If your name is Jim "James" Olliges - don't read this.
Okay, people sounded a lot like they wanted to do this in the shows part of the forum. So here goes.
Let's do the get well soon card. Maybe we could draw it ourselves, I don't know, but we can just start a big mailing chain for everyone who wants to be on it. If you want I could get it rolling, or if someone wants to personally draw one, we could have them start it. If you're in, just email me your home address at tomeisenbraun@gmail.com and we'll get this sucker goin. I figure if we organize so that it's getting mailed from closest area to closest area, we'll get it done quickest.
I hope this works out.
Another thought, it doesn't just have to be a card. We could make a whole care package and have each person mail their thing to one location (I could do it, or we could have someone from Lousiville do it) and then send the whole box worth of cards, candy soup, etc. But I think we should still do the one big card from the message board deal.
Tell me what you think. Again, my email is tomeisenbraun@gmail.com
I'm down. The care package thing might be a bit complex to pull off, but if you can do it, more power to ya. I hope the other band members don't feel left out:)
Hell, we could probably get em involved.
That's true.
hmmm, any ideas on what we could put in care package/get well card? I want to get as many people involved as possible.
I think a universal card would be good. We could put liquor in there too (seriously, maybe mini bottles) and mixed cd's. I dunno...just throwing stuff out there. Tom?
haha, or we could pitch in for it and get one of the guys to get it for us when we send it down. I don't want to have to deal with shipping liquor, especially since i'm not 21.
but yeah, i mean we can work that out if you would like. honestly everybody, anything you want to send, just get it to me and we'll get it down there.
Except for liquor. For liquor, send the money and I'll have it bought when the package gets to Louisville, so we don't have to ship it.
I'm definately down. It would probably be quickest to keep it electronic. If you wanted to draw a picture or a personal message you could scan it. Someone could compile these, then someone else could print these out and take them to him. Maybe we could all chip in to buy him a huge teddy bear or something like that, too. Just some ideas, but we should do something.
i'm down for whatever!
ah, the scanning would work. well, i don't know, it's always nice to get something authentically hand-written. Maybe if you could all just mail stuff in, I could compile it. We could do the card as a different thing, too. Start mailing it around and have it get there later than the package. They don't have to come together.
So yeah, let's do that. Let's make it a box, with a bunch of stuff from different people. Feel free to send in crazy pictures or little cards or personal little things you'd like to send to him, as well as any type of gift items (i.e. teddy bears, muppet dolls, fake teeth, etc...) you'd like him to have. If you wanna buy him some good ol Maker's Mark, just send enough cash to cover the bottle and we'll make sure that it gets in there when the box gets to Louisville, but before it's in Jim's hands.
If you're going to mail stuff, email me and i'll give you my address to mail it to. That way i know what's coming and from who, so that nobody gets left out if you'd like to send something.
Sounds like a plan. Expect an email within the hour...
I talked to Tom and we thought it might be easier to send a seperate card from Europe or even the U.K if demand requires it (it'll be faster) so anyone who wants in email me or pm me your address and we'll start it
ste_marsh@hotmail.com
I'm definately in :D
Definitely.
best username/post ever.
I'm definitely in too..
Can you just repeat it all one more time so I got it all right?
I don't knew if I got it all.. ???
really nice idea! its always great to get a box of goodies when you're not feeling great... i'd love to be in, but a little difficult from here... unless you did an e-card?? i'd do a mix-tape style cd or something (with maybe some interesting australian bits and pieces on it) but it'd take ages to get over your way this time of year :'(
bugger it, i'm inspired now! the cd is happening!
QuoteIf you're going to mail stuff, email me and i'll give you my address to mail it to.
Nice, nice, nice. I will email you, sir.
tom, i sent you an email before ... just so you know who it's from! :)
Quotereally nice idea! its always great to get a box of goodies when you're not feeling great... i'd love to be in, but a little difficult from here... unless you did an e-card?? i'd do a mix-tape style cd or something (with maybe some interesting australian bits and pieces on it) but it'd take ages to get over your way this time of year :'(
hey ali, tell you what. you come up with what you want to make on the mix-tape, and let me know what you want to be on there. if you have instant messenger or something, or maybe www.yousendit.com you can get me all the songs. and if you have a scanner, you can write out what you want to say on paper and scan it, and email it to me. if you don't have a scanner, maybe do the same deal with a digital camera and i can print it out on photo paper.
okay, so the deal is:
The Get Well Card.
There's one for america, one for europe. We'll mail it around and then make sure it winds up with Jim. This is totally seperate from the gift box. Make sure you email me your address so we can start figuring out what route we want to send it on. It'd be nice to get it out in a day or two. We'll discuss at the end of tomorrow or thursday what we want the card to be. If your in Europe, amke sure you get in tough with BenGrim and not me. his address is on the first page.
The Gift Box.
I'm gonna be homebase for a box o' goodies for Cap'n Goodies. Send in anything you'd like- Muppets paraphernalia, pictures, mix tapes. Anything homemade is gonna be pure awesomeness on this one. I was told he's pretty hit or miss on candy, so probably don't wanna send too much of it, and probably not super sugary kind of stuff if you do. Probably best to just stay away from it unless you know for certain there's somethin he'd love. I'm gonna try and mail this out a week from monday, so just under two weeks from now. if need be, we can make it longer to accomodate, but i'd like to make sure we get it together sooner, rather than later. Email me and I'll give you my address to send it to and that way i'll know who's sending stuff, so it doesn't leave without ya.
So that's pretty much the deal.
i'm in
hey Tom, i'm gonna be in Nashville in a few days, is there anyway i could just bring you my item?
depends on when you're here. i'm takin off for home a week from today.
alright, i'll send you an email to get the details worked out.
sweet
haha, hmmm...it gives us at least a little bit better of a chance of surprising him than "Get Well Card and Gift Box for Jim"
why don't we all go to his house and take turns washing his feet and stocking the DVD player with Coen Bros. movies? does jim like guacamole? i make really good guac.
So here's an idea to consider:
I had already thought about including a couple of bucks when I send my package to Mr. Eisey so that it would help him out with shipping. The package that I'm sending is light, so a couple of bucks would cover that.
SO, if you are sending a small package, maybe you can include a couple of bucks to help Eisey with the shipping costs, especially if you are sending something that will be costly to ship.
Hey, i didn't think about that part. Good idea, Corey.
Yep, I thought about that, too. Don't want to leave you with the post office blues. :)
If I want to sen dsomething with the giftbox, what kind of money should I send? Bucks, euros? ??? :P
Also, how does we now for sure Jim'll get all of this?
hmmm...American dollars would be best if you can. I really have no clue about getting those converted, but I'm sure I can find a place to get that done. If you could, go to ups.com or whatever and see how much your package would cost to ship in american dollars and then we can figure it out from there. you may want to keep in touch through email with me on this one.
Oh and I talked to Tommy and he gave me the address of the Management office to send this to, so they'll get it and then forward it on to Jim. So there's no worry about it at all.
tom, can you or someone take a photo of the box before it goes out - i'd like to see how our international effort of love :) turns out!!!
the cd's in the mail - i put a whole lot of good australian music on there, plus a few other bits & pieces just to round it out
How is it all going?
we've got a good deal of people so far. around a dozen or so, maybe more. it should be pretty good.
Quotewe've got a good deal of people so far. around a dozen or so, maybe more. it should be pretty good.
Yeah :D sounds fantastic. And the box?
oh, that is for the box. we coudl actually use some more people for the card. i need to go out and get it this weekend, actually.
Quoteoh, that is for the box. we coudl actually use some more people for the card. i need to go out and get it this weekend, actually.
aha, okey. Well, I'm spriding the idea of the card among thoses MMJ-fan I know. Hope others do that to.
hey tom, has the cd arrived yet?
CAN I SEND A PONY? ;D
do it. it'd be awesome.
an di have no idea if the cd is there or not, I go home tomorrow though, so i'll let ya know when i get back if it's there.
Is there an address that his management company can supply us with? That way we could just all send him our individual 'get well' cards/tapes, etc. Not that I don't trust Tom or whomever is doing this to get it to Jim - it just sounds easier to me.
Low Dog
hmmm...my intent was to assemble a box, so that one big box o goodness got to him all at one time, in order to overwhelm him with well-wishes. I don't know exactly what the deal is with the address of the management office, whether they want me posting that on here or what. I'll do my work to find out, and then let you know. If you wanna shoot me an email, I'd be glad to answer it for ya in the meantime.
i think the idea of one box is nicer - bit of an international-cooperation effort....
indeed. speakin, of which, i got your stuff in the mail. apparently they delivered it on Sunday, which is really weird. USPS doesn't do that. ever. your gift looks awesome, and I might add that you have pretty kickin handwriting.
Thanks for helpin out with it.
and yeah, I think that having it be one big united effort, instead of a bunch of little stuff, that kind of adds to it. because, instead of just sending somehting on your own, it's sending it in a big group of stuff that Jim gets to root through all at once, and then see how many people have thrown stuff in and contributed and that we do give a rip that he gets over this pneumonia garbage quick and in good spirits.
hey guys, how bout this get well card? we don't have very many people on board for it yet. in case you didn't read up on it already, here's the deal. i'm gonna send off a get well card in a day or two to somebody from the boards. in turn, they'll sign it and send it on it's way to the next person from the boards. my hope was to get a whole bunch of people in on this one, so we could have 20-25 people signing it. so far we have about eight, so let's get a bunch more on board. if you'd like to get in on the mailing list for it, so that you get the card, drop me a line at tomeisenbraun@gmail.com
let's make this thing awesome
I hate to sound like a party pooper but it's starting to seem like the band will have released another record by the time this thing actually gets to Jim...
QuoteI hate to sound like a party pooper but it's starting to seem like the band will have released another record by the time this thing actually gets to Jim...
Well if you hate it don't do it. People are doing their best.
glad the cd arrived ok - still can't believe it got to you that fast! pat on the back for US mail or whoever!
the cd was a bit of a rush job, but i think it came up well in the end... my handwriting's pretty much a result of my job...
and i'm sure jim'll appreciate the effort, no matter how long it takes (not that its taken that long so far) its the thought/love/best wishes behind it that count after all :)
Jesus. When did I ever say I hated it? Get a grip.
QuoteJesus. When did I ever say I hated it? Get a grip.
You said you hated sounding like a party pooper.
My grip's fine.
OK, Pollyanna. My mistake.
QuoteOK, Pollyanna. My mistake.
No problemo.
(I'll take Pollyanna as a compliment ;))
Feel free.
I think it's a nice thing you want to do. I was just concerned about is timeliness and frankly, I don't know how to say anything without sounding like a bitch. Whenever it arrives, I am sure Jim will be thankful.
If the card gets sent my way, I'll have at least three other peeps sign it and profess their love. :)
awesome deal. it'll get there in time, i'm sure. he may be feelign a lot better thaqn bed-ridden by the time it gets to him, but it'll get there. i'm sure he's not gettin better overnight from this deal.
QuoteIf the card gets sent my way, I'll have at least three other peeps sign it and profess their love. :)
Where are you?
We're a little thin on the ground in Europe.
In Michigan..
If I wanted to send Jim a Get-well-soon card, where am I supposed to send it?
Sorry, if this question been brought up earlier, but I couldn't find where it has.
QuoteIf I wanted to send Jim a Get-well-soon card, where am I supposed to send it?
Sorry, if this question been brought up earlier, but I couldn't find where it has.
you email your adress to Tom and then he'll send you the card to sign and then pass on to the next person. I think that's the idea atleast:P
i think bengrimm was organizing the european get well card. so if you'd like to get in on that, then send him a note.
Quotei think bengrimm was organizing the european get well card. so if you'd like to get in on that, then send him a note.
yeah, that's right. it's bengrimm... :)
You can contact Bengrimm here: ste_marsh@hotmail.com
Thanks! I'm just hoping it's not too late. I have been so busy with school and everything so I haven't got anytime for fix this earlier. :-/
QuoteThanks! I'm just hoping it's not too late. I have been so busy with school and everything so I haven't got anytime for fix this earlier. :-/
It's not too late. It's still doing the rounds. You'll be added to the list :)
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It's not too late. It's still doing the rounds. You'll be added to the list :)
Great! :)
Just a reminder to all you involved with the box, I want to send this thing out on Wednesday if at all possible, so please try to get your stuff to me as soon as possible.
Thanks.
how is the box and the card coming along?
i've got things from four people so far. (not including me) let's try and get a few more in on this eh? The box goes out later this week, so everybody who's in on this please try and get your stuff in the mail asap.
sounds like it might be a little box of goodies... get your act together people!!
i've got things from four people so far. (not including me) let's try and get a few more in on this eh? The box goes out later this week, so everybody who's in on this please try and get your stuff in the mail
Four people? There are over 2000 members here and only four are contributing? That's shameful. Come on folks, this is Jim we're talking about here!!! Let's get those cards and letters mailed out! Think about all that he's given us! Maybe I missed my calling and I should be a preacher, but think about it - I figured that there would be 100 minimum when this thing started....oh well, not to sound too
'high and mighty or holier than thou' - I know that we all wish him the best.
Low Dog
I know we're REALLY late on this...but..it's just life's busy-ness and all. Anyway, tell us what we need/can do and we'll do it. I don't know about sending any gifts at this point, but signing cards and whatnot is doable for sure.
Sorry and thanks,
Laurie
Tom, I *think* I can get my package in the mail to you today.
alright. i got wiggum's package, and if nobody else has anything to say about it, this suckers hittin the mail tomorrow