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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Sat 22 Aug, 2009 8:11 pm

Re: Keeping "myArmoury" solvent

Daniel Sullivan wrote:

Wish to thank Jean for beating the drum and calling us to muster. Our local Public Television people could certainly use someone like him..

As mentioned in another post, it is like buying a raffle ticket. On the other hand, If Jean is annoying you, ante up with a few bucks and he will go away....well......at least until the next time!

Regards,
Dan

Hey! I " resemble that " ( spelling error deliberate. :p )

I take a night " OFF " and don't " BUMP " and see what happens ....... :eek: :p :lol: :cool: ( Emoticon overdose ! ).

And up to $1910: Not far from $2000 which is sort of a " resistance point " as they say in the " Stockmarket " ;) .

Glad other people are posting " funny " and meaningful and appreciative comments about how good this place is and how it's a good thing to help it continue.

As well, if my little " encouragement " with the spear head is making this more fun and motivating infrequent posters but frequent lurkers to donate or enhance their memberships then I'm very pleased it seems to be working.

Obviously I want to raise funds but I will be happy and curious to read who ends up winning the spear head. :D :cool:

I've said it before but Michael's spear head based on the one I have are the best, most robust, high quality materials and workmanship spears I have ever seen: The kind a " warrior " would have been proud to own and relied on in a fight or battle.

By the way the only " myArmoury " donator who can't win this spear is me. ;) :lol: ( That would be counterproductive if I ended up being the lucky winner, but then that's why I bought one for myself and I couldn't be happier with it. :D ).

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Posts: 1,086 Location: Austin TX

Sun 23 Aug, 2009 1:16 am

Notice the subtle glow around around my profile...could that be...yes, I'm now in the process of becoming an upgraded member!

For the web would loose half of its appeal without this website...well worth it!

Best,

J

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Sun 23 Aug, 2009 10:48 am

Julien M wrote:

Notice the subtle glow around around my profile...could that be...yes, I'm now in the process of becoming an upgraded member!

For the web would loose half of its appeal without this website...well worth it!

Best,

J

Yes, I think I can see a halo around you like in old period " illuminations " of the Saints ..... ;) :D :cool:

I also like your sense of humour, and the upgrade in membership is very much appreciated. :cool:

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Posts: 1,086 Location: Austin TX

Sun 23 Aug, 2009 11:03 am

Cheers Jean, Pleasure is all mine :)

Julien 2.0

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Posts: 6 Location: Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sun 23 Aug, 2009 12:49 pm

Hello All!

This is my first post even if I have been lurking around for many years. Did not upgraded my account because of Paypal. Have been assimilated for a custom Pugio purchase (roman dagger). Time for payback. I learn a lot on these pages. it is like a small University. Please continue the good work. :D

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Sun 23 Aug, 2009 8:35 pm

New and improved " BUMP ". ;) We are getting there but it still needs the efforts of more people to do just their " little bit ": Lots of little bits add up. :D . Thanks to all those who have already donated or upgraded their memberships. :cool:

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Keep filling the " myarmoury " gas tank.

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Jean Henri Chandler

Posts: 1,420 Location: New Orleans

Sun 23 Aug, 2009 8:55 pm

Hey I sent $20 hope it got through.

J

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Mon 24 Aug, 2009 10:20 pm

Drip drip drip drip $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10: A little drop at a time the " myArmoury " gas tank ( money for the hosting costs ) is slowly adding up ...... getting closer to $2000 but remember time is getting shorter before the end of the Fund drive and the target amount is close to being the minimum needed to pay the out of pocket costs of running the site.

The participation so far has been not too bad but the number of daily donators is about 2 to 4 per day with some days being zero. I'm fairly sure that many people have donated more than $10 and a few quite a bit more which has helped with the total raised being very good so far but again a small $10 by many more people would make attaining the objective a lot easier than counting on a few generous donors.

If this site is important to you in that you get weekly or even daily pleasure from what you can learn here, and you can afford a donation at this time it's something you would be doing for yourself as you would miss the place.

Another useful thing to consider is that this is also a good place to find or sell your collectables ( swords, armour, kit etc ... ) on the Marketplace Forum: I know that if I want to buy something or sell something on the secondary market I feel a lot more confident when doing so with people I know as opposed to total strangers ...... So, this site is also valuable to the longtime collector as being part of a community makes it a lot easier to find a buyer or a seller.

The members of the Makers and Industry Professionals Forum are also people with a real interest in keeping this place
" Solvent ". Sure one can contribute because one is a nice guy or girl and for all the good and generous reasons, but there are many " good " self-interested reasons to also contribute.

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Tue 25 Aug, 2009 1:11 am

Oh, a special thanks to those who have contributed " BIG "amounts like $100, very much appreciated. :D :cool: ( You know who you are. ;) :cool: ).

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Maurizio D'Angelo

Posts: 649 Location: Italy

Tue 25 Aug, 2009 2:44 am

Jean Thibodeau wrote:

Drip drip drip drip $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10: A little drop at a time the " myArmoury " gas tank ( money for the hosting costs ) is slowly adding up.

Jean, your imagination has no limits. My compliments. :)
I know from reliable sources that the price of oil will tend to increase within a short time.
I advise everyone to rush to fill the "myArmoury" gas tank, now ... before it's too late.

Jean, a small mistake, the shoes are not historical ... :cool: :lol: :p

One other thing, Jean, move the pump inside the tank. We have already lost $ 40. :lol:
but, fortunately I'm here with my cup. :lol:
ciao
Maurizio

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Tue 25 Aug, 2009 7:20 pm

All that wasted gas was starting to be a problem Maurizio and nice " catch " with the cup. :p :cool:

Transfered the drops to the tank. ;) And fixed the problem. :lol:

Up over the $2000 mark. :cool:

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Maurizio D'Angelo

Posts: 649 Location: Italy

Wed 26 Aug, 2009 2:11 pm

Please note the accuracy of Jean, added a new tank just over $ 2,000 ;)
Maurizio

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Thu 27 Aug, 2009 10:25 pm

Good news / bad news:

A) Good news we are getting closer to the objective of $2700 and are at $2100 at this writing.
B) Bad news or at least less good news, we seem to have a blockage in donations ..... notice that big bulge in the gas " tube " or whatever one calls it. :confused: :?: :p

This could be because the donations are stuck behind an obstruction ..... a whole bunch of donations getting in each other's way or somebody has made a " BIG " donation that hasn't gotten to the nozzle yet. ;) :p :lol:

So what is it: A blockage or a whole bunch of donations ? I don't know really but " YOU " can make it good news if a bunch
of you guys decide to donate !

Well, doing my best to tease you guys into donating. :p :D

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Maurizio D'Angelo

Posts: 649 Location: Italy

Fri 28 Aug, 2009 3:32 am

If Jean, does not consider this an intrusion, into his excellent work, here, I urge, to restore the normal flow of donations.
If they explode all at once, I don't have several small cups for harvest. :lol:
Give and you shall receive ...
If you do not donate, you will receive the same.
But if you donate, you'll be happier to take the information from here. :)
Maurizio

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Fri 28 Aug, 2009 8:46 pm

Maurizio D'Angelo wrote:

If Jean, does not consider this an intrusion, into his excellent work, here, I urge, to restore the normal flow of donations.
If they explode all at once, I don't have several small cups for harvest. :lol:
Give and you shall receive ...
If you do not donate, you will receive the same.
But if you donate, you'll be happier to take the information from here. :)
Maurizio

No intrusion at all as your comments are welcome and appreciated. :D :cool:

So the " Bulge " turned into a large contribution. :D :cool: . Now will all the other little " Bulges " ( Sort of cute aren't they ;) :p )
turn into a rush of small contributions. :?: ;) :D

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Maurizio D'Angelo

Posts: 649 Location: Italy

Sat 29 Aug, 2009 7:08 am

I want to make a formal complaint and request for compensation. :eek:
Spending several hours a day, between this forum and research of information and books. :cool:
I'm neglecting a lot of my work. :surprised:
Obviously I'm kidding. :D :lol: :p
This site among other things, is like a decoy, one can not do without.
Let us ensure that it remains so, together, this is possible.

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Sat 29 Aug, 2009 8:41 pm

Maurizio D'Angelo wrote:

I want to make a formal complaint and request for compensation. :eek:
Spending several hours a day, between this forum and research of information and books. :cool:
I'm neglecting a lot of my work. :surprised:
Obviously I'm kidding. :D :lol: :p
This site among other things, is like a decoy, one can not do without.
Let us ensure that it remains so, together, this is possible.

Well Maurizio maybe in English a " decoy " is not the word you where looking for but I'm guessing you mean something like a " lure " which is like something " shiny " that attracts the eye and pulls one in to something worth looking into. ;) :D :cool:

" DECOY " in English is more like a wooden duck to attract other ducks close to the hunter's shotgun: I don't think we want to blow away " myArmoury " readers except in the good way of giving them interesting and valuable content.

Just doing my guessing at your thinking in Italian, your writing in English with probably the help of a translation program, and my passing it through French as French expressions literally translated into English would also have some similarities in ambiguous meaning i.e. expressions that make sense in one language being odd if literally translated into another language.

I think your intent is to say that " myArmoury " is so pleasurable and useful to you that it's very hard to resist the temptation to visit and pass a lot of time here. ;) :D

Oh, and Maurizio, thanks for the help in " bumping " up this Topic. :cool:

To get back to the Topic folks: Remember that we are getting closer but there is still a way to go to get to the objective and no more than two weeks to do it in. There is a nice prize to win ( Go to this Topic thread for details about the prize if you haven't seen it also: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=17330 ) .

The " Economy sucks " so raising funds is expectedly harder to do this year and harder for people to be able to afford to give, so I'm not too surprised that donations are harder to get.

We have received a few larger than average contributions ( Some $50 and $100 donations ) that have kept things going forward but a lot of small $10 contributions would spread the costs over more people and not be too painful to the pocket book unless one is scraping by for every dollar for essentials.

Understandable also is that we all get so many worthy causes all asking for money that we can't contribute to all of them or risk going broke ourselves, but if you spend a lot of time here and wish to support it's operation because it fills an important place in your life then please contribute what you can afford.

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Maurizio D'Angelo

Posts: 649 Location: Italy

Sat 29 Aug, 2009 9:50 pm

Jean Thibodeau wrote:

" DECOY " in English is more like a wooden duck to attract other ducks close to the hunter's shotgun: I don't think we want to blow away " myArmoury " readers except in the good way of giving them interesting and valuable content.

Just doing my guessing at your thinking in Italian, your writing in English with probably the help of a translation program, and my passing it through French as French expressions literally translated into English would also have some similarities in ambiguous meaning i.e. expressions that make sense in one language being odd if literally translated into another language.

I think your intent is to say that " myArmoury " is so pleasurable and useful to you that it's very hard to resist the temptation to visit and pass a lot of time here. ;) :D

Oh, and Maurizio, thanks for the help in " bumping " up this Topic. :cool:
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Well said, Jean.
You are my mentor, here.;)
Is exactly the meaning that you gave.
When I realized what I wrote, my laugh was great. :lol: :lol:

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Mon 31 Aug, 2009 6:24 am

Quick and cheap " BUMP " and if " Decoys " might work I'll work on them .......

DECOY ......$10 DECOY ..... $10 DECOY ........ $10 DECOY ........ $10 DECOY ........ $10 DECOY ......... $10 DECOY ....... DECOY ........ $10 DECOY ....... $10 D O N A T I O N S ...... $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10$10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 .................. ;) ;) :lol:

Lets get a few real donations to land on the " myArmoury pond ". ;)

Only $25 to get to $2200 and to be $500 away from the objective.

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Maurizio D'Angelo

Posts: 649 Location: Italy

Mon 31 Aug, 2009 7:13 am

Jean Thibodeau wrote:

Quick and cheap " BUMP " and if " Decoys " might work I'll work on them .......
DECOY ......$10 DECOY ..... $10 DECOY ;) ;) :lol:
Lets get a few real donations to land on the " myArmoury pond ". ;)

This is a clear example of how languages evolve.
In English, now, "Decoy", also means "Attraction". Attraction=myArmoury :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ciao
Maurizio

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