--- In pelhampuppetclub@..., "majordenise71" <denni71@...> wrote:
>
> --- In pelhampuppetclub@..., rubyredslippers_uk
> <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > Glad to hear the puppets are a big success David, guess you will be
> > pretty busy in the new year.
> > Hope we can get a few more messages here as well, maybe as
> moderator I
> > should be posting a bit more, but I often feel like I am talking to
> > myself.
> > Is there anybody out there still collecting, and if you have
> stopped
> > collecting, please let us know why. I think many of you have
> > quietened down, there has to be a reason, please let us know. I
> > haven't visited a toy fair for so long, but if I did go, would I
> see
> > anybody there at all these days?
> > I know I have refined my collecting, but I miss the good old days -
> > does anyone else?
> >
> hello
>
> i am still collecting pelham puppets. i bought a pair of mice last
> weekend in a shop in Hastings Kent, and i won a puppet on ebay last
> night, a wolf. i haven't been to a toy fair to buy them as i don't
> know of any toy fairs here in the medway towns in kent. do pelham
> puppets get priced too high at these toy fairs or can you still pick
> up a bargain?
>
> dee :)
>


Ah, you were the lucky one! For what can only be described as continuation of
bad luck I
had in the last couple of weeks, my internet connection unexpectedly failed, so
I could not
bid. But there will be other wolves I am sure! Enjoy!

Regading the original question: I have recently stared in a flurry of activity
again after I did
not do much collecting for the last 2 years. I now own about 60 puppets and have
finally
started to restring and clean some of them. My kids now get to an age where they
can
appreciate the puppets, and I am sure many of my more common puppets will end up
in
their hands, and that is just fine with me.

Re: posting on this forum: I really think that Yahoo Groups are terrible. The
forum is hard
to use, the GUI is terrible, and there is lots of advertisement. It just doesn't
work very well.
And with Yahoo in a death spiral, I don't expect this situation to improve...
not that I have
an alternative to offer, but I just think it does make me less likely to bother
answering,
even if I could.

Anyways, I wish you all a happy 2009 and many bargains!

Regards
- Boris