Keeper's Family Needs Our Help PLEASE READ

[TheDude]

Many of the old timers here know Keeper. He's a good man who has spent much of his life helping others, well now he needs our help. Please follow the links, it's easier than me trying to repost the whole thing here. Short version, his wife is very ill and medical bills are piling up fast. There is more information and a donation link that goes directly to Keepers Paypal account.
Thank you all for your help.

gtuckerREMOVE@elp.rr.com Paypal account..remove the word REMOVE

For those who are interested in helping more info can be found here.
http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37053

I'd like to thank Fugger for giving this his offical support.
If a mod could stick this for a while it would be really nice.

[FUGGER]

Please post a link to paypal address here.

Not a problem and hope we all can help.

[Privateer]

Please post a link to paypal address here.

Not a problem and hope we all can help.


gtucker@elp.rr.com

[TheDude]

BUMP.....This has only been viewed 2 times since yesterday?

[faruquehabib]

Come on, folks, for all of you who don't know who Keeper is, he is one of the first people to be on this forum, a great guy and moderator. Yall need to think with your hearts sometimes, that's all i have to say. My prayers are with you, Keeper, and paypal has been sent.

[FUGGER]

I donated some myself, and our hearts and wishes go out to him and his family.

I will reset counters in a bit to show correct page views.

[chunkylover77]

I'm in a bit of hardship myself right now but if I can get a little to donate I will surely do that.

[bxa121]

http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37046

origional post.. man, we gotta do something about this...

[[XC] leviathan18]

i cant donate sorry guys :( but ill pray a lot.

my GF mom has the same bone density loss and well we are in the same problem ma8 i understand your feelings but believe when i say to you is just matter of time and she is going to be OK!!!!!! my GF mother after 3 months is getting better and better now she can walk and i hope the surgery goes FINE i'll pray as i did for my GF'S mom hope i can do something else to help you :(

[TheDude]

leviathan18,

Your prayers for Keeper and his wife are just as important as a donation of money. Thanks so much for your support and I hope your GF's Mom continues to improve. :D

[AH^DK]

Hello.

I have just seen this thread, and my thoughts and prayers are with Keeper. My funds arent so good so unfortunately I cannot donate anything, and i am truly sorry about that, but my prayers will be with you and your wife.

I wish you the best of luck in these hard times.

[Malves]

I didn't have the chance to meet Keeper, but paypal sent. God bless them.

[masterofpuppets]

I wish I could donate, but PayPal f**ked up my account! GRR.

[GazC]

I wish I could donate, but PayPal f**ked up my account! GRR.

PM someone who knows Keeper and ask them if you can forward a Cheque to them, that is what I am doing.

[TheDude]

PM someone who knows Keeper and ask them if you can forward a Cheque to them, that is what I am doing.

I have had several people ask if they can send me a Cheque for them and I will donate it from my account in their name. :up:

[pythagoras]

Hows this going Dale?

Are we getting any closer to helping Keeper fast track the op, or do we need to step it up a gear?

Regards

John.

[chilly1]

Done dropped a little in for here also.. Hope all is well ..

[saaya]

only have 5$ on my paypal account atm, sorry :(
sending it anyways and will send some more soon, but im really broke, as always, so i cant send much :(

best wishes! :(

[TheDude]

Hows this going Dale?

Are we getting any closer to helping Keeper fast track the op, or do we need to step it up a gear?

Regards

John.

I actually got a cash donation today from EMC2 which I forwarded to Keeper. He never even knew Keeper but wanted to help anyway.
I want to thank everyone who has donated any amount at all. Please don't be ashamed to donate $5....it all adds up and every single dollar helps.
To answer your question Pythagoras....I'd love to see it stepped up a bit if possible. I hope that working together we can all make a real difference in the lives of this family. They would never ask for help...they would suffer in silence first. Please dig deep and give until it hurts. You guys are great and again thanks so much for your generous help. :clap:

[pythagoras]

I often have the odd dollar and a few cents as a balance on my paypal account.

Now that cant do a great deal on its own but 100's or even, god willing, thousands, of those kinds of donations can make an enormous difference.

Regards

John.

[TheDude]

I often have the odd dollar and a few cents as a balance on my paypal account.

Now that cant do a great deal on its own but 100's or even, god willing, thousands, of those kinds of donations can make an enormous difference.

Regards

John.

EXACTLY! Please give whatever you can, no matter how small it is, it adds up! ;)

[saaya]

posted about it on the front page, best wishes to keeper and his wife! :(

[pythagoras]

Nice one Saaya :toast:

Regards

John.

[Cpt Twitchy]

Kepper I never knew of or heard of you till now but it hurts to see someone going through this, especially a brother in christ. You seem like a great man and if I can pull it together I'll be sending some your way. My prayers are with you along with many others.

[shuRe]

its tight over here for me being a student, but i managed to send $10 your way keeper, hope this all helps.

[Master_G]

Being a student with exams i have no chance to earn money so i cant donate anything atm, but i posted in the XR thread and now post the same sentiments in here, best wishes for Keeper and his family, i just wish i could do more.
This show of support does make me feel very proud to be part of such a community, i hope we can make a difference.

G

[ssjwes]

Im not in a to good of a spot right now and I dont even really post much here but Im sending what I can sorry to hear about your problems I just feel I have to send something to you to help Ill also pray and ask congregation to do so as well

[skate2snow]

I'm really shocked! Keeper has truly helped a lot all types of community. And now, this has to happen to him. I can honestly not donate, but if only I had a spare dollar, I would.... Damn, something like this really breaks a whole life:(.

Thanks to everyone who donated.... I am shy of myself for not being able to do so:(.

[mdzcpa]

I just got back into town from work assignment to find this sad news:(

A Donation is on the way and our prayers are with your family!

[lastdon00]

all the best
i made my donation today

[Privateer]

This thread is very honourable,keep it up everybody.
Ive donated twice.so everybody dig deep,empty the money jars.

[[XC]Atomicpineapple]

Hey guys, like many here it seems, I'm a student. Got 2 weeks to go till end of the year, any money left from my uni budget will go to Keeper and his wife, it wont be much, but I'll make sure theres something left.

[Privateer]

Hey guys, like many here it seems, I'm a student. Got 2 weeks to go till end of the year, any money left from my uni budget will go to Keeper and his wife, it wont be much, but I'll make sure theres something left.

You being from the UK will know what a MOT is,my car failed,i need £195,but i still dug deep.were lucky a :S****** NHS but in this case Keepers wife would be ok.

[[XC]Atomicpineapple]

You being from the UK will know what a MOT is,my car failed,i need £195,but i still dug deep.


And so will I when I know what Ive got to give! A CPU died on me a while back, just got the replacement back from RMA, its being sold on ebay, when that goes I'll have a much better idea of how much I'll have. Good on you with the MOT and all though, unexpected expenses can hurt, big time.

[Entity_Razer]

I don't have a paypall account and since keeper is in USA Sending the money or money ordering the money would cost me a bundle of money so unfortionatly, untill I have a CREDIT card I can't have a paypall and I cannot donate, I'm sorry for this, but my thought still go out to you and the misses Keeper!


Hang in there

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

:( First I want to say though I don't know Gregory I just sent a small donation. Think it is a very hard destiny so.

Even if 10.000 people only give $5 it would be a great help for him.

Good luck to him and his family......

:usa:

[saaya]

20 donated today..ill donate another 20 to 40 in a couple day's.

then ill send 20 off every unit i sell for the next month..

i hope all get's well.

wow, thats really generous! :toast:
you should mention that 20$ of the price for your units is for keeper, maybe the guys who buy them will give you an extra 10 or 20$ on top of that if they hear that :)

[Illicit Tweakin]

Wow, I have been gone for a bit and I come back to this. Man it hurts when these things happen to wonderfull people. It does make you feel good though when you see other people caring and helping out like here. These are the greatest forums. My wifes and my heart go out to you, hopefully it helps somehow. We will donate when we can.

[TheDude]

This thread is starting to take off! You guys are GREAT! :up:

[Noldor]

This is pissing me off SO BAD. FFS what the hell is up with america and its medical-care system? In sweden everything is free so this would never have been an issue! DAMNIT! :cussing: :censored: :soap: :dammit:

Donations on its way Keeper. I hope things works out for you, your familiy will be in my prayers. :toast:

[TheDude]

OK...Guys and Gals,

We can't let this thread or drive to raise money die yet. Phase One was a success and you guys are the greatest! His wife is finally on the bone building medication and the insurance company caved in. Keepers wife is still facing an operation that will leave them owing $6,000.00 co-payment when it's all over with.
Keeper is currently working 3 jobs and trying to be a care giver to his wife at the same time!
I know many of you you have already given and been very generous but GIVE AGAIN! Give until it hurts! Put yourself in their place for a minute and then break out the check book!
I'm not just talking the talk....I'm going to walk the walk! I will contribute again just as soon as I can raise the money. If I can do it, just about anyone can. Look around...sell something on Ebay and donate the cash...sell some old hardware in our classified section and donate whatever it brings. Five dollars or a Hundred dollars...it all helps.
PLEASE....lets breathe some life back into this thread! I'm calling on all XS & XR members to step up and meet the challenge...even if you have already given. We need $6,000.00 or as much of it as possible to help ease the burden. Thanks again to all of you....you are the greatest! :up:

[Holst]

One thing that ive seen done before is run a lottery.

If we all club together I think we can build a pretty decent system up out of "spare" bits, then run an auction where your entry ticket is to donate something.
Winner gets the PC at the end.

[H] and other sites have done this before, and I think most sites on the net will give us a front page link.

Not sure if I have anything thats particually good to put in the system, but ill have a scout around. Got a 9800pro (was 12th on the 01 orb) maybe some other stuff.

I dont think ill have time to build the system or run the lottery, but maybe somebody else can....

Also posted at XR

[Cpt Twitchy]

Holst that is a great idea if it can come together. I haven't sent money yet but I will. Mark my word. Right now I have a garage sale going on, Half or all of my profits will be headed to kepper.

Tim

[Jeff]

Don't know how I missed this... it is really sad news for Keeper. :(

Donation incoming Keeper. Be sure to let your wife know how many people care. :tear:

[Mr_Slinky]

I will be donating after a pair of 1.6lv xeons sell and will donate 20 for keeper
I hope she get better from the medicine and surgery hopefully will go well. I didn't know keeper but seeing that he has touched us all in the community, i need to give back.

[DDTUNG]

Dale,

I am sorry to be late again. To encourage more people to lend a helping hand to Keeper, I will match every donation, dollar for dollar, from this point on, until enough money has been raised.

Is there a way to keep track of the daily totals so that I can match the amount on the following day?

Even though I am not religious, I'll pray for Keeper and his family. Hang in there, Keeper, we'll get through this together.

DDTUNG :cool:

[Ackbar]

If I may add a suggestion for raising money... maybe sell those tags underneath everyone's handle. The ones that say, "Xtreme Member" and so on and so forth. I'm sure there are a few members that want those changed and would be willing to pay at least $5 or more!

[jjcom]

My thoughts are with you and your wife. I might be able to donate some money, I'm not sure...but if I can, I will.

jjcom

[Privateer]

Dale,

I am sorry to be late again. To encourage more people to lend a helping hand to Keeper, I will match every donation, dollar for dollar, from this point on, until enough money has been raised.

Is there a way to keep track of the daily totals so that I can match the amount on the following day?

Even though I am not religious, I'll pray for Keeper and his family. Hang in there, Keeper, we'll get through this together.

DDTUNG :cool:

DDTUNG thats an amazing offer I'm truly humbled.

One mean PC is being built,good luck to the winner.


http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37053&page=2&pp=15

[TheDude]

Victor,

DD you are always there whenever anyone needs you old friend. Your offer of matching funds is so generous and caring. Thank you so much! :up:
Hardass is going to set something up at XR to keep track of donations for you and I'm sure the good folks here will do the same. Saaya....can you help with this bro? but if possible it would be easier to just use the same thread already created so DD only has to check one threaD each day. We don't want to make it hard on him! Here is the link:
http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?p=449368#post449368

here is Keeper Paypal account again
gtuckerREMOVE@elp.rr.com Paypal account..remove the word REMOVE

Remember every penny you give will be worth double thanks to DDtung!

Again DD thank you with all my heart for your caring and generousity.

Dale

By the way if anyone here wants to contribute parts to the raffle rig, the link was posted to XR above or you could start your own link here just so we know what we have coming. Thanks again for your awesome support!

[Jeff]

Wow... extremely kind offer Victor. :up: I wish I would have waited a few hours with my donation yesterday now... maybe I'll just have to donate again. ;)

:toast: to the whole community!!!

[DDTUNG]

Wow... extremely kind offer Victor. :up: I wish I would have waited a few hours with my donation yesterday now... maybe I'll just have to donate again. ;)

:toast: to the whole community!!!

That's the whole idea Jeff. ;)

DDTUNG :cool:

[Jeff]

I hope you don't mind... but my goal now is to make your checkbook hurt a little. ;)

:toast: again for the Xtreme generosity.

[DDTUNG]

I hope you don't mind... but my goal now is to make your checkbook hurt a little. ;)

:toast: again for the Xtreme generosity.

Ouch!

DDTUNG :cool:

[Gray Mole]

I think what you guys are doing is admirable, and I've done what I can through paypal. I think that with all the money we spend on gear for our PC's, a little towards one of our own is really a drop in our own bucket, but can be a flood when it's all added up. I hope that it helps, I've put $25 US in today.

I've experience the American medical system first hand and know how difficult and expensive it can be.

I added this message, I hope they'll see it.

'My best wishes go out to your wife and yourself in the hard times. I know we haven't met, but I feel that the overclocking and PC community have to take care of each other when the help is needed. All the best, and I hope that she recovers well. I'm sure with your love and support she will be fine. :) Sincerely, Gray'

I don't know exactly how many active members there are here exactly, but if we could all give something, I don't think that co-payment would have to be so painful to make for them at all.

Very best regards to Keeper and his family, I hope everything works out for the best.

Gray

[TheDude]

We have raised $1040.00 just today due to DD matching funds! Hopefully this will continue to roll on all the way to $6000 so that the entire amount for the surgery will be covered!
http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?p=449368#post449368

[Privateer]

Keeper's wife is in good hands.THESE FORUMS !!

[Crownie]

DD you are trully an Xtreme Legend!

[fatfreepork]

Once i get my Epox motherboard, extras go to Keeper. Just need to sell stuff first.

[Cpt Twitchy]

In the next couple days I will be donating somewhere around $75 I made $35 dollars at the gargae sale. I will be putting $20 down and my Mom said she would put down another $20.

[Aphex_Tom_9]

just emptied my paypal account of it's $14.29 balance for the cause.
im a 16 year old student, that's all i can do.

[Jeff]

Be sure to post your donations here...
http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37277

DDTUNG is *matching* donations so please make sure he knows you've donated. :up:

[CaTalyst.X]

DD will you match a corporate donation? And if so up to how much. You may communicate to me via PM if you find it more suitable. Thanks.

-CaT

[Jeff]

:woot:

[[XC] moddolicous]

Its hard for me to really paypal him money, but I wouldnt mind sending a postal money order of 20 or 30 dollars. Does anyone think I can do this. Thedude said he was taking checks, so maybe I can send him a postal money order.

[CaTalyst.X]

I think Dale at XR is letting ppl send him MO and then hes PPing the donation in whoevers name it was that sent him the money order.

-CaT

[[XC] moddolicous]

I think Dale at XR is letting ppl send him MO and then hes PPing the donation in whoevers name it was that sent him the money order.

-CaT
Does that mean I should register over there and send him the MO, or would it be easier just for me to send it to thedude here. I know thedude said he would take checks and stuff, so it may just be easier to do it over here?

[CaTalyst.X]

Oh ok yeah you could do that, if for some reason (i doubt it) he has a probelm with doing it w/ MO's i could take care of it for you, im sure it will be fine though.

-CaT

[CaTalyst.X]

BUMP for a good cause! Come on guys. I rallied the troops over at EOCF by asking anybody who could donate for a dollar...it all adds up especially when DDTUNG is doubleing! We can get more than this :D Soo lets do it, turn cans in, go to coinstar, ebay that waterblock youre not using or that old duron. We can do it :D

-CaT

[sabrewolf732]

bah I have no paypal :( If I am willing to send a few bucks in an envelope to someone, will the pp it for me? would be cool, lmk. Will only be a few bucks though since I am broke, cant help out as much as I would like :(

[CaTalyst.X]

If you want you can send it to me and ill make sure he gets it.

YGPM

-CaT

[conrad.maranan]

TheDude
My Paypal account is dry right now. I can mail out a USPS-issued money order first thing in the morning. Please forward to me a mailing address along with a name to make the MO payable to. My donation will go out as soon as I receive the info. A JPEG image of my MO stub and receipt will also be posted in the XR thread.

Thanks.

[TheDude]

TheDude
My Paypal account is dry right now. I can mail out a USPS-issued money order first thing in the morning. Please forward to me a mailing address along with a name to make the MO payable to. My donation will go out as soon as I receive the info. A JPEG image of my MO stub and receipt will also be posted in the XR thread.

Thanks.

DONE :up:

If anyone wants to donate but has a problem due to lack of paypal or bank account. If you would like you can send me a MO or cash and I will deposit to my bank account, then tranfer to Keepers Paypal account IN YOUR NAME AND EMAIL YOU A RECEIPT. :up: Send donations made out to me to:

Dale Burton
12 East Edison Ave.
New Castle, Pa. 16101
USA

Thanks!

[[XC] leviathan18]

can i send him a wire transfer???? thats is the only way i can send him money any words on the health of the wife i hope she gets better soon

[mtb856]

Thanks to CaT for posting this over at the OCforums, or I would have never seen it :)

Hopefully a lot more of our folks will pitch in some money to help Keeper out

[TheDude]

can i send him a wire transfer???? thats is the only way i can send him money any words on the health of the wife i hope she gets better soon

Yes you can, another guy is sending his donation via western union. Please just let me know that it's coming. Thanks!

[Joe Camel]

50 is on its way (pay"pal" to Keeper) ...a drop in the bucket when it comes to medical bills but...

ive only been married for about 8 months now, but the thought of loosing my Love or seeing her in pain stirs emotions in me that words can not describe.

GOOD LUCK to you and yours Keeper!!!

[[XC] moddolicous]

DONE :up:

If anyone wants to donate but has a problem due to lack of paypal or bank account. If you would like you can send me a MO or cash and I will deposit to my bank account, then tranfer to Keepers Paypal account IN YOUR NAME AND EMAIL YOU A RECEIPT. :up: Send donations made out to me to:

Dale Burton
12 East Edison Ave.
New Castle, Pa. 16101
USA

Thanks!
I'll be sending u around $30 MO soon thedude. I'll probably get around to it on Tuesday or so.

[Frederik]

money on the way to the dude, hope it helps!
Shé'll be alright in the end!
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/images/smilies/thumbup.gif

I love this EXTREME generousity that hangs over this forum!

[Crow]

to the building computer thing, I have an ocz ddr booster I might be able to donate, Im not a member at xtreme resources, dont know if that will help any.

[Privateer]

to the building computer thing, I have an ocz ddr booster I might be able to donate, Im not a member at xtreme resources, dont know if that will help any.


You'll be most welcome, if there is politics its above us. :toast:

[Mr_Slinky]

as promised i have sent $60 and looking to expand it to about $100 total

[Crow]

cant donate anything, but I can keep his family in my prayers, I hope that is enough

[TheDude]

I'll be sending u around $30 MO soon thedude. I'll probably get around to it on Tuesday or so.

I have not received it, if you sent a donation please check with the carrier.

Crow,
I'm sure your prayers are more than appreciated by Keeper and his family. Thanks for caring. :up:

Please keep in mind that DDtung has a matching donation thread. Any donation posted there will be matched 100% by DDTung. :clap:

I would post a link to it but I'm uncertain about how links to XR are looked upon.

Thanks to everyone for your generousity and caring. You guys are Great!!!

[DDTUNG]

Here's the link:

http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?p=449368#post449368

DDTUNG :cool:

[[XC] moddolicous]

I have not received it, if you sent a donation please check with the carrier.

Crow,
I'm sure your prayers are more than appreciated by Keeper and his family. Thanks for caring. :up:

Please keep in mind that DDtung has a matching donation thread. Any donation posted there will be matched 100% by DDTung. :clap:

I would post a link to it but I'm uncertain about how links to XR are looked upon.

Thanks to everyone for your generousity and caring. You guys are Great!!!
I've been very busy lately, so I'll send it out tomorrow. I'll stick to my word.

[oqy77]

darn .. i've been offline quite a moment, and miss this thread..

Ill keep my prayers for you, Keeper... even I haven't met you or spoke to you in the forums ...

now, this forum is honourable and admirable ... another reason why I love XS Forums and it's affiliates..


can i send him a wire transfer???? thats is the only way i can send him money any words on the health of the wife i hope she gets better soon

I think it's possible, I've been sending my wife @indonesia via www.moneygram.com

(in Caracas, it's in ITALCAMBIO ... CC Sambil haves one, CC Lido also ... or you can check it's Agent location in their website to see which is the closest one to your location)

guys... what I need is, a full name.. so I can send a PM to you guys for the PIN / Reference number.

[TheDude]

I've been very busy lately, so I'll send it out tomorrow. I'll stick to my word.

moddolicous,

I'm certain you are a man of your word. I was only concerned that the Post Office might have lost or misdirected it. Thanks again for caring! :up:

[[XC] DragonOrta]

TheDude, could we send personal checks to you too?

[Judaeus Apella]

Well.. If I could donate, I would, but Im not in a position where that's possible... and I'm athiest, so I dont pray... but I really hope things work out, and his wife is given the medical treatment she needs. ...sorry I can't do anymore. :(

If anyone can donate, please do. It only takes one person to make a difference.

[TheDude]

TheDude, could we send personal checks to you too?

Yes, I will deposit them to my bank, then transfer the funds via Paypal to Keeper in your name. Thanks! :up:

[n00b 0f l337]

Just a bump, hows this coming along.

[[XC] DragonOrta]

I was just wondering the same. I was going to send a check, but I got in a car accident on monday and have a compression fracture in my lower back, so I'm short on any funds right now.

[FUGGER]

Cleaned up, I PM'd The Dude with request.

[TheDude]

Sorry, I haven't been out here in a little while. Keeper just filled me in on what's going on. He sent some detailed medical information that I can't access until I install the app that reads them but here's what I know in a nutshell. They just consulted the surgeon and the surgery will be more involved than they thought. She will be getting 5 disks done instead of 3. I had the same surgery but only had 2 done and it left me 100% disabled according to Social Security Guidelines so I hope she has much better luck. Plus she lost all that bone mass too. They will fuse the 5 vertebrates, insert titanium screws, rods and cages. It's a nasty surgery.
On the money issue....their portion has gone up from $6,000 to $15,000 after talking to the actual surgeon who will do the proceedure. So far XS, XR, DDTung and a couple others have raised about $3200 towards their co-pay.
I'm in the process of building a computer now made up of donated hardware to be raffled off with all proceeds to go to Keeper and his wife. It's turning into a pretty nice PC with a 3500 cpu (939 platform) and ticket donations will be $10 each. We need to sell at least 100 tickets to raise a thousand dollars and then we will do another one. We are going to do whatever it takes to see these folks thru this very difficult time.

I want to thank everyone who has helped so far and plead with those who haven't yet to at least buy a $10 raffle ticket once they become available. I will post pics and specs of the rig when it's done and instructions on how to get your raffle tickets.
Thanks again for all your support. You guys are great! :up:

[Cpt Twitchy]

My father told me of a new surgery where they dont fuse the spine but put a metal jacket around the jelly sack area. I am searching now and will try hard to find the name of this new procedure. The only thing i am afraid of is that she has soo many bad disks she may not be a candidate.

Tim

[chilly1]

I have two ruptured disks and refused the surgery,Opted for the conservative methods exercise etc. been five years hurts all the time but is better took 3 years for the tingling in my legs to receed itis now only occationally bad but thete is some spasams in my legs.
I have a fried that justgot teh L1-L2, L2-L3, L4-L5, L5-S1 fusion he showed me the xrays looks like the alignment rods in miniture from a VW bug. Good news is that three weeks after sugery he is walking and doing exercizes. his legs are building back up, his back was so bad that he had started to lose muscle mass..

[n00b 0f l337]

Any news? Any updates? Wasn't there a raffle or somethign going to happen?

[K.I.T.T.]

Awwwww man......I Just learnt about this :banana: :banana: :banana: me. Just read it in jupiler's sig. :stick: :(

How's she doing? My best wishes and praayers go to Keeper and his family. I currently dont have many funds at the moment as im just a 17 year old student, but im selling some cpu/mobo combos on ebay and will donate some money for this cause. Can someone verify that the email ad on the 1st page still holds true?

peace,
K.I.T.T.

[TheDude]

Some good news....Keeper discovered that his insurance covers everything above the $6,000 that he was originally quoted...so forget the 15,000..it's back down to $6,000 for his part. After counting our donations and others, he is short to the tune of about $1,600...not thousands....we're talking sixteen hundred here....a very doable figure with the raffle.
I have all the parts on my dinning room table and the rig will boot into windows. Within the next couple of days I need to finish the install so we can start selling tickets and pimping the raffle all over the web! Tickets are only going to be $11 each and we need to sell $1600 worth of tickets for this to be a success!
I post more often over at XR but I'll be sure to stop in here when the tickets go on sale. The donation address in the first post is still valid for the member who asked. :up:

[Master_G]

That is good news, thanks for the update TheDude, i look forward to the raflle.

G

[jawatrader]

Hi guys...I just joined the forum and while looking around, found this thread. I hope all goes well with the procedure. I will be sure to keep you in my prayers. I cant spare any funds right now, but maybe when you get the raffle up and running, I will be in a better financial position and might be able to spare a few dollars. Its a wonderful thing seeing this many people pull together for someone that many have never even spoken to. Im proud to have joined this forum.

[jinu117]

God... I need to drop by this free talk more often. Just saw it and donated. Was this ever on front page of either site? Would give nice exposure to people who usually don't bother with freely talk section.

[shuRe]

i dont mean to be harsh but a life saved is far better than having a good computer, shame on those with recent computer parts (that dont need them for a living) saying they cant afford to donate $1

[TheDude]

jinu117

It was on our front page at XR but things move down so quickly because of the reviews. Thanks for the donation! :up:
check out our raffle for Keeper too when you can in speak freely at XR.

[Vapor]

Entered the raffle at XR--$55. I hope to do more later in the month.

[Carlz0r]

My prayers are with keeper and his family right now. I get my paycheck tomorrow, but I can't donate much as I'm only 15. $15 should still help a little bit though.

[TheDude]

Carlz0r

Enter the raffle...it's only $11 and it's a nice PC. It's posted in our speak freely section. It's kinda up in the air if I can post a link here or not and I want to respect the rules. :shrug:

[Carlz0r]

Carlz0r

Enter the raffle...it's only $11 and it's a nice PC. It's posted in our speak freely section. It's kinda up in the air if I can post a link here or not and I want to respect the rules. :shrug:
Will do. When does the raffle end?

[TheDude]

Will do. When does the raffle end?

It ends when we hit our goal of 160 ticket donations or people stop donating towards tickets whichever comes first. :D
It's really only just started as far as tickets, there have been 25 donations to date so you have some time. Thanks in advance...be sure to enter your Paypal transaction number in the correct thread for it and good luck! :up:

Here is the addy at XR for the raffle. I can't imagine the Mods here objecting to my posting it as they and Fugger have always helped with things like this.

http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38153

http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37978

http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38056

Thanks to all and Good Luck to those who donate tickets. Any questions about anything...please PM me. :D

[FUGGER]

Not a problem at all, thanks for the update.

[TheDude]

Thanks Fugger,

Your avator cracks me up!!!
:lol: :rotf: :ROTF:

[mad mikee]

Got what I need pretty much, but I sent keeper 50$ just because. If I can screw up 150$ of memory in a weekend due to stupidity, I can give a nice family some help :D

(Just putting the data below in for the doubting toms/janes/georges/etc :D )
Payment Sent (ID #61D06240DF607330E)
Total Amount: $50.00 USD
Date: Nov. 2, 2005
Time: 06:54:02 PST
Status: Completed

And The Dude has also been a class guy ever since I've seen him in these forums :up:

And Fugger's avatar always makes me chuckle/smile too. When I first saw it I thought 'purrfect' :D

[TheDude]

mad mikee,

Thank you very much for your kind words. It means a lot to me.

Do you realize that you can add $5 to your donation and then post the Paypal transaction ID # to the Raffle thread linked above and you will have 5 raffle tickets for the PC? It's a real nice rig for $55! :toast:

If you want to do this but need help don't hesitate to PM me. :up:

[TheDude]

A Plea out to everyone.
Please help to spread the word about the Raffle. A lot of the sites are not picking it up for some reason and it's just not getting the exposure I was hoping for...ticket donations are slow and we HAVE to hit our goal of 160 tickets to put this family in the black. Thanks to all who have already helped and good luck with the Raffle. :up:

[join nbk]

ill make you guys a deal,
if he sota can make it a tax writeoff, my father will consider paying for it in whole.

[TheDude]

ill make you guys a deal,
if he sota can make it a tax writeoff, my father will consider paying for it in whole.

That's cool but unfair to those who have donated raffle tickets already. Would he be interested in donating $ for tickets? He should be able to write them off.

[join nbk]

huuum,
ill ask him,nad i need a newm rig, but id donate that too
lemme see

[TheDude]

A PLEA FOR HELP!

The Raffle is in trouble. We have less than 30 donated tickets so far and no activity in 2 weeks now. Please go here http://xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?p=459125#post459125 and check it out.
I won't let this fail! One of our own needs our help for his family and he's a preacher who spends every day helping others. I know times are tight for everyone now with Christmas coming but what a nice present this system would make for an 11 dollar donation! There won't be any presents at this families house this year but we can at least help them keep a roof over their heads and food on the table! :up:

[Ugly n Grey]

If anyone requires help with this, post your ticket purchase to this thread and one of our mods has offered to post you data over in XR...It's a good rig, a good cause and it's the time of year for a little giving.

UnG

[TheDude]

Ugly n Grey,

You may be grey, but you're BEAUTIFUL! :D

[DDTUNG]

Dale,

I just caught up with my matching payment.

DDTUNG :cool:

[WesM63]

I sent some money his way. I also posted the transaction # at XR.

[Frisch]

Ugly n Grey,

You may be grey, but you're BEAUTIFUL! :D


UnG

Danish-English translation

Ung= Young


I'm certain he knew that

[TheDude]

Dale,

I just caught up with my matching payment.

DDTUNG :cool:

Thanks Victor, I saw that. You are The Man! :up: :D

[TheDude]

ung,

You want to see ugly?
Check my new avator! :D

[chilly1]

OK guys lets pony up and finish this raffell off.. Keeprer get over here and post man! I am personally buying 10 tickets....

Payment Sent (ID #8RD3786200928202N)




Business Name:
Gregory Tucker
Email:
gtucker@elp.rr.com

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Total Amount:
-$110.00 USD

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Date:
Nov. 17, 2005
Time:
13:20:11 PST
Status:
Completed
Someone post my tickets up there please!!!!

[njkid32]

Just following chilly1's example;)

Business Name:
Gregory Tucker
Email:
gtucker@elp.rr.com

Total Amount:
-$110.00 USD

Date:
Nov. 17, 2005
Time:
13:26:07 PST
Status:
Completed

Subject:
Contest Rafle
Note:
Please put tickets on XR for me thanks

[Entsafter]

I've posted Reggies tickets

[TheDude]

XtremeResources System Raffle!

XR is raising funds to pay off medical bills incurred by the wife of one of our Mods known as Keeper.

He has always been quick to help others, now it's our turn to give some back.

His wife recently had a serious back operation and is recovering nicely. The surgery has left them $1600 in the hole. This raffle and resulting donations will put them back on their feet financially.
Here's a link to the thread about the auction at XR with pics of the system and instructions on how to make you raffle donations. Good luck to all, it's a worthy cause and a great system for only an $11 donation!

http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37978


All ticket donations will sell for $11 usd. One dollar of this will go towards shipping no matter where the location. For example if the winner lives in Washington State USA and the shipping comes to $50 ( amount was chosen for the sake of the example and is not accurate) and we only get 50 donations of $11 each, the winners entire shipping is covered (and I'm off the hook for it) but suppose the winner lives in London and the shipping comes to $100 usd, then he or she will be responsible for the remaining $50. Of course if we got 100 donations and the shipping was only $50....the remaining $50 would go into the Raffle fund for Keepers family bills. All over sea shipping will be marked as a GIFT because that's exactly what it is but any remaining taxes like VAT, etc is the winners responsibility.

Donations need to be sent directly to Keeper via Paypal at gtucker@elp.rr.com

Postal Money Orders and Personal Checks need to be sent here:
Gregory Tucker
3613 Sunrise
El Paso, TX 79904

Please make note of the Postal Money Order Transaction # and the Personal Check #, amount, and bank. You will need that info to post to the following verification thread.

VERY IMPORTANT...PLEASE NOTE:
After donating $11 usd per ticket via Paypal, you MUST go to this thread:

http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38056

and record your Paypal Transaction number along with the number of tickets and dollar total so it can be confirmed with Paypal that the donation was made should you be chosen the winner. If you do not have a Paypal account, enter your Postal Money order number and amount or your personal check number, Bank it was drawn on and amount.
FAILURE TO MAKE THIS POST MAY DISQUAILIFY YOUR ENTRY!
We plan to run the Raffle until we either hit our goal of 160 ticket donations or people stop buying tickets!

[DDTUNG]

Dale,

I have another idea. The XS D2OL team is now making a final run for the #1 spot, and we need all the help we can get before the end of the year.

If you guys start a XR subteam and your folders and other members switch their machines to crunch D2OL, I will purchase 5 raffle tickets for every 10k cands you guys produce before Dec. 31, 2005. If one of my tickets wins, I will put the prize rig up for auction on eBay, and the proceeds will go to Keeper. As I see it, XS D2OL, science, and above all, Keeper will benefit from this.

What do you guys say?

I say: Gentlemen, start your engines. :)

DDTUNG :cool:

[TheDude]

DD,

Awesome by me!
Let me present it to the team and see what they say. :D
You are always there with a solution when needed the most! :up:

[Keeper]

II really appreciate how all of you have come together to lighten my load, you display more compassion than any group of people I know. I am proud to be a member of this select association of hardware enthusiast.

My wife is doing really well; we just got home from one of our daily walks of just under two miles. She no longer suffers from the host of symptoms severe compression of the spinal cord caused; they have truly come a long way in medicine.

I am going to turn some of my PC’s your way to help you get to number one before Christmas.

Thank you all so much, you are too kind.

[TheDude]

I'm turning my rigs over also until the New Year and I'll add everything I can throw together that will fold. If the rest of XR joins in...... XS will take the #1 spot in no time and Keeper will be in the black for 2006! :up:

[DDTUNG]

I'm turning my rigs over also until the New Year and I'll add everything I can throw together that will fold. If the rest of XR joins in...... XS will take the #1 spot in no time and Keeper will be in the black for 2006! :up:

Looks like I'd better get me a bank loan. :)

DDTUNG :cool:

[TheDude]

Looks like I'd better get me a bank loan. :)

DDTUNG :cool:

LoL....you can probably dig that much out of your mattress! :D

[DDTUNG]

LoL....you can probably dig that much out of your mattress! :D

Sorry mate, that's the wife's territory.

DDTUNG :cool:

[WesM63]

w00t! You guys rock (DDT and XR)! If there is anything else I can do LMK.

[Rodzilla]

w00t! You guys rock (DDT and XR)! If there is anything else I can do LMK.

I'm making an installer for the XR subteam to use to quickly and easily get setup and running! :up: I'll post it later today.

[DDTUNG]

I'm making an installer for the XR subteam to use to quickly and easily get setup and running! :up: I'll post it later today.

Thanks Rod, you rock. :thumbsup:

DDTUNG :cool:

[Rodzilla]

Ok... So I got carried away! I made 12 installers total for the XS and XR folding teams to run D2OL :D After 6+ Hours working on these Me needs some sleep! These installers make it SOOO easy to get D2OL up and running. XS and XR both have there own subteams that these installers will come pre registered to. And there is an installer for everyone and their particular situation.

It's all explained right here :D
http://www.xtremesystems-dc.com/downloads.html

[DDTUNG]

Here at last: the EZ installers by Rodzilla, for the XR and XS F@H subteams.

http://www.xtremesystems-dc.com/downloads.html

Nice, ain't it? :up:

[TheDude]

Thanks for all the hard work Rod. :up:
What does the 1x...2x...4x...mean in front of the download? I'm not sure which to use. Does it mean the number of machines you will be running it on? I checked the FAQ but it's not up yet.
Thanks again for your efforts on our behalf.

NEVERMIND I SAW THE ANSWER IN A POST BY DD AT XR...THANKS :D

[Rodzilla]

Thanks for all the hard work Rod. :up:
What does the 1x...2x...4x...mean in front of the download? I'm not sure which to use. Does it mean the number of machines you will be running it on? I checked the FAQ but it's not up yet.
Thanks again for your efforts on our behalf.
1x old school Athlon or the like (It can run a single agent an max out because of the lack of multi threading)

2x - P4 w/HT or the new dual core P-D or X2 dual core chips.

4X - Dual Xeon rig wil HT on both chips. Or dual core opteron.

As D2OL isn't a multi threaded app you need multiple copies to use 100% of the CPU... I agent per processor (Be it physical or logical)

[DDTUNG]

Thanks for all the hard work Rod. :up:
What does the 1x...2x...4x...mean in front of the download? I'm not sure which to use. Does it mean the number of machines you will be running it on? I checked the FAQ but it's not up yet.
Thanks again for your efforts on our behalf.

1x - for single processor rig without HT or dual core
2x - for single processor rig with HT or dual core
4x - for dual processor rig with HT or dual core

For each rig that you use for D2OL, you choose the installer that is appropriate for that rig.

For example, a P4C with HT enabled will use the 2x installer, so will a X2 4400+, and a dual Xeon with HT enabled will use the 4x installer. If you have a quad Opteron dual core rig, you're out of luck(or should I say lucky you?). :) The idea is to load one instance of D2OL on each processor(physical or logical).

DDTUNG :cool:

[POGE]

So he got all the money he needed? If not bump...

[TheDude]

Sorry I'm late with this post...been having and still am having bad internet connection problems.

The drawing was held yesterday and the winning ticket should not really be a huge surprise I guess since the odds were with him. He had almost half of the total tickets donated.....50 out of 107 total I believe.....also seems somewhat fitting too because of his generous support....If you haven't guessed by now, the winner of Keeper's Raffle is................................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .............................DDTUNG!!!!!!!!!
:up: :bounces: :bounces: :bounces: :bounces: :bounces: :bounces:

[Master_G]

Congrats DDTUNG, you have been a legend through this, truly a great guy.

G

[Cpt Twitchy]

Man sunday night I was going to paypal my $55 dollars. Can we still donate or has the quota been met?

Tim

[TheDude]

Man sunday night I was going to paypal my $55 dollars. Can we still donate or has the quota been met?

Tim

The Raffle is over and DDTUNG won the machine.
True to form he is selling the unit and sending all proceeds to Keeper to help with the medical bills.
It's very rare to see such altruism in this day in age. DD is a man of honor and a true gentleman. :up:

[Cpt Twitchy]

Glad to know it all went well and I agree to DD being great.

Outside of the raffle are donations still being accepted?

Tim

[TheDude]

Man sunday night I was going to paypal my $55 dollars. Can we still donate or has the quota been met?

Tim

Cpt,

Sure you can still donate by sending it directly to his Paypal addy but don't mention Raffle....call it donation...Raffle is over anyway and Paypal doesn't allow Raffles.

I'm sure the donation would be greatly appreciated after the Holidays like this.
:toast:

Watch the classifieds for the water cooling gear that will go on sale soon. All the proceeds from that will go to Keeper from DDTUNG.

[Cpt Twitchy]

Thank you The Dude.