Re: Amanda Tapping has grown

"Jim Larson" <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Paul Richardson wrote:
>
>>
>> "Jim Larson" <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tyler Trafford hugged my left nut and said:
>>>>> Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>> Jim Lawson hugged my left nut and said:
>>>>>>> Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>> Jim Lawson hugged my left nut and said:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
https://auction01.charitybuzz.com/secure/viewItemDetail.do?auction
>>>>>>>>> _i te m_i d=73844
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Estimated value $1000?!?  I think not.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Poor Jewel Staite is still under $1000
>>>>>>>
>> It's the dodgy stage name that does it
>>>>>>>
>>>>
https://auction01.charitybuzz.com/secure/search.action?reqSearch=starga
>>>> te
>>>>>>> &submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=submit
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These people are nuts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eh.  It's a donation to charity, not a date.
>>>>
>>>> mmHmm.  How much of said charity gets what percentage of the winner's
>>>> $$$?  Mainly, I was talking about anybody paying that kind of money
>>>> for a lunch/dinner/whatever with somebody.  Just odd.
>>
>> I've paid GBP350 for dinner with a couple of clients before now. Whilst
>> they were im****tant to me, they were a couple of pretty ugly blokes 8-(
>
> I hope that included some alcohol of the pricier sort.

Quite a lot of alcohol, bottle of the fizzy sort, followed by 2 bottles of

the French red sort, followed by best part of a bottle of the single malt 
sort.

There was lobster, prawns, steak and a seriously good desert.
>>>
>>> Think of it as a really fancy tote bag.
>>>
>> And |I get moaned at for spending GBP75 on a laptop case!! Jeez
>>
> Context for our cousins from Mars: In the US, public radio and TV
stations
> hold pledge drives 3 or 4 times a year. In appreciation for
subscriptions,
> they give out gifts. The entry level gift has traditionally been a tote 
> bag
> with the station's logo on it. The relevance to Trafford and Timmah's
> exchange above is that you typically get a bag worth maybe $5 for a
pledge 
> on
> the order of $50. It's supposed to be a token of appreciation for a 
> donation,
> not a purchase.
>
Ah

-- 
Paul R

I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts