Re: Something (possibly?) interesting to discuss

From: toughslush <meurtre_at_earthlink.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:59:40 -0000

> Nice job Keith of grabbing Olive.org. I say hold on to it
because...
>
> How do we know this charity is legit? GOOGLEing around...no
charity in
> Santiago with the name OLIVE (though likely an acronym).
Dermot Kenny
> comes up as doctors, professors - mostly British and Irish
references
> - nothing in Chile. It's possible that he's president but not
located
> in Chile (not likely though).
>
> We could write back for more details or maybe sic a private
> investigator on him but for now I vote for nicely passing the
offer.

Hm. Maybe they do not yet have much of an online presence, and
are brand-new. But perhaps they could use a variation like
"olivehelp," or some such? "olivedogooders"?

> > Deb--there are several variations on the "P" word, FWIW. (Or
> > maybe Dean is using yet another misspelling of
Hinklemeyer...?
> > You know, Dean--I've been meaning to talk to you about your
> > spelling problem for some time. [Let me guess--I got it
wrong,
> > too. Now--is it Steckel, or Steckal?)
>
> Wrong Oisboid. Debbie is little Georgie H. and since she
wasn't around
> us during the hardcore Hinklemeyer phase she never learned
herself
> the true spelling. And if I spell the critter wrong then it's just for
> obnoxious purposes.

I assumed you were GH for obvious reasons. Lord, I wish there
were a foolproof way to tell the two of you apart, but that's okay.
I'm sure my guesses will get better as we roll along . . . if Deb
would just insert little engineering references into her posts, that
would help enormously ;)
 
> > #4: Oooh, ooh, I know--let's register "oliff," a la Mike's entry in
> the
> > old logs that had Chairman Mao speaking to us in a cheesy
> > Asian accent. I believe it was something like "how does that
glab
> > you oliffs?" (Or maybe "oliffs" was Hitler talking to us. I
believe
> we
> > were spoken to by all the major dictators.)
> >
>
> Oliff.net/com/org taken. Oliffs.net/com/org available.

Now that's cute. We should get us one of those.


--Q.M.

> >
> > > > My name is Dermot Kenny, President of a charity
> > > > organisation named OLIVE, based in Santiago, Chile. 
> > > > We help existing local charities in the region
> > > > (Argentina, Chile & Uruguay) create and implement
> > > > fund raising projects to support their activities.  
> > > >
> > > > We are now ready to launch our website and note
> > > > that   www.OLIVE.org is registered but inactive. 
> > > > The registration is under the name  OLIVE STARLIGHT
> > > > ORCHESTRA. We were wondering, as the Domain is
> > > > inactive, if it would be possible for you to pass us
> > > > over this site, costs of which we would of course
> > > > cover.  
> > > >
> > > > This is not a commercial venture we are really are
> > > > trying to make a difference down here,  any help
> > > > that you can offer us with the conclusion of this
> > > > site would be very much appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> A likely story Pal. Why didn't you look up the domain earlier on?
Of
> course you'd cover the costs but if you're really a charity I'd
expect
> you'd appeal to us to just give you the domain so that you can
spend
> the money on the poor kids.
>
> Not a commercial venture...why bring it up. Where's the frigging
> semicolon or periods. You've got run on sentences.

Yes; that was bothersome. And British spelling. (I'm not fixating
here, am I?)

> Put your site on Yahoo for free. You're a charity - save money!!
>
> grrr....

You are *so* Dean-like, sometimes.

--Q.M.
Received on 2002-06-29 12:59:42