Other The Satan Claus WINNER is:

I just want to thank TGS for his generosity in donating the gear. I also hope things in everyone's life gets better than they were when they made their post. Best of luck to all.

EDIT: TGS how is that forum, I have never seen it. If this is in appropriate please let me know and I will remove this part of the post. You can PM me if it is in appropriate or you just don't want to answer in public.

 

I moderate, so it's good. I have accounts on about nine sites but only frequent TBCS and here

 

I'm also on a few forums myself. Well, I found out, 2 of 'em died off. So, I'm on a few minus two.

 

Thanks for the support

I appreciate the support guys, thanks. It felt weird writing it all out but not in a cathartic way. Still, all out in the open now and I've had my final psych evaluation where he has recommended nothing I didn't know already.
Anyway, just wanted to thank you all again and whoever TGS sends the kit to. Thank goodness for people like TGS and his generosity.

Ian

 

Did you pick the USMC birthday for a reason or was it a random date????

 

Voted... although I felt pretty uncomfortable voting on who's hardship was the "winner".

 

Nope, I had no idea. Totally random

 

A week remaining. I've decided to let the winner choose the case they want within a set range

 

I got a better deal on the hard drive and bought a 750GB, instead of the 500GB

 

That will be very nice for someone!

 

Three days left. Including TBCS, the current winner is up by three

 

The vote is over! The final count is:

17 Votes for PM_DMNKLR
09 votes for IamJudd
20 votes for Mechh69
01 votes for Whindog
18 Votes for TLHarrell

And the Winner of Satan Claus 2012 is Mechh69!!​

 

Congratulations Mech. Thank you TGS and the Bit Tech community.

 

Well done Mech and well done TGS.

 

By just two votes! That's why I'm happy I don't choose the winner. BTW, this is the last Satan Claus I'll be doing, ever

 

First I want to give a big THANK YOU to TheGreatSatan, his generosity is well over the top and greatly appreciated!

Second
I want to say a word to all the other people that entered. I hope all of your lives have gotten better since when you made the post about the difficult/frustrating things going on or still going on in your lives. I truly and sincerely hope if life is not better that it will get better shortly. Thank you for participating in the thread and I hope it helped you feel better, even if it was just for a little while.

Last but not least, I want to thank all those that voted for me I know it made a few of you uncomfortable to do so because of the subject, but the thread came along at the right time. I really needed somewhere to get all those feelings and stress I was dealing with out in the open so I could attempt to start dealing with them. It did to a point help me out as it gave me a place to vent and think about what was going on. We are still not sure what is going on with my wife, and my future in the military is still on uncertain ground, but I'm sure things will get better,(or at least I hope so) I am currently trying to get training that will help me when and if i have to get out so well see how that goes.

TGS you have my utmost gratitude and thanks for this wonderful gift you have given to my family.

Thank You
Mechh69

 

WHAT?! Last time you'll be doing forever? NOOOOOOOOOO

 

Congrats Mechh69

 

You can't expect the poor man to donate as much as he does year on year, although I'm sure the it will be missed. Maybe a better solution for coming years would be if those of us who can donate our old components and cases we can put together a decent build for someone in need? Would anyone be interested in this kind of thing next year?

 

It's easier for people to watch as I give away things and not them.