@joe
Linux has even worse 'security' issues than Windows.
And don't get me started on Mac's.
Fixed and dismantled too many to ever be stupid enough to mortgage my soul to buy one
Cheapest made junk on the planet.

The problem with windossv10 is that Microsoft want people to use their store and apps.
So they're gone out of their way to dissuade you from installing any software that actually works.

But at thecend of the day, there are always round it And it's still better than any of the alternatives.

Mersa wrote on Dec 7^th, 2020 at 8:11am:



Well, this is my second year in a row recieving a sling from Hubert. Am I not the luckiest guy around here?
120% happy if I get a second one from him, of course. More than happy.
Anyway, this is the recieving stage, so no easy way to exchange places. Any idea we could talk.

well how about samuel and mersa swap ?

Curious Aardvark wrote on Dec 8^th, 2020 at 7:13am:

In that scenario, we would need one more swap as well.  Mersa sent a sling to me last year.

I can swap. I never received one last year

Samuel wrote on Dec 8^th, 2020 at 11:57am:


I looked at this again and see two options that make sense.

Option 1 is to switch only the recipients. Because hubert has sent to Samuel, and Mersa has sent to hubert and me, the change would look like this:

Mersa - Samuel
hubert - joe-meadmaker
Samuel - hubert

Mersa will still receive from Slingbasket, and I will still send to RickkyBandit.

Option 2 is to switch both the sender and recipient positions, which will then include changes for Slingbasket and RickkyBandit too.  There are probably multiple ways to make this one work, but one way would look like this:

Slingbasket - joe_meadmaker
joe_meadmaker - hubert
hubert - Mersa
Mersa - Samuel
Samuel - RickkyBandit

I believe either of these will clear up the duplicate pairings from previous years (at least the ones that have been mentioned).  I am completely fine with either option, or open to other suggestions.

This whole thing just sounds confusing.  Might need to do a redraw.

vetryan15 wrote on Dec 8^th, 2020 at 3:25pm:

The rearrangement I posted will not affect you.  It's just a switch of a few positions because of duplicate pairings from previous years.  You'll still be sending to dork and receiving from Rat Man.