On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 09:04:56 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:16:19 UTC, T i m wrote:
Serious questions.
1) How many Xmyth cards do you (and the Mrs etc) typically get each
year?

7 so far. But I also get some gifts which don't come with cards :-)

2) What percentage of them are from people you are likely to see very
regularly (like at work the day you break for Xmyth, if you were still
working)?

About half

3) What percentage (typically) give you 'joy' (and why / how do they)?

most, because it's nice to be remembered

4) What percentage do you actually know without confirming.

If you mean who I know they're from, all of them if they're to me.

5) What percentage are from people you are likely to have sent cards
to previously?

all

6) What percentage might be from people you hadn't had any other
contact with over the previous year (and why not)?

about 1/3rd.

7) What percentage would be (only) in an electronic form (email,
eCard, IM etc)?

sent one by email this year!

8) (This one might take some real honesty). Is there any value to you
having all the cards on display (assuming you were to etc)?
I ask because I know it was to my Mum and Dad and I had the job of
putting up all the strings for them to hang them on and they liked
knowing that (say) 150 people had sent them a card?

it's nice and christmassy, and helps convince myself I have a social life.

9) When sending xmyth cards (as a couple and assuming you are a 'man'
here) ... do you get / write / post / deliver them or are you only
involved in say the (local) delivery bit?

Design the card, order the cards from the printer, write the cards, post the cards, deliver the cards, ... but I am single.

10) Who chooses which person get's which card and is there a range?

I do, and subject to availability everyone gets the same from one or two designs. A few people will get one of a previous year's spare cards. People I don't like much will get one from the last Woolworth's jumbo box.

I can see me dropping to email cards only for the people who aren't local, because of the postage costs.


Thanks for taking the trouble to reply and the honesty Owain
(especially the Woolworth's jumbo box for the Z listers) ;-)

I can see and appreciate it might be a bit different of you were on
your own, (however you got there) however, I don't think even that
would make me want to send Xmyth cards but might make me a bit more
(or appear more) sociable. ;-)

On one hand I don't particularly like my own company but I am also
fairly fussy who I spend time with. Like, I prefer down_to_earth,
honest and practical people ... people who can look after themselves
and where we might share some common interests etc. People where there
is no effort needed to talk about anything ... even if it is bollix.
Someone willing to also put a brew on, or knock up a sarnie for as
both, even if it's 'not their house'. ;-)

I'm lucky that I currently have much of that with my Mrs (we are
'mates' and are happy to knock about together etc).

Ironically we have both said we want to be the first to go ... knowing
how hard it might be to be on your own, after such a relationship etc.

In fact I've even said I'm not sure I'd still want to be around if she
goes, but she has insisted I stay for everone else (mainly daughters
etc). Not sure what good I would be to them.

I (really really) do feel for anyone who has lost a long term partner,
and especially if you had anything like the life I have had with mine.

I would be happy to 'be there' for anyone, even on the end of a phone
if that gave them any distraction / solace.

All the best mate.

Cheers, T i m