Okay, first off, if you have not heard, Sarah's husband Marc passed away today.

People wanted to donate money to her, so I have offered to handle donations for people that want to donate thru ePassporte. While ePassporte usually only allows 5 incoming transfers every 24 hours, they have graciously increased that number to 100 every 24 hours until Monday! Thank you Kate, and ePassporte.

So, if you wish to donate anything at all, my ePassporte account name is pimpspromo - please make a memo that it is for Sarah's fund.

So far I have received donations from:

Goebbels
Himler
Hitler
Hess
Putzmontek
Quazimodo
UPS
PLO
USPS
Karamazov Brothers
Henry UnKissinger
Pope
Bonnie and Clyde
HoShiMin
Trotsky
Lenin
Marx
Engels
Mao
Gandi
Stalin
Malenkov
DaVinci + Code


Anyone wishing to donate via Paypal can do so by sending donations to sales@shipme.com

Thank you to one and all

I do not want to piss...

repeat...

I do not want to piss...


Wouldn't it be classier to not list the people that have donated.

So sorry to hear this!!

:(

Is she broke or something? What the need for money?

I'll donate my prayers if that helps, that is all you should need to get through this nothing else!

I'm goin' with what nick said.


It's a tragedy for sure, and I really do feel for her, but she probably has life insurance on her husband. IF she didn't and needed money for the funeral, i'm sure everyone would help and take care of it.


But the half mill she will probably get from life insurance is not going to bring her husband back. I can't imagine what 5k from gfyers etc is going to do to comfort her.
:unsure:

I don't mean to sound like a dick.... I really am very sad for her and the family.

okay. . . .sorry to have bothered you guys . . . forget I said anything

actually I thought it would be somewhat classy to thank those that had contributed

this is Oprano, in sense and spirit,
Baddog, zoo has your brains melted.

Well apparently there is no big policy for her so I guess she does need some cash.

My only thought was that if she did have a good policy, that the people on gfy,most of which really need their money so their dialup does not get shutoff, were donating away their own families much needed money.

I guess i'll recant my previous thought.

Sent a 50 spot to help with the funeral, not that it'll do much good. :(

I hope Opranuts learns a lesson to make sure plans are made for all possibilities.

No one like to pay insurance policies, but when the shit hits the fan, they are there for a reason.

Life insurance, is just as important as car, and health insurance. It is not for you, but for those you leave behind.

Sarah's husband had been ill for many, many years and was wheelchair bound. I seriously doubt he was ever able to get a life insurance policy. He also has children and I would suspect the bulk of any thing he has would go to them.

I don't think people are sending money as a way to support her, but rather as a tangible and practical token of their thoughts from all over the world. Flowers die but a few $'s here and there might buy her a nice night out, a mani/pedi, a book, movie, etc. and give her some glimpse of joy in an otherwise horrific period in her life. She's also thousands of miles from her family and it could help with plane tickets, hotel rooms, time taken off work....

As with all donations, if you don't want to donate, don't :awinky:

Peaches, I am glad you shed the lights on Sarah and her husband's misfortune. We didn't know, and when we didn't know,
asking for donations for Sarah here has the same probability of success as to asking the donations for Sarah at
boards.com

Have it occured to you that Sarah is NOT the part of Oprano's family?

You're doing a good thing Baddog... but I agree posting a Total Collected and maybe giving Sarah the names of who donated privately would have been better.

I'd make a point that people are able to donate anonymously if they wish... I know your intentions are good.. but the post's wording will be turning some people around here away from donating.


I hope Oprano Family all do donate though!





RE: Mikes Point about insurance... For Australians, you can walk into most of the major banks, answer a few simple questions, and have them insure your life for under $1/day taken from the account monthly. It may not be suitable for the seriously ill... and isn't a replacement for a longterm life insurance scheme as max payouts are usually 250-500k, but if you have nothing else, one of these is definitely worth having. There isn't a medical or even any forms to fill in at Westpac..... and they cover death from many pre-exisitng conditions after 12 months too. I suggest anyone that isn't covered and lives down here should ask about your bank's accidental death and life insurance offers when your next there.

I wasn't the one who asked for donations for Sarah and I suspect it was brought to Oprano because many here don't read/post on GFY where there are several threads concerning this.

She has worked for Todd and Webinc for several years, she's been in the business for as long as I can remember and she's contributed almost 900 posts to this board. Whilst you might not consider her "family", she's not exactly someone off the streets, IMHO. :awinky:

Again, if you don't want to donate, don't. If you want to donate to putting my boobs back to their pre-30's postition, feel free to do so :)

I'm headed to Atlanta to pick up my baby boy, so everyone have a great Thanksgiving! :)

Sorry I thought kindness of this sort was to be done privately and not..

"Look at me I gave"

The first way is laudable.

The second way is errr marketing , and tacky , IMHO.

Not sure why I am responding, must be a glutton for punishment or something.

First off, for those that don't think that little contributions help, we have people that are donating as little as $1, and some as much as $500 - it all adds up, and so far there has been over $6,000 collected. Funerals are expensive, and based on Marc's medical history, I have doubts that life insurance was available.

The currency exchange rate is probably going to knock the hell out of the end donation, but it will help.

As far as Sarah not being family, I have a feeling that there are many here know her, I just thought I would pass the info along.

As far as naming people, there are people that did not want their name listed, and one that just said "one of the Oprano family." If someone doesn't want their name listed it is very easy to include that in the memo, as intelligent people have figured out.

I did not list the amount individuals contributed for the specific purpose of keeping it from being a "contest." However, some people like getting the confirmation that the money was received, and I personally feel that people should be thanked for their assistance. I am an asshole that way.

Like Peaches said, if you don't want to donate, don't. Please.

baddog,
I am glad you are stil enjoying the quazi comaredery of webmasters like it wa s 1997. In case nobody told you,
it's ALL bullshit, commercialized more thyan the elevator music and call me cynic,
but I can't give a rat's ass for all the "causes", ALL OF THEM.

Much respect Baddog and SexToyKing.

You have done nothing but allowed those that are compassionate to step forward.

Sent a paypal yesterday, hope you got it.

God Bless :-))

oh my god serge.

I just can't believe you said that.

you should be disgusted in yourself.

using a thread about someone we have all known for years who works for the company who did your board design to start a piss or make some kind of cold, shallow point - when her life partner just died.

I hope Sarah doesn't read this thread.

all the rest of you who thought ANYTHING other than kind thoughts for Sarah you should be ashamed of yourselves.

i'm embarassed and ashamed to be associated with this board.

who gives a fuck *how* someone goes about doing something helpful, its more than can be said for all of us.

the oprano family is a fucking joke.

IMHO Nick is right ...it should be a private thing but its not that big a deal..certainly it doesnt call for ctriticism of baddog who is at least making the effort.

Pushpills you should shut up for 5 years ..making uneducated guesses/assumptions like that is inappropriate ...but understandable as you are barely pubescent and have the brains of a rocking horse.

Serge ..why not say nothing you heartless prick...You lose a DOG and everyone kisses your arse about how sad it is..Sarah who posts here a lot ,and works for someone who is well respected here , loses her husband and you "can't give a rat's ass " .. are you drunk?..can you spell kharma ?

Its about as tasteful as your embarrassingly ludicrous art "collection" :barfon:

We need to see some pics of them back then so we know what we're buying...

Lee,

Thanks for the donation. Sarah sure appreciates it :)

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours

Todd

Most people in this business have a thing called life insurance.

She did not have life insurance on her husband becauase of his medical conditions, so I kicked in a little bit for her, she seems like a nice gal.

Sorry I don't have ESP like you.

When soliciting donations for a good cause, it's often useful to let other people know who is contributing. There is a difference between telling someone who has donated and telling someone you have donated.

As far as side discussion going on here ... class always shows.

nickdark,
fuckl you,
fuck your mother,
fuck your dog,
fuck your sister,
fuck cj,
fuck all mothefuckers I don't give a flying fuck about.

NOW you say nothing, you cum sucking shit eating moronic idiot.

Did I make myself clear?

edd,
please remove the banner of this ungreatful bitch.

As always, the more you do for a person, the more the fucking ungrate is biting your hand.

fuck off, cj,
go lick weasel's ass.

actually I thought it would be somewhat classy to thank those that had contributed [/b][/quote]
flowers or a donation to a charity she cares about in leu of money would have been more on the right track.

again, i am very sorry for sarahs loss, and home she can remain strong through ther trying time.

oh this being said, i should have read further beforee putting in my two cents.

but please do not list names, that is something between you and her. there is no need for public knowledge

i refuse to donate until you tell me what a mani/pedi is:)

If it brings enjoyment, im all for contributing to it, but it sounds scary!

oh this being said, i should have read further beforee putting in my two cents.

but please do not list names, that is something between you and her. there is no need for public knowledge [/b][/quote]
thats all I was saying.

The intention is laudable.

And my heart goes out to her.I have enjoyed discussions on boards with her.

I dread to imagine what it must be like :(

...oh and I spefically said..." no pissing"

..and how many of you classy people donated money to the families of the children killed in Beslan?

I want names and amounts listed here. Are they less needy than Sarah?

Where is the thread on ANY porn boards about donations to those people?

but serge, we all love each other! i love you, and you love me. lets hold hands and dance in the daisies!

;)))))

Valid point.

However, do any of them read this board?

but serge, we all love each other! i love you, and you love me. lets hold hands and dance in the daisies!

;))))) [/b][/quote]
ahahahahhaha,
welcome to the 1997, when definition of CIRCLE JERK was born
;-))))

Valid point.

However, do any of them read this board? [/b][/quote]
yes, they do:
here is 32 pages, all of them about moronic opranoids:
http://www.master-x.com/forum/topics/32615/

ahahahahhaha,
welcome to the 1997, when definition of CIRCLE JERK was born
;-)))) [/b][/quote]
the cradle of clicks, when fucking the surfer was an artform:)

My deepest condolences to them too.

the cradle of clicks, when fucking the surfer was an artform:) [/b][/quote]
art?

naw.... it was a science.

;-)))

Lady Law - will you please come and 'save Serge from himself?

is that possible?:)

This is a tough situation. Serge has been very consistent about these things. I remember the time he raised some money for the Children's Hospital.

I am confident that Opranuts do a lot of great things for people in need, we just tend to do it privately and not draw attention to ourselves. Unfortunately the way this industry has gone, maybe people use situations like this for self promotion.

If you notice Oprano has a button for the Adopt a Soldier program. Giving time and money to those who need it is a noble endeavor - calling attention to it... well you know my opinion.

Sharpie, you've been in this business way too long and need to enjoy the beach more often. The brain cells detireorate at alarming rate with age.

Can you take your age, divide it by 2,
deduct 47, multiply by 5 and add the number of your posts over the last 6 years?

is this a positive number or negative?

you have 30 seconds to retort....

I don't say this often....

MikeAI , excellent post.

yes, I did it ONCE, saw the BULLSHIT and HYPOCRACY associated with the entire issue and call bullshit the way I see it ever since.

Those who do not like it-
have my permission to kiss my hairy Russian ass.

What happened?

I remember it I think ...

Geesh Serge - it took more than 30 seconds to find my caculator........

You are right - I need to spend more time on my boat.... and I am, now that I am a permanent resident of Florida. It is great for restoring brain cells.:-)

Lordy, I can't believe that I have made more than 550 posts on Oprana alone......maybe I am spending too much time on the boards....

halleluya,
I make people see the light once again,
one soul at the time
;-)))

Sharpie,
when are you taking us for a ride?
;-)))

something good at the end
;-)))

I was cut off BEFORE the ton of bricks came on everything....

Sharpie,
when are you taking us for a ride?
;-)))

Whenever you want to make the drive....... It is a party boat, no high speed stuff. Just relaxing.

something good at the end
;-)))

I was cut off BEFORE the ton of bricks came on everything.... [/b][/quote]
I do vaguely rememeber it...

what kind of party?
do I HAVE TO bring my swimwear
;-))