Count me in.

Harold
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Harold Teer
1991 Westy (Vangaux)
Harrisonburg, VA

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:40 PM, joel walker <uncajoel@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> ok, so not exactly a pyramid scheme. or ponzi scheme ...
> maybe a VPF (Vicarious Pay Forward) scheme?? ;)
>
> or ...
>
> The Fryedaye Vanagon List Tripping the Lite Fantastic Little Lotto!
>
> ok, so here's how it works.
>
> 1. we need someone trustworthy. obviously, would have to be someone
> off the list. ;)
>
> 2. there are 780 folks on the mailing list, as of a few minutes ago.
>
> 3. the interest of folks on the list for the fate of the six foo... er
> ... intrepid traveling young men
> is what made me think of this: brought back memories of such trips i
> used to (be able to) make.
>
> so ... what's the big deal?
>
> money, of course. ah,  but with a twist.
>
> IF everybody on the list were to kick in $1 ... one lousy stinking
> little dollar.
> ok, make that $5. it would cost $0.44 cents to send a lousy stinking
> little dollar, so it would
> almost not be worth it.
>
> IF everybody on the list were to kick in $5 ... ;)
> that would be (fumble, click, click, buzz, whirrrrrr) a total of 3900.
> whoa. too much.
> ok, $2. that might be worth the effort and postage. so it's $1560.00.
>
> that should be enough for a nice little trip. :)  how many days do you
> guys figure that would last?
> and how many miles? figure maybe $500 for fuel? at 18mpg
> (conservative, i hope!), at, say, $3/gallon, that would be 160 gallons
> or about 3000 miles. whoa ... big trip.
>
> anyway, the idea is basically a raffle or lotto  ... so we need
> somehow to randomly select someone subscribed to the list. by someone
> trustworthy. ;) or me ... which means i can't go, but that's ok cause
> none of my buses run anyway, and they ain't likely to get fixed any
> time soon.
>
>  for $2 each, we could do this every month in the summer?  or some
> such as that.
>
> sorry, folks overseas ... unless you plan on showing up on these
> shores, it might get kinda complicated to include you guys. :(
>
> so .... what say ye, oh, mumblers of the Vanagon verses? Tattlers of
> the T3 Tales?
>
> oh, wait ... i forgot something: The Gotcha. :)
>
> winner MUST send trip reports to the list!! and fixing themselves up
> so we could follow their progress, as we are doing with the six kids
> in the blue camper, is sort of a requirement. you'll need a cell phone
> anyway, right? :)
> and the rest of us get "entertainment" for our $2 ... better than most
> tv shows, and even most movies. ;)
> at least, as long as the winner can write clearly. :)
>
> so whaddaya think, folks?  just another stupid idea? once a summer?
> twice a summer?
>
> unca joel
>