wilkes@mips.COM (Load Average Police) (05/26/88)
Originally I was amused. Then I grew weary. Now I'm *PISSED*. I've seen
this same message in at least three separate newsgroups over the past week
or so. And today, it's appeared in two more newsgroups (so far).
Some suggestions:
1. Everybody send an envelope with a blank piece of paper in it to:
Jay-Jay's College Fund
PO Box 5631
Lincoln, NE 68505
If we all do this, it will flood the post office in Lincoln, hopefully
pissing off the postal authorities. If we each put a blank piece of
paper in the envelope, this clown will have to open every envelope in
case there really is money in it.
2. Put JJ@cup.portal.com in your global KILL file (if you use rn or some
other newsreader).
3. Follups directed to alt.flame.
-wilkes
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-- work: {decwrl ames pyramid prls}!mips!wilkes -OR- wilkes@mips.comjsp@sp7040.UUCP (John Peters) (05/27/88)
In article <5831@cup.portal.com>, JJ@cup.portal.com writes: > Poor College Student needs Your Help!! :-( > > Hi. I just finished my junior year in college, and now I'm > faced with a major problem. I can't afford to pay for my senior > year. I've tried everything. I can't get any more student loans, > I don't qualify for any more scholarships, and my parents are as > broke as am I. So as you can see, I've got a major problem. But > as far as I can see, there is only one solution, to go forward. > I've come along way, and there is no chance in hell that I'm going > to drop out now! I'm not a quiter, and I'm not going to give up. I tried a different route. I got a couple of small scholorships (I will be graduating in August by the way) but NO loans and the only help from my parents was a place to lay my body at night. As for the rest, for the last 3 1/2 years I have been averaging 17 hours a quarter and worked 25 - 30 hours a week. So GET A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- JOHNNIE --
wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) (05/28/88)
In article <5831@cup.portal.com>, JJ@cup.portal.com embarrasses itself: % Poor College Student needs Your Help!! :-( % % Hi. I just finished my junior year in college, and now I'm % faced with a major problem. I can't afford to pay for my senior % year. I've tried everything. I can't get any more student loans, % I don't qualify for any more scholarships, and my parents are as % broke as am I. So as you can see, I've got a major problem. But % as far as I can see, there is only one solution, to go forward. % I've come along way, and there is no chance in hell that I'm going % to drop out now! I'm not a quiter, and I'm not going to give up. In article <404@sp7040.UUCP>, jsp@sp7040.UUCP (John Peters) replies: > I tried a different route. I got a couple of small scholorships > (I will be graduating in August by the way) but NO loans and the only > help from my parents was a place to lay my body at night. As for the > rest, for the last 3 1/2 years I have been averaging 17 hours a quarter > and worked 25 - 30 hours a week. So GET A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I second the motion - GET A JOB! That's how I got through school, with much the same arrangement as jsp@sp7040 (which isn't surprising since we share the same parents :-). BTW, jsp@sp7040 has a 3.8 / 4.0 GPA (no, mine wasn't nearly THAT good). -- /|\ Barnacle Wes @ Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, north branch / | \ @ J/22 #49, _d_J_i_n_n_i /__|__\ ___|____ "If I could just be sick, I'd be fine." ( / -- Joe Housely, owner of _E_p_i_d_e_m_i_c -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) (05/31/88)
In article <238@obie.UUCP>, wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes: > Poor College Student needs Your Help!! :-( > > Hi. I just finished my junior year in college, and now I'm ... > I've come along way, and there is no chance in hell that I'm going > to drop out now! I'm not a quiter, and I'm not going to give up. > Okay. By now, you've probably gotten spit upon by every soul in netland that worked through school and has an axe to grind, Bunky. Well, there's an alternative. Why do you want to go through school? To get a job, right? To either make a lot of money or help humanity. I'll assume that if you wanted to make a lot of money, you'd have been asking for loans from folks over the net and offering a fair interest rate. But you didn't, so I'll assume you want to help humanity (or are so incredibly stupid that you didn't even think of the personal loan route). And, we'll assume, that you didn't ever hear of the disk jockey in Texas or the guy in the New York Times or the dozens of others who tried the "Send your dollars now" scam and got $K's. Okay, here's how you do it. You go down to, oh, any major pedestrian traffic intersection and BEG. I've lived in some major cities, and have seen it work famously. If a job isn't your cup of tea, just be honest with people on the street. Tell them you have no disabilities, no disadvantages, have been going to college for several years and have no intention of performing any extreme physical or mental labor ever (I'm assuming this is your story, now). Maybe someone with the same background will stroll by ("look, Mumsy, a poor chap with clean fingernails is -- 'sweating'!! I'll give him some money! Would you like my Bentley for the weekend, Fellow?") There is a downside to this, though, assuming you don't get your head batted around by someone who'd read the net around now when you graduate. You might get hired by someone. G. Mark (sensitive) Stewart
pete@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Pete Hsi ) (05/31/88)
In article <5831@cup.portal.com> JJ@cup.portal.com writes: >Poor College Student needs Your Help!! :-( > >Hi. I just finished my junior year in college, and now I'm >faced with a major problem. I can't afford to pay for my senior >year. I've tried everything. I can't get any more student loans, [.. stuff deleted..] > >But here is why I'm telling you all this. I want to ask a favor of every >one out here on the net. If each of you would just send me a one >dollar bill, I will be able to finish college and go on with my life. [.. stuff deleted..] >of course send more if you want!! :-) > >Jay-Jay's College Fund >PO BOX 5631 >Lincoln, NE 68505 > >PS. Please don't flame me for posting this to so many newsgroups, >I really am in dire need of help, and if any of you were as desparate >as I am, you just might resort to the same thing I am. Also, please >don't tell me to get a job! I already have one and work over 25 hrs >a week, plus get in all my classes, plus find time to study! So hey, >please consider it! It would really mean a lot to me. Thank you! > >NOTE: Any extra money I receive will go to a scholarship fund to help >others in the same situation. :-) Yeah, right. This is a SCAM!!!! Do not send anything to this guy. Why? 1. Nowhere in this posting is the poster's name mentioned. Jay-Jay WHO???? 2. I've seen this done before by some radio station DJ... "just send me $20 for no particular reason" and the guy received a significant amount of money. 3. What organization is this guy from???? 4. Mailing address....just a PO box??? I want to see your home address. 5. What college can't you afford? I cannot believe a college would kick you out just because you have the potental of not paying your tuition. If this is a legit plea for money, I challenage the poster to answer the above questions. Please note that it is a federal offense to use the post office for fraudulant purposes. Sorry for taking up your valuable disk space, folks, but stuff like this just makes me sick to the stomach. --Pete Hsi Univ of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC = "U Must Be Crazee" :-) ARPA: pete@umbc3.umd.edu -or- pete@umbc2.umd.edu Bitnet: pete@umbc "Cobol is a virus from outer space"
bill@isl.Stanford.EDU (Bill Moore) (05/31/88)
In article <1000@umbc3.UMD.EDU> pete@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Pete Hsi (C)) writes: >Yeah, right. >This is a SCAM!!!! Do not send anything to this guy. Oh, no. I did. Shoot. Look, if everybody sends me a penny, I'm sure I'll get my dollar back. Send by e-mail, please. BIll PS rumor is the scammer has been "removed", so PARTY DOWN!