Very nice of you sir ... of couse, it's a moot point if the current host doesn't pass 'em along and the others whose turns are next hang onto them for weeks if not months at a time ...

IF they were to move along as originally intended from where they are today, I could theoretically see them by Christmas, but inasmuch as not a single transfer has gone as originally intended in the past year, it realistically won't happen before a year from now ... if that ...

It seems like such a simple concept ... get the bears, have a few days of fun taking their pictures, send them along to the next person on the list ... even if a week turned into 10 days, not a big deal .. but some weeks have turned into more than a month or even two ... I initially thought I might see them in 6 months ... currently, that's the best I can hope for ... but, at the rate they're going, a year seems more likely and more than that is well within the realm of possibility ...

I'm not going to make any plans for 'em until they arrive at my door ... and if by that time I'm so old that they have to take a ride in a wheel chair with me rather than a Crossfire, well at least I'll try to make it a thrilling wheel chair ride ...