Susan, I don't think the primary purpose of the threads is to raise money. Max needs money now, and the Spaw on has close to a year left while the Joe one was started in Nov and still has 103 days. It looks like sometime in May, the Joe thread will pay off.

On the other hand, our complaining about the 'no poster left behind', 'dumb and dumber' nature of what passes for humor here has resulted in some really nice additions to the Auction. I don't need another computer, but I swear if nobody bids on that Dell, I'm gonna get it for $10.

(Note to olddude (nobody else read this): there's no way in hell I'd rip that laptop off for $10.)