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frozentundraguy

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  1. A huge thanks to @ashsaytrwho went above and beyond with the gifts he sent. First over 1,000 pages of Sheena and Forbidden Worlds comics. This should keep me occupied until spring arrives. I had seen Gwandanaland Comics before when researching comic books in the Grand comics database, but never actually knew what they were. Best of all they used the original art from comics when creating their reprints and not the digitally remastered ones. If that wasn't enough he also included a copy of the PS Artbooks Space Action, which also offers high quality reprints.
  2. U.S. shipping is on me. I will cover the first $20 for foreign shipments.
  3. The collection of 17 Spider-man books arrived a couple of days ago. Rather than take photos again I will provide the grades given by the seller. In a few cases the book had no grade and I gave it my best estimate. About 6 books had wavy bags, those were replaced by brand new bags. From my post a few days ago.
  4. Sledder ... My exchange gift of "A large lot of Spider Man annuals" is in two positions on the list (43 &50). Once I received the 17 books, I posted a detailed list of what those books would be along with their grades. That is what makes up the 50th spot on the list. This 50th spot can be deleted to avoid confusion.
  5. Found this on the net a few years ago. The Night Before Startup 'Twas the night before startup and all through the house not a program was working, there clicked not a mouse The users were nestled all snug in their beds with visions of systems alive in their heads. The programmers slumped round their screens in despair and felt that a miracle now would be fair. Then from the back office there rose such a chatter I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter and there to my marveling eyes did appear a wonder programmer ­ with a six pack of beer. His resume glowed with experience so rare he turned out great code with that bit-pusher's flair. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, turning specs into code like a sitcom berserk. A wink of his eye and a nod of his head soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. More smoothly than salesmen his programs they come; he whistled and shouted and called them by name. On update, on add, on inquire and delete, on batch jobs, on closing on functions complete. His eyes all glazed over, hands nimble and lean, from long days and nights spent in front of a screen. He tapped and he hammered, he nothing did shirk, turning specs into code; then he turned with a smirk, and laying his finger upon Enter key, the system came up and worked perfectly. The updates updated, the deletes all deleted, the inquiries inquired and the closing completed. He tested each whistle, he tested each bell, and with nary an abend it all had gone well. The system was finished, the tests were concluded, the client’s last changes were even included. Then the user explained in apocalyptic font, "It’s just what I asked for, but not what I want."
  6. The fifth quadrant, running low on fives , to the Secret Six
  7. Thanks for running this contest! It was a ton of fun as usual.