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1) Tuesday March 29, 2005 @ 12:10am EST
dear greg,
there is no black foam available in all of thailand. i am at a loss.
[insert mission impossible music here]
you might want to put your watchcap on for this one.
facts:
A) the prints need to be at an address by the 1st of april. you will have to work fast. i suggest fully, in purchasing the foam board today:
Aa) ship to this address:
Please prepare your 5 (Five) mounted prints for the exhibition
accordingly and send it to us by April 1
Mailing Address:Attention: J----- W-------
---- Armand Court
F---- C-----, VA 2-----
USA
Ab) foam board info:
FOAM BOARD #612 20"X30" 1/2" BLACK ON BLACK BOARD; This code is for a single sheet.
Black-On-Black foam board is black through the core sothere's never a need to color, cover, or disguise the edges. Featuresinclude a unique polystyrene core with a built-in memory; when cut,the board remains uniform and its edges spring back to their original thickness. The resilient core eliminates bunching and pulling. Cuts cleanly and easily. Strong, lightweight, rigid and warp-resistant.This board is boxed with 10 sheets per carton.
B) i will in one hours time be handing over the prints to fed ex forthe fastest express internationally they can do. it will arrive on thursday the 31st at 10:30am your time.that's two days from now for me, i believe almost three days time for you.
Ship from BANGKOK, Thailand, 10900
Ship to NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, U.S.A
Ship date March 29, 2005
Contains ARTWORK, COMMERCIAL
Package type Your Packaging
Dimensions 20 x 16 x 3 in
Weight 1.6 kgs
Declared value for customs 4000 Thai Baht . THB
FedEx International Priority(r) 10:30 AM Thu Mar 31, 2005 2 Days
C) this means that if you can purchase the foam board and double-sticktape/#M photo adhesive spray today, now or soon to be tomorrow, getsomeone to help you mount and cut the foam boards to spec., and sendthem to the address using the fastest mowst expensive fastest postalservice available...
D) you will have a total of almost 24 hours in which to send the prints. i have faith in your know-how, talents, and resourcefulness greg.
it's time to pull out the stops for the most ridiculous transcontinental photographic mounting known to man!
i'm counting on you, and i'll talk to you soon.
thanks super buddy.
love,
bay
ps- tell me please if i forgot any info you might need. i am sending to you most of this info too in printed paper form along with the photos
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2) Tuesday March 29, 2005 @ 12:42am EST
hey
my only question is how to properly package the prints. and how to properly package them once they are mounted.
if i get the package on the 31st, i can try my darndest to get it out the same day...but then i dunno if i can or not. if i can, then i can overnight it to v------...
i wonder if i can sameday something...
in the end i will package them as carefully as i can, but maybe if there is anything of note that you might tell me...
-greg-
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3) Tuesday March 29, 2005 @ 1:00am EST
dear greg,
all i can think of is this: just believe in yourself and do what you can. i believe there to be ridiculous overnight or same-day service, and i will research that for you from here.
the other thing that's bugging me is that i paid hella to have them matted, then it seems as if the nat'l geo. people don';t want a matte. mmmmbut i say perhaps just leave it on. if they really don't want a matte, they can cut it off w/out disturbing the print at all.
in terms of packaging. i'm thinking...
once mounted, slip a sheet of paper in between each print with a piece of bubble wrap too. then wrap the whole stack with bubble wrap twice and then find some cardboard pieces. maybe you can use the one will send with it...but corregated cardboard i think is a better buffer.
maybe you can get a box the right shape/size (dimensions are about 16" x 20" x 3 "). in any case, think anal in terms of if you had to send prints in the mail. wrap that sucker up or box it if you have found a box of that dimension, then send it the shit out! attach a fragile sticker on it if you can, and if they ask you the price of the worth of contents thing, it's about 180 bones.
thanks meng, any more ?'s
the fed ex man isnt here yet.
bay
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4) Tuesday March 29, 2005 @ 2:05am EST
dear greg,
the prints have just at this moment been handed off to the fed ex man.
the arrival time should be 10:30am on your thursday morning at the address of your office. (if it's not on time ask for a free pizza...j/k)
the tracking # is: ----.----.----, form ID # is: ---- (just in case)
i really appreciate this, and have sent along with the carefully(meaning anally-packed) packaging, the information on who to send it to, the distance from your work to the address where you have to sendit to (if you were driving, but in this case just for a so-you-know), the information about the foam board along with a description, a copy of my itinerary up to date but w/out specific flight and hotel info/#'s, and i believe any other things i might have included will ultimately make sense.
i thank you very much from the bottom of my everything i have bottoms too.
get on your horse, we're riding!
love bay
ps - if b---- can somehow help you with this, just ask her, cause she's rad like that.
word bird.
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