[Snowball] Relax - was: Snowball #2

[Bill Cromwell]

On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 14:40 -0400, Donley wrote:
> Snowball Groups (Both #1 and #2),
> 
> Jeramy's email below has prompted me to respond with something that I have 
> been thinking about ever since the new (Post Lloyd) Snowball groups formed. 
> There seems to be a tremendous urgency to get the Snowball in and out of 
> everyone's hands quickly. Reading between the lines of Jeramy's email, I 
> think he feels a lot of pressure to move the box along, probably reducing 
> his pleasure at having the box. I think this urgency will detract from the 
> enjoyment of others who receive the box if one is expected to turn it around 
> in a day or two. There should be a leisurely perusal of the contents, 
> contemplating what could be done with the part or reminiscing about what one 
> did with that part in the past. If everyone shipped the box after only one 
> day in possession of it, and the average shipping time was 3 days, that 
> means a box could show up every 28 days assuming 7 members in a group. I 
> don't know about the rest of you but a monthly junk box may be too much.
> 
> Please don't get me wrong. I want to participate as much as the next person, 
> but I think it would be much more enjoyable if the pressure to move it along 
> could be reduced. I don't think anyone in the group is forcing this 
> pressure. It just seems that every recipient so far has created the pressure 
> on themselves, not wanting the group to think they are slow. Lets relax a 
> little and enjoy this process. I think that was Lloyds original idea.
> 
> 73
> Richard
> KC9UB

Hi,

I have been thinking along the same lines as Richard. Maybe one source
of the urgent feelings about the boxes is what happened to the last one.
That was a disaster and nothing to really be done about it. As long as
everybody posts when they get the snowball and posts again when they
send it along (and to whom) I think everybody will be happy.

As for what has happened to Jeramy..well "s*** happens". Most of us are
olde enough and should be mature enough to *KNOW* that life is what
happens while we are busy making other plans <grin>.

Today I got out one of my battery chargers to put the initial charge
into some brand new AA NiMH cells. My charger won't accommodate all of
them. I started to look for the bigger one..then remembered it went into
the snowball that got pitched into the landfill. Rather than feel ugly
toward the guy who got so badly lost, I took a minute to pray for him
and especially for the people who have to care for him in his present
condition. There were a couple of stops after it left..maybe one of
those guys is using that nice battery charger.

73,

Bill  KU8H