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Topic: Quick - free grab bag...
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andthekids
Member Posts: 54
From: san clemente, ca, usa
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-24-2005 12:36 AM
   
Hope it doesn't rain, but it wont matter if the beer is cold. |
Booger Bill
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posted 03-25-2005 12:04 AM
Hello All!
I Can't wait to receive the Grab Box and see all the teasures inside...and then get to add more for the next trip that it takes to the next person! Larry, Please contact me at wccope@verizon.net for my mailing address.
Thanks,
"Booger Bill" |
HouseDadX4
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posted 03-25-2005 12:43 AM
Whoever has it next, please email me an address..I need to send something that I just received that was originally suppose to go in there...I want to forward these to be put in "the box" |
skippy in space
Member Posts: 251
From: Aberdeen Scotland
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-25-2005 03:18 AM
NOt sure and would depend on when the box got to the UK but the company I work for (Energy Cranes) have people flying into Houston evey couple of months. One of them being my father in law.
If we get the timming right I should be able to pass the box onto him or another work collegue to post. |
bruce
Member Posts: 916
From: Fort Mill, SC, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-25-2005 07:34 PM
Hi Skip,Too bad I couldn't time the box shipment when it leaves my house for the UK to coincide with one of those Houston trips! I'd happily send it UPS Ground to Houston for it's flight across the pond! Best,
Bruce |
HouseDadX4
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posted 03-25-2005 07:36 PM
hey..let's just put floaties and a motor on it and float it east... |
andthekids
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From: san clemente, ca, usa
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-25-2005 10:11 PM
It's the size of a small boat now! |
Aztecdoug
Member Posts: 1405
From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 03-26-2005 09:56 PM
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Originally posted by andthekids:
It's the size of a small boat now!
Yeah, except I don't think this thing would float like a boat should! I have the box now sitting in my dining room. We had a small group over today and it has been gone over a few times. Sort of like it made three or four stops in one afternoon. Now I just need to repack it, get a roll of duct tape to close it up, get the address of the next person on the list, and wait for a payday when I can afford to pay for the shipping! PS Thanks everyone for coming over this afternoon. I had more fun sharing stories and beers with everyone then going through the box itself. Today was a day we could just relax, enjoy ourselves and have fun with our hobby.
Added Easter morning...
Here is a list of the things I threw in the box. Three 40th Anniversary patches for the first flights of the Blackbird; A-12, YF-12 and SR-71.
An Apollo 8 patch.
Spacecraft films Gemini DVD set
An Apollo CSM Grommet still sealed in its brown paper wrapper.
AP-9 Recovery cover signed by Rusty Schweickart
Bob White Mach 6 anniversary cover signed by Bob White
A NASA Meatball sticker signed by Jack Lousma
An STS-7 ISP Crew litho. (Has seen it’s better days to be honest, but it’s real.)
A few postcards, some other pictures. I took out about 8 covers or so… some inflatable toys, some literature on teaching space to kids in school, and an Old National Geo Some things traded hands here at the house between guests without getting into the box. That was cool, thanks again guys! One guest provides this list of things in and out. Items removed from box
1 Lockheed X-33 CD
1 Shuttle payload liner bookmark
1 inflatable space shuttle toy
Items added to box
2 Apollo 35th anniv medallions
1 shuttle west coast launch complex medallion
~6 X-31 brochures
1 signed McArthur litho
1 signed Jim Voss flyer
~20 Boeing Columbia disaster memorials
~ 7 covers
A bunch of NASA ephemera
3 NASA CDs
1 NASA DVD
2 Boeing Delta 300th launch DVD
NASA pins
1 Boeing Delta/Hubble repair VCR tape
1 pile NASA stickers (includes Skylab & ASTP Snoopys)
& some other stuff. One guest put in a couple of real nice items I won’t mention, but the next person on the list may be pleased. The other guests added a lot of covers and other trinkets included a dual signed picture which includes a moonwalker that is really humorous. The box is pretty full as it stands now. I would suggest taking out more in volume and weight then you put in. There is a lack of pre-shuttle signed stuff, so if you have some extras it might be nice to populate it with that to keep it more exciting. There are a lot of videos, CDs and DVDs starting to pile up in there too.
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Kind Regards
Douglas Henry Enjoy yourself and have fun.... it is only a hobby!
http://home.earthlink.net/~aztecdoug/
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Larry
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From: Cincinnati Ohio USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 03-28-2005 10:30 AM
Hey lucky me, I think i'm next
Aztecdoug I will e-mail you my addressLarry |
Booger Bill
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posted 03-29-2005 08:40 PM
My Thanks to all the Great People who have seen this project through over the years. I can't wait to see all the Teasures packed inside! Sounds like Doug had a Great "Space-Party" and The Grab-Box will soon be comming to my Wonderful Small Southern Oregon Community. When Doug mentioned that there was a lot of DVD's and other Educational material inside, my ideal now is have a "Space-Day" and to donate some of that "Excess-Wieght" to our School and County Libary. Wow, I can hardly wait to see the face of a little Girl when she learns that see is holding a piece of the Space Shuttle, or the Boy who has won a Medallion for his 1st Place Sience Project...Who knows, this could be that spark for our next Generations to start their interests in SPACE! |
Jake
Member Posts: 464
From: Issaquah, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 03-30-2005 10:15 AM
Wonderful idea - to pass along some of the "excess weight" to a school or similar venue...... Encourage new (youth) people to appreciate space history.------------------
Jake Schultz - curator,
Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) |
John K. Rochester
Member Posts: 1292
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-30-2005 11:02 AM
..and we don't even need the grab box to help do that. Prune your collection and donate anything not needed to your kid's school, or library if it's books. Knowledge is power!! Empower your kids on space. |
cfreeze79
Member Posts: 455
From: Herndon, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-30-2005 01:32 PM
I'd like to get added to the list for the 2nd go-around...Larry
BoogerBill
Spacekid2
Manilla Jim
Bruce Moody
Machbusterman (E)
Kirsten (E)
Jacques van Oene (E)
Ben
Robert Pearlman
John K Rochester
Daveblog
Spaceman1953
MrSpace86
Dennisl
BrianB
86horn
SkippyinSpace (E)
DGeraths
Moonpaws
Joe Bruce
Brian (HouseDadX4)
Jim - ?
CFreeze79 Thanks... -CF |
spacekid2
Member Posts: 199
From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 03-30-2005 03:13 PM
Dear All,
I have contacted the San Diego AeroSpace Museum about having the box visit during their Space Day event May 21st. The Museum is very interested in having the box open during their event. (Prehaps even in front of the Apollo 9 CM) My thought was that the box could be opened with a select number of kids getting an opportunity to take something from the box. I wanted to get your advice about if you think this is good? And what you all think would be the appropriate amount of Kids taking a ?picture, DVD? from the box to help them start their own collection. I was going to bring some of my own collection as a back drop. I have already told them the story of where the box has been and about cS. Please let me know what you think since the box is valued by those down on the list. I have not agreed to anything yet.
Thanks for your help.
Paul Schultz
Spacekid2[This message has been edited by collectSPACE Admin (edited March 30, 2005).] |
bruce
Member Posts: 916
From: Fort Mill, SC, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-30-2005 08:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Jake:
Wonderful idea - to pass along some of the "excess weight" to a school or similar venue...... Encourage new (youth) people to appreciate space history.
Great idea Jake! Assuming there are relevant materials left and there aren't any objections from anyone downlist from me, I may donate a few of the "heavier" educational items to my daughter's school before sending The Box on it's way to Machbusterman. Best,
Bruce |
Moonpaws
Member Posts: 685
From: Lee's summit, MO
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 03-31-2005 12:26 AM
Unfortunately, for those of us downline, it is like saying you are going to add people in front of those who have been waiting some time to get the box. To have some kind of control on what is to be taken and by whom would be a logisitical nightmare. How do you say with a bunch of kids around, ok you can go ahead but to another sorry. I don't want to see some kids feeling left out. And if you try to accomodate everyone, before you know it, the box will be empty, and there won't be a lot of happy campers on the list. To have the box displayed is ok, even to show its contents, but my vote is no on the distribution. If I'm outvoted by the other guys who are waiting, I will accept it. Another issue is the timing. Are you going to hold on to the box for weeks to coincide with the date of May 21st? I would say that a better solution would be to take duplicate items or items that are similiar and create a small box for the event. This allows the first to continue on. I show my large collection for free to kids all the time at airshows, events, etc. For me to say though that I'm going to take the contents of the box when it arrives and give items out to the kids I see, wouldn't be fair to the people who are next on the list.
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Jacques van Oene
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From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 03-31-2005 06:49 AM
I agree with Moonpaws...There are people on this list for more than a year, and to have them wait even longer and, before that, to give the items to kids...Not such a good idea...."take duplicate items or items that are similiar and create a small box for the event. This allows the first to continue on." ---- Jacques 
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bruce
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From: Fort Mill, SC, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-31-2005 09:07 AM
Moonpaws & Jacques,In no way was I implying that I wanted to take the box to my daughter's school and have 50 kids go through the items - (ugh! think of the germs!). Also, where does it imply in my post that I would "hold up" sending the box on (until May 21rst? - whaa?). All I was trying to suggest was that if there were common or multiple heavier items like books or videos that we all have or have seen, those items could be put towards continuing younger interests in space AND save my wallet a little on the postage when it leaves the US for Europe. Again, this is the SECOND time luck has placed my name just ahead of a European recipient. Having read just these two responses to my suggestion, don't worry guys, I won't sit on it for more than a day or arbitrarily remove items to that might otherwise inspire kids to think about space exploration. For that, I'll continue speaking at our local schools, donating my own personal items and makin arrangements for astronauts-to-classroom phone conferences. Kind regards,
Bruce Moody |
Moonpaws
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From: Lee's summit, MO
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 03-31-2005 09:13 AM
Bruce and Spacekid. I wrote my response late last night and in no way was it meant to be a harsh rebuff for your ideas. Just giving some feedback. My thoughts may or may not represent the others. [This message has been edited by Moonpaws (edited March 31, 2005).] |
John K. Rochester
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From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-31-2005 09:18 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Moonpaws:
I would say that a better solution would be to take duplicate items or items that are similiar and create a small box for the event. This allows the first to continue on. For me to say though that I'm going to take the contents of the box when it arrives and give items out to the kids I see, wouldn't be fair to the people who are next on the list.
[This message has been edited by Moonpaws (edited March 31, 2005).] [This message has been edited by Moonpaws (edited March 31, 2005).]
I agree %100......I was going to say, start another box just for members with kids to place things like patches, stickers and such.. but now believe it would be too difficult to control. Any thoughts? [This message has been edited by John K. Rochester (edited March 31, 2005).] |
spacekid2
Member Posts: 199
From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 04-01-2005 02:01 AM
Moonpaws & Jacques,
I appreciate the replies. I wanted honest feed back so I could have some direction. I definately do not want any one to wait for the box. So if I receive the box before May 21st I will take out a few things and create another box as has been suggested. My plan was not to open the box and say go and have the kids just go for it. My thought was for say 10 kids chosen by a raffle to get the opportunity to take a duplicate picture, cover seleted from the box.
I will obviously add to the box and then send it on its way. Just the idea that the kids get to have something that has been placed in the box to start their own collection will be inspiring. I will make it work for the event. So again thanks guys for the feed back and let's keep the box rolling.
Paul Schultz
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Jake
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From: Issaquah, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 04-01-2005 10:10 AM
Upon further thought, I agree (with the above postings) that folks on the waiting list have priority over "strangers" (kids seems to be the conversation here) who show up to an opening. This whole thing has evolved way beyond its simple original intent so we're all making this up as we go. Items that may be un-interesting to some of the folks who receive the box may be just what makes someone else's day. So it is difficult to decide what possibly to remove from the box and "give to kids" so-to-speak. That said, I like the fundamental idea of sharing extra space-related items with kids who show interst. I have done so many times in the past and enjoy fostering interest in spaceflight/history. We may want to settle on a particular shipping box and decide that it becomes the maximum size from here on out. In this way, the one who receives the box is responsible to make sure it doesn't get any bigger. One may take more out of the box if you put a lot of new stuff back in, but this whole process doesn't work if the box keeps getting bigger every stop..! Hope we're all having fun....... ------------------
Jake Schultz - curator,
Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) |
John K. Rochester
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From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-01-2005 10:50 AM
Jake,
In you wildest dreams did you ever think that the box would still be going so strong as when you started the whole thing some 2 years ago? Better still, grow to the monster box it is today? My thanks to the "Goddard" of the grab box..let's all raise a toast to Jake " OK, It's just my home" Schultz - Curator of the Newport Way Air Museum |
HouseDadX4
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posted 04-01-2005 12:04 PM
My hats off to Jake as well...When it arrived here some 4 or 5 weeks ago, it weighed 53 lbs. When I sent it out a few days later it weighed 61 pounds. Didn't realize that between myself and our NASA ERC, we added another 8 pounds to it..Will be very interesting to see what's inside when it comes back for a 2nd time in a year or two... |
John K. Rochester
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Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-01-2005 12:52 PM
My goodness.. if everyone adds 8 more lbs to it .. I;ll need 3 guys to lift the darn thing!! |
HouseDadX4
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posted 04-01-2005 01:04 PM
hehehehe...believe me, i didn't anticipate us adding that much. The ERC was very generous... |
Kirsten
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From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 04-01-2005 01:42 PM
<LOL> - I live in Delft, nearby Rotterdam Container Terminal. Wonder by which means I am going to fwd the grab box to Jacques in Apeldoorn ? Postage ? Train, taking all the stuff with me ? Renting a small car (Ford Ka or something like that) ? Wonder what's least expensive. All the best and kudos to Jake, Kirsten
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Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 861
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 04-01-2005 01:48 PM
Well Kirsten, we will work something out, maybe I will pick it up at your house when you are finished with it....Still wonder why there are not more European Collectors on the list after me....There are European readres of this I think, so they must have a collection of some sort..... ---- Jacques
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Aztecdoug
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From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 04-05-2005 06:33 PM
The box is off to it's next stop. Sorry for the delay but I was awaiting a side shipment to add to the box.For the curious it weighs 58.35 pounds and cost me $38.06 to ship FedEx ground. It is 24 inches long, 18 inches wide and roughly 20 inches tall. ------------------
Kind Regards Douglas Henry Enjoy yourself and have fun.... it is only a hobby!
http://home.earthlink.net/~aztecdoug/ [This message has been edited by Aztecdoug (edited April 05, 2005).] |
Larry
Member Posts: 34
From: Cincinnati Ohio USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 04-13-2005 08:38 AM
container arrived yesterday afternoon, so much to look thru and decide. |
Larry
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From: Cincinnati Ohio USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 04-20-2005 10:09 PM
Spacekid2, can you send me your address.Bill, I received an e-mail saying you were no longer participating in this activity?
I had it ready to send to you,
Please verify if this is correct to skip you. Larry |
manilajim
Member Posts: 256
From: Bergenfield, NJ USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 04-21-2005 07:28 PM
Hi, I am after spacekid2. Please contact me when it comes time to mail the package my way. Thanks, Jim Sigler (manilajim)manilajim@aol.com |
michaelSN99
Member Posts: 153
From: heilbronn,germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 04-22-2005 01:12 PM
hey folks what a great amazing idea here ;-)its the best thing ever i heard what an internet community have done !!!! and i would like to be at the list too...would be a great honor...but i am registered here at cS just a few days...is the list above the actual one ???...what i have to do ??? ------------------
michael may www.ag-99.de/spacenet/main/main.html |
Jake
Member Posts: 464
From: Issaquah, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 04-22-2005 06:22 PM
Just copy the most recent order (list) from this "thread" and add your name to the bottom. When time gets around to your name, (figure about a year) work with the person one ahead of you on the list who will have the package at that time, e-mail your address to them, and they'll send it to you.... and so on... and so on... and so on...------------------
Jake Schultz - curator,
Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) |
michaelSN99
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From: heilbronn,germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 04-22-2005 06:48 PM
ok Jake...thank your for the information...thats exactly what i expected i have to do ;-)and congrats again for this really incedible idea and action !!! ok so here its the newest list : Larry
BoogerBill
Spacekid2
Manilla Jim
Bruce Moody
Machbusterman (E)
Kirsten (E)
Jacques van Oene (E)
Ben
Robert Pearlman
John K Rochester
Daveblog
Spaceman1953
MrSpace86
Dennisl
BrianB
86horn
SkippyinSpace (E)
DGeraths
Moonpaws
Joe Bruce
Brian (HouseDadX4)
Jim - ?
CFreeze79
michaelSN99 (E) take care and wish all of you a nice time with the box ------------------
michael may www.ag-99.de/spacenet/main/main.html |
Mark B
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posted 04-22-2005 07:10 PM
Well I have sat and watched in envy as this parcel travels around the world for so long now I may as well throw my hat in the ring to add a few items and see what it has to offer.
Best wishes!Larry
BoogerBill
Spacekid2
Manilla Jim
Bruce Moody
Machbusterman (E)
Kirsten (E)
Jacques van Oene (E)
Ben
Robert Pearlman
John K Rochester
Daveblog
Spaceman1953
MrSpace86
Dennisl
BrianB
86horn
SkippyinSpace (E)
DGeraths
Moonpaws
Joe Bruce
Brian (HouseDadX4)
Jim - ?
CFreeze79
michaelSN99 (E)
Mark B (Australia) [This message has been edited by Mark B (edited April 22, 2005).] |
michaelSN99
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From: heilbronn,germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 04-22-2005 07:26 PM
Mark ...could´nt u have thrown your hat half an hour earlier after years of waiting LOL :-) i guess i need a sponsor in one year ,shipping it half around the world *ggg* ...but it will be a honor to be the one doing that !
...despite the box must be grown to the size of a container until the moment it will happen :-) ------------------
michael may www.ag-99.de/spacenet/main/main.html |
spacekid2
Member Posts: 199
From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 05-02-2005 09:08 PM
Just a quick update. The "Eagle has landed":] The box (All 60lbs of it) arrived yesterday. I nearly popped a vertebra picking it up:/ It's exciting going through the many different items. Hopefully someone down the line will want alot of the printed material. It takes up alot of the weight. I will be quick and get the box back on its way. Jim I have your info from one of your first posts. If your mailing info has changed just let me know off board.
Spacekid2
Paul |
Larry
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From: Cincinnati Ohio USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 05-02-2005 09:10 PM
Box was sent on it's way to Spacekid2 on
4-27, In case anyone wants to know,
it weighs 60.5 lbs & cost $37.02 via FedX ground to ship.Had a great time looking thru it! It takes a few hours to go thru it all, & then you have to repack it, now there's an art form. What I took from the box
The humorous photo, 1 of the 35th anniversary medalions, a couple buttons, & some of the educational printed materials. I added
A MFA Shuttle/Mir Medalion in its backer card. Added 3 buttons, some more printed nasa material, 2 small meteorites,
A Hot Wheels/JPL Mars Rover (unopened). My collection is small, so I did the best I could, Had a nice poster I wanted to add, but there was no way I was going to roll it up, & squeeze it into the box. Thanks to all for sharing, & don't forget to sign the book Larry |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 861
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 05-03-2005 05:55 AM
I think it is better to move Skippy in space and michaelSN99 up the list, after me, that way the box stay's in europe, better for shipping costs and it won't have to cross the ocean twice....---- Jacques
www.spacepatces.info |
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