The mascot idea was originally Lee's (Welung666) - I thought it was a great idea.
I think it'd do wonders for the OOF if that was undertaken.
With Lee's permission, I'd like to start that tomorrow?
You carry around the OOF mascot for the day, you photograph it when it acomponies you on your daily routine.
Tomorrow it'll be with me, and it'll travel around for the day with me. I'll then upload the photo's and explain where it's travelled and share any interesting stories or photo's of the day.
Then it will pass along to the next member (anyone who wants to be the next mascot bearer?), I will include a digital camera that's passed around so those that may not have one can share their photo's with us.
I'd urge any member to have a go, from the newbies to the well established members.
Are you a truck driver? Tell us about the interesting load you had, the nice scenery...the best road side cafe you always eat at...and a good picture of their best breakfast. I'm always looking for good full english breakfast's
Do you work in a shop? What do you sell?
Hairdresser, chef, taxi driver, teacher, IT specialist, mechanic, police officer, train driver, estate agent, Lord of the Manor?
There will be such a diverse bunch on here, and in most cases we just don't know about it.
It'll give us all an opportunity to share our passions, interests and daily lives with all the other members on the forum...you may find out some very interesting things and get to know different sides of some members.
It'll help us all out in different ways...for example does anyone on here do vinyl graphics suitable for vehicles? I need some doing...and one day a member who has the mascot may reveal that, otherwise I'd never have known.
Maybe someone's an electrician, builder? And you're local to a member...they find out you're a builder, electrician etc and they put work your way. It can be a great way to network both on and off the forum.
Hopefully it'll encourage us to get to know the 'real' us a bit better. The posts on a forum define the poster, sometimes they may not come across as they intended. But if we all know the 'real' person we'd undersand their post a little better.
The real reason for this, is an attempt to curb any ill feeling between members and get a greater understanding between members, and hopefully this will work.
All and any opinions welcomed
I'm grateful if you've taken the time to read this rather long post.
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