Originally Posted by Wallaroo

So lets face it guys - pramboy is gone! He has not been in here for around a month now, and nor has he responded to my emails or PMs. Maybe he has been swallowed by a big black hole or some damn thing?

Anyways, it would be a shame of dimensions if this travelling item game are gonna go down the toilet just because of him, so I guess we need ourselves a new coordinator, and collector of adresses. I have already suggested it to Traveler and Mrs M, but if some other trustworthy person are up for it, then please say so!

We could of course wait a week more for pram to show up, but I doubt he is likely to come back...

Originally Posted by Tim

A 1936 vintage Rolls Royce?

Originally Posted by pramjockey

A while ago, I was a member of (and moderator for) a different, non-political discussion forum which has since gone away.



Anyway, one thing that we had going before the forum was closed down by the owners was what we called the "travelling teddy." This was a stuffed monkey that one of our members in the UK had purchased, and we were passing along from member to member (among those who had signed up beforehand) around the world. It had actually made it all across Europe, to Australia and New Zealand, and then to Canada and finally to the US before the guy that got it dropped off the planet and the teddy was lost.

Given our fairly diverse, more adult membership, I thought that it might be kind of cool to try something like this among the USPOL membership, and I'd volunteer to coordinate.

The way it would go is that I'd go buy something (still to be decided), and then take a picture or a few of the object and somewhere that shows something about where I live; the top of Loveland pass, or Aspen, or something along those lines. I'd then box up the object, and send it on to the next member on the list, who'd do the same thing, etc. With the teddy, we actually had people adding a little decoration to him as well; we had a flag from a Danish Home Guard uniform, etc.

So, if we're able to recruit several members, I'd like to go ahead and serve as the coordinator. I'd collect addresses (no, I wouldn't send hate mail or distribute them), organize the route, deal with issues that come up, etc.

My thoughts on the object have gone back and forth. The stuffed monkey took more interesting pictures, but it occurred to me that maybe a book in which we could all write something, and which ultimately would end up with Marc as a momento of the forum would be kind of cool.

At this time, if you think you'd be interested, please indicate such on the poll. We do have international members, so indicate if you'd be willing to ship internationally, either within the continent you're on (i.e. Canada - US, within EU) or just domestically. If you're not interested, well, that's OK, too!

Originally Posted by Wallaroo

To you, since the poll is closed long time ago.

Originally Posted by Sucre

Is it still possible to join ? I think it is such a neat idea.