Posted by Ron Hill on June 19, 2003, at 1:55:50
In reply to A penny a post?, posted by shar on June 18, 2003, at 19:15:08
Shar,
I like your creative idea. One thought crossed my mind, however. What if the sever rental fees to store the post for a long period of time added up to more than the penny?
Not intended as a wet blanket on your idea.
-- Ron
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> Ok, I'm concerned that Dr. Bob has $300 or so per month out-of-pocket expenses (referred to in a thread above). And, I'm concerned about the Babbles being available to not only those that are here now, and have been over the years, but those who will need the support of this fine group of folks in the future.
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> So, I had this idea of getting sponsors for posters (because I don't have a lot of disposable income at the moment) sort of like those folks who run in the "Flat Foot 5k" and ask you to sponsor them for $1 per k.
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> We could ask that our friends and family, who would often do anything not to have to deal with us/our dis-ease, to sponsor us for the Babbles. If they would pledge a penny-a-post, we could merrily keep on typing for a while (a dollar would be 100 posts!) and stay out of THEIR hair!
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> I'm only partly kidding, here. (We can't kid much on admin.) Who knows, my mom, sister, son, nieces, friends might get together and think "Praise be, a cheap way for us to be rid of her!" and happily send in a dollar!!
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> Opinions?
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> Shar
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