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Old 08-24-2008, 10:20 AM
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Help me out with a stupid idea...

I got one of those "where's George" dollar bills the other day. We were at my friends house and he registered it for me.

You guys on this forum are a trustworthy bunch. Here is my idea. Simply post a reply to this message and PM me with your name and address. I will throw George in an envelope and send it your way. When you get him, register him. Then pop back on this site and PM the next guy and wait for his name and address.
You guys get the idea? All it will cost you is a stamp. Lets see how many miles we can put on George.

Paul

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Old 08-24-2008, 10:54 AM
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I got one of those "where's George" dollar bills the other day. We were at my friends house and he registered it for me.

You guys on this forum are a trustworthy bunch. Here is my idea. Simply post a reply to this message and PM me with your name and address. I will throw George in an envelope and send it your way. When you get him, register him. Then pop back on this site and PM the next guy and wait for his name and address.
You guys get the idea? All it will cost you is a stamp. Lets see how many miles we can put on George.

Paul
I don't think its a stupid idea, it should be easy to do and a good learning experience for the kids.
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Old 08-24-2008, 11:27 AM
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Old 08-24-2008, 01:59 PM
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OK, George is off to Plantman.

Looks like Howitzer is up then off to Lexxani. Lets keep track of the order and who has it. Post here when you send it off. Also include who you sent it to.

Howitzer, PM Plantman with your address.

Oh, and register at www.wheresgeorge.com.

Thanks guys,
Paul
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Old 08-24-2008, 02:33 PM
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send him to me in san diego
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Old 08-24-2008, 02:50 PM
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I think it would also be fun to track it on one of those shared google maps.
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Old 08-24-2008, 04:24 PM
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I'm in. Let me know who to PM.

Lets see how far George can travel!

Edit: Whats the serial number?
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Old 08-24-2008, 06:06 PM
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Speaking of serial number... I was going to say, rather than actually mail the dollar bill, you could just email the serial number, and the recipient could enter it, as if it actually was in his/her hand.
Which reminds me...I need to check where the $1 went to that I entered earlier this year...or was it last year...?
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Old 08-24-2008, 06:57 PM
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Speaking of serial number... I was going to say, rather than actually mail the dollar bill, you could just email the serial number, and the recipient could enter it, as if it actually was in his/her hand.
Which reminds me...I need to check where the $1 went to that I entered earlier this year...or was it last year...?
What fun would that be?
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Old 08-24-2008, 06:58 PM
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I think it would also be fun to track it on one of those shared google maps.

I think you can track it once you have entered the number on the website.
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Old 08-24-2008, 07:51 PM
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What fun would that be?
Admittedly, not quite as much fun.

Although, it sure would have someone wondering how in the hell that dollar bill traveled so damned fast!

Why not? - I'm in.
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Old 08-24-2008, 07:56 PM
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I've had one for the last few years. I'm going to go register it right now.
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Old 08-24-2008, 08:03 PM
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Ha, well Im the second entry- first one was in 2005 in NJ.

Anyone want my bill next?
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Old 08-24-2008, 08:08 PM
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Did anybody read and agree to the User Guidelines/Terms of Service/Rules?

#1 Natural Circulation
The purpose of Where's George? Is to track the natural and geographic circulation of currency.
Etc.......
Etc.......
Sending bills via U.S. Mail or any transportation methods to people in other locales does not constitute natural and geographic circulation.
Etc......

As a side note, IE would not let me open up the complete wording which makes me suspicious that perhaps the site was downloading an ActiveX program, but I don't know.. That's why I typed the rules above as I could not do a copy and paste and could only view a portion of them. Anybody else have a problem like that?
Maybe I'm the only person who tries to read at least some ot the terms of service before I sign up.
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Old 08-24-2008, 09:17 PM
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^^That's where I was going with the google map, the top bills on WG is around 12-15 hits, we would shatter that.

I started a google group where we can share a map, I'm still interested in this to show my kids the mail transit times to add the time spatial element to our geography lessons.

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