Desperatge Single Mom Needs Your Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dragonslayer
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***********************THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR SCAM************************
Hi, My name is Jana and I am a single parent. I am also in a heap of
trouble. I am about to be evicted from my home and I am scared to death. I
moved out here to California from North Carolina about 5 months ago to
start a business. Things weren't so good for me in NC over the past year.
I had just gotten out of an abusive relationship, quit a great job to move
back to my rural hometown to try to go back to school for nursing which
didn't turn out so well) I'll spare you the gory details. Let's just say,
things were rough. It seemed I was out of money and options.
As it were, my Grandma died last summer and left all of her grandkids a
small inheritance, not much but enough to do SOMETHING with or so I thought.
One lucky day I ran into an old high school buddy of mine, Mark, who was in
a pretty crappy situation too. He'd been taking care of his Grandmother who
has Alzheimer's disease for the past 6 years, until the family put her into
a nursing home. They decided to sell her house and split the money between
the grandkids, good for Mark's siblings but bad for Mark. (now he was out
of a place to live) We got to talking one day and thought we would make a
fresh start for ourselves and start a business in CA. Neither one of us had
ever been to CA before so the idea seemed grand. Mark got along great with
my son and that made me very happy. By the way, Mark and I are just friends
and roommates. It seems I'm fated to remain single forever.
Anyway, getting to around to the point, our little business went
downhill quite fast. We didn't see it coming and wasn't prepared for the
fallout. We kept thinking, 'it'll be ok, things will come together'. But
guess what? They didn't. In hindsight, I can see now that both of us or at
least one of us should have gotten a regular 9-5 so we would have money
coming in. Well, to our dismay, all the money is gone. We are being
evicted from the house we rent unless we come up with about $2500.00 fast.
Our power and phone service are a breath away from being turned off. I
called my Mom to help but she is getting ready for her missions trip to
India and doesn't have any liquid cash. (She is a missionary and goes to
India once a year for 4 months or so).
Why not a bank loan you ask? Indeed, I destroyed my credit with credit
cards about 5 years ago. Credit ratings, like reputations tend to follow
you around, east or west coast. Mark and I have been on the phone with
family and friends for the past 2 days trying to get some money in. Some
brave folks are giving us small loans. But it won't be nearly enough. We
both now have jobs. Mark's a counselor at a boys' shelter and I work in
printing. We should be back on or feet soon. Unfortunately, we both just
started and it will be awhile before we have regular paychecks coming in.
Too late to help us . If we don't have the money by the 16th, we're out on
our butts. And we don't even have enough for a moving van or anything. I
shudder to think we might become homeless!!
So, I had this crazy idea to put a plea for help on the internet. Why
not? I'm not asking for a lot of money or even a loan. Why would you loan
money to a stranger? What I'm asking is one dollar. A dollar you say?
Yes, if everyone one who reads my crazy plea for help and sends one dollar,
things just might be OK for us. I've posted this to several newsgroups. I
swear that this letter is not a hoax, it's all true. If you want more
details, have a question or maybe you'd like to see a picture of me and my
son, just e-mail me at Jana_...@prodigy.net and I will respond. Just do
it soon because the clock is ticking and the phone co. wants their due.
If you'd like to help out please mail your contribution to our little
family at:
HELP FOR SINGLE MOM
P. O. Box 7878
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
I thank you in advance from the bottom of my heart. And hopefully, if this
turns out good, I will post a huge thank you note for all of you kind souls
who helped us survive.
Sincerely,
Jana
Ycleptor aka Mike Davis
In article <93jnlt$tep$1...@news.chatlink.com>,
"dragonslayer" <dragon...@rinternet.com> wrote:
> *********************** PLEASE READ
> ************************
>
> ***********************THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR
SCAM************************
>
> Hi, My name is Jana and I am a single parent. I am also in a
heap of
> trouble. I am about to be evicted from my home and I am scared to
death.
--
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then believe what they read in the newspapers.
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Matthew B. Tepper
dragon...@rinternet.com (dragonslayer) wrote in
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Why should I waste my time?
>***********************THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR SCAM************************
And I am the King of Sweden.
> Hi, My name is Jana and I am a single parent. I am also in a heap of
> trouble.
Here is my solution to your problem: SELL YOUR COMPUTER.
Forwarded to ab...@chatlink.com.
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Top_Catt
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> ***********************THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR
Hi, My name is Jana and I am a single parent. I am also in a
right heap o' trouble. I am about to be evicted from my home and I am
scared to death. I moved out here to California from North Carolina
about 5 months ago to start a business. Things weren't so good for me
in NC over the past year. Come to think of it, things ain't too good for
anybody else there, what with that there Jesse Helms runnin' around
loose! I had just gotten out of an abusive relationship, quit a great
job to move back to my rural hometown to try to go back to school for
nursing which didn't turn out so well. I'll spare you the gory details--
mainly they was that I couldn't handle the gory details; I kept throwing
up every time I saw blood or smelled vomit. Not too big a surprise,
then, when I got expelled from nursing school. It seemed I was out of
money and options.
So I figured, "Why not hit up a bunch of perfect strangers on the
internet for money, after I'd made all these stupid decisions?" As Mr.
Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute." His inspiring words
have given me the strength to go on! As it were-- or even was-- my
Grandma died last summer and left all of her grandkids a small
inheritance, not much but enough to do SOMETHING with or so I thought.
But after I'd bought only one lousy candy bar, I had less than a dollar
left! That's what happens when the goldarn estate has to be divided
among 326 grandkids, not counting the illegitimate ones!
One lucky day I ran into an old high school buddy of mine, Mark, who
was in a pretty crappy situation too-- cleaning outhouses for a living,
and what could be crappier than that? He'd dropped his scrub brush down
a one-holer and lost the job, and now he was out of a place to live. We
got to talking one day and thought we would make a fresh start for
ourselves and start a business in CA. Neither one of us had ever been
to CA before, but little details like that have never stopped real,
genu-ine morons, have they? Mark got along great with my son and that
made me very happy, except when he kept takin' the kid behind the
woodshed to do... somethin'. By the way, Mark and I are just friends and
roommates. It seems I'm fated to remain single forever; what man in his
right mind would want a 450-pound woman with a third-grade education, a
crank habit, and and a rap sheet? Huh? I asks ya!
Anyhoo, getting to around to the point, our little business went
downhill quite fast. We didn't see it coming and warn't prepared for
the fallout, and I suppose that's what we get for opening a hot dog
stand in the middle of a nuclear testing range. We kept thinking, 'it'll
be ok, things will come together'. But guess what? They didn't. In
hindsight, I can see now that both of us or at least one of us should
have gotten a regular 9-5 job so we would have money coming in. Come to
think of it, maybe we still oughta, 'ceptin beggin's a lot easier.
Well, to our dismay, all the money is gone. We are being
evicted from the house we rent unless we come up with about $2500.00
fast. Our power and phone service are a breath away from being turned
off, as soon as the power company figures out that we tapped into the
lines. I called my Mom to help but she is getting ready for her missions
trip to India and doesn't have any liquid cash (She is a missionary and
goes to India once a year for 4 months or so. Why she wants to go around
bothering a bunch of innocent heathens who're mindin' their own business
with those Bible tracts of hers, I'll never know... I don't much cotton
to her snake-handlin,' neither).
Why not a bank loan you ask? Indeed, I destroyed my credit with
credit cards about 5 years ago. Credit ratings, like reputations tend to
follow you around, east or west coast. So do them pesky ol' bank robbery
convictions! Mark and I have been on the phone with family and friends
for the past 2 days trying to get some money in. Some brave folks are
giving us small loans (you better believe that they're brave)! But it
won't be nearly enough. It never is...!
We both now have jobs. Mark's a counselor at a boys' shelter (guess
they don't know enough to keep him away from them thar' boys), and I
work at printing money in the basement. We should be back on or feet
soon. We both just started and it will be awhile before our parole
officer gets wind of what we're up to now. After that, it's all over!
So, I had this crazy idea to put a plea for help on the internet.
Why not? I'm not asking for a lot of money or even a loan. Why would
you loan money to a stranger? What I'm asking is one dollar. A dollar
you say?
Yes, if everyone one who reads my crazy plea for help and sends one
dollar, things just might be OK for us. I've posted this to several
hundred newsgroups. I swear on my mother's grave that this letter is not
a hoax, and we ain't even done her in yet (that's plan "B"). If you want
more details, have a question or maybe you'd like to see a picture of
me, just drop on by the post office, it's right up there on the wall.
Just do it soon because the clock is ticking and the phone co. wants
their due-- why we have to pay the phone company to keep the clock
working, I'll never know, but it's a right strange world, ain't it?
If you'd like to help out please mail your contribution to our
little family at:
HELP FOR SINGLE MOM
P. O. Box 7878787878
San Quentin, CA 95621
I thanks you in advance from the bottom of my heart. And hopefully, if
this turns out good, I'll be laughing all the way to the bank!
Sincerely,
Jana
Chuck Segal
local cable channel a few years back. There was a woman who was making a plea
for help at Christmas for her kids. They had no food, no clothes, no toys, etc.
She slipped up to say that even though she couldn't afford to get these things
for her kids, she at least had HBO for them. Well, where I live you either have
a satellite dish or cable with a converter box in order to get HBO. This runs at
least 40.00 a month because that's what I pay and I don't even have any
pay-movie channels. Most telephone and power companies are happy to work with
you if you are behind, as long as you give them some notice that you are having
problems (I know...I work for a telco). I doubt that a landlord would have too
many objections in working with you if you did the same with them....unless you
have a history of slow pay and sob stories. The bottom line is that if you
aren't working in this economy then you're just damn lazy. Don't get me wrong
here. I'm all for USEFUL charity work, and have done so as a member of my local
Jaycee chapter for the last 15 years. But this just sounds like a scam. If I'm
wrong, my advice is to get a good sturdy cardboard box so you and the kid can
get out of the weather.
Ward Hardman
[snip]
: Hi, My name is Jana and I am a single parent. I am also in a heap of
: trouble. I am about to be evicted from my home and I am scared to death.
: If you'd like to help out please mail your contribution to our little
: family at:
: HELP FOR SINGLE MOM
: P. O. Box XXXX
: Citrus Heights, CA ZZZZZ
If you are not yet evicted, then why are you using a P.O. Box?
This smells like a scam... I hope you don't fool a single gullible soul!
--Ward Hardman
"The older I get, the more I admire and crave competence, just simple
competence, in any field from adultery to zoology."
- H.L. Mencken
Top_Catt
Ward Hardman <har...@sciences.sdsu.edu> wrote:
> In rec.music.classical.recordings dragonslayer
<dragon...@rinternet.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> : Hi, My name is Jana and I am a single parent. I am also in a
heap of
> : trouble. I am about to be evicted from my home and I am scared to
death.
> [snip]
> : If you'd like to help out please mail your contribution to our
little
> : family at:
>
> : HELP FOR SINGLE MOM
> : P. O. Box XXXX
> : Citrus Heights, CA ZZZZZ
>
> If you are not yet evicted, then why are you using a P.O. Box?
Just YOU try living in a P.O. box... it's cramped as hell in here! Have
you no compassion, sir!?
SINGLE MOM
Mark Westling
simply asking for a dollar. He never promised the contributors anything so
the bunko and fraud investigators couldn't go after him.
I believe I heard he got over $20,000 from the ad. Amazing how gullible
people are...
Mark
"Patrick Read" <gu...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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Mark Westling
This reminds me years ago of a guy who ran a small ad in the New York Times
simply asking for a dollar. He never promised the contributors anything so
I believe I heard he got over $20,000 from the ad. Amazing how gullible
people are...
Mark
"Patrick Read" <gu...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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Raymond Hall
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> This reminds me years ago of a guy who ran a small ad in the New York
Times
> simply asking for a dollar. He never promised the contributors anything
so
> the bunko and fraud investigators couldn't go after him.
>
> I believe I heard he got over $20,000 from the ad. Amazing how gullible
> people are...
>
I got several begging letters from someone who said he had got badly burned
on the stock market, and couldn't keep up the rent for his 5 bedroom
Manhattan apartment.
Needless to say, the delete button wasn't close enough.
There may have been some mugs who sent this guy some money. Who knows?
Regards,
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Ray, Sydney
brianpmiller
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Matthew B. Tepper
some teenaged kid messing around. I hope mommy finds out and takes away
his computer for a month.
brianp...@email.msn.com (brianpmiller) wrote in
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Mark Westling
Mark
"brianpmiller" <brianp...@email.msn.com> wrote in message
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Chris/Power Salad
As this thread is not about collecting vinyl records or CDs, please
remove rec.music.collecting.vinyl [cd] from your Newsgroups line. If
this thread is offtopic to the NG you're reading it in, you may want
to trim that group's name from the Newsgroups line as well. But please
stop crossposting to rec.music.collecting.vinyl. Thank you.
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
>
> This reminds me years ago of a guy who ran a small ad in the New York Times
> simply asking for a dollar. He never promised the contributors anything so
> the bunk and fraud investigators couldn't go after him.
>
> I believe I heard he got over $20,000 from the ad. Amazing how gullible
> people are...
You know, there might be a sociology thesis in here somewhere. What
better immediate way of measuring the effect of various such ads,
differently worded and with different emphasis, than the amount of money
that each raises? All you would need to do is to get a half dozen PO
Boxes and place an equal number of ads, ranging perhaps from the most
pathetic sob story imaginable to "Hi. This is a scam. Please send
money." Add a little theory, and voilà!
Just imagine -- apart from getting you a degree it would also cover your
tuition expenses...
--
Regards,
Jaakko Mantyjarvi
Helsinki, Finland
"Nil significat nisi oscillat. Du vap. Du vap. Du vap."
B.T. O'Hara
Are there no prisons?
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I hope you do become poor someday and turn and reflect on the time you
posted this scam to the newsgroups.
May you never see prosperity in your entire life until you successfully
confess to all who have read this that you lied and tried to scam people.
I hope you become starved and cold until every person you scammed gets all
their money back.
I hope you find yourself suffering immensly as a result of lying and
stealing from people.
By the way... my curses work!
And for those who have some things to say about what I've typed.
I too went through a difficult time in my life when I was alone and hungry.
By the jumpinz, it sure is amazing what miracles happen when you get a job
and grow up.
As for this lying son of a bitch, it's just some 20 yr old asshole who
thinks he has a good idea and that the .01% result he might get taking this
chance is money he didn't have by not trying.
I hope he gets $1.00 out of it and that this $1.00 becomes the biggest
mistake of his life. I hope he truly finds out what it is to suffer and be
hungry.
Maybe then he'll learn about what he's trying to do here.
Top_Catt
Patrick Read <gu...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> My name is Patrick and I will settle for $ .25 from each of you.
What, without writing any tearful letter of your own? Come on now, show
some initiative, or you'll never get to be a real schnorrer!
T.C.
Allen & Linda Tyler
western US, sometime around 1890.
The ad stated (not an actual quote--can't remember the exact words) "Want to stop
your cow from drooling? Send ten cents to (address)."
Each person who responded received a penny postcard that said "Teach your cow to
spit."
Allen Tyler
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi wrote:
> Mark Westling wrote:
> >
> > This reminds me years ago of a guy who ran a small ad in the New York Times
> > simply asking for a dollar. He never promised the contributors anything so
> > the bunk and fraud investigators couldn't go after him.
> >
> > I believe I heard he got over $20,000 from the ad. Amazing how gullible
> > people are...
>
> You know, there might be a sociology thesis in here somewhere. What
> better immediate way of measuring the effect of various such ads,
> differently worded and with different emphasis, than the amount of money
> that each raises? All you would need to do is to get a half dozen PO
> Boxes and place an equal number of ads, ranging perhaps from the most
> pathetic sob story imaginable to "Hi. This is a scam. Please send
> money." Add a little theory, and voilą!
Larry Shackley
Might she be related to Xavier Montsalvatge? That would offer a tie-in to this
newsgroup,at least.
-L
Top_Catt
In her native dialect (a branch of Lower-Middle Moronic), the adjective
is conjugated as follows: Desperate, Desperat-er, REAL Desperate, and
finally, Desperatge, which is a contraction of, "Desperate-geez!"
Hope this clears things up,
Jan
"Ycleptor aka Mike Davis" <ycle...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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ivan
"dragonslayer" <dragon...@rinternet.com> wrote in message
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social-realism cross between _Wozzeck_ and _The Midsummer Marriage_ set
in a trailer park.
(Perhaps with a revisionist version of "I've got plenty of nuttin" as the
showstopper)
(Why BTW has this tale of woe been posted to all the *classical groups. Do
people assume that in interest in good music makes you a)sympathetic
b)gullible c)wealthy? - so far I've only managed b))
Puzzled
ivan
Dawn and Todd Tipton
ivan wrote:
>
> "dragonslayer" <dragon...@rinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:93jnlt$tep$1...@news.chatlink.com...
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> >
> >
> I think this could make a really great opera. A sort of downbeat
> social-realism cross between _Wozzeck_ and _The Midsummer Marriage_ set
> in a trailer park.
> (Perhaps with a revisionist version of "I've got plenty of nuttin" as the
> showstopper)
>
Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
Top_Catt wrote:
>
> In article <93jnlt$tep$1...@news.chatlink.com>,
> "dragonslayer" <dragon...@rinternet.com> wrote:
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> > ***********************THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR
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(Balance of TC's delightful rewrite snipped to save space)
Bravo, TC! Your version is much funnier than the original
(and probably closer to the truth).
Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
Ward Hardman wrote:
>
>
> This smells like a scam...
No!!! Really???? How could you possibly think that?
I hope you don't fool a single gullible soul!
>
> --Ward Hardman
I seriously doubt whether ANYONE who posts to these news
groups is quite THAT gullible!
W. J. McCutcheon
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> ***********************THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR SCAM************************
>
>
[deeply moving sob story snipped]
Jana/dragonslayer -- I'd be happy to send you $10,000 in cash. However,
postage and insurance will cost $250. As soon as I receive your certified
check for that amount, I'll send the money to you.
Top_Catt
Thanks... I thought that the 'HEH HEH' that I inserted in the title
might give it away, but that didn't stop some people from taking it
seriously, did it? I may never reach such literary heights (!?) again,
considering that I was running a 102-degree fever at the time (it's not
worth it...)
T.C.
Mr. Yak Milk
Declare bankruptcy,
then take out a small business loan.
Between that and the spam you just sent out,
you have all the qualifications to run for president in
2008 or 2012.
marco
http://marcocapelli.iuma.com
Top_Catt
ma...@frucht.org (Mr. Yak Milk) wrote:
> I have an idea.
> Declare bankruptcy,
> then take out a small business loan.
>
> Between that and the spam you just sent out,
> you have all the qualifications to run for president in
> 2008 or 2012.
>
> marco
Mr. Yak Milk! There must be so much demand for your product that you'll
*never* have to worry about becoming destitute! If only poor Jana had
thought of opening a yak milk concession, she could have put her
beloved Mark through those topiary classes that he so desperately
needed in order to turn his life around (Tune in next week, when Jana
says to Mark: "You're doin' WHUT!? Leadin' a Cub Scout troop? Whut
kinda dope would let you within 50 miles of any Cub Scouts!?").
T.C. (a.k.a. Mr. Snavely, milker of Arctic elk)
Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
I hope that doesn't mean you expect Bush to inflict himself
upon us for TWO terms!!!!! (I'm not sure the nation would
survive - although if we actually ELECTED him, perhaps we
deserve him.)
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Ah yes, the Nigerian gambit. Well played, sir-or-madam.
jbay...@my-deja.com
While you're at it, would someone please send me money, too?
thanks in advance,
John
In article <93jnlt$tep$1...@news.chatlink.com>,
"dragonslayer" <dragon...@rinternet.com> wrote:
> *********************** PLEASE READ
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>
> ***********************THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR
SCAM************************
Matthew B. Tepper
<3A634CD2...@pp.htv.fi>:
>"W. J. McCutcheon" wrote:
>>
>> dragonslayer <dragon...@rinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:93jnlt$tep$1...@news.chatlink.com...
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>> > ***********************THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR
>> > SCAM************************
>> [deeply moving sob story snipped]
>>
>> Jana/dragonslayer -- I'd be happy to send you $10,000 in cash.
>> However, postage and insurance will cost $250. As soon as I receive
>> your certified check for that amount, I'll send the money to you.
>
>Ah yes, the Nigerian gambit. Well played, sir-or-madam.
In the days before Nigerians discovered spamming, it was the "pigeon drop."
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Top_Catt
Patrick Read <gu...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> If I show initiative I would have to put in some effort. I really want
> something for nothing, thanks.
Ah, you ARE a real schnorrer! Born to a fine old tradition! My hat is
off to you (please drop 50 cents into it, if you don't mind).
Patrick L.
With a name like Dragonslayer I would guess the truth is you are an impish 14 year old hoping
people will send you money since your allowance isn't enough to feed you game habit, eh?
I've got a better idea, sell your computer and go and play outside, which is what kids your
age should be doing.
Patrick L.
dragonslayer <dragon...@rinternet.com> wrote in message news:93jnlt$tep$1...@news.chatlink.com...
> *********************** PLEASE READ
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>
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>
> Hi, My name is Jana and I am a single parent. I am also in a heap of
> trouble. I am about to be evicted from my home and I am scared to death. I
> moved out here to California from North Carolina about 5 months ago to
> start a business. Things weren't so good for me in NC over the past year.
> I had just gotten out of an abusive relationship, quit a great job to move
> back to my rural hometown to try to go back to school for nursing which
> didn't turn out so well) I'll spare you the gory details. Let's just say,
> things were rough. It seemed I was out of money and options.
>
> As it were, my Grandma died last summer and left all of her grandkids a
> small inheritance, not much but enough to do SOMETHING with or so I thought.
> One lucky day I ran into an old high school buddy of mine, Mark, who was in
> a pretty crappy situation too. He'd been taking care of his Grandmother who
> has Alzheimer's disease for the past 6 years, until the family put her into
> a nursing home. They decided to sell her house and split the money between
> the grandkids, good for Mark's siblings but bad for Mark. (now he was out
> of a place to live) We got to talking one day and thought we would make a
> fresh start for ourselves and start a business in CA. Neither one of us had
> ever been to CA before so the idea seemed grand. Mark got along great with
> my son and that made me very happy. By the way, Mark and I are just friends
> and roommates. It seems I'm fated to remain single forever.
>
> Anyway, getting to around to the point, our little business went
> downhill quite fast. We didn't see it coming and wasn't prepared for the
> fallout. We kept thinking, 'it'll be ok, things will come together'. But
> guess what? They didn't. In hindsight, I can see now that both of us or at
> least one of us should have gotten a regular 9-5 so we would have money
> coming in. Well, to our dismay, all the money is gone. We are being
> evicted from the house we rent unless we come up with about $2500.00 fast.
> Our power and phone service are a breath away from being turned off. I
> called my Mom to help but she is getting ready for her missions trip to
> India and doesn't have any liquid cash. (She is a missionary and goes to
> India once a year for 4 months or so).
>
> Why not a bank loan you ask? Indeed, I destroyed my credit with credit
> cards about 5 years ago. Credit ratings, like reputations tend to follow
> you around, east or west coast. Mark and I have been on the phone with
> family and friends for the past 2 days trying to get some money in. Some
> brave folks are giving us small loans. But it won't be nearly enough. We
> both now have jobs. Mark's a counselor at a boys' shelter and I work in
> printing. We should be back on or feet soon. Unfortunately, we both just
> started and it will be awhile before we have regular paychecks coming in.
> Too late to help us . If we don't have the money by the 16th, we're out on
> our butts. And we don't even have enough for a moving van or anything. I
> shudder to think we might become homeless!!
>
> So, I had this crazy idea to put a plea for help on the internet. Why
> not? I'm not asking for a lot of money or even a loan. Why would you loan
> money to a stranger? What I'm asking is one dollar. A dollar you say?
> Yes, if everyone one who reads my crazy plea for help and sends one dollar,
> things just might be OK for us. I've posted this to several newsgroups. I
> swear that this letter is not a hoax, it's all true. If you want more
> details, have a question or maybe you'd like to see a picture of me and my
> son, just e-mail me at Jana_...@prodigy.net and I will respond. Just do
> it soon because the clock is ticking and the phone co. wants their due.
>
> If you'd like to help out please mail your contribution to our little
> family at:
>
> HELP FOR SINGLE MOM
> P. O. Box 7878
> Citrus Heights, CA 95621
>
> I thank you in advance from the bottom of my heart. And hopefully, if this
> turns out good, I will post a huge thank you note for all of you kind souls
> who helped us survive.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jana
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slimjim
"Patrick L." <REMOVE-...@jazzytunes.com> wrote in message
news:6UI96.2665$tD2.1...@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> .
>
> With a name like Dragonslayer I would guess the truth is you are an impish
14 year old
It depends whether the break come before or after the s.
Johnny Brooks
Patrick L. <REMOVE-...@jazzytunes.com> wrote in message
news:6UI96.2665$tD2.1...@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
>
> With a name like Dragonslayer I would guess the truth is you are an impish
14 year old hoping
> people will send you money since your allowance isn't enough to feed you
game habit, eh?
>
> I've got a better idea, sell your computer and go and play outside, which
is what kids your
> age should be doing.
>
Why would a kid his age need to play outside?
--
Johnny Brooks
Be Happy!
http://www.geocities.com/jbrooks646_1999/
Bob Weigel
So, I'm assuming the person who said "well now we've seen ...." referring
to me in a totally false light is never going to address THEIR problem
with presuming stupid things about people. Or did I miss something?
MEANWHILE, hey does anyone know a good way to flatten sunwarped vinyl?
-Bob
(Always nice when someone can crosspost unfounded insults to that many groups.
Must make them feel....wise.)