Dan Krueger wrote:
basskisser wrote:

JohnH wrote:

Yesterday morning the total contributions to the Susan G. Koman Breast
Cancer Foundation was less than $500. Right now it's within a dollar of
being at $1100. Much of this came from the generosity of you guys, and we
really appreciate it!

If any of you still care to make a small donation, please do so. The web
site is:

[url] http://www.active.com/donate/varace4cure/JohnHerring

By now, those of you who've contributed should have received a 'thank you'
email from me, in addition to the receipt for your income tax. If I've let
one slip, chew on me for a while.
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'Til next time,

John H



Good. I'm glad that people you consider "friends" here, even if online
only, have come around in a time of need.


That sounds a bit negative and John never used the word "friends".

What's negative about it? I think John would tell you that he considers
many here his "friends, even if online only".

The bottom line is that he has set a realistic goal and there are enough
people here to hit that number without missing a meal.

Yep.

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:56:49 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:
That's "youse guys".

All a y'all is the proper term for those of us south of the Mason Dixon.

For those not in the know, 'all y'all' is the plural of 'y'all'.
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John H

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On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:37:35 GMT, Dan Krueger
wrote:

Bert Robbins wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:

That's "youse guys".


All a y'all is the proper term for those of us south of the Mason Dixon.

The Mason Dixon is a region, not a line. I'm in S. FL and there are no
hillbillies here. We have just about everyone else, however. I heard a
guy a few weeks ago say he was "fixin" to do something. It turned out
that he was planning to go home up north.

Dan

According to these guys, it's a line.

http://geography.about.com/od/politi...masondixon.htm

"Fixin" is proper usage for "I'm about to get ready to start thinking about
doing something". Planning comes *way* after 'fixin'.
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On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:11:52 GMT, Dan Krueger
wrote:

basskisser wrote:

JohnH wrote:

Yesterday morning the total contributions to the Susan G. Koman Breast
Cancer Foundation was less than $500. Right now it's within a dollar of
being at $1100. Much of this came from the generosity of you guys, and we
really appreciate it!

If any of you still care to make a small donation, please do so. The web
site is:

[url] http://www.active.com/donate/varace4cure/JohnHerring

By now, those of you who've contributed should have received a 'thank you'
email from me, in addition to the receipt for your income tax. If I've let
one slip, chew on me for a while.
--
'Til next time,

John H



Good. I'm glad that people you consider "friends" here, even if online
only, have come around in a time of need.


That sounds a bit negative and John never used the word "friends".

The bottom line is that he has set a realistic goal and there are enough
people here to hit that number without missing a meal.

Dan


And people are doing a super job! Right now we're at $1324.
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On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:02:17 -0400, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:


"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
hlink.net...
basskisser wrote:

JohnH wrote:

Yesterday morning the total contributions to the Susan G. Koman Breast
Cancer Foundation was less than $500. Right now it's within a dollar of
being at $1100. Much of this came from the generosity of you guys, and we
really appreciate it!

If any of you still care to make a small donation, please do so. The web
site is:

[url] http://www.active.com/donate/varace4cure/JohnHerring

By now, those of you who've contributed should have received a 'thank
you'
email from me, in addition to the receipt for your income tax. If I've
let
one slip, chew on me for a while.
--
'Til next time,

John H



Good. I'm glad that people you consider "friends" here, even if online
only, have come around in a time of need.


That sounds a bit negative and John never used the word "friends".

The bottom line is that he has set a realistic goal and there are enough
people here to hit that number without missing a meal.

Dan



Come on folks.

Does John consider only those who contribute to *his* cause as friends, even
though others contribute to the same cause in a general way (it all goes to
the same basic fund) and have done so for the past 20 years?? I don't think
so.

For us..........we have been (substantial) contributors to this cause for
the past 20 or so years. Most importantly we have had personal experiences
in the recent past with breast cancer.

As I said earlier to John, our thoughts and prayers are with his
daughter......perhaps the most important thing when you think about it.

With that said.......please keep the contributions and prayers coming for
John's daughter. I know that the emotions and pain that he, his wife and
daughter are going through cannot be accurately described in words to those
who have not gone through it. Yet I do know that spiritual support (as well
as monetary for the breast cancer research) is appreciated.

I hope I did not speak out of line John. I was only trying to provide some
additional support for a friend. ;-)


Please note that any contributions are not 'for John's daughter'.

Friendship and contributions have nothing to do with each other as far as
I'm concerned. There are some pretty staunch Liberals, and some pretty
staunch Conservatives in this group who've contributed to the foundation. I
didn't understand your comment either, but I certainly wanted nothing
negative in the thread.

Hopefully, even 'non-friends' are reading this thread. If so, I'll give
them a chance to get even for any offenses I've committed...

I'll match (on a $1 for $2 basis), up to the amount of the goal, any
donations made to the foundation through this web site by anyone from this
time until the cut-off for team donations, which is 1 May! So, if you
donate $20, that'll cost me another $10! If the group donates $3500 and
hits the goal, it'll cost me $1750.

Go for it!


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Whoops! I forgot to post the team web site:

http://geography.about.com/od/politi...masondixon.htm
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On 27 Apr 2006 05:11:31 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


Dan Krueger wrote:
basskisser wrote:

JohnH wrote:

Yesterday morning the total contributions to the Susan G. Koman Breast
Cancer Foundation was less than $500. Right now it's within a dollar of
being at $1100. Much of this came from the generosity of you guys, and we
really appreciate it!

If any of you still care to make a small donation, please do so. The web
site is:

[url] http://www.active.com/donate/varace4cure/JohnHerring

By now, those of you who've contributed should have received a 'thank you'
email from me, in addition to the receipt for your income tax. If I've let
one slip, chew on me for a while.
--
'Til next time,

John H



Good. I'm glad that people you consider "friends" here, even if online
only, have come around in a time of need.


That sounds a bit negative and John never used the word "friends".

What's negative about it? I think John would tell you that he considers
many here his "friends, even if online only".

Hell yes! Especially when they're not calling me bad names!
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JohnH wrote:


"Fixin" is proper usage for "I'm about to get ready to start thinking about
doing something". Planning comes *way* after 'fixin'.
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John H



I can remember Granny Clampet saying that all the time on her TV show.

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:54:58 GMT, Don White wrote:

JohnH wrote:


"Fixin" is proper usage for "I'm about to get ready to start thinking about
doing something". Planning comes *way* after 'fixin'.
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'Til next time,

John H



I can remember Granny Clampet saying that all the time on her TV show.

Smart woman! And, thanks again, BTW!
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JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:56:49 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:
That's "youse guys".

All a y'all is the proper term for those of us south of the Mason Dixon.

For those not in the know, 'all y'all' is the plural of 'y'all'.
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'Til next time,

John H


Who wouldn't know that??? Oh, yankees and such.