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Travel Bug Dog Tag Bill Slowsky

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Owner:
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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

Dropped Off 8/19/2007 wayne_etc placed it in Amongst the Rocks Alabama - 1.35 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/22/2007 wayne_etc retrieved it from Lilly's Cache Alabama   Visit Log

Picked him up, and will scoot him along. I'll intoduce him to our pet turtles before he departs!

  • Mr. Slowsky, Speedy, and Sleepy Bill seemed to enjoy meeting our 1 year old box turle babies Speedy and Sleepy.  You can probably figure out who's who.
Dropped Off 6/27/2007 xerifly placed it in Lilly's Cache Alabama - 550.36 miles  Visit Log

Sorry, I didn't see the note or we would have left this little guy behind. Now he's ended up here in Alabama (a slow detour) where the heat and humidity slows everything down!

Write note 6/15/2007 Smash102 posted a note for it   Visit Log

Looking to see this little guy. Could some one help him get to the MACITO #11?

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/11/2007 xerifly retrieved it from Pimpin in Style Ohio   Visit Log

Slow, slow we go.

Dropped Off 3/31/2007 Chipper725 placed it in Pimpin in Style Ohio - 179.12 miles  Visit Log
Write note 3/28/2007 Raptor700r posted a note for it   Visit Log

YAHOO!! He has been found! I want to thank KYK96 for her help in trying to locate Bill during his extended winter stay. Thank you KYK96! We owe you a debt of gratitude.

Grab It (Not from a Cache) 3/27/2007 Chipper725 grabbed it   Visit Log

Will keep it moving.

Write note 3/19/2007 Raptor700r posted a note for it   Visit Log

Today I moved Bill's status to MISSING. A TB Swap between kyk96 and a unknown user didn't go so well. Now we have no idea where he is, maybe he will show up sometime, then again maybe not. Thank you all who followed his journey.

Retrieve It from a Cache 12/22/2006 kyk96 retrieved it from Baby Bird's Nest #1 Michigan   Visit Log

TB swap with geopigs.

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