OT: GeoBear Update
Tia Mary
I have had a tremendous response from people at RCTN and RCTQ. I
now have six hosts the other side of the pond and six (counting my DSis)
this side of the pond! I can't thank all of you enough for agreeing to
help out with this project. I'll be sending an e-mail to everyone who
has volunteered but wanted to share the info with others here who are
interested but not able to host GeoBear.
The teacher has asked those who host GeoBear to send the class a
post card if possible letting them know where he currently is. A
journal will accompany him on his travels and each host is asked to add
a photo of GeoBear in a place that is descriptive of the area -- maybe
next to a sign with the name of the town on it, etc. I want my DSis
(Betsy, in TX) to be the last one to have him and she will take his
photo with the Texas wildflowers if they are in bloom at that time. I
hope to take him to the Forsyth Co. courthouse and take his picture
there. I already have taken his photo sitting on the big pumpkin that is
displayed in my front yard.
GeoBear needs to be back home at the school in Lizard Land by 10 May
2010. This way all the kids can see where he has been and what he has
done. They also have time to find the different locales on the map
which is the main purpose of the project. Raechel's GeoBear is not the
only one being sent around so that class should get a pretty good cross
section of geography locations to study. I think I will make up address
labels for all the hosts and that will make things a bit easier for
everyone when mailing time comes. All of the hosts (except my DSis) are
regulars at either RCTN or RCTQ so I'm not worried about sharing the
addies. Of course, if someone doesn't want me to include their address,
I will make sure that I don't.
GeoBear is NOT a round stuffed bear. He's more like a dog toy and
is fairly flat and floppy -- 8" x 4" and maybe 2" thick. He does have a
roundish head but he & his journal fit nicely in a smallish padded
mailing envelope so he should be easy to mail. I'm going to ask that
each host try not to keep him more than a week or two. It can take
several weeks for a small package to get from one country to another so
half the time he is gone will be used up in the mail!
I would really like for him to get to all of the hosts so that he
has visited many different countries and states. Here is the list of
folks who have volunteered: Joyce - Rep of South Africa; Di - Victoria,
Australia; Mirjam - Israel; Claudia - Guadalajara, Spain; Kate - Great
Britain; Roberta - Munich, Germany; Lena - Malmo, Sweden; Sheena - Nova
Scotia, Canada; Dawne - Saskatchewan, Canada; Cheryl - Londonderry, NH;
Lucille - Port St. Lucie, FL; Betsy - Austin, TX; Sue - no info yet.
As you can see, GeoBear has his travels cut out for him and doesn't
have a lot of time to see all of the wonderful things that will be
available to him. VBS -- wouldn't it be nice to be able to go along on
his world travels? Thanks again & CiaoMeow >^;;^<
PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
Ginger in CA
others had added in little momentos of his stops, a miniature quilt,
pins, souvenir stuff, etc. It was pretty fun! That little bear went
with me to the courthouse and to the Pacific Ocean.
Ginger in CA
Tia Mary
> I was a stop for a Geobear last year, last on the list. I found that
> others had added in little momentos of his stops, a miniature quilt,
> pins, souvenir stuff, etc. It was pretty fun! That little bear went
> with me to the courthouse and to the Pacific Ocean.
>
> Ginger in CA
That's great My only worry about including stuff is that I don't
want the postage to get to be too expensive for the International hosts.
Raechel's GeoBear went first to her cousins in Santa Maria, CA. They
took him camping and to the beach, etc. He's already been to several
fun spots, that's for sure :-). CiaoMeow >^;;^<
DiMa
I have just received an email that came with a warning:
"This web site at hisoftdream.com has been reported as an attack site and
has been blocked based on your security preferences."
Tia, did you send information about UPS shipping services to those of us
getting Geobear?
Also, do you know this website? because it is the one that left the message
above.
Cheers,
--
Di
I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too.
Vic Australia
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Tia Mary
> Hi Tia and all,
>
> I have just received an email that came with a warning:
>
> "This web site at hisoftdream.com has been reported as an attack site and
> has been blocked based on your security preferences."
>
> Tia, did you send information about UPS shipping services to those of us
> getting Geobear?
> Also, do you know this website? because it is the one that left the message
> above.
>
> Cheers,
NO NO NO -- didn't come from me -- some **(&^&) spammer! Shipping
GeoBear by UPS to international addys would be ridiculously $$$ I should
think! The only thing I would ask is to send him air mail or he'll
never make it to most of the volunteer hosts before having to return to
Lizard Land!!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
DiMa
Cheers,
--
Di
I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too.
Vic Australia
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sonnyp
sent to everybody in my email contact list saying it was from me with
a link to that site that was actually buried with a legitimate site
name with the one mentioned actually in the link. It wasn't from me
and I didn't know anything about it until I got a reply for the email
with a statement that the link was blocked. I tired and got the same
thing. Someone was not so lucky, made it through and got a web page I
had seen before where it says it is scanning your computer and has
found X number of viruses with a legitimate looking looking address
that mentioned their antivirus software. Get a popup saying to fix
this, click here but doesn't give a choice to get out of it. 1st time
I saw it, I shutoff my computer. Next time, I let it run and could
not get rid of it. You click cancel and it goes right back to the
original "fix" page. Clicked to download the software and once there,
I could hit cancel and could cancel out of the web page. The people
did not know this so went and downloaded the software for $68. I told
him it was a scam to buy THEIR software. It created a dll file in
programs/malware on their computer along with icons on their desktop
for 4 "nudie" sites. I didn't check those but deleted the dll, the
icons and checked their registry that didn't appear to have anything
out of the ordinary. They are calling their credit card company and
saying to not pay the bill. That "hisoftdream site and or the ip
address of 212.150.164.80 is actually from Haifa Israel. Dont know if
Israel would co operate with the FBI in getting these people.
DiMa
to it.
Thank goodness I had a good antivirus program working.
I am in the process of advising my quilty friends and family about this
website.
Cheers,
--
Di
I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too.
Vic Australia
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