food processor, and give it a
whizz on pulse, until mixture is a grainy texture.
Store in an airtight jar in a coolish place away from sunlight.


Eating:
Pour a little Dhukka into a bowl, and some Olive Oil into another bowl.
Break off pieces of bread, dip into Olive Oil, then into Dhukka and eat.

[Guiding Cauldron]

ohh yummy recipe sounds like a hummus which i eat loads of! :)

[thorhammer]

ohh yummy recipe sounds like a hummus which i eat loads of! :)
Except that dhukka is eaten dry, hence the need for (a good) olive oil for the bread :)

I've not cooked it, but am going to give it a bash one day. I want to do it on an open flame, pref. wood to give it a smoky flavour. You could also use a mortar and pestle to grind it at the end, but it would be a lot of work!

\m/ Kat

[Aulruna]

Sounds indeed very yummy!!! Thanks for the recipe, emmsma!

Also a potentially interesting idea for re-enactment... we are the Knights Templar, so sometimes we have a dinner with an "outremer" theme where this could make a nice appetizer...

[emmsma]

I was wondering, for whomever has made this before, how long does it keep. Hubby has found the oil is too much for him, so there is a whole lot for me to eat.

I have 2 rubbermaid containers that each hold 2 cups. Wondering if I could freeze one...

[thorhammer]

Sounds indeed very yummy!!! Thanks for the recipe, emmsma!

Also a potentially interesting idea for re-enactment... we are the Knights Templar, so sometimes we have a dinner with an "outremer" theme where this could make a nice appetizer...
Ah, well if you're going down that road . . . it must - simply must - be roasted on an iron griddle over an open fire made of dried camel dung.

And ground with a mortar & pestle :D

\m/ Kat

[coyoteblack]

TCO ,

That Waldorf salad worked like a charm. I try and kick something on Sunday and that is what I take to work with me for most of the week. and that salad is perfect right amount of protein and carbs plus it is low in fat and it down right yummy.

go chicken Waldorf!

[Wendywu]

Thankyou Emmsma - we'll have a go at that! My husband loves cooking, and is very adventurous. Me - I'm good at eating .... We make a great team :D

[emmsma]

I'm thinking of taking some and blending it with a little of the olive oil to make it spreadable. In small amounts - serving size.

I like that this is a foodie place to hang out. I don't cook lots, but this seemed easy and interesting.

[thorhammer]

I was wondering, for whomever has made this before, how long does it keep. Hubby has found the oil is too much for him, so there is a whole lot for me to eat.

I have 2 rubbermaid containers that each hold 2 cups. Wondering if I could freeze one...
I think it keeps for ages and ages! I wouldn't freeze it, as then, once you've thawed it, its shelf life would be much less.

You can use it in lots of things, mix it into cream cheese for a nice dip, or crust a roast or steak or grilled fish with it . . . the sky is the limit!

\m/ Kat

[Wendywu]

Kat it's hardly fair making a person drool while they're at work and it's a fair old while until lunch ...... lol

I like the cream cheese idea - even I could manage that bit.

[thorhammer]

Kat it's hardly fair making a person drool while they're at work and it's a fair old while until lunch ...... lol
So you don't want me to tell you about the burritos we just had for dinner, with mince, refried beans, chopped tomatoes, avocado, cucumber, sour cream, coriander . . . :D

:*

\m/ Kat

[faunabay]

I got my Pirates from Quester today!!! arrrrrggggg!!!

LOL She included a jeweled eye patch and a pink bandana!!!! :bugeyed:
ROFL I love it!!!! :*

[Quester]

Dame Fortune's Wheel Tarot made it here today!! I LOVE the cards to this deck! QoS also made a beautiful bag printed with golden coins all over it! :love: It is beautiful!! :D
Thank you so much Qos!! :heart:

[Queen of Disks]

Coyoteblack's Runic Tarot was shipped today!

[coyoteblack]

I am looking forward to it.

[Aulruna]

Ah, well if you're going down that road . . . it must - simply must - be roasted on an iron griddle over an open fire made of dried camel dung.

And ground with a mortar & pestle :D

\m/ Kat

Well, believe it or not ... most ren faires around here have an "Arabian quarter" these days complete with camels ... and we tried the dung thing out of sheer curiosity!!
Gives a great smouldering heat for cooking and the smell is not invasive.

[thorhammer]

Well, believe it or not ... most ren faires around here have an "Arabian quarter" these days complete with camels ... and we tried the dung thing out of sheer curiosity!!
Gives a great smouldering heat for cooking and the smell is not invasive.
I believe it :D Were things different . . . I'd be one of those peeps, I love the idea of ren faires :) Unfortunately, time . . .

I'm so glad it's the weekend! It was a long day out on site today, waiting and waiting for the backfill to be dug out from behind a retaining wall, then replaced and recompacted. We hoped to have it shot today, but nowhere near. At least I got lots of my book read.

I'm reading The 12th Planet, by Zecharia Sitchin. Anyone? It's off the wall (planet!) and a lot of what he says seems a bit sketchy, but on the other hand it's very interesting, particularly the astronomy part.

\m/ Kat

[Grip Dellabonte]

So.....first thing I read after a long, long absence....and first thing in the morning (without coffee, I might add....)...is that camel dung is not invasive.

Just like the old days.

It's good to be back. :D

[The crowned one]

Kat, get a copy of the "Sumerian Lexicon" to use with that book you are reading ;)

[Guiding Cauldron]

Hey Grip, was wondering where you dissapeared to! Welcome back luvy xoxo

[Grip Dellabonte]

Thanks, GC. :)

The amount of paperwork, and other college-related stuff I won't bore you with, trying to get these girls out of the country.....wow!

My youngest and I leave Tuesday for eastern Canada...Carleton University.

Nine days in what looks to be an incredibly beautiful place.

How ya been?? :)

[Guiding Cauldron]

Thanks, GC. :)

The amount of paperwork, and other college-related stuff I won't bore you with, trying to get these girls out of the country.....wow!

My youngest and I leave Tuesday for eastern Canada...Carleton University.

Nine days in what looks to be an incredibly beautiful place.

How ya been?? :)

Oh wow theyre going to Canada?! Cool!! I'm sure they'll love it :) Good here, at times trying to hang unto life by the tips of my fingernails as it whizzes by! lol Have a safe trip sweety xoxo

[Wendywu]

Hey Coyoteblack - my Roots arrived!! That was some fast :) I love it - thank you ...

[Grip Dellabonte]

Oh wow theyre going to Canada?! Cool!! I'm sure they'll love it :) Good here, at times trying to hang unto life by the tips of my fingernails as it whizzes by! lol Have a safe trip sweety xoxo

Actually, Kid B is going to Canada.

Kid A will be going to Wales a week after I get back. So I barely have time to come home and wash clothes before I'm off again. :D

[emmsma]

New Palladini arrived today! I like the backs, so I'm not sure how much trimming I will be able to do. :P

For now, we will just have to get to know each other. Maaybe I can start by removing just the white outer edging and leave the titles. See where that leads me.

[SilentBreeze]

The Etteilla arrived today. It's not a system I'm familiar with so I'm really intrigued and doing some research on it now.

[The crowned one]

The Etteilla arrived today. It's not a system I'm familiar with so I'm really intrigued and doing some research on it now.

Its worth a bit of a time investment... If I did not own antique versions I would have made that one a keeper! :D

For what it is worth (http://books.google.de/books?id=CI85AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1&dq=Etteilla+ou+la+seule+mani%C3%A8re+de+tirer+les+ cartes&lr=&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false)

[SilentBreeze]

Its worth a bit of a time investment... If I did not own antique versions I would have made that one a keeper! :D

For what it is worth (http://books.google.de/books?id=CI85AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1&dq=Etteilla+ou+la+seule+mani%C3%A8re+de+tirer+les+ cartes&lr=&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false)

I found that link before. Too bad I don't understand french. I'm trying to find a translated version, which I didn't think would be as hard as it is.

[The crowned one]

I have not looked through this site (http://www.villarevak.org/emw/emw_1.htm) but I had intended too. It may help?

If there is a specific page or two you would like translated on the French site let me know...but the whole book is a bit too much given my time schedule :D

[SilentBreeze]

I have not looked through this site (http://www.villarevak.org/emw/emw_1.htm) but I had intended too. It may help?

If there is a specific page or two you would like translated on the French site let me know...but the whole book is a bit too much given my time schedule :D

Thank you for the site. Looks very promising. I think that if I have time on my hands I'll try to translate the book via online translator. But right now I'm trying to work it out intuitively. I'm really enjoying the deck.

[The crowned one]

No worries! Enjoy the deck!

[thorhammer]

So.....first thing I read after a long, long absence....and first thing in the morning (without coffee, I might add....)...is that camel dung is not invasive.

Just like the old days.

It's good to be back. :DROFL :D Your post made me cacle, Grip! I'm glad to see you back, if only for a short while :) The nomenclature for your kids reminds me of one of my bosses - his kids are Number 1 and Number 2 :DKat, get a copy of the "Sumerian Lexicon" to use with that book you are reading ;)Ah, I'll have a look for that :) I'm enjoying the book, but taking it with a few truckloads of salt ;)

\m/ Kat

[Mimers]

Favole all wrapped and ready to fly tomorrow!


Just checking the thread now. Thanks Aulruna!

[coyoteblack]

Runic arrived today it looks cool I like how they did they book.

[morticia monroe]

The Chiasma cards arrived and they are really cool. I have been using them for daily draws, and I'm really glad to have chosen them! Thank you so much, emm!

[morticia monroe]

GRIP!!!!! *Big, fat, meshugama to you!!!!!* I've missed you truly. So glad to see you stick your head in the door, and even happier that all is well with you and your girls. Please try not to stay away too long.

[emmsma]

Very glad you like them, MM.

[Queen of Disks]

Runic arrived today it looks cool I like how they did they book.


Yay!!! Glad to hear it!

[Madame Squee]

QoS has some gnomes on their way to stay ;)
Yay!!!! The Gnomes arrived, safely and soundly, on Saturday! :party::party::party:

Thank you, Wendy, that was quick, and I'm very pleased to have them! :love:

Peace out.

x:*x
TRQ
(formerly Queen of Spades)

[Queen of Disks]

The Victorian Flower Oracle and the Traveling Train deck arrived today!! Thank you so much!

[Guiding Cauldron]

whew! i was begginning to wonder :) Enjoy xox

[Cat*]

Just a few minutes ago, the postman delivered Mellean's package with the Vanessa Tarot. :D

I already briefly looked through the cards and am positively surprised. I already like them better in person than I ever liked the scans. And I absolutely love the tin. :) Can't wait to try out the deck in a reading!

*shuffling already*

And it's really nice to handle such a small deck for a change. I've used the Phantasmagoric almost exclusively for about a month and am currently exploring the Margarete Petersen - both are huge decks!

I'm a very happy train trader right now! :D

Aulruna has generously agreed to wait a little longer for her deck because I wanted to make her a little bag to go with it. I hope I'll get out my sewing stuff this weekend at the latest...

[thorhammer]

I've used the Phantasmagoric almost exclusively for about a month and am currently exploring the Margarete Petersen - both are huge decks!
OOh, are you loving the PTT?? Remember in the de-enabling thread - was it you that requested de-enabling for it? It was the de-enabling thread that enabled me on it :D . . . and a fellow train rider that provided it to me! I adore it! It's one of the few decks that I could instantly read "intuitively" (as the term is used so often here on AT). I just loved it to bits, and was so sad to put it away at the end of its week . . . :(

And you know, despite the massive size, I haven't been tempted to trim it. I like the borders on this one :)

\m/ Kat

[Mellaenn]

Cat*, I'm so happy you're happy...that deck and it's little tin travels really well, too.

Got my package from Thor today - yay!!! The mail comes directly to my desk here at work, which is one reason I have most things sent here; what a treat to have a package handed directly to you!

Anyway, the point is my Haindl came and I love it...can't wait to get home and play with it! But the real treat is this gorgeous purple bag with silver fringe that I ordered from Kat's etsy...ooh-lala! All of my decks will be fighting over who gets the purple bag! I, too, am a happy train trader!!! :love: :love:

[Cat*]

OOh, are you loving the PTT?? Remember in the de-enabling thread - was it you that requested de-enabling for it? It was the de-enabling thread that enabled me on it :D
Yes, I requested de-enabling. But those people over there were so mean to the poor Phantasmagoric that I decided I had to buy it so that someone would love it in all its freakiness. :D And I do. :love:

I remember reading how much you liked it, but that was before I was using it (I think). Didn't you also offer combined Phant/Fant readings once, or did we just fantasize about that?

And you know, despite the massive size, I haven't been tempted to trim it. I like the borders on this one :)
Me too. Plus, the borders are relatively narrow, so there won't be much more shuffling convenience if they were trimmed off.

[thorhammer]

Yes, I requested de-enabling. But those people over there were so mean to the poor Phantasmagoric that I decided I had to buy it so that someone would love it in all its freakiness. :D And I do. :love:Me too! And me too! I felt sorry for it, poor stunted munted child of the Tarot world that it is! ROFLI remember reading how much you liked it, but that was before I was using it (I think). Didn't you also offer combined Phant/Fant readings once, or did we just fantasize about that?Did I? I know I was thinking of it, and still will do it, but did I get around to it?

Ah well, now that I'm moving into my own place again, I'll have the space to spread out and I'll be able to do that! :party:

\m/ Kat

[morticia monroe]

Sweet Twilight winging it's way to Kat.

[faunabay]

OK, I got the Angel Affirmations out to Guiding Cauldron today. It took so long because I had to mix something up to include in the box. }) Yep, mix it up!! And I'm not saying anything more until she gets it. hehehehe

[Guiding Cauldron]

OK, I got the Angel Affirmations out to Guiding Cauldron today. It took so long because I had to mix something up to include in the box. }) Yep, mix it up!! And I'm not saying anything more until she gets it. hehehehe

lol ok very mysterious! I'll let you know when it arrives dear xx

[Mimers]

I received my Favole deck from Aulruna today complete with fairy dust! Thanks some much for this hauntingly beautiful deck!

[Manda]

I have received the Dreaming in Color deck from Marina, with the cutest little Buddha miniature to keep it company! My little one is calling "Buddha" "Poomba" and I hope he is not offended! :laugh:

[Cat*]

(sorry, wrong thread...)

[thorhammer]

I got the Sweet Twilight in the mail - in a massive, exciting parcel from the indomitable morticia!

\m/ Kat

[Eugenia Madora]

Just stopping by to see what's going on...
Sounds like some happy traders.
I'll settle in for a couple of minutes with a cafe mocha before I head out to start my day.

[Guiding Cauldron]

Recieved deck and treat from FB :) Sent pm already dear thanks again xoxo

[Eugenia Madora]

Checking in... any chance of a Fall Train?
I'm feeling the call of the open rails rolling through the changing scene, Summer to Fall ~apples, pumpkin, beer, oktoberfest...

[rhombchick]

sounds good seeing I missed out on the last two.....

I think I see some smoke off in the distance.... could it be the smoke of an approaching train??

[Saturness]

If there's a fall train, i'm in :D :D :D

I haven't got my deck yet but i'm sure it's on it's way. I don't have any hurry, anyway. A lifetime to enjoy it!

[faunabay]

Recieved deck and treat from FB :) Sent pm already dear thanks again xoxo
Am so glad you liked it hon!! :*

And a fall train sounds like fun!! All the autumn leaves and colors and cider and crisp autumn air! ahhhhhhhhh

[The crowned one]

A fall train sounds good.

[Keavy McGee]

ooooooo, I haven't been on the rails in a while, sounds like fun!! and the Equinox is just around the corner....*whistling*

[Quester]

A Fall train ride sounds GREAT!! Let's ride!! :D

[Guiding Cauldron]

ohhh proper cider (both American and European!) sounds yummy! and cake doughnuts and candy apples!!! Sigh can you tell I'm an autumn girl despite being born in heat of summer?! :)I'm all for a riding the rails just let me know when...xoxo

FB words can not say how much I luv ya girl! lol

[Emylicious]

I'd love to have a ride on the tracks, and fall sounds a good time to try!

Emily x

[faunabay]

FB words can not say how much I luv ya girl! lol
:heart: Are you having fun with your belated birthday stuff? hehehe })

I didn't even think about the good timing for being close to halloween. Will be a perfect halloween reading deck, won't it? hmmm.....going to have to pull mine out. LOL


.....Has everyone checked out Guiding Cauldron's sexy new avie yet? :P

[Scion]

I'd love a train as well... Time to get back into the swing of things. :)

[Quester]

ohhh proper cider (both American and European!) sounds yummy! and cake doughnuts and candy apples!!! Sigh can you tell I'm an autumn girl despite being born in heat of summer?! :)

:bugeyed: OOOOOHHH cider!!! Love it!! :heart: What are we waiting for??? Let's go!! :D

[Aulruna]

I'm SO ready for this.

[thorhammer]

Yeah, a train would be nice :) I have a couple of saviours for my trade list, and should do a trim job on another in readiness!

\m/ Kat

[Eugenia Madora]

Oh, yea!!!! choo, choo, choo!!

[Shalyn]

If there's a fall train, i'm in :D :D :D

I haven't got my deck yet but i'm sure it's on it's way. I don't have any hurry, anyway. A lifetime to enjoy it!

I sent it! Uh...now, when did I send it? I know it took longer than it should have because I couldn't get to the post office....ooh, I sent it on 9/4. Yeah. September 4.

So hopefully you get it soon. If you don't, let me know - I have a backup that I can send you!

[Shalyn]

And yeah - I'd love to catch a ride on the Fall Train!

[Guiding Cauldron]

:heart: Are you having fun with your belated birthday stuff? hehehe })

*OMGodess you KNOW it :) I'm still buzzing with excited energy!

I didn't even think about the good timing for being close to halloween. Will be a perfect halloween reading deck, won't it? hmmm.....going to have to pull mine out. LOL

*We'll have to have a read off; share a thread doing readings for Halloween hee hee- clear away the dusty deck cobwebs girl :)

.....Has everyone checked out Guiding Cauldron's sexy new avie yet? :P

*lol well lets just say that was me BEFORE children days, my bellys a bit puffier now :)

* so any news as to a train start conductors?

[rhombchick]

*patiently waiting at the station, on an uncomfortable plastic bench that has seen better days... she has been brainwashed by the billboard she's been glaring at for the last 36 hours...*

*Looks at her watch for the umpteenth time...*

Where's that train?

[cardlady22]

I don't have anything to Trade, but I'll jump in on the Conductor Team if you'll have me. :party: Somebody hit me with a PM for the times I'm free. I'm on Eastern Time US.

[Grip Dellabonte]

Depending upon when the train departs I may be running to grab onto the caboose, or putting my heels up in the bar car as we chug out of the station house, but I'm def ready to go again. ;)

[rhombchick]

*Sees a tumble weed roll by...*

[Guiding Cauldron]

humm its been nearly a week since gossip started about another train approaching......I wonder if *gasp* was ..it....all.....just... a LIE?!!!! Noooooo :)

[thorhammer]

LOL I'm cool, I can wait a little while till the next one (my package from the previous one only arrived a week or so ago!) but I'll be in on it no matter when it's on!

I'll be taking some time off work (*hallelujah!*) in about three/four weeks, but I guess that's too long for peeps?

\m/ Kat

[Wendywu]

Ya going anywhere? Or playing with that cute little cat of yours....

A train? There's gonna be a train? Wahey, I wanna go on the train - where's the ticket man??

[thorhammer]

I's playin' with the cat :D about which she will be pleased for the first day and displeased after that :D

Would this be your first train??? Or were you on the last one?

[Aulruna]

If all those people go on milling around the platform, someone should open a coffee and snack cart!!!

http://cms.dog-holiday.com/images/wagen.jpg

[thorhammer]

I just had dinner! But thakyou for the offer :)

I had panfried mushrooms with sundried tomatoes and green peppercorns in a creamy sauce with polenta. It was goooooooood . . .

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2905494907_5fff9192f3_o.jpg

\m/ Kat

[Wendywu]

I was on the last one - and I don't wanna miss this one. Gonna sit here and slurp ice creams until it's time. (Is there a loo on this station?)

I love the look of your supper Kat - you got a recipe?

We have bean something or other with salady stuff I think. It was beanburgers with cheese & onion field mushrooms yesterday - yummy :)

[thorhammer]

Yours sounds good too!

There wasn't a recipe and the picture's a little inaccurate . . .

I fried about 16 medium sliced mushies in a good wedge of butter, with about four-five tablespoons of sliced sundried tomatoes and some fresh thyme and a tin of green peppercorns (that's about two tablespoons). When they were cooked, I put in about four-five tablespoons of sour cream and took it off the heat (I hate separated cream :mad:).

The polenta was just basic - boil three cups of liquid (1 stock to 2 water in this case), slowly add one cup of polenta and stir constantly till thick. Take off the heat and add grated tasty/parmesan/romano cheese to taste. I spooned it into oiled cupcake tins to set, then you fry those gently to get them crispy and warm :)

Top with mushy stuff and enjoy :)

\m/ Kat

[Wendywu]

Oh I will - probably tomorrow :D

Meantime, 'cos the lady selling the ice creams is veeery kind, I know she's gonna give me double chocolate sprinkles on my cornet - and a chocolate stick!

How's it going with the new house Kat?

[thorhammer]

How's it going with the new house Kat?
It's good . . . lonely, though. I have no television :laugh: but still the nights go so fast after work - it's already my bedtime and I want to sleeeeezzzzz . . . but I'm waiting on an email or three :D

Weird noise in my kitchen, brb . . .

[thorhammer]

'Twas the cat. Note to self: all weird noises are the cat.

The sliding door to the laundry, where her litter tray and water dish are, was shut all the way :rolleyes: she was jumping up and pushing the door. She's only little, but damn is she strong!

I'm beat, gotta get to bed. I wish I didn't need to sleep - as much as I enjoy it, most nights there's so many other things I want to do :(

See you all later! :*

\m/ Kat

[Eugenia Madora]

Oh, quiet again. I keep missing everyone.
Maybe in the morning ~ this luggage is getting heavy!

[The crowned one]

It's good . . . lonely, though. I have no television :laugh: but still the nights go so fast after work - it's already my bedtime and I want to sleeeeezzzzz . . . but I'm waiting on an email or three :D

Weird noise in my kitchen, brb . . .

Lonely will pass, you are a positive wonderful person.


Television LOL ! I had cable so long ago...Then when I bought this house it was offered free to me for a "trail period" ...same bloody shows, in and around 50% repeats...what a joke! But what made it really bad was I would sit there and stare at this visual bubblegum all the same. Needless to say I choose not to pay for the service. ( OK I figured out their filter system for my wife and made a little item that gives her the TV she wants at no cost to me.)

No television is a blessing, I can barely handle the internet!

[The crowned one]

Oh, quiet again. I keep missing everyone.
Maybe in the morning ~ this luggage is getting heavy!

I am here! What can I mix for you?

[Eugenia Madora]

Hi TCO, How about something warming to help me relax.
I'm in need of a good night's sleep.

...running off to watch "Dancing With the Stars"...

[The crowned one]

Hi TCO, How about something warming to help me relax.
I'm in need of a good night's sleep.

...running off to watch "Dancing With the Stars"...


You go it my friend!

Would you like low alcohol heated or high alcohol cooled? :D

[The crowned one]

I have thought of a combination I suspect you have not tried!

Hot chocolate( I count on you to use a quality one) Now add a bay leaf, a touch of cinnamon, and then take that mixture and toss it in the blender with a banana! Add rum (lots) and a touch ...I am ..making this up...Drambuie!


Yup, never had one but I think this sounds pretty good!

[thorhammer]

That does sound good, TCO :)

What's with the 3Swords and 9Wands?

At work, only for a little while though. Then off to the beautician's (yes, really, and no, this isn't a desperate bid to feel beautiful after a breakup :D) and to try and find a TV cable. I really do actually want to watch the news.

I've been making friends :) I now have two whole friends at work :D and it's lovely to sit with them at lunch and talk *girl* stuff. One is fun and ingenuous and so very sweet-natured she makes me feel like a mole :D the other is quiet and seems really serious but has a wicked sense of humour, and we can talk really obscure, deep stuff. She's coming rock climbing with me soon :)

I've missed friends. It's not that the now-ex drove them away, just that everything kind of reshuffled and they've all disappeared.

\m/ Kat

[Eugenia Madora]

...a very relaxed Em snoozes in the corner holding her yummy drink and dreaming of Scharffen Berger hot cocoa... and charming Scotsmen...

[The crowned one]

You can never go wrong being charmed by a good Scot!...And never forget to be charmed b a Scot you must have charmed one! I will be glancing into your quiet corner all night making sure you are happy until you are ready to sleep!

[The crowned one]

Thor: 3 swords is hands down my favorite non archetype in the deck...nine of wands was meant to be coins...but it IS a interesting draw for you, is it not?

[thorhammer]

Both apply to me uncannily, but in the recent past, hopefully not the future. I think of the 3S as surrender to pain in order for it to pass; holding, clenching onto pain as a heart clenching onto sword edges is not going to help and causes suffering. I have faced and surrendered to the pain and it is passing. The 9 of Wands refers to how stoic I have had to be with Himself being a maggot for so long; the 9 of Coins/Pents (as the RW image springs to mind rather than TdM-ish) is me now, independent and walking my borders. Self-contained and mightily thankful for it.

\m/ kat

[The crowned one]

Both apply to me uncannily, but in the recent past, hopefully not the future. I think of the 3S as surrender to pain in order for it to pass; holding, clenching onto pain as a heart clenching onto sword edges is not going to help and causes suffering. I have faced and surrendered to the pain and it is passing. The 9 of Wands refers to how stoic I have had to be with Himself being a maggot for so long; the 9 of Coins/Pents (as the RW image springs to mind rather than TdM-ish) is me now, independent and walking my borders. Self-contained and mightily thankful for it.

\m/ kat

WOW..Cool. I am not going to lecture tonight but three's are the most potentially loaded numbers in Pythagorean ideology, that covers most of western philosophy .... ! I love them and swords is the best of them... cups aside..and just trying to build the puzzle of life.

[thorhammer]

Why no lecture? I have no idea about Pythagorean philosophy/numerology/ideolgy :(

Please?

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

A) I just want to relax. B) I just want to relax.

But if you a interested I can do a overload pretty quick.

I am so frigg'n beat even the air around me hurts LOL

[thorhammer]

Ah, fair point. Another time. You relax.

I hate it when the air hurts. I thankfully don't get that often any more . . . the joys of working for a consultancy :D

[The crowned one]

My Drink for you!

Fermented apples.

Be centred dear friend

[thorhammer]

Centred? Where??? LOL

I gotta run, beautician's calls. I will try to check in later :)

Have a lovely few hours chillin' :*

[The crowned one]

I'm calling It a night too! cheers!

[thorhammer]

I's here :) Got home, took care of stuff. I've got the lawn mowing man coming tomorrow to give me a quote, and on Friday a lovely sounding lady is dropping off eight bags of mushroom compost for my veggie garden! I know what I'm doing this weekend! Luckily, it's meant to be nice weather. Mind you, that doesn't mean much, three days out.

[Guiding Cauldron]

ohh a touch of rousing conversation dealing with numbers and secrets of life order? Sounds great. I've been tapping into Transendece lately myself and since Mabon yesterday thinking of my blessings however small they may seem. Good grounding for me, I need the constant reminders it seems :)
Glad your getting settled and on your feet again TH xox Hope the air is cleaner and freer when you wake TCO xx

[cardlady22]

So . . . any tentative dates yet?

[Queen of Disks]

I can go! I don't have much variety, but I can scrape up something! And the Traveling Train Deck needs to get moving again...

[faunabay]

I can go! I don't have much variety, but I can scrape up something!
This is me too. I do have a few surprises up my sleeve :P but not a whole bunch of variety.

[PathWalker]

Yes, please let me know about the next train, thank you
Pathwalker

[Wendywu]

I've been making friends :) I now have two whole friends at work :D and it's lovely to sit with them at lunch


Yay Kat :D Enjoy - go out, have FUN!! Darlin' you deserve it :heart:

[thorhammer]

Yay Kat :D Enjoy - go out, have FUN!! Darlin' you deserve it :heart:
Thanks, babe :) I went to one of these girls' house last night for dinner - sadly, she lives out in the middle of nowhere :D (not really, just up in the hills) and it takes so long to get there I had to just eat and run!

Hopefully the other one (Nicole) and I are going rock-climbing this weekend :) Yay :D I love rock-climbing, and the now-ex wouldn't come with me "coz it hurts my hands :("

I thought that was a bit of a poor effort :D LOL

[Wendywu]

I trained in karate for many years and then I got married. He wouldn't come with me and started to resent me training 4 or 5 times a week. In the end I gave up (OK yeah I was getting slower and older and anyway I got ill not long after) but I think he feels I'm more "feminine" now. Odd - I felt far more sensual back then .... totally in tune with my body.

Blokes eh?

[thorhammer]

I trained in karate for many years and then I got married. He wouldn't come with me and started to resent me training 4 or 5 times a week. In the end I gave up (OK yeah I was getting slower and older and anyway I got ill not long after) but I think he feels I'm more "feminine" now. Odd - I felt far more sensual back then .... totally in tune with my body.
I did karate when I was at Uni! GoJu Karate . . . I made it to 3rd Kyu, though I don't know if that will mean anything to you as every style makes its own system of grading up :D - brown belt.

I totally know the feeling of being such a master of your own body, and how powerful and sensual that makes you feel. But the fact is (and this is hardly limited to men) people feel threatened by someone who is their own master. Particularly when you're physically threatening as well. *shrug*

I hurt myself :( and couldn't kick any more. Now I'm too old and slow :D (at 28!) and content myself with kicking ass at yoga. I just came back from there . . . my downward dog and pigeon poses are really getting to be awesome!

\m/ Kat

[faunabay]

I've been thinking I ought to start back up with yoga. Haven't done it for about a year. But I'm starting to miss it. hmmm...... might have to call the teacher I went to and see when her classes are again. :)

[Wendywu]

I stopped at 49 as a dan grade and instructor and it was the right thing to do for my marriage but I miss it all the time. Now however I've had such serious surgery that I absolutely couldn't take a punch in the abdomen and I have to say that in our dojo we kind of went for it to some extent at high grade (we all knew each other pretty well, and were oh-so-careful with lower grades lol)...

And I maybe could still do kata and basics but I wasn't that sort of karateka - I loved kata but it was only part of the story for me.... and anyway I'm still married and I'd like to stay that way - he means a lot more than karate

I'd think about something like yoga but what with the job, the tarot, the studying and maintaining a relationship something has to go - and I'm afraid yet another outside interest wouldn't be on really....

I like Goju - that soft/hard approach is deceptive...

[The crowned one]

We call it internal/external. Things like Karate are hard style/ external. I used to do Chen style ( Yuli, push hands and a bit of sword work) under Gord Muir and even worked with Master Chen Zhonghua. Unfortunately if you can not commit at least an hour a day all it does is make it impossible to walk up stairs because your legs are sooo sore...I could not make the time commitment necessary so I left it. I occasionally practice Yilu in the hopes of getting back into it...perhaps with my son.

Here is Yilu ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtcrNYQ3ULQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp) It is amzingly powerful when used at speed and energy.

[Wendywu]

Thank you - I found that very satisfying to watch. He really is very very good. I just wondered though - why the shoes? Much more "feel" in bare feet ... I don't think I could have worked indoors in shoes. (Naturally, we wore shoes if outdoors training).

But very good - and a great discipline to take your son to when he's ready.

[The crowned one]

Thank you - I found that very satisfying to watch. He really is very very good. I just wondered though - why the shoes? Much more "feel" in bare feet ... I don't think I could have worked indoors in shoes. (Naturally, we wore shoes if outdoors training).

But very good - and a great discipline to take your son to when he's ready.


It is because the floor is slippery is my guess LOL, we ran into this once when demonstrating on a gym floor in our socks. I used to practice in Truscott's Yama Neko Dojo. A Pretty well known and way too modest gent. (http://wantedhero.com/?tag=ted-truscott) where the padded floors, we are all used to, do not let you slip :)

[Wendywu]

Our first dojo had a concrete floor - we had to train in bare feet and we were too poor to afford mats lol. Our feet got tougher than the floor.. Later we moved to a place that doubled up as a dance studio and we had the luxury of a sprung wooden floor so definitely no shoes - and still no mats because we'd got used to working without them and we saved what money we could to subsidise residential weekend courses (single sexes - men one weekend, ladies the next lol - saves jealous spouses a lot of angst) in nice remote places ...

Newcomers lost yards of skin off their feet but either stayed or left - we'd all been there - all we could offer was sympathy and wait to see if their desire to learn overcame the pain in their feet.

I bet we'd have kept more students if we'd had mats but after a while we forgot about them - got too used to the feeling of the floor. I still don't wear shoes unless I absolutely have to - they've got used to it at work and I do put them on if I have to see people ....

[thorhammer]

We have a long weekend here :D just Western Australia (for once, it's actually better to be in WA than the rest of the country :D). It's 2pm on Friday, I'm in the office staring out the window at the first glorious sunny day we've had pretty much all year, and just chafing at the bit to get out there!

I'm going to do my veggie garden tomorrow :) So I might duck past the hardware superstore on my way home and get a digging fork. And whatever seeds take my fancy :D And maybe a bigass parsley plant.

Am also thinking of heading out to a town about an hour from Perth, where my best friend has temporarily settled. I haven't seen her in months, so it would be great to catch up.

\m/ Kat

[thorhammer]

I miss the Subscriber Competition - there seem to be only two threads in this forum where you can post anything at all and not be off topic :D that one, and this one!

Hence, you all are going to hear about my sublime day, in the hope that some of this overflowing goodness rubs off onto you! I have had such a perfect day, that matched with the glorious weather. It's been rainy, cold and generally miserable for. . . oh, about three months. Yesterday the sun came out! And today, being Saturday, I have been able to enjoy it!

I went to yoga first thing, which has started to be quite a routine for me on Saturdays now. It's a great way to start the weekend, rather than slobbing about the house for hours which is what I used to do. It was a great class and I was really happy with my progress in a few asanas, particularly the reversed ones, Parivrtta Trikonasana (http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/692) and Parivrtta Parsvakonasana (http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/876).

After yoga, I headed homewards and stopped by the shop, got a few nice things. On an impulse, I bought a whole lot of whole spices . . . more about that in a sec ;)

Arrived home, and launched into my garden project! I had 8 60 litre bags of mushroom compost dropped off here yesterday, so I lugged those around the side (heavy!) and dug that through. My neighbour (lovely retired guy) popped over for a chat, and shared quite a bit of helpful information about the house I'm in :D Once I'd got the compost in, I bucketed water all the way around the house until the beds were soaked; left them to warm in the sun.

Then I got all excited about figuring out the reticulation system :bugeyed: I don't have it sorted yet, but I can at least get it fired up on the manual setting. I'll get to sit down with the handbook and sort out programming it soon. It was such a great feeling to see this water spraying all over my yard, and to know that during summer the vegies will be okay, the lemon tree taken care of, the grapevines flourishing.

Then it was seed planting time! Endive and lettuce and roquette and tomatoes, eggplant, basil, parsley and oregano, spinach and cucumber - and lots more besides! The soil was dark and warm and wet under my hands, and lovely and loose, so their wee roots will be able to reach waaaaay down, to keep them hydrated when the temperatures soar in Summer.

Hungry, I was, after that - so I took those spices I mentioned, and made myself some dukkha! I know I said I didn't like it, but I wanted to make it and see how it went :) Fennel, black peppercorns, sesame seeds, coriander and cumin seeds, fenugreek, sea salt and some star anise to be daring. Fry it up real hot but keep it moving . . . when the seeds start to pop take it off the heat and get it out of that pan! Grind in batches in a mortar and pestle while still hot - the smell is indescribable :) I had that for lunch, with olive oil and a bread roll and water, sitting on the back patio where it's warm from the beautiful sun. I'm still there, just lounging in my banana lounge with book, puter and tea :) The cat's about somewhere.

I'll shut up now, but I just wanted to share. I hope that all of you had some measure of the peace and fulfilment that I enjoyed today :)

\m/ Kat

[Grip Dellabonte]

Ooh! Nice read, Thor!

You did have a great day. Looking forward to hearing all about your baby sprouts once they start turning up.

Roquette is rocket, yeah? But I don't remember what rocket is....I know they put it on sandwiches, though....

[thorhammer]

Roquette is rocket, yeah? But I don't remember what rocket is....I know they put it on sandwiches, though....
Hey, Grippy :) I'm just about to head off to bed - all that sun has generated enough melanin to put an elephant out! (I'm a little sunburned, too :|)

Yep, roquette=rocket. It's a salad green, slightly bitter and very peppery, delicious in place of lettuce on any sandwich you'll be toasting, as it comes up nice hot whereas lettuce . . . not so much :D Also makes nice pesto - but you have to be quick, coz it deserves its name and grows really fast; before you know it, it's bolting to seed and that's when it's really bitter and so peppery it's not tasty any more :(

G'night!

\m/ Kat

[Aulruna]

Isn't it wonderful when you have the kind of day where everything is just coming together!!

Mine started off a bit bumpy, but got better and better :D

Needed another trip to the hardware store to fix the TV flatscreen to the wall... grr... and went to the furniture store to pick up the chest for the receiver, DVD player and so on, only to hear it had not been delivered.

But then we went to a fantastic unplugged concerts by one of my favourite bands, Faun. They played in a stalactite cave that supposedly was a Druid school once, and used by the Freemasons as a temple later. The last song they played in total darkness, it was so intense!

Little example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x5oJUR14Fc

[thorhammer]

That's really cool music, A! It would have been such a cool experience in that cave - I'm jealous :D

When I read your description, I thought the clip was going to be something like my favoured tunage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtnG6EHh1N4

Seen these guys live; one of their aims is to create a "standing wave" of sound - that is, something tactile. I think they're just about there. Standing in that crowd, you heard one thing and felt another thing entirely, physically, in your chest cavity.

My ears bled for two days afterwards.

It was great :D

\m/ Kat

[thorhammer]

Oh dear, it's lonely in here . . . where is everyone?

The cafe's getting a little dusty, and it's hard to see out the windows now that they haven't been cleaned for a while . . . and no one's paid the electricity bill so I'm sitting here in the dark, curled around my drink . . .

Just kidding :D

Train?

[Scion]

Yes please. High time. :D

[thorhammer]

I've seen yer little green light a bit lately - but you've been strangely quiet! What's with that? Cat got your tongue? :D

\m/ Kat

[Wendywu]

Aha - I'll get a duster <hunts feverishly for strange item - what is this duster" of which you speak>

It's gonna rain like billy-oh later - that'll clean it all down ...

I'm sure this is a train station - it said so at the entranceway. If we just hang round there'll be a train sooner or later .......

[thorhammer]

Oooh, I can't -the excitment's just all too much for me (and my typing skills :rolleyes:) - off to bed, peeps. Falling down tired. See ya later!

\m/ Kat

[cardlady22]

I don't know about everybody else, but I disembarked at the Games & Fun stop. October 2nd seems to be the day to hop back aboard here.

[faunabay]

Train, did someone say train? I'm all for it!!

As much as I love our wonderful train conducters they both seem to be quite busy with their home lives. Which we all do from time to time. :) But they don't seem to jump on the train as fast as they used to. LOL

How about it Scion? :P hehehehe

[franniee]

Yes please. High time. :D

I'm in! :thumbsup:

[cardlady22]

Just sent a PM to TCO. I can be around starting Friday.

[Aulruna]

I've said this before.

I'm SO ready for a train.

[The crowned one]

Still waiting on my deck with anticipation..but a new train may be in order.

This Friday is too short notice I think...but lets let the riders decide.

Next friday would be good...

Bullet or slow?

[Scion]

I vote slow. There's no way I could set aside a block of time for a bullet.

[Guiding Cauldron]

I vote slow just let me know when please :)

[Wendywu]

I vote slow - time zones and all that - I just know a bullet would zip through my station while I was asleep lol

[franniee]

Next friday is cool but I will be away saturday afternoon - sunday....going to a wedding.

Slow is cool by me. :)

[rhombchick]

next friday sounds good.
Bullet or slow, I don't mind... I'm ready to go!!!

[thorhammer]

I can do either Friday, but the bit of extra notice allows me to make some more . . . preparations })

I vote slow, as well :)

\m/ Kat

[Queen of Disks]

Slow please! Friday is busy for me!

[The crowned one]

Slow train Friday the ninth?

[Wendywu]

Good with me :) I'm at work for a few hours in the morning but after that the day's my own (and I'm ON HOLIDAY :party: the following week :D )

[thorhammer]

Slow train Friday the ninth?
Perfick.

I'll start work on my list :D

\m/ Kat

[Guiding Cauldron]

slow train on 9th got it written down and ready to go :)

[thorhammer]

So, today I spent the whole day on one site (Gods, how do people do that????) supervising a digger (excavator (http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/uploaded_images/PondExcavatorInDigDSCF6864-753670.jpg)) taking out peat-impacted clay and sand from an area where they want to build houses. You can't put houses over peat because of the danger of differential settlement, which means when one side of the house sinks and the other doesn't :rolleyes:. It was fun for the first . . . oh, about 20 minutes. Then I got bored. We only had one truck running between us and the stockpile, so there was a fair wait between loads . . . and my operator wasn't a shit-hot conversationalist :( But at least the ground conditions are interesting - as in, not sand :D (Perth is on a giant sand plain - it gets a bit old at times).

I did get three cool rocks, though - one's for you, morticia :) I spent all day observing the coolest geology and thinking about the processes that formed it, and the parallels to our lives and behaviours . . . yeah, I was bored. But I'll put it in the next parcel i send you, with a note explaining what passes for my logic :D

\m/ Kat

[morticia monroe]

*sucking air* A rock for ME?? YESSSS!!! The best gifts for Morticia are always found on the ground. :) It takes a rock to rock me,,

I laughed when I got your PM calling me Tishy,,,that's what I call my daughter Trisha.

Just got Levi out the door to school. The weather here is finally beginning to have a tee-ninecy bit of fall snap to it, at least in the mornings. The days have been in the high 80's and that feels good, the 100+ days of summer are finished for this year at least. I'm itching to get out in the yard and get some work done, and Kat's activities have shamed me into a vow that I WILL plant a garden next spring even if it harelips the pope.

I won't be riding this train, the 9th is my b-day, and my sister and a close friend are coming down that night and we are going out, and then on the 11th we're off to the Angola Prison Rodeo. They have a big craft fair as well, I hear it's a doozie. I'm really looking forward to seeing Kim & Kim, the three of us have been disturbing the community since we were in our 20's. Sister always goes through my closet and helps herself to clothes and handbags,,,she's a little sister, and it's an old habit from childhood, she likes my stuff and I give it to her. We really think we're hot stuff when we go out,,a platinum blonde, fiery redhead, and me, the raven hair. We tell ourselves and each other how great we look and how we've still got it,,even if we're the only ones who know it. :)

Kat if you ever make it to see me, it's the three of us that will be taking you to New Orleans,, and I promise to pay your part of the bail money. :)

How great to see Scion again! How do, bud?

[Aulruna]

Not sure if I can make this one, either. We have a family gathering to attend on the 10th, and will go on to Prague and some other Czech locations after that for a short holiday.

[cardlady22]

I believe that Saturday the 10th is my kids' Day Camp, but any/all other days I'll be here!

ETA: Ooops! Looked at my 2-sided calendar sheet backward. Their camp is in November.

[Saturness]

I finally received my deck from the last train - the Madame Endora's!

Thank you Shalyn :heart: :love:!

[rhombchick]

OOooo I just realised that the 9th over there will be the 10th over here and that is my little man's bday....
I will be bogged down heavily in the making of a nemo cake and partaking in the celebratory events...

If it is a slow train, please randomly generate me a day that isn't the 10th....

Thanks! :D

[Scion]

Wow! I just realized that this train will probably run through my brithday on the 12th, so I'm expecting great stations from y'all. :D

[thorhammer]

Wow! I just realized that this train will probably run through my brithday on the 12th, so I'm expecting great stations from y'all. :D
Cool! Happy birthday in advance, I'm celebrating already.

And I do have the makings of a really great station. I think I am going to set free a doozy or two from my collection :)

\m/ Kat

[emmsma]

Don't think I will be around for this one - No. This time I really mean it!
Hubby's birthday is the 9th and mine is the 10th. We like to make it a birthday weekend, so family stuff will abound.

Have a great ride.

[jackdaw*]

Would like to do it (even have a couple of nice traders!), but will have to give it a miss. That's the weekend before Mr P goes offshore, and as he'll be gone 3 weeks I think I'd be better off with some family time.

Have fun, and I'll catch you on the next go-round.

[Aulruna]

I have received my freundin Tarot from Cat* ... she made me a beautiful custom bbag for it in a rich yellow silk ... and the deck is really awesome!

My week has been less than good, so Tarot goodies in the mail are especially important :D

[cardlady22]

So far, I'm counting 17 confirmed Riders with 2 that need to be listed a day or two later. (4 saying they can't make it.)

ETA: unofficial, of course ~ just scanning through the posts since #325

[thorhammer]

Wow! And I had the sense that it was going to be low on numbers with heaps of people busy! That sounds nice, to have a nice long, slow, leisurely train :)

[Guiding Cauldron]

That should last well to Thanksgiving time? Ok maybe not quite that long :)

[The crowned one]

So far, I'm counting 17 confirmed Riders with 2 that need to be listed a day or two later. (4 saying they can't make it.)

ETA: unofficial, of course ~ just scanning through the posts since #325

Thanks for the info!

I will start a new "official" sign up and train ride thread later today if I have time...but certainly a few days before departure.

[Eugenia Madora]

I'm planning to ride... we have a big event next Saturday but I'll be able to check in.

[Wendywu]

Sorting out her station as she types. Hanging out fresh bunting, watering the plants, touching up paintwork and, oh yes - sorting out a few decks here and there :party:

[NorthernTigress]

Hey, Look. I can actually make a train! Put me on the list for Friday.

[Scion]

I love the word bunting. :)

[Aulruna]

Looks like most of the hotels we will be staying at have WLAN, so I may be able to ride after all...

[The crowned one]

Sign up is ready! Just go here (http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?p=2000707#post2000707)!

[nisaba]

<IDIOT ALERT>

So ... how does this train thingie work?

Everyone is a station and a rider on the train. Everyone has to offer decks for trade at their station - one deck only? More than one? then the train arrives at someone's station, whoever likes the look of a deck there grabs it and the train moves on?

I'm confuzzled by all of this, but I *do* have some decks I could set free ...

Do decks offered need to be registered somewhere else first, or when the train arrives at the station? Is there pain involved?

[The crowned one]

nisaba follow the link above your post, then the link in the sign up cue, lots of information there. Trains are fun, easy and once you are on-board....rather simple....on the surface :D

[The crowned one]

Got my Dali today...looks great...I will spend some time with it later! :D

[Mellaenn]

OK - I can't resist - what did you say when you opened the package? Was it by any chance "Hello, Dali"?

(Mellaenn dodges rotten tomotoes being thrown at the stage)

[Isinea]

Got my Dali today...looks great...I will spend some time with it later! :D

saw this only now and i'm so glad that the Dalí finally found it's way to you! :) Do you like it?

[The crowned one]

saw this only now and i'm so glad that the Dalí finally found it's way to you! :) Do you like it?

Yes I do! It is wonderful, but I suspect we may see it on a train one day.....not decided, need more time. Again many thanks to you! I am very pleased with it, and I get to dust up on my German.

[Isinea]

Yes I do! It is wonderful, but I suspect we may see it on a train one day.....not decided, need more time. Again many thanks to you! I am very pleased with it, and I get to dust up on my German.

I'm happy that you have a good time with it and if it one day makes someone alse happy its ok by me. :)

[Isinea]

Hey there,

thanks to EVERYBODY for the great ride!!! :)

[franniee]

WOW guiding Cauldron I LOVE that avatar!!! the bat and the full moon!! It is gorgeous!

Hi Isinea!

[NorthernTigress]

I just got up about a half an hour ago. Read through the last of the train thread.

:party: :D :party: :D

Great job everyone. This was a fun train.

Shakes everyone's hands at the platform, and (((hugs))) those like to be hugged.

[Isinea]

I just got up about a half an hour ago. Read through the last of the train thread.

:party: :D :party: :D

Great job everyone. This was a fun train.

Shakes everyone's hands at the platform, and (((hugs))) those like to be hugged.

*hugs back*

[Wendywu]

Oooh ooh - big hugs back to the cuddlesome folk, respectful handshakes to all the rest ... :D

Thanks for a great train ride everybody - really helped liven up my time off work. It didn't matter that we couldn't get out that much with you lot to hang with :)

[cardlady22]

As everyone disembarks, please remember to stroll by the table and pick up a complimentary comfort pack.

knitted socks & scarf
buck wheat face/neck pillow

[Quester]

This train has been a lot of fun!! Hugs back!! (yep I'm a hugger!! :D) Hand shaker too when needed..lol!

[The crowned one]

That was a great train! So anyone up for an ale or three? :D

[cardlady22]

I have never had an ale. Is it okay if I wimp out and grab a wine cooler? Wild Berries or Fuzzy Navel. Now, there's a dilemma because half of one will buzz me more than I can handle. :laugh: A four-pack lasts me all year because there are only 4 holidays I can cut loose.

I've exchanged PMs with coyoteblack for his Main Choice and Isinea for a Side Deal. Sent my addy to Guiding Cauldron for my Main Choice.

[franniee]

I'll crack open a bottle of wine. :love:

cheers TCO Full cup! and you too cardlady!

[The crowned one]

A Inedit for me a cooler for you.

[The crowned one]

I'll crack open a bottle of wine. :love:

cheers TCO Full cup! and you too cardlady!

OK me too, after this ale... :)

[The crowned one]

Assuming I hear from Jackdaw today I will mail out tomorrow :)

[Grip Dellabonte]

Sorry, I sort of fell off the train last night.

I fritzed the big computer downstairs, which somehow messed up the laptop.

The laptop is now working but the big one is still down.

Anyway, great run everybody. :)

Meant to comment on Scion's story last night. Now it's sort of too late.

But it was a pleasing read while we were in a lull before that last bit where we either hurtle, lurch, or sputter into the station house. ;)

[Isinea]

exchanged PMs for a side-trade with cardlady and send my addy to cardlady and grip (main choice)

two absolutly gorgeous decks coming from florida to me! i'm completely happy!!!!

:heart: huggies and handshakes for all who want them! :D

[The crowned one]

Grip! What is your pleasure? Ale, Rum...wine?? :)

[Isinea]

oh may i have a cocktail? something, fresh, fruity and a bit sour ?

[Eugenia Madora]

It's nice to sit down and put my feet up, busy afternoon!
Now we can just enjoy the trades and friends we made.

[The crowned one]

oh may i have a cocktail? something, fresh, fruity and a bit sour ?

A cherry schnapps for you!

[The crowned one]

It's nice to sit down and put my feet up, busy afternoon!
Now we can just enjoy the trades and friends we made.

I agree, and a rest is just what I need!

[Grip Dellabonte]

Grip! What is your pleasure? Ale, Rum...wine?? :)

Tonight, I think I need something with rum, TCO.

What do you suggest? :)

[The crowned one]

Tonight, I think I need something with rum, TCO.

What do you suggest? :)

A glass? :D

A good black rum needs no mix!

Lets see... A cable car is sort of train like:
1 1/2 oz spice rum
3/4 oz orange curacao
1 1/2 oz sour mix
orange peel spiral for garnish


But if we prefer something warm:...how about a hot butter rum?

soft butter
1.5 tsp brown sugar
ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and just a touch of clove
vanilla extract
3 oz dark rum
boiling water to taste...not too much!

[thorhammer]

Greetings, all :) I'm at work but due to mental incapacity am avoiding actual work LOL so what drink would mix nicely with Cephalexin, TCO? Sadly, i left the codeine at home on account of its rather dire effect on me yesterday

It's nearly the weekend! Yaay!

[Grip Dellabonte]

Okay, fine. They both sound lovely. But now I feel I should "man up" and try it straight. :D

I will take a nice dark rum, neat, TCO.

(Should I have it over ice?)

Hey, Thor!

[thorhammer]

Hey, Grippy, how you going? Is it the end of your day, seeing it's the start of mine?

You know, they're predicting temps in the 30s for us this weekend *blissful sigh* AND a humid change!!!! Humidity, how I love thee - let me count the ways . . . no static electricity in my hair, non-glassy-feeling hands, plumpy skin . . . *sigh*

[The crowned one]

Cephalexin?

Most antibiotics should not be mixed with alcohol as they cause nausea. Another often unmentioned fact is the rate they pass through your body increase/decreases changes, thus you need to dose more often..or less!. They use the same enzymes for breakdown in the liver. ( most often increases)


Water or apple juice for you LOL

[thorhammer]

Cephalexin?

Most antibiotics should not be mixed with alcohol as they cause nausea. Another often unmentioned fact is the rate they pass through your body increase/decreases changes, thus you need to dose more often..or less!. They use the same enzymes for breakdown in the liver. ( most often increases)


Water or apple juice for you LOL
I was kidding LOL it's causing quite enough nausea already. Today's not as bad, but yesterday was a killer.

Can I have pineapple juice? I have a craving for sour . . .

[The crowned one]

Okay, fine. They both sound lovely. But now I feel I should "man up" and try it straight. :D

I will take a nice dark rum, neat, TCO.

(Should I have it over ice?)

Hey, Thor!

No, If it must be chilled use frozen rock as it does not dilute the drink (as with scotch). Rum does change with dilution so if you do not like it neat slowly add water to bring out different characteristic;)

[emmsma]

I'm not on antibiotics! Think I'll try the buttered rum, please.

[The crowned one]

Can I have pineapple juice? I have a craving for sour . . .

tetracycline and amoxicillin may not mix well with it, but for yours I think so LOL

Grapefruit is the one we avoid the most with meds.

I am trying my latest home brew...great flavour but I suspect it might be as strong as the last batch so I better go very easy!

Disclaimer!!! All medical advice should be taken with a big grain of salt, and half in jest... and you should aways read the pharmacy pamphlet that come with your meds:)

[The crowned one]

I'm not on antibiotics! Think I'll try the buttered rum, please.

Coming right up! I made yours with Black seal. ( my faithful Rum stand-by :D)

Ale in the summer, scotch and rum in the winter...wine in between!

[thorhammer]

Disclaimer!!! All medical advice should be taken with a big grain of salt, and half in jest...Absolutely! I don't come to a tarot forum for medical advice :D . . . and you should aways read the pharmacy pamphlet that come with your meds:)Not that that helps.

I got my raise today. In the order of $2000 a year more, so after tax and super, an extra $28 or so a week (the cost of living has gone up more than that since I joined the company). For the next six weeks :D that'd be right, I get a raise just as I leave LOL

[Manda]

I'll take a hot buttered rum please!

I'm sorry you are at work, Kat.

[Mellaenn]

Whew {finds a seat in the bar and plops down...} Whatta ride!!!

That was wonderful and very exciting for me as I got to go twice. This is going to play bloody hell on my deck-buying habit as I will now want to acquire a few "just in case" the train whistle blows.

TCO, I think I'll stick with a straight apple cider, please! Got any cinammon sticks?

[thorhammer]

I'm sorry you are at work, Kat.LOL It's okay, I'm not doing much, just writing my position description. I told my boss today that I'm not feeling up to technical work and he harrumphed and agreed heartily :D Being a lech, he's very easy to manipulate. I wonder if he knows that?

[Sinduction]

Finishing a bag, then it's time to address! :D

[The crowned one]

Absolutely! I don't come to a tarot forum for medical advice :D


Ah-ha! I see you have read some of my other posts ;)

Someone ordered a hot rum? and a virgin cider?

[The crowned one]

Congratulations on the raise Thor...you are closing the cost of living gap!

[thorhammer]

Ah-ha! I see you have read some of my other posts ;)
That thread made me so mad.

[emmsma]

*Enjoying the happy warm glow that the buttered rum brings*

Migraine is gone - mostly. Dull headache all day, sensitivity to light, irritability.

Happy to have received some new tarot bags today.
One is for my new Halloween Tarot. Orangey, with cats.
A brown one for my mini Visconti.
Lovely Egyptian themed one for my LS Egyptian.
Also got a freebie mini bag. Black with Christmas trees on it. No idea what to do with that one. :P

Wondering if my body can handle an in-the-flesh drink of some kind.
beer? wine? vodka?

I'm out of rum! Waah!

[Mellaenn]

I do actually want to thank all of you. I learned a lot about different decks here. The other good thing is really getting to know people better; everyone's cyberself comes through in the train thread.

We had it all - we had laughs, we had drama, we had suspense - and we had fun. Three cheers for the Trade Train Thread!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Oh - and three cheers for our Most Excellent Conductor!!! :D

[The crowned one]

Mellaenn you were a very fine new rider...all our new riders really hit the bail out of the park actually.

I have to say the deviant is likely the deck I would use, but I had to revisit the quest...one more time as the only card I recall clearly is the "fool"!

Franniee?? What did you open? :D

[Grip Dellabonte]

While I'm sitting sipping my lovely black rum in my stocking feet,over here in the TTC,P&D&RC...I found this fun little site...

http://kimlarsonart.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-halloween.html

[cardlady22]

Nice, Grip! I do love to see art done with pen or pencil. It's amazing to see the textures that can be created. If you see any done with the stippling effect, throw me a link, please!

[Sinduction]

That drives me crazy! The hubs over here has a masters in drawing and can't be bothered to teach me! Perhaps I should tell him I want to draw naked ladies. :D

[Queen of Disks]

Hello! Glad we all made it! TCO, the Quest is awesome!! Reads good too. Good choice!

[enchanted spirit]

So did we depart the train and then come over here?

I can't believe it's over! But it was so much fun. It was my first train, and well, probably not my last (I hope!).

I think a puzzle train is a cool idea, but not until the summer when I'm off work. :D

[Grip Dellabonte]

Nice, Grip! I do love to see art done with pen or pencil. It's amazing to see the textures that can be created. If you see any done with the stippling effect, throw me a link, please!

http://www.artyfactory.com/pen_and_ink_drawing/ink_drawing/pen_and_ink_drawing_5.htm


http://frikoo.com/10-breathtaking-pen-ink-works-of-art


http://www.zot-art.com/images/Works.gif

[Grip Dellabonte]

That drives me crazy! The hubs over here has a masters in drawing and can't be bothered to teach me! Perhaps I should tell him I want to draw naked ladies. :D

It may work... ;)

[thorhammer]

I wanted to share how I'm feeling today . . . holding the frustration at bay by a tenuous thread . . .

\m/ Kat

[cardlady22]

thorhammer, I don't believe I've seen anything quite like that animation before. :eek: :bugeyed:

Grip, those were fabulous! Thank you!

[The crowned one]

OK I just had a huge pig out and I am starting to fade.... I made fresh garlic and butter prawns( local caught ;) ) and then decided I wanted dry hoisin and garlic fried pork... So I did...Not too bad!

[thorhammer]

thorhammer, I don't believe I've seen anything quite like that animation before. :eek: :bugeyed:
Makes me giggle every time I see it :D

[Grip Dellabonte]

I wanted to share how I'm feeling today . . . holding the frustration at bay by a tenuous thread . . .

\m/ Kat


Could explain that lightheadedness you've been feeling of late... ;)

[Grip Dellabonte]

Okay you started it, Kat! But I never get tired of this one (I think it's been on here before...).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ffwDYo00Q


Sounds good, TCO. As always.....

I had crab cakes....

I am a bad vegetarian! :D

I still lapse and have fish once in a while.

[enchanted spirit]

I wanted to share how I'm feeling today . . . holding the frustration at bay by a tenuous thread . . .

And strangely, I felt better after I watched that! LOL

[thorhammer]

Okay you started it, Kat! But I never get tired of this one (I think it's been on here before...).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ffwDYo00Q

I have seen that before, but it doesn't stop me laughing out loud! I love it when the cat dabs at the man's face . . . my cat does that, a gentle, enquiring, persistent dab when I'm sitting engrossed in something and she thinks it's "time".

:heart: I love my cat so much!

[Queen of Disks]

just saw this a couple of minutes ago...


Rockfish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpO13RuLg3k

[Isinea]

Okay you started it, Kat! But I never get tired of this one (I think it's been on here before...).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ffwDYo00Q


Sounds good, TCO. As always.....

I had crab cakes....

I am a bad vegetarian! :D

I still lapse and have fish once in a while.

I laughed so hard, I had tears rolling down my cheeks. :laugh: :joke: :laugh:

and hey, go veggie! i never thought i could live without meat and fish and now im vegan! its easier as you would think! ;)

i think we have more in common than i thought :D

[Isinea]

do you know this one? i just love it!

works best if you sing along loud!!! :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49jKeGyUCJE

[Stormdancer]

I wanted to share how I'm feeling today . . . holding the frustration at bay by a tenuous thread . . .\m/ Kat

OMG....DuDette...BREATHE...IN and OUT....Too funny

[franniee]

Franniee?? What did you open? :D


Sorry TCO I had to dash. I had to do dinner, books and bed. :)

We jumped straight into winter over here..... there was snow near us - we didn't get it but it was near..... and it is cold! 36F insane in october!

[Guiding Cauldron]

Sorry everyone I meant to ride the rails last night but I crashed and went to bed at 7:30pm my time! That was insane for me I must be getting a big or something really low energy levels and all- yuk! I would much rather be my speedy zippy gonzaloz self any day :)

TCO your food sounded yummy my kind of comfort food :)

Great trades and offers this train too! Thrilled I got my pick but there were some interesting ones towards the end as well I would have gone after :)

Aww Thank you Franniee I wanted to mix my avvy up a bit and updated my profile too :)

Well posted off my parcel today so that worked out well and unexpected lol So should be in sunny Florida in a week at latest. With a little extra treat added in for you too :)

[Wendywu]

Yep, I posted a parcel too - an unused Templar is on its way to Sin and (postal strikes permiytting) it will be with her in a week to ten days :)

You sound like you could be coming down with something GC - take care for a couple of days ....

[cardlady22]

I have at least 4, if not 5, parcels to mail out today but I discovered I let my laundry slide and have nothing suitable to wear up town. So, First Mission: Clean Clothes!

[Scion]

A lovely ride with my favorite cotravelers!

Meeting yesterday went swimmingly. Followup meeting this morning in which I met my director. Phenomenal. Slam dunk. Thank you again to the entire train (and Aulruna especially) for reminding me what the hell I should be doing in moments of duress.

[Guiding Cauldron]

Horay Scion!! Glad 2 hear it, although I already felt it would work out grand *wink* Your talents speak for themselves dear, never doubt it xx

Thanks Wendy Wu I think your right so will try to chill out for a few days xx

Nights everyones sweet train travel dreams :)

[coyoteblack]

I will mail out my parcel Monday.

[Sinduction]

Two oracles and two bags are now on their way to Northern Tigress. 5 to 10 business days. :D

[Aulruna]

A lovely ride with my favorite cotravelers!

Meeting yesterday went swimmingly. Followup meeting this morning in which I met my director. Phenomenal. Slam dunk. Thank you again to the entire train (and Aulruna especially) for reminding me what the hell I should be doing in moments of duress.

Anytime, chéri :heart:

Loved the ride, too, despite missing the end.

Prague: Constant rain and slooooow WLAN. So I will be quiet until I get back home on Monday.

Made a kind of slam dunk, too ... in the back room of a strange used bookstore I found a mint, shrink-wrapped LASENIC :bugeyed: for $25 :bugeyed:

I though that kind of thing only happened to other people...

[Scion]

That was the gift of the Octopus. :D

[franniee]

OMG did you guys see the story about the child strapped in the stroller/Pram that rolled onto the train tracks in Melbourne?? :bugeyed: It is hard to watch! The 6mo child was fine - the engineer stopped in the nick of time! WOW frightening stuff! :eek:

[The crowned one]

OMG did you guys see the story about the child strapped in the stroller/Pram that rolled onto the train tracks in Melbourne?? :bugeyed: It is hard to watch! The 6mo child was fine - the engineer stopped in the nick of time! WOW frightening stuff! :eek:

A happy ending! Ya!


My deck is packed and ready to go! It took a bit to find the LWB as it was separated from the box set...I found it and all is ready...it will post out tommorow AM.

[NorthernTigress]

Guiding Cauldron, I have your address now.

I have to hunt around for a box big enough for the MerryDay book. Parcel probably won't go out until Monday. Won't know how long the travel time will be until I check the prices to UK.

[enchanted spirit]

I think I am suffering from train withdrawal.

[thorhammer]

I'm about to head down to the post office, too. I need to book an interview to get a passport :party: hopefully all my documentation is in order . . .

I slept for almost 12 hours last night :bugeyed: boy, I think i needed that! It's the damn drugs.

Such a beautiful day! I am going to wear shorts :D but first must depilate . . . winter coat and all :D

[Lavandula]

OMG did you guys see the story about the child strapped in the stroller/Pram that rolled onto the train tracks in Melbourne?? :bugeyed: It is hard to watch! The 6mo child was fine - the engineer stopped in the nick of time! WOW frightening stuff! :eek:

I know! It made me feel sick. So so glad to hear the child is alright.

[Lavandula]

I think I am suffering from train withdrawal.

*sigh* me too.

But there's still all the mailing and parcels to look forward to. :)

AND the next train! :D

[Lavandula]

My Dragonfae and custom made bag will be in the post on Wednesday when I can go to the post office. It also gives me a few extra evenings to put some finishing touches on the bag specially for Mellaenn ;)

[thorhammer]

All my train parcels are in the mail! Jesii, your Dream Enchantress is accompanied by a matronly chaperone who is to be passed to your mother upon arrival, 'kay?

Grippy, I hope you love the extras I put in yours - there's a little "secret" to them so let me know when the parcel arrives!

emmsma - as I said in my PM, the ARLO is on its way - #003/150 :) very pretty little item. Hope you love it!

What a beautiful day. Did I say that already? I rode my bike down to the shopping centre, it was so much fun. I don't get to ride it nearly often enough - it's always too cold and rainy! I get such bad earaches when it's cold . . . but now it's beautiful and I am going to sit out on the back lawn and sleep :D

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

A I am going to sit out on the back lawn and sleep :D

\m/ Kat

Perfect! I do that often, generally with a fire.

[emmsma]

Not a real rider, but my trades are in the mail.

Next time I will be riding.

[thorhammer]

Not a real rider, but my trades are in the mail.

Next time I will be riding.
Good for you, babe :)

[emmsma]

Meant to say earlier...the only treatment for train withdrawal is side trades.

Just so ya know. :)

[Guiding Cauldron]

Guiding Cauldron, I have your address now.

I have to hunt around for a box big enough for the MerryDay book. Parcel probably won't go out until Monday. Won't know how long the travel time will be until I check the prices to UK.


No problem hun If I get before Xmas I'll be a happy bunny, do whatevers easiest :)

[thorhammer]

I've just made iced tea, so I thought I'd bring in a big jug for everyone . . . with pomegranate juice, and garnished with fresh mint from my garden :)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/peacefulnightdove/IMG_3115.jpg

[Wendywu]

I love iced tea - thank you :)

Did Francis take his leave?

[thorhammer]

Nope, I think he's ossifying in there :rolleyes:

I'm better, though, the drugs aren't taking it out of me so much and the pain's not so bad. I've actually had a lovely day, having slept in, gone for a bike ride, made an appointment to get my passport, and spent the rest of the day in the warm backyard beneath the fragrant lemon tree - and my best mate came over tonight :) she brought my new pets - finches :heart: I love finches.

I might go down into Fremantle tomorrow with her and her mum, who is cool and has adopted me :D

[Wendywu]

Oh I love finches - lucky you! So small and sweet - they're lovely little creatures.

we re-homed our remaining guinea pigs today. We used to have loads living in a little free-range colony. We took out the cupboard under the stairs and they had that end of the hall and the kitchen. But as they got older and fewer they sort of retreated into a smaller area. Yesterday Crumpet died of old age bless her, and now we just hve Titch and Garbo. So we moved them into a big cage and popped them in the kitchen; they are settled in already :) Now we can sort out what was guinea-pig land and turn it back into part of our house ...

[Mellaenn]

My Dragonfae and custom made bag will be in the post on Wednesday when I can go to the post office. It also gives me a few extra evenings to put some finishing touches on the bag specially for Mellaenn ;)
I am so excited!
Meant to say earlier...the only treatment for train withdrawal is side trades.
I'm so very glad (and lucky!) that you think so. :grin:

So, here am I, feet kicked up, hubby about to go to work for the evening and I will not bore you with the details but I crammed two weeks of stuff into the past seven days, so I am going to hunker down and be a total couch potato.

[cardlady22]

*tired, but happy . . . sheepish grin*
My packages will have to be mailed Monday. I totally forgot that this weekend was hubby's company picnic. :bugeyed: Great fun had by all! Kids rode a mechanical bull. Mommy was a total chicken.

[thorhammer]

*tired, but happy . . . sheepish grin*
My packages will have to be mailed Monday. I totally forgot that this weekend was hubby's company picnic. :bugeyed: Great fun had by all! Kids rode a mechanical bull. Mommy was a total chicken.
LOL As long as they - and you! - had fun, and it sounds like a lovely day :)

I just made bread :) *sigh* Such a perfect day for breakmaking, warm and humid - the loaf has turned out almost perfect but I panicked a little and yanked it out of the oven about two minutes early - thusly, the crust isn't terribly crusty but oh! the inside! soooooo good . . . with butter, all melty and warm . ..

*drooooool*

[cardlady22]

Ohhhh, thorhammer! That sounds lovely! We had our first kiss of cooler fall weather today. The night is crisp; stars are exquisite! We thought about having our first fire of the season, but need to gather some better logs.

[The crowned one]

Mailed my deck out today Express post...should be there in three days...I have a tracking number if you need it ;)

Sick...off to bed with me!

[Wendywu]

We had our first kiss of cooler fall weather today. The night is crisp; stars are exquisite!

What a lovely way of putting it :)

[Quester]

Sick...off to bed with me!

Hope you feel better tomorrow!! :)

[Stormdancer]

WOW...this looks like "train" recovery....Everyone is SO quiet.
Why am I up at 3+am????? Side effects of Train stuff.....?

Things that make you go..."HMMM"???

[PathWalker]

All my train parcels are in the mail! Jesii, your Dream Enchantress is accompanied by a matronly chaperone who is to be passed to your mother upon arrival, 'kay?

\m/ Kat

Jes was out at a friends 18th last night, so is pottering a bit slow today, but thank you on her behalf until she gets back here :)
Pathwalker

[jackdaw*]

Mailed my deck out today Express post...should be there in three days...I have a tracking number if you need it ;)

Sick...off to bed with me!
Thank you, TCO ... I'm looking forward to it!

Packed up ES's deck, hope to get it out in the next few days, but will keep you posted :)

[enchanted spirit]

I'm planning to mail on Monday, I was going to go yesterday, but the evil bug that's got ahold of me wasn't cooperating. :(

[coyoteblack]

Kat I mailed your deck a few minutes ago.

[PathWalker]

Posted all my decks off,in time to beat any postal strike in the UK :)

[Isinea]

The parcels for Grip (main choice) and cardlady (side trade) are on their way! :)

[Wendywu]

Yep - sent Sin her Templar a few days ago now, and so I hope to have missed the strikes too ....

Back at work this week - I know I like my job but oh I did like not being there .....

Kat - how's Francis?

[cardlady22]

Coyoteblack and Isinea have packages on their way! I felt like an Autumn Faery bearing gifts as I sent all my goodies swirling on the winds . . .

[Grip Dellabonte]

My husband took me away for a surprise mini vacay on Saturday.

Came home yesterday to a flooded downstairs. Yes. Again. And right before Halloween. Again.

Only this time, 3 naughty baby kitties in the downstairs bathroom were the culprits. We thought we'd babyproofed it. Silly us! :D

We spent 2 1/2 hours cleaning up last night, including the hubster having to go to the market and getting a Rug-Vac.

The carpet is still dampish, but not bad.

Then we have the computer issue....had to wait for the repair guy to get here this morning. After working on it for a while he finally gave up. Bad news is the poor thing ist kaput. Good news is, it's under warranty so we will get a new one in about 2 weeks.

Long story short (too late :D), Isinea, Thor, and Pathwalker....I'm shipping late. :(

Hopefully tomorrow. Just gotta get boxes.

[thorhammer]

Kat I mailed your deck a few minutes ago.
TY! And thanks for the PM :)

@ Pathwalker & Wendy - What is with those strikes?

Francis is being stubborn and hanging about. I will have to start the new course of antis today, which will no doubt make me ill again.

Grippy! How awful! Naughty kitties! I'm glad you can laugh about it though, and please don't stress over my deck. I will get it when I get it :) Hopefully my parcel to you arrives soon to cheer you up :)

\m/ Kat

[franniee]

Francis is being stubborn and hanging about. I will have to start the new course of antis today, which will no doubt make me ill again.



Hey Kat,

Antibiotics make me terribly ill - the only one that doesn't seem to do that is zithromax....maybe they can prescribe it to you?

[thorhammer]

Hey Kat,

Antibiotics make me terribly ill - the only one that doesn't seem to do that is zithromax....maybe they can prescribe it to you?
They have to prescribe the ones that act on certain types of infection, so while it's possible, it's highly unlikely that it'd be the right one. I can ask - I have to see the doctor (again!) tomorrow. I'm sick of seeing doctors and taking pills!!!!! :mad:

[Mellaenn]

zithromax....
This sounds like the name of a wizard in a fantasy novel. :grin:

[cardlady22]

This sounds like the name of a wizard in a fantasy novel. :grin:
I'm sure he and Fizban would be the best of pals! :P Zifnab, too!

[Isinea]

Long story short (too late :D), Isinea, Thor, and Pathwalker....I'm shipping late. :(

Hopefully tomorrow. Just gotta get boxes.

Take your time! :)

[Wendywu]

Pathwalker & Wendy - What is with those strikes?

There is a dispute between the management and employees of Royal Mail over proposed modernisation of Royal Mail. Negotiations failed and the members were balloted and voted to strike. This will be a series of one or two day strikes which will lead to tremendous backlogs of post to be delivered.

The modernisation will bring in much more automation. The employees are saying that doing this will lead to a much worse service for the end-user - they are not striking and protesting to gain anything for themselves....

The dispute was going to go to the Arbitration Service and the employees were happy to do this but management refused to attend unless the employees called off all proposed action before arbitration commenced.

The result is a deadlock. Government refuse to step in saying it is for the Post Office to sort out. The Post Office say that further automation is the only way to deal with future increased workload. In the meantime the businesses are now using couriers for their post and finding that this is actually a good way to go ......

Back to your regularly schedule coffee and/or booze .......

[thorhammer]

Oooof, that sounds horrid. And meanwhile, all you guys are stuck in the middle.

My post is like my food, nowadays. DO NOT come between me and my parcels.

EVER.

:D


\m/ Kat

[Wendywu]

I know just what you mean :laugh:

I'm at work - I shouldn't be here. I got to go ..........

[Wendywu]

Ha - now I'm here "legally" and the place is deserted!

[thorhammer]

I'm here, just also crocheting my plarn doormat, reading "NaNo for the New and Insane" and planning my NaNo novel all at the same time LOL

I've hit a roadblock and it's not even November :laugh:

[Wendywu]

What's "plarn"? I used to crochet - great fun. I have a book of patterns for crocheting on HUGE hooks - whip up a shopping bag in an hour or two or something.

Mum and I used to crochet together - I'd do a few rows, then she would and gradually we'd made a huge blanket that was multi-coloured and wonderful because we talked and laughed our way through the making.

I have my Grandma's old bone hooks, and her very fine hooks for crocheting mock fine lace. And I have all my mum's hooks too - but haven't done any for such a long time... maybe I ought to think about it.

[thorhammer]

Wow, bone hooks from your Nanna?? How utterly awesome! Oh, to have that sort of heritage in one's family . . . all our family heritage is on my Dad's side, and it just kind of gravitates my sister's way. I am the original black sheep, conveniently but politely ignored most of the time ;)

Plarn? Is Plastic Yarn! You make it out of plastic shopping bags, by cutting them into strips and tying them together. I've experimented with a few different ways of cutting them up, but all so far have drawbacks :mad: but the doormat is coming along nicely. Thing is, I want to move to my 7.00mm hook but it's plastic, too, and it's just making it really hard when the plarn grabs on the hook :( it's much harder work to crochet than normal yarn.

But I love the feeling of taking something so hated and villified and turning it into something useful. I've got a real sense of achievement about this mat. I'm taking it to my Smart Living workshop tomorrow night, provided I can get it big enough, and the facilitator will be able to give it away as a "prize" to someone who's really outdone themselves on their goals for the week :)

[Wendywu]

I understand plarn now. The huge hook pattern book uses plarn for a couple of the things. Great fun

The very old hooks come with little covers that slide over the hook end to stop them catching on everything. My eye sight isn't good enough to let me use them without a magnifying glass - you'd need one-ply yarn I think. Or else very fine cotton. Goodness knows how they used to manage - I think all those women back then were something really special.

One of our dogs gets spayed tomorrow. Poor little thing. Worry, worry ......

Tell me about Songs for the Journey Home? I think I'm in love with the name - I don't know whether to get the deck...... I'm gonna have to try and find a trade as I am brassic until next month .... I have hit on one possible trader already and am waiting to hear. But is it worth trading one of my "good" decks for?

[thorhammer]

I cannot stress enough how awesome that deck is! For me, it sits in a very special group with the MerryDay and Wheel of Change (illustrious company indeed) and is one of the most transcendent, chatty, gentle, insightful decks I own. I don't use it nearly enough :( but love to pull it out. But it needs the book! Not that you couldn't read it without - you could. Just that the book brings such depth to it; plus it explains cards like Homecoming (Judgement, from memory?) and has some beautiful stories in it. Please don't get the deck without the book . . . and please get the deck, somehow!

Brassic . . . does that have anything to do with cabbages? :D

[PathWalker]

Hi all, just dropping by :)
Wet downstairs Grip, what a bind, hope the kitties were alright ? Don't worry about the parcel, no rush.

I too have tiny crochet hooks, but coz I bought 'em in charity shops, hated to se them unloved. Thor if you want I could send some?

SFTJH Wendy, the last circular deck on my "must have very soon" list - looks beautiful but to buy new means getting from NZ, so haven't done it yet. You can see the whole deck on the creators website though I think?

There is apparently a new round card Angel tarot deck coming out soon (LoS) I'm just not an angels lind of person, so I haven't put it on the list.

Anyway, gotta run, taxi duty for the gorgeous one - see you later all

Pathwalker x

[Wendywu]

I'm not, in general, a round deck person but I love SFTJH. I shall have to get it from the website I can tell.... I have already emailed them and found out shipping to the UK for the set.

Brassic is broke, hard up, without pennies ... I see the connection to cabbage but it actually comes from Cockney rhyming slang - boracic lint/skint. Although I am not Cockney at all. Rhyming slang is used everywhere in the UK now.

Ah Kat - Roger is right, we are incorrigible. I know I shall buy this set. All that remains is how long I will torture myself by pretending I'm going to wait until next month... (I have absolutely no will-power - there is no way I can wait until next month - not when you consider there's a fortnight's shipping on top!)

[Wendywu]

I'm not, in general, a round deck person


Well that's a lie - I'm getting more spherical by the week! :laugh:

[Wendywu]

I ordered the large deck and the book - OMG :bugeyed: I cannot believe I spent all that money when I just now bought that Ironwing78 and a Trees & book turned up today.

I think I need to lose my bank card or something. I'll hide it at the back of a drawer - I don't know the number off by heart or anything clever like that.

OMG - well at least I have a cheque to pay in tomorrow - I sold a deck and the cheque came today!

Oh Lord. Ah well, what's done is done :D

[franniee]

ok Manda - the deck+ is on it's way. :) Enjoy.

[The crowned one]

What a night last night!

A logging truck flipped, took out power, left about 60 tonnes of trees on and about the road and closed the only main road into town for about 10 hours. I was in Victoria and did not feel like staying there. I know a back route though a even more rural area. So I took it, pitch black no lights single lane and I drove too fast and went into a spin! 360 one direction got her back in line...almost... then the back end kicked out and did a 180 the other way LOL trees on one side small cliff on the other! I remember thinking as I finished up the 180 and was now going backwards I am still doing 60 km..too fast not to trash the car...then I came to a rest...not a scratch on the car or me! just the smell of burnt rubber. Popped her into drive and continued on my way, at a much more resonable speed! Phew! :D

[Wendywu]

Whoa TCO - a bit on the hairy side, that!

[franniee]

What a night last night!

A logging truck flipped, took out power, left about 60 tonnes of trees on and about the road and closed the only main road into town for about 10 hours. I was in Victoria and did not feel like staying there. I know a back route though a even more rural area. So I took it, pitch black no lights single lane and I drove too fast and went into a spin! 360 one direction got her back in line...almost... then the back end kicked out and did a 180 the other way LOL trees on one side small cliff on the other! I remember thinking as I finished up the 180 and was now going backwards I am still doing 60 km..too fast not to trash the car...then I came to a rest...not a scratch on the car or me! just the smell of burnt rubber. Popped her into drive and continued on my way, at a much more resonable speed! Phew! :D

OMG!!!!! Good thing you didn't hit anything! WOW serious angel powers around you last night! :laugh:

I remember we had this awesome professional race instructor speak at one of our instructor seminars and he spoke about spinning and load - just when you think you have stopped don't lose focus because the car unwinds....like a spring!

Glad you kept it sunny side up! :heart:

[Mellaenn]

Wow, TCO, that was so intense -sounds like a scene in a movie! I'll bet you had adrenaline in your system for hours after that.

Glad you're OK!

[thorhammer]

Morning, all! Just catching up on all the news and hilarity :) New antibiotics are ripping me to shreds again, so I'm home today. It's good though, I will finish my doormat and get some planning done for my NaNo novel - my characters are starting to coalesce :)I too have tiny crochet hooks, but coz I bought 'em in charity shops, hated to se them unloved. Thor if you want I could send some?That would be lovely! Could I trade you for them? A bag perhaps? Let me know - have a look in my shop and tell me if there's one that grabs your attention (profile link :)).

[thorhammer]

Ah Kat - Roger is right, we are incorrigible. I know I shall buy this set. All that remains is how long I will torture myself by pretending I'm going to wait until next month... (I have absolutely no will-power - there is no way I can wait until next month - not when you consider there's a fortnight's shipping on top!)LOL I'm a bit more patient than you - except when the Trading forum is concerned! I know not to wait around in there any more! I pounce now :)I'm not, in general, a round deck personWell that's a lie - I'm getting more spherical by the week! ROFL @ you :laugh: I'm so glad you got the Songs, it's such a wonderful deck. I think you'll love it :heart:

[thorhammer]

What a night last night!

A logging truck flipped, took out power, left about 60 tonnes of trees on and about the road and closed the only main road into town for about 10 hours. I was in Victoria and did not feel like staying there. I know a back route though a even more rural area. So I took it, pitch black no lights single lane and I drove too fast and went into a spin! 360 one direction got her back in line...almost... then the back end kicked out and did a 180 the other way LOL trees on one side small cliff on the other! I remember thinking as I finished up the 180 and was now going backwards I am still doing 60 km..too fast not to trash the car...then I came to a rest...not a scratch on the car or me! just the smell of burnt rubber. Popped her into drive and continued on my way, at a much more resonable speed! Phew! :D
OMG this is horrible! I'm so glad you're okay - I've had "moments" like that and it's terrifying, and always made worse afterwards by the knowledge that it only happened coz you were doing something silly :| Was anyone hurt when the truck rolled?

[Eugenia Madora]

I mailed Shade's deck this afternoon. It should only be 2-3 days.

[enchanted spirit]

Well, I've PM'd Quester and let her know that I am still delayed. I was so, so sick this weekend and it's taking so long for me to get back up to speed. I was going this afternoon and a thunderstorm came up. I decided I could wait a bit. Then it stopped and by then my son was looking poorly. He'd started a fever! I medicated him and then freaked out when it went up even more. :( Now it's down a bit, but it's too late to mail anything. What a week! Quester, I will get it out!!! :D Would you like for me to spray it with Lysol first? ew.

[thorhammer]

Oh, geez, ES, that is horrible! I just saw that you'd posted here and came to find out if you feel better - are things improving at all, between you and your boy? Ugh, I hate being sick!

[Grip Dellabonte]

What a night last night!

A logging truck flipped, took out power, left about 60 tonnes of trees on and about the road and closed the only main road into town for about 10 hours. I was in Victoria and did not feel like staying there. I know a back route though a even more rural area. So I took it, pitch black no lights single lane and I drove too fast and went into a spin! 360 one direction got her back in line...almost... then the back end kicked out and did a 180 the other way LOL trees on one side small cliff on the other! I remember thinking as I finished up the 180 and was now going backwards I am still doing 60 km..too fast not to trash the car...then I came to a rest...not a scratch on the car or me! just the smell of burnt rubber. Popped her into drive and continued on my way, at a much more resonable speed! Phew! :D

Freaking scary, TCO.

Thank goodness both you and you car - but especially, you - are okay.

[Grip Dellabonte]

[QUOTE=enchanted spirit]Well, I've PM'd Quester and let her know that I am still delayed. I was so, so sick this weekend and it's taking so long for me to get back up to speed. I was going this afternoon and a thunderstorm came up. I decided I could wait a bit. Then it stopped and by then my son was looking poorly. He'd started a fever! I medicated him and then freaked out when it went up even more. :( Now it's down a bit, but it's too late to mail anything. What a week! Quester, I will get it out!!! :D Would you like for me to spray it with Lysol first? ew.[/QUOTE

Enchanted Spirit...hope you're back up to speed in no time, and that your little guy bounces back even faster. :)

[Stormdancer]

STOP screwing around...I LIKE you...do NOT mess that up

DUDE!!! Seriously...take care of yourself...else I will be P*SSED...A P*ssy Stormdancer is NOT cool!!!

What a night last night!

A logging truck flipped, took out power, left about 60 tonnes of trees on and about the road and closed the only main road into town for about 10 hours. I was in Victoria and did not feel like staying there. I know a back route though a even more rural area. So I took it, pitch black no lights single lane and I drove too fast and went into a spin! 360 one direction got her back in line...almost... then the back end kicked out and did a 180 the other way LOL trees on one side small cliff on the other! I remember thinking as I finished up the 180 and was now going backwards I am still doing 60 km..too fast not to trash the car...then I came to a rest...not a scratch on the car or me! just the smell of burnt rubber. Popped her into drive and continued on my way, at a much more resonable speed! Phew! :D

[Isinea]

What a night last night!

A logging truck flipped, took out power, left about 60 tonnes of trees on and about the road and closed the only main road into town for about 10 hours. I was in Victoria and did not feel like staying there. I know a back route though a even more rural area. So I took it, pitch black no lights single lane and I drove too fast and went into a spin! 360 one direction got her back in line...almost... then the back end kicked out and did a 180 the other way LOL trees on one side small cliff on the other! I remember thinking as I finished up the 180 and was now going backwards I am still doing 60 km..too fast not to trash the car...then I came to a rest...not a scratch on the car or me! just the smell of burnt rubber. Popped her into drive and continued on my way, at a much more resonable speed! Phew! :D

OMG thats scary! I'm glad to hear that you're ok. Take care!

[thorhammer]

:D

My desk is already resembling the haunt of a writer LOL cups and pens and assorted cards and bits of paper laying about.

But it's cold in here - I might take my NaNo for the New and Insane and go outside for a bit . . .

Hey, Isinea! How's it going over your side of the world?

[Wendywu]

Morning gang - hope all's well, and that TCO found an appropriate remedy for the shock and all......

My lappie finally died this morning- :( Even my husband the computer bloke can't fix it this time. Funeral wake later today..... On the upside - I let him buy me a new one :laugh: Same make (Advent) as my very old one which I loved but replaced with the fritzed Sony (which I never loved .... was that why it fritzed?). It has loads more capacity than my old Advent so hopefully it will last me a fair while - should be here on Monday :) In the meantime - I can use a tiny, teeny, little netbook that I can barely see and the keys are just about the same size as the keys on a calculator... but it's net access <phew>


One of our dogs goes for her surgery today. Stress...... she'll be fine but they said we have to keep her quiet afterwards for a good few days. This dog is a mountain goat in disguise - all our furniture is part of her regular race course round the house ....... ah well, there'll be a way. (She was a rescue - she HATES being confined in any way - gets extremely distressed, even now - this adds to the problems of keeping her quiet)

[PathWalker]

TCO, so glad to hear you came out of that alright.

Thor, have PM'd you, am now counting hooks, and will get back to you :)

Wendy, hope the surgery goes well - my dogs would always lie down if I lt the fire - does that work for you?

[emmsma]

TCO: Scary story. Glad you are ok.

Wendy: I'm sure he will be just fine. Yes, keeping him still for a bit is a toughie. Some dogs really sulk if put into an Elizabethan collar. You might try it - some dogs flip, so its hard to know how he will react.

All in all, its a much less invasive procedure than it is for the gals, so you do what you can. We all heal better when not under stress so you do what you have to for him.

[enchanted spirit]

Yay! My son is much better this morning. He slept through the night and got up with only a 100.5 temp - with no meds. I'm going to keep a close eye on him. Last night my mom reminded me that kids tend to spike a fever at night. I knew that . . . LOL

[Wendywu]

TCO: Scary story. Glad you are ok.

Wendy: I'm sure he will be just fine. Yes, keeping him still for a bit is a toughie. Some dogs really sulk if put into an Elizabethan collar. You might try it - some dogs flip, so its hard to know how he will react.

All in all, its a much less invasive procedure than it is for the gals, so you do what you can. We all heal better when not under stress so you do what you have to for him.


She is a girl - so it does matter that she stays quiet even if just for a few days. Our boy dog (already "seen to") is missing her like crazy....

Yes - a collar might help - we'll bring one home from the vet and give it a go.

Pathfinder - we're centrally heated :) we used to have a fireplace, but it's full of plants now. Like every other surface that isn't crammed with books.....

She should be fairly dopey when we get her tonight, and then tomorrow we'll just have to take it as it comes. We'll make her a priority (and Dizzy, so he doesn't feel left out).

Hey Kat - you got your novel planned out now? Francis?

My Ironwing 78 came!! I think I'm in love. Although the book doesn't look an easy study. Still, nothing worthwhile ever was.....

[franniee]

Yay! My son is much better this morning. He slept through the night and got up with only a 100.5 temp - with no meds. I'm going to keep a close eye on him. Last night my mom reminded me that kids tend to spike a fever at night. I knew that . . . LOL

They do and they go from running around well to crazy sick in a blink! Insane!!

Glad to hear he is better!! :heart:

[thorhammer]

Hey Kat - you got your novel planned out now? Francis?

My Ironwing 78 came!! I think I'm in love. Although the book doesn't look an easy study. Still, nothing worthwhile ever was.....
Hey, babe :) The novel is coming along, oddly enough! I went to the library, where my weekly workshop is held on Wednesdays, early tonight, and used a touring atlas of Australia to start planning the tour that the band will take through south-east Australia . . . this planning, research thing does actually come quite easily!

Do you know the name Dave Rogers? I've suddenly plucked that out of the air as my main character's name, and I'm concerned that it sounds familiar. But the thing is, I want it to sound familiar . . . I want my MC to be the "everyman".

The Ironwing is wonderful, no? The book is . . . not nearly as consistent in quality as the deck. Some card discussions are very good; others are terrible. It's hard to find something to latch onto in some of them; but on the whole it is packed with great information and you get a sense of how Moore came around to dovetailing Tarot, shamanism and smithing. It works, oddly enough.

\m/ Kat

[Wendywu]

There is apparently an Aussie musician who was a member of Klinger but who has left that band and gone to Japan. Means zilch to me.

Aside from that one I think you're pretty safe with him. Were Klinger big?

[jackdaw*]

Just popped in, and wow, a lot is going on!

TCO, glad to hear that you're okay, although that must have been quite a fright! I received the TdM today, and am delighted with it :) Baby JD likes the colours, and given the sturdy feel of the cards I can probably let her use them safely!

ES, glad your son is better. I haven't mailed your Langustl yet, but hope to do so by the end of the week...

[Wendywu]

Shade - Oh Sha-ade -


WAHEY!!! :party: :royal: :party: :laugh:

The Solleone got here. It is absolutely amazing. It speaks - well, actually it yells at me. I understand the edge, the apparent bloodthirstiness - this is a deck with SOUL -

I can't thank you enough - what a gift you have given me :)

[coyoteblack]

the transparent arrived a little while ago! thanks bunches

[cardlady22]

You're welcome, coyoteblack! I hope you enjoy it! Packaging was okay?

[Shade]

Oh I'm so happy you like it! Now to plan what will be on the next train...

[Wendywu]

I wish I lived in the sort of place that had little shops where you could just pick up a miracle deck. I think there's one new age-ish (I stress the -ish) shop in my town.....

If it wasn't for the 'net I'd be stuffed ....

[Sinduction]

Just got the Templar in the mail today. Haven't had the chance yet to look it over but I'm excited to!

[Wendywu]

Yay - we can all do the happy dance together :D

[coyoteblack]

You're welcome, coyoteblack! I hope you enjoy it! Packaging was okay?

my only complaint about the packaging is; now I feel guilty about how I package stuff I am such a slacker in comparasion.

[cardlady22]

my only complaint about the packaging is; now I feel guilty about how I package stuff I am such a slacker in comparison.
It's all recycled from my own orders. Does that make you feel any better, dear?

[Isinea]

Hey, Isinea! How's it going over your side of the world?

cold ... on the face of it, we go from summer straight into winter this year. and im really spiritless at present.

[coyoteblack]

It's all recycled from my own orders. Does that make you feel any better, dear?

bunches and bunches thanks a lot. I know this is early but we really need a role call of who is coming to the readers studio.

We have just the most fun with a real life bullet train on crack.

[Queen of Disks]

The Diamond Tarot came today! Thank you so much Pathwalker and Jesii, it is so pretty!

[NorthernTigress]

Feeling guilty. I have finally found an oversize envelope for my train package, and addressed it, but I still haven't taken it to the post office yet. I'm working on it, honest!

[Mellaenn]

I know this is early but we really need a role call of who is coming to the readers studio.


Yeah, it's not all that far out if you want to start saving for it, I realized! (And I WILL start saving, just as soon as I pay for the decks I bought this week, I swear!) :grin:

[thorhammer]

Yeah, it's not all that far out if you want to start saving for it, I realized! (And I WILL start saving, just as soon as I pay for the decks I bought this week, I swear!) :grin:
LOL thankfully, I've managed to save quite a bit for it - considering international flights and all! - but what with quitting my job and not having anything else just yet :bugeyed: that might be tenuous. I plan not to let it be, though!

\m/ Kat

[Eugenia Madora]

My train deck, the Sacred Path cards and book, arrived today.
The cards came in a great bag with a horse's head embroidered on the front.
I'm looking forward to working with this deck.

[thorhammer]

OOooh, this is so exciting! I love it when the trickle becomes a flood of new train decks landing at their destinations, seeing people's reactions . . . I remember how I loved the Wheel of Change so very much, and how much it changed my life and Tarot journey. Amazing things can come of this constant shuffling of whole decks amongst ourselves :)

[Mellaenn]

Amazing things can come of this constant shuffling of whole decks amongst ourselves :)
I always like the idea that each time I get a deck from someone in AT, there is some of their energy in the cards. It's a happy feeling!

[faunabay]

I know this is early but we really need a role call of who is coming to the readers studio.

We have just the most fun with a real life bullet train on crack.
I get to come this year!!!!!! woohoo!!! (jumping up and down doing the happy dance) I"m sooo happy to beable to see all of you in person!! Especially my good friend Guiding Cauldron!! Hon it will be amazing to meet you in person after talking on the phone for quite a while!! :* And getting to meet Kat all the way from Australia!! :* I'm so excited!!! Did I say that before? LOL I'm soooooo excited!! })

[thorhammer]

That is so fantastic!!! And not only do you get to meet us shining stars, there are rumours, too, of a repeat of the real life train! I'm terrified at the thought, but who could possibly miss it???

[Mellaenn]

Terrified? You'll be a natch, I'm sure! I just stood by while the decks whizzed through the air. I had no idea what was going on, not having actually ridden a train before.

[faunabay]

Oh I think a real life train would be amazing!!!!! I can't wait!!

[thorhammer]

*yawn* I've had such a positive day, all told, but about ten minutes ago I hit a major slump! :confused: I'm even typing really slow. I'm meant to go to yoga but am considering skiving . . . but I won't. I can't go to Saturday morning's class so I must go tonight, and I will enjoy it.

But I'm so tired . . .

I know!

Sugar!!!!!

[Wendywu]

Drink a glass of water too. Tiredness is so often due to dehydration with me.

You're right - I did need the book with the Ironwing... I've decided that I'm gonna do an informal deck study - not register it as an IDS, but a formal study anyway. I'll enjoy that - I'd like to find out what this deck has to teach me - I rather think it's quite a lot :)

[thorhammer]

It's very interesting, isn't it? The Ironwing, I mean. Her illustrative style is fabulous, really textural and full of love and awareness. Lots of the images are creepy to me, but then it's a matter of finding out *why* that is, what's so important that I'm ignoring or shying away from.

I'm glad to have enabled you on it :) I think it suits you.

I will go have some water; I have to leave soon for yoga anyway, we'll see how the muffins I just scoffed help!

[Guiding Cauldron]

there are rumours, too, of a repeat of the real life train! I'm terrified at the thought, but who could possibly miss it???

AGREED! lol

FB your so fun, cant wait too sweety, theres so many peeps I want to see in person, finally :) AND Maybe I'll have good news about my proposal by then wee hee!!

[coyoteblack]

That is so fantastic!!! And not only do you get to meet us shining stars, there are rumours, too, of a repeat of the real life train! I'm terrified at the thought, but who could possibly miss it???

the best part is when people pull up to the table in in various carrying cases. I was lived near the last studio so I just drove home. aulruna came by with a suitcase on wheels just for her decks.

[Aulruna]

the best part is when people pull up to the table in in various carrying cases. I was lived near the last studio so I just drove home. aulruna came by with a suitcase on wheels just for her decks.

Yep, and I plan to do this again :D

Franniee's package was finalized today!

[Jesii]

hi all!

Glad you like the diamond Tarot

Thanks Dancing bear, the Vargo Gothic turned up today and i fell in love with it at first sight, thanks muchly

Jesii
x.x.x

[Jesii]

it turned up yesterday, sorry, typed wrong, so i have been in love with it for 24 hours =]

jesii

[Shade]

The Fairy Ring Oracle just showed up at my desk!! Thank you so much Eugenia I am going to have some fun with the Fae folk. I just have to remember not to eat or drink anything they offer me.

[Quester]

The Kitties have finally started the journey to their new home!! :)

[thorhammer]

That was good, Shade :D

I'm still looking out for my decks! But they'll be a little while yet, and I have lots to excite me anyway!

I just finished having dinner with my ex :bugeyed: it is so strange, this whole friends thing. But I think it's going okay. He came over for only the second time since I moved in here, and I cooked. He brought a whole heap of my stuff which I'd left at his place.

It's nice to have peeps for dinner. I'd forgotten that.

[NorthernTigress]

I sent off my train package yesterday. International mail is not cheap! :bugeyed:

[The crowned one]

I sent off my train package yesterday. International mail is not cheap! :bugeyed:

Yes this is true LOL...It always seems my box sets/with book go to GB :D


We used to have a mailing limit of 10.00 dollars, after that point your trade partner would help out if needed and made known through private PM or before the trade on your list. Should we reintroduce this? Any thoughts riders?

Post has increased substantially since the trains began.

[cardlady22]

Help with overseas postage is a nice idea for those who have Paypal. But since I do not, it wouldn't be any help. I do Amazon gift cards via email in my other trades, but that just enables me to buy more decks . . . not act as a reimbursment.

[Wendywu]

I don't begrudge a penny of the cost of shipping (and I always end up shipping internationally) - I'm just so thrilled at the deck that is coming to me and no matter what I pay in shipping it isn't as much as the cost of a deck. It's exciting - something I wouldn't have thought of and had never planned on.

Hey - there's always a fare to be paid on a train .... :laugh:

[Mellaenn]

I'm good with the cost of shipping no matter where; I figure it will even out.

[jackdaw*]

Yes this is true LOL...It always seems my box sets/with book go to GB :D


We used to have a mailing limit of 10.00 dollars, after that point your trade partner would help out if needed and made known through private PM or before the trade on your list. Should we reintroduce this? Any thoughts riders?

Post has increased substantially since the trains began.
Ha ... at least you lucked out this time - not that postage within Canada is cheap, either!

I don't begrudge shipping costs, of course. It's still cheaper than a new deck. However, it does mean there's often (like now) a wee delay while I get the wherewithal to ship it.

[faunabay]

Even though I didn't ride this last time I'll put my two cents in...... :D

I'm fine with the shipping costs. Sometimes I'll keep that in mind when I put my list together. If I know I don't have a bunch of extra money I'll only list single decks. Then when I don't have to worry I list whatever I want. LOL

I know it all works out the way it's supposed to. Just part of the fun train rides. :heart:

[The crowned one]

Good input so far!

I too have always been OK with post costs and have always encouraged my trade partners to use the cheapest method possible. ( I use a squirrel, he works for peanuts.) It does even out.

[emmsma]

Like jackdaw* said, I feel shipping is going to be cheaper than the cost of a new deck, and more than a reasonable fee for the pleasures of the train.

[Queen of Disks]

Scion's Minchiate and Traveling deck is on it's way! Sorry it took so long!

[emmsma]

ARLO Lenormand arrived today, in a lovely orangey bag with butterflies. There were some stones too - which I will have to frisk my son to get back.

He was instantly attracted to the fluorite. Maybe I'll let him have it. Might be good for him.

The deck's cardstock is very nice. Reading with it this afternoon.
Thanks for the trade!

[thorhammer]

No worries, emmsma! I'm glad you like it :) I think that stone was an amethyst, but I'm so scattered at the moment I have no idea. I hope you like the bag :) It's one of my favourites, and I keep my Faerie Tarot in mine :D

I, too, am fine with postage. After this last train, where I did two side trades, the trip to the post office cost me almost $70, but hey, I don't drink, smoke, do drugs or buy clothes, so what else am I to spend my cash on? :D

\m/ Kat

[emmsma]

Yes, lovely bag. Haven't had time today to spread the decks out on the bed to see who gets to live in it.

Think I've reached the point where everyone needs a permanent bag - need many small bags for the Lenormands and LS minis.

Think I'm about to embark on a bag buying spree. :)

[Isinea]

Hey there,

i'm ok with the shipping, too. riding on a trade train is so much fun. i love to spend the time with you guys. an evening at the cinema with popcorn, coke and stuff is even more expensive and takes only about 2h, a slow train takes days and the deck you traded may last for ever ;)

[Wendywu]

..... riding on a trade train is so much fun. i love to spend the time with you guys. an evening at the cinema with popcorn, coke and stuff is even more expensive and takes only about 2h, a slow train takes days and the deck you traded may last for ever ;)


I love that :laugh: A wonderful phrase - thank you,.

[Jesii]

MY PACK ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Dream Enchantress turned up this morning, thank you SO much Thorhammer =]

My mum is happily ohhhing and ahhhhring over the poker cards, and she will be on later,

Thank you, i love them....yay!!!!!!

Jesii
x.x.x

[cardlady22]

I received my package from Guiding Cauldron today! Thank you, sweetheart! I am really going to enjoy the Sacred Path Cards. And the beautiful orange & purple bead bracelets will make some lovely components for my jewelry designs!

[enchanted spirit]

I mailed Quester's package today! Yay! I'm so happy! I hope it gets there soon, I sent it priority so it should only take a few days. :D

[Isinea]

I love that :laugh: A wonderful phrase - thank you,.
:love:

[Wendywu]

My new lappie is here :royal: :party: :royal:

Well - actually it's a recon; couldn't afford new, but it's new to me and it's not fritzed like my poor old Sony ... Wahey - I have reliable net access.

[thorhammer]

Party time, Wendy!

It's great to discover new stuff, innit? :)

[Wendywu]

Aha - meant this post to be a pm

[Isinea]

My new lappie is here :royal: :party: :royal:

Well - actually it's a recon; couldn't afford new, but it's new to me and it's not fritzed like my poor old Sony ... Wahey - I have reliable net access.

Congratz!!! :thumbsup:

[Lavandula]

*drags self into train cafe figuring that any place called a "rehab centre" is probably my best bet right now*

Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated, but not all that far wrong judging by the way I feel. Our little threesome here has had a week of salmonella and now the flu, so I hope that excuses me for being so absent! Urrrrghhhh.

Dearest Mellaenn, you have a pm.

[Wendywu]

Oh poor you!! :heart:

You need to slump in the waiting room easy chair, a comforting drink in hand, a recent (fairly) magazine near you, and a really cracking super-fantastic deck cuddled in your lap :D

[thorhammer]

And would a bowl of my out-of-this-world vegetable soup and homemade rye sourdough help? You're welcome to them :) I feel for you, it's horrid being sick. And so much worse when it's one thing after another.

Just like history, really ;)

\m/ Kat

[enchanted spirit]

Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated, but not all that far wrong judging by the way I feel. Our little threesome here has had a week of salmonella and now the flu, so I hope that excuses me for being so absent! Urrrrghhhh.

Having just been through it myself, you have my deepest sympathies. The good news? Once you get better you will feel SO much better. :D Hang in there, drink LOTS of fluids, rest.

[Wendywu]

And would a bowl of my out-of-this-world vegetable soup and homemade rye sourdough help? You're welcome to them :) \m/ Kat

Yes!! I am at work, starving and I have to go to the post office and a stationery shop before I can go home. Feed me :) <inserts begging icon>

On the up side - I finish in 5 minutes....

So - I shall start to get read to go ..... thinking of yummy soup and bread all the way ....

[thorhammer]

LOL consider yourself fed :D

I just discovered a new use for my cat.

Pillow. Self-warming :D

[Shade]

Hey all question for the frequent commuters on these trade trains. I have been contemplating what my offerings would be if I hopped aboard another train as I put together that last list 95% sure the Solleone would be the chosen deck. I will definitely mix things up and add a few things and I have been meaning to see if the second hand shops that always have a few cheap rare decks no one knows about in my area have anything new. But while I think of what else to add I was hoping for a critique of the rest of my list. Had it been my station, and you hadn't used a pick yet, would you have selected any of these?

Universal Marseille
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/card...lle/index.shtml

Avalon Tarot
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/avalon/

Cagliostro Tarot
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/cagliostro/

Tarot of the Hidden Folk
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/card...olk/index.shtml

Zodiac Tarot
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/zodiac/

Celtic (Julian de Burgh, Mary Guinan)
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/celtic-2/

I know some of them are faboo decks but it seems like people board the train hoping for a hidden gem and I wanted to see if the consensus with my list was that people would hold off at my station and wait for something else.

[thorhammer]

If I didn't have it already, I would pick the Universal Marseille, mostly for the book. The cards are okay, the backs lovely, but it's the book that truly changed the way I look at non-scenic pips. It's so empowering and such fun to work through.

And I'd berate, bully and browbeat everyone else until someone picked it :D

\m/ Kat

ETA: Oh, and your Hidden Folk link is broken. Do you mean this one?

http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/hidden-folk/

[Stormdancer]

Hey all question for the frequent commuters on these trade trains.... I was hoping for a critique of the rest of my list. Had it been my station, and you hadn't used a pick yet, would you have selected any of these?

I am so glad you asked this because it one of the things that worries me about joining the whole train thing. What if no-one likes my offerings?? I'll only be putting up what is on my trade list, which isn't much of anything exciting. My understanding is that if no-one picks from me, I don't get my pick...is that right?

[Mellaenn]

Lavandula, so sorry you had to go through all that and don't even worry about getting to the P.O. til you're all better! I love the fun of anticipation. :grin:

Shade, that's a good list. And while many here are hoping for the unusual little deck, there are a few like me who still sport a tarot deck collection of less than three dozen :eek:, so I'm usually interested in every deck on every list.

Also, I've seen people choose decks who may already have that one; maybe they want a back-up or to use as a gift. And I think that one objective of the train is to pick up a deck of a type you may not usually go for, just to mix it up.

[franniee]

I am so glad you asked this because it one of the things that worries me about joining the whole train thing. What if no-one likes my offerings?? I'll only be putting up what is on my trade list, which isn't much of anything exciting. My understanding is that if no-one picks from me, I don't get my pick...is that right?

Yes if no one picks than you break the chain that you are in.... but the deal is that people pick all sorts of decks. I've been on the train from it's inception.... TCO created it and had me as co conductor from the beginning. I've seen all sorts of things. Goofy decks that you would never think would get a second look and rare decks that you would figure would be swallowed up in a sec..... it's whatever the demand is at the moment... People pick "generic/common" decks just as often as they pick OOP hard to get decks. I may be in search of a common deck and figure I'll pick it up on the train rather than go to the book store. So don't worry about your offerings. Just make sure that you have a few in your bag of tricks.

The decks Shade has listed don't appeal to me - but that is ME it is highly subjective! Kat loves the universal marseilles! It's kind of like to each their own... it is highly subjective. So you go with what you have - the veterans buy for the train.... they look around and pick up this or that for the train.

I was never a person who trading things and I have to tell you it is a lot of fun! I have traded away a lot of the decks I received on the train. I picked them to try them out and I traded them away on another train - no worries - it is fun! :heart:

ask Scion he has a million decks - no joke! :laugh:

[Isinea]

I'm always worrying if someone will pick from my list ... and i'm always suprised how fast they pick from my lists. :D I don't think that there are any "bad lists", to each his own. :)

[thorhammer]

I don't think it's right to say that there are "no bad lists" - there is at least very much the potential to have "bad lists", where the lister is obviously offloading their dreck. If the dreck is accompanied by a deck that is a bit more popular/respected/valuable/remarkable in some way, then that person clearly is making some effort . . . there have, however, been lists that don't do that. IMO, it shows a marked lack of respect for fellow riders. The train is not an offload facility.

\m/ Kat

[Stormdancer]

I don't think it's right to say that there are "no bad lists" - there is at least very much the potential to have "bad lists", where the lister is obviously offloading their dreck. If the dreck is accompanied by a deck that is a bit more popular/respected/valuable/remarkable in some way, then that person clearly is making some effort . . . there have, however, been lists that don't do that. IMO, it shows a marked lack of respect for fellow riders. The train is not an offload facility.

\m/ Kat

And this^^^ is exactly what worries me

[Sinduction]

Has NT gone into hiding? Has she received her bags and decks yet? They should have been there by now......

[NorthernTigress]

I'm here. Sadly, I haven't gotten any parcels lately. However, tigers are patient creatures.

[Wendywu]

I try and include decks I like - on the basis that if it doesn't hurt me to lose them, then how could I expect anyone to want them .... that said, I wouldn't put up my absolute favourite decks - I ain't that saintly :angel: :rolleyes:

It's true though - all sorts of decks come up and are grabbed. Sometimes a really "common" deck is snatched up simply because it's someone's fave and they want a backup. If you want to ride the next train - come along and have fun.....

Hey Shade - check out the Reading Circle - I used the Solleone in an exchange; it's a great deck to read with. Really upfront and realistic. Doesn't exactly sugarcoat its truth but oh my, the depth and power in the cards is stunning. That Hanged Man is the most heartwrenching I've ever come across. I can't thank you enough :heart:

[Quester]

The Dragons have arrived!!! :heart:

[Lavandula]

LOL consider yourself fed :D

I just discovered a new use for my cat.



For a moment there I was worried about this post!

Thanks for the well wishes everyone :) Back to bed for me.

[thorhammer]

ROFL I didn't even make the connection! :joke: I could never eat my cat.

I don't eat carnivores :D

Sleep well, you :) Take it easy!

\m/ Kat

[franniee]

I don't think it's right to say that there are "no bad lists" - there is at least very much the potential to have "bad lists", where the lister is obviously offloading their dreck. If the dreck is accompanied by a deck that is a bit more popular/respected/valuable/remarkable in some way, then that person clearly is making some effort . . . there have, however, been lists that don't do that. IMO, it shows a marked lack of respect for fellow riders. The train is not an offload facility.

\m/ Kat

You're right Kat - I was assuming that wouldn't happen but we know it has.

Oh well to quote Roseanne Rosannadanna " Nevermind! " :D

[Shade]

Ooooh I will check out that reading Wendy. Thanks all for the feedback about decks. I'll bear all this in mind when I post again and leave off everything that doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell - the Hidden Folk deck who was so unworthy its link wouldn't even connect for example ;-)

[Guiding Cauldron]

Hey hey everyone just having a catch up around here and seeing hwats been happening :)

I have not recieved my deck yet but I have been assured its on its way so will expect it late Novemeber some time. :)

Have a great Halloween week weee heee I love this time of year- yes better than Christmas I think; I know I'm weird lol

[thorhammer]

Ooooh I will check out that reading Wendy. Thanks all for the feedback about decks. I'll bear all this in mind when I post again and leave off everything that doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell - the Hidden Folk deck who was so unworthy its link wouldn't even connect for example ;-)
Hey, the Hidden Folk was awesome! Just the link was unworthy of its awesomeness :D I might even consider it one day :) I think it's really pretty and the pips are quite quaint and charming!

\m/ Kat

[Scion]

My Minchiate & the travelling train deck arrived! Yay! Thank you, Queen!

[The crowned one]

Waiting is the hardest part.... thats what Tom Petty said ;)

I too am waiting, thought it was here today, but turned out to be a registered letter form my home insurance company...not near as fun!

[Sinduction]

I'm here. Sadly, I haven't gotten any parcels lately. However, tigers are patient creatures.Please do PM me when it arrives. I get so nervous after handing packages to the post.

They always say, "Would you like insurance to protect against loss or damage?" and I say, "That depends, are you going to lose or damage it?"

They never think it's funny.

It still amazes me that it takes longer to reach Canada than the UK. How exactly does that work?

[enchanted spirit]

The Dragons have arrived!!! :heart:

I am soooooo glad to hear that! :D All safe and sound?

[Mellaenn]

Waiting is the hardest part.... thats what Tom Petty said ;)

I too am waiting, thought it was here today, but turned out to be a registered letter form my home insurance company...not near as fun!
Oh, wow, TCO - I sent that a week ago Monday. We are on opposite corners of North America but I didn't think it was THAT far! And I popped it into the post without any confirmation number (Doink! Won't do that again...)

I'll keep checking - I'll give you a second choice if it never arrives. (God forbid!) :bugeyed:

[The crowned one]

Mellaenn, it takes 7 to 10 days from your state so no worries at all.

[Queen of Disks]

Please do PM me when it arrives. I get so nervous after handing packages to the post.

They always say, "Would you like insurance to protect against loss or damage?" and I say, "That depends, are you going to lose or damage it?"

They never think it's funny.

It still amazes me that it takes longer to reach Canada than the UK. How exactly does that work?


That's ok, someone online said that if they ask if there is anything fragile, liquid or perishable in your package, always tell them no even if you do have something fragile in it because if you tell them yes, your package will show up damaged. Happened for her everytime. Now she just tells them no.

And the postal service can't figure out why their buisness is going down the toilet. :mad:

[Quester]

I am soooooo glad to hear that! :D All safe and sound?

Safe and sound!! :) I am looking forward to reading the book. Thank you for including a lovely bag to put it in!! :heart:

[Wendywu]

We used to sell on Ebay (never again .....) and my husband always wrapped packages so that he could kick them against the wall, or throw them out the window, and the contents wouldn't be damaged. He is the man that got a bone china tea set sent in the parcel post and it arrived with nary a chip or a scratch :bugeyed:



ETA Not that he did play footie with the parcels .........

[thorhammer]

ETA Not that he did play footie with the parcels .........Sure . . . that's what they all say . . . ;)

[Isinea]

My Love Pack from Grip arrived today!!! :D

Wow! I didn't expect it to be shrink-wraped. Thank you soo muchlys Grip, its a wonderfull set!!! :heart: And thanks for the nice fridge magnet, its allready sticking on our fridge :)

[The crowned one]

My deck( and extra deck...thanks:D) arrived. I am recalling it now, nice to revisit it but I will be putting it back on the train...It is a very pretty deck. A good reading deck I feel. Wonderful trade! Thanks!

[Mellaenn]

My deck( and extra deck...thanks:D) arrived. I am recalling it now, nice to revisit it but I will be putting it back on the train...It is a very pretty deck. A good reading deck I feel. Wonderful trade! Thanks!
Glad you got it; thanks for the post to let me know! You were so nice to take it off my hands and not derail the train. :grin:

It's funny about that deck - I might even trade to get it back some day. Even though it sat lonely on the shelf, barely touched, when I was putting it in order to mail out I thought - hmmmm! Maybe I should have given this deck another chance! Does that ever happen to any of you when you're packing up your deck to ship?

But in the meantime, I'm getting to check out two new decks via the train trade and a side trade, and I really, really love that. It's always an adventure! And I've already acquired several new decks so I won't have the same old list for another train some day!

[Isinea]

It's funny about that deck - I might even trade to get it back some day. Even though it sat lonely on the shelf, barely touched, when I was putting it in order to mail out I thought - hmmmm! Maybe I should have given this deck another chance! Does that ever happen to any of you when you're packing up your deck to ship?

Just one word: yes! :D

[thorhammer]

Yay! emmsma and Grippy, your parcels came today! It was such a fun feeling to be home when the parcelman arrived! He was lovely, too :) So I will be distracting myself rom my NaNo planning by playing with new cards :)

\m/ Kat

[cardlady22]

I'm crossing my fingers that mine & Isinea's side-trade packages will arrive in the nick of time!

[PathWalker]

Happy dancing here - my side traded deck from Grip arrived today - along with some pressies (tahnk you so much for those) and I know I'm going to enjoy it.
I received the Kalevala deck, so will be reading Finnish epics now, nudge me if I get too quiet or too boring on obscure subjects LOL

Isn't it wonerful to shake things up and try something new? Thank you to everyone who "trained", it's been a great experience :)

Best wishes
Pathwalker (and Jes who's watching films, it's half term holiday here)

[Isinea]

I'm crossing my fingers that mine & Isinea's side-trade packages will arrive in the nick of time!

The side-trade package from you arrived today!!!! the vargo just in time for halloween! *happydance* it's great, i love it! thank you so much!!!

[faunabay]

The side-trade package from you arrived today!!!! the vargo just in time for halloween! *happydance* it's great, i love it! thank you so much!!!
LOL
For some reaason I read that as
*hippydance*

:D I guess I have hippy (instead of happy) on the brain! hehe

[cardlady22]

Yes!!!! I feel like my poor little brain-power pushed it all the way. You must arrive for Halloween . . . you must arrive for Halloween!

With my luck, the Morgan-Greer will get here tomorrow, but after I've left for my mother's house. (leaving hubby to wonder who/what is going on from Germany) })

[Isinea]

LOL
For some reaason I read that as
*hippydance*

:D I guess I have hippy (instead of happy) on the brain! hehe

as i'm a little hippy inside, that's absolutly ok by me! :D

[Isinea]

Yes!!!! I feel like my poor little brain-power pushed it all the way. You must arrive for Halloween . . . you must arrive for Halloween!

With my luck, the Morgan-Greer will get here tomorrow, but after I've left for my mother's house. (leaving hubby to wonder who/what is going on from Germany) })

The Ghosts of Halloween are with us. ;)

I'm sure the Morgan Greer will be there soon, too! ;)

[NorthernTigress]

Yay, my train parcel arrived today, about 2 weeks after it was sent. Both decks of cards are beautiful, and the bags are sooo cute. The bag for the Lenormand is a perfect fit, but I think the bag for the Wiccan cards will need a bit of time to stretch. But yarn is good at that. :D And the color combinations are great.

Thanks so much, Sinduction ((((hugs))))

[Wendywu]

as i'm a little hippy inside, that's absolutly ok by me! :D

Sadly, and despite my best efforts at dieting, I'm more than a little hippy on the outside ........

[cardlady22]

My mail just ran and I got no parcels, so I guess it will be Monday?? Happy Halloween, everybody!

[Sinduction]

I'm glad you got it NT! I kept the deck in the bag overnight but it must have slipped back after all that time in transit. I wonder why it took so long???

Here's a trick. Hold the bag upside down. Place your thumbs up into the bottom of the bag, gently pull the bag down with your free fingers. That will make it longer. If it needs to be wider, gently pull your thumbs to the sides of the bag, stretching the bag at the sides.

Either way will make it a bit bigger, but the bag does fit, I had it in it. It will eventually conform to the size of the deck. Don't be afraid to stretch it, just do it gently. :D

So glad you got it, I was starting to worry. :D

[PathWalker]

Has anyone heard from Grip lately? She didn't acknowledge when I PM'd her to thank you for her parcel to me, nor said she received ours to her :(
Hope it got there okay.
Pathwalker

[cardlady22]

She posted in the Halloween Give Away (BBC 1st ed) over the weekend.

[PathWalker]

Well that's good, not poorly then. Thank you :)

[Isinea]

Sadly, and despite my best efforts at dieting, I'm more than a little hippy on the outside ........

hehe, don't worry, me too. ;)

[franniee]

I got 2 packages today - one for Aulruna and one from Aulruna! :love: Love the faeries!!

Thanks M!!!! I love the green organza bag - the color is beautiful!!! I haven't had a chance to play with them yet...... I may use one for a reading I have in 20 minutes.... do I dare? :D

[Grip Dellabonte]

Has anyone heard from Grip lately? She didn't acknowledge when I PM'd her to thank you for her parcel to me, nor said she received ours to her :(
Hope it got there okay.
Pathwalker

Sorry, PathWalker...just running, as usual. :)

Haven't gotten your, or Isinea's, package as yet and hesitated saying anything cuz I didn't want you to worry.

Sometimes these things take a while but I will definitely let you know when it gets here.

And I was pleased to read in your PM that both you and Jesii enjoyed the package. :)

[Isinea]

Sorry, PathWalker...just running, as usual. :)

Haven't gotten your, or Isinea's, package as yet and hesitated saying anything cuz I didn't want you to worry.

Sometimes these things take a while but I will definitely let you know when it gets here.

And I was pleased to read in your PM that both you and Jesii enjoyed the package. :)

maybe we need some fairydust... ? :(
So what do we lern? Is the german post more lazy than the american? or are the german postman faster than the american are? ...

[PathWalker]

Haven't gotten your, or Isinea's, package as yet and hesitated saying anything cuz I didn't want you to worry.
Well I was worrying anyway LOL
At least neither have arrived, so they can both arrive together and be twice the fun!
Am sending wings for the parcels so they get to you quicker (mental concentration, I know you can't see me doing it)

Hoping the postie gets to you soon
Pathwalker

[Wendywu]

are the german postman faster than the american are? ...

Well they're all faster than the Brits at the moment, 'cos our lot keep striking!!

[PathWalker]

Oh oh I saw a postman! And he brought me... alovely bag from Thorhammer, which we bartered for some tiny size metal crochet hooks from my vintage collection.
Thank you so much Thorhammer, it's brilliant. I think one of the two decks i got in trade recently will find a home in it. Did the hooks arrive yet - I'm guessing not. The parcels I've sent seem a bit slow to get there, but I've got my fingers crossed.

Bestwishes to all
Pathwalker

[thorhammer]

I'm glad you liked the bag! It's rather cute, I thought :) No, no sign of the hooks yet, but don't worry, hon, it's not just your parcels. I think my new suburb may have fallen off all maps - I'm just not getting parcels.

Bills, yes.

Parcels, no. I'm actually beginning to worry, as I do have quite a few valuable parcels coming :(.

\m/ Kat

[cardlady22]

Better trot into your postal office and make sure they know you! Be sweet but firm.

[thorhammer]

Better trot into your postal office and make sure they know you! Be sweet but firm.
Oh, they know me. Yes, they have encountered me, with my arms full of parcels to send to this, that, and the other obscure country ("Brazil? Well, that's a first" :D) . . . but it's not there that the problem lies, methinks. It's upstream, and about that, I can do nothing.

\m/ Kat

[thorhammer]

My parcels came! At least, most of them :) Including the lovely hooks from PathWalker - thankyou! did you know that one of them is engraved - "Star"?

Also the Fifth Tarot, which CB was generous enough to have Amazon send me directly :) I've had a quick squiz and I don't think it's for me, but I don't have time to really sit down with it just now, so I'll look again in a month or so :) Thankyou!

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

Hey Thor! Are you staying on? I would like to chat. :)

[Lavandula]

I am finally out of my cave!

Mellaenn, you have a pm, and you'll be happy to know your parcel is on its way! I'm sorry that means all the delicious anticipation will be over soon, but I hope it's replaced by something even better when your deck arrives! :D

[thorhammer]

Hey Thor! Are you staying on? I would like to chat. :)
Ah, geez, sorry! Just saw this - I've been NaNo-ing. I've just written about 1000 words . . . you still there?

[cardlady22]

*sigh*
The mail has run and no packages.

[rhombchick]

My white kitties turned up yesterday! YAY!! :D

[cardlady22]

Who was it that showed a card from the Mystic Meg for their station? Because I just found one! I'm a sucker for the pip decks.

[thorhammer]

It was Grip, wasn't it? One of her clue-giving people mentioned Meg Ryan movies?

\m/ Kat

[Isinea]

*sigh*
The mail has run and no packages.

maybe they're hanging around with the british postman... :(

[cardlady22]

It was Grip, wasn't it? One of her clue-giving people mentioned Meg Ryan movies?
Yes! Thanks for the tip on which game it was. And it explains a bit more of why my brain settled on it so strongly.

Isinea, don't worry. I'm on a rural route and our drivers change at times. And the USPS has been reworking mailing hubs and routes. I'm still flabbergasted by the differences in tracking packages to various states that I mailed out on the same day!

[Wendywu]

So, we all still alive and kicking out there?

[thorhammer]

I iz. At least, I think I iz. I went to a NaNoWriMo write-in yesterday and foolishly bought books (what do I want to read bloody books for - I'm writing one!) - one of them by our Municipal Liaison. I started reading it while stirring my risotto, and ended up not wanting to go to bed until I finished the damn thing. I got to bed at 2.45am. Book finished. $24.95, in about eight hours.

I feel like a zombie . . .

\m/ Kat

[Mellaenn]

Yikes, Thor - reading 'em on one end and writing 'em on the other; no wonder you're tired! I truly thought we wouldn't see much of you here during the NaNoWriMo! But lucky us, here ya are!

Lavandula - looking forward to the lovely package from Australia. :grin:

Hope everyone else is well. Quiet night at home here for me and for a month my husband is on a day shift so he is here at home with me. Luckily he hangs out on his own lappie perusing his fishing forums, so no prob for me to be on AT for hours. Not quite what you think about when you envision marriage, but there you have it!

[thorhammer]

Oh, I'm here, smug as a bug in a rug :D I have almost 25k words, double what I "need" to "win" NaNo, so I'm not too worried. I am, of course, aiming much higher but I'm still thinking I'm going well. So, meh.

I'm writing now, and it's coming along well. I worry that it's long-winded though . . . :(

\m/ Kat

[emmsma]

I'm here too. Very low energy day. Head achey and in need of a nap.

Thor: Why for are you unpopular again?

[thorhammer]

LOL I keep making trollbane posts and getting modded :joke: Some days I just get fed up with tiptoeing around pompous asses. Yesterday was one of those days.

\m/ Kat

[emmsma]

Darn! I'm missing all the fun.

[thorhammer]

Darn! I'm missing all the fun.
:D You gotta be quick! LOL

\m/ Kat

[Stormdancer]

Darn! I'm missing all the fun.This was EXACTLY my thought..then I read yours! I now call you 'SIS :D

[Stormdancer]

:D You gotta be quick! LOL

\m/ Kat

Well....RATZ...Kinda a Taurus thang...think..SLOOOWWW in a turtle kinda way:D

[Lavandula]

Thank you, Manda! My Legacy of the Divine arrived today! Actually, the card hit the mailbox on Friday, but I didn't get to the post office to collect my parcel until today ... I can tell you that was one weekend full of suspense! :D

And I do like this deck ... the book looks great too. I like how the section on the cards pulls together interpretations from different people - Ciro included of course - rather than just rehash what we already know.

I've always liked the Gilded. There's plenty I'd like to change about it, but it always reads well for me. I have both versions of the ToD (the LE and the new standard). I so want to like reading with the ToD, but I just can't get there. One day I might release my hold and put one or both on a train, but not quite yet. I'm still holding out hope.

Being a little bit of a CM fan, I wanted the LoD, but it was an unknown quantity, so I kept putting off buying it. I'm so glad I caught that train! This could be a new favourite.

So that's a really long-winded thank you, but really .... THANK YOU!

:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

[The crowned one]

Bullet or riddle next?

[Aulruna]

I'm all for riddle (due to a very very busy schedule on weekends, I don't see myself doing a bullet right now, but who knows?).

[rhombchick]

I prefer bullet. I suck at riddles, but will be on the train regardless.....

[The crowned one]

WE could combine the two really. Whoever solves the puzzles AND picks the deck after solving would be next up. Sort of a jerky bullet. What I would like to do is limit it to 3 decks as riddles tend to drag if there are too many. A clue every 2 hours or a big clue every 6 or a "gimmie:" in 12 depending on your ability to get to your computer, so as not to leave the riders hanging for too long :D Just talking out loud here. Another thought, if someone solves the puzzle and wants to post a "spoiler" that is 100% OK and would not be frowned apon...this is after all first and foremost a social and a game, not a competition to win...rather a trade.

[rhombchick]

That sounds interesting....

I think I am going to go and research some riddles...
I know we had anagrams and cards posted last time. That was fun...
Now to pick the three or so decks that will get a bite....

Count me in! :D

[Cat*]

I'm not understanding enough of the idea of a riddle train it yet...

Does it mean that riders need to solve a riddle before they are allowed for picking a deck from the respective station?

Anyway, I'm intrigued - please tell me more about how it works! :)

[emmsma]

Last time there were a few stops where you had to solve the riddles to figure out what the decks were!

My brain doesn't work too well on these things, but majority rules.

[cardlady22]

Like TCO posted, we could make it to where you post your guess/answer as you figure them out. Want to be my Riddle Partner? })

[emmsma]

Yes, please. I would need help - or just have to wait til someone posted what it was.

[Mellaenn]

I like riddles and word puzzles but I wasn't familiar enough with many of the decks to make guesses quickly enough to choose decks when we did the last train.

That said, I enjoyed it because I did learn a lot about new decks, though, by working to figure them out. So if you do a puzzle train, I'll just be lurking for this one so I can try to work out the puzzles. Besides, I need more time to generate a new list of tradeables.

Have fun!

[The crowned one]

What is set:

3 deck max

Anyone can post the answer to a riddle IF THEY LIKE.

The Person who names the deck AND chooses has done their side of a trade. For example I realize it is Tavaglione's, I see no one has got it yet. I post the answer, cardlady22 says I will take Tavagliones...she has choosen and is up for her 3 decks now.

All decks come in a riddle, simple or otherwise.

12/24 hour clock as always.

That is it far...

[emmsma]

Sounds good. Now to choose the decks!

Do we have a time frame yet?

[Cat*]

Sounds fun! Thanks for the explanations.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to participate because I still don't have many decks I'm ready to let go, but I'll watch this space for further updates...

[cardlady22]

This is going to be a triple fun choice for offerings:
a) the usual fun of a Train
b) a new game
c) choosing decks with the most potential for effect

[The crowned one]

Mid November will be the start....So pretty soon, let your fellow players know :)

[Lavandula]

Okay, I'm in for a riddle train :) I like a good riddle (not that I claim to be GOOD at them). i just hope my melty brain works in the mid-November heat!
Sounds like big fun.

[Wendywu]

Another thought, if someone solves the puzzle and wants to post a "spoiler" that is 100% OK and would not be frowned apon...this is after all first and foremost a social and a game, not a competition to win...rather a trade.

Phew!! I am soooo glad you wrote that. I suck at riddles and unless someone posts the answers this is gonna be a train where I don't get to pick a thing.....

Also I make up really easy riddles so everyone and his brother/son/best mate can work out what they mean ..... no fun at all :D

Never mind.

Yay - a train :laugh:

[Wendywu]

CB hates the riddles - tell him he can stand in thickie corner with me - bags I the seat and the pointy dunce hat :laugh:

[faunabay]

I might beable to jump back on this one. :) I'll have to see when it gets closer. But I'll need to see which decks I'd want to let go of though. And I"m getting pretty "mine! mine!" with my decks lately. LOL

[Queen of Disks]

I will give it a try! (depending on the day it's on.)

[Isinea]

I wont be able to ride the next train, but i will jump in from time to time as a "visitor". ;)

[Stormdancer]

I wont be able to ride the next train, but i will jump in from time to time as a "visitor". ;)
I think I'm gonna do this too. Is it OK to participate here, watch how it's all done? I'm not ready yet to jump in , but I'd really like to get a better feel.

Is there some kinda special car we can ride in? Do we have to wear name tags or some such that say "NOT PLAYING"? I DO like hats, or at least I did until I cut my hair....maybe some kinda cool hat that lets others know? Maybe we can just be color coordinated? "Screaming greenies" or "COOL blue" ?? :D

[Grip Dellabonte]

K. Back from concert going...Ian Anderson...3 separate nights. Brill!

Also, back from jury duty.

No decks from Isinea or PathWalker as yet. I think their postal carriers popped over to TCO's turtle carrier for tea. :D

[cardlady22]

I had a mini-vision of a boat being hijacked by pirates . . . :P :laugh:
I'm sure my Morgan Greer is playing nicely with itself while it sits . . . wherever it is.

[Stormdancer]

K. Back from concert going...Ian Anderson...3 separate nights. Brill!:D
Are ya talking Tull??? Can't be...Is he still alive??? Am I??? OMG...wish I'd been there!!!!

As a side note..we need a "green with envy" smiley :)

[Grip Dellabonte]

Are ya talking Tull??? Can't be...Is he still alive??? Am I??? OMG...wish I'd been there!!!!

As a side note..we need a "green with envy" smiley :)

Alive, kicking, the whole deal. 62, and has more energy than anybody else onstage...and that includes a 26 year old, and one younger than that.

Autographs to boot. Twice. I can retire to music heaven now.

[Stormdancer]

Lmao...I really REALLY need that "envy" smiley!!!
Must've been awesome...cool...totally far-out....GEEZ, I can't even remember "our" words...these are my kid's words..just how sad is that???

[Grip Dellabonte]

Well, we had "groovy", "groovy to the max" (if something was really good), "outtasite", "I dig", "right on", "effing eh (whatever that meant)", bitchin'...but I always liked "cool", "that's gross", and "what's happenin' ". The other expressions were used mainly by my older sister.

Oh, and as immortalized by The Stones..."It's a gas, gas, gas!" :D

[Stormdancer]

Well, we had "groovy", "groovy to the max" (if something was really good), "outtasite", "I dig", "right on", "effing eh (whatever that meant)", bitchin'...but I always liked "cool", "that's gross", and "what's happenin' ". The other expressions were used mainly by my older sister.

Oh, and as immortalized by The Stones..."It's a gas, gas, gas!" :D

OH thank YOU!!! I thought I'd lost my mind..which apparently I did? :confused:

"outta site" and 'bitchin'"...PHEW...k...still sane

[Shalyn]

Yay! A Riddle Train!

Now I need to figure out how to riddle my decks.

[Shalyn]

Oh - and I forgot to post that my Galbreth Oracle from Rhombchick arrived.

Soooo pretty.

[rhombchick]

Oh I am glad it turned up
I was starting to get worried


I've got my three decks and my riddle ready, though it's not really a riddle
It's something a little simpler for those of us who are no good at them

It's "kewl"

not I just hope I picked some good decks

[The crowned one]

Alive, kicking, the whole deal. 62, and has more energy than anybody else onstage...and that includes a 26 year old, and one younger than that.

Autographs to boot. Twice. I can retire to music heaven now.


Autographs?? My heart be still!

I love him! Remind me to send you a copy of one of his earlier concerts and perhaps his one in Montreal too. He played Whistler just a few years ago.

[Isinea]

@stormdancer, i like the idea of wearing hats :D

@grip &cardlady i'm getting more and more nervous each day. :( maybe the morgan greer and the "kraftortkarten" have decided to visit the places shown on the oracle cards first ...

[Mellaenn]

Oh! My! Gosh!

Lavandula...you are The Bomb, girl! Just got my Dragonfae, which is as lovely as I knew it would be, and a gorgeous bag hand-crafted by your talented self - yay!

Thanks so much for that. I really, really love it - I have become such a fan of lovely bags for my decks but I have no skills as a seamstress so can't make them.

And I also love the little bag of turquoise for my beading - how thoughtful; that was an unexpected little treat. :grin: My Christmas Exchange partner will be receiving something special from me (I hope!)

K. Back from concert going...Ian Anderson...3 separate nights. Brill!

:D
Grip, that must have been wonderful! And autographs to boot? Yowza!!!!

[The crowned one]

Short notice.

A First ever puzzle train coming up...look for the thread for sign up.

[Stormdancer]

Short notice.

A First ever puzzle train coming up...look for the thread for sign up.

So..again I ask...can I just be a....um...train groupie? I'm not sure about the whole train thing..and the riddles...well...I am a Taurus...SLOOOOOWWWW...kinda like a turtle.

I don't want to crash a train...what are the guidelines?

What if I wear a HAT????

[emmsma]

I just hung out for the last one and other have in the past. Its all good. Come, socialize. Ogle and praise the decks as they come up.

If you change your mind and decide you DO want to ride, I believe you can officially be a rider at the following station.

And....bring drinks!
And snacks!

Virtual cake has no calories. :D

[Stormdancer]

And....bring drinks!
And snacks!

Virtual cake has no calories. :D
YUMmmY....cake...GOOOOD!!!:party:

[Grip Dellabonte]

Autographs?? My heart be still!

I love him! Remind me to send you a copy of one of his earlier concerts and perhaps his one in Montreal too. He played Whistler just a few years ago.

You're reminded! :D

But save it til I can sit in your pub in my specially reserved seat... :)

[Grip Dellabonte]

@stormdancer, i like the idea of wearing hats :D

@grip &cardlady i'm getting more and more nervous each day. :( maybe the morgan greer and the "kraftortkarten" have decided to visit the places shown on the oracle cards first ...

No worries, Isinea. Really.

If they show up, they do. If they don't, that's life - and that's the mail. Still not perfect.

It's more important that you don't fret over it. :)

[Grip Dellabonte]

Grip, that must have been wonderful! And autographs to boot? Yowza!!!!

Thanks, Mellaenn -

And the fact that he was a lovely man at the same time....makes for nice memories. :)

[Morgane_49]

I'm 99% sure that I responded somewhere that I would like to be in on the next train...But I'm old so I may have just thought about responding somewhere that I would like to be in on the next train...

It sounds like fun, regardless!

[PathWalker]

Lost a few brain cells lately, and been away too long :)
Grip - have you got the deck I traded with you yet? I can't remember whether you've said anything? (sorry if I missed it)

If not, what's the procedure? Do we paypal the cost so you can get one your end? I don't have another of whatever it was to re-send, but don't want you to be short.

Can someone let me know what I'm supposed to do if Grip hasn't got it?
Ta muchly
PW x

[Grip Dellabonte]

Lost a few brain cells lately, and been away too long :)
Grip - have you got the deck I traded with you yet? I can't remember whether you've said anything? (sorry if I missed it)

If not, what's the procedure? Do we paypal the cost so you can get one your end? I don't have another of whatever it was to re-send, but don't want you to be short.

Can someone let me know what I'm supposed to do if Grip hasn't got it?
Ta muchly
PW x

I answered further up, but no big deal. :)

No, I haven't gotten it as yet, PathWalker. But I don't want you to worry about it.

Really.

You can't control the mail, and sometimes these things happen.

Ya never know...it could show up after we've both written it off. It's happened before. :)

[The crowned one]

Lost a few brain cells lately, and been away too long :)
Grip - have you got the deck I traded with you yet? I can't remember whether you've said anything? (sorry if I missed it)

If not, what's the procedure? Do we paypal the cost so you can get one your end? I don't have another of whatever it was to re-send, but don't want you to be short.

Can someone let me know what I'm supposed to do if Grip hasn't got it?
Ta muchly
PW x

Wait a full 12 weeks....if it has not shown by then I would send a alternative.I know of three decks in these trains that have not made it... Either myself or another rider made sure a second deck made it to the rider. Too soon to worry yet :D

[rhombchick]

It's getting close to christmas. I know our local post office has slowed to a crawl

[Wendywu]

Yeah - the closer we get to Yule the slower Royal Mail gets. It's just as well the next train is very soon - I couldn't guarantee to get stuff to folk all that quickly if we left it much longer.

I know what decks I'll be taking on the train - all I have to do now is think of the riddles ......

[PathWalker]

Thanks for the replies about the missing deck - sorry I missed your earlier mail on it Grip.
If it doesn't show after twelve weeks we'll sort out something else; I've a couple for you to choose from right now :)

I hope it gets to you though, coz it was what you wanted. If it arrives will you PM? I might miss a mail in a thread. Ta m8uchly everyone.

Sorry to miss the next train, got a temp. xmas job,a dn won't be around enough.

Have fun
Pathwalker

[Eugenia Madora]

Short notice.

A First ever puzzle train coming up...look for the thread for sign up.
Ok - is there a training for those of us who are puzzle challenged?

[rhombchick]

Mine is easy but a puzzle at the same time
It's a puzzle, just not very puzzling
<insert evil laughter>
Especially taylored for us standing over here in the non-puzzlers corner

[Lavandula]

So glad you like it :) :) :)

Oh! My! Gosh!

Lavandula...you are The Bomb, girl! Just got my Dragonfae, which is as lovely as I knew it would be, and a gorgeous bag hand-crafted by your talented self - yay!

Thanks so much for that. I really, really love it - I have become such a fan of lovely bags for my decks but I have no skills as a seamstress so can't make them.

And I also love the little bag of turquoise for my beading - how thoughtful; that was an unexpected little treat. :grin: My Christmas Exchange partner will be receiving something special from me (I hope!)


Grip, that must have been wonderful! And autographs to boot? Yowza!!!!

[Morgane_49]

Mine is easy but a puzzle at the same time
It's a puzzle, just not very puzzling
<insert evil laughter>
Especially taylored for us standing over here in the non-puzzlers corner

Scoot over and make room for me!

[rhombchick]

*looks left*
*looks right*
*looks left again*
*looks at her watch*
*a puzzled expression spreads on her face*

Gee.....

*tries to figure out the answer to the first riddle 'where is the train'*

If the train leaves the Tarot Games & Fun forum at.....
Carry the three......
Divide by the amount of riders.....
*manages to confuse self before even boarding said train*

[franniee]

Gee.....

*tries to figure out the answer to the first riddle 'where is the train'*

If the train leaves the Tarot Games & Fun forum at.....
Carry the three......
Divide by the amount of riders.....
*manages to confuse self before even boarding said train*

:laugh: :bugeyed: I was wondering the same thing. :heart:

[emmsma]

It sure feels like mid-November.

[Wendywu]

Can't get much more mid ....

<Starts singing> "Why are we waiting, oh why-hy are we waiiiiting ....." not all that tunefully :laugh:

[thorhammer]

TCO's probably just really busy at the moment. He often gets like that. Has anyone heard from him since his last post here?

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

Thor is right... I have been really busy as of late, sorry everyone.

We are delayed to late Nov right now.

[Morgane_49]

Since this is my first time, I have a question...

Will everyone be contacted before it begins? I might have to bow out, depending on my circumstances at the time. We have a big move coming up, and the dates are unknown at this point, but I wouldn't want to wind up riding the train and mess everyone else up!

[Guiding Cauldron]

Oh wow already talking of another train, I want in too :) Although I'm still waiting for my deck from the last train can I still ride anyway? (cant rememebr the rules if there are any for this, sorry)

Grip concert sounds great! Glad you had a killer time :)

[Grip Dellabonte]

Grip concert sounds great! Glad you had a killer time

Thanks, GC. :)

PathWalker......they got here! Safe and sound. Thanks.

Now you can breathe easy. :D

[Scion]

Grip! That Avatar just gave me the biggest laugh.

I suddenly had a mental picture of people all over the world stockpiling mokeys like coupons. Piles and drawerfulls of monkeys. :D

[Grip Dellabonte]

Grip! That Avatar just gave me the biggest laugh.

I suddenly had a mental picture of people all over the world stockpiling mokeys like coupons. Piles and drawerfulls of monkeys. :D

I would like to shrink myself and take a stroll through the halls of your brain someday, Scion! :D

What a trip that would be!

(And by the way...stockpiling monkeys...I like it....).

[Stormdancer]

WOW!!! You are VERRRY brave...:bugeyed:
.
.

[rhombchick]

*pulls out her gilded deck and starts playing solitaire*

Whoops... is that even allowed??

Just passing time as I look out along the empty train tracks...

[Wendywu]

Sits down and plonks a couple of drinks on the bench.

What shall we play? Snap? Poker? Cripple Mr Onion? :laugh:

[rhombchick]

With a couple more players we could play canasta??

Or we could build a tower out of tower cards??

[Lavandula]

*pulls out her gilded deck and starts playing solitaire*

Whoops... is that even allowed??

Just passing time as I look out along the empty train tracks...

It ought to be allowed. Move that nine of wands onto the ten of pentacles and we'll see if it works out.

[Wendywu]

Gets another round of drinks in .......

[The crowned one]

Gets another round of drinks in .......


I'll join you!

[Aulruna]

It's late November, innit????

Post-flu weakness makes eating and drinking no fun. I've even turned to tea :bugeyed:

[The crowned one]

It's late November, innit????

Post-flu weakness makes eating and drinking no fun. I've even turned to tea :bugeyed:

I shall double my drinking efforts just for you! I have you covered ;)

[Guiding Cauldron]

It's late November, innit????

Post-flu weakness makes eating and drinking no fun. I've even turned to tea :bugeyed:

Aww bless your heart I've been wondering where youve been, had no idea you were ill darling gain your strength for the upcoming train ride :) xoxo

**Side note: Thank you Tiggress recieved the lovely Merry Day set today! What a delightful treat to get stuck into :)

[faunabay]

**Side note: Thank you Tiggress recieved the lovely Merry Day set today! What a delightful treat to get stuck into :)
I thought you'd really like the Merryday GC!! :D

[Guiding Cauldron]

FB I read through the whole book today and will use it as a study deck next year I believe; I may even bring it with me to RS10 :)

[cardlady22]

My package from Isinea arrived today! I am so happy to have the Morgan-Greer! She also included the most beautiful carved gemstone angel! It stands about 1.5" high. Is this yellow calcite? Feels marvelous!

[shamoness]

I'd like to ride the next train. I've got a few decks I've been keeping for train rides. I see there was a scheduled train for Novemeber but it's departure seems to have been delayed. Is it to late to "get a ticket to ride"?

I wasn't planning on participating this ride due to the riddle nature of the game. But I really miss riding the rails with my AT friends. So I guess I need to read further back along the thread to understand the game.

Is this the premise? When the Train arrives at our atation, we list our decks not by title but with a riddle made up to allow folks to guess which decks they are. Anyone can guess the name of the deck. Once the name has been guessed, anyone can choose the deck. You do not have to be the one who guessed correctly to be the one to choose that deck.

Whew, making up those riddles might be challenging. I'll have to work on that.

[Isinea]

My package from Isinea arrived today! I am so happy to have the Morgan-Greer! She also included the most beautiful carved gemstone angel! It stands about 1.5" high. Is this yellow calcite? Feels marvelous!

You made my day dear! :love: The little calcite angel and the Morgan Greer were such good friends, i did'nt want to separate them. ;) I wish you to have many great, interessting and fun readings with them. :)

[cardlady22]

Oh, it's exactly best for me because I've never been drawn to the rose quartz or amethyst ones. I'm going to have to look for some little animal friends now. A mini altar in the making!

[thorhammer]

Is this the premise? When the Train arrives at our atation, we list our decks not by title but with a riddle made up to allow folks to guess which decks they are. Anyone can guess the name of the deck. Once the name has been guessed, anyone can choose the deck. You do not have to be the one who guessed correctly to be the one to choose that deck.

Whew, making up those riddles might be challenging. I'll have to work on that.
This sounds right, apart from the bit where "anyone can choose once the deck has been guessed" - I don't know if you can only choose a deck once you've correctly guessed its title or if correct guesses are totted up in the thread. I don't know if that's been sorted out yet.

\m/ Kat

[cardlady22]

I suppose we could all be very daring & choose a deck w/o knowing what it is. })

[Queen of Disks]

I'd like a Train. I actually have the whole weekend off for a change.

[emmsma]

That could make for a very interesting train. No riddles no lists.

Just pick a number. Get a deck.

LOL!

[Aulruna]

Still up for a train, though I'm a bit swamped with Christmas preparations.

I love my large family clan, but shopping & wrapping is almost a full-time job.

[Isinea]

Oh, it's exactly best for me because I've never been drawn to the rose quartz or amethyst ones. I'm going to have to look for some little animal friends now. A mini altar in the making!

Awwww would love to see it! pictures?

[cardlady22]

I'll make sure you get to see it once things are done, Isinea! Right now I just have various small tumbled stones, so it would just be the angel in the middle of a stone grid. I'd like to find/buy a few animals to add. My daughter has a set of reclining horses where their front legs hang down off a shelf, but that won't work for what I'd use.

[Isinea]

I'll make sure you get to see it once things are done, Isinea! Right now I just have various small tumbled stones, so it would just be the angel in the middle of a stone grid. I'd like to find/buy a few animals to add. My daughter has a set of reclining horses where their front legs hang down off a shelf, but that won't work for what I'd use.

Take your time, things like this need patience. :) (Says Mrs. Impatience :D)

[Wendywu]

IIRC from further back in the thread, we can tell each other what the answers are and as soon as someone gets it right, it gets posted as the answer? Or am I in la-la land here? I remember because I am some damn dim at riddles - and if we had to depend on me guessing to keep the train from de-railing, well - we got no chance :D

[Guiding Cauldron]

lol Wendywu I am the same way hun, we can derail the train together! :devil:

Aurlruna I hear you about xmas prep, been busy here too ohhh love teh xmas spin on your avvy :)

Hope everyoen has a lovely upcoming holiday season xoxo

[Aulruna]

Aurlruna I hear you about xmas prep, been busy here too ohhh love teh xmas spin on your avvy :)


Thanks :D

I thought I'd stay recognizable this year, but add a bit festive glitz!

So far, I have only managed to decorate my vintage doll house (a shop)! Nothing else is up yet!!! But I did bake the first batch of cookies today, and the smell is some kind of decoration in itself. Also, I prepared my traditional liqueurs today, so it will have time to mature - forest berries and cranberries (the latter is a new recipe, hope it turns out yummy).

[Mellaenn]

Yeah, wow, Aulruna, that holiday theme for your classic avvie really rocks!

I keep checking this thread to see what's up; I had intended to just lurk on this train, but I dunno, I might be up for a train depending on when we ride though I am crazy busy with the holidays. I'll keep checking...

[franniee]

oooo I want to see pics of the doll house. I bet it is gorgeous!

[Wendywu]

Here's the sitting room of my dollshouse - at night, and by day - I love my house :)

[franniee]

WOW Wendy!!! It is lovely! I've always loved dollhouses! Thanks for sharing. :heart:

[Aulruna]

Oh Wendy, how cozy & festive! Love it!!

Here's the shop, including its seasonal merchandise!

[franniee]

Oh Wendy, how cozy & festive! Love it!!

Here's the shop, including its seasonal merchandise!

WOW beautiful! I love it Aulruna!!! Very cool! I was in Munich around thanksgiving once and it was enchanting! The christmas markets and the glass! I loved it! I have to come back - it's been a long time! ;)

[Mellaenn]

I'll go with you. I've only been to Europe once and only got to see one country (UK) which I loved, but it's my dream to go back and visit more and Germany is high on the list.

By the way, I love the festive pix of Wendy's dollhouse and of Aulruna's shop. Looks like what you might see at the Trade Train Cafe this time of year!

[The crowned one]

I need to walk through Wales and Scotland, but from there I would like nothing more then to spend a few months in Germany!

[Guiding Cauldron]

That settles it Aulruna we'll make a live trade train to Germany! :) What could be better, friends, decks, shopping and yummy upon yummy morsels of food!! xoxo

[franniee]

count me in! :D

hey we are doing a tarot lunch this saturday in NYC....anyone around please join us - we are meeting by the metropolitan museum of art - there is a cafe/rest there or something.

[Aulruna]

All the train riders have a standing invitation :D And I would SO love to host a live train here and spoil you all with German goodies!

Plus, you'd get to see my modest collection ;-)

Aaahhh, wonderful dream...

[Isinea]

A live train in Germany? I'm in! :D

[PathWalker]

Just jumping in here for a quick hello!!
Work (retail) is mad at the moment, so too busy to really play much. But glad to find out I'm not the only one with a dolls house :)
I have the house from my childhood, mostly without furniture - long story, and a windowsill greenhouse, made into a 12th scale toy shop. They have a tree in there, but no lights. I don't have digital do-da's, and can't get it on the scanner LOL so you'll just have to imagine for now. But there, I'm out of the closet on that one :)

Best wishes to all - if the train is delayed to next year I'll try to join you, although my riddle skills are not great.

Pathwalker

[Grip Dellabonte]

The doll house pics are very fun. Now it makes me wish I had one....which is weird, cuz I've always been a bit of a tomboy ;)

Christmas in Germany would be a dream come true in itself, but a live train on top of that....? If only....sigh...

Isinea, on a different note.....it got here! :)

Thanks very much. It looks very interesting. I haven't had much time to work with it because of the holidays and such, but hope to get to it soon.

Thanks also for the lovely card and the very pretty little rose quartz angel. That was very sweet of you to include that. :)

[Isinea]

Isinea, on a different note.....it got here! :)

Thanks very much. It looks very interesting. I haven't had much time to work with it because of the holidays and such, but hope to get to it soon.

Thanks also for the lovely card and the very pretty little rose quartz angel. That was very sweet of you to include that. :)

I'm so glad, that the second package has finally arrived, too. I knew the little passengers would take care of them. ;) But they seam to be very relaxed and had fun to travel around a bit first :D

[morticia monroe]

If y'all are going to Aulruna's, I'm in. I want to eat, and like Thor, everyting she prepares sounds wonderful. Can you imagine her holiday goodies? I'll bring the chicory coffee.

[thorhammer]

Yeah, Aulruna can feed me any day :D

MM, you should have been here last night. I had friends around, and one of them wanted to make a cake (her oven's broken, so she brought the makings here). So we made an almond and cherry cake which was just gorgeous, then watched a movie, then I made a lovely pork pot roast with apples, prunes, onions and verjuice, and had that with roast taties and steamed beans from my garden! It was beautiful :)

\m/ Kat

[Guiding Cauldron]

Well it seems unaminous; we're all making a christmas wish this year to someday be at Aulrunas in Germany for a live Christmas train!! Dreams do come true...:)

TH that sounded so yummy, i've been busy mixing my gingerbread dough today, so tommorrow should see a few dozen people, bears and stars lining my counters :)

[The crowned one]

Well at the very least the next train will have a German theme! Beer, steins, music, the black forest and education.

The last train stalled out due to me.


We will do a slow train...lets start JAN 1 2011. That is official...no riddles...no games...just a good time with good friends! After that we will get evil and clever!

Aulruna will have the honor of choosing a starting time. I will put a "sign up" tomorrow. S.............l.............o........w........trai n :D

[cardlady22]

Toot Toot! Where's that darn accordion player run off to?

ETA: I'm making some black cherry Jell-O with Sprite. }) (to drink)

[Wendywu]

Wahey - TRAIN, TRAIN!!!! :party: :royal: :laugh:

[Aulruna]

Hooray :D

What a brilliant start for a new year!!!!

I will dig out some New Year's traditions for you ... (actually I just bought something for an extra impromptu divination session for those of you who will be at the next Readers Studio!!)

[Morgane_49]

We will do a slow train...lets start JAN 1 2011.

Did you mean 2010? Or is this a really, really SLOW train?

[PathWalker]

Yeah, just signed up - gateau? strudel? wurst? (Oh no, I've become a vegatarian since my last trip to Germany, what shall I do? LOL)

Looking forward to fun and chat, thank you TCO and Aulruna

[Quester]

:bugeyed: Did someone mention train??? :bugeyed:

[Mellaenn]

Did you mean 2010? Or is this a really, really SLOW train?
LOL - guess we'd all have plenty of time to collect some decks to trade by Jan 1 2011! :grin:

[cardlady22]

Are you guys/gals here, or still out dancing? ;)

[The crowned one]

So were you as surprised as I that we did not derail?
...and it finished a year ahead of schedule!

Who is drinking what??

[cardlady22]

Dude, I poured all my psychic or whatever kind of energy I had into it not jumping the tracks. What a ride!

ETA: make me something wild because my brain is fried!

[The crowned one]

I think we need to buy shamoness a round :D

[cardlady22]

Goddess of Bounty crown (http://www.heartsongs-crystal-wands-crowns.com/goddess_of_bounty.jpg)
(in silver though)

is hereby bestowed upon the incomparable shamoness!

What offerings dost thou prefer/require, Lady?

[faunabay]

Just ate some dinner and come back to a huge surprise! No derailment!! LOL It looked like we were heading for one for sure! Great list shamoness and wonderful pick Seeker13. I would have gone for the trimmed Tarot of Prague myself. :)

I've been feeling pretty icky today so how about a nice hot toddy TCO? Warm me up in these frigid, for us, temperatures!!

[Aulruna]

I'll just have a splash of Becherovka before going to sleep ... almost one am here and we've planned a road trip to Salzburg tomorrow.

I sooo wanted to chip in with Monthy Python quotes ... but I only know the text in German!! (My favourite - the Bridge of Death!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b4bGAoVR7g

[The crowned one]

I've been feeling pretty icky today so how about a nice hot toddy TCO? Warm me up in these frigid, for us, temperatures!!

OK: Black Seal, butter, and a cinnamon stick to stir and chew on... That is all you need ;)

[The crowned one]

I'll just have a splash of Becherovka before going to sleep ... almost one am here and we've planned a road trip to Salzburg tomorrow.



Chilled lightly for you!
I was not surprised to see we were exactly the same level on the farm LOL!

[rhombchick]

Geeeeez. I woke up to find that I was sitting on the deserted station bench, with my bags at my feet, no train in sight.
The train had stopped at it's final destination and now here I am out in the cold.
Luckily I heard the faint sound of music and people laughing and I followed it to this place.
Quickly, someone give me a shot of home brew shnapps. That will definitely keep the cold away.

[faunabay]

OK: Black Seal, butter, and a cinnamon stick to stir and chew on... That is all you need ;)
YUM!!! That is just what I needed!

[quintessence]

I came home from work and found bare tracks where the train had been, but a PM helped to reassure me that we in fact had not met the fate of the big D. :grin:
So here you all are in the bar. It's still a balmy 41F here, so I'm warm enough for a nice frothy stein of good German lager.

[quintessence]

Tomorrow my pack will be heading on its brief journey to another part of Florida, and several hours later I expect my address will be received by a sleepy-eyed, yet relieved Seeker*13*, who will start heading the Ukiyoe my way.
Very suspenseful journey -- it read like a good book where you're on the edge of your clubcar seat all the way through.
Where's that beer?

[The crowned one]

Right here!

Wheat or hops?

[Stormdancer]

O M G !!! What a RIDE!!!

The last lists were AWESOME!!! I am not sure I am young enough to ride these trains...the suspense was :bugeyed:

:CL CHEERS TO THE SURVIVORS of the 1st train OF 2010:CL

[Stormdancer]

Toward the end of the train someone asked for the link to those BEautiful rock formations in Germany.
HERE (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/externsteine)

[Stormdancer]

OK: Black Seal, butter, and a cinnamon stick to stir and chew on... That is all you need ;)

I WUB butter...
I WUB cinnamon...

WHAT is black seal???

Is this a warm drink?

[quintessence]

Hops! Because I'm hopping up and down that we really did it! I never considered all of the parameters of pulling this off with success.

[Stormdancer]

Hops! Because I'm hopping up and down that we really did it!

Har-dee-har-HAR :joke:

Geez I missed y'all today!!

I knew it....WITHDRAWLS :eek:

[quintessence]

Does anybody have the mustard? I have to complete my ritual of dunking this big pretzel into it, dripping it on my lederhosen and then fingerpainting it into infinity symbols whilst I hop around slapping one foot, clapping, then slapping the other. Hooray!

[The crowned one]

Black Seal is a wonderful black rum and the drink is warm ;)

[cardlady22]

stormdancer339, did you PM me with your address for the Celtic Tree?

Decompression after the Train is just as unusual as the ride. You get Purple Page Refresh twitches. You click on Private Messages and are jolted by the obscene message counts.

[quintessence]

Can't do rum, myself. Pirate in a former life, I think, and learned a stiff lesson from it. Harrrr!

[Mellaenn]

Congrats, everyone, lovely decks all around! I was enjoying the ride in "lurk mode". And you stayed away from the "d" word - good job. Shamoness, that was really an awesome list you come up with for the caboose - nicely done!

[quintessence]

Well, thanks to this first train of the new year, I may have to call 2010 the Year of the Chariot! What do you think?

[Stormdancer]

Black Seal is a wonderful black rum and the drink is warm ;)
PRRRRRRfect!!!

Does anybody have the mustard?... big pretzel...

YUMMM!!! :D

I was telling the girls at work about the DELICIOUS Bavarian Breakfast Aulruna provided on the first morning.

[Stormdancer]

stormdancer339, did you PM me with your address for the Celtic Tree?

Decompression after the Train is just as unusual as the ride. You get Purple Page Refresh twitches. You click on Private Messages and are jolted by the obscene message counts.

Not yet M'dear. I know there are some pm's waiting for me as well. I'll try to get right on that...but tummy stuff comes first!!! I am, after all, a skinny twiggy thing :D

K...on my way

[shamoness]

I'll have a hard cider please.

Whew! I am SO glad we made our full trek.

[Stormdancer]

Congrats, everyone, lovely decks all around! I was enjoying the ride in "lurk mode". And you stayed away from the "d" word - good job. Shamoness, that was really an awesome list you come up with for the caboose - nicely done!

AWWW...how come you didn't ride??

[The crowned one]

I'll have a hard cider please.

Whew! I am SO glad we made our full trek.

Strongbow for you!

[Queen of Disks]

Wow!! I got in from work, then had to shovel my driveway (again:bugeyed:) and then had to go shovel my sister's driveway, eat dinner and finally I can sit down! Phew! So glad we didn't derail! I have to pm some people now!

[Sinduction]

As I posted on the train...

I can't believe I missed a LONDA!!

But I am looking forward to the Paulina. I'm very excited. :D

[The crowned one]

Do a lot of people do "back door trades??" I never get offers for them LOL!

[Mellaenn]

AWWW...how come you didn't ride??
After almost de-railing us last time I wanted to build up a fresh new inventory to offer. But the problem is, I ordered several decks for this purpose and got a few for Christmas - and I like almost all of them, or I at least want to give them a try before I trade them away! :grin:

[quintessence]

Going to be a whole lotta shrubbery flying around, I suspect.

[shamoness]

Goddess of Bounty crown (http://www.heartsongs-crystal-wands-crowns.com/goddess_of_bounty.jpg)
(in silver though)

is hereby bestowed upon the incomparable shamoness!


Thank you my dear one! You are way too kind.

[cardlady22]

Oh, yes! I do. Although I like the idea of sneaking under the long tablecloth like I did as a child.

I have two in the works:
the Pipino from PathWalker ~ she's a brave little soul who gave me a short list & asked me to Surprise her!
the Jonathan Dee from Guiding Cauldron ~ special Goddess delivery

I'm debating who else to bother, whether I should wait a couple of hours to give them time to work out their Official/Main details yet . . . typical Gemini mind fare.

I'm open to being approached too! For certain decks, even a duplicate of one I own is cool. Give Away threads, you know. ;)

[Mellaenn]

Do a lot of people do "back door trades??" I never get offers for them LOL!
I've done two or three - I think I was on four trains. It's pretty cool, cause you figure "Heck, I'm going to the Post Office anyway, might as well send out two decks!"

[Stormdancer]

Wow!! I got in from work, then had to shovel my driveway (again:bugeyed:) and then had to go shovel my sister's driveway...

I haven't even taken time to watch the weather...Y'all getting hammered with the "lake effect"??? On this side of the lake it's just COLD!!! Although NorthernTigress says this is a winter HEAT WAVE for them UP there.:bugeyed:

[Sinduction]

I am totally open to back door trading.... :D

[shamoness]

I am totally open to back door trading.... :D
Me too!

[NorthernTigress]

I finally get back from running errands and it's all over!

Congratulations to all the riders, including the intrepid Final Three, who made it all happen.

I have a side-trade in the works, still unconfirmed.

[Queen of Disks]

I haven't even taken time to watch the weather...Y'all getting hammered with the "lake effect"??? On this side of the lake it's just COLD!!! Although NorthernTigress says this is a winter HEAT WAVE for them UP there.:bugeyed:


Oh yes :D 1-3 inches tonight, another 4-6 inches tomorrow! :bugeyed: I am not even in the snow belt (just along the edge of it-the people in the snow belt get buried.) Gotta love it (at least we aren't in Buffalo, they get it worse.)

And I am always up for back door trades (if somebody wants something, grab it now please.)

[Sinduction]

I am right smack dab in the snow belt. It is horribly snowing, has been all day. I hate living here! :D I could walk down my street and go swim in the lake.

[NorthernTigress]

I haven't even taken time to watch the weather...Y'all getting hammered with the "lake effect"??? On this side of the lake it's just COLD!!! Although NorthernTigress says this is a winter HEAT WAVE for them UP there.:bugeyed:

You want to know what COLD is? This is what happened in my home town only a few weeks ago. (December 13 to be exact.) We were the second coldest place on the freaking planet! -46.1 C and -58.4 C with the windchill, outfreezing even the Arctic.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2009/12/13/12141366.html

[The crowned one]

I am on the coast in a rain forest...weather is as predictable as far as you can see it...changes every hour or so! I love that aspect of being on the ocean...the trade off for mild is a touch cooler year around.

[franniee]

Do a lot of people do "back door trades??" I never get offers for them LOL!

I've done some. }) :D

[quintessence]

Tell you what, TCO, I'll swap you my beer for that VR you snagged at the first station!

[cardlady22]

For those who might have been curious where the Traveling Train deck is:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2028181&postcount=642
Scion didn't ride this round.

[The crowned one]

Tell you what, TCO, I'll swap you my beer for that VR you snagged at the first station!

No temptation there, I have my own personal brewery. ;)

[quintessence]

Ah, then you truly are The Crowned One. And to think, had I been a boy, my mum was going to name me Stephen!

[Stormdancer]

I am totally open to back door trading.... :D

OOOH not me...if people want stuff they need to wait for the next train...

[The crowned one]

It is only 6.00pm here but I am off to bed! I took the day off work...run down a bit!

[quintessence]

hopefully not run down by a train? Have a nice night, and thanks for the ride!

[Sinduction]

Well, I'm planning on gifting away some of my decks so this is kind of a last chance for what's in my profile.

Who knows what I will pick up along the way this year. :D

[Stormdancer]

For those who might have been curious where the Traveling Train deck is:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2028181&postcount=642
Scion didn't ride this round.

HUH???

***off to read posts somewhere***

ETA...lost already...no surprise there!!! What is a "traveling train deck"???

[Sinduction]

It's a deck that gets sent on to someone else each train.

Apparently, Scion has it so it didn't get to ride this train.

[cardlady22]

I can't find the post where it was mentioned!
specifically who donated it ~and~ what the deck was

Queen of Disks? faunabay? Anybody?

[quintessence]

Heading off to bed, myself, now that the beer is gone and no one else cares to dance about in lederhosen with me. Got an early day tomorrow and must get to the office in time to warm up both the massage room and table for the first appointment. Then off to post the deck in the mail (Podunk only has one pickup time each day and it's at 4:30 PM, so no huge hurry there.)
Have a nice night everyone, stay warm, and remember...it's nice to be kneaded.

[Queen of Disks]

I can't find the post where it was mentioned!
specifically who donated it ~and~ what the deck was

Queen of Disks? faunabay? Anybody?


It was a Hanson Roberts that Thorhammer aged (or tried to) that gets passed along through the Train members (it gets sent along with the deck you trade). I passed it to Scion, who didn't ride and still has it. (where is Scion anyway? haven't seen him in a while.)

[Stormdancer]

and remember...it's nice to be kneaded.

So speaks the CMT...:D

[Stormdancer]

(where is Scion anyway? haven't seen him in a while.)
All I know is that he is busy doing SCION stuff...verrry busy, I think, but I missed seeing him on the train :(

[kittiann]

Yay, we made it home safely, with nary a derailment! This was so much fun to follow along with :). Hope to see you guys next time!

[LavenderLibra]

Am I late for the bar? Just got home from my 1st night back to work, have a poodle on my lap, and a tall glass of Firefly.

Trying to catch up on what I've missed, and will be responding to (side-trade) PMs shortly. ;)

I kinda had a feeling that the train would reach the station before I got home! What a wild ride! But what a great group of passengers! Thank you for letting me accompany you for my first Train Ride, EVER, but the first one to bring in 2010 in an exciting way!

**~LL~**

[Wendywu]

Get up and we're all done :bugeyed:

It's early - I'll just have a Large coffee please .......

And I got a Star That Never Walks Around coming :D And faunabay gets a Quantum - in fact, we all get goodies :D

I Love Trains :heart:

Thank you all my fellow riders - and thanks to the Conductor :)

[cardlady22]

I'm ordering myself to bed now. Tuesdays are my busiest days.

Have a lovely day/night wherever you are!

ETA: So much for going to bed! Another yummy Side Trade to report:
Quester's getting a back-up Fey deck and I'm getting the Undersea!

ETA2: Jesii gets the Magic Manga and I get the Magic Tarot (Russian) ~ to be included with PathWalker's.

[Quester]

Great ride!! I would love something hot or hard to drink to warm my toes! :D

[LavenderLibra]

I have the space heater on, and between that and the Firefly (http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/firefly-vodka-gets-iced-tea-all-liquored-up/Content?oid=1115464), I am warm, and cheeks are very flushed.... ;)

Working on trades......

[PathWalker]

Just running in to say good morning, then got to take Jes to college - weather about minus 5 degrees c and our road not gritted so a careful drive! Then I'll be back and respond to PM's, and finish reading the train thread after we gave up 'dancin in the streets' and went to bed LOL

Coffee for me too, and fruit yogurt? Or cheese and grapes?

[LavenderLibra]

Good morning, Pathwalker! You are just getting going, and I am needing to go crash! It was my first night back to work-but it went okay. Stayed busy, and it passed fast. But no time to read and relax.

[cardlady22]

Absolutely must drop off now. I'll catch up tomorrow.

[Wendywu]

Great train - I have backdoor trades set up with Quester and Guilding Cauldron and maybe one with Rhombchick (gotta think on that one....) - I thought for sure we'd d......

Someone said it must be a Chariot year.... well - it is my official Chariot year and what's more, Chariot is my spirit card!!!!! SO I am thinking I am in for a seriously active year ....

[LavenderLibra]

I don't know what my year is.....just that I hope it's GOOD. :D

[Quester]

Right now warmer would make it a nicer year!! :D

[Quester]

Just running in to say good morning, then got to take Jes to college - weather about minus 5 degrees c and our road not gritted so a careful drive! Then I'll be back and respond to PM's, and finish reading the train thread after we gave up 'dancin in the streets' and went to bed LOL

Coffee for me too, and fruit yogurt? Or cheese and grapes?

:bugeyed: minus 5??? BURRR Thought it was cold here at 14!!

[LavenderLibra]

:bugeyed: minus 5??? BURRR Thought it was cold here at 14!!

Yeah, but she's Celsius, we're Fahrenheit. ....sounds worse, though, doesn't it?? I'm DUH on metrics (skimmed over that in 6th grade, when they said we were supposed to convert to that with the rest of the world...didn't happen except with random car parts.... ).

I just checked our thermometer... it's 10°F

I have my little homemade rice sock warmers under the covers, ready for me to hit the sack. I moved a heating pad down to the foot of the bed, for my old boy to lay on...he seems to gravitate toward where I have a rice sock warmer for my feet, so I'll bet it feels good to his old bones... :)

[Quester]

I bought the rice and the flannel to make some of those warmers!! :D
Headed off to bed. Stay warm LL!! :heart:

[Aulruna]

I was telling the girls at work about the DELICIOUS Bavarian Breakfast Aulruna provided on the first morning.

Glad you liked it :D

I'm beginning to think I need to bring some small jars of sweet mustard to the Readers Studio ... if I can pack them securely ... hmmm!

[Guiding Cauldron]

WOW all is through and safely sound, horay!! I was truly blessed this ride to grab several decks I have never seen in person both on train and as side trades this round ! Thank you so much everyone :)

I too am donating some decks this year as I hate to see them to waste but Im holding on in case I end up at RS10 so I can use them at the trade tables, if I dont go then off they will go. Did Aulruna mention german mustard?!! YUmmy I'll bring the multi seeded preztels :)

I dont think I have ever had black rum, but it sounds divine!

Now to read of the trains final hours just to see what I missed xx

[Aulruna]

You WILL go both to RS10 and to Germany - I asked the Universe for it, repeatedly!!

Need to find a nice bag for rhombchickie, and then the Ogham will take flight.

I'll also put out some nuts for the Canadian chipmunks :D

[Dusk Till Dawn]

Hello ! Good Morning all!

[Dusk Till Dawn]

Do a lot of people do "back door trades??" I never get offers for them LOL!
I would offer you, the problem is, I don't think I have anything you like!

[Guiding Cauldron]

You WILL go both to RS10 and to Germany - I asked the Universe for it, repeatedly!!:D

Thank you my lovely I can have all the help I can get with positive vibes for these :) Germany is a garuntee, either with or without lil bear and hubby in tow lol and still sending positive light for RS10 too!! I have to say I get all excited and a buzing feeling just tthinking about it!!

Got all the addys I need and will wrap and post off this week, oh thanks for reminding me Aulruna I have some bags that can travel for my trades as well, sweet! xx

[Jesii]

just got back from college; cancelled/shut due to snow. so we went all that way for a film lesson, and now we are (finally) back.

off to find a heater

jesii
xxx

[Stormdancer]

just got back from college; cancelled/shut due to snow. so we went all that way for a film lesson, and now we are (finally) back.

off to find a heater

jesii
xxx

Shoveling, are you? :D

[Dusk Till Dawn]

We are shovelling over here. It's so cold that I have to get the Turtles out of the Basement, otherwise, we have to munch on Turtle Soup soon..

[Sientara]

Shoveling, are you? :D

Shoveling? What's that? :D Snow here doesn't last long enough to shovel.

[Guiding Cauldron]

We may ALL be shoveling tommorrow in UK as were forcasted for HEAVY snow and then more lighter snow the day after! Brrrrr, ok Universe we Summer babies cant take much more of this please lol

[Sinduction]

Just sent the Arcus off to Queen of Disks, who really is close enough for me to drive it to her! But, with this snow!! :D

[Wendywu]

I have decks all wrapped and ready to roll. I shall go to the post office tomorrow :)

[Sientara]

I have mine all packed up and labeled. I hope to ship it today, but it may not go out until tomorrow.

[NorthernTigress]

I just packed up SilentBreeze's deck for mailing, but my side-trade to Jesii will have to wait, as I don't have any packaging the right size right now.

[Quester]

!! I am having train withdrawl symtoms already!! There is talk we might see 4 inches of snow Thursday :bugeyed: Southern roads are a bummer in the snow!!!

[LavenderLibra]

!! I am having train withdrawl symtoms already!! There is talk we might see 4 inches of snow Thursday :bugeyed: Southern roads are a bummer in the snow!!!

:( I always worry about going back up the Mountain when we get off work at night. One time a few years ago, we couldn't get up the hill to our house, & had to backtrack & spend night at MIL's. This was after weaving around trees that had fallen in the road, brought down by ice.

[Quester]

:( I always worry about going back up the Mountain when we get off work at night. One time a few years ago, we couldn't get up the hill to our house, & had to backtrack & spend night at MIL's. This was after weaving around trees that had fallen in the road, brought down by ice.

We have been down here many years now, but when we moved here after growing up in the north where it was not uncommon to get 25 inches of snow at a time, I thought it odd the way people after hearing that there were a few inches expected would line up in the grocery store to have essentials on hand...lol...now I am in that line!!! :laugh: They don't take care of the roads the same here as they do up north!! They don't use gravel here the way they do in the north which makes a big difference when it's slippery. They don't need it that often to keep it on hand I guess.

[quintessence]

The One World is safely on its way to Cardlady22, she should have it by Thursday!

[quintessence]

Interesting thing just happened here. Outside my front door we have a fountain and little pond -- very close to the front walk. A few minutes ago my daughter was about to leave to get gas in her car for the morning and called me to look out the front window. A large mature male redtail hawk was sitting by the edge of the little pond facing towards us, feathers fluffed against the cold breeze. I thought he might be injured, as he walked off into the side yard rather than flew away, but by the time I got shoes on, he'd gone off into the wilderness of trees and brush.

I report it here, as I remembered someone (TCO?) mentioning Ted Andrews on the train. So I went and fetched my Animal-Speak book and looked up the redtail hawk. Pg 154 "They can live up to 14 years in the wild. This "14" is significant. The 14th card in the tarot deck is the card for Temperance..."
Time for a meditation on that card in conjunction with Ted Andrews and what this sudden symbol in the new year is revealing. Anybody have any info on the Ted Andrews deck and it's availability?

[cardlady22]

Which deck; his tarot or oracles?
Amazon is showing Feathered Omens, the Animal-Wise Tarot, and various books.

[quintessence]

I don't remember what was mentioned, but considering the message in the redtail hawk description, the tarot would seem to be important. If you have it, does Temperance have a redtail hawk hanging out with her?

[quintessence]

Ted Andrews transitioned the day before my birthday this past year. I looked up the tarot on Amazon, and it's all photos of animals. Couldn't get to see what card 14 was. 40 oracle cards are, too. I'm tapped out after Christmas but would appreciate it if there's someone who has a link to the photos or has the deck(s) and could share info. Thanks.

[cardlady22]

Temperance shows the Swan ~ New Dreams and New Realms
The swan is the totem of the child, the mystic, the poet, and the dreamer- that part of us that knows our possibilities. Swan reminds us that the doors to manifesting new dreams and to exploring new realms will be there for us when we are ready. That time is approaching, but we must maintain balance as we move toward them.

Knight of Winged Ones (Swords) shows a Hawk ~ Guardianship in Ventures
Hawk's appearance always heralds a time of greater strength and vision, which will help us tremendously in our present endeavors. We will have protection in our journeys and endeavors. Now is the time to gallantly move forward with them.

I have the older lavendar/maroon border set. I'm pretty sure people have talked about a newer edition with white borders though. *hunting thread(s)*
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=79593 see post #6
The author's website has not been updated since the notice of his passing.

[quintessence]

Found it on ******** -- Animal Wise: no redtail on 14, it's a swan. The redtail hawk is pictured as the Knight of Winged Ones (swords) subtitled, Guardianship in Ventures.

Wow, Cardlady, you're fast AND accurate!

[NorthernTigress]

Sent my first package out to the post office today, and picked up a box for my second delivery. Since I had a choice between "too big" and "too small" there will be a few extra goodies going to Jesii.

[Jesii]

Sent my first package out to the post office today, and picked up a box for my second delivery. Since I had a choice between "too big" and "too small" there will be a few extra goodies going to Jesii.

Ohhhh, thank you!!! We are snowed in, so no one gets anything for a while lol till the snow melts. i have never seen this much snow. inanely happy atm
Jesii
xxxx

[Wendywu]

Is that inanely or insanely??? I had to come home from work early! My road is blocked off by the police, and so is the one that leads to it. Nice walk in the snow though :)

Hey - maybe I won't have to go tomorrow? Although I got loads to do and I would be so rushed on Friday.

I didn't get to the post office either :( I'm so sorry.... hope for better things tomorrow......

[Jesii]

Is that inanely or insanely??? I had to come home from work early! My road is blocked off by the police, and so is the one that leads to it. Nice walk in the snow though :)

Hey - maybe I won't have to go tomorrow? Although I got loads to do and I would be so rushed on Friday.

I didn't get to the post office either :( I'm so sorry.... hope for better things tomorrow......

i meant inSanely, very sorry, cant spell lol. i got a short snowball fight. we have no police, just piles of snow, no buses just snow, no postman just snow

Jesii

[Wendywu]

i meant inSanely, very sorry, cant spell lol.


You do exceptionally well but both inanely and insanely would be good :) I was just being sarky.... it's me that's sorry :heart:

I think my thighs have about warmed up now. I wish I had warmer trousers but if I buy trousers that's a possible deck I don't buy. I am saving up ....

[Jesii]

I think my thighs have about warmed up now. I wish I had warmer trousers but if I buy trousers that's a possible deck I don't buy. I am saving up ....
Deck over trousers any day

[Wendywu]

Got your priorities right there :) By the time you're 50 you'll have a collection to rival gregory's .........

[Jesii]

Got your priorities right there :) By the time you're 50 you'll have a collection to rival gregory's .........
That sounds like fun!!! MOst of mine will be Japanese tho :)

[thorhammer]

Post train freakiness seems to have died down, I'll peep in for a virtual (the only alcohol I have now!) cider :)

Jesii, where is your signature from? I like it :)

\m/ Kat

[Wendywu]

Hi Kat - pull up a bar stool.. if you're having a cider, I'll have navy rum (like you, it'll be virtual - I haven't had any of the real stuff for years :) )

[quintessence]

Post train freakiness seems to have died down, I'll peep in for a virtual (the only alcohol I have now!) cider :)

Jesii, where is your signature from? I like it :)

\m/ Kat
I recognize that signature! It's one of my favorite songs -- Into the West, by Annie Lennox, sung in the Lord of the Rings' last movie at Frodo's departure with the elves on boats -- into the West.

[Jesii]

Yep!!! it's the last song from the last film, one of my fave songs also! I love it so i put it as a signiture for almost everything. :)

[thorhammer]

Aha! that's it! Very nice :)

I can't stay long, Wendy - I wore myself out today in my homicidal rage at malekind and I'm knackered! (it is past my bedtime, though :D)

My cat is snuggling up on my lap - we had a cool change tonight here in Perth and she's not as warm as she has been for a week or so now :) She's heat-seeking :D

\m/ Kat

[Jesii]

Goodbye!!!!

[Jesii]

I recognize that signature! It's one of my favorite songs -- Into the West, by Annie Lennox, sung in the Lord of the Rings' last movie at Frodo's departure with the elves on boats -- into the West.
so what else counts as your fave songs? i'm intrigued, cause i love the whole sound track to the movies...and then Rammstien and New Found Glory and T-Rex too. Strange music taste lol

:heart:

[Wendywu]

So, Kat - you threw the swine back in the pigpen with a vengeance, yes???

[thorhammer]

After he hung up on me without even speaking yesterday, yes! No explanation, no call afterwards, just not answering my calls. Oh, right. That's real mature. :rolleyes:

SRSLY.

\m/ Kat

[Jesii]

Men huh! My mother says 'just dump him and plenty more fish in the sea' lol
She gives me that advice alot :heart:

[thorhammer]

Yeah, I can do without that complication altogether, really. He was just . . . unfinished business . . . that will just have to remain unfinished.

I'm off to bed now, guys :) I shall see you all on the morrow! Wendy, not too much of that rum, you know you'll suffer for it!

And watch Jesii doesn't get near the vodka, you know what she's like :D

\m/ Kat

[morticia monroe]

After he hung up on me without even speaking yesterday, yes! No explanation, no call afterwards, just not answering my calls. Oh, right. That's real mature. :rolleyes:

SRSLY.

\m/ Kat



Grind him into a fine paste and serve him on crackers with a little chipotle Tabasco.

[quintessence]

so what else counts as your fave songs? i'm intrigued, cause i love the whole sound track to the movies...and then Rammstien and New Found Glory and T-Rex too. Strange music taste lol

:heart:
I also like Rammstein, Sigur Ros "Ba Ba", Dar Williams "Echoes", most anything by Loreena McKennit, also Patrick O'Hearn, Rachel Fuller's "Wonderland", Aimee Mann's "Phoenix", and of course from the movies, music from Pirates of the Caribbean, "Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna" done by the London Symphony Orchestra for the jedi/sith fights in Star Wars. Yes, I have really strange music tastes, as well. tee hee.

[The crowned one]

Men huh! My mother says 'just dump him and plenty more fish in the sea' lol
She gives me that advice alot :heart:

"The one that got away" is my counter to that old fish story.... :D

[The crowned one]

Grind him into a fine paste and serve him on crackers with a little chipotle Tabasco.

Not bad! But to make his sorry life of some use, I would use him as fertilizer after the grinding process,afterall he seems to be full of it :D

[Dusk Till Dawn]

Hi all!

[Guiding Cauldron]

Hey all, heaps of snow here today so I have not gotten to the post office as its closed! Sorry will have to shoot for this weekend as we have forcasted more heavy snow tommorrow and snow the day after now. Bears happy as theres no school today and not likely tommorrow either now.

Have a had a grand time in snowball fights though, watching everyone make a park full of snowmen, snowomen and snowanimals lol and walking the snowy beach- so sureal!

Hope everyone stays warm and is well stocked indoors as the post and the shops around here wont be getting their deliveries and the trains and buses are down for the next several days now due to the weather lol Even my chickens didnt want to come out of their dry and roofed pen into the snowy back garden they just looked at me like " are you kidding me?" :)

Cheers xx

[franniee]

ooooo anything is good with a little tobasco. :D

really cold. I am at hubby's and his place has no heat at the moment.... his phones died so I am upstairs answering the phone and more importantly waiting for the UPS man do arrive with the package of new phones so I can scadaddle. :)

I began working out the other day and now I am perpetually starved!!!! :laugh:

[The crowned one]

Has everyone posted their mailing details to thier partners...and heard back from them?

Aulruna...I need your Address ;)

[Jesii]

We went out for a walk in the snow, most fun!!!!
Quintessence, very cool taste indeed! Some stuff i like, some stuff i never heard of, must investigate later. We are putting the Kettle on so sending cups of tea to all

xx

[Aulruna]

Has everyone posted their mailing details to thier partners...and heard back from them?

Aulruna...I need your Address ;)

Sent :D

rhombchick's package is ready to go, but we have a public holiday here, and I will not make it to the post office before Sat, because I start working again tomorrow. (Could have done with another fortnight of vacations...)

[cardlady22]

I'm puttering around looking for a little extra to slip into my boxes. Only one each since I pulled out all the stops in Side Trades!
*sneaking peeks at Profiles*

[Sientara]

Has everyone posted their mailing details to thier partners...and heard back from them?

I got yours sent out yesterday.

[The crowned one]

I got yours sent out yesterday.

you rock!

[Dusk Till Dawn]

I just finished the LWB, and the Package is wrapped, will go out tomorrow.

[The crowned one]

I am off to re-skin our cold frames!

[Aulruna]

One of the not so great days...

Woke up spotted all over like a Dalmatian (just red instead of black) and swollen feet, and apparently I have an allergic reaction to my antibiotics.
Developed a light temperature, too.

Then our internet crashed, and after our provider reset the software, it returned, but instead the phone line died.

Blah!

[cardlady22]

(((Aulruna))) These are the days you pray for bedtime to arrive quickly! :angel:

[Guiding Cauldron]

Aww Aulruna my heart goes to you hun, this to will pass but its no fun going through it Im sure! xx

[Jesii]

My mum has hidden the brown tape, so i can't wrap the packages!!! It has to be round here somewhere...

[Jesii]

Found It!!!!!!

[cardlady22]

I'm in the same boat; except my packaging tape is clear & I'm the mom!
*looks suspiciously at the kids*

[Jesii]

Everybody is wrapped up and ready to go!

Huhmmm...what naughty things can kids get up to with clear wrapping tape?

[cardlady22]

It isn't that they are actually "naughty" ~ It's more that they don't return things to their place afterward. I am missing tiny Phillips screwdrivers, large scissors, packaging tape (although there are 3 rolls of giftwrap tape, they won't work for this!) I'm about to give up and go buy them Yet Again!

[Jesii]

i used to do that all the time, and then i lost something really really important (i cant remember what it was lol) and after that everything has a place and if it's not in it's place i usually know where it is, hopefully

:heart:

[franniee]

One of the not so great days...

Woke up spotted all over like a Dalmatian (just red instead of black) and swollen feet, and apparently I have an allergic reaction to my antibiotics.
Developed a light temperature, too.

Then our internet crashed, and after our provider reset the software, it returned, but instead the phone line died.

Blah!

UGH! I hope you feel better Aulruna! I bet you are a cute Dalmatian nonetheless. :D

[Stormdancer]

Has everyone posted their mailing details to thier partners...
I got yours sent out yesterday.
And I sent YOURS (Sientara) out yesterday :D

[Stormdancer]

I began working out the other day and now I am perpetually starved!!!! :laugh:

I hope your back is better?? Maybe you're starved because it's so cold!! BRRR, but I keep telling myself...

"Self, it COULD be worse. You could live where NorthernTigress lives!!" :D

You don't live up by Syracuse and Watertown, do you? I hear that is NASTY!!!

[Stormdancer]

One of the not so great days...

Woke up spotted all over like a Dalmatian (just red instead of black) and swollen feet, and apparently I have an allergic reaction to my antibiotics.
Developed a light temperature, too.

Blah!

EEWWW!!! I hope you have your DR.'s help with this??? Does it itch?

Not to be too silly, but I think I bought a TdM deck (Tarot de Trieste) in the last 2 months or so and they are spotted pink. :D You're in good company! :joke:

[NorthernTigress]

It's so cold!! BRRR, but I keep telling myself...

"Self, it COULD be worse. You could live where NorthernTigress lives!!" :D



You've made both my husband and I laugh ourselves into coughing fits! How the heck did I become a Running Gag/Urban Myth?

[Queen of Disks]

The Arcus Arcanum arrived today!!! Thank you Sin!!

I was going to get Northern Tigress's package out yesterday, but stuff happened and I ran out of time. So I will try again tomorrow or Friday.

[Stormdancer]

You've made both my husband and I laugh ourselves into coughing fits! How the heck did I become a Running Gag/Urban Myth?

LOL :joke: because you kept telling me that "cold...COLD...y'all dont KNOW cold...."

***Here...have some syrup for the coughs****

SO...how cold is it for you tonight? ( the only thing I understand is degrees in F) so posting both C and F would be helpful???

[Stormdancer]

The Arcus Arcanum arrived today!!! Thank you Sin!!



WOW :bugeyed: That was FAST!!!

[NorthernTigress]

LOL :joke: because you kept telling me that "cold...COLD...y'all dont KNOW cold...."

***Here...have some syrup for the coughs****

SO...how cold is it for you tonight? ( the only thing I understand is degrees in F) so posting both C and F would be helpful???

Well, right here/right now it is -19C (-2F). But by Saturday it is going to be +2C (36F).

[Stormdancer]

Well, right here/right now it is -19C (-2F). But by Saturday it is going to be +2C (36F).

yup YUP...that be COLD!! Actually tonight we are looking at 17(f)....I am pleased!! If we get up to 36(f) I may put on shorts....(but keep the long johns on...LOL) :D THAT will be attractive, don't ya think?? :D

I think the snow energy and clouds will warm stuff up for a bit, but then we're gonna be COLD again. You're not that much colder than us..give/take 10(f). Y'all got the "wind chill" CRAP?

[NorthernTigress]

yup YUP...that be COLD!! Actually tonight we are looking at 17(f)....I am pleased!! If we get up to 36(f) I may put on shorts....(but keep the long johns on...LOL) :D THAT will be attractive, don't ya think?? :D

I think the snow energy and clouds will warm stuff up for a bit, but then we're gonna be COLD again. You're not that much colder than us..give/take 10(f). Y'all got the "wind chill" CRAP?

Oh, when the wind blows across the prairies, you can feel it.

[Stormdancer]

Oh, when the wind blows across the prairies, you can feel it.

Yeah, but the real question is...is the wind "dry" or "wet".....humidity in the wind is TERRIBLE!!!!

[NorthernTigress]

Yeah, but the real question is...is the wind "dry" or "wet".....humidity in the wind is TERRIBLE!!!!

We have a mountain range to the west that usually steals all the moisture. Dry skin is a common symptom in the wintertime.

[Stormdancer]

Gotta say, I grew up with that kinda geography...AND I really like being someplace where "lotion" is a once a day kinda thing as opposed to 4 or 5 times a day!! LOL. Funny how those western places can "steal" so much. Now I am very curious to know where you are. I am so ignorant of places outside of USA :(
I grew up in Golden, Colorado...the eastern slopes of the Rockies...home of COORS beer...yum???? NOT!!!!

[NorthernTigress]

Gotta say, I grew up with that kinda geography...AND I really like being someplace where "lotion" is a once a day kinda thing as opposed to 4 or 5 times a day!! LOL. Funny how those western places can "steal" so much. Now I am very curious to know where you are. I am so ignorant of places outside of USA :(
I grew up in Golden, Colorado...the eastern slopes of the Rockies...home of COORS beer...yum???? NOT!!!!

The easiest explanation is that I am East of the Rocky Mountains (but not in the mountains) and directly North of Montana (about 10 hours drive from the border). We have a river running through the middle of the city, dividing the "North side" from the "South Side". Edmonton is at the same latitude as Hamburg, Germany and Liverpool, England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton

[thorhammer]

I'm having a giggle at your conversation about temperatures :D It's been hot here the last week - around 40C (104F). But then yesterday a lovely humid change came in - BLISS!!!! - and it cooled right down and it's supposed to be about 33C (91.4F) today. I'm loving the humidity. I hate dry skin, and my skin loves it when it's basking nicely in the heat.

Work's got knobs on it. I wanna go home.

\m/ Kat

[Jesii]

My college is cancelled so we will all be home at least another day, so another delay on our packs going out. But look on the good side, i get another day off :)

[PathWalker]

It the west country of UK where we are it was apparently minus 13degress C last night (sorry can't convert to F, but zero degress C is freezing point)
It hasn't been that cold for 20 odd years! Run out of thermal underwear, am waiting for the washing machine to do !

Haven't made it to the nearest post office, so sorry, all the parcels are wrapped, we (jesii and I) will let you all know when we can get there.

Best wishes to all, hot or cold :)

[Dusk Till Dawn]

Package sent today!

[franniee]

Yira's deck has been sent. :)

[Wendywu]

Sorry faunabay, GC, Pathwalker & Quester - didn't post today but we have to go out tomorrow and I absolutely must get to the office so I'll be posting tomorrow :)

[cardlady22]

My fabulous little One World arrived today! Thank you, quintessence! The size is great for me & it does not disappoint. :angel:

My packages will go out tomorrow morning. I will PM everyone their info.

[Sientara]

The Dance of Life arrived today. Thank you Stormdancer! I love the bag. :heart:

[Stormdancer]

The Dance of Life arrived today. Thank you Stormdancer! I love the bag. :heart:

WOW!!! That was FAST! I'm glad you like the bag. it's the only one I have that fits that deck.

[quintessence]

Yay, Cardlady22! I'm so glad you got the One World timely and that you concur that it's a deck that does not disappoint! May it bring you many blessings!

[The crowned one]

My deck leaves for Germany tomorrow! Sorry no extra's :( no time...but I am going to send you some lox or something along that line this next peak Chinook season!)

[thorhammer]

What are lox? :confused:

And dare I ask - who's the current custodian of the Mascot deck?

\m/ Kat

[cardlady22]

Scion- and he didn't ride this round.

Internet search says lox is a salmon fillet.

[thorhammer]

Ah :)

And, ah . . . :confused:

\m/ Kat

[NorthernTigress]

Had my second trip to the post office today. So as not to break the budget, I used the simple international parcel air. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask how long it would take. So please Jesii, be patient!

[shamoness]

My decks were mailed today. Seeker*13*'s deck will take 5 to 10 business days, according to the post office, to fly from Florida to Germany.

I had several other packages I mailed out today as well. So if you are expecting something from me it should arrive in a few days.

[Guiding Cauldron]

Sorry I havent posted yet as in my town we're snowed in and everythings shut down. We havent had our post in days now. I will send probably next week after things start to open up again and some snow melts; I havent forgotten just cant do anything yet, so frustrateing!!

[The crowned one]

What are lox? :confused:



\m/ Kat

Lox is heaven....especially with capers.

[morticia monroe]

Lox, cream cheese, tomato, and red onion on a bialy.....the absolute best thing ever.

[PathWalker]

OKay, struggled and slid our way to the postoffice, and all the parcels apart from LavendarLibra's in now on their way.
All the overseas ones are airmail, so fingers crossed they don't take too long.
Let us know when they arrive :)

[cardlady22]

stormdancer339, yours is coming in the small Priority Mail box. I'll PM the Delivery Confirmation number.

PathWalker & Jesii, your (combined) package went out but I had to go First-Class International due to size. I'll PM the customs number, etc.

Waiting for delivery of the item for Guiding Cauldron.
ETA: It's here! PM sent.

Quester, I'm sending you a PM with a question about yours.
ETA: info sent

[faunabay]

How many sides trades did you all do???? :bugeyed: :D

I'm off to the post office right now. Just popped on to get the addresses. (I had one side trade) })

I was planning on getting to the post office yesterday, but had to take a trip to the vet instead! :( I had to take my 21 yr old cat and have her put down!! :( :( :( It was very sad, but not unexpected. We've know this was coming but she went down hill very quickly yesterday. Even with my other animals here, the house was so quiet last night.

Anyway she's not in pain anymore and I got a picture of her in my mind last night running, playing and jumping in the air like she used to do when she was young! :) She was one of those high flyer kitties. She would jump 5 ft in the air, turn flips, and come back down ready to go again! :)

[cardlady22]

(((faunabay))) I'll be thinking of you!

[PathWalker]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That last act of love is so very hard, and I send you our best wishes
Pathwalker

[Guiding Cauldron]

Awww FB im sorry hunny, my thoughts are with you during this time. Glad your focusing on the peace of it all xx

[Queen of Disks]

I am so sorry FB :heart: (((faunabay)))

On a better note, Northern Tigress's Magical Unicorns and Jesii's side trade all went to the post office today. (Expect them in the 5-10 days range!)

[The crowned one]

Deck is NOT going by squirrel this time...I have sent it by Eagle and it should be there in 7 to 10 days I am told :)

[Stormdancer]

:( I had to take my 21 yr old cat and have her put down!! :( :( :( It was very sad, but not unexpected. We've know this was coming but she went down hill very quickly yesterday. Even with my other animals here, the house was so quiet last night.

Anyway she's not in pain anymore and I got a picture of her in my mind last night running, playing and jumping in the air like she used to do when she was young! :) She was one of those high flyer kitties. She would jump 5 ft in the air, turn flips, and come back down ready to go again! :)

OH I am SO sorry. Knowing it's coming at their advanced age only helps a little bit. I lived with mine for 20 years, and I still miss her. 20 years is a LONG time, but sounds like she had a good long life!

I made the mistake of getting a kitten...a KITTEN :bugeyed: She was SO different from the SR cat...climbed and attacked EVERYTHING!!! I am waiting for her to get to 5 or so....although to cut her some slack...she HAS mellowed a bit at 3 yrs....the Christmas tree is still standing, although we're still afraid to put ornaments up. I think next year we'll try. The only reason the lights are still on it is because I bought a pre-lit tree :D

(((Faunaboy)))

[LavenderLibra]

I was planning on getting to the post office yesterday, but had to take a trip to the vet instead! :( I had to take my 21 yr old cat and have her put down!! :( :( :( It was very sad, but not unexpected. We've know this was coming but she went down hill very quickly yesterday. Even with my other animals here, the house was so quiet last night.
Faunabay, I am so sorry! Even though she had a long happy life, it still hurts to lose part of your family. (((((hugs)))))
I also have not got my package to Pathwalker & Jesii ready--it was my first week back to work, a lot of drama going on there, then Tuesday night my collie wasn't acting right, and instead of getting better, he seemed to be going downhill, with hubs having to carry him in and out of house, but he'd just lay there-we took off work tonight to take him to the vet, where he's had urinalysis & bloodwork, they've had him on an i.v., and he's home on antibiotics and pain pills. He's a bit doped up, but he's walking now.

Pathwalker & I are in communication about our packages, so everything is cool. :cool2: (Including the temp, it was 9°F when we came home a bit ago, and still snowing. I had to drag my boy out of the car, he was happy to stay there, and not get out in the snow.

**~LL~**

[cardlady22]

LavendarLibra, I'm sorry to read that you've been having a rough time too.

[Stormdancer]

\Tuesday night my collie wasn't acting right, and instead of getting better, he seemed to be going downhill, with hubs having to carry him in and out of house, but he'd just lay there-we took off work tonight to take him to the vet, where he's had urinalysis & bloodwork, they've had him on an i.v., and he's home on antibiotics and pain pills. He's a bit doped up, but he's walking now.

(Including the temp, it was 9°F when we came home a bit ago, and still snowing. I had to drag my boy out of the car, he was happy to stay there, and not get out in the snow.

**~LL~**

GEEZ...9 is COLD...especially for y'all

(((LL doggy))) Is it just the cold maybe????

[LavenderLibra]

(((LL doggy))) Is it just the cold maybe????
I thought at first he had jumped, and landed funny on the super-hard, frozen ground, and stove himself up. I treated him with homeopathic med, but then when he refused to get up, wouldn't drink or not even just stand....
...They said his Bilirubin level was slightly elevated, they figure he may have got hold of something *icky* and nibbled on. I usually am able to treat them at home, but I couldn't figure out what this was, and I remembered I had lost my last collie 9 years ago this week...I was starting to freak a bit.

I am going to wait a bit, then before work tomorrow, am going to make him some rice and chicken, it will be easy on his tummy. He is worn out, and sleeping right now. He went to sleep as soon as we left the vet.

[Wendywu]

Faunabay - I'm so sorry to hear about your cat - it was a brave decision to make but it hurts anyway.

LavenderLibra - how is your poor dog?


I finally got to the Post Office so all my packages have been shipped :) So -faunabay, pathwalker, quester and Guiding Cauldron - you each have a package coming .....

I can't tell you how relieved I am that I finally got them shipped. It's normally a 10 minute round trip, walking, to my post office. It took an hour today because of the sheet ice on the roads and pavements. We couldn't drive because the police still have our road blocked off with cones... and today the dustbin lorry got stuck on the road that leads to ours .....

It's all so stupid. Snow and ice don't have this earth shattering effect in other countries.....

[thorhammer]

Poor animals!!! FB, and LavenderLibra, I'm so sorry for your furbabies. They really are just children, aren't they?

You poor thing, Wendy :( It makes me wonder what we'd do if it ever snowed in Perth :joke: Oh, gods, that's hilarious! There would be absolute anarchy, and Perth drivers are bad enough to begin with! Me, personally - I'd shut myself in my house, wrap myself in four doonas and wait till it melted. No way would I face the Perth roads with snow.

You're very intrepid to go to the PO in such adverse conditions!

\m/ Kat

[Guiding Cauldron]

It took an hour today because of the sheet ice on the roads and pavements. We couldn't drive because the police still have our road blocked off with cones... and today the dustbin lorry got stuck on the road that leads to ours .....

It's all so stupid. Snow and ice don't have this earth shattering effect in other countries.....[/QUOTE]

We have the same on the South East side of UK hun, were having the same problems, I suppose thats what you get after so many council cutbacks :)

[LavenderLibra]

Yesterday our man highways, and in the main parts of town or city were okay--but the side roads are a mess. Then when you get out into the country, the county does NOTHING to the roads, no salt, no scraping. But, that's where most of us live. It was kinda hairy going to the vet yesterday, sliding. Plus our area is hills and curves. (We saw lots of bumped up fenders yesterday while driving around!)

My collie boy is much better! But I got a bad bill, ouch. I wasn't expecting that one, it was more than I guessed. Plus we both missed work last night. They found nothing orthopedic, & took a urinalysis & thought the bilirubin was slightly high, so ordered bloodwork. It came out okay, they thought he might have some kinda of toxicity in his body from eating something *icky* the way dogs sometimes do (I've got some "neighbors" who deer hunt, & don't carry off the remains, they just toss them out in the edge of their yard in the woods, and it gets strowed all over the neighborhood). He's also on pain meds (he did find soreness in his paws), and antibiotics. I am so grateful he is well. My legs were all weak at the vet's, I was afraid something was broken, and remembered I lost my previous collie this week, 9 years ago. :(

He didn't know me when he came out, we thought he would tackle me after staying hours at the vet! But guess it was the pain med. But he sure has clung to my side, and is walking, and eating, & everything else he should be doing. :thumbsup:

It is still snowing here...not enough to make snow cream, but enough to make the roads nasty again today. I've got to finish up here, and go put on some soup to take to work, for a co-worker's b.d.-plus our cafeteria isn't always open on weekends, so it will be nice for our line. We won't get to be together too much longer, as the layoff is supposed to hit about the 22nd, and our line will be gone to Mexico. I don't know where they will stick me, or on what shift I'll be on yet.

[faunabay]

Thanks for all you good wishes. Even though it was expected it still was very tough and I know it'll take me along time to get over expecting her to walk around the corner meowing at me.

stormdancer......ROFL I've always wanted to get a kitten, but the adult cats seem to end up at my house and decide to stay. :D Good luck!

kittiann and shalyn your decks went out yesterday. And I've already received shalyn's brotherhood of light! Wow! That was quick! hehehe It seems like a REALLY old version of it too! Very cool!

[The crowned one]

And I've already received shalyn's brotherhood of light! Wow! That was quick! hehehe It seems like a REALLY old version of it too! Very cool!

I love that deck!, 36, 64, and 80's are the three versions I am aware of.

[quintessence]

Sympathies to LavenderLibra and condolences to faunabay. Fur faces really are our children, too. I still can't discuss the loss of our blue point siamese, and can barely talk about our spirit border collies. Bynx & Beauty do their best to keep me busy all the time to keep mind off old wounds.
And to all suffering with this cold, I don't know how you're coping. Here I am in Florida and it snowed this morning! Granted, it was only about a half inch, but it's hanging around, as the temp is hovering right at freezing. Yes, that's right you Celsius people, 0 degrees here in not-so-sunny Florida.
Bright spot though, I won the Tarot Professionals' Christmas Competition, and will be receiving signed copies of the Aquarian and the New Palladini, and Rachel Pollack's Tarot of Perfection, also signed. They're going to throw in the Maroon Tarot, and even the SPILL Tarot! And my entries and a blurb will be listed in the upcoming book, Tarosophy: Tarot to Engage Life, Not Escape it, by Marcus Katz.
See what hanging out with all of you wonderful people has inspired?

[Stormdancer]

WOW!!! That is FANTASTIC news!!!!

GOOD for YOU!!!

[quintessence]

Thanks, Stormdancer! Seriously, if I hadn't joined the AT forum and also joined in "all the reindeer games" in the chat rooms, I doubt that I would have had the courage to enter the contest or enough practice with tarot competitions to come up with a presentable entry.
Taking this train opened my eyes to many decks I barely knew existed, so now I have a better understanding of just what I've won. I had been lingering around the Maroon for a while, but was still saving pennies for it. It's weird when you feel a friendship for a group of people, a closeness that makes you think you should be able to just walk out your door and go meet them at a cafe in the neighborhood to share all the goodies, only to realize they're scattered all over the world. Yet the sentiment lingers. Wherever you are, train buddies, here's to us, celebrants of the light!

[quintessence]

Awful quiet in this train cafe. Judging by how cold it is here in Florida, I guess everybody in the rest of the world has frozen to death.

[Dusk Till Dawn]

Congratulations Quintessence! No, not frozen to death yet. I am waiting for an announcement of the winner of a competition too. Wow, you won some great stuff!!

[quintessence]

Thanks, Seeker*13*, I'm still pretty giddy about the prize myself. I hope you win your competition, too. Did you know that my area of Florida got about a half inch of snow a couple of days ago? I went out and scooped some into a measuring cup and brought it inside to take photos and show my husband. Then I made it into a snowball and took it outside and threw it as far as I could. I did poorly. It's been too many years since I lived in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Do you have much snow now? And what are your temperatures like?

[Dusk Till Dawn]

I just spent an hour shoveling. It's about 30 cm now. I can imagine that snow in Florida is exciting. W already won the competition, but they have not announced it yet. I am axiously waiting, every day. It's about minus 15 degress celsius at night, during the day about minus 5. I check on the Turtles everyday, to see if they are ok.

[Guiding Cauldron]

Recieved the Gill set today thank you so much Wendy, I will indeed let you know what I think after I have a read through. We finally recieved post today so Im going to wrap decks up and try and get them out later today thanks for being patient everyone xoxo

[Wendywu]

Hi GC - our snow and ice finally went away :) We finally managed to get the car out and visit my husband's elderly parents. They are fine but we worry anyway ...

I have lots of parcels on their way today apparently - the postman says they are all on the van for delivery later today. I am getting ridiculously excited :)

[LavenderLibra]

Bright spot though, I won the Tarot Professionals' Christmas Competition, and will be receiving signed copies of the Aquarian and the New Palladini, and Rachel Pollack's Tarot of Perfection, also signed. They're going to throw in the Maroon Tarot, and even the SPILL Tarot! And my entries and a blurb will be listed in the upcoming book, Tarosophy: Tarot to Engage Life, Not Escape it, by Marcus Katz.
Wow, that is AWESOME, Quintessence! What sort of contest was it, as in, what was required for entry?

I'll bet you are SO excited, in waiting for that goody package! :party:

[franniee]

Yirabeth's package came today.

I LOVE the bags Yira!! They are so much fun! I LOVE purple and black of course!! You should get together with Sinduction and compare notes because she made me a bag that looks almost the same! LOVE them - hers and yours!!!!

Thank you!!! :heart:
Fran

[Stormdancer]

stormdancer339, yours is coming in the small Priority Mail box. I'll PM the Delivery Confirmation number.

Got the pack today and I am VERY excited!!! It even came with mini popsicle sticks so I can make my own...HOW COOL IS THAT???

Thanks!!

[franniee]

OH and BTW I like the fairy tarot - it is cute. I gave the other to my daughter and she put it near her gummy bear! :D

[cardlady22]

Got the pack today and I am VERY excited!!! It even came with mini popsicle sticks so I can make my own...HOW COOL IS THAT???

Thanks!!I thought you might like that. You can do the ogham or the runes.

[quintessence]

Wow, that is AWESOME, Quintessence! What sort of contest was it, as in, what was required for entry?

I'll bet you are SO excited, in waiting for that goody package! :party:

Thanks, LL! I found the competition on one of the advert threads, if I recall correctly. The idea of the competition tickled me, the way it was described by the Tarot Professionals team, and the "entry." One simply had to submit the name of one of the Major Arcana followed by the word "never" and completed with one word indicating what the archetype would never (do, think, say, etc.) You could enter just one archetype or all. I submitted phrases for just about each one. The ones they like the best were "The Empress never aborts," "The Emperor never abdicates," and "The Hanged Man never urinates!" Hah! I sent along my reasoning afterward.
That advertisement area can be very rewarding. I also got in on some really great closeout deals. I so love AT! There's such variety, such really great people, lots of opportunities, educational, entertaining. It's the best! <blushing while realizing gushing>

[cardlady22]

Quester's Fey deck has been shipped.

[Stormdancer]

The ones they like the best were "The Empress never aborts," "The Emperor never abdicates," and "The Hanged Man never urinates!"

Oh my...too funny...but why does the hanged man not urinate, aside from obvious physical/gravity type of reasons :D and how might that affect him....OH my..i can see how this could go on....and ON.....

[yirabeth]

Oh wow, an entire train station I didn't know about! I'm that clueless one that got off the train and kinda meandered across the tracks to the field beyond...LOL!

Faunabay, I'm sorry for the loss of your furkid...having been in that spot before I know it's tough. Doesn't matter that they wear a fur coat instead of jeans and t-shirts..they're still our kids. And LavenderLibra...I'm glad your furkid is doing better :) I hear ya on that vet bill thing...



I got my Children tarot from Franniee today, and I have to say I'm in LOVE...that deck is absolutely awesome!

I expected it to be cute...I mean, of course it's cute, and pictures on the deck page to prove it! But it was beyond cute...adorable, awesome! My favorite card is the Knight of Swords...I mean he's riding a stick horse! Of course it's my favorite! hehe And there's a zebra with a macaw riding it! And...too many fantastic cards to say :)

The really awesome part is the LWB though -- it details how to use the deck to write fairy tales. Now, it's not something I admit often..but I used to have a dream about being a writer.... I think this deck is going to spur me into picking up the pen again :) (Although I'm IDS'ing right now, so not right away) I can really see me using it the way the LWB says... I'm not saying I'll publish said stories..but I will be writing them. Awesome!

I'm just absolutely in love with this deck...and right now I don't really care if it's "more valuable than anything else on the bookshelf", I think its value, for me, will be in how it inspires me... Thank you Franniee, from the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful for this deck.

~Yira

[quintessence]

Oh my...too funny...but why does the hanged man not urinate, aside from obvious physical/gravity type of reasons :D and how might that affect him....OH my..i can see how this could go on....and ON.....
Ha,ha,ha! It was so much fun! I did a meditation on the hanged man, even pulled that card out of a number of my decks (not all were hanged or men,) and a lot of stuff came together. Most obvious is that he probably wouldn't want to urinate in that position because of gravity, but also, upside down the bladder lifts a bit into the lower abdomen and there's not much pressure on the urethra, so he could hold it a really long time. Then there's his state of suspended animation while he hangs between two worlds, so the physiology would be suspended too. And although there's going to be a sacrifice needed before he moves on, he's not unhappy or "pissed off." (Are you laughing hard enough yet?) It DOES go on and on...he's filtering the best of both physical and metaphysical, so there's no toxins involved to create waste product...he's "hung out to dry"...see how you can really get on a roll with this? It's a great game!

[quintessence]

Moving right along (as I learned on this past train,) check out the new thread in Tarot Games and Fun called Valentine Cards. Come and play!

[PathWalker]

My cards arrived today from Rhombchick! Thanky ou.
The artwork is naive in style, and I really like them, haven't used 'em yet coz I don't do enough readng right now, and so have no-one to try them on. BUt thank you so much, I'm going to enjoy them.

Hope other parcels are arrivng; Wendywu, did yours get through from the post van?

Best wishes
Pathwalker

[Wendywu]

My Star That Never Walks Around came today from Jesii. It's a beautiful set and I am so grateful. It's soft, warm and gentle and I shall enjoy working with it. Thank you Jesii :heart:

ETA and tucked in with it was the Fantastical from PathWalker - thank you :) Really different cards and I so very much appreciate the sheet with the verse of Margaret's poetry on it. I will keep it safe with the box :)

[franniee]

faunabay I am sorry about your loss. :heart: Sending you hugs!

[Guiding Cauldron]

All parcels were shipped today :) xx

[cardlady22]

My side trade from Quester arrived! Thank you! I'll have to go through the Undersea in more depth when I get back from errands.

I'm gathering things for a trip to the post office to send Guiding Cauldron's out this afternoon.

[Sinduction]

I have received both my trade and my side trade.

I have sent out my trade to QoD and she should have it by now, but I haven't heard.

I am still working on the crochet goodies for my side trade partner. I should have it all done this weekend.

This was a really fun train! Thanks! :D

[Queen of Disks]

I got it a while ago! *facepalm* I am so sorry for forgetting to tell you. :( I like it alot! Thank you very much!!

[cardlady22]

Back after an adventure that culminated with having to buy 2 new tires for the car. Why didn't I think to check after the freeze before just zipping all over?! :bugeyed: And hubby says the place I went to was about $50 over what he could have got it for elsewhere. Sometimes it doesn't pay to be a female.

Anyway, Guiding Cauldron's package (side trade) made it out & I've PMed the info. So, I think that's all of mine to go.

[Wendywu]

Yay - thanks Guiding Cauldron - the Herbal arrived safe and sound :) I love it. We decided to work more closely with herbs this year (after receiving two different books on herbs at Christmas) so this deck will fit in with this really well :)

[faunabay]

And Wendywu, I got my Quantum yesterday!! Very interesting deck. I'm not sure whether I can read with it or not, but it sure is beautiful. I'm going to play with it a bit and see what happens. :)

[Wendywu]

Y'know - I felt that exact same way about it :laugh: Interesting, beautiful - but a little confusing for me. I'm a woman of fairly simple tastes.....

[faunabay]

Y'know - I felt that exact same way about it :laugh: Interesting, beautiful - but a little confusing for me. I'm a woman of fairly simple tastes.....
ROFL
We'll see what happens with me. I love to get decks that I'm just curious about from the trains!! That way if we don't click I'm not out any money and they just go back on the train sometime in the future. :D
But I'm still immensely curious about this one. After flipping through it I still want to play and see how we work. Sometimes a deck that doesn't immediately grab me turns out to be one of my favorites after working with it for awhile. (shrug) So we'll see. :)

[Guiding Cauldron]

Glad u got it Wendy; Hope you can work with it well :)

[cardlady22]

My box from PathWalker & Jesii got here today! Thank you very much, ladies! Truly beautiful decks to add to my collection.

[PathWalker]

My box from PathWalker & Jesii got here today! Thank you very much, ladies! Truly beautiful decks to add to my collection.
Yay, doing the happy dance here for you :)

[Wendywu]

Oooh Helen - just remembered that I posted the China today :)

[Quester]

The Fairy Tale, The Fey, and Wise Woman have arrived!!
Looking forward to all three!! Love the trains!!!
Thank you :heart:

[SilentBreeze]

The Whispering Tarot arrived yesterday. It's so pretty. I'm testing it out today.

[franniee]

The Whispering Tarot arrived yesterday. It's so pretty. I'm testing it out today.

ooooooo read me with it when you are ready..... I love it! It is a bit different though... :heart:

I just went through my tarot closet and put OOP decks up.... I hope I priced them right! Scion is way too busy right now to bother. He had a sold night for his opening of his play!!! Very cool! But if you think my prices are way out of line will you PM me. :) I'ld appreciate it! :heart:

[SilentBreeze]

ooooooo read me with it when you are ready..... I love it! It is a bit different though... :heart:

I will...I'm gonna use it in some of the circles I'm doing, and then I can read for you.

I just did some readings for myself. It's so emotionally charged, each card just blows me away. It's so great.

[cardlady22]

Yes, please! Those of you in the know, go check franniee's thread. I gave her my criteria for pricing and what I'm usually willing to pay. I might be a bit stricter than others.

[The crowned one]

I just checked out Frans thread...lots o fine decks!


Franniee I did send you as PM...no price recommendations... but a sort of offer ;) No worries!

[Queen of Disks]

The Tarot of Paris arrived from Jesii today! Than you very much!!


I would go check out Franniee's thread, but I can't see the trading forum anymore. :(

[quintessence]

Still waiting on the Ukiyoe to arrive from Germany, but my Waking the Wild Spirit arrived today with a signed sticker from Poppy Palin, and a nice follow-up note on my email. This ought to keep me busy for a bit.

[The crowned one]

Still waiting on the Ukiyoe to arrive from Germany, but my Waking the Wild Spirit arrived today with a signed sticker from Poppy Palin, and a nice follow-up note on my email. This ought to keep me busy for a bit.

You got an Ukiyoe on the train? Very cool!

[quintessence]

You got an Ukiyoe on the train? Very cool!

Yes! Courtesy of Seeker*13* and despite terrible weather she has been able to mail it. Just that the waiting was getting tough until the WWS showed up which I wasn't expecting before the Ukiyoe. I'd made the deal on the WWS just before the train, but then bad weather hit the UK, too, and sender was ill, so I expected it to take longer to get here. I've wanted that deck for a long time.

[Dusk Till Dawn]

Still waiting on the Ukiyoe to arrive from Germany, but my Waking the Wild Spirit arrived today with a signed sticker from Poppy Palin, and a nice follow-up note on my email. This ought to keep me busy for a bit.

Just checked the tracking for you. It still says, that it left Frankfurt Germany on the 8th of Germany, same as Yesterday. It should be with you shortly!

[PathWalker]

Just had a quick look at your trade post Frannie, some great decks there, hope you do well with them. Would have liked to make an offer, but I really really have spent my budget this month (maybe next months too LOL). I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

The postman arrived today for the first time in three days - he had 5 parcles and seven envelopes for us!!!

I'll be PM-ing my side trade partners to say "safe and thank you" in a little while, after I've looked at them again :) One of the parcels was for Jes, she's at college right now, but I'm sure she'll log in later.

Sending virtual warm wooly socks to all in need
Pathwalker :)

[Dusk Till Dawn]

This morning I received my Package! Thank you so much!
I really love the bag too!:heart:

[franniee]

Thanks you guys! If there is anything in my profile that strikes your fancy make me an offer..... and I'll see if I can part with it. :)

[Aulruna]

The warp 9 chipmunk arrived this morning with my Nature Speak Oracle!!! Yay :D

Thanks TCO, this was REALLY fast!

[Wendywu]

My Dragons flew in this morning :) I wasn't expecting there to be a book as well - thank you so much :heart: I love the artwork - I have Pracownik's Ogham: The Celtic Oracle and fell for his art with that one. These dragons are very exciting :)

[The crowned one]

About 70% have already received decks! That is much quicker then usual...

I am waiting on three decks ( unusual for me as I in theory have stopped collecting ;) ) and a 4 litre antique ale stein!

[NorthernTigress]

No parcels for me yet. Oh the anticipation....

[PathWalker]

Just to say that Jesii's parcel arrived today from Northern Tigress - I'm sure she'll come on-line at some point herself, but thank you very much for that lovely side-trade :)

Best wishes to all; it's quiet here so I guess we're all playing with our new decks!

PAthwalker
)O(

[NorthernTigress]

Mail Call!

Both of my train packages arrived literally minutes ago.

The Doreen Virtue cards look beautiful, and I love the solid sturdy box they come with. I turned over one card to see what they look like, and I got "A Happy Surprise". :D Thanks Queen of Disks!

The Fairy Ring oracle came in a big fat envelope. I almost feel bad about a parcel that big being sent so far. Thanks you so much Pathwalker and Jesii for your generosity. Inside the box is a "Guide to the Fairy Ring", an oversized paperback book that is way more than your average LWB. The cards are a little on the large side, but not unworkable. The artwork is beautiful, and I like the idea of the four seasons.

[faunabay]

The Fairy Ring oracle came in a big fat envelope. I almost feel bad about a parcel that big being sent so far. Thanks you so much Pathwalker and Jesii for your generosity. Inside the box is a "Guide to the Fairy Ring", an oversized paperback book that is way more than your average LWB. The cards are a little on the large side, but not unworkable. The artwork is beautiful, and I like the idea of the four seasons.
NorthernTigress you will DEFINITELY need the book for the Fairy Ring. I can't make heads or tails of my deck without the book. But absolutely adore the deck. It took me awhile to get used to how it worked though, so don't give up if you don't immediately "get" it. :heart:

[The crowned one]

The Victorian Romantic box set arrived. It is sealed, and I feel bad opening it LOL

Fantastic, thank-you so much and a very pretty bag came with it...did you make that Sientara?

[quintessence]

Yay! The Ukiyoe arrived this afternoon whilst I was at work. It was wonderful to walk in the door and find that my husband had checked the mailbox for me and just after 2 PM the mailcarrier finally came and brought it.
Thanks so much, Seeker*13*! The deck is more gorgeous than the online scans show. But most of all, the lovely package arrived with a sweet note in a beautiful card, great tarot bag, and a super job on the LWB repro.
Fantastic, and well worth the wait!!! (Apparently, the package had been lurking somewhere here in the States for the last 11 days, according to the tracking.) Well, Seeker*13* now we can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and I'm going to go party with my deck. Thanks, again!!

[Sientara]

The Victorian Romantic box set arrived. It is sealed, and I feel bad opening it LOL

Fantastic, thank-you so much and a very pretty bag came with it...did you make that Sientara?

I did. I picked the softest yarn I had on hand for it.

[The crowned one]

I did. I picked the softest yarn I had on hand for it.

Wonderful job! My wife loves it, and her best friend, A nursing student I have taken it because of my wife...loves it too. She is a Rastafarian and said it would make a wonderful hat...want to trade a Rasta hat for a tarot deck?

[Sientara]

Wonderful job! My wife loves it, and her best friend, A nursing student I have taken it because of my wife...loves it too. She is a Rastafarian and said it would make a wonderful hat...want to trade a Rasta hat for a tarot deck?

First I need to learn how to make a Rasta Hat. :D

[Queen of Disks]

Mail Call!

Both of my train packages arrived literally minutes ago.

The Doreen Virtue cards look beautiful, and I love the solid sturdy box they come with. I turned over one card to see what they look like, and I got "A Happy Surprise". :D Thanks Queen of Disks!

The Fairy Ring oracle came in a big fat envelope. I almost feel bad about a parcel that big being sent so far. Thanks you so much Pathwalker and Jesii for your generosity. Inside the box is a "Guide to the Fairy Ring", an oversized paperback book that is way more than your average LWB. The cards are a little on the large side, but not unworkable. The artwork is beautiful, and I like the idea of the four seasons.


So happy you like them, and that they made it there!! :D

[The crowned one]

I just want to dance to early Elvis, Buddie Holly ,blues, or anything anyone wants to bop to!


So Stephen is going to dance!

[thorhammer]

I'm crashing the party, peeps - that cool? Too bad :P

I'm at work and have finished what should have taken me all day in a morning, with time to spare. Gotta take some samples out of the 400 degree C kiln in a sec, and that's the rest of my work day :rolleyes:

So dance away! I'll sit in this corner here and watch merrily :D

\m/ Kat

[shamoness]

The Faerie Tarot came from GC today. So pretty! I just love the bright colors. I took it to my Circle tonight and one of my "sisters" asked for a reading. It was fantastic. So easy to read. I am so happy. Thank You GC!

Seeker, I am very pleased you are enjoying the deck and bag.

My side trade partner received her deck and is happy. She let me know she mailed a package to me today. I am quite sure that will arrive in a few days.

This was a really fun train. As always everyone here is so friendly. Like someone said earlier, the comraderie really lets us feel like we could walk into a cafe and gather with everyone like we've been hanging out together for years. Trains really are a fantastic way to get to know each other.

[Dusk Till Dawn]

Yay! The Ukiyoe arrived this afternoon whilst I was at work. It was wonderful to walk in the door and find that my husband had checked the mailbox for me and just after 2 PM the mailcarrier finally came and brought it.
Thanks so much, Seeker*13*! The deck is more gorgeous than the online scans show. But most of all, the lovely package arrived with a sweet note in a beautiful card, great tarot bag, and a super job on the LWB repro.
Fantastic, and well worth the wait!!! (Apparently, the package had been lurking somewhere here in the States for the last 11 days, according to the tracking.) Well, Seeker*13* now we can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and I'm going to go party with my deck. Thanks, again!!
I am so glad you like your Deck and that it made it safely! You are so very welcome!

[Guiding Cauldron]

Thrilled you got your deck Shamoness xoxo

Im still waiting for my train and side goodies but I know they'll get here when they need to :) Looking forward to:

Lisa Hunts Fairytale from Kittiann
Goddesses Oracle from Cardlady22- RECIEVED, thank you! :)

[shamoness]

I love Lisa Hunt's Fairy Tale Tarot! My Hight Priestess saw it at my house and borrowed it. I may have to trade for another one because she isn't inclined to return it yet! I must admit I didn't really want to lend it out. Guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.

GC, I know you will love the Fairy Tale.

[Guiding Cauldron]

Thanks Shamoness, I'm looking foward to seeing what stories are used and what cards they're representing. I've always been a huge fairytale fan, ever the lil girl inside I suppose! (With visions of cupcakes, whimsy and pinks) lol

Wendywu thank you darling I've got your parcel today as our side deal, will get yours posted tommorrow, promise!

Cardlady22 thank you SO much what a delight to recieve the Pamela Goddesses deck today as well! So many goodies to get tucked into this weekend :)

[cardlady22]

:heart: GC, it was my extreme pleasure! :heart: :grin:

ETA: Just checked my mail and the Jonathan Dee deck & book is here! So adorable trimmed! The bag is gorgeous too! I love the purple braided cord trim!

[Wendywu]

GC - The Gill set came home today thank you :) All excited about their holiday but glad to climb back on the shelf :D

[Guiding Cauldron]

Aww Im so glad you both recieved everything allright xoxo :)

[The crowned one]

Anyone still waiting for decks? no worries, but it is time to start a new thread as we are well over 1000. I am going to wait for the last few trades to come in :)

[cardlady22]

I don't know about sides, but for the Main Train decks I think we need confirmation from
Shalyn, rhombchick
*unless I missed somebody!

ETA: These have posted. (after this post)
Jesii, kittiann, Guiding Cauldron, LavendarLibra

[kittiann]

My apologies! I recieved my deck maybe two days after faunabay sent it. It's been a lot of fun to explore Etteilla's very strange majors :D

[Aulruna]

From Germany to Australia (rhombchick) it may still be a while...

You guys can go ahead with a new train if you like, I can stay out of it.

(Btw, is this a new rule I missed? I have been on several trains despite not having received trades from previous ones ... actually I still don't have the Vertigo from Scion physically with me, because he is collecting some other stuff for me.)

[The crowned one]

From Germany to Australia (rhombchick) it may still be a while...

You guys can go ahead with a new train if you like, I can stay out of it.

(Btw, is this a new rule I missed? I have been on several trains despite not having received trades from previous ones ... actually I still don't have the Vertigo from Scion physically with me, because he is collecting some other stuff for me.)

We would never keep you off a train :)

But you misunderstood my post...I was going to do house cleaning and start a new thread for the pub, that is all. ;)

[Guiding Cauldron]

I have not recieved mine from Kittiann yet, although she has posted it my way so should be soon :)

[faunabay]

I'm in the Readers Studio thought mode right now so....... LOL

How did you all actually do the train there? Should I bring the decks I'm willing to trade? That would take up precious room in my suitcase :D but of course I'm willing to do it. Or...maybe I could send myself a box to the hotel?? (scheming)

[franniee]

I'm in the Readers Studio thought mode right now so....... LOL

How did you all actually do the train there? Should I bring the decks I'm willing to trade? That would take up precious room in my suitcase :D but of course I'm willing to do it. Or...maybe I could send myself a box to the hotel?? (scheming)

It was a freeforall!

We had all of our decks and traded with this one and that one.... if you saw something you liked you offered your decks.... kind of like that. I had about 6 trades I think.... maybe more. We do this at our meetups too..... we bring things we want to trade. :heart:

There is also a table there at the studio that you can put a deck you really don't want anymore.... put one down and take one.... last year I put a few I didn't want and no one wanted to trade me for and I picked up this or that. You can also bring books you don't want or bags... whatever.

[LavenderLibra]

Mine is going out to Jesii & PathWalker today. PathWalker was was SO SWEET in helping me out with purchasing some CDs/DVDs from the Amazon.UK site for my daughter, would have been much more expensive to have purchased from here. I meant to mail mine out when she mailed mine, but boy, it got here FAST. (I had some other things I was searching for to put in there). So, waiting on the extra order things from Amazon made our trade talk a little longer, but we were both in contact with each other, so it's all good.

Jesii & PathWalker's package arrived! I haven't had time to look at my cards thoroughly, but I thought it was cool that the Poodle card was on top, LOL! :D

I didn't notice til just a bit ago, the envelope in the bottom, with the poem, and where the decks came from. That was an extra-special thing I wasn't expecting, PathWalker. Over my years of buying used books, and a few decks, I always wonder where they've been, and about their owners. Sometimes there are little hints, notes made in the book, a dedication or name in the front...this weekend, I found some pressed leaves.... What a nice way to be remembered, by people who have the same tastes as you, and will take care & appreciate things that were special to you. I would hate the idea of some of my books and things ending up in a dumpster somewhere; hopefully the time would be taken to find new owners who loved them.

[faunabay]

It was a freeforall!

We had all of our decks and traded with this one and that one.... if you saw something you liked you offered your decks.... kind of like that. I had about 6 trades I think.... maybe more. We do this at our meetups too..... we bring things we want to trade. :heart:

There is also a table there at the studio that you can put a deck you really don't want anymore.... put one down and take one.... last year I put a few I didn't want and no one wanted to trade me for and I picked up this or that. You can also bring books you don't want or bags... whatever.
Oh that sounds like great fun! I am going to have to mail a box to myself then! LOL I actually was thinking I might have to do that returning home anyway. With all the stuff I plan to get there myself :D

[PathWalker]

Yep, we're waiting on Jes' train tadem and a side trade from Lavenderlibra, and a side trade for me from Shalyn. IT's posted, but not arrived.
I think that's it for us, and I think all of ours out have arrived?

Pathalker
x

[Queen of Disks]

Did Jesii get her side trade from me?? (Rose Knight Manga kit)

Check out the post count!! *does a happy dance*

[PathWalker]

Sorry not to have seen your post earlier QoD, and sorry that Jes hasn't been online to say. She's at college now, and I don't want to poke around in her room, so I'll get her to do something about this when she's home :)
I THINK so, but she had a couple of Manga type decks going on, and as it's not my thing, they all look the same to me!

I will find out :)

[Jesii]

Ohhh god guys im sorry
i got the fenestra, the rose knight and the other manga deck i cant recall the name of :(
so sorry i didn't get in tiuch, coursework and stuff

very very sorry
Jesii

[yirabeth]

Hehe, It's not really a major crime or anything, Jesii :) ((hug))

~Yira

[Queen of Disks]

No problem, thanks for letting me know! :)

[Guiding Cauldron]

Got the fairytale set today, thank you so much cant wait to have a read :)

[kittiann]

Yay, it made it! The book is so amazing.. the cards were near impossible for me to read, but I loved all those stories :)

[PathWalker]

Our trade parcel arrived from LavendarLibra today!!!
We had mutually agreed it would be delayed - to wait for something to arrive, but it was lovely to receive it now, and the things were so nice, thank you so much :)
I hope Jes will get in touch to say thank you for the manga, but I know she and I both loved our things, and we gave OH the chocolate stick candy, so he loved it too.

Please everyone, could you also send good vibes and finger crossing for Shalyn's parcel ( a side trade for BBC) - it has got stuck somewhere on route to us, and she and I both would so like it to arrive safely, and not cause any hassle :(
She has really kindly offered to replace things already, but it's only been three weeks, so I'm still hopeful, and don't want to put her to expense.
So, thing postman thoughts :)

Blessings to all, but no hugs coz I've got a cold
Pathwalker

[franniee]

OKEY DOKEY I am thinking it is time for another train! Whatcha guys think?

Maybe since Scion is a little less encumbered he will join us as well? Well..... am I the only one thinking it's time for a little fun?????

Maybe a Vancouver special OLYMPICS train????? and no there was NO PUN intended! Seriously!

or a lets get the rails a running so that we can bring on some snow to Canada for the olympics???? Train You know like beating a drum for some rain....something like that. :heart:

[franniee]

Hello Hello Hello (train halls echo) :D Anyone here? :heart: Last year we did a valentine's special - that was fun.

[Scion]

I could do a slow train. My schedule is starting to be less nuts.

Are people up for a train about now? :)

[Wendywu]

I'd leap on a train to anywhere right now .... :D

[The crowned one]

Sure, I would be in!

[faunabay]

I'd be in too!!! I like the idea of beating the drums for the Vancouver Olympics to get some more snow! LOL

[Quester]

Train?? Great Idea!!! :D

[The crowned one]

Who wants to get the train rails rolling? We need a sign up thread :) ... and some dates!

[Stormdancer]

I could do a slow train.

The last train was my first and it was "supposedly" a SLOOOW train. I have no idea what happened but seemed to go VERRRY fast for a bit there.

I'm in

[thorhammer]

I'd probably be in (sad it wasn't a week ago when I wasn't working, but there you have it :)). I won't commit to starting the sign-up thread though, as things here are ramping up in craziness again so I might not be around much.

\m/ Kat

[cardlady22]

Give me a Theme and I'll throw out a Sign Up thread.

And I expect to hear that coyoteblack got multiple notifications this go 'round.

[Angel81]

Where do I sign up and how do I do it? This is my first!

[jcwirish]

I'd like to play, but would also need some guidance on how this works.

[coyoteblack]

am sure in just say when.

[Sientara]

I would like to ride again.

[franniee]

ooooo I just found this :confused: I wonder why I didn't get an update that there were new posts.... well no worries!

da Train da train! Let's go! Choo chooo :D

[thorhammer]

For Johanna and Angel81, the idea is that all the participants are put on a list and the list is shuffled to get us in a random order. Each participant has a "station", and when your station comes up, you list your decks for trade. The list is up for a certain period of time, during which everyone else who has not chose a deck is free to snaffle one from your list. I forget the actual numbers with regards to how long you have to list and how long everyone has to choose from, but someone will chime in with the particulars.

Each person chooses only once, and so each person sends a deck and gets a deck. Side trades do happen, though, so leaving your list up is a good idea rather than editing your post to take the list down (indeed, leaving it up for a specified period of time is in the rules).

When someone chooses from your list, the train takes off from your station and proceeds to the next. You are free to choose from any person/station as long as you haven't already chosen and as long as you're the first to post a request from the person's list. If the specified amount of time elapses before someone chooses from your list, you head to the "caboose" or second round at the end of the train, where you get a chance to shake up your list and the people who haven't chosen by the end of the train get another look at your offerings.

The trade train isn't a dumping ground for "crap" decks. As the train heads to the "pointy" end, it gets a bit harder to cater to the desires of the remaining people who haven't chosen - they are, by definition, a bit harder to please. Hence, you need to be ready to adapt to the situation and amend your list, even to the point of letting go a favourite deck - or being willing to derail the train ;) })

Does that make it clearer? The first post of this thread should give you some indication of the process, or else point you in the right direction. I do suggest taking the time to read through a whole train thread - they're all listed here - because it not only shows how it works, it shows the kind of camaraderie that happens on the train. (Go with a slow train thread, not a bullet ;).)

\m/ Kat

[The crowned one]

New train thread started!

[LavenderLibra]

The last train was my first and it was "supposedly" a SLOOOW train. I have no idea what happened but seemed to go VERRRY fast for a bit there.
Me too! First train, and people impatient at the stations! :P I could barely keep up, and I was off for a week's vacation from work--so with things so unpredictable at work, I'm not sure if I could participate, but I'll keep my eye on this, just in case.

[jcwirish]

Thanks Kat. Sounds like fun.

[Stormdancer]

Me too! First train, and people impatient at the stations! :P I could barely keep up, and I was off for a week's vacation from work--so with things so unpredictable at work, I'm not sure if I could participate, but I'll keep my eye on this, just in case.

I also had days off for the holidays, and I think that's why it sped up. If most of us are having to deal with our lives outside of AT (Yes, there is such a thing LOL), then that might slow it down a bit.

[thorhammer]

Might be a good time to close this huge thread, TCO, and start a new Lounge when the current train's over?

\m/ Kat