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How did I miss out on this chance of a lifetime. Count me in Jim Hughes 7100 Dodge Trail, NW Albuquerque, NM 87120
Sorry about that Mitch; message sent. Al
This morning's post contained an envelope from "Sacto Mitch's Gallery of Doodads for Misfits".
I am the proud owner of a PCCA sticker!
Thanks, Mitch! It looks great
I received my Clown Car sticker today and it has sparked joy! PayPal'd Mitch the dough.
Hey guys, what do you think: should I affix this sticker to the Spyder's plexi screen before final assembly?
Or should I include it in the build folder for the new owner?
Or....stick it on Bridget just to keep things even extra weird?
edsnova posted:I received my Clown Car sticker today and it has sparked joy! PayPal'd Mitch the dough.
Hey guys, what do you think: should I affix this sticker to the Spyder's plexi screen before final assembly?
Or should I include it in the build folder for the new owner?
Or....stick it on Bridget just to keep things even extra weird?
Therein lies your problem; you didn't order enough stickers.
edsnova posted:I received my Clown Car sticker today and it has sparked joy! PayPal'd Mitch the dough.
Hey guys, what do you think: should I affix this sticker to the Spyder's plexi screen before final assembly?
Or should I include it in the build folder for the new owner?
Or....stick it on Bridget just to keep things even extra weird?
Yes you should.
Robert’s right. Y’all need mo stickers.
Heck, I put one on my Nissan Rogue!
I’ve also printed a couple of 1” stickers that’ll fit nicely on my (plastic) bicycle!
”Bah mo’ stickahs, Ed!”
Ed, if it will help facilitate the sale, I can send you documentation verifying the car's entry in the PCCA registry.
Your sticker is one of only 25 in the initial production run, and I've purposely included a small flaw in that run so future collectors will be able to identify them as such.
Remember, provenance is everything.
We have a Registry?
Cool!!
Are the first 25 entered as Charter Members with a quill pen (or more fittingly a plastic BIC)?
Sacto Mitch posted:
Ed, if it will help facilitate the sale, I can send you documentation verifying the car's entry in the PCCA registry.
Your sticker is one of only 25 in the initial production run, and I've purposely included a small flaw in that run so future collectors will be able to identify them as such.
Remember, provenance is everything.
Yes to that. Charter Membership in the PCCA, along with my home-brewed Certificate of InAuthenticity means this car should break many an auction record.
Bummer.
I read that Bob had his. I read that Ed had his. I rushed from work to the mailbox in giddy hopefulness and anticipation.
Alas, when he got there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor boy had none.
When do I get my secret de-coder ring ?
Stan, I guess this is just another of those tribulations of life, out there in the lowlands of East Dogpatch.
All envelopes were dropped, as simultaneously as possible, into the chute at my local U.S. Mule office. All carried the same postage - twice what I calculated was needed, for good measure.
The shiny silver birds delivering Bob and Ed's initial production run stickers must have indeed flown right over your sleepy rural hamlet, just as you've been telling us they always do.
But take heart. Surely, your envelope will make it onto the next overland stage from Peoria.
Or, the one after that.
Subidoo is now a proud(?) member of the PCCA, she even has the decal to prove it.
I got my sticker in the mail and it was better than getting my decoder ring, and rushed right out into the garage and stuck it turned project 48 and the funds are on our way thank you
Mitch---sticker arreived today and as they say "your check is in the mail". I especially liked the certificate of authenticity---just excellent matching the quality of the sticker itself. Thanks very much!
Mitch wrote: "I guess this is just another of those tribulations of life, out there in the lowlands of East Dogpatch........ All carried the same postage - twice what I calculated was needed, for good measure."
Ah...... That might be what's slowing the mail's sojourn through the Dogpatch post office.
"Hey, Lil Abner! This here letter's got too much postage. What'll we do?"
"I dunno, Daisy Mae. Usually we don't get e'nuff postage. Maybe we need ta give it ta "Fearless Fosdick" to figger out."
"OK..... Well, then I'll jus' put it on his desk so's he'll seeit. The week's young, yet."
Fortunately for Stan, out there in Dogpatch, Sadie Hawkins Day isn't til November 13'th...... You can worry when you get closer.
Sacto Mitch posted:
Stan, I guess this is just another of those tribulations of life, out there in the lowlands of East Dogpatch.
All envelopes were dropped, as simultaneously as possible, into the chute at my local U.S. Mule office. All carried the same postage - twice what I calculated was needed, for good measure.
The shiny silver birds delivering Bob and Ed's initial production run stickers must have indeed flown right over your sleepy rural hamlet, just as you've been telling us they always do.
But take heart. Surely, your envelope will make it onto the next overland stage from Peoria.
Or, the one after that.
Joy in the camp! The clown stickers are here! The clown stickers are here!
Any chance getting in on a second run? Jim Hughes, 7100 Dodge Trail, NW Albuquerque, NM 87120
Jim, I'm going through my messages now, putting together a list of requests that came in after I ordered the first batch. Please send me an IM with your mailing info (if you haven't already). Posts on the list here scroll off too quickly to keep track of.
Stan Galat posted:Sacto Mitch posted:
Stan, I guess this is just another of those tribulations of life, out there in the lowlands of East Dogpatch.
All envelopes were dropped, as simultaneously as possible, into the chute at my local U.S. Mule office. All carried the same postage - twice what I calculated was needed, for good measure.
The shiny silver birds delivering Bob and Ed's initial production run stickers must have indeed flown right over your sleepy rural hamlet, just as you've been telling us they always do.
But take heart. Surely, your envelope will make it onto the next overland stage from Peoria.
Or, the one after that.
Joy in the camp! The clown stickers are here! The clown stickers are here!
I'm so relieved!
Stan Galat posted:...Joy in the camp! The clown stickers are here! The clown stickers are here!
I still think this is one of the small miracles of modern life, made invisible to most of us by its ubiquity.
I hand an envelope to the postman in my little, backwater village, along with 55 pennies, and two days later it shows up in another sleepy backwater, two thousand miles from here.
Ten envelopes, more pennies, and I can reach ten homesteads scattered in every corner of the land in the same time.
Maybe this still seems miraculous to me because I'm surrounded by remnants of the earliest days of long distance express mail service in this country.
Like f'rinstance, this:
Here's the road I drive my Speedster down on the way to the Amador county wine country. This is about eight miles from my house.
It's the very same road the Pony Express riders followed on their way out of Sacramento, less than a hundred years before our man Ferdinand was putting the finishing touches on his Speedster.
This is the view from Google Maps, but it's pretty much how it must have looked to those guys on horseback, except for the all-weather macadam surface. The road's been bypassed by highways and then freeways, so the route and the grading are mostly what they were.
The pole line along the right is where the telegraph lines were strung that pretty much put the Pony Express out of business.
You know how it is with new technology.
Those hills in the distance are the same 'them thar hills' that you may have heard of.
Here's a period poster promoting the Pony Express service:
Ten days from here to Missouri. On horseback. World record time. Two bucks an ounce. That's four times what it costs today. How many other services cost less today than they did in 1860?
I tell you, it's a freakin' miracle.
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It’s popular to denegrate the USPS. I’m with you, Mitch— it’s a freaking miracle.
I totally agree with you, Mitch. When we moved out to Hawaii to be near the kids, we learned that FedEx or UPS shipping of anything would cost us at least $70. Even UPS Ground - I think it's the cost of going under water for several thousand miles that drives that one up. Anyway, we latched onto good old USPS priority mail for almost everything. We usually save from $60 to $80 per delivery if we can convince vendors to just use USPS. By the way, I've enjoyed your comments on this thread almost as much as the idea of the clown car stickers. Cheers!
Mike
USPS is pretty cool. Any mailmen in the group?
edsnova posted:USPS is pretty cool. Any mailmen in the group?
I did two summers at age 16 & 17 with Canada Post as a letter carrier. Best summer job I ever had. Sure taught me a lot about large dogs too. Those old chicks around 35-40 seemed to like me too. 
Thanks for the nice words, Mike.
This is one of the few places I can rant without creating a public disturbance or risking additional points on my driving record.
I did 17 years with the USPS and retired after combining my 20 years military service with it. I can't praise the Postal Service enough for what it does but have to blame them for things it did. It gave up parcel delivery to UPS, FEDEX and other delivery services, and other decisions that cost it in the long run. Many professional positions were filled with non professional personnel as well as poor managers often being promoted instead of being fired. All in all working for the USPS was like wearing golden handcuffs, a hard place to work but the benefits too good to leave. Don't get me wrong, the USPS is the world's best mail service, it will deliver anywhere in the USA where UPS, FEDEX and others won't. One thing few realize is the USPS is self sufficient with no Federal funds; this is the reasons stamps and costs of delivery increase. COLA wages, vehicle repair and replacement, air transport costs and new robotic mail sorting equipment all make running the USPS a balancing act without a safety net. One last comment, don't hate Junk Mail, over half of USPS's income comes from those flyers.
About twenty years ago I had a part-time gig (while holding down a full-time job and going to school full-time) with a small personal loan company in Chicago. They did big business with employees of the USPS since USPS allowed the company to take automatic deductions from payroll checks. Applicants had to bring recent pay stubs to prove employment, to gather info needed to start the deductions, and to make sure they met the compensation requirements. I was always shocked by how much money they made, even before the overtime, which was plentiful and lucrative.
Received my package and will put a check in the mail tomorrow.
Thanks
David Stroud posted:edsnova posted:USPS is pretty cool. Any mailmen in the group?
Those old chicks around 35-40 seemed to like me too.
Isn't it funny how our memories play tricks on us as we age...? 
Tom Blankinship posted:How about “Pennywise & Pound Foolish” :-)
Oh, my Penny resembles that remark.
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Carlos G posted:I'll do up a SOC version at some point.
@Carlos G Carlos: I'd like to get the design you did above, and get a couple window stickers ordered.
How do I go about this?
Attention SOC shoppers!
The ever-popular PCCA clown sticker was such a runaway hit that the first edition has sold out.
I'm about to submit another order for those who didn't make the first run. As with the first run, please don't send any money now. There will be payment instructions included with the stickers, but please do send me an IM with your address if you haven't done so.
Here's my current order list. If you want in and your name isn't below, IM me ASAP. If you're on the list but no longer want a sticker, you have until midnight tonight to notify me.
After that, it will take a court order to nullify the sales agreement, and you'll need to provide three forms of photo ID.
@TheMayoMachine (6)
@Gordon Nichols (2)
@Michael Pickett (2)
@jimhughes (2)
@Dan Levitt (4)
Mitch - bump me up to two.
Thanks, Gordon
@Bob: IM S6 The artwork supplied above is of a high enough resolution to send directly to the site that Sacto uses and get however many you want. I'm not ordering any stickers for myself or anyone else. I did some of the artwork, and think they're cool and all, but I'm not much into stickers. I might wear a T-shirt though. Mmmmm.
Anyone can use the artwork I created, but if you make a gajillion dollars using it, I want a 904 built by Carey with a 2.7 six in it for the trouble. That's all.
BTW, here's the link to the site I've been ordering the stickers from.
This takes you to the 'round static cling' page - the ones that go on the inside of the windshield, to be viewed from outside the car, and have no adhesive. Order 'clear background'. The design itself includes a white, opaque background.
Carlos G posted:Anyone can use the artwork I created, but if you make a gajillion dollars using it, I want a 904 built by Carey with a 2.7 six in it for the trouble. That's all.
As we've discussed recently, you should hold out for the 3.6 six instead :-)
Also, some folks have been asking about tee shirts featuring the soon to be iconic clown logo. There are currently no such plans.
But, take heart. We have been working with Rolex on a limited edition 'Stan Galat' version of their 'Submariner' watch.
For years, the PCA has been hauling in some pretty long green with all manner of logo-emblazoned fashion accessories, like polo shirts, baseball caps, and the essential carbon fiber money clip. Why shouldn't we do the same?
