Count me in for some 'Monopoly Money'.
I still can't understand why anyone would want that pukey green stuff. Here in
Canada, if you want to go out and indulge in some serious partying and you don't
want to give the lady a hundred when she needs a ten (and I think I've done it)
you
just check the color if you still can. Try to get the 'hundred for a ten' by on
your expense account (I've managed that too). Money should be color coded for
just
such occasions! Maybe you 'you-all"s' just don't know how to over indulge.
Come'on up and we'll give you a lesson.
My chauvinism aside you do great work & we should help pay for it.
Keep up the good work & I'll send you some 65 cent dollars.
Al
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Mark J Bradakis wrote:
> Ah, here in the Western United States spring is in the air, along with various
> sorts of pollen. Where're my tissues?
>
> For those of you who've been on one of the many autox.team.net lists for more
> than a year or so, you know the story. Perhaps some of you who have recently
> joined don't realize there is a man behind the curtain. Wonder how much
> longer that "Wizard of Oz" reference will still be recognized?
>
> The server for the mailing lists, the www.team.net web pages, and the FTP
> archives were originally set up over a decade ago using various bits of
> hardware related to my systems administration job at the University of Utah.
> Things have grown since the days of just two lists, autox and british-cars,
> with a handful of subscribers on each. Now we are talking in the range of 85
> or so different lists, with a subscriber base of around 16,000. Neat.
>
> We are also no longer affiliated with the University of Utah, the services for
> the mailing lists, www.team.net and ftp.team.net are now provided out of my
> home. So taking a cue from my favorite radio station here in Salt Lake City,
> KRCL ( www.krcl.org ) I've started semi-annual fund drives to raise a few
> bucks to cover my out of pocket costs. The radio station just finished their
> fund raiser, time once again for the Team.Net version. Certainly a different
> scale, as KRCL needs about $65 per hour run, autox.team.net needs a little
> more than that *per month* to cover the costs of connecting to the world. And
> the radio station prattles on about the fund drive for over a week, this will
> be the only "commercial" you'll get from me until October.
>
> My request is simple - contribute some money. It doesn't have to be much,
> I've often said that a dollar a year for every list subscription would be
> funding heaven for me. And usually I get a few envelopes in the mail with
> no name, no return address, no nothing, except one United States dollar bill.
> I love it!
>
> More likely is that under 1% of list subscribers will send in donations of
> 5, 10, 20 or whatever dollars. A few commercial endeavors that have benefited
> from exposure on one or more of the various lists will sometimes chip in
> healthy contributions. In truth, I often think that the modest list
> expenses could be covered by selling "advertising" on the lists, something
> along the form of a trailer line like
>
> This Month's Mini-Baja list brought to you by Aunt Bertha's Muffins
> www.oven-brown-and-tasty.com
>
> One guy slapping away at the keyboard in the dead of night isn't going to
> attract the likes of Disney, AOL-Time-Warner, Viacom or one of the other
> massive conglomerates trying to dictate how you spend your entertainment
> dollars, so I come to you.
>
> If you just subscribed and have no idea what you are getting into, or just
> spent a zillion dollars airlifting in parts hoping to make that first big
> event of the season, if you sent in some bucks last time or are just plain
> broke, or if you despise everything I do and say but stay subscribed to some
> lists anyway, don't sweat it. It will all work out. Not everyone is that
> comfortable sending money off to a flakey, badly procrastinating fellow like
> myself. It may take me months to even get around to opening your letter,
> let alone sending off a thank you note.
>
> On the other hand, if you count yourself as one who wishes to contribute to
>the
> continuation of what I am up to, here's what I request. Send a check, payable
> in United States funds to the order of 'Fat Chance Garage' to
>
> Fat Chance Garage
> PO Box 58333
> Salt Lake City, Utah 84158
>
> Or you can send a note with Visa or Mastercard info (no American Express or
> Discover yet) to the above address. Or you can FAX the info (account number,
> expiration date, contribution amount) to me at 801-355-5438. Yes, I know
>about
> various on-line payment services such as PayPal, and may someday use one, but
> for now I have my reservations. Maybe next time.
>
> Now, here's a twist. In the past, I've admonished list subscribers located
> overseas from the United States to not worry about the hassles of currency
> conversion, overseas postage and such; relax, your net.friends here will cover
> it. The other day I had a chat with someone about the recent new designs for
> US of A paper money. And even with the facelift, the United States has some
> of the most boring paper money in the world. So here's an odd request, a
> personal favor to me, if you will. If you live somewhere in the world that
> has pictures and colors and neat stuff on your currency, I would appreciate it
> if you would consider putting a small denomination bill in the post to the
> address listed above. I'll put the currency on the side of the server or
> someplace visible, and when those times come along when I wonder why I bother
> doing what I do, I'll be reminded of the people around the world that enjoy
> the efforts of those that contribute to these lists.
>
> Thanks,
> mjb.
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