Hmmmm....maybe I will ask. I was just kidding before. I just finished an email to a woman who was asking for a PSOne console for her son. She's gonna come pick it up this afternoon, along with about 4 controllers and about 20 games. Feels nice to give away something that will make a little kid happy.
Ray At 11:20 AM 2/8/2005, you wrote: >I've seen a few snowthrowers go through. Lots more requests for that >than offers, though. But, I have seen a few offered. I'm constantly >amazed. > >The piano we got needed an $80 tuning. That and the 20 bucks in gas >money we gave our friend with the truck and we were good to go. It's >from the 20's and weighs a ton. But, my husband couldn't be happier. >And, there's no way we could have afforded a new one. He made his >"piano debut" at his gig last Friday. (There's a bar that has a piano >in it and he was doing a gig there anyway.) > >Unfortunately, nobody wants my barrel full of treated lumber scraps, >my bi-fold closet door, or my plastic screen track. > > >On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:08:28 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, then I stand corrected. We get the computer requests, monitors, > > etc. Those don't seem too far-fetched, but an iPod/Blackberry request > > seems to be a bit much. Guess I was wrong though.... > > > > Hmmmm.....with all the snow we've had, maybe I should ask for a > > snowthrower....:) > > > > Ray > > > > > > At 10:58 AM 2/8/2005, you wrote: > > >Um, pianos are given away all the time on our freecycle list. Cars > > >have also been given away. My best friend was going to give on away on > > >freecycle, but ran out of time and just had it hauled away. We _got_ a > > >piano off of freecycle. People give away computers on our freecycle > > >list all the time. I saw a 17" CRT monitor recently. You'd really be > > >amazed. > > > > > > > > >On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:49:26 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >wrote: > > > > LOL....I had this one today: > > > > > > > > ------------------ > > > > Looking for an upright piano so the kids can take lessons. > > > > ------------------ > > > > > > > > We get laptops and iPods and blackberry requests all the > time. Seriously > > > > people, have some self-respect. And some intelligence. Who's > gonna give > > > > away an iPod? Or a friggin' PIANO for that matter? > > > > > > > > On a side note, I got a set of encyclopedias this weekend. That > was fun, > > > > remembering what the world was like before the internet! Felt like > I was > > > > 14 again! > > > > > > > > Ray > > > > > > > > > > > > At 09:38 AM 2/8/2005, you wrote: > > > > >This one cracked me up this morning: > > > > > > > > > >--------------------- > > > > >If anyone has an Ipod that they don't want, please give it to me. > > > > >I've wanted an Ipod ever since they were made but I cannot afford > > > > >one. I am a college student trying to get my degree, and I don't > > > > >have a job. My boyfriend would like to buy me one but he can't > > > > >afford it either. I would greatly appreciate one. I live in > > > > >Lancaster. > > > > >------------------- > > > > > > > > > >Hah! an unwanted iPod :) These kind of requests raised some issues > > > > >with the moderator a few weeks ago. She posted a notice saying that > > > > >the requests shouldn't be extravagant (cars, laptops, etc.). She got > > > > >a deluge of posts saying that anyone should be able to ask for > > > > >anything. What gave me a chuckle was a bunch of people quoting > > > > >scripture to back up their idea that you should ask for anything. > > > > > > > > > >I've resigned myself to the fact that most of these people are greedy > > > > >and I probably won't post anything to it, but I still keep suscribed > > > > >to view messages like the one above. I also have a new list > > > > >DFWOnlineGarageSale. Now that's a better idea I think. :) > > > > > > > > > >Marlon > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >G-mail must not realize I'm and anti-social nerd, it keeps telling me > > > > >to "Invite 8 friends to Gmail" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146549 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
