Melissa C. Tedore and Mike
of Waterloo, Iowa sent a priority mail full of bands. Mike made a pretty picture with his by taping it to the note and drawing around it.
John Slechta
of Corning, NY snet a handful of bands that were shot at him by a coworker (Nancy) in an adjoining office. By sendint the bands to me, John will not be tempted to shoot them back. He has a band ball weighing 5 lbs that he has been working on off and on for 35 years.
Bruno Fortin
of Quebec Canada sent a handful of above average sized bands.
Bruce Bates
of Palmdale sent a few bands
Kevin Rose
of San Francisco, CA sent 4 long stringy bands.
Travis Hoffmann
of Matthews, NC sent a large yellow band.
The Park Highland Staff (Jamie, Jenny, Jeff and Jeri)
of Belleview, WA sent an autographed band.
Laura Schrauf
of Chesire, CT sent a large green and a large purple autographed band. She also used a cool Yoda sticker to seal the envelope.
George Leese and Mattie Yearton
of Pahrump, NV sent an assortment of bands.
Joanne Savely
of Richland, WA sent a long stringy band.
Katie Darst
of Kansas City, MO sent 15 bands with messages about being a senior in 97 at Liberty Senior High School.
Theresa Pepe
of Brooklyn, NY sent 154 rubberbands that she had been saving to start a new rubberband ball of her own. Her origional ball was stolen from her office desk, and she is afraid of making a new one to suffer the same fate, so she has decided to contribute to my ball. Thanks, Theresa.u8
John Batista
of Keanny (?) NY Fed Exed a on e pound package of #105 rubberbands which are big and fat enough to fit around a ball twice the size of mine.
R. M. Johnson
of Dallas, TX sent a band that he spliced together using a model airplane bands and materials. The seam in the band is hardly detectable and appears to be as strong as any other part of the band. I guess Mr. Johnson is truly worthy of the title on his letterhead: Olde Time INGENIATOR. Thanks, R. M.
Mary Fowler
of St. Joseph, MI sent two large red bands.
P. Laverty
of Moorpark, CA sent an assortment of bands
Helen Kyriacou
of Alexandria, VA sent a LARGE skinny band!
Linda Page
of Morgantown, WV sent two large fat autographed bands.
Aaron & Herb
of Worldview Systems of San Francisco, CA sent a super large and fat rubberband autographed and labeled as a "BIG ASS BAND."
Carole
of USF of San Francisco, CA sent a large band with a poem written on it.
Stretchy, elastic, beautiful band, I pull you gently with my hands. Now you go to join your brothers, In a unified ball made of rubber.
Ron, Jenn'i, and Travis Williams
of Australia sent 6 90mmx12mm rubberbands with signatures.
Thomas Maioli
of Rochester, NY sent 10 rubberbands, the littlest of which I have been instructed to keep an eye on, as he misbehaves.
Insession
of Boulder, CO sent about two fistfulls of bands in a singe letter size envelope!
Fritz D. Modesitt
of Modesitt Law Office, Brazil, IN sent a large red band for the ball.
Anonymous
of the University of Minnesota sent two heaping handfulls of rubberbands.
Kim McLemore
of HSV, AL sent a fistfull of bands
Doug, Jodi, & Alison Whitfield
of Adelaide, South Australia sent a 500 Gram bag of big fat bands and a poem.
ODE TO THE RUBBERBAND BALL The other day I surfed the Net to try to see what I could get to stimulate my inquisitive mind and to chance upon a wonderous find. So off I set to scour the globe from site to site and node to node with expectations set on high, The power went off and .... "Drat!" said I. Still quite undaunted, back I came to re-commence this hi tech game "You can't stop me as easy as that you PC DOS based Binary Rat!" With no further adieu I was back online my nerves again settled and with lots of time. "Now let's get serious, I've had enough Let's ferret out some mind blowing stuff!" Be it Nuclear Physics or the After Life..... perhaps Cancer Cures or International Strife? No, that's old hat! Just ignore it all for I've now discovered the Rubber Band Ball! This "Willie" chap wants to collect some rubber bands and I suspect he'll never stop until he's found enough bands to make an enormous mound. He wants big bands. He's made that clear and accepts them from both far and near But why? This puzzle I can't solve. Why does he act with such resolve? Could this really be a sinister plot to corner the market and hoard the lot? Perhaps he wants one day to see a world which is sadly left rubberband free. Should I keep my bands safe in a tin to thwart this evil, wicked sin? But I've never used these bands I've got. Oh, what the heck. He can have the lot!
Mary Aubert
of Santa Cruz, CA sent a large fat band.
Someone (Top Secret, Perhaps)
of (Again, this information is Top Secret) sent some bands, with the message "The red cow flies when the sun comes up at midnight."
J. C. Fant Memorial Library
of Missisipi University for Women sent a large band signed by the staff!
Josh Parisher
of San Antonio, TX sent an assortment of bands in a highly decorated envelope.
Jared Vincent
of Forest, VA sent an assortment of bands.
Michelle Caso
of No. Plainfield, NJ sent a large red band.
Kevin "Mc. Felix" McPhillips
of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada sent 12 small but stretchy bands and his best wishes on a cool stationary he printed with his computer.
John
sent an assortment, including one of the thickes bands I have seen to date.
The Collins family (Michael, Rhonda, Austin, & Tyler)
of Norfolk, VA sent an autographed band, and another band that mysteriously appeared at the bottom of their fishtank.
Luke
of South London sent an assortment of decorated bands. Be sure to read his friends short story by clicking Luke's name.
Charlie Up North
of Everett, MA sent a band that is about 3' in circumference.
S. L. Helfrich and Rich Dodds
of Menlo Park, CA sent a fistfull of bands
Jackie and Terry Watts
of England sent a fistfull of bands.
Sandy, Jennie, Candiss, and Cameron (PeeWee fans)
of Nitro, WV sent a few bands in.
George Porter, and Johnny Marsden
of Bend, OR sent two large bands. One is black and about 3-4 feet in circumference, and the other is red and about 8 inches in circumference. They also sent a hot pink envelope for Kara.
Chris Hinckley of Instant Entertainment
sent a box full of bands, and an issue of Instant.
Ellen
of LeSueur, MN sent an assortment of long stringy bands
Diane (Tanenbaum) (Storman) McCall
of Oakland, CA sent two donations. The first contained dozens of bands, and the second contained a large 24" band and a medium red one.
Danielle O'Keefe
of Ferryland, NFLD sent 5 bands.
Gilbert M. Berg of CFI Resorts
of Orlando, FL sent a fistfull and a half of rubberbands.
Karissa Hoover (13)
of Bakersfield, CA sent a large 12" band.
Nell Skains & Bobbie Wingate
of the Special Education Department at Regino VI Education Service Center in Huntsville Texas each sent a big 12" autographed band.
Gulletry@sy.wpafb.mil
of Dayton, OH sent a band.
Someone (Kutbay????)
of Cologne, Germany sent a heaping fistfull of colored bands.
Erik Didriksen
sent a dozen assorted bands and words of encouragement.
Kevin Keenan
of the Support Equipment Team at Kennedy Space Center of Sharpes, FL sent a large autographed band.
Nancy Espace Standley (a self proclaimed Disgruntled Postal Worker)
of ???? sent a large autographed band.
Chris Breen
of Unilever Research Colworth Laboratory, Great Britain setn a handfull of bands.
Caleb Wicker
of Pleasant Hill, CA sent a rubberband and a picture of himself.
Ed, Shae, & Gina Wolfe
of Portland, OR sent a handfull of red bands, and a tuft of dog hair that they say ends up on everything!
Russ & Donna of Ericsson, Inc.
of Richardson, TX sent a medium and a large autographed band.
Laura Marie Green
of Kettle Falls, WA sent 97 rubberbands, to represent the graduating class of '97 Kettle Falls High School.
Janet Stalowski, and Edward and Genevieve Kwiecinski
of Princeton, NJ sent a pumpkin shaped ball of bands.
Paul & Carmen Rivera
of Midland, MI sent a heaping handful of rubberbands.
Epes Elementary School
of Newport News, VA sent 5 medium bands and one large one.
Mary
of Frederick, MD sent an 12" band.
Anonymous
of ??? sent an 8" band.
Emmers (13)
of Anchorage, AK sent 4 bands.
Kathy Fitzgerald
of Bellefontaine, OH sent a large 8" autographed band.
Michele, Barbara, Tsai, and Shirley
of Stony Brook, NY sent an autographed band.
Melanie Dameron
of Springfield, Missouri sent a band with a smiley face.
Alexander "MrPantless" Webb
of Durant, OK sent two fistfulls of bands that he stole from his father's office!
Marie F. Braun
of Baltimore, MD sent two bands.
Joyce
won't give her full name or address because she sent three stolen government bands!
Genesa Jackson
of Durham, NC four decorated bands.
K. Hahn
of Rochester, NY sent 4 bands. One for each family member & cousin Kelly from Philly.
Christopher Paul
of the UCLA Dept. of Sociology and the RAND Corporation sent 6 large bands in honor of Ms. Laurie Chapman.
Clay Cogswell
of Woodbridge, VA sent 5 autographed bands.
Kim McLemore
of Huntsville, AK sent a fistfull of bands.
Casrson Ring & Jacob Saell
of Montana sent two autographed bands.
The Wong and Trouth family
of Sulphur, LA sent a large fat band.
Peter DeAngelis (The Mix)
16 years old, 165 lbs, 6"3' (I guess he thinks I run a dating service!) of Johnston, RI sent a black and red band that has been in the family for .04 years.
Nmark Schiml
of WhiteRock, Canada sent two long stringy bands.
Paul
sent a chain of bands.
Odette & Odette Jr.
of Mexico sent three bands. Odette teaches oil painting and dancing, and Odette Jr. teaches math and is expecting her first baby in October. Good luck to them!