***MASK AUCTION DEADLINE NEARING, TONIGHT (SAT)11:59 pm EST ****

[Catchawave]

Please stop by and check out these beautiful works of art by DUers for DUers affected by Katrina. Details, rules, photos and more information at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5015568


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IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM THE DU ADMINISTRATORS

The Mardi Gras mask auction ends tonight at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time (8:59:59 PM Pacific) -- and for the purposes of this auction, the DU message board time-stamp is the official clock. Just in case the DU admins do not lock the thread at *exactly* midnight, we need to make it clear which bids are considered valid and which will not.

In the case of a last-minute bidding frenzy:

All bids with a DU time-stamp of 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time, October 15, 2005 or EARLIER will be considered valid for the purposes of this auction. If a bid has a time-stamp of 12:00:00 midnight or later, it is considered TOO LATE and will be considered invalid.

The bidding will close at exactly 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time, October 15, 2005 even if access to the website is restricted for some reason at that time. If the website crashes, or if an individual member has computer trouble and cannot access the site, or if an unexpected problem blocks access to some people but not others, the bidding will still close at exactly 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time, October 15.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in this auction.
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[Catchawave]

1. *kick*

[crispini]

2. Kick

[In_The_Wind]

3. *sigh*

it's over ...