UnderBear is on its way.....finally. (You have been warned!)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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And the accursed* critter is now going to Las Vegas.

Oh, I had fun with the bear from Shirley Ujest’s thread: we went to Disney (sort of), and travelled around. However, the timing of my horrid experiences and the bear’s arrival are just too suspect to be more than coincidence.

Bear arrived in early December.
My new car broke down.
My wallet was stolen (including my Disney tickets - we got to ride the monorail for the day instead - whee! - but my ticket for ‘Cirque du Soleil’ was safe at home).
My car broke down again.
My e-mail system is kaput with no help from technical support.
My home computer fried.
[Lots of other personal, medical, and family stuff occurred.]
My home was robbed.
My car broke down again.
I got pneumonia (UnderBear enjoyed a Lysol shower before being packed away).
[The above reasons explain my temporary disappearance from the boards, not to mention the fact that (f)R ran up and ran out on an outrageous phone bill that I am paying in installments to get phone service back.]

Now that I am well and out of bed, the bear and the journal are in the box and are on the way to Las Vegas, and are going out overnight mail as soon as I finish typing this. One completed camera and brochures have been sent to Shirley Ujest to save postage for everyone else.

Now don’t get me wrong. I am looking for neither sympathy nor** pity. I am just warning you folks on the Travelling Undies circuit maybe, just maybe, this bear and underwear is the furry equivalent of the Hope Diamond - lovely to look at, but beware!

Anyway, Shirley, this has been fun, and I cannot wait to see the photos from everyone. We went to Gatorland, the International Tupperware Headquarters and Downtown Disney, thanks to a friend who loaned me his car.

(We tried to go to the North American Headquarters for the American Association for Nude Recreation [Cypress Cove is the local au natural community], but the offices were closed and we had to settle for a photo in front of the office doors - where else would you take a bear, but to a nudist colony?)

After all this, I think I am overdue to win the lottery.

*Said in the most loving yet exasperated manner possible.
**I could have said that easier, but I like the word ‘nor’.

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poor screech. hope you have a better holiday next time! :slight_smile:

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ACK! I hope the bad luck skips every other city!!

:smiley:

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Bon Voyage little Bear! May the wind be with you, and the rain far behind you.

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Oncle Bière, I was wondering if I could use ** “Bon Voyage little Bear! May the wind be with you, and the rain far behind you.” ** in my Sig Line?!

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good grief, that’s quite a stream of bad luck, screech owl. i will now let you in on a secret (to intice money to flow into your home, place some money under a mat outside your door before midnight on new year’s eve, then bring the offered amount into your home a bit after midnight on new year’s.) that i just found out a week ago.

i hope you and underbear had fun despite the travails.

personally i was able to host a visiting bear last weekend it was a major hoot taking a stuffed bear around and taking pictures. the bear i got custody of was the mascot of a fouth grade class in cincinnati. so far he has been to vancouver, seattle, san francisco, and philly. it was really hard to pack him up and send him off.

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Great! I find this out on the 2nd (when I am using the net at work)! No internet at home.

Wait! I live in Orlando and the great and worshipful Eisner (pause to gag) has decreed every night is New Year’s Eve!! I’ll try it.

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so you missed dec. 31st. there is always jan.13th julian calendar new year’s eve. if you miss that there is always chinese new year. so mark your calendar accordingly.