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Patrick

Posts: 1189
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Portland, Oregon

Pledge week

We interrupt this program to ask for your help.

As you may or may not be aware, the cost of this forum has been born by Simon. Not only has he busted his tail to give us a nice friendly home, but put up $500 out of his own pocket. IMO we need to do the right thing and get him paid back.

I have been working with Tom (Elzurdo) to set up a collection site for donations. You can send a check direct to Tom in Texas or you can use his company PayPal account and he will forward the funds direct to Simon. For you non-US folks, PayPal should work great. If you have not used PayPal before, I highly encourage you to do so (very easy and secure). When you send a check or use PayPal, let Tom know that it is for the site donation so he can keep the funds straight. You can get his mailing address and PayPal info at www.lafalseta.com.

The last time I checked, we had 52 members. If we take Simon out, that leaves 51, so if we all kick in $10, we are at our goal. I don’t want to put any pressure on anyone. I know some of you are students and don’t have the dough, so no problem, but I don’t think $25 to $50 will break many of us. Think of it like public TV, if know one steps up to pay, it goes away!

Ok, here’s the deal you can’t turn down.

For every $10 donation, I will personally send you a set of slightly used strings (brand and tension at my discretion). Some of the D strings may be broken, but what the hell, we don’t play that sissy classical stuff. You can get by with five.

For every $25 donation, you will get the latest release of Ron and Slim Whitman’s hit duo CD titled “Okkie from Jerez”

And for every donation of $50 or more, not only will you receive the hit CD from Ron and Slim, but for a limited time only (or until we run out), you will also receive an autographed picture of Merle, his six wives, and all twenty five of the youngans. You heard me right! Don’t pass this offer up!

So what are you waiting for? Operators are standing by. Call now.

Thank you

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 20 2003 18:31:26

TANúñez

Posts: 2559
Joined: Jul. 10 2003
From: TEXAS

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

If you can arrange for that CD to be autographed more people will jump on that.

Thanks for your contribution Pat!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 20 2003 19:20:33

Patrick

Posts: 1189
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Portland, Oregon

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

Tom,

Autographed they will be. It might not be by Ron and Slim, but they will be autographed!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 20 2003 20:09:11

Merle

Posts: 218
Joined: Jul. 6 2003

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

Count me in!! I will get a check off to El Zurdo tomorrow.

Uh, Phil, you can make that 7 wives, I just picked up another last week (plus her 3 young uns)...I got 3 wives to go before I meet my allocated sum... (why do these women of mine always complain that I want so much nooky)!!??

What do I get for my donation? I don't want no stinkin picture of myself!!

Merle

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 20 2003 20:19:58

Ron.M

Posts: 7051
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

If Simon can let me know his address (via email if he doesn't want to disclose it on the Net...as I have done and since been visited by various mass murderers and asylum seekers and the odd stray cat in the dead of night), then I can send him a cheque.
This may be the easiest way for UK viewers.
That's how I work my FM site.
I totally agree that since Simon is not running this site as a commercial enterprise, we should at least reimburse him for his out of pocket expenses.
Unfortunately, I cannot reimburse him for his usual hourly rate of $500 per hour he's used to for his cuishy number at Microsoft.

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 20 2003 20:21:24

Patrick

Posts: 1189
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Portland, Oregon

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

Merle,

OK, you get two sets of slightly used strings and a copy of the Ron & Slim CD

Pat

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 20 2003 21:15:21

Escribano

Posts: 6417
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Ron.M)

Thanks Ron, I'll email it to you - pretty close BTW, it's £325 an hour (but that what they charge me out at, not what they pay me

)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 21 2003 8:39:11

sbarnard

Posts: 75
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: Marengo, IL, EE UU

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

Just PayPal'ed $20. Thanks for your work Simon!

Scott

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 21 2003 17:48:11

Patrick

Posts: 1189
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Portland, Oregon

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

Scott,

And I thank you as well for the contribution.

Pat

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 21 2003 18:48:43

eslastra

Posts: 134
Joined: Jul. 12 2003
From: Livermore, CA USA

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

Just submitted my contribution to LaFalseta. Thanks everyone for making this a great place to visit daily. And special to thanks to Simon for everything you've put into making this site happen.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 21 2003 20:31:20

Josh

Posts: 44
Joined: Jul. 7 2003

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

can someone email me the paypal site url I would donate in a heartbeat.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 23 2003 5:34:47

TANúñez

Posts: 2559
Joined: Jul. 10 2003
From: TEXAS

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Josh)

Josh, email has been sent.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 23 2003 12:11:52

Josh

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Joined: Jul. 7 2003

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

Im in. Thanks to everyone for making this site what it is and a special thanks to Simon for reaching in to his pocketbook to make this possible.
Merle: you can come knocking at my door any day so long as you explain to me how to keep even one of thos eight wives happy.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 23 2003 15:07:48

Escribano

Posts: 6417
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Josh)

Thanks for your donations, all helps to keep us going and it indicates your level of satisfaction without being asked too often. Keep it coming

, post those thoughts and invite some friends.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 24 2003 20:11:54

Merle

Posts: 218
Joined: Jul. 6 2003

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Josh)

Ha Ha! That's funny Josh!!

The way to keep 7 wives happy is you have to have a REALLY BIG ....

wallet!!

Merle

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 24 2003 21:48:05

Jon Boyes

Posts: 1377
Joined: Jul. 10 2003

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

OK, Tom (ElZurdo) I've just sent you a FF contribution via Paypal - did you get it OK?

Jon

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 2 2003 13:25:54

Escribano

Posts: 6417
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Jon Boyes)

Thanks Jon and speaking of which I need to set up a PayPal account for this site, to sell Tom's handbooks and accept donations. But I have been maxed out on a huge project at work with little time to do much else than practise, eat and sleep. Finished today, so I should be on the case soon.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 2 2003 15:44:05

TANúñez

Posts: 2559
Joined: Jul. 10 2003
From: TEXAS

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Jon Boyes)

Jon, yes I received your contribution. Thank you very much. We're on a roll now guys.-

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 2 2003 18:06:42

Patrick

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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Portland, Oregon

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Patrick)

Let's keep them coming.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 2 2003 18:32:56

Ron.M

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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Escribano)

Simon,
You didn't send me your home address, so I reactivated my Paypal account which I've only ever used to sign up for Dimitri's site.
Can Zurdo tell me how I make a contribution?

I must say, I'm not too happy dealing through Paypal.
It seems really popular in the States, and I'm sure it must be OK, but I'm not all that happy about Paypal having the right to withdraw any quantity of money from my credit card on their own initative.
If any errors occur, they seem rather reluctant to discuss the matter, the complainant receiving only automated responses.
While this may not be a problem in the United States, it does raise serious issues when dealing with International Law and users outside the U.S.

As I said before, I'm pretty sure the system is generally OK but a visit to this site generally put me off somewhat.

www.paypalsucks.com

Anyway, I'm re-registered now so if Tom could tell me how I send the dough then I'll do so ASAP.

cheers

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 2 2003 20:32:08

Escribano

Posts: 6417
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: Pledge week (in reply to Ron.M)

Can you send me an email to my work email and I'll reply with my home address, just in case. Thanks.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 3 2003 9:17:37