No booze, but your question caused me to look back into my daily log... a sort of electronic diary I keep. And now it makes a little more sense how I could forget such a thing.
The day before I placed the bid, I had gotten the second of two shingles vaccine shots (something us old people do). The next day... the day of the bid... I was totally blown away by an adverse reaction to that shot... fever, chills, congestion, the works! The worst of it lasted about a week with lingering symptoms right up until last week.
I should also point out that while I am scanning GB almost daily, I never noticed the win. Quite simply, I wasn't looking for it. Also, the e-mail account that I have linked to GB is neither my main or principle back-up e-mail account. It's a third account that I access on a different browser for convenience. But I also use that browser and e-mail provider for my elderly mother's e-mail account. So unless I am aware of and closely watching an auction, I keep that browser and e-mail provider on her e-mail account.
And now you know the rest of the story.
The thing is that I place a fair number of bids mainly as place holders. Usually, I end up quickly over-bid and that's fine. The action doesn't really get going until the final hour or so anyway. So I'm used to getting (and ignoring) reminder notices that really don't mean a whole lot to me much of the time. This was a very unusual situation where I wasn't over-bid and I wasn't paying any attention. Shame on me.
Negative feedback, even though deserved, would have really smarted. Actually, I haven't been getting enough sleep lately.Try to get more sleep and boost your fiber intake... of course that may create another problem...
Can I blame that instead of creeping senility? Hmmmm. Not sure if serious.In case you have forgotten, last month you agreed to "hand over" all of your firearms to me, for "safe keeping", so that you don't end up giving them away to some nefarious individual.
PM me and I'll send you my FFL's information so "we" can keep them safe!
I'm always here for you buddy!
Oh yes, it's all going to be good in the end.
My back burner search for a nice Springfield-made Model 2213 or 2214 goes all the way back to 2015. I thought I had an "ANIB" Model 2214 in August of 2017. I was just waiting for tax-free weekend and an associated 10% off sale... ... but then someone else stepped in and beat me to it. 
No technical or quality differences that I'm aware of. It's my personal preference. Nothing against Houlton-marked guns, but to an ancient old Springfield boy like me, modern era Smith & Wesson handguns need to say Springfield, MA on them to be the real deal.Is there something preferable with the Springfield 2213 over a Houlton made one, or is this just something personal for you Chowdaheads in Massachusetts?
There are other considerations we have to deal with here in MA, but I really don't want to get into them in this thread. 
Nope, not a leg puller.I don't know about the first two but I think you're pulling my leg on the later.
Glad you got what you bid on, even if you don't remember it.
I sell my old, tired, watered down blood twice a month to pay for this crazy hobby. But it's an addiction. Until I get help, I'm stuck in this madness. 
Heck, I have spent more time then that looking for my glasses... only to find they were on my head the entire time.
Looking back now, how I could forget such a thing makes total sense. Oh yeah?I don't know about the first two but I think you're pulling my leg on the later.
This is basically me without my beard... 
