Penpal
20th November 2008, 09:32 AM
I write to say the Pen Swap most recent commenced in May was completed in November by the most kind Amos.
In the first Pen Swap my exchange was Matt in the USA and I made a goodfriend in Matt and thoroughly enjoyed the experience ( hi Matt by the way)
The May Pen Swap my Pen went to David and David and I swapped first week in June at the Working With Wood Show in Sydney and maitain a great friendship through from this.
Two observations one is they are simply magnificent,bit like musical chairs when you are a kid, it takes you out of your comfort zone and places you in a position of making something innovative, clever or more quickly than normal, allows sharing blanks etc.
The second observation is this one took six or seven months to complete (maybe longer if kind Amos had not stepped in) It has been like scattered aces very difficult to follow easily.
Now Amos has a business to run and certainly is way out of pocket on all he does for us so I today will make a search in my unique collection of pen blanks and send him by tonight a selection for him. I know he likes super sized in fatter than normal for his high end pens and propose we as a fair minded group reciprocate in a way he is compensated for his love of his fellow man and just because he deserves it.
I look forward to the next pen swap with a few basic rules in that a suitable time frame of three months maximum for completion and say (one) pen swap to keep it even. A date for joining the swap with a cutoff and a cutoff time for completion.
Thanks for listening. Peter:2tsup:
In the first Pen Swap my exchange was Matt in the USA and I made a goodfriend in Matt and thoroughly enjoyed the experience ( hi Matt by the way)
The May Pen Swap my Pen went to David and David and I swapped first week in June at the Working With Wood Show in Sydney and maitain a great friendship through from this.
Two observations one is they are simply magnificent,bit like musical chairs when you are a kid, it takes you out of your comfort zone and places you in a position of making something innovative, clever or more quickly than normal, allows sharing blanks etc.
The second observation is this one took six or seven months to complete (maybe longer if kind Amos had not stepped in) It has been like scattered aces very difficult to follow easily.
Now Amos has a business to run and certainly is way out of pocket on all he does for us so I today will make a search in my unique collection of pen blanks and send him by tonight a selection for him. I know he likes super sized in fatter than normal for his high end pens and propose we as a fair minded group reciprocate in a way he is compensated for his love of his fellow man and just because he deserves it.
I look forward to the next pen swap with a few basic rules in that a suitable time frame of three months maximum for completion and say (one) pen swap to keep it even. A date for joining the swap with a cutoff and a cutoff time for completion.
Thanks for listening. Peter:2tsup: