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aruba
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The Great Grex Auction, Summer '98 Edition
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Jun 24 10:58 UTC 1998 |
It's time again for the Great Grex Auction. This will be the 4th edition of
the auction, and it will open to the public on July 12th.
Here's how it works: generous Grexers (that's you) donate goods and services
to the auction. Other generous Grexers (or possibly the same ones) then bid
on those goods and services, and the highest bidder wins. The winner then
pays Grex the amount bid, and then the donor delivers the item.
This item is to solicit donations of items for the auction. Here are some
examples of items donated in past auctions:
A week's stay at freida's farm
An custom-painted oil painting of your choice
Lots of different baked goods (cakes, truffles, bread, pies, bagels, and more)
Lots of other food (soup, noodles, etc.)
Various current computer games (and other software)
A home-cooked dinner for two
A handcrafted dreamcatcher
Exotic homemade jewelry
Homemade chocolate truffles
Various computer books
A rare copy of Terry Pratchett's Nome Trilogy
The Grexbat
Storage space for graphics for a web page
Cuttings from various house plants
Various board games
Musical performances
Various computer hardware
A handmade didjeridu and a handmade shakukachi flute
Custom printed t-shirts, mugs, and notepads
A pair of lovely porcelain drunkmen
A hand-made crocheted table runner
Silly hats
Homemade envelopes
Printed astrological reports
Canning jars
Autographed children's books
A handmade steel chainmail three dimensional jellyfish figure
A set of luggage
Tours of the pumpkin
Web page design for a small web page
And lots more. I hope this gives you some ideas for things to donate. If
you'd like to do so, declare your intention here (and describe what you're
donating).
Also, I've volunteered to be an auctioneer (aka fairwitness of the auction
conference) this time around, but it would be nice if we got a few more
volunteers as well.
So have at it - anything you'd like to donate, mention it here, or send me
mail.
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keesan
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response 1 of 53:
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Jun 24 15:08 UTC 1998 |
A translation of up to 1000 words from a Slavic language (Russian, Ukrainain,
Belarusan, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Serbo-Croato-Bosnian, Macedonian,
Bulgarian) or possibly Albanian or Romanian if short and legible. Science
and technology preferred. Into English only.
Perhaps people with hardware or software skills could donate a couple
of hours of their time for auction?
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danr
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response 2 of 53:
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Jun 25 11:42 UTC 1998 |
I will, of course, donate a homemade apple pie.
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aruba
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response 3 of 53:
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Jun 25 15:14 UTC 1998 |
Dan's apple pies were big sellers in the last auction - thanks Dan and Sindi!
I will donate my usual: 10 handmade envelopes and a template for making your
own.
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jiffer
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response 4 of 53:
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Jun 25 15:46 UTC 1998 |
I will donate my usual: Cheesecake, and the blackdeath cake...
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hematite
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response 5 of 53:
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Jun 25 18:52 UTC 1998 |
I'll donate a hand cross stiched "Birthday Angel" personalized for the month
and framed for hanging
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mary
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response 6 of 53:
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Jun 25 21:50 UTC 1998 |
I will donate a Sunday breakfast, brought to your door.
Included will be a quiche, fruit salad, muffins and
The New York Times. You supply the coffee or tea and
a local address.
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omni
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response 7 of 53:
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Jun 26 04:23 UTC 1998 |
I will donate 2-8x8 pans od fudge. This was the winner of the 1958 Michigan
State Fair. Min Bid- $5 per pan. Made when you arrange to pick it up.
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omni
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response 8 of 53:
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Jun 26 04:23 UTC 1998 |
make that "of"
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other
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response 9 of 53:
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Jun 26 10:29 UTC 1998 |
wouldn't it be a little stale by now, Jim?
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omni
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response 10 of 53:
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Jun 26 11:57 UTC 1998 |
No, the recipe is from 1958. The fudge will be made when you make
arrangements to pick it up.
I got the joke, btw.
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janc
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response 11 of 53:
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Jun 26 15:15 UTC 1998 |
Several board games donated by zook:
(1) Avalon Hill - Tobruk
(2) Avalon Hill - Bismarck (may be missing pieces)
(3) Avalon Hill - Submarine
(4) Avalon Hill - Flat Top
(5) Task Force Games - Star Fleet Battles (may be missing pieces)
(6) Task Force Games - Federation Space
(7) Task Force Games - Federation and Empire
The missing pieces may be in another batch of stuff zook donated, if we
can't find them, we probably won't offer those games. The Task Force
Games look weird. They have pictures of Star Trek ships on the box cover,
and they abound with references to "Klingons" and "Romulans", but there
are also "Kzinti" and "Berserkers". There are no references to Paramount
copyrights, nor do words like "Star Trek" or "Enterprise" ever appear.
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janc
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response 12 of 53:
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Jun 26 15:16 UTC 1998 |
Oh yeah, I've typed in more detailed descriptions of those games, which I will
mail to aruba for posting in the auction conference.
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janc
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response 13 of 53:
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Jun 26 15:23 UTC 1998 |
Also donated by zook:
Apple StyleWriter II printer
including:
- printer
- power cable
- serial cable
- four diskettes of printer software
- original box
- no manual
I believe this worked when it was put in the box. I haven't tested
it.
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tsty
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response 14 of 53:
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Jun 26 17:13 UTC 1998 |
again, two items, one per winner, either a coffee/milk mug with
a photograph (you supply that) and text imprinted or a t-shirt with
photo & text ....and this time ... a mouse pad w/photo & text
each of the two winners may choose any one of the above items.
initial bid $7, please - several examples exist throughout the
grexian space if you need a reference or sumpin like that.
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janc
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response 15 of 53:
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Jun 26 18:49 UTC 1998 |
From the same anonymous donor who last year supplied the porcelian
drunkmen, we have a new item, with a new web page:
Pandora's Mystic Box
http://wwnet.net/~janc/grexshop/box.html
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jiffer
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response 16 of 53:
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Jun 28 04:09 UTC 1998 |
I like the Pandora's Mystic Box page, some what "interesting" box. =)
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misha
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response 17 of 53:
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Jun 29 00:19 UTC 1998 |
I'll donate an astrology chart and report again. High bidder needs to know
the exact birth time (usually on yur birth certificate, or moms often know
- since they were there), the place and the date of birth. This is a 20+ page
report.
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anderyn
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response 18 of 53:
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Jun 29 02:03 UTC 1998 |
And I will say that it's a fantastic report. :-)
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misha
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response 19 of 53:
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Jun 29 22:53 UTC 1998 |
Thanks, Twila. :-)
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jh
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response 20 of 53:
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Jul 1 17:08 UTC 1998 |
Last time I donated plastic shakuhachi type flutes which sold at a fixed price
of 5 bucks. I haven't been playing around with them lately but I can dig one
up to be auctioned to the highest bidder.
This time, for a fixed price of 7 bucks, I will have the US government
deliver to your door a sundial of my own unique design, custom made for
your location. They're about 7 inches tall and about 3 inches in diameter
and are very nice to set on a desk or window sill or with a potted plant
or flower arrangment. I can offer several at this price.
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aruba
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response 21 of 53:
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Jul 2 12:49 UTC 1998 |
(Slight correction - 3 flutes sold for $10 each, which meant $30 for Grex!)
Can you describe the sundial, John?
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jh
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response 22 of 53:
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Jul 2 18:37 UTC 1998 |
OK, you asked for it. See /~jh/sundial2.html
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aruba
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response 23 of 53:
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Jul 6 00:23 UTC 1998 |
Very interesting, John - I'll buy one!
We need more items for the auction! If anything in the list in #0 looks like
something you'd like to donate, *please* say so here. This can be a lot of
fun (as well as being very important for Grex), so please help out if you can!
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arthurp
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response 24 of 53:
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Jul 6 03:23 UTC 1998 |
I'll donate something. Maybe the truffles again. Maybe something else.
I guess I have to come up with something soon...
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