Sorry about "shouting" in the title, but how can we help but be excited about the long awaited arrival of the Erie Land Light???

The lights are expected to arrive in Maine in early May. Lighthouse Depot will ship out the pre-purchased lights for us. Probably mid-May. This will save me an untold amount of work and will get the lights into your hands more quickly than if I shipped them. They will go via UPS, so those of you who provided a PO Box will need to get me a street address ASAP.

Those who chose to use the "pay half down" option need to get the balance due covered within the next two weeks (by May 5th). You should be receiving a note from me with the options.

Sounds great Dave,
Can't wait to get mine!
HCS

We don't mind THAT kind of shouting, Dave. Are the buttons still arriving at the same time?

The pins for those who paid in full when they ordered will be included with the ELL. IF anyone would like to purchase an extra one, please contact me.

I am happy as a pig in slop. The never to be done ELL(according to Kim) is a reality. It's been a long year in the making.

That is very descriptive, Rich! I am happy for all of us but particularly so for you, since you fought long and hard to get this model done! Congratulations!!

Even though I nominated the ELL, if it wasn't for Daniel pushing for it and the rest of the committee agreeing to it, it would have never happened.

I know there were many people involved and we owe them all - THANKS, EVERYBODY!

Waiting for word of the ELLs arriving, but the mailing list went to Lighthouse Depot this afternoon. There are a few who still need to settle up to receive their lights. If you do not have the balance covered, or have not made arrangements with me, your lights will not be shipped in the intitial delivery. They will be left in the group that will eventually come to me for further distribution. Moral of the story: Settle up or be the last one on the block to receive your ELL! It may be July before I get into those as I have a somewhat busy June.

I have sent a couple emails to those that still have a balance. If you are not sure if you owe, send me a note and double check.

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a thought; how are you going to decide who gets which number piece? (low versus high).
HCS

The numbers were all assigned by a luck of the draw for those ordered by a certain date. From there on it was sequential numbering. No bad numbers when there are only 500 pieces.

Dave did a random drawing for numbers for the Forum members that preordered before the ordering was opened up to non-Forum collectors. Example: If there were 250 pieces preordered he randomly drew numbers between #1 and #250. The #2-#6 were not in the drawing as they will be used for future fund raising. None of us know these numbers and won't know until our pieces are delivered to our doors. It's sort of like opening presents on Christmas morning.

Sounds good to me - all adds to the anticipation and excitement of receiving ELL.
HCS

I'm SO excited..I can hardly wait! I don't get THIS excited on Christmas morning!!! But then again..my hubby won't buy me Harbour Lights(because he can't remember what I have)! :p

So we are going to have to start a thread with my numbers so everyone knows who the "lucky dog" is.....
I'm just glad it's coming and I'll be taking pics of ELL on my way up to Niagara Falls in June. (Plus a few more of those on Lake Erie)

So get ready for a 3 digit or less, #500 or lower, probably with 2 under 250.
1 out of 125 chance it's a single digit.
Almost a 1 out of 5 it's a double digit.
2 out of 5 for the first customers(if the 250 above is right)!
Another 5 will get 100, 200, 300, 400, or 500.
Should be fun???????

Greg!
?Deal or no deal?

Not bad odds I'd say.

TOTALLY DEAL!

Hey, maybe I'll even end up with a really low number. That'd be cool...

But if we all get numbers under 500, then that changes the range of what is considered a "low number" to a much narrower gap than, say, a normal edition of 4000 pieces. So wheras 500 may have before been "low," now 100 would be.

Now we just need a REALLY hot woman (or man) to deliver each of our ELLs in a suitcase, and we're all set.

Greg, check your PM mail box - needs to be emptied. Tried to send you a note.

Cleared it out. Try again.

And if it's about the thing I think it might be about, I'm going to get it in as soon as I can get the thing I need to do the thing working.

And they say women are hard to understand. . . .

Sandy

How about divulging who got #1, #7, #8, #9...

You'll all find out your numbers when the "Man in Brown" does his thing!

Greg, these really are LOW numbers! All of them.

I would hope that RICH would get the number "1" light as he was the one that made the nomination that was approved. Those of you who have seen the LEGACY must have noted the story about Rich which was really well done. Also a photo of him holding an "ERIE LAND LIGHT." Bring on the numbers but more imprtantly the LIGHT!

We can get Rich an AP but the numbers should be random.

No one received preferential treatment on low numbers - that was one rule I insisted on. Each of the group that worked on the project got a chance for each ELL they purchased. The numbers fell where the numbers fell.

Maybe mine will be 11, 22, 33, or 44, since my low numbers are my reunion pieces which are 55 and 66.

I will reiterate what Dave said. The drawing was 100% above board and none of the committe got anything up on the other members of the Forums. None of us even know what numbers were drawn. We will find out when the "man in brown" delivers them. It will be like Christmas in May when they are delivered. Bob M is the one to thank for the ELL as he was the one that suggested an exclusive. I just happened to be the one that suggested the ELL because I knew that HL would not do the piece because Kim told me that the market was not there for it. It just turned out to be the perfect size, price range and the artwork was already done from the LLOM model.

Bob from your previous post I bet you got an A in math. It was all above me. I'm waiting fir the man in Brown!

Chuck

I may have thought of that idea at that time and it now has become a reality, but the real work was done by Dave H and John C in making the ELL become a reality. Rich suggested Erie Land Light and the ELL won out over the rest of the competition. The committee members bantered back and forth for quite some time in the initial planning stage. Then our two-top guys (Dave H & John C) took the ball and ran with it.

Give credit where credit is due. Thanks Dave & John!!!

Bob

Yeah, yeah, these guys always get plenty of credit! :rolleyes: lol Thanks
to the other guys who feed them all the great ideas. LOL
We're all grateful to ALL to get a new, exciting, most talked about low number, non-error piece, in a long time. (Well at least since the REUNION)
Bob

I will have to wait to see mine when I see Dad aka Rich on the 22 of June....I hope he sends me a picture of mine!!!!!!

You can never tell, I might hold it hostage to pay you back for those teenage years.

Oooooh, hope my parents never do that.

Scott, I guess you are referring to the latest piece in your inheritance?

Well, I don't know about the inheritance part..just depends on how Dad feels that day :p

Well, I would watch out; your dear, ole dad has been selling a lot of lights lately.

It will be really nice to see this very special piece arrive. Many of us have been waiting with great anticipation to add the ELL to our collections.

It won't be long now!

Bob

I hope those heavy rains and washed out roads in Wells don't effect this. And how about the rest of those HLs? Are they safe and dry in the warehouses?

Is ELL the first exclusive made specially for the forum?
HCS

So far! I'm hoping there may be more in the future which would give the CF members a chance to vote for a light that may not be on Harbour Light's "to-do" list.

Bob

I with you Bob, hope we can have more.

I totally agree. This is a terrific way to get those lights we love and not on HL's "to-do" list, to quote Bob.

Hey, Does anyone know if the ELLs have shown up yet in Maine? Last word was they were to be there in early May???

The lights have been released by customs in Boston and are on the way to Wells. They are expected between now and Wednesday. As soon as they get the container unloaded they will ship our lights out - all their paperwork is set and ready to pack and ship them. There is more than just the ELL in the container so it may take a day or so to get it fully unloaded.

Things have been slowed a bit by the floods in the area, with the container being delayed getting released. They will send me a note as soon as they start to ship and I will then send an email to everyone as I have promised to do in my last several communications.

It's nice to know that we're getting closer. Thanks, Dave!

Thanks for the update Dave! Makes the wait a tiny bit easier to know that we are getting closer to shipping them.

Thank for the update, Dave. I'm sure everyone appreciates it. I know I do.

Thanks for keeping us up to date Dave!
HCS

You're doing a great job, Dave. !! Is there any way you can get cloned for other jobs as well?? I'm really looking forward to it as I've just returned from the hospital with a total new knee , #1. #2 will probably not be far behind, but will wait for the recent memories to fade. Anyway, the Light when it arrives will undoubtedly give me hours of enjoyment as I have lotsa time to fill, and I was born and raised in Cleveland and remember it well!!!! .

That new knee should make you forget the ordeal. Everyone I know whose had a replacement says it was really worth it. Good luck!

George,

My husband had his left knee replaced 3 years ago during the winter and was back walking the 18 holes on the golf course that spring. Follow your surgeon's and your therapist's instructions to the letter and you'll be climbing stairs in no time at all.

My mother's had both knees replaced twice--got 18 years use out of the originals before they had to be replaced. She's also had a shoulder replaced. Bionic woman's going to outlive all of us!!

Sandy

Thanks to all for the kind thoughts . The PT excercises used are listed with the Geneva Convention under the heading 'Torture'.

Dave says They Are On The WAY! Closing this thread.