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From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809,comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HELP ME!!!
Message-ID: <586@stech.UUCP>
Date: 26 May 88 02:06:26 GMT
References: <5835@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
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in article <5835@cup.portal.com>, JJ@cup.portal.com says:
> XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.4419
> 
> Poor College Student needs Your Help!!   :-(
> 
> Hi.  I just finished my junior year in college, and now I'm
> faced with a major problem.  I can't afford to pay for my senior
> year.  I've tried everything.  I can't get any more student loans,
> I don't qualify for any more scholarships, and my parents are as
> broke as am I.  So as you can see, I've got a major problem.  But
> as far as I can see, there is only one solution, to go forward.
> I've come along way, and there is no chance in hell that I'm going
> to drop out now!  I'm not a quiter, and I'm not going to give up.
> 
> But here is why I'm telling you all this.  I want to ask a favor of every
> one out here on the net.  If each of you would just send me a one
> dollar bill, I will be able to finish college and go on with my life.
> I'm sure a dollar is not much to any of you, but just think how it
> could change a person's life.  I'd really like to encourage all of you
> to help me out, I've no other place to go, no other doors to knock
> on.  I'm counting on all of you to help me! (PLEASE!)
 
No flames, kid? Really? IF (and this is a big IF) your situation is
legit, then you have my sympathy. Take a year off and work - that's what
many of us had to do. Finish up at night - many people do that too.

But this begging on the net looks like too many of these phony chain
letters that get passed around. I don't buy it, and I honestly hope that
no one else does either. It's just too much like the poor dying boy in
England who wants twenty million post cards.

Just sign me "skeptical" but not really hard hearted.

Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
UUCP: ihnp4!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop
BITNET: JHARRY@BENTLEY

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