Thank you all for signing up for this. I'm really excited to see this project finish, though I'm guessing it'll be a number of months. The order has been hammered out as follows:

Contre
Warpus
Valka
Zelig
Orange Seeds(to US)

Syterion
Hygro
Contre's mother. Because I can.
CivCube
Godwynn
VRWCAgent
Mangxema
madviking
Cutlass
Lucy
Igloo (to UK)

Truronian
silurian
Kan
Abaddon
Traitorfish
Boundless (to Europe)*

Algeroth
SiLL
civ-addicted
Cheetah
stuge

rugbyLEAGUEfan (to New Zealand!)

Nobody (to Canada)

Contre

*no one point out the UK is in Europe. I don't need your pedantry here!

26-9-2001 LucyDuke has created a map of the camera's travels which can be found here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=10916140&postcount=229


You are responsible for PMing the poster before you on this list with your name and address OR the address of a local post office which can hold the package for you, thus not requiring you to give out your actual address if you so choose. If you wish to use this option, you are responsible for contacting your country's postal service to get required information.

So for example, Warpus is responsible for PMing me his address, Valka is reposnible for PMing Warpus her address and so on. If a member fails to PM you, and doesn't respond to a request for their mailing information, skip to the next poster on the list.

As a reminder, we do have a patron willing to help out other users who find the next step in mailing to be more expensive than they'd anticipated. If you need assistance, contact me (Contre) via PM. Do try and use the cheapest method possible though. There's no need to ship expedited.

Included with the camera will be a small notebook to write notes about the picture you took and why you took it. It may also be used for just about anything else you'd like to write to others. If you so choose, you may also send a small trinket of where you're from to the next poster. This is entirely up to you. I think I shall send Warpus a twig.

I will update the thread as needed with more information as needed.

AUSSIES / KIWIS NEEDED!

I want to take a virtual vacation. And I want to visit you all. My idea is to buy a disposable camera and mail it to another CFC member. That CFC member will take one picture and then forward the camera to the next CFC member. We chain it location to location, around the world, eventually back to me. I will then have the film developed and I will post the pictures everyone took on this thread.

If you want in, post! The only restrictions are do not take photos that cannot be posted to this site. Other than that, if you want to take a photo of your front door, a coffee shop, of your sofa... or you want to drive for a day and take a scenic photo, it's completely up to you.

A couple of disclaimers.

1: If your location isn't listed, you'll need to add it to your post. I want to try and keep each mailing step efficient, so we're not paying for postage from London, to Sidney, back to Lisbon.

2: You will need to provide your real name and address to another CFC user through PMs. If you're uncomfortable revealing yourself in such a manner, please do not join! If you're uncomfortable with a specific user knowing your IRL info, PM me and I will make sure they are not the link before you.

3: You are responsible for postage to the next CFC user. While I will try and keep each step as short as possible, some members will need to send the package across oceans. This will be more expensive. If you're willing to bear the additional postage to send the camera to another continent, please post as such!

I would really like to have enough members to use up an entire film roll (24 or 27 pictures).

People in:

Contre
Truronian
Zelig
Madviking
noncon
IglooDude
civ-addicted
Boundless
Kan' Sharuminar
AL_DA_GREAT
rugbyLEAGUEfan
Volum
Abaddon
Traitorfish
Cheetah
Cutlass
LucyDuke
Valka D'Ur
stuge
EnglishCrusader
warpus
Syterion
mangxema
SiLL
Whomp
Masada
tycoonist
Alassius

28/37 slots filled!

This sounds very cool. Count me in.

I'm in from Calgary.

I'm fine with any link, but I'm uncomfortable with contre knowing my real name.

As long as it gets to me sometime between 20 August and 16 December (i.e. when I'm in college), I'm up for it.

In, degenerates/

Definitely in, and lets say from my new location in York, UK!

This sounds fun.

NOT IN, but good luck;)

Instead of a PBEM, it's a PBSM? Cool, I hope it doesn't go the way of most CFC Civ PBEMs, though. I'm up for it.

Oooh, sounds fun. I'm in.

I'm in.

Are you sure this is more than a plot to get me to actually use a camera and post a pic from outside my apartment? :eek:

I am in. However. Why not digital? 27 pics is not a lot.

What a cool idea. I'd love to join but I know myself well enough to recognize that I'd just sandbag the whole endeavour and probably lose the camera. ;) Looking forward to seeing the pictures, though!

I am in. However. Why not digital? 27 pics is not a lot.



I may do digital since I can get a cheap one for about the same price. But I still want to limit it to only 20-30 people so the camera finishes the trip somewhat quickly. There is also the issue of charging it if it's not USB... we all have different plug standards.

Sounds great . I'm in . But I will be overseas all of September till mid October . Please let me know if I can still join.

This is such a good idea. :thumbsup:

I can't participate because of lack of knowledge about my location over the next few months, but I wish you good luck and am making a subscription post.

I guess i could give this a go.

Lillehammer, Norway.

I would, but my mom is a little bit paranoid and overprotective and without having any knowledge of the context of this situation would definitely be pissed :lol:

I'll pass for now.

Abaddon is in too, from East Yorkshire!

If anybody is remotely interested in a picture of Dundee, then I could contribute.

Need more sign ups! Also need people willing to incur the extra postage to send between continents. And I'd like more Aussies / Kiwis and people in Asia.

I checked out disposable cameras, and we can do up to 37 hops.

If anybody is remotely interested in a picture of Dundee, then I could contribute.

Of course we do! Where you live always seems mundane to you, but interesting to outsiders.

I'm in! Awesome idea! :D

Stavanger, Norway.

I wonder if it's possible to find some awesome scene to take a picture of here...?

I'm in! Awesome idea! :D

Stavanger, Norway.

I wonder if it's possible to find some awesome scene to take a picture of here...?

Take one when you go base jumping. Or ask one of your friends to take one when he goes base jumping.

Need more sign ups!

You missed me in the OP.

Of course we do! Where you live always seems mundane to you, but interesting to outsiders.

Clearly you've never seen Dundee :mischief:

I love the idea, but I can't do it.

My mom would not approve of me giving out my address to people on the internet :lol:

If we ever do a round 2 sometime, I would join then :)

I'm in! Awesome idea! :D

Stavanger, Norway.

I wonder if it's possible to find some awesome scene to take a picture of here...?

Keep in mind a disposable camera isn't going to take a great photo.

You missed me in the OP.

Which is odd cause I was thinking about going north from Scotland south towards Devon or the other way around... with you in mind. Fixed at any rate!

Clearly you've never seen Dundee :mischief:

There's... old stuff there....

Need more sign ups! Also need people willing to incur the extra postage to send between continents. And I'd like more Aussies / Kiwis and people in Asia.

I checked out disposable cameras, and we can do up to 37 hops.

Missed me on the OP list, and yeah, I can send it across the pond if needed.

I'm in from Calgary.

I'm fine with any link, but I'm uncomfortable with contre knowing my real name.


You can use a fake name as long as it is a legitimate mailing address. I've mailed things to people I knew online before without their names.



I'll be in. Hartford CT.

Wish I could be in, but the parents would never allow it. Good luck!

Hmmm... This sounds cool. However, you'd pretty much get a beach shot from me, and I honestly don't think i could do better than the one that I already posted on OT... somewhere.

Providence, Rhode Island USA #1

I'll join. :)

I'll get you a snap from Helsinki. Cool idea.

I'll do it.

Need more sign ups! Also need people willing to incur the extra postage to send between continents. And I'd like more Aussies / Kiwis and people in Asia.

I checked out disposable cameras, and we can do up to 37 hops.

Cost doesn't bother me at all! This is such an awesome idea, I'll pay good money for this!

Sounds ilke fun, I'm in!

London, Ontario, Canada

This is so cool!

But I don't think I want to be giving out my address though.

We need 7-to-17 more sign ups. We also need more Aussies / kiwis / destinations in between Aussieland and Europe.

I can sign up some of my real life friends if you like.

I can sign up some of my real life friends if you like.

NS or Calgary?

You missed me! :(

You missed me! :(

Fix'd

I'm in! I live in Brooklyn, New York

I may do digital since I can get a cheap one for about the same price. But I still want to limit it to only 20-30 people so the camera finishes the trip somewhat quickly. There is also the issue of charging it if it's not USB... we all have different plug standards.

You could get a battery powered camera? I assume everyone all over the world uses regular AA batteries?

I'm in! I live in San Diego, CA. I'll probably go to the top of Mt Soledad and take a picture of SD.

Sounds ilke fun, I'm in!

London, Ontario, Canada

Wait, I thought you lived out west? Learn something new everday.

I'd absolutely love to do it, but my parents probably wouldn't like it...

Los Angeles of course (in the event i am available).

I need to ask, how do you mail a camera?

Find a small box.
Insert camera.
Add packing materials.
Weigh it to find proper postage amount.
Put in mailbox.
Profit.

If people want to join but don't want to provide address (or want to subvert parent bans) , mail can be sent to the local post office marked to the recipients attention , and can be collected .

Find a small box.
Insert camera.
Add packing materials.
Weigh it to find proper postage amount.
Put in mailbox.
Profit.

And if it doesn't fit in the mailbox?

And if it doesn't fit in the mailbox?

When sending ? Post office will do it for you

On receipt ? You get a card saying come and collect it from the PO

And if it doesn't fit in the mailbox?

You'll take it to the post office? The package shouldn't be too big though. I plan to buy something reusable.

You'll take it to the post office? The package shouldn't be too big though. I plan to buy something reusable.

Alright, I suppose I'll go ahead with it. It's a bit complicated if I do have to go to the post office, though.

Alright, I suppose I'll go ahead with it. It's a bit complicated if I do have to go to the post office, though.

There a Pythonesque joke to be had there somewhere involving the great English knight , crusading through the country but having great difficulty dealing with the Post Office;)

There a Pythonesque joke to be had there somewhere involving the great English knight , crusading through the country but having great difficulty dealing with the Post Office;)

Aye, those post offices are a real pain in the ass! :lol:

On the digital/film thing: Digital would be better in the sense that people could afford to take more than one photo of their place, in case the first picture gets screwed up for some reason. Of course, more photos mean more editing in the end, so an agreement to limit ourselves to 2-3 pictures regardless would be in order.

That won't mean much when someone takes the camera with them on a night out and ends up filling half the memory card with Walls and drunks leaning on them, a photographic essay.

That won't mean much when someone takes the camera with them on a night out and ends up filling half the memory card with Walls and drunks leaning on them, a photographic essay.

Well, couldn't you delete them off the phone after uploading to the interwebs?

All right, screw it. I'm in.

This is a lovely idea.

If you can use Germany, Erfurt (will move there fairly soon), I am in.

Over the next 3 months I'll be in Chicago, Austin, Orlando, NYC, Tucson, Santa Monica, Ann Arbor and a few others. Can I take one from each place?

I'll get you a snap from Helsinki. Cool idea.

Damn you, shipless sailor! :mad:

I'd be in, but there's probably no reason to take two pictures from the same town. So just /subscribing.

I don't know, me and Kan' Sharuminar are both in, and I imagine that you could find two different enough sights in the Helsinki area as you could between Dundee and Aberdeen. Maybe you'll just have to coordinate to make sure you're not taking pics of the same thing? :dunno:

And, you could hand off the camera personally, rather than mail/post.

Hmmm, I'll think about it. The Great Not-State of the Northern Territory deserves some loving. Dunno what I'd take a photo of.

Hmmm, I'll think about it. The Great Not-State of the Northern Territory deserves some loving. Dunno what I'd take a photo of.

You're kidding right ? It will one of the best pics in the collection . Harbor Bridge , Opera house ? Booooring . Kakadu , Katherine Gorge , Ularu ? Awesome

Harbor Bridge , Opera house ? Booooring . Kakadu , Katherine Gorge , Ularu ? Awesome

Eh, I suppose so. It would be kind of cool to do the weekend at Katherine or Kakadu just to take an ossim photo. God knows what the missus will think.

It would be nice if I didn't have to post it all the way to Europe or the States mind considering the high cost of postage here. JUST SAYING.

Eh, I suppose so. It would be kind of cool to do the weekend at Katherine or Kakadu just to take an ossim photo. God knows what the missus will think.

It would be nice if I didn't have to post it all the way to Europe or the States mind considering the high cost of postage here. JUST SAYING.

Ha . It's funny how us city folk just assume you can jump in the car and day trip to Uluru ! It's only over 1000km . In the spirit of the thread , let Contre know and I'm happy to go after you so you only have to send it to Sydney .

I wonder if ainwood might be interested? He's in New Zealand. And don't we have a member or two in Singapore and China?

On the digital/film thing: Digital would be better in the sense that people could afford to take more than one photo of their place, in case the first picture gets screwed up for some reason. Of course, more photos mean more editing in the end, so an agreement to limit ourselves to 2-3 pictures regardless would be in order.

That won't mean much when someone takes the camera with them on a night out and ends up filling half the memory card with Walls and drunks leaning on them, a photographic essay.

If we do digital (I can get a 2mp camera off craigslist for like 5-10 dollars) one of the disclaimers will have to be, "put memory card in your computer at your own risk" -- I don't trust all y'all to not have some dubious virus.

Plus, I won't lie, one of the reasons I want film is so no one can peak at the project before it's done.

I wonder if ainwood might be interested? He's in New Zealand. And don't we have a member or two in Singapore and China?

Ainwood would be nice. So would a member in Singapore, since it'll break up the hop between Aussieland and Europe.

If we do digital (I can get a 2mp camera off craigslist for like 5-10 dollars) one of the disclaimers will have to be, "put memory card in your computer at your own risk" -- I don't trust all y'all to not have some dubious virus.

Plus, I won't lie, one of the reasons I want film is so no one can peak at the project before it's done.
Gotta confess - digital cameras are one piece of modern technology I haven't mastered. When I take pictures, I still tend to think in terms of 35mm film. Heck, I still have my Kodak instamatic (do they even make film for those anymore?). This will give me an excuse to learn. :)

Ainwood would be nice.
Would anyone like to ask him? He doesn't tend to read OT very often that I'm aware of.

In, if you can bear another Brit. :)

Gotta confess - digital cameras are one piece of modern technology I haven't mastered. When I take pictures, I still tend to think in terms of 35mm film. Heck, I still have my Kodak instamatic (do they even make film for those anymore?). This will give me an excuse to learn. :)


Would anyone like to ask him? He doesn't tend to read OT very often that I'm aware of.

Please do!

If you could get a Brit living near they could just deliver it themselves :mischief:

Ainwood would be nice. So would a member in Singapore, since it'll break up the hop between Aussieland and Europe.

If you want to break the hop between Europe and Australia, I'm pretty sure we have a couple Indian posters.

I'm not sure how active they are though.

Just to double confirm, Abaddon is on ze list yes? As well as me obv.

It seems you can't edit your own thread title any more. If a mod could add the Aussies / Kiwis needed bit, I'd appreciate it!

If you want to break the hop between Europe and Australia, I'm pretty sure we have a couple Indian posters.

I'm not sure how active they are though.

The only one that actually lived in India is now attending Georgia Tech.

Just to double confirm, Abaddon is on ze list yes? As well as me obv.

Assuming you two are still together, I'll have you send to him, or he to you.

Plus, I won't lie, one of the reasons I want film is so no one can peak at the project before it's done.

Yeah, I support this.

Can't you just seal the memory card opening and the usb port with some tape or something?

C'mon c'moooooooon . I want my parcel

In, if you can bear another Brit. :)

Me too if you want another pic from London. Not a Brit though :p

I don't see any problem with multiple pictures from the same place. Everyone's going to have a different idea for their shot.

I'm expecting to see lots of butts :D

Ha . It's funny how us city folk just assume you can jump in the car and day trip to Uluru ! It's only over 1000km . In the spirit of the thread , let Contre know and I'm happy to go after you so you only have to send it to Sydney .

It's somewhat more than that actually at 1476km's. Even if I lived in Alice it would still be 465km's away. :p

Still need a few posters in Aussieland or Kiwiland and perhaps the area in between.

I've PM'd ainwood. I have no idea if he's active here these days - maybe a moderator could post a nudge in the staff forum if we don't hear from him within a reasonable time?

I'm giving this another 24 hours for sign ups and then I'll plot a map / path the camera will take.

I recommend everyone look at the list of users who have signed up to ensure there's no user you wouldn't want to know your name / address (only the person directly behind you in the chain will know this information).

I don't know, me and Kan' Sharuminar are both in, and I imagine that you could find two different enough sights in the Helsinki area as you could between Dundee and Aberdeen. Maybe you'll just have to coordinate to make sure you're not taking pics of the same thing? :dunno:

Well, actually it's no biggie, I don't think there's no need to have two pictures from here, and if Stuge takes it, it saves me the trouble and money. :D

So, not signed in.

Well, actually it's no biggie, I don't think there's no need to have two pictures from here, and if Stuge takes it, it saves me the trouble and money. :D

So, not signed in.

:( meanie

I'm giving this another 24 hours for sign ups and then I'll plot a map / path the camera will take.

I recommend everyone look at the list of users who have signed up to ensure there's no user you wouldn't want to know your name / address (only the person directly behind you in the chain will know this information).

Don't plot it, randomise it. It's fairer that way, since otherwise one person from each country will be lumped with a huge postage bill etc.

Also, if you randomise it, and only tell people who they're to send it to, it means that at the end we'll have an eclectic sequence of photos, and we can guess who took what photo based on the photo.

What you think, wranger?

Or aug could randomize the order of the photos after the fact.

Don't plot it, randomise it. It's fairer that way, since otherwise one person from each country will be lumped with a huge postage bill etc.
...So we all get a huge postage bill instead? :confused:

For the oversea shipment, couldn't you just figure out the cost of postage and divide it by the number of people in that country taking pictures? Just have everyone insert their amount into the envelope as they send it off to the next person.

Just an idea to spread the cost. I know overseas shipping isn't cheap.

I can't do it, but I'm here for the pics! :)

For the oversea shipment, couldn't you just figure out the cost of postage and divide it by the number of people in that country taking pictures? Just have everyone insert their amount into the envelope as they send it off to the next person.

Just an idea to spread the cost. I know overseas shipping isn't cheap.

I can't use Euros in Canada.

What I mean is that as the camera is being sent around the UK, everyone adds some cash to it so the final person doesn't have to completely bear the cost of oceanic shipping. It might not work the best with Canada/America, but it would help distribute the cost for our British/Aussie brethren.

...So we all get a huge postage bill instead? :confused:

Pretty much. It also means I can send something from England to the next person in line; I'm pretty sure a Brit wouldnt be impressed by a pack of winegums...

...So we all get a huge postage bill instead? :confused:

This. Tbh, I can't really afford a cross-continent postage bill, but I'm sure someone from the UK crew will be happy to pay for it. If necessary, I would be happy to chip in some, but sending it around the world multiple times just isn't financially viable for some of us.

I wanted an American present :(

Then send the camera eastwards and let noncom receive it from someone in America...

Yeah, I think where possible the hops should all be within the same country (or Schengen area or whatever, where appropriate), to minimize the cross-border shipping (with its potential customs issues, too) and where a country has internal region-based shipping prices (i.e. the US), better to go west-to-east or vice versa. Boundless and I have already volunteered to handle the out-country shipping from our respective countries.

This. Tbh, I can't really afford a cross-continent postage bill, but I'm sure someone from the UK crew will be happy to pay for it. If necessary, I would be happy to chip in some, but sending it around the world multiple times just isn't financially viable for some of us.

Neither can I, I can only afford to send to someone in the UK, overseas is way too expensive (I'm still a student so don't earn an income).

EDIT:
Boundless and I have already volunteered to handle the out-country shipping from our respective countries.

Oh, that's alright then. I'll be happy to chip in a few bob. Cheers, Boundless!

As I said in the OP, the order will be to minimize transport costs -- once the package hits the UK for example, every UK poster will receive it before it's mailed out of the UK. I also asked for, and got, volunteers to bear the extra cost of transcontinental shipping.

However, when I was looking at Royal Mail prices, shipping to North America isn't cheap (it was like 3 times the price to mail UK to Canada than it was to mail Canada to Australia). When I know the package weight / dimensions I'll post them.

As an update, one of the members partaking in this -- who happens to be insanely generous, beyond words really -- has offered to subsidize postage up to 200 dollars when it's prohibitively expensive. Please note that you should only contact me about this if you actually cannot afford postage for the next hop.

I wonder if it would add too much to the postage to include a few pieces of notepaper, so we could write a sentence or two of greetings to each other.

I wonder if it would add too much to the postage to include a few pieces of notepaper, so we could write a sentence or two of greetings to each other.

I guess not, but I might be wrong.

About notes, I'd think not. And if it did raise the price, it would be quite minuscule. I think I'd include a small note book. If people want to send a small token to the next poster, that's also fine -- after all, that extra weight is paid for by the sender.

Small packages domestic US Mail is really pretty cheap. And a number of us are in (relatively) close proximity. So those hops will be only a couple of bucks.

If you don't include notepaper, I'm sure it'll find its way into the package anyway. :) A notebook is a good idea. And I think including silly little trinkets for the short hops is a great idea, I intend to.

Whoever sends it back to the US should include anthrax and/or cocaine and a copy of the Quran

That's not very funny. :huh:

Fiftychat and my mummy disagree.

Well, your mummy isn't a member here, is she? Unless you mean your real mummy, 'cuz you are really undead...

Look at it another way - you want somebody to be arrested for terrorism or drug smuggling? NOT A GOOD IDEA.

That was kinda the point, Igloodude's a real jerk sometimes.

That was kinda the point, Igloodude's a real jerk sometimes.

Now THATS funny ( not cause I think ID is a jerk)

It's not coming back to the US. It's coming back to Canada....

Well, your mummy isn't a member here, is she? Unless you mean your real mummy, 'cuz you are really undead...

Look at it another way - you want somebody to be arrested for terrorism or drug smuggling? NOT A GOOD IDEA.

I bet you my entire life savings that he was being incredulous.

Calm down.

It's not coming back to the US. It's coming back to Canada....

Yeah, I get the RCMP kicking in my door. :lol:

Whoever sends it back to the US should include anthrax and/or cocaine and a copy of the Quran

That's actually better than my idea, I was going to send it to the UK with some ammunition - I know you folks find it tough to find any over there. :lol: (except I'd be paying for shipping lead; an expensive practical joke in any case :( )

Great minds think alike :mischief:

Contre
Warpus
Valka
Zelig
Orange Seeds(to US)

Syterion
Whomp
Godwynn
VRWCAgent
Mangxema
madviking
Theige
Cutlass
Lucy
Igloo (to UK)

noncon
tycoonist
alassius
Truronian
Traitorfish
Kan
Abaddon
Boundless (to Europe)*

Algeroth
SiLL
civ-addicted
Cheetah
Volum
AL_DA_GREAT
stuge (to Aussieland)

Masada
rugbyLEAGUEfan (to New Zealand!)

Nobody (to Canada)

Contre

IF I MISSED YOU LET ME KNOW! This order is not set in stone until the packages start flying. If you still want to sign up, it's not too late!

Okay, so here's what I have thus far for order:

Contre
Warpus
Valka
Zelig
Orange Seeds(to US)

Syterion
Godwynn
Whomp
VRWCAgent
Mangxema
madviking
Theige
Cutlass
Lucy
Igloo (to UK)

noncon
tycoonist
alassius
Truronian
EnglishCrusader
Traitorfish
Kan
Abaddon
Boundless (to Europe)*

I NOW NEED A VOLUNTEER!

Someone here has to ship to Australia. This will not be cheap. However, we have a patron for this who is subsidizing some of the costs. Whomever agrees to send from their country (Norway, Sweden, Finland or Germany) to Aussieland will not have to bear the cost alone... and may actually be able to do it for next to nothing.

So if one of the following posters will volunteer, it'd be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, stuge!

SiLL
civ-addicted
Cheetah
Volum
AL_DA_GREAT
stuge (to Aussieland)

Masada
rugbyLEAGUEfan (to Canada New Zealand!)

Nobody (to Canada)

Contre

*no one give me crap about the UK being in Europe

Currently 33/37

Thx Contre!

Someone handy with graphic... Stuff should plot this out on a map.

Yay I can deliver mine by hand, thus incurring no costs :)

Sign me up if it's not too late. This is a cool idea.

Sign me up if it's not too late. This is a cool idea.

You're in. I have room for up to 7 more.

the list seems to be heavily concentrated in southern England and the eastern US

surprise surprise

the list seems to be heavily concentrated in southern England and the eastern US

surprise surprise

Yes. As I drew little dots on a map I was chuckling at the UK concentration.

the list seems to be heavily concentrated in southern England and the eastern US

surprise surprise

Why is the east coast more likely ?

Because there are more of us here.

Because there are more of us here.

I actually am a bit surprised it's just one poster in California.

I think Hygro wants in and he's in NorCal.

Uk outnumbering US. GG WP

the list seems to be heavily concentrated in southern England and the eastern US

surprise surprise
Actually, it's not all that badly distributed across the UK- two Scots and two Northerners out of nine Brits. There might be a bit of a void in the Midlands, I'm not really sure where everyone is, but apart from that it's pretty even.

Actually, it's not all that badly distributed across the UK- two Scots and two Northerners out of nine Brits. There might be a bit of a void in the Midlands, I'm not really sure where everyone is, but apart from that it's pretty even.

I don't think there's any Brummies on this forum in the first place. I'll let the jokes write themselves.

Godwynn has said that he is in. From Chicagoland. With Whomp.

Hey, if you want, I am in. I don't know if you'd want a picture from this area, but I'd try to find SOMETHING interesting to snap a pic of for ya.

If you put Godwynn before Whomp he will probably be cheap and drop it on his front porch.

I would also suggest that everybody uses the included notepad to write a brief description of their picture.

I would be happy to give you a picture of New Zealand.

the list seems to be heavily concentrated in southern England and the eastern US

surprise surprise

I don't have enough holidays left this year... Otherwise I'd take the cam back to China :(

I'm from the East Midlands (I guess you could change it around a bit so that the person before or after lives close to me).

If you put Godwynn before Whomp he will probably be cheap and drop it on his front porch.

I would also suggest that everybody uses the included notepad to write a brief description of their picture.

If Godwynn wants to be really cheap, he'll get Downtown to sign up, too. :lol:

OP updated with new information. This starts on Friday. Valka, your inbox is full so I couldn't PM you.

I'm really excited! :clap:

Only problem is that it will probably be winter here before I get the camera...

I'm really excited! :clap:

Only problem is that it will probably be winter here before I get the camera...

Oh god, what a horrible scenery, Norway in winter. Shame :(

OP updated with new information. This starts on Friday. Valka, your inbox is full so I couldn't PM you.
You can PM me now. :)

Anyone seen the wire season two when the steveadores steal a police van and send it around the world?

Anyone seen the wire season two when the steveadores steal a police van and send it around the world?

Just last month. :D

On that note, everyone should put a little sticker or something similiar on the camera's box before sending it on. It should come back to contre looking like this:

http://i.imgur.com/IsARS.jpg

You know, like a real globetrotter.

Just last month. :D

On that note, everyone should put a little sticker or something similiar on the camera's box before sending it on. It should come back to contre looking like this:

http://i.imgur.com/IsARS.jpg

You know, like a real globetrotter.

I like this idea.

The other one I thought of was sending something small with the camera to go in each picture.

http://www.islandartcards.com/shop/media/PorcelainFigurines/smFIG016.jpghttp://t1.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/05/37/86/110_F_5378661_fzdqfVG2qPaoJomgPWSW4vaivrUfuOTQ.jpg

Maybe? :mischief:

I'm still in, I just have to think of somewhere to have it sent.

I'm still in, I just have to think of somewhere to have it sent.

Huh ? You're sending it to me

I'm not starting it.

Maybe I'm missing something:confused: but I PM'd you my address . You'll get a camera in the mail , you take a pic , you send it to me .

Yes, I'm deciding what address I want to have it sent to.

Yes, I'm deciding what address I want to have it sent to.

Got ya ! Sorry man I thought you were deciding where to send it

Can't we have more than 37 pics? I say 50-80.

Also can I send it somewhere closer than austrailia?

I checked it. Costs 15 bucks. I can do it. This is based on 2 things. The package must weigh 500 grams. 30 dollars for a kilo. Keep it light!

I'm just out and about a fair bit, so I'm going to have to anticipate the 'right' place to send it.

Also can I send it somewhere closer than austrailia?

Yeah, you're sending it to me, in Helsinki. Let's PM on the details once the box gets somewhat near the Nordics.

Do you have still open slots? If you do, could you sandwich someone from Prague into the European list?

Can't we have more than 37 pics? I say 50-80.

Also can I send it somewhere closer than austrailia?

I checked it. Costs 15 bucks. I can do it. This is based on 2 things. The package must weigh 500 grams. 30 dollars for a kilo. Keep it light!

I'm sticking with a disposable film camera, so the 37 is a rather firm limit. I know it seems somewhat silly to use such antiquated technology, but I didn't like the idea of A: people peaking and B: exposing my computer to a virus because someone else has sloppy computer keeping.

I think nearly everyone has a digital camera with which they can take pictures to share on CFC. The idea behind this is a bit different.

Do you have still open slots? If you do, could you sandwich someone from Prague into the European list?

It's not a problem in the slightest. You'll just be the first poster in continental Europe, after the UK. Just make sure to PM the person before you on the list!

While that's all well and good, there are so many things that can go wrong with a disposable camera.

While that's all well and good, there are so many things that can go wrong with a disposable camera.

You strike me as the responsible type . I'm sure it will be fine

If you still have open slots I could do it (Turkey) but maybe I'm too late. :think:

While that's all well and good, there are so many things that can go wrong with a disposable camera.

In which case we've got a notebook full of love-letters and a bunch of us have weird trinkets from those behind us. :hmm:

(There's plenty that can go wrong with a non-disposable camera too!)

While that's all well and good, there are so many things that can go wrong with a disposable camera.

Then by gum, we'll keep doing it till we get it right! :w00t:

Exactly IglooDude! OPTIMISM! Or love letters, or if the camera is broken, take a pic on your own and print it off and put it in the envelope or SOMETHING.

Exactly IglooDude! OPTIMISM! Or love letters, or if the camera is broken, take a pic on your own and print it off and put it in the envelope or SOMETHING.

And then once we have this down pat , Contre puts a video camera in the post and we make an Oscar winning film.

Ok I'm in. I'd like it if I come after another Korean, I'd like to meet up with some other TEFL/Korean types. But if I'm the only peninsular type I'll do it.

I have one main question: Rules regarding the pictures? Is there acceptable and non-acceptable content? And how many shots are allowed? In case I mess up.

Whatever is ok to post here . Basically don't go with your instinct . And dont stuff up cause the answer is 1 (and have a back up explanation as to why half a shoe is a fantastic shot )

If you still have open slots I could do it (Turkey) but maybe I'm too late. :think:

Well, how long does it take to get a package in rural / eastern Turkey?

Ok I'm in. I'd like it if I come after another Korean, I'd like to meet up with some other TEFL/Korean types. But if I'm the only peninsular type I'll do it.

I have one main question: Rules regarding the pictures? Is there acceptable and non-acceptable content? And how many shots are allowed? In case I mess up.

No other Koreans have signed up, so you'd be getting a package from Finland or Turkey. You'd then be shipping to Aussieland, though by South Korea's post website, it would be pretty cheap to send.

Acceptable content is stuff that can be posted here.

Whatever is ok to post here . Basically don't go with your instinct . And dont stuff up cause the answer is 1 (and have a back up explanation as to why half a shoe is a fantastic shot )

Well, you have to turn a little dial to move the next piece of film into place, so as long as you wait to set the picture until you're ready to take the picture, you shouldn't be getting errant shots.

And then once we have this down pat , Contre puts a video camera in the post and we make an Oscar winning film.

It would be a pretty cool film, but everyone receiving internationally would have to pay duty on the camera (and it wouldn't be a cheap camera) even though they're not keeping it.

On second thought it might be a bit too expensive for the sender, sending things to Turkey should be done by DHL or UPS or FedEx, otherwise it may not get here. Not sure how people are normally going to send it. I'm not actually in rural Turkey but the town is a bit rural in feel but not a village. It's the capital of the province or whatever you call ilçe in English. So feel free to count me out unless someone's willing to send it that way.

I think Eastern Turkey would be really really cool. We could switch the camera or change the roll of film.

No other Koreans have signed up, so you'd be getting a package from Finland or Turkey. You'd then be shipping to Aussieland, though by South Korea's post website, it would be pretty cheap to send.

Cool Beans. I'm in.

Are there no other East Asians? Thats a big responsibility. I will deliver.

I'm still in. I was offline for a couple days do to a computer problem. I've sent a PM to Thiege.

80 days is optimistic!

Somebody should make a map where we see the trace of the camera like in Indiana Jones movies.

80 days is optimistic!

Oh 80 days won't happen. Literary allusion and all!

Camera is being purchased this afternoon and mailed to Warpus. :D

Sent my info to Mangxema.

Okay folks! Got the camera, it has 39 shots. If you really screw up your picture, say, take a picture of the inside of your pocket, you may take a second. Please please don't make this mistake -- the camera shouldn't be wound for a shot until you're ready to take it. But we have a bit of breathing room (5 spare shots).

A day's delay... I am mailing this tomorrow.

Pfft, wiggle room. Ought to make screwups buy a new camera and mail the old one back to Canada. :p

Contre, I suggest you label the camera itself with instructions not to wind the film after you take your shot. It can be kind of a reflex.

First picture taken :)

Subscribed, because I'm in :D

We are off! Mailed this afternoon. Should be there by Wednesday, Dr Warpus!

There will be a bit of a delay while I sort out my moving issues (I don't know my new address yet, at least in full - and knowing one's postal code in Canada is pretty important!). Should be a week or so, then I can take a picture and send the camera on its way.

Maybe swap spots with Zelig to minimize the delay?

Considering we only live about 90 minutes from each other, it wouldn't make a lot of difference.

Warpus won't get it until Wednesday, assuming he takes a picture the following day at work, he won't be ready to mail until Thursday. If you don't know your new address by then Valka, perhaps consider swapping places with Mars.

That's the idea, Valka. It means he can take a day or two to take his pictures during the time you wouldn't be able to anyway. Then when it leaves you it doesn't have to go to him. The time in transit will be the same to/from you/him.

I should know sometime Monday, although I'm not sure which day I'll actually be moved in. Has to be by Sept. 1, though, since I won't have my current place after that. I also need to find out where the nearest post office is, too. Would you believe that Red Deer - a city of over 90,000 people - does not have a main post office?

I should know sometime Monday, although I'm not sure which day I'll actually be moved in. Has to be by Sept. 1, though, since I won't have my current place after that. I also need to find out where the nearest post office is, too. Would you believe that Red Deer - a city of over 90,000 people - does not have a main post office?
Yes I would, you Canuck's are strange like that.

Yes I would, you Canuck's are strange like that.
We used to have a main post office, about 20 years ago. But the federal government asked our MP if he thought we really needed it, and he said, "Nah."

So they closed it and turned the building into a tax office. Postal services were farmed out to whatever local drugstores and grocery stores that had space and they could agree on who would pay for what renovations. My nearest post office is a 30-minute walk from here (a bit shorter time if I cut across the school yard which is illegal to do once school starts next week).

But we old-timers still refer to the former post office building as "the old Post Office". It's sad when so many people now wonder what we're talking about, and I feel sympathy for the folks who moved out of town for a few years and came back to discover the place they thought they could go for postal services isn't available anymore.

Who will I be receiving the camera from? And who to? Its looking like I'm gonna be sending and receiving long distance.

Who will I be receiving the camera from? And who to? Its looking like I'm gonna be sending and receiving long distance.

From Stuge, to Masada. I thought I'd edited that in >.< sorry.

This is SO exciting!

Should be there tomorrow, Warpus.

http://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/track/personal/findByTrackNumber?trackingNumber=0102503000360220&LOCALE=en

Should be there tomorrow, Warpus.

http://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/track/personal/findByTrackNumber?trackingNumber=0102503000360220&LOCALE=en

Don't tell me it's going to be Monday before you get this :(

Well at least it got to London.

This is awesome how long will it take around the globe.

I'm going to suggest we not post tracking numbers, to avoid people calling in with the tracking number and causing problems.

This is awesome how long will it take around the globe.

I'm thinking I won't see this camera until next year.

We are off! Mailed this afternoon. Should be there by Wednesday, Dr Warpus!

Oh crap, I should go check my mail! I haven't checked it since about.. Wednesday. :p

I've been pretty busy lately and not at all involved in this thread, but I HAVE been scouting out photo opportunities in the area and doing extensive research involving millions of dollars.. so I am sort of involved.. and Isshould probably read the rest of the thread, but.. What if we send another camera backwards? That way the people at the end of the list don't have to wait 6 years to get involved.

I'm going to suggest we not post tracking numbers, to avoid people calling in with the tracking number and causing problems.

Yeah... PM would be better. And a post that it's been posted.

If you're looking for more New Zealanders, I'll participate.

If you want another American, you can slip me in.

I finally got my address figured out - have PM'd warpus. Sorry for the delay, but the red tape has been horrendous - and my computer is packed in umpteen pieces until at least next week.

Hey guys, I just opened the package from contre

Your notes say "Do not wind the camera before you are ready to take the picture"

By this you mean that we're supposed to wind it up when ready.. and at no other time.. right? Probably right, but I haven't used one of these in ages so thought I'd clarify. I wind it up until I can't anymore, right?

But yeah, it made it!

I would like to qualify and am from Hungary. Please signal back if I'm in or you have enough Europeans.

If you wind it up before hand, it could take a picture in the package or at another time.

Hey guys, I just opened the package from contre

Your notes to say "Do not wind the camera before you are ready to take the picture"

By this you mean that we're supposed to wind it up when ready.. and at no other time.. right? Probably right, but I haven't used one of these in ages so thought I'd clarify. I wind it up until I can't anymore, right?

But yeah, it made it!

Glad you could read my handwriting.

The winding thing is a precaution. We don't have the luxury of many redos. If you wound it up at home and took it to campus, it could take a picture in your pocket.

If you're looking for more New Zealanders, I'll participate.

If you want another American, you can slip me in.

I would like to qualify and am from Hungary. Please signal back if I'm in or you have enough Europeans.

If anyone drops out, I'll be sure to get you guys (and anyone else) in. Plus, when the camera is passing near you guys, I'll check with posters to see how many pictures are left. If there's room, I'll get ya in.

The winding thing is a precaution. We don't have the luxury of many redos. If you wound it up at home and took it to campus, it could take a picture in your pocket.

But that was my plan all along...

:lol: Warpus you slay me.

Mailed express to Valka

Sorry for the holdup guys

If I get it by the end of Sept, I may be able to send it across the Atlantic via checked baggage rather than postal service. Doesn't look like that's going to happen, though. :lol:

The girl at the post office was super intrigued about this project. I should have totally asked her out

Some time early in October I may be in Maine for a week or so. But doesn't look like it'll get to me by then.

The girl at the post office was super intrigued about this project. I should have totally asked her outSuggestion so noted. Hope there's a cute girl working in the post office when I need to send it on. :)

Suggestion so noted. Hope there's a cute girl working in the post office when I need to send it on. :)

She's not going to ask you why you're mailing a camera, you have to tell her ;) casually

I never mail anything really. I need a lot of help so a conversation is easy to come about. :p

:bump:

Update?

The camera and notebook are currently sitting on my bookshelf, waiting for 2 things:

1. For me to get over this damn cold I've got so I'll have the energy to go to the place I picked out for the photo; and

2. For a decently sunny day.

Somebody should make a map of the journey path of this thing (That means I'm too lazy to do it)

Somebody should make a map of the journey path of this thing (That means I'm too lazy to do it)

I nominate warpus as per his sig.

Goddamit

I thought contre already did it to determine the routes?

Has valka posted this on yet?

Tuesday, with luck. I need a clear day when the post office is open. Neither of those are possible today, unfortunately, and I've got appointments tomorrow.

I thought contre already did it to determine the routes?

I printed out a blank map of the world and drew dots on it corresponding roughly to where posters said they were located. I can't say it was a very accurate map.

Absolutely love the idea, I really hope this project works out. Too bad it's not going through south america :(

I printed out a blank map of the world and drew dots on it corresponding roughly to where posters said they were located. I can't say it was a very accurate map.

K, I'm working on one now.

Not the most accurate ever, but it should be good enough. I put Masada in the desert because I dunno specifically where in NT to put him, and dunno where in South Korea Shekwan is so he's in the middle. And it's kind of huge. Three are too close together... they overlap kinda.

http://i.imgur.com/tgb9S.png

EDIT: Names added by request. The UK list is in order, color-coded except Kan.

Absolutely love the idea, I really hope this project works out. Too bad it's not going through south america :(

If you're willing to ship a camera to the UK, perhaps we could fit you in?

Woohoo, a map! Thanks Lucy!

:salute:

I'd like it if everyone could post the date their photo was taken so we can also get that on the map. Could be cool to collage them all at the end, too.

:salute:

I'd like it if everyone could post the date their photo was taken so we can also get that on the map. Could be cool to collage them all at the end, too.

I asked that they be written into the note book, but since people should be posting info on received / sent in this thread too, that shouldn't be a hard detail to track along the way.

Awesome work Lucy! :clap: :goodjob:

Hmm I don't remember when I took the picture now, but I documented everything in the notebook

Ah Lucy that's awesome! Thank you :)

Igloo: I won't send you my adress for a while, since we're still at the start, and I don't know exactly where I will be when the package gets to you.

Never mind , figured it out . Delete

Absolutely love the idea, I really hope this project works out. Too bad it's not going through south america :(

You know.. we could start another one of these and have it go through places that the other one didn't.. Then we could have a race. but.. is that a crazy idea? If 39 people say no, I'll organize.

If duplicates are okay, I'd be willing to do as many of these as are organized. There's no shortage of interesting stuff to photograph around here.

Hmm I don't remember when I took the picture now, but I documented everything in the notebook
According to the notebook, you took your picture on September 8, around 3 p.m.

It's probably a good idea that you resisted taking a picture of the girls from the Kinesiology Department since nobody here cares about stupid crap like that...

:mischief:

If this trip is successful, we could always do a part 2.

If this trip is successful, we could always do a part 2.

Yeah but sequels are almost always disappointing. :(

Has it left America yet?

Has it left America yet?
It hasn't even gotten to America yet.

For a given definition of "America"... :mischief:

Is this actually happening? We've done like 3 people in a month, so this will take like, what, a year by my calculations?


A year in which some of us will have moved house, or quit CFC?

Is this actually happening? We've done like 3 people in a month, so this will take like, what, a year by my calculations?


A year in which some of us will have moved house, or quit CFC?

...In which case they will be skipped. I never expected this to go at a million miles an hour, and I doubt contre is expecting the camera back this side of next summer.

Is this actually happening? We've done like 3 people in a month, so this will take like, what, a year by my calculations?


A year in which some of us will have moved house, or quit CFC?
I apologize to everyone for the holdup. I moved, did not immediately know my new mailing address, since time was critical and I had to take the next available qualified apartment, sight unseen. Then due to stress, crazy weather, and some twit who never heard of how not to spread germs, I got a cold. Which is STILL hanging on, after 3 weeks! Add to that, the weather has not been cooperating (a sunny day is required)... I will take the picture on the very first day that is sunny and I have the energy to do so. My sincere hope is that this will be tomorrow.

...In which case they will be skipped. I never expected this to go at a million miles an hour, and I doubt contre is expecting the camera back this side of next summer.
If anyone on the list moves, just pass along your new mailing address. If you quit CFC, why worry about an activity you won't be participating in anyway? At the very least, make sure people around you on the list know that you're to be skipped. Same if you should happen to get banned for any significant length of time.

If you're willing to ship a camera to the UK, perhaps we could fit you in?
It'd be fine with me, as long as the person before me would agree to mail it all the way from the US. One thing though is that unfortunately post services down here may not be as fast as in USA/Europe.

You know.. we could start another one of these and have it go through places that the other one didn't.. Then we could have a race. but.. is that a crazy idea? If 39 people say no, I'll organize.
I do like the idea of the race :lol:. It's only as crazy as the original one.