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GoldToken's 2025 Summer Olympic Games are underway! If you've been procrastinating, it's not too late to join. You can compete in the remaining tournament batches, if you join The
GoldToken's Olympics Master Club now.
We're halfway through 2025, already! Time flies when you're having fun.
Wishing you much luck and tons of fun!
--
heyred72
In this month's newsletter, we have:
Birthdays & Special Announcements
Photozone Competition
Discussion Boards in the Spotlight
Photo Album of the Month
Game of the Month
Club VS Club Tournament of the Month
Best Recipe Contest
Crafters' Fair
Up Front & Personal
Testimonial of the Month
Contest of the Month
Caption Contest
Icon Mania!
Shout Out!
Olympic News
 | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
-- Happy Birthday to
Massimo Villa on July 1st! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Dru on July 2nd! From The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Linda Sue on July 6th! - From The
He's Alive Club and The
Backgammon Tournament Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Dru on July 9th! - From The
MasterClass Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Mustang John of the Wolf Pack on July 9th! - From
The Wolf Pack Club, The
Prime Time TV Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
theagle on July 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
**YANKEE ROSE*JR FRANK PAB on July 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
smokey164 on July 12th! - From The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club,The
Scoop's Castle Club and The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
DAKOTA on July 15th! - From
The Wolf Pack Club
-- Happy Birthday to
seabird on July 15th! - From
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Pinksmoke on July 18th! - From The
Scoop's Castle Club and The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
EU BNL frisian3 on July 18th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Klaus11 on July 20th! - From
The Wolf Pack Club -
-- Happy 70th Birthday to
Specialsteel on July 23rd! - From
sallyp -
-- Happy Birthday to
RubyJoy on July 23rd! - From The
Scoop's Castle Club & The
Prime Time TV Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
kellymcinaz on July 23rd! - From
The Wolf Pack Club and The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
SarahMills on July 26th! - From
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Judy on July 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
wgh on July 27th! - From The
Scoop's Castle Club and The
Friendship Club
-- Happy Birthday to
Chester on July 28th! - From The
Classic TV & Music Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
peanuts on July 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
leewisdomjr on July 28th! - From
The Wolf Pack Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Mad_Monkey on July 28th!
-- Happy Birthday to
Cinnamon on July 29th! - From The
Classic TV & Music Club, The
Scoop's Castle Club and The
Renegades Gaming Club. -
-- Happy Birthday to
theoldmaster on July 30th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
unbeatable on July 30th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
antibs on July 31st! - From The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Susie on July 31st! - From The
Daily Laugh Club & The
Scoop's Castle Club -
*
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
asmdrm and her husband on July 15th!
* If you would like to announce any birthdays, anniversaries or other special events coming up for next month, please send GoldToken's Newshound a message before the 25th of this month, so we can give them a shout out in next month's newsletter! (Please keep all announcements upcoming and not belated. Announcements submitted after the newsletter is published, cannot be put in after the fact, we're sorry!)
(steelbound), with (unknown photo), is June's Photozone competition winner.
He won the challenge with
votes and will be awarded with a profile token.
Scheherizade came in 2nd place with 12 votes for (unknown photo).
Jools came in 3rd place with 9 votes for (unknown photo).
to all the winners and
to all of the members who participated either by submitting photos or voting and commenting.
We had a total of 
entries and 
votes this month.
Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active!
You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link
Photozone Zepher's Album titled Symmetry
The theme for July's competition will be:
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Join us at the Photozone and you could win tokens or just show off your skills in photography!
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| Brought to you by: LittleTree |
Paraprosdokian Sentences - A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for
humorous or
dramatic effect. In other words, for our purposes on GoldToken, finish the sentence the host provides with a funny
or dramatic
ending.
One of the winning para sentences was: At My Age, Getting Out of Bed...
is a full time job!
You enter by replying to the original and consecutive player posts, with just your ending to the sentence. We have some really funny sentences coming from our players that give new meaning to the original sentence. Sentences are put up for votes in a poll, and the winner receives a token made especially for the board. Stop on by, all new players' entries to the board receive a complimentary token.
Other Boards GoldToken Provides for Your Entertainment
Caption Humor
Crafters' Fair
Cutting Board
General Chat
Holiday Profile Contest
Hypothetical Questions
Jest for Puns
Jokes Board
Paraprosdokian Sentences
Photozone
Photo Album Contest
Polls
Most Original Profile Contest
Jools' Contest Announcements
What's in Your Pantry?
Warning Labels
Word Of The Week
| Photo Album of the Month |
| Brought to you by: ladyvic |
Unfortunately, with everyone vacationing, there were no entries for June.
Hopefully we will get more people involved with the July theme!
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Bring your album to the Photo Album Contest discussion board. You might be the winner of a photo album token!
July's game of the month is
Connect Six! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for
The Game of the Month - July 2025 - Connect Six Tournament!
The object of the game is to get six (or more) of your pieces in a row - vertically, horizontally or diagonally - while preventing your opponent from doing so. For more information, check out the
Rules of Connect Six.
We hope you enjoy it!
| Club ~VS~ Club Tournament of the Month |
July's game of the month is
Mexican Train! Join us in a fun Round Robin Style Tournament by signing your club up today.
Please notify
PattyMac to join or post in the The
Site Wide Club vs Club Tournament Club. Hope to see you there!
June's winner is:
Foil Meal
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Ingredients
Squares of HD aluminum foil
Raw Hamburg Patties (or Hot Dogs for picky kids)
Sliced Raw Potatoes
Corn on Cob (cut in 3)
Sliced Peppers
Sliced Onions
Cherry Tomatoes
Cheese
Salt/Pepper
1. Lay square of foil out.
2. Kids pile whatever foods from the list they want onto foil
3. Fold foil over tightly sealed.
4. Grill on low for roughly 30 minutes.
5. Cheese can be added once it's done.
6. Take off grill, open foil, let cool a bit for kids.
7. Dig in!
*If you're doing hot dogs, they don't take near as long.
**You can add any other foods you like to the list.
GoldToken's
JanuarySnowAngel will receive a "one time" access to the entire list of site icons, and can select any one that is not currently being used by another player, regardless of membership level (Silver and Wood members can keep the icon for 1 year!). Please send a big
to
JanuarySnowAngel!
July's recipe contest is: "Sea Food". The winner will be given a "one time" access to the entire list of site icons, and can select any one that is not currently being used by another player, regardless of membership level (Guests, Wood and Silver members can keep the icon for 1 year!). Rules:
- Entries must be posted by the recipe guardian/creator on the Cutting Board DB.
- Recipe must be original and have never been posted on the Cutting Board DB before.
| Crafters' Fair- Hosted by sallyp |
Things have been a bit slow around here the last four months. It seems to be a bit of a one lady (me) show on the Crafters fair board.
Lets see if we can get a few posts in July.
I have a very special patchwork token (see below) to give out to anyone that posts some sort of patchwork.
It would be lovely if you or a friend has made it but if not there are so many lovely online pictures to find.
If you are not a crafter, have a look online see what takes your fancy.
Post your picture on the Crafters' Fair discussion board.
To make it easier to do the poll, please post your entry as A New Comment 
Everyone that posts a craft will win a crafts fair token.
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We would like to say
to
Byteme for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.
1. How'd you choose your name for GT?
- I chose Byteme because I have a very long memory and worked in computers.
2. What interests you most on GT? Do you have a favorite game?
- I like chatting with people all around the world
and my favorite games are the Shake Rattle and Roll 
and card games. 
3. What state or country do you reside in?
4. What hobbies do you have?
- I play guitar
, watch movies and play on GT. 
5. Children? Grandchildren?
- I have no
children but I LOVE children.
6. Do you work?
7. Any pets?
- I have a cat named Zoey.
8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? Male or Female?
- Female
9. Favorite food?
- I love Italian food
10. What's the farthest you've been from home?
- I've been to the Caribbean Islands
and England. 
11. If you could be anywhere right now, where would that be?
- I would love to be on a beautiful beach somewhere with clear water.
12. Favorite season?
- I love the Fall.
13. If you could meet anyone (living or dead) in the world, who would it be?
- God..I have some questions.
If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know.
Laura
laura lee
| Testimonial Of The Month |
| Brought to you by: *GoldToken* Players |
A friend of mine, Gabbybrook, plays here and she invited me to play. I joined in November of 2017. I enjoy the variety of games that are offered. Everyone here is so helpful and I have learned quite a few new games. I enjoy the Mahjong and Cribbage clubs. I just started doing tournaments and they are a lot of fun and you meet such nice people. Keep playing.
Aggie Baggie
Best Blog Contest
A blog (according to Wikipedia) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.
If you decide to enter the world of blogging, you should decide what kind of blog you want your blog to be. What do you want to write about? Are you going to write about many things or something specific? Decide how often you are going to add entries - every day, once a week, once a month, etc.
Once you have decided what you are going to write about, you need to think about how you are going to write it or enter it into your blog, be it by text, by pictures or even external links. A great blog will take advantage of all of the above things. Your blog story or viewpoint can be enhanced and made much more enjoyable and interesting to read by the use of pictures and links.
Write about what you are passionate about, write about what you know and make sure you know what you are writing about. For the more serious bloggers, be aware that you won't be taken very seriously if your blog is full of grammar and spelling mistakes. So make sure you spellcheck.
No matter your blog content, people will continue to come back to read it as long as you continue to make it interesting.
- The contest winner will be chosen by poll on the Blog Entries DB, based on entries submitted this month. Entries must be posted no later than 11:59pm, Pacific Time, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, to be eligible for voting.
- The winner will receive 5 Golderos and a Profile Token!
We have a winner for the "Best Short Story" contest!
to
Gameheart, who submitted this original short story with the theme, "In the Year 2050":
Look Before You Leap
By
Gameheart
In 2050 NASA announced they had developed the first stardrive, utilising newly-discovered foldspace physics.
The announcement was met with some ridicule by the news media and various space agencies world-wide who felt they had missed the beat somehow and wished to put a damper on the competition.
Nevertheless, by late 2050 NASA upped the game by launching a test vehicle into high earth orbit with standard rocketry then hit the GO button, which saw the bulbous and smooth ship suddenly wink out a reappear in Mars orbit five seconds later, verified by NASA tracking and the ships onboard systems.
The world went hysterical. We were no longer tied to this small system. We could now dream of venturing to the previously unreachable stars. Mankind had grown up.
However, NASA was not too forthcoming on how they had achieved this. Being the official space agency of one country and also being tied financially to that country , meant that this country now had access to the galaxy and all the riches, both knowledge and physical it contained, enormously boosting their influence on world events and giving their economy a massive gain which might never be caught.
While various international agencies whined and wheedled in equal measure and stocks went up and down like yo-yos many governments decided they simply had to have this gem of achievement any way they could.
The resulting attacks, both physical and electronic, on NASA by various hostile governments and their proxies led to a blanket ban on information dispersal and cooperation with any space agency.
It also led to many countries testing the resolve of NASA'S host country to the point where the swapping of missiles came up for discussion.
This cooled down the more hotheaded miscreants to the point where sanity could, once again, raise its dizzy head and set about trying to create an equitable solution for all.
It was while a heady mix of relief and hope was sweeping the world that the first alien ship landed in Geneva and the occupants told the assembled throng that we would not be allowed to infest the stars with our juvenile and misguide behaviour and any further attempts to use the stardrive would result in the general annihilation of our population.
They proceeded to demonstrate their power by making the Himalayas disappear.
With the result we are now back to lightning the blue touch paper.
For now.....
The end
Gameheart, watch your inbox for notification of your prize delivery!
The Caption Contest winner for the June, 2025, newsletter is
lovelysharon with:
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If this is the Lucky House. I hate to see the Unlucky one..
lovelysharon!
To enter July's Caption Contest, click on the image below and post your best caption.
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The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5
Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
Another holiday celebrated! I have replaced those holiday icons in Row 4 with Summer Icons, so grab your sunglasses { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon2212311246191.gif } and head to the beach { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon2207090708501.png } or anywhere you can have fun in the sun. There are also some new icons in Rows 1 and 3.
Don't forget about the
Icon Of The Day; it changes often.
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SHOUT OUT! to
funtobewith11 - from Estero, Florida, veteran member since 2002. "
I like to play most games but if they had a roller coaster to ride I would be here all the time. I also have a new hobby of Christmas lights and setting them to music. I have the largest synced Light display in the area." Your Christmas lights that you have shared with us in your photo album are awesome! Thank you,
funtobewith11 for being such a committed member of GoldToken and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family!
SHOUT OUT! to
Lolla - from Austrailia and a member since 2009. A worthy opponent in Switch and Loco Ochos. We enjoy seeing your profile picture on your profile page and glad you shared it with us. Thank you for being such a valued member of GoldToken and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family
Lolla!
SHOUT OUT! to
stinky_malinky - from the UK, member since 2003. "
Hi, I'm 45 and married with 4 children, a dog and a tortoise. My wife plays here under the name Suzanne. I play all variants of backgammon and dominoes, feel free to send me an invite." Thank you being such a dedicated member of GoldToken and we're glad you're part of our GoldToken Family
stinky_malinky
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- Do you have a special story, poem or testimonial you would like to share? How about some club news, announcements or any other special events? Then don't delay, send GoldToken's Newshound your submissions today! We look forward to hearing from you!
** (Please note: All submissions are added on a first come first serve basis.) **
Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter (unknown photo)? Our winner last month was Eggy. to him for spotting it and being the first to send a message to GoldToken's Newshound. We would like to give everyone a chance to play this fun game and win 5 Golderos,so you will only be eligible to win the Coin Hunt once every six months.
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