Thread: Thoughts on make-shift strops.

Originally Posted by MistressNomad

Unfortunately due to where I live, just the cost of getting it here and the exchange rate would more than double price.

No friends or relatives travelling to Europe or the US?

Not in NZ who would be making a round trip, no. But lots of folks in the US and Europe, seeing as I'm from the US and spent quite a while in Europe.

But to be honest, most of them have been hit really hard by the recession and don't seem to be recovering very quickly. Many of my friends are quirky folks who didn't have much of a nest egg to rely on. Several of them are actually moving to what they hope will be a more prosperous place. I'd feel pretty rotten even asking them to pay the shipping, which would be almost as much as the strop - and if I pay it, it's the same problem all over.

I don't really like to ask people for things, especially since times are so tough. I feel awkward about even accepting offered generosity. Fortunately I seem to be doing ok with the karmatic universe - or perhaps that's my cue to give more myself - and I run in to a lot of generosity. Lucky me.

Shipping anywhere to, or from, NZ, is damn expensive, even for something relatively small. It's frustrating, me being such a center-of-it-all type of person. I like big cities, and being connected to everything. Being out here isn't very conducive to that.