May 25, 2008

[Editor Note: Somewhat unusual in that the Conveyor reported the sighting.  In this case Dean Barker gets the book and John Millar gets the 2008 BS.]

Something interesting, I thought I'd share. I have an Aubrey-Maturin bumper
sticker on my daily driver car here in Williamsburg, VA. Coming out of a
movie today with my kids a man walked up and asked me about the bumper
sticker. Short version is the man's name is John Fitzhugh Millar and he has
retired to Williamsburg to run a bed and breakfast. What is remarkable is
that this is the man who built the "Rose" used in the Master and Commander
movie. He game he a post card about the ship. Small world made up of POB
fans and soon to be fans. Check out the bottom of the page link below about
John Millar.
http://www.tallshiprose.org/info/history.html

Dean Barker
Owner/Executive Editor - <http://www.overclockercafe.com/>
www.overclockercafe.com
dean@overclockercafe.com

The bumper sticker is on my dear Corolla (which she's practically new since the hail storm in '06). Fortunately I had an extra
of the original bumper stickers to attach to my post-storm bumper, so now you can see that she proudly carries them both.  My car is parked at my workplace, St Olaf College in Northfield, Mn.
JoEllen LaPrade

The bumper sticker is on the "Sea-Room corporate van, a red Venture with "Sea-Room" in blue on rear quarter windows, easy to pick-out on a parking lot.  Usually somewhere in the Western part of the Minneapolis beltway.

The sender's other vehicle is a plane built by a friend.  He writes, "Attached [the bumper sticker] as shown.  Location is Auburn, Washington, can be found around the Seattle-Tacoma area.  The sticker is on a magnetic backing, like I posted about a month or so back. On the right side of the hatch is the nose art for my Fly Baby, a homebuilt airplane... ".