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[jose melendez]

SIC ordered the STATS today, I'll get NendaSoksi on here to give some details, but it's a rivetting story of tarrif exemptions and right hand drive.

With that underway, the vast majority of the $45K, and me back in the US and working on getting items out to the people I owe, I want to move on to choosing images. Based on the discussion in the previous thread, it looks like SoxVindaloo and johnmd have chose A) Tek and Foulke after 2004 for one side and a Pedro image TBD on the other.

With this in mind, early next weekish, I'm going to start up a bracket tournament to pick the third image from those nominated. I will exclude Pedro pictures, since one of them will be on one side. The ballotting will take place in P&G so as not to clutter the main board, but I'll post updates here to keep people in the loop.

If you want to nominate another picture for the tournament, this is the place to do it.

Edited by jose melendez, 04 February 2013 - 12:19 PM.

[TheYaz67]

Okay, so we have the 1990s/2000s covered, how about some history....

[MoGator71]

A picture of the 3 starters walking out to the bullpen in game 5 or the '04 ALCS would be pretty cool, though I've never seen a really good one anywhere.

[BannedbyNYYFans.com]

[jose melendez]

No, I'd spend it on a lot of AIDS trucks.

[litigator02]

If something with Ted doesn't make it on there, we've failed as a community.

[Kenny F'ing Powers]

[ToeKneeArmAss]

[NendaSoksi]

Hi all, it's true, the shiny new truck is on its way! We sourced quotes from 6 vendors and to get the Tanzanian tax exemption we are entitled to took 9 visits to the Arusha District Commissioner, and another week of visits to the Tanzania Revenue Authority for an official stamp for that letter. But we got it, we put our order in (just in time--they told us they only had two left in stock) and now we're just waiting to hear the expected arrival date. The truck will be shipped from the Toyota warehouse on Gibraltar, to the congested port in Dar es Salaam, where we'll have a local agent get it through customs, pick it up and drive it to Arusha, about 12 hours. In the meantime we'll be looking for a local buyer for our beat up old truck that's on the brink of needing another major repair. Since the largest bill in Tanzania is only worth $7 and people prefer to transact in cash, this will probably involve huge wads of cash changing hands. Just how things get done in Tanzania.

This truck is a gleaming white canvas, so we're looking forward to painting it up. And then of course to taking it to some of the villages most in need, spreading key messages about HIV and about great moments in Red Sox history.

[Manramsclan]

Pedro want's to drill AIDS with a fastball.

Edited by Manramsclan, 15 September 2012 - 10:47 PM.

[jose melendez]

Just for fun, I thought I'd trace our truck's journey. It's in Barcelona now



Leg 1
Departure 09/10/2012 Gibraltar Ship: Car Carrier Arrival: Barcelona, Spain 10/10/2012


Leg 2
Departure 18/10/2012 Barcelona, Spain Ship: Jolly Perla Arrival: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 12/11/2012

Edited by jose melendez, 11 October 2012 - 08:29 AM.

[PedroKsBambino]

A picture of the 3 starters walking out to the bullpen in game 5 or the '04 ALCS would be pretty cool, though I've never seen a really good one anywhere.

Would love to see one of those---was in the bleachers at the time and everyone went absolutely nuts. Anyone seen a picture of that from anywhere?

[jose melendez]

If you want to follow the ship with our truck on it, go here. It's not like following Dice-K or Doug Mirabelli, you know, in the sense that the truck doesn't kind of suck.

[Lose Remerswaal]

If you want to follow the ship with our truck on it, go here. It's not like following Dice-K or Doug Mirabelli, you know, in the sense that the truck doesn't kind of suck.

Well, it does say this:

DeadWeight: 45200 t

Which suggests it does have something in common with Dice K and Mirabelli


But it is a pretty Red color, which is appropriate.

Edited by Lose Remerswaal, 12 October 2012 - 11:21 AM.

[mabrowndog]

Just for fun, I thought I'd trace our truck's journey.

Leg 2
Departure 18/10/2012 Barcelona, Spain Ship: Jolly Perla Arrival: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 12/11/2012

Please tell me they delayed the departure for a day so a few boxes of these could be tossed into the trunk.

[mabrowndog]

Heh. Looks like it is indeed delayed. The ship left Marseille yesterday and arrived in Spain 4 hours ago.

Edited by mabrowndog, 19 October 2012 - 11:05 AM.

[jose melendez]

I keep reading Jolly Perla a Jhonny Peralta.

[mabrowndog]

Left Barcelona at 5:04 AM local time (11 pm EST last night). Last position was 30 mi S of Cannes, France. Should be porting in Genoa, Italy in a few hours.

[jose melendez]

Italy's nice at this time of year.

[mabrowndog]

Finally left Genoa yesterday afternoon and made an overnight pit stop in Naples. Departed there 6 hours ago and is cruising SE 75 miles north of the toe of Italy. She'll pass through the Straits of Messina in a few hours with Sicily to her starboard.

Next stop: Port Said at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal in Egypt.

[jose melendez]

It's freaking awesome being able to track this.

[jose melendez]

For the current location

[wibi]

I came to this thread expecting to find bitching about how the racist had come out of retirement and signed with the Sox.

[barbed wire Bob]

I came to this thread expecting to find bitching about how the racist had come out of retirement and signed with the Sox.

Same here. I assumed he was interviewing for pitching coach.

[biollante]

I love that ship map website.

But why are people tracking this ship ? I am missing something.

[jose melendez]

This ship has our truck destined for Tanzania on it.

[mabrowndog]

The ship's last position at 6:30 AM EDT was 10 miles north of Port Said, She's set to berth in about 15 minutes.

Not sure what other ports she'll be hitting from here, or what route she'll be taking around the Somalia coast (friggin' pirates...), but it's about 4,000 miles from Port Said to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Anyway, the AIDS truck is now in Africa.

[mabrowndog]

At last report an hour ago, Jolly Perla had traveled halfway through the 120-mile Suez Canal. Much of the canal is designed to handle single-vessel widths, so traffic is managed by convoy with groups of ships traveling in one direction at a time. Hence she's been anchored in Great Bitter Lake just south of Ismalia waiting her turn to continue south to Suez. It's also a slow trip, with vessels kept to 8 knots or so to minimize wakes and bank erosion.

Once through the canal, it's about 200 miles through the Gulf of Suez, 1200 miles through the Red Sea, and 500 miles through the Gulf of Aden to the Arabian Sea.

[mabrowndog]

The ship is now in the Red Sea, east of Elba National Park, traveling due southeast at 17 knots. She has about 50 miles left in Egyptian waters before entering those between Sudan and Saudi Arabia, and 780 miles to the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb and the Gulf of Tadjoura where she'll take a hard turn to port into the Gulf of Aden.

Translated from Arabic, Bab-el-Mandeb means "Gate of Grief". Not sure why they didn't just call it Lackey's Passage.

[Lose Remerswaal]

Able was she, ere she saw Elba.


I'm sure you can get a Mets or Tigers or Rockies (Rocky) reference in the title as well, Jose, if you only try.

[dbn]

I'm all for have "Our" and "Truck" capitalized in the thread title, but this isn't the Sons of (Seattle) Bill James.

[jose melendez]

It's in the Gulf of Suez now.

[mabrowndog]

It's in the Gulf of Suez now.

There's something wrong with the page, as it's showing her coordinates from more than 2 days ago as her "last reported position".

Yesterday at 6 pm EST her location was 22^o37'N 37^o46'E, about 570 miles to the SE, which is to be expected at a speed of 18 knots or so.

[Scarlet Fire]

There's something wrong with the page, as it's showing her coordinates from more than 2 days ago as her "last reported position".

Yesterday at 6 pm EST her location was 22^o37'N 37^o46'E, about 570 miles to the SE, which is to be expected at a speed of 18 knots or so.

The site is somewhat unreliable at times. I use the site every day at my job and sometimes reports appear and then go missing, don't appear until some time later, etc...

It's better than nothing, but there are 'for fee" services that allow for more accurate tracking.

[mabrowndog]

The tracking page is still messed up, but shortly after my previous update the ship pulled into port at Jeddah, gateway to Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia. It's the largest port on the Red Sea, and she was still berthed there as of 5:39 AM EDT yesterday (11:39 AM local time).

Edited by mabrowndog, 04 November 2012 - 11:12 AM.

[InstantKarmma]

It had a stop in Djibouti.

*snicker*

[mabrowndog]

In the Indian Ocean, heading southwest off the Somali coast. Barring any pirate attacks, she'll port tomorrow morning at Mombasa, Kenya. From there, it's about 215 miles to Dar es Salaam.

[uncannymanny]

The site is somewhat unreliable at times. I use the site every day at my job and sometimes reports appear and then go missing, don't appear until some time later, etc...

It's better than nothing, but there are 'for fee" services that allow for more accurate tracking.

Sounds like Horseface is working our container.

[dbn]

Is there any truth to rumor that the state of RI has offered a $75M ransom guarantee on our truck?

[mabrowndog]

I have it on good authority that our shipment is in the capable hands of Captain Simon Katanga.

[jose melendez]

Hey, for those interested, I'm going to try to get the brackets for the back image up in the next day or two. Sorry I've been lazy about this.

[mabrowndog]

As of 8:30 AM EST (4:30 pm local):

[SumnerH]

This is mostly to test that the main board is working now, but I love this thread--keep the updates coming!

[uncannymanny]

As of 8:30 AM EST (4:30 pm local):

One of the more simultaneously beautiful and dangerous places I've been.

[mabrowndog]

The ship arrived in Dar Es Salaam at around 6 AM today local time (10 PM EST last night).

[jose melendez]

With the truck in Africa, I am getting ready to start the tournament for the third picture on Monday. See the nominees in P&G

The two purchased by the fashionists are Tek and Foulke celebrating in 2004 and Pedro being awesome.

[jose melendez]

The first match in the truck piucture tournement is upin P&G , click here to vote

Also, if you're a lawyer who knows any copyright stuff, check out the P&G thread and offer advice

[jose melendez]

The second match is up, Paps versus Fred Lynn

[jose melendez]

Match three, Yaz vs. Dewey is in P&G

[jose melendez]

Round 2 Match 1 Ted vs. Fred