And yes of course i'd be annoyed :) I was just playing devils advocate and being the voice of good for once LOL. :)
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Bill. It was a MEMBER of THIS community. Like if it was *I* soliciting help > for my daughter, please send her stuff to cheer her up. > You all would bend over backwards to do it wouldn't you? Most of you > anyway. > How would you feel if it turned out I didn't have a daughter? You'd feel a > bit betrayed eh? > > Give me another break. You got to be a tad bit cynical in some areas or > you'll always get taken advantage of in life! > It has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the feeling of GOODNESS and HOPE when > trying to do something good. You still have to make sure the source is > right > and then do your deed! > > And Beth, for the record, I never doubted *you* ... just in case you get > that feeling from some of these replies. :) We know you're good people. :) > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > :) Should have just sent a card like it said. Then even if its a scam who > > cares? > > Shouldn't let a scumbag who tries to scam people stop the feeling of > > goodness and hope you get when you try to do the right thing for someone. > > I'm cynical at times too just a friendly reminder that we have to control > > such things. > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hey, it happened on this list years ago, Bill. Can't remember the guy's > > > name > > > off the top of my head (Judith and Mikey would know), but he said his > > > daughter was sick and she'd appreciate get well cards and such. We > > actually > > > sent one of those bears that you order online and personalize. Spent > over > > > $60 on it too, only to find out a little while later it was all a scam. > A > > > contributing member of CF-Community for quite a while no less ... > > > > > > So you'll probably have to excuse all of us for being a little cynical > > when > > > it comes to things like this. It's hard when it's not flesh and blood > > > people > > > you see every day or week. > > > > > > On topic: Thanks for forwarding that Beth. :) We'll see what kind of > hat > > we > > > can send from Northern Georgia :) > > > > > > Erika > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Yes because the scammers of the world are trying to get a ton of hats > > by > > > > saying a little girl has cancer. Perhaps this was one conspiriacy > > theory > > > > too far? :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265396 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
