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Does this mean you've stopped collecting money as of now Null? If so, disregard my PM.

Also, $800? Wow. Way to go, folks.
 
SoniBlu said:
Does this mean you've stopped collecting money as of now Null? If so, disregard my PM.

Also, $800? Wow. Way to go, folks.
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No. I'll stop collecting money before I make the money order on Tuesday.
 
So Chris now has a free :tugboat: from us. If anything else it's an early birthday present from the CWCki forums.
 
Null said:
- Monday: I'm also probably going to stop by a local office supplies area and print out a Sonichu themed note accrediting the donation to "Loyal Sonichu Fans". I think this carries the lowest risk of having the box thrown away in paranoia.
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You might want to, in the note you include, have a section specifically to Barb. Chris's paranoia might get the best of him but there's no way his mother will let him dispose of anything until she's inspected it all. If she's referenced in the note explaining what this is and why, she may be able to talk to / bully him into accepting it more easily. It'll make make her feel included and that this is for "The Chandlers", not just for her weird son and his feud.
 
Null, where are you getting the money order? I think Walmart does them for free (heard this from someone who came into our bank, because the thing to do when you come into a location that sells a product is to broadcast where to get said product for free, obviously), but then again when it's a matter of a few hundred dollars, a fee of a couple bucks is just a drop in the bucket.
 
EDIT: Sorry fokes I'm tired and I was confusing Chris' plea for donations vs. what Null is putting together. :oops:
 
Batman said:
they feel guilty for laughing at Chris and especially for speculating that 14BC may one day go up in smoke and kill all the inhabitants within. Mr Jeff Goldblum himself speculated not a few days before the incident how a devastating fire would probably get started at 14BC and his comments ended up being eerily prophetic. So they donate to make themselves feel better. Given that we have a few religious types donating here, such an assumption is not unreasonable.
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I know it is not your intent to single me out with this post, it is an example and I get that, but I do want to point out that I did not contribute to the fund out of troll's remorse or anything of the sort just because I contributed a lengthy hypothesis to the then-inevitable fire. Yes, I did feel a bit strangely knowing that literally 14 hours before the fire I made a post where I suggested the combination of faulty wiring and a small appliance would result in such an event. Many people who contributed to that thread at that time shared similar feelings.

I also did not donate for the sake of seeing my name in lights or to "get" anything in return, notoriety, content, or otherwise. I am a nobody in the grand scope of things here; I'm here to continue spectating just as I've done for a very long time; I've lurked ED and the CWCki under many names. I feel a bit antsy that my name is in the OP of the thread, since when I donated via PayPal I said "this is JeffGoldblumIRL, but I'd like to be credited as Anonymous". At the time, I would have been the only anonymous contribution on the list (and second highest only to the $50 donation). Null had a lot going on and stopped at the username in my message, I'm okay with that and I didn't want to make a scene so I let it run its course. I don't demonstrate charity for the photo op that comes with it.

The real reason I donated is because I was very recently in Chris' new position. I was once homeless; I alluded to this in a previous post. For 14 months I did not have a permanent place to call home, but I got something that 99.9% of the people in my position never, ever get: a break. I never gave up, I landed a job interview with a very respectable company after using what little funds I had to buy textbooks from the used bookstore and borrowed some nice clothes from a friend. I fought my way to a good job and now I have a place to live and I have food in my pantry. I am still swamped with debts and bills accrued from my transience, but I still wanted to contribute to Chris' fund because when I was at my worst and I didn't have a place to live there weren't that many people I could turn to for help. I wanted Chris to know that when it feels like the whole fucking world has turned its back on you that there is STILL some good out there and it's never worth it to give up or admit defeat.

Yeah, it's Christian "mmmyeah I'll think about it *inaction*" Chandler. If he and Barb turn over a new leaf then I'd be really happy for the two of them. If he instead blows the $40 on vidya and junk food then at least in some form my contribution was able to give him some form of fleeting happiness. I want him to find comfort in whichever way he feels suitable.

(I apologize for the tl;dr and for breaking my pseudo-character here.)
 
I tried to donate but I got an error that the website was down. I'll try again before I head to bed but otherwise I'll send a package across myself when I know what's they've got from this one.
 
Brother, gift cards are the best thing you can buy from a cost perspective. It is cheaper to ship them to Virginia than actual goods and they can be used to buy anything they need. If they spend them stupidly, then that is on them and not us.
 
OK, I just spent $17.10 total on a thinking of you card and a $15 Subway card. I only wanted to spend $10, but still, if :stupid: squanders it it's not a huge loss. They also had Taco Bell gift cards but I thought considering his problem with :briefs: and :snorlax: 's colitis that it wouldn't be a good idea. They had Starbucks gift cards but they were a pack of 3-$15 cards and it was too much, and I don't go to Starbucks that much.

Yes, I still plan to give $20 to the Ruckersville FD and include a note that it be used to help the firefighter who was injured, but if the firefighter doesn't need it then the FD can use it as they see fit.
 
GrandNumberOfPounds said:
OK, I just spent $17.10 on a thinking of you card and a $15 Subway card.
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I hope you mean that the greeting card was $2.10 and not that you spent a total of $32.10! :shock:
 
Himawari said:
GrandNumberOfPounds said:
OK, I just spent $17.10 on a thinking of you card and a $15 Subway card.
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I hope you mean that the greeting card was $2.10 and not that you spent a total of $32.10! :shock:
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That's what I gather. EDIT - The card was 2.10 and the subway card was 15.
 
Himawari said:
GrandNumberOfPounds said:
OK, I just spent $17.10 on a thinking of you card and a $15 Subway card.
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I hope you mean that the greeting card was $2.10 and not that you spent a total of $32.10! :shock:
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Yeah I was thinking that too. A $17.10 greeting card?!
 
Himawari said:
Null, where are you getting the money order? I think Walmart does them for free (heard this from someone who came into our bank, because the thing to do when you come into a location that sells a product is to broadcast where to get said product for free, obviously), but then again when it's a matter of a few hundred dollars, a fee of a couple bucks is just a drop in the bucket.
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Walmart charges 70 cents per money order.

Source: I work there.
 
I'll just go to my bank. I think they charge like $5. I'm footing the bill when it comes to shipping and misc fees like this so don't worry.
 
alex_theman said:
I would love to donate, but my dad insists it is a scam, Null, show this evil bastard that you aren't a indian scammer.
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:story: ha ha wow alex_theman, your dad is basically saying, "Die indian Null" !

spaps said:
I'd donate, but I am babby and have no money.
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I hope Compy donates your allowance for this week.
 
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