Who should Joeaksa write the check out to?
 

You've probably been following along my bet with Joeaksa on whether Fintstone will show up for Mike Holloway's Ultimate Pelican Meet(TM) March 24-26. Here's a link to register: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/250246-roll-call-upm-ultimate-pelican-meet-march-24-26-las-vegas-whose-going.html

it should be a fantastic gathering of Pelican's best and everyone should attend.

I'll be sending a check, made out to Joe, to Mike H. soon to cover my bet if Joe wins, but when I win, the $500 will go to a non-profit. I'd like to get some input on which non-profit it should be written to.

G9Girl works with Kids In Distressed Situations a lot. All of our drive dolls, books and school supplies, as well as any excess inventory, are donated to KIDS, a national organization dedicated to helping children in need.

Others to consider are below. Please take a quick look at each one's website, charter, and cast your vote in the poll:

Operation Truth - http://www.optruth.org/

Habitat for Humanity - http://www.habitat.org/

City Year - http://www.cityyear.org/

KIDS - http://www.kidsdonations.org/

If you have a good nonprofit that you would like added to the list, please let me know.

Thanks!

Shaun

Make a wish foundation www.wish.org

Kyle and Pattie Petty's Victory Junction Gang Camp www.victoryjunction.org

make it hurt...... moveon.org ;->

Great idea! maybe Joe will follow your example....I vote for make a wish foundation.

Make a wish and move on added to poll.
-Z.

As long as we are in a voting mode, (thanks for telling me about this ahead of time Shaun, next time some notice would be nice) I have asked Shaun several times who we should send our funds to for safekeeping until the Vegas gathering. I wanted to do it right now, lets firm up the bet and get the money into impartial hands two days ago.

So far no answer from Shaun but I now see this thread and find out that he is going to send his funds to Mike Holloway, who is unknown to me. I wanted for both of us to send our checks to a impartial moderator, someone like Bill Verburg, but guess that he does not want to do this.

Shaun, what we are going to do with your money is not a difficult question. We could make it really hurt and send it to the Republican National Party or Ann Coulter/Sean Hannity but believe that it would be better spent on paying for Fint and myself to have a very nice dinner of Porterhouse (or RibEye) steaks and King Crab legs while in Vegas.

You know, I might just email Ann Coulter and see if she is available for that weekend. Bet that she would like a ride in a nice 911 and would love to discuss politics with Shaun, Rodeo and a few other selected individuals who are walking down the wrong path...

This is getting fun...

Joe A

How about the NRA? :)

This would be good: http://www.nrahq.org/women/ludington.asp

Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award

Keep'em coming.

No Shaun, the NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. www.nra.org

Joe A
Lifetime NRA member

Isn't this Lubemaster?

You dufus.

http://www.nrahq.org/ = http://www.nra.org/

Excuse me, name calling is not really necessary, but if thats the only way you can communicate, then here we go.

Hey Dufus, I do not support that part of the NRA, and would rather have it go to the political section of the organization. The "Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award" is not something that I support or would have specified it, but guess that Shaun likes it for some reason. I would prefer that it go towards defeating laws that are aimed at taking the weapons from private citizens and stopping frivolous product liability lawsuits against legitimate arms producers.

Assume that you are going to be coming to the meeting in Vegas? Please do and we can discuss the various ways to use dufus in person if you would like.

Joe A

They are the same thing you idiot: http://www.nra.org/Article.aspx?id=3082

The NRA has many websites, there's no "part of the NRA". The NRA is the NRA is the NRA, just ask Chuck. :rolleyes: If you go to http://www.nrahq.org/, you'll see a whole list of NRA web sites.

I think there should be an option for him to keep it to pay off his libel suit which Souk will bring in the next few months....

:p

Hey Idiot (since you do not seem to be able to communicate with someone without calling people your favourite family names), once again, Shaun put a link up for the "Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award" and I do not support that cause.

The "wonderful first link" you provided is for supporting womens NRA programs. Do I look like a frigging woman? I feel that there are other programs in the NRA that I prefer to support, and not this one. For some reason Shaun and yourself it seems, likes to support womens groups. The only support I like to provide for ladies is for their titties with my hands and possibly other parts that we cannot mention here.

If I am going to be forced to name a fund for people who do not seem to understand, how about this: http://www.nradefensefund.org/ It benefits both men and women so you and Shaun should be happy!

Please continue to post here, and if possible dream up more creative names to call people in your inspiring posts. You are at post #51 now, and might make 100 by weeks end. Good to have a goal in life...

JoeA

Guys, let's settle down here. this post is about finding the best use of Joe's $500. There are plenty of other threads for name calling.

SmileWavy

Hey, listen, I was only kidding on the Move on .org suggestion.. I'd much rather have it go to a WORTHY cause, not to more political posturing.

Hardflex,

Lets open it up to everyone and their ideas of where it should go, then vote. Someone may want to send their funds to MoveOn.org or Al Franken or other strange organization.

To tell the truth, the choices of organizations have changed since the thread was opened so to be honest might start the voting over again as some people might want to change their minds.

Shaun, I do not know this gent but as long as he cannot post without calling someone a bad name, then I am going to respond in kind. I guess thats the only type of communication he understands. Personally I would rather be civil and hope that he gets the message that I am not into supporting womens groups and finds another thread to build his count up in with his prose.

Joe A

Thought so, and agree!

$500 buys a lot of lap dances in Vegas....
What the hell are you guys thinking?

there is only one sad part of my life. I can never again even think of going to a strip club, well, after we go public/get acquired and I split perhaps. we'll see.

In my past life, we'd regularly take clients (male and female alike) at Cisco, HP, IBM, etc. and have a great time.

If you guys can't agree on who is to hold the money, I'd be happy to do it. I have an trust account that I can put it in.

$100 bucks to all of them (the worthy ones, not move-on.org). If that's not feasible, use Make a Wish. Shawn, if you're still driving down and looking for an accomplice, I'm still game; it's the only way I'll be able to get down there.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/home.cfm

I'll tell you what I'd do, man, two chicks at the same time. Damn straight. I always wanted to do that. And I think if I had five hundred dollars I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money. Especially the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me.

:)

Agh, Joe...that would be me. This bet is newz to me but anytime anyone wants to write a check out to me is OK. Thats (2) LL's and (2) OO's...put'm anywhere you like!

I prefer cash or useable SS & Passport numbers but cash is king.

Shauns idea of a charity is nice, tax deductable as well. (once again, a fantastic attempt and opportunity to get G9 plastered all over the bored. I love this guy!)

I agree. Give that organization as much rope as possible.

Good point:)

Have him make it out to Keri.

What's this, a new love connection? (or maybe just 2/3 of one?)

I'm a uniter, not a divider. ;)

Hay Hay - the original idea was to have me hold the cash (thats CASH!) for an undisclosed amount of time.

Shaun, don't be feed'n your lil chicky friend there any of my mis-gott'n gains! Remember, I've seen her. She can more than take care of herself. I got a kid in college and a few bottonless pits at home not to mention a p-car that needs luv that won't be found anytime soon!

Mike, I'll be sending you a check tomorrow.

No worries on CC. Just a guess, but I think Joe is more her type so my $ would be wasted on her, plus I've got prolly the most serious girlfriend these days I've ever had. When G9Girl hits 100 stores, she'll have a decision to make. :)

I'll keep my eye out for it.

When are you coming to the Big D?

Check your email. I just sent you the prospective collections for 06, would love to get your daughter's input. I've pushed that doc down to our Dallas rep so we'll see. January looks good.

Been there and done that. It was a very good time and free at that but then it was 15 years ago and my memory is getting feeble. Kinda into quality over quantity these days but then that happens at my advanced age. :)

Frankly would rather share the time with someone and enjoy a good meal. Might invite G9 and CC. I know what CC likes to eat (me too) and get Shaun a veggie burger or whatever he wants.

JoeA

Send it to me. I'll make sure it gets properly invested at Wal-Mart, buying ammo which I'll shoot at the NRA Range just down the street.

My vote is for Boy Scouts of America.

Scott

Of course Shaun is going to donate his winnings...He knows that he will not have any. The $500 is gone and is just trying to get a little mileage/publicity out of it. He probably wants to try to write his silly bet off on his taxes as a donation. Good try! Next he will try to shame Joe into donating it....but Joe will not fall for it.
Imagine..$500 to go to Vegas...I'm here already! Talk about a sucker bet!

Thats why this whole mess can be avoided by just sending me the money. He can still deduct it and I will put 100% of it to really good use not like any charity which has all that overhead and what not.