anybody know if organ donation was considered? nm

• Natasha Richardson----I hope she is ok- sm - XXX
  • anybody know if organ donation was considered? nm - Lorie R.
  • Tragic - WestCoastMT
  • Totally sucks, I really feel bad for them - sm - XXX
  • The family has released a statement saying she died. - Happy MT Robin
    • Senseless tragedy. Feel so sad for - her family. nm
  • I heard on the news - IMHO
    • Called "Talk and Die" - NM
    • Last I heard - LinK

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I want to share a conversation I had yesterday with a lady I had on the phone yesterday when she called to ask me to make a donation to a organization that I have made donations to for that past few years.

Her:  Hi Mrs. X, we want to thank you for your past donations to X.  We would like to send you another envelope for your donation.

Me:  I would love to help, but I can only do $10.00 this year.

Her:  Well, we do have an envelope that we can mail out for $12.50.  I can get that out to you.

Me:  I can only do $10.00.

Her:  Well, thank you Mrs. X.  Thank you for donating in the past.    CLICK- end of call.

I couldn’t believe she ended the call so abruptly. 

A couple hours later I decided to go to the website for this organization and under donations; there is an OTHER box for amounts to donate.  I called the 1-800 number and the lady who answered the phone transferred me to another who was in charge of donations.  I told her what had transpired with the previous phone call and she agreed with me that if this phone lady was turning down a $10.00 donation from me, how many other people was she turning down? I have been removed from the call-list and will make my donation online from now on.

I know it’s not much, but to date I am at $70.00 in donations to one charity or another.  All of the organizations were pleased to get a donation of $10.00.  I am not rich in anyway, and with tax prep/ estimated taxes for state and federal due this month, I wanted to donate to this charity, but I can’t put myself beyond my financial means-

I guess I let the caller get under my skin for not taking my donation.  But, in hindsight, I am glad I called the organization since $10.00 here and there from people is better than nothing.  It is for a good cause- but don’t belittle me for not having the same cash flow that I had last year!

Thanks for letting me vent…

Mrs. X

I recently got a call for a find a missing child organization.  Made my pledge, got the envelope, wrote the check and mailed it.  I checked out the webpage and it hadn't been updated in 2-1/2 months!  I just think kind of odd as daily there are children that have been abducted, are missing etc.  I never heard of it before but will remember if they call again.  I am going to ask for the website from the caller and check it out myself.  If they cannot give it out, I can't give it out either.

Are organizations hiring telemarketing services and your name is in a database somewhere that you are a likely donor?  I wonder how that works.

is it okay to spank as long as you only do it 3 times? or maybe if you only hit on the bottom? or maybe you "spank" with a belt? or whatever other object you can get your hands on?

The problem with spanking is some adults don't know when to stop.  I, too, was beaten with a belt as a child and I have never laid a belt to my children and never will.  Spanking with a belt is BEATING.  I was "slapped" across the face numerous times as a child for speaking out of turn, and to this day, I still wince when my mom gets upset and raises a hand.  It's not respect for my parents that I have in these instances, its fear.  It's a shame that too many adults have come to confuse the two.

We have had a Dyson for about four or five years now, and I adore it.  You just would not believe what all it picks up.  Hubby and I both have allergies AND indoor cats, and if we use the Dyson as often as we should, we can tell a significant difference.  We bought ours after trying a friends.  They are lighter weight than the Rainbows and Kirbys, and also have an added advantage of being significantly cheaper.  Just a thought. 

HC

Like living together, sex outside of marriage, even using birth control of any kind, depending on your religious beliefs.  Yet all grocery stores carry magazines and tabloids that report on celebrities and other people doing those things and more, and books (fiction and nonfiction) with that kind of thing.  Why are those books and magazines with hetero sins any different from the ones with homosexuality?  Isn't sin, sin?  And it's everywhere, so how far do you want to take your boycott?  I really do respect your opinion and your right to it.  I just don't quite understand it. 

I don't understand why some people seem to have such a seething *hatred* of homosexuals.  I mean, gay people are just people, like anybody else.  Some good, some bad.  I don't want to know what they do in the privacy of their own home, but I don't want to know what hetero people do in the privacy of their own home, either!  Either way, as long as it's two consenting adults, why would I care?  It's none of my business. 

BTW, I just saw Brokeback Mountain on HBO for the first time the other night.  I thought it was heartbreaking.  To think that two people who love each other so much could never really be together.  How is that okay?  (Yes, I know it was fiction, but it happens/has happened in reality.)  I just think that's so incredibly sad.  Don't we need more love in this world?

Okay, off my soapbox!