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The Great Bear

A little message written with big pleasure

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 TO EVERYONE

HAPPINESS, LOVE, HEALTH AND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY


ERIC

The Great Bear
doodlebears wrote:

Wow, Eric that sounds very interesting. Sorry I don't have any info for you, but I wish you good luck with the book. Now a serious Eric I can not get my head around.          

Have a wonderful Christmas Eric!  http://www.teddy-talk.com/upload/200812/santasmile2.jpg

hugs, Jane.  :rose:

bear_grin  bear_grin  By xmas time everything happens Jane even the most amazing things  bear_grin  bear_grin

In advance, Merry Xmas to youand yours

Sweet hugs

Eric

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lapousmor wrote:

Good luck with your search, Eric!

Oh, and please, keep one of your books for me when it is published! Of course, I will want it signed by you!!!!  bear_original

Beary hugs,
Sophie.

Thank you Sophie. It should be ready by the end of 2010.

Bisous

Eric

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Hello everyone  bear_original  bear_original

I have not been active on here these last times, I have been very serious (yes it happens  bear_grin ).I am writing a book of the old french maker FADAP.

I have been far enough to find informations, but today, the ones I am looking for are not easy to get because they could be find in the U.S.A

In fact, in 1954, FADAP worked in collaboration with IDEAL TOY CORPORATION. FADAP made a range of bears and other animals with the American manufacturer technic called "Slush Molding".

FADAP also imported from the USA a wonderful artificial silk (rayon)  pink, yellow and blue colored. I guess, as FADAP was in contact with Ideal Toy Corporation, perhaps, there is a link to follow between Ideal and one of its artificial silk supplier.

I am looking for any information around this. I don't know if a book speaking of the Ideal story has been published, if so I may find some detail to hook up,  let me know where I can buy the book.

Any information are welcome, even the smallest, even the ones that could sound ridiculous, don't hesitate to let me know.

In advance big thank you for your help

Best Wishes

Eric

The Great Bear

:crackup:  :crackup:  I tried that one but I gave up  bear_grin

The Great Bear

Hello Dawn   bear_original  bear_original

I would like to wish you a very good luck for this opportunity. I sincerely think this job match with you, with the passion you have got for bears and all that is around.

Teddy Bear Time is lucky to find someone like you because after loosing Kirste it might have been difficult to find out someone else having high competence of the teddy bear scene but they did not make a mistake piking you up!!

I am very happy for you, I wish you success and I already am sure the readers will be able to fell how strong is your passion for the bear's world.

But there is a but... especially for the readers who do not know you....yet... They won't be able to hear your lovely smile through your articles bear_grin  bear_grin  bear_grin   bear_tongue  bear_tongue

My very best wishes

Eric

ps : kiss your man from me  bear_grin

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Us Bears wrote:
The Great Bear wrote:


Girls and boys try to celebrated it but Halloween celebration does not work very well in France for adults, it does not mean anything, it just means and sounds as a business day like  :)

I think the meaning of Halloween has been lost.  Too many people think it's just a day to dress up and beg for candy.  The truth is that Halloween began as a religious holiday.

"All Hallows Eve" is the night before All Saint's Day.
In Spain, Portugal and other Spanish speaking countries it is the beginning of the "Dia de los Muertos" celebration where families honor the spirits of their deceased relatives.

The tradition of dressing up in scary costumes occurs because people wanted to scare away all the evil spirits so that the religious ceremonies could progress in peace.

Children beg for candy as a symbol of appeasement to the spirits.  If you give something to the spirits, they will not harm you in the coming year.

Carving pumpkins and putting a candle inside is done so that the light from the flame can guide the spirits of our deceased relatives who have died in the past year so they can find their way to Heaven.

I always get a little bit miffed when people say that Halloween is just a Pagan holiday.  Yes, it had its beginnings in Paganism but it has also become a very solemn Christian holiday.  People who campaign against Halloween on the grounds that it is a blasphemous Pagan holiday don't know their own religion very well.

For the humans and Bears who live in this house, we enjoy Halloween but it's not a major holiday for us.
We don't decorate the whole house but we say a little prayer before we go to bed.
We carve our pumpkins and our Halloween Bears get excited when they get their picture taken.
We enjoy handing out candy and watching all the kids in their costumes.  We live on a corner lot so we are on a good location to be a "Neighborhood Watch."  In the seven years we have lived here, there has only been one very minor incident on Halloween.

In short, we honor the significance of the holiday but we don't go overboard with it.  We just have a little fun.

I don't know about other places but, in the USA, Halloween has become a party holiday for adults to get drunk and act silly.
In some places, there is more drinking on Halloween than there is on Saint Patrick's Day!

Oh my god I thougt Halloween meant allowed  bear_grin  bear_grin .

The Great Bear

bear_noexpression Very nice !!!!!!!!!!!

Eric

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Halloween has never been celebrated in France as you do over sea. For us, halloween appeared there are 10 years ago that's all.

Girls and boys try to celebrated it but halloween celebration does not work very well in France for adults, it does not mean anything, it just means and sounds as a business day like  bear_original

Anyway, Happy Halloween to you Jane and all that are going to celebrate it

Eric

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puca bears wrote:

ERIC...........do have a look at the North American Bear Center website (www.bear.org/website) - seriously, the bear is NOT terrified by this man (Lynn Rogers) - it's just a bit concerned by the extra camera ......
The center is dedicated to studying the bears and increasing everyone's awareness of of where the bears are coming from. 
There's heaps of info and videos explaining their body language and volcalisations.........all to the good in my opinion. We've shared our   world with these beautiful creatures for so long.... and I HOPE it can continue. It would be nice to think that the sad demise of Bruno, the young brown bear who wandered into Germany a couple of years back, and ended up being shot, wouldn't happen again......

And MELISSA - boy am I jealous........here am I studying the bear "language" - and NO chance of my ever meeting a  bear here!

huggies
Maria

Ok Maria I understand all of it and I also understand that in some point bears act as a guinea pig for scientifics but it's for everyone's awareness then I should be ok with this ?  bear_grin  bear_grin

Why would we not keep way from area bears are ?  It is possible to put border somewhere, isn't it ? Why would we not keep something wild and natural in the 21 century ?

Humans always want to put their nose where they could keep it away  :crackup:

I know, we haven't got any bear in the french mountains, except a full hand of them in the Pyrénées and maybe some in the Alps. They cause trouble because people can't go anymore in the area bears are!!! tsssssssssssssssss

I guess in the areas where bears are common it may cause safety problems. I then could have a different view point if I was living a bear area BUT I am not  lololol bear_grin  bear_grin

Teasing Hugs  bear_laugh  bear_laugh

Eric

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I have to say, it is strange, I haven't got any word to tell what I feel.

Feelings I have are mixed. Yes it is very nice to see this mummy bear that close but by another hand this mum is scared by the man.

What this bear shows us is how bears feel about humans which does not seem to be so nice.

This mum fight against herself she knows what are worth humans, but she does not attack.

I totaly disagree this kind of video because it scares animal. Today, technology is high enough to film animal hundred meters away without scaring them, without shocking them..... yukkkkkkkk

I would prefer not to be able to watch a video if I knew it would have been filmed scaring animals.

Humans : want want want want  bear_shocked  whatever may happen!!!!!

Eric

The Great Bear

Very very good idea !!!

Eric

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peterbear wrote:

It is a beautiful animal, Manuela.  bear_flower

At the risk of sounding incredible stupid: what is a gypsy horse ??  (Is it a horse that belonged to gypsies?  bear_wacko )

Hugs,  :hug:

Peterbear

P.S. to Eric : I used to ride horses myself, though it would be more correct to say that the horses rode me.  :crackup:

lol Hiya Peter very funny lol In order to tease me the owner of the horse called me "John Wayne" (only because I had a cow-boy hat :crackup: )

Eric

The Great Bear

:clap: Well Done Laura  :clap:

Hugs

Eric

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When I first saw this picture I thought it was a chinese Roll'Spring in progress :crackup:  :crackup:

Sure some of you are going to think I am mad  bear_grin  which is not so false  bear_grin  bear_grin

Seriously, it is a nice picture, it was worth to tease a little bit

Eric

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Lovely one !!! I love horses but I still have a very bad remember of the first time I ride one of them  bear_grin  :crackup:

Eric

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His nose looks like a truffe that is the reason why in France we call dog's nose Truffe.

Nice piccy  bear_thumb

Eric

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lovenshire wrote:

A baby sits tranced reaching a candy tootsie...

Two Owls On Tree Sitting

Search

Impatienly Eatery

Eric

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It is a very nice work  bear_original  bear_original and a very nice dog too  bear_grin

Have ever tried teddy bear brochee too ??

Best Wishes

Eric

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I just love them !!

Very nice work

Eric

The Great Bear
The Great Bear wrote:
danceswithteddybears wrote:

Hope I'm not overstepping, but I picked a word from Clare's sentence:

Gardens

And made a new sentence:

Guardian angels really do enlighten noble souls.  bear_flower

Eating Nuts Lays In Grass Has To End Neighing  bear_grin

New word : CHESNUT

Eric

Sorry I made a mistake, on in more that's all lol  bear_grin

new word : EATING

ps I hope nobody is on diet  bear_grin

Eric

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danceswithteddybears wrote:

Hope I'm not overstepping, but I picked a word from Clare's sentence:

Gardens

And made a new sentence:

Guardian angels really do enlighten noble souls.  bear_flower

Eating Nuts Lays In Grass Has To End Neighing  bear_grin

New word : CHESNUT

Eric

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Hello Tammy,

This panda is a pure beauty!! Perfect expression :clap:

Hugs

Eric

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