Re: Deseprate Plea For Help

Well, we all have our troubles.

I had mine when I got separated in 1995 and had to find a housemate or sell my house. I could have taken the easy route and sold, but I badly wanted to keep the house -- it meant something to me. And pride's cheap when you have something valuable to lose.

I cut lawns when I was a teenager. That's hard work, customers are demanding, and I made just $6 a lawn. Remember, it's only a dead-end job if you never aspire to greater things. If you take a job flipping burgers while you work your way through school, that's not a dead-end job. It's a means to an end. And many people would be happy for a job like that. Whatever you do, do it with pride.

I guess I don't understand how $125 is going to make the difference in your situation. You want to go back to school to do Grade 12, and then go on to university. So, the $125 will pay for your Grade 12 tuition. But where are you going to live, and what are you going to eat while you are doing Grade 12?

I sympathize, though .. best of luck. I really hope it all works out for you.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

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Re^2: Deseprate Plea For Help by planetscape (Chancellor) on Aug 26, 2005 at 05:54 UTC
I will let completely alone whether or not I think the OP is on-topic, in the right place, or deserving of sympathy and/or assistance. I think the reason the $125 is "going to make the difference" is because he needs it in full by the 29th of August to get into school this year. OTOH, the request would, IMHO, be more disturbing if it were a much larger dollar amount, say for housing, food, and gas for the next 12 months. It would seem likely a scammer would seek a larger amount. The nature of this request makes it seem legitimate - a relatively small amount needed by a swift-approaching deadline. Good luck, all who posted here... planetscape	[reply]
Re^3: Deseprate Plea For Help by polettix (Vicar) on Sep 07, 2005 at 10:31 UTC
I think the reason the $125 is "going to make the difference" is because he needs it in full by the 29th of August to get into school this year. You're probably right. OTOH, I think that the OP could think about it in time, and not wait for August 25th to jump up and decide to go back to school. It would seem likely a scammer would seek a larger amount. I'd say the opposite. A small amount is more attractive to potential donors, and your post just proves it. Moreover, there is no control over how many persons are going to help the OP - 10 times $125 seem a large amount with this respect. Even if there would be a way for the donors to coordinate, if you were a scammer would you prefer to ask for $1000 and receive nothing, or ask for $125 and receive $125 because "it's not that large"? The nature of this request makes it seem legitimate - a relatively small amount needed by a swift-approaching deadline. This is the root of practically all scams. I have tons of e-mails saying that there is an unclaimed bunch of money waiting for me - but fast! And they would probably tell me that I'd pay a little amount of money for legal expenses (I've never gone beyond simply deleting these emails, so that's guessing). Flavio perl -ple'$_=reverse' <<<ti.xittelop@oivalf Don't fool yourself.	[reply]