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Do those of you who use Pucatrade ship internationally?

For me in the US it seems like it is too costly unless its a $10+ card.

I've shipped international a few times, but I only do it when I am sending more expensive cards. There are international forever stamps, and I think they are something like a buck and a half, so it really should not cost much. If the shipment is of a smaller point value insurance is probably a waste of money too. Also, there is no such thing as international tracking, so you should never pay for that. The tracking # is only used by USPS, so all it tells you is when it left the country. The closest thing is the customs ticket you save after you have sent off the parcel. That has a # that might be able to be tracked by the foreign postal service. I had to do that once when I sent a couple cards to Melbourne once, though I had to submit requests and wait for replies, and even then all I was able to find out is that it had reached the continent. The package arrived a week or so later.

Australia has by far been the longest time to arrive, and I am not sure I would do it again. Turn around took too long. Other than that it has not been too bad. Adds a week, but then I just send two cards to the east coast not too long ago and it took 4 weeks before the parcel arrived at the person's door, so domestic is no guarantee of speed either.

EDIT: I should clarify- there is a way to make sure you can track a parcel being sent to another country, which to ship certified signature delivery confirmation, but that is crazy expensive.

Have you ever sat in front seat of your car in the parking lot of your apartment complex listening to One Direction, eating a Big Mac, and crying? Me neither.

Nah, it would probably be Arby's and Nine Inch Nails.

You all know it would be Justin Beiber!



Speaking of, he wants to star in an Avengers movie. Depending on who/what he was I would probably have reservations about watching it.

I've sat on a log in the rain beside my car at the side of the road slow sipping instant apple cider and listening to Tom Waits...then my Sony Mini-Disc player's battery died, so I just started singing out loud for the next hour. It was a rural road years ago (hence mini-disc player).

My son and his friends started playing EDH again, and since they still use the old tuck rules I made an EDH deck for the first time in ages. Daretti. Not sure if the deck will be ineffective because it lacks staying power, or because it will be a giant target, but I anticipate one or the other.

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You all know it would be Justin Beiber!



Speaking of, he wants to star in an Avengers movie. Depending on who/what he was I would probably have reservations about watching it.

If he dies within the opening scene, I'm ok with it.

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I've sat on a log in the rain beside my car at the side of the road slow sipping instant apple cider and listening to Tom Waits...then my Sony Mini-Disc player's battery died, so I just started singing out loud for the next hour. It was a rural road years ago (hence mini-disc player).

My son and his friends started playing EDH again, and since they still use the old tuck rules I made an EDH deck for the first time in ages. Daretti. Not sure if the deck will be ineffective because it lacks staying power, or because it will be a giant target, but I anticipate one or the other.

I could get behind that. Funny you mention him, I randomly got Hold On stuck in my head the other day. Which is odd, because I don't remember the last time I listened to him.

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If he dies within the opening scene, I'm ok with it.

He needed to die hilariously in the in media res opening of Deadpool. They're both Canadian after all, so ...

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I could get behind that. Funny you mention him, I randomly got Hold On stuck in my head the other day. Which is odd, because I don't remember the last time I listened to him.

If you are going to get a Waits song stuck in your head that is one of the few that makes sense. It is one of his super melodic songs. It would be kinda weird to get "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" stuck in your head.

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Have you ever sat in front seat of your car in the parking lot of your apartment complex listening to One Direction, eating a Big Mac, and crying? Me neither.

I was under the impression One Direction was a band mostly favored by pre-teen girls. I don't think I've ever heard any of their stuff.

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I was under the impression One Direction was a band mostly favored by pre-teen girls. I don't think I've ever heard any of their stuff.

Not gonna lie... I find their stuff to be super catchy. Despite the lure to tweens they are well composed and follow all the rules of pop music. This was what was on:

Well, watching that I can see why the tween girls love them. Musically, they're not at all my thing, but they're not bad, per se.

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Not gonna lie... I find their stuff to be super catchy. Despite the lure to tweens they are well composed and follow all the rules of pop music.

Oh, if you had said Katy Perry instead of 1D I would have probably thought of a half dozen instances. If it's the pitch perfect soundtrack I might not get out of the car for 30 min.

Meanwhile, this has been playing for the better part of the day over at chez cryo:

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Well, watching that I can see why the tween girls love them. Musically, they're not at all my thing, but they're not bad, per se.

Totally not my thing either AT ALL. But catchy junk pop is catchy.

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Oh, if you had said Katy Perry instead of 1D I would have probably thought of a half dozen instances. If it's the pitch perfect soundtrack I might not get out of the car for 30 min.

I've been guilty of loving Katy Perry more than I should more than once. God, even Taylor Swift hits home runs sometimes. Although that new song of hers that's all over the radio annoys me because it sounds like a Lana Del Rey rip off and the video was filmed in Africa and there isn't a single black person in the entire thing. Huh.

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Meanwhile, this has been playing for the better part of the day over at chez cryo:

I like Propane Nightmares the most, I believe, out of Pendulum's singles.

Katy Perry doesn't do it for me at all, which is kinda odd, because I prefer female to male pop vocalists, but I'm obviously not her target audience.

Most of the time I listen to old stuff, cause, well, I'm old. My Pandora station is a huge mix of all sorts of things... blues, 50s stuff, metal, punk, ska, classic rock, Johnny Cash, funk, soul, etc. I like it, because sometimes you get really odd mixes, like going from Aretha Franklin to the Cramps. Across the span of five songs, I have heard the Jackson 5, NIN, John Lee Hooker, the Velvet Underground and the Go-Gos.

I don't know why all of you are having such trouble spelling Call Me Maybe.

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Katy Perry doesn't do it for me at all, which is kinda odd, because I prefer female to male pop vocalists, but I'm obviously not her target audience.

Most of the time I listen to old stuff, cause, well, I'm old. My Pandora station is a huge mix of all sorts of things... blues, 50s stuff, metal, punk, ska, classic rock, Johnny Cash, funk, soul, etc. I like it, because sometimes you get really odd mixes, like going from Aretha Franklin to the Cramps. Across the span of five songs, I have heard the Jackson 5, NIN, John Lee Hooker, the Velvet Underground and the Go-Gos.

My Pandora is loaded with Neutral Milk Hotel, Jose Gonzales, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan Stevens, The Books, Mountain Goats, etc.

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My Pandora is loaded with Neutral Milk Hotel, Jose Gonzales, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan Stevens, The Books, Mountain Goats, etc.

If I used Pandora it would be very similar.

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Katy Perry doesn't do it for me at all, which is kinda odd, because I prefer female to male pop vocalists, but I'm obviously not her target audience.

Most of the time I listen to old stuff, cause, well, I'm old. My Pandora station is a huge mix of all sorts of things... blues, 50s stuff, metal, punk, ska, classic rock, Johnny Cash, funk, soul, etc. I like it, because sometimes you get really odd mixes, like going from Aretha Franklin to the Cramps. Across the span of five songs, I have heard the Jackson 5, NIN, John Lee Hooker, the Velvet Underground and the Go-Gos.

My Pandora is loaded with Neutral Milk Hotel, Jose Gonzales, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan Stevens, The Books, Mountain Goats, etc.

Being old, I recognize exactly zero of those performers/bands. I think the newest acts on my Pandora might be things like White Stripes, plus a few female singers like Gin Wigmore and Elle King who have been around for awhile now.

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Being old, I recognize exactly zero of those performers/bands. I think the newest acts on my Pandora might be things like White Stripes, plus a few female singers like Gin Wigmore and Elle King who have been around for awhile now.

I'm roughly the same age as Gals and I recognized zero of them. But I suspect if I rattled off some of my Pandora he would say the same.

I generally love Taylor Swift's music, but even I can't think of an excuse for Shake it Off. That song was downright horrible and awkward.

I'm generally more of a fan of her older stuff, though.

This year's run of decks seem nicely playable but not a very good value. For the first time I might not buy any of them at all and just pick up the singles. Kind of a bummer.