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I won't be able to contribute via Paypal, but I'll be sending a donation to Rikter via snail mail. Rikter has certainly gone above and beyond for everyone in this forum and the Star Wars community! Happy Holidays!!
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
so how about paying forward some of that christmas kindness?
Done.

Happy holidays, everyone!
Taylor: Oh H, whatever happened to the way of the warrior??
Harold: The way of the warrior doesn't stand a chance against the way of the wife.
('K2', 1991)
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Thank you Jay for bringing this to my attention. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have known.
This isn't about Christmass, this is about a warm "thank you" to Rikter for all he has done for us.
You have my best wishes and may the Force be with you and your family, always.
And now, for your feature presentation:
The Classic Re-re-re-release of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back.
In this version the word "WOOKIE" has been changed to "HAIR CHALLENGED ANIMAL" and the entire cast has been digitally replaced by Ewoks.
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I just sent a payment. Hopefully it is received. I don't post at OT very often, but I love the site and enjoy what Rikter shares with the community. One thing, when making the paypal payment I didn't really know what to choose for a category. I chose "Service." I hope that doesn't effect anything. If there are any problems with my donation through paypal let me know. Thanks!
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Miasta, your donation has been received - Thanks. Thanks also to DocCovington, Petros and Clator. The current total? $880!

War does not make one great.

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Miasta, I was checking out the category thing too. So long as you picked "good (non eBay)" or "service" you are fine. They say that there is no additional charge for either of those two categories. On the final category there was some kind of warning that credit card companies may charge something extra for it. Dunno why, they just do.

I chose "service" as well. Seemed the most appropriate.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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kapgar.com
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Donation sent. This is a great idea guys. Thanks for organizing all of this. Hopefully all told we can get up near 1,000!
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ADigitalMan, I got your PM.

bdev, DarthBoMan, gltaylor74 - donations received.

They're coming thick and fast!!

War does not make one great.

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Just made a donation... its not much but its what I can afford at the moment... It was rikter who got me here to OT.com so one have to help out.

-x- I aim to misbehave -x- www.gamerworld.se -x-

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I'll be snail-mailing a donation as soon as DAYV emails me the address.

http://i.imgur.com/7N84TM8.jpg

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Donation sent - money can't cure everything, but it's all hell of a start! I just hope it's enough...

-Gary
"Power coupling? Alluvial dampeners? No! That's not it, bring me the hydro spanner! "
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Extra special thanks going out to NakNek for his very generous donation.
Big thanks also to Hand Solo and xyzzy.

Guys, I'm over the moon to announce that we have passed the ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS mark!!

War does not make one great.

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Somewhere Frank Capra is smiling.
I am fluent in over six million forms of procrastination.
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YIYF - I did exclude Rikter from the e-mail.

Just wanted to let everyone know how proud I am of the membership here. I would've been pleased if we'd reached a couple hundred dollars, but to get to the $1000 mark is wonderful.

There have been times over the past year when I considered pulling the plug on the site, whether due to financial reasons or lack of time to maintain it properly. This is one of those times--probably the most significant--when I'm really glad I didn't.

I hope each and every one of you, whether you're able to contribute in money or in spirit, has a really incredible Christmas/Hanukkah/whatever and a very prosperous new year.

You all rock.
Forum Administrator

MTFBWY…A

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Hey Rik... when you see this, this one goes out to you and the family:

http://www.stomptokyo.com/sings/swholiday/images/hug5.jpg

He's Always a Wookie

To the tune of "She's always a woman"

He can win all your hearts with his animal charms,
But if you beat him at chess, he'll rip off your arms,
When he uses a bear-hug there's no breaking free,
Though he howls like a banshee, he's always a wookie to me.

He's a regular sparky, a true engineer,
He can jump into light speed and not spill his beer,
And he'll help thaw his boss from three Kelvin degrees,
Blame it all on Han Solo, he's always a wookie to me.

CHORUS:
Oh, he takes care of himself,
And he won't ask for help,
He'll just use what he's got.
Oh, he can pilot a ship,
He can reroute its power,
He just can't free his knots.

His reports get psychologists to re-read their Freud,
Just give him some solder, he'll rebuild your Droid,
He's a friendly companion unless he's got fleas,
Don't call him a doormat, he's always a wookie to me.

CHORUS

He's an Ewok on steroids, with a temper that's short,
And he wears a great fur coat that cannot be bought,
An articulate hero, from a movie or three,
Some call him Chewbacca, but he's always a wookie to me.



Copyright 1996: May be freely distributed for non-profit purposes,
providing this message is retained. Original by Billy Joel, abomination
by Conrad Leviston.
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I'm glad you didn't pull the plug Jay! I would never have found such a great place where people share what they got with others without a second thought otherwise. And its all thanks to Rikter that I found my way here...

Great X-mas (or whatever) back at you Jay and everybody else!

-x- I aim to misbehave -x- www.gamerworld.se -x-

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YIYF-
I decided to donate via Paypal rather than sending it directly to Rikter in the mail. Let me know if you got it. Thanks!

-Jacob
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Rikter's services to this community are in no small reason why I troll here in the first place YIYF, let me know if my donation went through okay.
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In the last half hour I've received donations from Scar1106, Red2, Fritzdog, and a second donation from Jay and his wife (thanks guys). The current total is a whopping $1135. I'm just about to leave work for the last time in 2005, so you won't be hearing from me until tomorrow. I'll be checking my e-mail and paypal account periodically throughout the day and at midnight tomorrow (London time) I will forward the total to Rikter (and of course inform you guys of the grand total). Once again, the deadline is as follows:

DEADLINES:

East Coast: 7pm, Friday December 23rd
Midwest: 6pm, Friday December 23rd
Mountain: 5pm, Friday December 23rd
West Coast: 4pm, Friday December 23rd.
The rest of the world: You do the math.

War does not make one great.

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Just sent in my donation, hopefully this will help somewhat with the medical bills. I'd like to know the final tally once the deadline passes.
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Do us all a favor, YIYF, and make sure you put something about OT.COM in the subject of the message to Rikter when you send it. I'd hate for him to delete the message as spam or junk. Not that the money would go bye bye, but the explanation of what the hell it is might go the way of the dodo.

I know I didn't donate much, but I am extremely happy to be part of this whole thing. I just can't believe how big the pot has gotten. That's just incredible.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
Webmaster/Primary Cynic
kapgar.typepad.com
kapgar.com
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Thanks for the email Jay - I'm on vacation and would have missed this otherwise. Rik's one of the people that really makes this forum seem like a community. I'm so glad we can help him out, and I'm so impressed with all of you guys.
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For some reason this thread went down when I posted on Things I hate, lemme have it up again.

YIYF please take a look at the email I've sent ya.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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wertyqa has send a small donation. got the info from another forum member. hope it will help and gets in on time.

another fine member has fallen...
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Made my little donation. I hope it can help in some small way!

Merry Christmas everyone!