I'm trying to come up with a good idea to raise a few bucks for the site for the 2022 season. Shirts are dandy, but too much for me to do after my recent medical extravaganza, and also because the special printer that I need to use is kaput. I'm thinking of Fun Meter buttons with the website printed on 'em. Simple, easy to get, everybody loves them, and they'll cost way less than a shirt so it won't sting your wallet so hard.
I'd really like to do pocket knives again, but I can't find a good knife at a good price. The ones I used before aren't available anymore.
I thought about doing a lingerie calendar but Stainless and his crew were already under contract for Victor's Secret and I wouldn't settle for anyone else.
And then I ran out of ideas. So - over to you.
I n this economy for a one SPECIAL site ,,, MY $$$ 50 is a example of the VALUE .. Remind us HOW !! STEVE Waiting for a cam from England ..
I agree with HandyGuy. We really don't need trinkets with the website name on them. Just have a formal fundraiser and ask for donations. Market the website. YouTubers are making many $1000s each day from people just viewing their cat running in circles. Have the webmaster put up a banner asking for donations each time we log on. That will remind everyone to give a few $$. Make it easy to donate with just a click or two.
Don
Don, you've made a point and I'll consider it - might use that simple act of begging. But I'll do the buttons, too, because I KNOW the tourists will buy 'em. You and I have both seen how visitors buy souvenirs out there. You're welcome to get one anyway - I really do get comments dang near every time I wear one. I guess you've pointed out the those of us on the Forum might not want the same swag as Joe and Barbara from Antioch.
Of course I need to be aware of SCTA vendor rules, too. Later --
I think race teams can sell swag :naughty
🤔.....Video of Stainless running in circles??? Sign me up.
Hey Jerry, I run in circles almost every day... While you're down here filming you can also watch me drink a beer :friday lol8 I try to do that every day too.
Hey Slim, my neighbor just ran over my mail box and gave me $40 to get it fixed... I'll send you $50 of it :? for the website... yea math was never a strong suit... :laugh:
If you're reading this, go to the home page and push the donate button.... :dhorse:
Slim...Handled it....Patti suggested $5 for each time I say something crazy, But my retirement account is a bit low for that. :cheers:
DONATING the RIGHT amount is EASY , with PAYPAL I can't tell it happened , my pocket didn't say a word .. STEVE
Done, thanks for the reminder guys. Jon, how about putting a banner at the top of the forum page too that is just a little bigger than normal. With gas and egg prices going up, this is a reasonable request. Thanks for all that you do for the racers.
Slim - Asking for money is NOT begging. If each of us paid you for even a portion of the value we receive here you wouldn't even have to ask. All you should have to do is to remind us occasionally.
Stainless - I've been thinking recently about sending in some $$$ but hadn't yet figured out how. Your comment If you're reading this, go to the home page and push the donate button.... :dhorse: is timely and helpful. And for me at least it isn't beating a dead horse. Thanks for the clue! :friday
Slim.
Start a landracing.com PEG LEG CLUB
For those that qualified but didn't back it up ONE LEG OF A RECORD
I have all kinds of fun ideas of FUN STUFF for this club!
Quote from: SPARKY on April 12, 2022, 06:32:09 PM
Slim.
Start a landracing.com PEG LEG CLUB
For those that qualified but didn't back it up ONE LEG OF A RECORD
I have all kinds of fun ideas of FUN STUFF for this club!
Reminds me of a song we marched to in Basic Training at Ft Knox:
Well, I've got a girl in Kansas City,
she's got a peg leg and a wooden titty.
Sound off, one- two
sound off three- four,
Sound off one-two-three-four, one two-three-four!
Wooden???...I pine for those days.....
Reminds me of a song we marched to in Basic Training at Ft Knox:
Well, I've got a girl in Kansas City,
she's got a peg leg and a wooden titty.
Sound off, one- two
sound off three- four,
Sound off one-two-three-four, one two-three-four!
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Have to correct the last line Neil!
Sound off one-two-three-four, ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR!
SOUND OFF LIKE YOU GOTTA PAIR! :-o
I heard about her in June 1963 at Fort Knox. (BTW: Last rotation to train with the M1 Garand! :cheers:)
And the Eskimo girls and the rifle/gun relationship and .............
On the good side: Thanks for the $$ that you've sent in so far.
On the bad side: How's this turn into a marching song thread? Why not include drinking songs?
We had to carry Cary to the ferry,
And the ferry carried Cary to the shore.
And the reason that we had to carry Cary
Was that Cary couldn't carry any more.
"I heard about her in June 1963 at Fort Knox. (BTW: Last rotation to train with the M1 Garand! :cheers:)
And the Eskimo girls and the rifle/gun relationship and ............."
Like "I don't know but I've been told.................................."?
I was issued my M-1 in Ft Knox in August, 1960. I still remember its serial number- 2238410. In Germany we were issued an M-14, with the full-auto lever. Both were good, rugged rifles.
Jon, I apologize for hijacking your thread. I'll go to the "donate" button for penance.
Let me know when we get to "Bollocky Bill the Sailor" :cheers:
Are you sure, Jerry? My sister taught me "Barnacle Bill the sailor man".
Jon....Barnacle Bill ( from Popeye) is sung to the tune of Bollocky Bill the Sailor. Not for the sensitive types.
Well, the one that Karen taught us was anything but delicate. She brought it home from her first term at Western Michigan Univ.
Back to paying the bills, k?
Donated via PayPal. Thanks for this great site. 👍
Thanks for the donation, RR, and thanks for breaking the ice for me. I'm always hesitant to ask for some $$ from those of you that use this site and the Forum. You've provided me with what I've needed to keep it running with few, if any, ads. For that matter, I don't have a wealthy Sugar Mama to pay the costs, either. That leaves my wallet and yours.
I'll be at SpeedWeek as usual, live streaming the audio and being a fount of critical information and blather. SCTA-BNI provides lodging and meal tickets (Enola Gay Cafe, not the Steakhouse at the Rainbow) for the volunteers, so I'm covered on costs there.
But there's Meridix's fees (the streaming company I use), and the megabytes on the metered line for my JetPack's (wi-fi hot spot generator), and hey!!! - the gas price has dropped. It's dropped such that I'll ONLY spend about $900 on the trip. (Disclaimer: SCTA usually pays for some gas for my truck since I spend a couple of days chasing hither and yon placing toilets at BOTH return roads at the 6 1/2 so racers and workers can have some peace and quiet to contemplate their runs. I drive a few hundred miles on the salt each event. Thanks.)
Okay, I gotta hang it up for the day. Long day tomorrow: Pack 11 cases of 200 MPH Club (table gifts for the Club banquet. Wednesday 10 August at the Nugget. Tickets ONLY IN ADVANCE) glasses in the truck, pack some clothes (Yeah, it's radio, but stil I try to maintain a modicum of decency...), stow the electronics that I'll need, change the oil filter in the truck (I've put about 11,000 miles on this oil and filter. I'll swap filters but leave the oil in there. I change oil at about 25k miles), load up on diet Mt. Dew and hit the road Saturday morning. Saturday night I'll stay at a nice crack whore motel (trying to keep costs down for you and me) and then Sunday head to eastern Montana. Monday night I'll be in Wendover after stopping on the salt to say howdy and to get an idea of conditions/take pics so I can report back to youse guys.
Thanks for anything you send. Use the Paypal button if you can - I can draw on it from the road. Thank you very much and - -
I'll see you on the salt!
Quote from: floydjer on April 13, 2022, 01:32:49 PM
Jon....Barnacle Bill ( from Popeye) is sung to the tune of Bollocky Bill the Sailor. Not for the sensitive types.
My first wife, Ella, was in the US Navy for three years so so knew some really good ones, such as "Frigging In The Rigging" and others. :-D I don't know if Slim would allow me to post the first line of that.
The Donate button is not very obvious. It is on the home page of the website, but not these forum pages. Here is a direct link. Be nice to Jon for all he does for landspeed racers. Thanks Jon!
Don
https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=p7kuAMiqMm7Cxa2Rb13NLdux34Uk0YwOqIZdFmGpLM7N-Pi_0oltortYqvaQ6GNP32L_reFZKWv7lSNU (https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=p7kuAMiqMm7Cxa2Rb13NLdux34Uk0YwOqIZdFmGpLM7N-Pi_0oltortYqvaQ6GNP32L_reFZKWv7lSNU)
Thanks for all you do with the site here and on the salt, Jon. Donation sent.
Y'all can also drop by the radio trailer on the other end of the time slip booth and PAY Jon a visit :laugh:
Hey it is Friday...
Jon my wallet and I will stop by to see you...
Youse guys are so cool. Thank you.
The seasoned pro that he is, Jon's able to snatch a few greenbacks outta your hand if you just thrust them thru the western door when you pick up your time strip.
(Move the MPH decimal point one digit left of the best speed for a suggested minimal tip.)
🤔 Well off sugar momma worked out well for me. 1drink
Quote from: donpearsall on July 28, 2022, 10:17:49 PM
The Donate button is not very obvious. It is on the home page of the website, but not these forum pages. Here is a direct link. Be nice to Jon for all he does for landspeed racers. Thanks Jon!
Don
https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=p7kuAMiqMm7Cxa2Rb13NLdux34Uk0YwOqIZdFmGpLM7N-Pi_0oltortYqvaQ6GNP32L_reFZKWv7lSNU (https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=p7kuAMiqMm7Cxa2Rb13NLdux34Uk0YwOqIZdFmGpLM7N-Pi_0oltortYqvaQ6GNP32L_reFZKWv7lSNU)
That link didn't work for me, but maybe this one will work for YOU: http://www.landracing.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=9 $$$ sent
That last link worked great.
Sent a small donation. Will send more in the near future.
Jon, thanks for all you do.
Jim
Time to jump start Slim's '23 season, my donation is is.
Guessing this thread will be active. 🤔
Well it doesn't matter how active this thread is....
but hopefully the donate button on the home page will be well worn by the end of the day...
:cheers:
Donate button still works :-D
Hope you all appreciate that this forum has no advertising. unlike so many that are so bad you can hardly read the posts.
BTW, this is the only forum I donate too - it is very special to me.
Slim, thanks again for all you do.
Jim
I like the buttons but we don't need no stinkin reason. The DONATE button works just fine. Thank You Jon for all you do
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