Chris,
I have offered to help before, but you did not write me privately to
discuss your situation.
There *may* be some extra avenues, but I will need a lot more details.
I offer again, with it again being up to you to write me privately.
Karen
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Chris Gilland wrote:
Folks, I have literally tried everything. Look, I appreciate over the past
nearly week now all you all's help with this stupid peace of excuse my
language, dog shit computer, really, I just cannot enmotionally do thjis any
more. I have no effort of strength left in me. All this getting turned down
is really starting to bother me. It's not you all, but it seems no one in
the business field is willing to get me a Mac, or help me find a donated one.
I almost went as far as to say If everyone put forth like $20 on this list,
to one responsible designated collecter who then once the funds all were
there would order the Mac and have it shipped, with all the members we got
$20 I am sure for each would do the trick, but again, I can't ask that. That
is not fair to any of you all. I just am out of options. Lou, thank you for
all your help, Same to Mike, Alivia, and all you who directly helped, but
face it: we're gett6ing no where. My parents as a child always tought me
never say never and never give up, but I'm sorry, I can't resist now doing
so. It's been over 2 years that I've asked for one, literally since the end
of 06, and I have gotten nowhere since. I wish I had a job, but no one in
their mind wants to hier me. I'm always just the dumb idiot who knows
nothing. I barely with my income of SSI make anywhere near enough to do much
of anything. I make $600. $400 of that is for rent/utilities, 100 or so is
for cable, and another 100 is for my cell phone, and finally about 50 for my
lan line. You do the math. O, then let's not forget about my groceries. I
get $60 food stamps, but being I spend about $100 a month on food, so that
means I gotta pay like $40 to $50 for that. See, these aren't things want,
these are the bear necessities. I don't have $700 for a Mac to be throwing
around. I'm sorry, I just don't. I put an ad up on Craigs list and heard
nothying, a friend found something in one of his cities but the idiot won't
e-mail him back. my church won't help, Apple Care won't help, my local store
won't help, United Way won't help, Hospice won't help, Free Cycfle said this
is too big of an item and if I ever post a want for this or the like again
I'll be banned. EBay is even still too expensive, plus you never really know
what you're getting. Best Buy won't help, Circuit City won't help, Comp USA
won't help, my local library refuses to hellp, it seems none of my close
friends will help, my family won't help, I have literally gone as far as to
stand at the street end of my driveway for 4 hours straight for 3 days in a
row and when a car would come by, I'd scream bloody murder until they stopped
only then to ask if they had one or knew someone who did. Call me mentally
insane, frankly if you do I don't give a ***. I just am a determined
individual who has worked day after day, night after night, my arse off to
get this, and cannot. I'm reaching for the rainbow, but the potta gold's
still completely out of sight, forget about reach. I can't even put Ubuntu
on this darn machine thanks to the Mac not working well with the Ubuntu
installer with Orca speech. So, what's my final ultimate decision? Well,
I'm giving this about one more business week, so, basicly until Friday. If
by then I've not managed to scrounge of a Mac to be delivered or shipped at
no shipping cost nor cost for the PC, screw the monitor, mouse and keyboard.
I have those. I just need a frickin tower/CPU. Anyway, I'm sorry but then
I'll have no choice but to un-sub, throw this Mac in the junk yard, oiterally
speaking, the junk yard, and probably forget about ever getting a Mac again.
This is just not worth all this hell for me. I've tried so hardly, but I'm
finally running out of patients. Not at you all, but more at where to turn.
I even called my Prepaid egal attorney lawfirm and asked if they had any
ideas and they basicly gave me the same thing, if you want one then pay for
it and quit bothering us, we got more important civil things to deal with
than listenning to you whine. It may sound like i'm doing that but I swear
on the Bible, which is not something I do normally: I am so, not! doing
that. It's just I'm totally lost. I got an e-mail last night from someone on
this list who's name I will not reveal under any circumstances, regardless,
who told me that they'd give me Outspoken, but if I only would use it for a
week, then no way, they only give it to people who in their exact words:
Quote: need it. I cannot fu***ing tell you how much that hurt me. I just
went through experiencing a best friend who had a death in their family, so
I've been devastated over that, then this mail comes in. You think I wanted
to see that first thing this morning? I think not thank you very much? I
really did not appreciate that at all, and don't deny it, to that individual,
you know who you are so dont' play that o it wasn't me game. Won't be
tollerated. I am sorry for working so hard, maybe I'm too obsessed but is
there a problem with someone earnestly wishing to learn something new but
being turned down from every resource to learn it? I even tried the hacked
intel x86 version which would a worked had it not been inaccessible to
install. Yeah, I hate illegal software sharing too, and noramlly wouldn't do
it, but what do I do! I'm desperet. This is why I do it, cause no one ever
cares to help. I mean you all tried, but, looks like you all are getting no
where either. You know though what hurts more than anything? The fact that
people make funna me for my desparity instead of praising me and giving me a
good gowen for trying, etc. Now that! hurts, right at the core of the heart!
Call me sinsitive but... you don't like it, tough! It's my personality. I
am sorry to be so blunt I know it really is no way for getting help, and I
apologise you all have to read this, but God d it? where else do I rant! At
least some a you on here care enough to try and help me, and for those of
you: thank you. But Do you all really think it's worth continuing the
voyage to look? I mean this is becoming morbidly grewsomely rediculous!
It's just a f***ing mac. It's not God, for Christ sake!
Ooooaf, I'm p owed!
Chris.
