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Travel Bug Dog Tag Bill Slowsky

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Owner:
Raptor700r Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Origin:
Oregon, United States
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

Bill’s dream is to SLOWLY travel to the Comcast Communications, Inc. headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA to have his picture taken in front of it and to find out why everyone is in such a big rush with their high speed internet service. He would also enjoy seeing the SLOW sights on the way and pictures taken that he can send back to his wife Karolyn. After achieving his goal he would then travel back to his starting location.
Added Waypoint! Make it to "Tube Time" cache (waypoint GCT9Y3) in Stockton, CA.
Added Waypoint! Be put in "SD-4" (waypoint GCXRRP) near Denver, CO.
Added Waypoint! Place in “Comcast Unofficial Stash” (waypoint GCJYVT) near Pittsburgh, PA..

About This Item

Shell is packed for a SLOW departure!

We have had such a big response that I will continue adding waypoints as they come up!

This is a promotional item that we received from Comcast. We thought that it would be fun to send it to the corporate office and have a picture taken.

I did a Google search and found this story about them on a web page.

"The Slowskys - A married turtle couple who'd rather subscribe to an internet service that is slow (DSL) rather than the quick speedy service of a Broadband service like COMCAST. The Slowsky's (Bill and Karolyn) live in a one-story ranch style home and have all the amenities of modern life, including a concrete swimming pool in the back yard which they call the Pond. Despite the modern surroundings, the Slowsky's motto is "slow and easy." No wild, crazy or frenetic lifestyle for them. Taking it easy is in their nature so Bill and Karolyn can't understand why anyone would want to buy a fast Internet service as suggested in the Comcast ad campaign. To keep in touch with her friends, Karolyn has her own blog where she offers advice like "Only Fools Rush in (Dating Philosophy) and reports on the family's hobbies. For instance, her husband likes to take pictures of speed bumps, eat molasses, drink decaf coffee and participates in staring contests. Here is a posting from Karolyn's February 6, 2006 blog entry: "Yesterday I was online, and while I was waiting for this particular page to download, I fell asleep. I dreamed I won the lottery and that we moved to a new house with a giant pond that was so far from the DSL remote terminal that our connection was even slower. It took all kinds of time to see anything online. We stared at loading bars all day long. When I woke up the page I was waiting for still hadn’t loaded. I think that’s a sign. A sign that DSL is a dream come true."

To see more of the Slowskys you can visit their web page www.theslowskys.com

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Tracking History (7281.4mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 9/1/2008 I hunt for fun retrieved it from somewhere   Visit Log

Grabbed him from the bottom where he was right at home, but its timr to move on!

Dropped Off 8/5/2008 robboh29 placed it in Booger Bottom Georgia - 145.35 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/4/2008 robboh29 retrieved it from Happy Trails a.k.a. Where the Sun Never Shines Tennessee   Visit Log

have it in my possession it is not in happy trails, hit wrong button and it said i left it there, sorry long day on the river lol

Retrieve It from a Cache 8/4/2008 robboh29 retrieved it from It's fun to stay at the _ _ _ _! Tennessee   Visit Log

one of my girls grabbed it before we went rafting and gave it to me to place in another cacher will place it down in georgia near a creek so that he can play in some water and enjoy the country life.

Dropped Off 6/28/2008 espgt placed it in It's fun to stay at the _ _ _ _! Tennessee - 109.82 miles  Visit Log

Had Bill for a while. My first choice for a drop had a couple of bugs missing, so I dropped Bill off where...he can have a good time. After all, its fun to stay at the .....

[This entry was edited by espgt on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 4:53:05 PM.]

Retrieve It from a Cache 5/24/2008 espgt retrieved it from In the Woods (Bring your Dogs) Alabama   Visit Log

Picked Bill up today. looks like he's been in the woods for a while. Have a trip planned and will bring Bill with me.

Dropped Off 1/6/2008 Clarkbowman placed it in In the Woods (Bring your Dogs) Alabama - 1.63 miles  Visit Log

Sorry for the delay I logged him wrong as my first TB and then Not showing up on my list he had a vacation between my truck seats. Got him back on the road today.

Write note 1/6/2008 Raptor700r posted a note for it   Visit Log

Clarkbowman has confirmed that Bill is enjoying his stay and decided to take some leisure time from all the traveling. Bill can’t be rushed so Clarkbowman will encourage Bill to move as best he can. Thanks Clarkbowman.

Write note 1/4/2008 Rubicon Cacher posted a note for it   Visit Log

Still listed in the inventory of "Amongst the Rocks" but is not in the cache. Apparently, Clarkbowman removed it from "Amongst the Rocks" but mistakenly logged it as discovered rather than retrieved.

Retrieve It from a Cache 10/31/2007 Clarkbowman retrieved it from Amongst the Rocks Alabama   Visit Log

Found this guy some time back,was first TB and I miss logged it. so this is a new log. to replace one from 10/31/2007 Not showing up on my list he had a vacation between my truck seats.

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