***PITH Pairings - Updated 8/10/10***

Here are the pairings for PITH 2010. If you signed up and your name is not in this list please let me know as soon as possible.

Contact you partner. If you are unable to make contact with your partner within a reasonable amount of time (what ever amount of time you define as reasonable) let me know and I will get you a new partner. Plenty of people have expressed willingness to exchange with more than one person.

Stay in contact with your partner. Make contact with eachother at least once per week just to see how things are going. If your partner mysteriously vanishes let me know and I'll find you another one. As stated in the original PITH post, anyone who falls off the grid may, depending on the circumstances, be dropped from this years PITH, banned from next year's PITH and possibly banned from participating in other IAP activities.

See the thread titled PITH 2010 Photos for instructions regarding photos of the PITH pens.

The goal for completion of all swaps is 5 weeks from today (9/4). The drawing for the $50.00 gift certificate will be held 8 weeks from today (9/25). See further details about the drawing for the gift certificate in the PITH 2010 Photos thread.

Have fun!!arty:

CSue...USA
Caden Hrabak...USA

Scout52...USA
Grizz...USA

va3jff...Canada
juteck...USA

EBorraga...USA
tdjmur...USA

leestoresund...USA
latelearner...USA

michelle...USA
glycerine...USA

ZCrafts...USA
MarkHix...USA

Jim Smith...USA
mick...USA

kennspens...USA
Wolftat...USA

lwalden...USA
Crickett...Canada

maxman400...USA
awolfe...USA

Janet...Canada
Buzzzz4...USA

Kev...Australia
THarvey...USA

mredburn...USA
bhesson...USA

darcisowers...USA
Wizard...USA

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[/FONT] Seamus7227...USA
ldb2000...USA

Fritz64...USA
1dweeb...USA

bgibb42...USA
scorpio oz...Australia

simomatra...Australia
burr...USA

ericw95...USA
KenBrasier...USA

gawdelpus...Australia
alankulwicki7…USA

areaman...USA
Hucifer...USA

dalemcginnis...USA
trickydick...USA

el d...USA
David Keller...USA

darrin1200...Canada
snyiper...USA

Lloyd...Australia
Mrs Rojo22...USA

woodhacker...Australia
MrPukaShell...USA

Moke...USA
rej19...USA

toddlajoie...USA
indychips...USA
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[/FONT] madmax89060...USA
jthompson1995...USA

traderdon55...USA
rjwolfe3...USA

ESwindell...USA
jaywood1207...Canada

1080Wayne...Canada
KeithWare...USA

dalecamino...USA
Steeler fan 1...USA

Kandice (shawnmhill)...USA
MPatterson...Canada

Mike8850...USA
jimofsanston...USA

BruceK...USA
micharms...Canada

truckfixr...USA
chuditch (aka: WoodWrite)...Australia

olsonrdh2...USA
foamcapt40...USA

RyanNJ...USA
Sylvanite...USA

Gofer...Canada
LarryDNJR...USA

soligen...USA
broitblat...USA

Spats139...Canada
Charles...USA

GoodTurns...USA
warreng8170...USA

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[/FONT] Rfturner...USA
Penmaker1967...USA

VampNM...USA
Brian in Burlington...Canada

Papa Bear...USA
jimskio...USA

jack barnes...USA
Brooks803...USA

bitshird...USA
johnkofi...USA

Hunter-27...USA
ThomJ...USA

atsowers...USA
CHEF...Scotland

Dudley Young...USA
Coysquibbly...Canada

ProutyBoy...USA
MusicalForest...Australia

Skiprat...Wales
DurocShark...USA

turbowagon...USA
workinforwood...USA

mprans...New Zealand
obone...USA

shawnmhill...USA
cschimmel...USA

Elizabethdrinkard...USA
Crayman...USA

concho joe...USA
RAdams...USA

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[/FONT] Phunky 2003...USA
witz1976...USA

jeremyj...USA
GaryMGg...USA

jskeen...USA
robutacion...Australia

Mack C. in Brooklin ON...Canada
TylerRiddle...USA

terryf...South Africa
PTownSubbie...USA

ken69912001...USA
Displaced Canadian...USA

Phillywood...USA
Reece...Australia

LizardSpit...USA
YouthMinisterDan...USA

animefan...USA
jaeger...USA

SteveG...USA
Rippa...Australia

kenlicciardello...USA
capcrnch...USA

VisExp...USA
Sawdust Maker...Australia

jmc1967...USA
biednick...USA

patsikes...USA
Douglas Feehan...USA


rTURNERg...USA
cajunskeeter...USA

ToddMR...USA
aussieturner...Australia

run91...USA
seawolf...USA

buckobernie...USA
mapletree...USA

Oldwagen...USA
emmwittle...USA

livertrans...USA
HSTurning...USA

Skywizard...USA
mbroberg…USA

Nick...USA
greenmtnguy...USA

jimm1...USA
pwhay...Australia

Stick Rounder...USA
Dorno...Australia

elody21...USA
Jim Burr...USA

nevyen...USA
Toni...New Zealand

corian king...USA
dgscott...USA

OLDMAN5050...USA
Mike of the North...USA

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[/FONT] SkookumPens...USA
keithlong...USA

Gezawa...Australia
altaciii...USA

Crashmph...USA
ZanderPommo...USA

stolicky...USA
Rum Pig...Australia

Seer...USA
slick...USA

scrollsawwoodart...USA
pssherman...USA

louie...USA
cigarman...USA

ssajn...USA
khogan16...USA

sparhawk...USA
ozne69...USA

bobskio2003...USA
Nellieteach...USA

Mr Vic...USA
HazzaB...Australia

nava1uni...USA
wade45...USA

BigShed...Australia
aggromere...USA

PrinterTom...USA
Pioneerpens...USA
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[/FONT] bobleibo...USA
Craftdiggity...USA

louisbry...USA
JayDevin...USA

Mickey...USA
Glenn McCullough...USA

**********2nd Chance Pairings***********

CeeGee...Australia
DanNelson...USA

Scotty...USA
Gagler...USA

Stevej72...USA
Rudy497...USA

alphageek...USA
WoodenInk...Australia
Fyrcaptn...USA



Cygnet...South Africa
Willee...USA
Mark75...USA

its_virgil...USA
Striperskin...USA

WHooo Hooo!!! I get to ship outside the USA!!! Now to find the South African flag colors!!

terryf...South Africa
PTownSubbie...USA

Mike,
You said that you were going to do the drawing at some local watering hole. I'm just wondering if the names were drawn from a hat of an empty pitcher. arty::drink::bananen_smilies046::biggrin: Thank you for hosting this.

Mike thanks for doing this. Amazing, I got paired with Hunter27, we have the same birthday.

whohoo, shippin down unda! Gotta think up a little sumpin sumpin special for that now

Displaced Canadian said:

Mike,
You said that you were going to do the drawing at some local watering hole. I'm just wondering if the names were drawn from a hat of an empty pitcher. arty::drink::bananen_smilies046::biggrin: Thank you for hosting this.

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Unfortunately the, "Special Meeting" was canceled due to lack of interest.

In the interest of full disclosure, if anyone cares, here is how the drawing was done. I went tohttp://www.random.com http://www.random.org/ and pasted the group 1 list in their "List Randomizer". I then "randomized" it 5 times. I cut and pasted the results into a Word document. Then I did the same thing with list 2, cutting and pasting into the same Word document beneath list one. I then formatted the list so it would be easier to read the pairs. There were several (less than 5) instances where two individuals from outside the USA were paired together. In those instances I took the top person from outside the USA and switched him with the first person from the USA directly above him. Yes, that was a form of manipulation, but it was still random. No two specific people were paired together. If figured that it would be better to have two people from Australia, for example, trading with people from the USA instead of with each other.

Once the Word document was formatted for easy reading I cut and pasted it into the post.

Cool !!!!:biggrin: Now to plan my personal attack on Don:tongue:

Thanks for running this Mike. The random pairings worked out perfectly for me!!!:biggrin:

I got paired with a girl!:tongue: Maybe I should get her something from exotic blanks... :biggrin: :wink:

Mike:
Thanks for all your work on this! Looking forward to contacting BruceK and working on my pen.

Michael

PTownSubbie said:

WHooo Hooo!!! I get to ship outside the USA!!! Now to find the South African flag colors!!

terryf...South Africa
PTownSubbie...USA

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I look forward to it Fred.

And from you signature I see you normally start late and finish early - hope thats the case with your pen turning as well :biggrin:

Thanks for the post Mike.

Mike, sorry there were no morning cocktails involved in the draw. Would've been interesting with everyone's name spelled wrong due to Blurred Vision!!:biggrin: So in the words of Michael Buffer

Mike
Thanks for all the hard work you have put into this.......lots and lots of people are going to have a blast and meet some new friends along the way thanks to you.
Cheers
Bob

thanks for doing this. it is my first time doing this and i am looking forward to doing it i wil email my partner today to let him know when i am planning on starting the pen.
thanks again
todd

Mike, thanks again for doing all this work! I have been looking forward to this!

Mike - didn't notice this in the original tread but my handle is ericw95 not eric95

ericw95 said:

Mike - didn't notice this in the original tread but my handle is ericw95 not eric95

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Thanks for pointing that out. I changed it.

WOOHOO!

I have contacted my trade partner and we are nailing down the specifics! THIS IS SOOOO FUN!

Thank you for all of the hard work of putting this together and getting it off the ground.

jskeen said:

whohoo, shippin down unda! Gotta think up a little sumpin sumpin special for that now

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Yeah...! who would tell...!:biggrin:

I have just read the "pairing" results and got a chill up my spine...! I don't know if is from getting you as my partner in this event (my first one, ever) or if is because is bloody could today...! :wink:

So..., you're reckon you're in troubles huh...! and about "moi"...????

I've gotta think of something quick smart...!:befuddled:

PS: Where am I going to get some wood (pen blanks)...???:wink:

Cheers
George

thanks for doing this mike
and the little reshuffle to make sure that swaps travel across the pond between oz and us if fine by this aussie :biggrin:

This is gonna be fuuuun

The list in post 1 has been updated to include the people who took advantage of the week extension. My goal was to get a large number of people from around the world participating in the PITH. I'm satisfied with our efforts.

There are 200 people from 7 countries signed up for PITH 2010!! :biggrin:

PTownSubbie said:

WHooo Hooo!!! I get to ship outside the USA!!! Now to find the South African flag colors!!

terryf...South Africa
PTownSubbie...USA

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try this site

http://www.flags.net/indexs.htm

Made contact with my partner Coysquibbly in Calgary Alberta, Canada. Looking forward to a trade and a new friendship.