[SOC] Donate to SOC

[Quikhooligan]

So I'm sitting in the shack with my stimulus money in one hand and a double martini in the other hand and reading the latest no-class postings to the SOC email reflector. I make an impulsive decision to quit all this toxic nonsense and opt-out of the list as all my well respected friends are doing. Then I remember that it's better to light a candle than curse the darkness. So not only do I decide to stay in the list and continue to set a proper example for all the unwashed SOC masses, but I decide to go one step better. I'll donate my stimulus money to SOC!

I knew there had to be a donate button somewhere on the SOC website, but those buttons are difficult to find. Now if only I cold remember the website address, I might have a chance at finding the "Donate" button. So I Google "Donate to SOC" and this is what I found:

http://www.socent.org/content.cfm?sectionid=9


And the page says "SOC is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible."  Perfect!!


So rather than spending the dough on some Chinese made 3-500ZG's to replace the soft tubes in my amp and reduce the flat-topping and splatter that I'm noted for, I now know that my money is being used for the betterment of that glorious SOC organization. I encourage others to also donate (at the above link). While I'm sure the SOC organizers will use the money wisely, as the donor, I'd like to offer a few suggestions on how it might be spent:

1) Purchase a case of Ivory soap and send a bar to anyone posting "smut" on the SOC mailing list so that the offensive offender can wash their mouth with it.

2) Send the offensive offenders a copy of the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People"

3) Send the offensive offenders a copy of the "Amateur's Code" by Paul Segal.

4) Order a gross of Wouff Houng replicas from the ARRL to be used on the grossest offensive offenders.

5) Have a welding shop create a "Rettysnitch" to be used on those who persist to be offensive offenders.

6) When all else fails, create a secondary moderated mailing list.