Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24139784-20131107015933/@comment-24180763-20131124042606

5658398CC - Gleed*Spark

Hi Guys...First, I want to give a huge THANK YOU to those faithfuls who have been lighting my island every day or night, mostly on the page I asked for. : )  Thanks to you, I have a Reebro and a Geeode now.  I so appreciate you slogging through pages and pages of friends lighting torches, especially if you are amongst those not getting that much back yourself.

As of tonight I am not doing that anymore...I drastically reduced my friends list, from six pages to two. I am hope hope hoping I did not cut one of you quiet knights of the light, and if I did, that you will re-appear on my list when you light me up. I have never had more than 14 torches lit at a time (and that was once)  -- tonight it is nine. A poor return on lighting over eighty torches nightly...and slogging through the list is just not fun anymore. So no more pyramid scheme for me. I still have 30 of you on my list, which is still way more than I get...but it is manageable to get through. I just hope I kept the right ones. I will keep trying to refine it.

Meanwhile, if you are a daily lighter of EVERYONE on your list, please feel free to add me, and we will give it a try. But I am going to try to keep my list short and reciprocal.

To all on my list or not -- may your fires burn brightly and your monsters sing LOUD! > gleed

ps:  if you are interested, there is a fascinating look at social equity, in an experiment with two capuchin monkeys (not harmed) who were paid unequally for work performed. Type in your search engine "2 monkeys were paid unequally," and you will find a short and hilarious example of how basic the instinct for fair treatment is, that even your four year old (or maybe especially your four year old) would understand. The whole TED talk can be found by searching for "Frans de Waal: Moral Behavior in Animals". Though the entire talk may not be suitable for children...it is fairly scholarly, and has a very brief reference (and slide depiction) of the other thing besides food that highly motivates monkeys.