I am in.  But I propose; instead of many of us saying, they are in, let's
see who is not in and then the rest would be in, I guess.  We can do it
every two weeks of this summer.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Teer" <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: the supreme silliness - a fryedayean idea for a vanagon pyramid
scheme ... :)

> Count me in.
>
> Harold
> ___
> 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
>>

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