[Vintage-Audio] QTH.NET Needs Donations!

[vaxxine]

Well, I've had enough. I can't live with myself anymore.  I'm one of the 
faceless numbers that uses several of these mailing lists, has never 
contributed diddly-squat, always hoping that someone else will take care of 
it.  Thinking about it, I've had hundreds of hours of entertainment and 
education from these lists over the past few years.  A bucket of balls at 
the driving range is six bucks and that lasts about 45 minutes.  A golf 
magazine and a couple of imported beers is about 15 bucks - that's good for 
a couple of hours entertainment.  30 bucks a month buys newspapers 6 days a 
week and I can't remember a goddamn thing from the one I read yesterday.

Count me "in" for my first $15 donation.  The envelope goes out Monday - 
guaranteed.  Lets get on with it lads : Al Waller wasn't put on this earth 
to pay for my entertainment out of his pocket, but I think he's been doing 
it anyway.  Time to start settling up - ALL of us.

Phil (VA3UX)


At 03:54 PM 8/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:

>
>I received this from the powers that be. If you can possibly spare five 
>dollars,
>ten dollars or more, by all means PLEASE help the cause. The twin T1 lines 
>cost
>Al Waller two grand per month and the contract is for three years just to get
>them. The recent system down was because of one of the hard drives for a 
>server
>failing. Remember, they run 24/7/52. In other words, constantly. They simply
>wear out. While this started out as his hobby, and still is, it accidentally
>became the greatest Ham radio, short-wave listener and radio hobbyist 
>service on
>the planet. A million hits on the system per day! Over 500 individual lists.
>Over 400,000 individual subscribers to these lists.
>
>Al has gone out of his way to keep them from becoming commercial with ad 
>banners
>all over the place, to protect the information of subscribers from would be
>spammers and to keep this as a hobby, not as a business venture. We need 
>to show
>our appreciation, send the man some money and keep the hard drives 
>turning. For
>instance, there are tens of thousands of web sites Al pays for and you get for
>free. For crying out loud, send the man ten dollars for your web site! 
>There is
>no where else you can get what he gives you for that price, or even close 
>to it!
>
>
>I don't want to hear any bitching, complaining or other pointless lip service.
>If you enjoy these lists, if you appreciate the unequaled information they
>provide, if you value the world wide collection of wisdom they offer, then 
>write
>the man a check and do it today! If we sit on our butts and take this as 
>franted
>the well will go dry and then we will all be losers.
>
>I am thanking each one of you in advance for sending Al Waller what you 
>can, if
>it is only a dollar, it all adds up and it all helps. He has done a lot 
>for us,
>now it is our turn to help him keep this incomparable service operating. Don't
>let him down. Thanks guys!
>
>
>QSL.NET is running out of funds for operation (bandwidth isn't free). Al
>says that we might make it another 2 months at best. If you have not
>contributed to help offset the cost of operation of this (and the almost
>600 other lists hosted here) recently, please consider doing so today.
>By Credit Card https://proxy.qsl.net/donation
>PayPal http://www.paypal.com (account k3tkj@qsl.net)
>BidPay http://www.bidpay.com (account k3tkj@qsl.net)
>
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>
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