[Groop] Off-Topic Request From A Lurker

[Chris Schechner]

Now why would anyone in the tax office call you "Darling"?


>Hi folks,
>
>Congratulations and heartfelt envy to all you lucky souls who managed to
>make it to WonderCon.
>
>I'm generally known as Ferg (except to my mother and the tax office, one
>of whom calls me "Darling") and have been lurking here for a while
>enjoying the scenery. For quite some time I thought that most of you were
>standing upside down which seemed like perfectly reasonable, Groo-like
>behaviour. After a while I realised that it's just because I'm reading
>this in Australia. More precisely, in beautiful Adelaide which (for those
>of you playing at home) is approximately in the middle down the bottom.
>
>I started collecting Groo with the first Marvel/Epic issue (which suddenly
>seems like an awfully long time ago) and am the kind of fanboy much-loved
>by comic shop owners who has a standing order for anything drawn by Sergio
>or written by Mark (although I've had to be firm and draw the line at
>things created by moustachioed cartoonists who bear only a passing
>resemblance to senor Aragones or are merely based on allegedly true
>stories about someone who once ate cheesedip).
>
>My only claim to Groo fame is having a letter published in Groo Grams (but
>I can't remember what number, it could be somewhere in the late 90s but
>may well be over 100). I must admit to being tempted to pull out all my
>comics and check but time will not permit.
>
>Sorry to the purists but this is the point at which we veer off-topic.
>Feel free to drift off to another post now. For anyone who's still around,
>I'm looking for some help of a non-Groo-related kind although, in my
>defence it was inspired by something I read on Mark's POV website
>(http://www.povonline.com/Groo%20Card.htm#Address for those keeping
>score). As noted before, I live "Down Under" which is generally a
>wonderful thing. What it isn't wonderful for is:
>* purchasing things that are only available in the US (for obvious reasons)
>* purchasing several small things from different vendors on the US
>(because postage is prohibitive).
>
>I'm looking to find what Mark eloquently described as "some American
>friend" who is willing to act as an occasional "Post Buddy". Maybe once or
>twice or year. The idea is, I will buy some stuff from various online
>sources over a period of a few weeks and have it all posted to someone in
>the US who will collect it and then pack it up into a big box (or a couple
>of smaller ones) and find out how much it will cost to ship it to me. I'll
>then send through money to cover postage and packing and paypal fees and
>my Post Buddy will send me the stuff. I'm primarily interested in books &
>CDs that are hard to get or just ridiculously expensive here but my
>immediate concern is to try and pick up a set of very cool Mega Bloks
>Dragons toys which are currently on sale at Kohl's--for my 6-year-old son
>of course!
>(http://www.kohls.com/products/product_page_vanilla0.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=694
>29697&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=19975&bmUID=1083542947591).
>
>Anyone out there able to help? You'll need to be:
>* A Groo fan. I need to know I'm dealing with someone who has impeccable
>taste.
>* Someone who lives in the continental US.
>* Someone who knows that Australia is not in Europe (you'd be amazed how
>many people seem to think we're responsible for cuckoo clocks).
>* Someone with a PayPal account who can receive payment by credit card.
>* Someone with easy access to strong cardboard boxes and packing tape.
>* Someone who finds it easy to get to a post office and doesn't mind
>making a couple trips.
>* Someone who can calculate postage.
>* Someone with a little time on your hands and enough space to store a few
>parcels for a few weeks.
>
>A penchant for cheesedip is optional.
>
>Oh, and I just realised that Kohl's doesn't accept offshore credit cards,
>so you'll also need to be (just this once):
>* Someone with a US credit card and billing address willing to purchase
>something on my behalf on your own credit card (after receiving paypal
>payment from me obviously).
>
>If you meet all the above criteria and are interested in helping out an
>Aussie-Groo-fan, please send me an email off the list. Please cc it to an
>email address that I'll spell out to avoid the evil spam-masters, viz:
>
>     bwhoth at yahoo dot com dot au
>
>This eudoramail account gets so much spam that I sometimes miss important
>things. I'll even tell you my real name if you ask nicely and promise not
>to use it in public.
>
>Sorry, but I can't think of any way to demonstrate that this is not a
>scam. The best I can do is refer you to my ebay feedback rating by
>following this link:
>http://cgi2.ebay.com.au/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewFeedback&userid
>=fergusmaximus&items=25
>
>If that doesn't work, just do a search for member "fergusmaximus".
>
>Thanks for your time,
>Ferg (aka Fergus Maximus)
>
>
>
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>Check out the new EudoraMail at
>http://www.eudoramail.com
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