Detective Magoo
I feel like such an idiot. But what good is that unless you can share why with friends.
Now I will admit I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer. However, my elevator still does go to the top floor. Sometimes when it gets there, the door get stuck and won't open. And then the Fire Department has to come and pry it open. But at least it reaches the top floor!
I've been in communication with
@Herbies Seeds regarding my GJOTY prize. A few weeks back they wrote me asking if I had received the package and I told them I had not. I also told them that I had not received any tracking number or other indication that the seeds had been sent and were on the way. Without hesitation they asked me for a different shipping address they could use in order to resend the prize package.
Fast forward to about a week later and the package arrived at the second address.
I got it home and opened it and there was, let's call it an "electronic gizmo", inside the package and nothing else. (Mrs. GDB was sitting in the room with me as I opened it. Oh my.
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I told the Mrs. this is the same stupid package I received several weeks ago, with nothing inside but that same gizmo. When the first package had arrived she was also in on it. She told me at that time, it must be inside the gizmo. I said, that was not likely, I doubt that any company would go that far in using stealth shipping methods. At the time, I had know idea that the first package had been sent from Herbies (again, no tracking number had been provided - and one usually is provided when items are shipped).
So now I've got two of these gizmos. Again, Mrs. GDB says it must be inside the gizmo. And again, I blew her off.
I write Herbies and tell them about what I got from them and asking what the problem might be. They write me back happy that I'd received the package and telling me to open the gizmo where I will find the seeds hidden inside. I foolishly read this message out loud to the Mrs. She jumps from her chair, throws her hands in the air and starts laughing like a hyena. "I told you! I told you, but you wouldn't listen!"
She absolutely lives for moments like this.
I remove the 2 microscopic-sized screws from one of the gizmos and pry it open. The seeds are in plastic bags taped inside the gizmos. The bags are labeled "1" and "2."
I write Herbies again, apologizing and letting them know that I got both shipments. I asked if they could tell me which seeds I was sent. They said #1 are Apple Bettys and #2 are Grandmommy Purples.
Yes and Yes!
Det. Magoo has solved another one!
Much thanks to
@Herbies Seeds, which, IMO, has taken stealth to a whole new level. Serious kudos to you for your generosity (they let me keep all the seeds) and patience!