To the Forum regarding the XMTSAS Saltire

[macwilkin]

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[Alan H]

Mike,

You certainly did not, but there were others on here that made some fairly perjorative statements about Jamie and his decision to retire the Saltire. Those were the comments that Alan was reacting to, not necessarily yours.

T.

What Todd said! Not aimed specifically at you at all, Mike.

Actually I was just pointing out some facts, and an inescapable conclusion.

Fact: The saltire is at Panache's house.
Fact: Nobody here on X Marks can make him send it to someone else.
Fact: He's stated that he won't be sending it on to anybody else except possibly Hamish.

Conclusion: Therefore, from a totally practical and emotionally-detached point of view, if the XMarks membership wants to have something to send around to participants, wherever they may reside, there will need to be a new "thingamabob" created.

all the writing in the world on this forum does not change the facts, listed above. I mean no offense, I'm just telling the truth.

All the stuff about talking and writing on the internet about it being a waste of time is just me being generally curmudgeonly. I think it's the truth, though. Nothing will happen until SOMEONE does what Panache did, and just MAKES something and starts sending it around. Talk means nothing and results in nothing.

[Tartan Hiker]

Alan has it just right.

And you know what? There is no rule that says that there has to be only one thingamabob!

What if several members decide "Hey, that Saltire was a great idea! I think I'll send a (insert meaningful icon here) to (insert random XMTS member here). What if 50 of us did this. 100?

What if after a while the mail service was choked with all these various icons traveling to all parts of the globe...even to (dare I say it?)....Australia!

No need to discuss it, vote on it, dissect it into oblivion. As Alan said...if it's such a great idea, just grab the gator by the tail and do it!

If this comes to pass, then I think that the Saltire would rest easy in retirement, knowing that it was just the first of an armada of tokens of friendship traveling the globe and bringing a bit of fun and excitement to all the Ladies and Gentlemen of X Marks the Scot.

And I expect that Jamie would be pleased by that.