An old friend in dire need

[Fungus_the_Bogeyman]

Just been to Sim Outhouse where apparently if you are one of the respected oldtimers, ie those at the top of the tree, and your computer goes South Ickie will organise a whip round to get you a new one.
Well last week my old runabout broke it's gearbox. Now Ferrari 250 GTO gearboxes come in at quite a few thousand quid and I wondered if DaveB would start a PayPal account for me to buy a new one. There might be enough left to buy me a new computer. I desperately need my little old runabout to go to Asda and the bookies and collect my pension.

All contributions gratefully received.

[Vancouver]

Sure thing, I have some Albanian Leks you can have. Just try finding someone who will convert them though.

[DaveB]

Sell the GTO for scrap and with the proceeds, you should be able to afford a nice Talbot Horizon and a suitable pc to keep you going for a while. I dare say there'll be enough left to pay someone to go to Asda and the bookies for you too

ATB
DaveB

[speedbird591]

Don't bother with a new gearbox. Just park it in the drive to impress the neighbours, use your bus pass to do the rounds and you'll soon have saved enough for a new PC. Call it an austerity drive.

Ian

[Fungus_the_Bogeyman]

I knew I could rely on the chaps here at CBFS to be generous with suggestions if not cash. Who needs SOH eh? In all seriousness someone's having a laugh over there. Here if you can't afford a hobby you do something else. Brass rubbing springs to mind. Watching paint dry is cheap. I get a bit miffed. Can you tell? Or perhaps I'm just a hard nosed mushroom.

[Tako_Kichi]

The donation drive was suggested by a SOH member to help out another SOH member who had his computer die on him. Ed has been a major contributor to Flight Sim over many years. In addition to his many useful posts he has supplied repaints, scenery add-ons, panel upgrades and numerous other items all for free. All contributions were by SOH members because they wanted to help out, the only thing Ickie did was to provide a means to collect the donations. SOH has a great community spirit and I applaud the membership for stepping up to help out a fellow member. It's not the first time this has happened either.

[Airspeed]

Dear Fungus,
Do they still have wreckers' yards in your neck of the woods?
I put a recovered gearbox in my Mitsubishi van last year.
It wasn't reconditioned, but at present is getting me around.
Get your pension credited direct to your account, that'll save a trip.
And stop giving all your money to the Association for Sensitive Dogs in Asia; "Let sneaking dogs die", as they say.
Hope you get your jalopy going again.

Dear Larry,
That's a fine story about SOH, good to see folks repay the generosity.

[TSR2]

Perhaps not in a formal way, but I know that several of the members here have helped each other over the years in a similar way.

[Garry Russell]

Simple really...a mate gets an issue, you help him out

Like Ben says maybe not always formal.

I do find it a bit disturbing that in this day and age a spark of humanity is questioned.

It's only a community trying to give something back when they don't actually have to..a real expression of freedom.

It's not like he came begging and demanding anything...

[Vancouver]

I think there may be a bit of a cultural difference here, not that the guy actually asked for help, it was offered. Whether he accepts or not is another matter. Americans aren't as stuffy when it comes to airing their hardships as Brits are. Watching shows like Ellen is a fine example, people write in explaining their personal hardships and often as not she gives them thousands of $$ and sometimes a car too. Often as not there is a visit to their homes too, or a bit of personal insight to their distress. In all the times I've seen it, they clearly were not in dire straits nor in poverty. Yes they may have some difficulties but they ain't starving. There surely are more deserving cases. I find it all just a tad disgusting but then I was raised by Presbyterian Scots and you just didn't expose yourself like that. Och the shame of it, huv ye nae pride in yersel'. I can hear my mothers voice now.
Hoots mon i'm awaw the noo.