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Has the postman arrived yet?

#1 Post by gill216 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:07 am

:?:
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#2 Post by giraffe » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:10 am

No Yes. :D
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#3 Post by Looby » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:21 am

Yes, I've got mine!
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#4 Post by pebbles » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:15 pm

It's just arrived! :D
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#5 Post by kathlyn » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:35 pm

got mine too :D
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#6 Post by dcfanjo » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:45 pm

Got mine also - yippee :!:
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#7 Post by Vladikavkaz » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:29 pm

unknown :|
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#8 Post by eirian » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:00 pm

but, but, I don't have a fine-nibbed felt pen!
scurra, in Announcements, wrote:As an extra enticement, advance orders receive a bonus mystery gift that will help with your puzzle solving (and no, it's not a free pen!!)
oooh, any chance of a suitable pen with number 2 then? :P ;)
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#9 Post by Laura » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:51 pm

yay! I actually jumped up and down shouting 'It's here!' to an empty house!

Then I looked inside :shock: :? Flippin' 'eck Scurra!!!!
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#10 Post by Snoopy » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:37 pm

Have received mine this morning!! :D First reaction was "whoppeeee". Second reaction was "Bang goes todays plans".
Looks very impressive and I'm eager to start. Congratulations to everyone involved.
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Re: Has the postman arrived yet?

#11 Post by gill216 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:42 pm

Eirian if you can find fine-nibbed pens less than 5mm thick tell me where to get them and you can all have one with issue 2 :D

Reason being postage goes up if its over 5mm and we felt an increase in mag size would be preferable to increased postage. I might send you something else to use with the scribble pad if you are very good :D

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Re: Has the postman arrived yet?

#12 Post by eirian » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:27 pm

:lol: :lol: Suspected as much. Will pay WHSmith a visit tomorrow I think!
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#13 Post by Tiddlerpuss » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:25 pm

Woo! Yes! Thank you very much :D
Brilliant job thankyou.
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#14 Post by strep98 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:13 pm

The postman came to me too. Thank you for my lovely gift, I really don't want to write on it in case I can't get it off so I have stuck post its on it.
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Re: Has the postman arrived yet?

#15 Post by Redfraggle » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:47 pm

Happy days! I got mine - and thank you for the mention Scurra and Gill. :D Im very honoured - but I think I need Eirian to try to get me some braincells at WH Smith too. Im completely stumped but totally hooked. :roll: :P

Well done!!!!!!!!
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#16 Post by Cenwulf » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:00 pm

Scrummy!

But I did have a bit of a prob with the Free Gift. I tried using a Berol Colourpen and the ink didn't seem to hold very well when I was writing - perhaps I was trying to make the letters too small?
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Re: Has the postman arrived yet?

#17 Post by giraffe » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:05 pm

I can recommend a staedtler triplus fineliner
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#18 Post by Vladikavkaz » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:42 pm

I like the way Gill and Scurra actually expect one of us to finish it in the first place ;)
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Re: Has the postman arrived yet?

#19 Post by Cenwulf » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:49 pm

I'm confused by the letter - it tells us to PM Scurra, whereas in the puzzle book it tells us to send the answer to editor @puzzlebrains.co.uk, presumably as an e-mail. Which is the right one?
I think we should know in case two people get the final answer and one PMs but the other e-mails. It wouldn't be fair if the e-mailer was the winner but the PMer sent the message first.
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Re: Has the postman arrived yet?

#20 Post by Scurra » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:54 pm

Well, since both would be time-stamped, it wouldn't be hard to work out which arrived first. Preference would be given to the email to editor though, as that's what it says in the magazine.
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