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HT member 56 57, Bud, recently disclosed a serious illness, and appealed to his fellow members that someone please step up and carry on his tradition of sending all kinds of various boxes of Johnnies criss-crossing all parts of the United States and Canada. Many great members stepped up to offer their help in doing so.
I then started scratching my head as to possibly doing a box specifically for Bud, and came up with this idea:
I am going to place one Johnny Lightning - a very special item in my collection - in a large box. Any members who wish to receive this box will add one of their favorite JLs to the box. It can be loose, or carded. It can be a regular issue, or a White Lightning. It can be any Johnny Lightning at all, as long as it is one that is a very valued (whether monetarily, or in its "specialness" to you) part of your collection. You will include a note as to why this item is so special to you.
The purpose here is to give something special, to someone who has given so much of himself here on Hobby Talk, and show him just how much we appreciate all he has done for us. We are all adding to the box this time, and taking nothing out for ourselves.
If you were a participant in any of the previous "Bud Boxes" and want to show your appreciation for that to Bud, or if you just want to be a part of this special one, please post here or e-mail (not PM) me through the link in my profile with your address.
As guilty of this as I've been myself in the past, I'm going to ask all participants to get this shipped out on the double, so that this gets to Bud as quickly as possible to help boost his morale and see if we can add some pleasure to a difficult time in his life.
Because of the time limitations, I'm going to see how the response here is, and if it's as high as I suspect it might get, I'm going to pick a limit to cap this at, so get in early please.
The last member will have the highest shipping cost of all, so I will offer to split that Priority Mail cost with you (after all, the first box will also be the cheapest!). With all of us knowing the customs delays between the U.S. and Canada, I have some concerns about Canadian members on this particular box.
That said, I'm going to take a little time to pick one Johnny, while I await the results of this thread.
Thanks to all who join this most "special of all" boxes.
This Bud's for you, Bud!!
I then started scratching my head as to possibly doing a box specifically for Bud, and came up with this idea:
I am going to place one Johnny Lightning - a very special item in my collection - in a large box. Any members who wish to receive this box will add one of their favorite JLs to the box. It can be loose, or carded. It can be a regular issue, or a White Lightning. It can be any Johnny Lightning at all, as long as it is one that is a very valued (whether monetarily, or in its "specialness" to you) part of your collection. You will include a note as to why this item is so special to you.
The purpose here is to give something special, to someone who has given so much of himself here on Hobby Talk, and show him just how much we appreciate all he has done for us. We are all adding to the box this time, and taking nothing out for ourselves.
If you were a participant in any of the previous "Bud Boxes" and want to show your appreciation for that to Bud, or if you just want to be a part of this special one, please post here or e-mail (not PM) me through the link in my profile with your address.
As guilty of this as I've been myself in the past, I'm going to ask all participants to get this shipped out on the double, so that this gets to Bud as quickly as possible to help boost his morale and see if we can add some pleasure to a difficult time in his life.
Because of the time limitations, I'm going to see how the response here is, and if it's as high as I suspect it might get, I'm going to pick a limit to cap this at, so get in early please.
The last member will have the highest shipping cost of all, so I will offer to split that Priority Mail cost with you (after all, the first box will also be the cheapest!). With all of us knowing the customs delays between the U.S. and Canada, I have some concerns about Canadian members on this particular box.
That said, I'm going to take a little time to pick one Johnny, while I await the results of this thread.
Thanks to all who join this most "special of all" boxes.
This Bud's for you, Bud!!
