I need some help

[hey_moe]

We have one person in here that works long hours 24/7 for our enjoyment. When something goes wrong or fails, he struggles and gets it done no matter what it takes. Yes his health is failing and yes he is a old fart. Well how to you say thank you...yea we can post it or what ever but I have another idea.Apple makes a very nice 32 in monitor >> http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Cinema-30-inch-Flat-Panel-Display/dp/B0002ILKWM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1232845781&sr=8-4 this is for his old eyes. I would also like to buy a nice processor along with a mother board. I am looking at doing this around April. Some should be getting there income taxes back around then. I know money is very tight for everybody, and I will understand if ya don't want to see this through. This is just a idea right now, but was wondering if any of you guys would be willing to start a fund for this and help me see this through. If we can pull this off when Ickie wake up and turns on his new system, he will see now that we all appreciate all his work and this will be a way of saying thank you in a special way....what do you guys think...Mike Ickie...SHUT UP AND STAY OUT OF THIS THREAD.

The Donation Link
Click Here (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/ickie.htm)

[Gramps]

I ain't got much, but I'll chip in what I can.....................he's sure done enough for me in the past!!!

[Quicksand]

Count me in, because if weren't for the noted individual of which you speak so truly, there would be no SOH.... I might not be able to contribute an extremely large amount, but I will give all I can. As a footnote, if us SOH'ers would take a simple mason jar, and empty our loose change into it every day (instead of feeding it to a snack machine whose contents will someday hopelessly clog our arteries) between now and your target date, the items you mention would be easily paid for in full. Now, back into my cave....:friday::jump::applause:

[Curtis P40]

:typing: Go for it....I'm in.
Curt

[harleyman]

Same here...I'm good for some too.......

Just keep me imformed please..i stumbled into it here....

[Lionheart]

Im good for it! count me in.

:ernae:

Bill

[voyager]

hey_moe

What are the particulars for sending a check?

voyager

[robert41]

Count me in also.

[OBIO]

Count me in for a fist full of dollars. Ickie more than deserves this.

OBIO

[Pepere]

I'm in for a few. Let me know how.

David :kilroy:

[Wiens]

Moe,

Thanks for taking the initiative to buy a birthday present for the unamed soul!! Count me in, how do we ship the funding to you?

Kevin

[WarHorse47]

Me, too. I'm with 'ya.

We old Farts gotta stay together..

--WH

[hey_moe]

Thanks guys...it will take group support in this matter. I think when we do this if we can pull it off we will all feel better towards the hard work that he has been doing it seems like forever. If you guys could spread the word in different forums it would also help. If I get enough guys willing to help me I will set up a donation area.This is just a nice thought right now but I need to know how many of the members are will to chip in...Mike

[Milton Shupe]

You can count me in too.

[crashaz]

I'm in too!:woot:

[rayrey10]

I'm game. Let me know when and how.

[NCGent]

Same here, I'm in.

Chris

[wombat666]

Consider it done once you get all the ducks lined up.
:wave:

[srgalahad]

Doesn't seem like a lot to do for someone who gives so much to us all... I'm in

Rob

[Willy]

Count me in.

[viking3]

Sounds good to me.:applause: Let us know the details when available.

Regards, Rob:ernae:

[Nick C]

Present (but usually incorrect).

[Epsillon]

I'm with you, guys...;)

[dvslats]

One more. :whistle:

[Cees Donker]

Good idea Moe!

Cees

[grunau_baby]

I´m with it, great idea!!!:ernae:

Alex

[ICDP]

Without SOH I got nowhere to go :(

Count me in

[SpaceWeevil]

Favourite resource for 2nd favourite hobby. Actually maybe 3rd favourite, but whatever - I'd like to contribute.

[txnetcop]

Me too

[michael davies]

Count me in too.

Best

Michael

[NAMBUS]

Count me in too.
It will be an honor.

[egypt23spitfire]

...........:ernae:count me in too MIKE:ernae:
..........whenever yer ready :engel016:

[Crusader]

Count me in and thanks Mike for such an excellent idea !

Rich

[hey_moe]

Hey goes, I am really shocked already at how many members have either email me or agreed to donate in the forum. The site is more family than I thought. We should all feel good about this. All the work that Ickie has done in the past years he has never asked for one penny. His health sucks but even when he feels like chet he still has managed one way or another to still keep the site up and virus free.It all still depends on how many members we can get to help us see this threw.Wouldn't it be something to see this happen.:amen::kiss:

[hews500d]

Just let us know the details on how to do it :woot:

Darrell

[MCDesigns]

aye aye, I'm in :ernae:

[harleyman]

Will his current Vid card run it ???????? (monitor)



And Yes...This will be an amazing thing to do...Great of you to think in this direction.....

[Jagdflieger]

I'm in.

[Boomer]

I'll pitch in!

[peterpan]

Me too.
May I suggest when ready you pm us with details of where to send cheques or maybe use PayPal

peter

[cheezyflier]

if i can send a postal money order, i'll send what i can

[Thoe6969]

I ain't got a lot but will donate as much as i'm able to.Sounds like a great idea.

[polecat0942]

Count me in too, I'll give what I can.

[MorrisTheCat]

Count on it....or count it...which ever you prefer!

Regards,

MoCat

[Odie]

Me, too !

[blohmundvoss]

And me.

[guzler]

If we can pay by paypal, that would be great

[Reddog]

I'm in too

[ben54b]

I'm for it also! Count me in.

Ben

[jankees]

I'm in too

[rmalone]

count me in
RM

[PSULLYKEYS]

I'll do what I can. This site, and more important its people, have helped me do things I thought I could never do!:amen:

[mike_cyul]

Just tell me how. :)

Mike

[OTTO]

You can count on it ,
Great Idea Moe !

OTTO :wavey:

[rpjkw]

Count me in!:jump: Just say when. Outrstanding idea, Mike.:applause:

Bob

[dadmod]

I'm in

[RCAF_Gunner]

I'm in.

[bstolle]

I'm in as well. Paypal would be the easiest way (for me)

[spotlope]

Count me in, because if weren't for the noted individual of which you speak so truly, there would be no SOH.... I might not be able to contribute an extremely large amount, but I will give all I can. As a footnote, if us SOH'ers would take a simple mason jar, and empty our loose change into it every day (instead of feeding it to a snack machine whose contents will someday hopelessly clog our arteries) between now and your target date, the items you mention would be easily paid for in full. Now, back into my cave....:friday::jump::applause:

Funny you mention it, that's exactly what I do! About once a year I empty the can on my dresser. Usually, there's about $100 worth of change in it, a tidy little windfall. It's not full right now, but I'd happy empty it for the cause. Count me in, too. Oh, and yes, Paypal would be the simplest way for me, too.

[smilo]

I had the privilege to personally meet the Gentleman a few weeks ago.

Please count me in.
I see that many here would prefer to send a check, as would I.
I am sure that a trusted Staff member will setup an account for donations and offer an address to send it.

[Sean Doran]

Ime in:amen:

[O-1Driver]

Count me in,

Steve
O-1 Driver

[Shessi]

Great idea, I'm in too!

Let me know what/where/when?

Cheers Shessi

[Cactuskid]

Yep, me too... I'm in.

[pied]

Sign me up Moe!

[N2056]

Sounds like a great plan! :woot:
Just say when & where...:)

[Mr.Mugel]

Don´t know how much I could give, but this is a great move, if I can, I´ll help!

[hey_moe]

Damn guys...this is going better than I ever thought it would...you guys are the best and have a big heart too.If everyone that has emailed me and answered in the thread we might actually be able to build a nice dream system....Ickie will be tickled to chet:friday: :applause:

[JP127]

I'm in. Fantastic idea.

Jeff

[MM]

Delighted to join in.

Thanks for organizing this little act of rebellion.

[Oglivie]

Count me in also!

[lilduckfoot2]

Yep. Me too. I'm in.

[Scratch]

Outstanding idea, count me in.

[sc7500]

HELL Yeah ~ it's the Least I can do. :applause:

Make it PayPal accessible, please !

SC
:kilroy:

[FireStorm II]

Really good idea!
(would like an address to send $$ to...)

[nio]

Count me in also, please.

best

nio

[scoutII]

IN!!!:guinness::guinness::guinness:

[Barvan40]

I'm in!

Barry

[Desert Rat]

:hititbanana:

[Marvin Carter]

Me too, when and where???

Marvin Carter

[OBIO]

:hititbanana:

DOn't think I've ever "heard" that phrase used in this way before.

OBIO

[Rickitycrate]

Will do what I can

[Craig Taylor]

You bet. I'm on board.

[MOG Aracno]

I'm in.
Aracno

[hey_moe]

Ok guys...this is growing faster than I can believe. Ickie and I are working on a web page set up through Pay Pal and also a mailing address. As I receive the donation I will post the payment with your initials beside the amount. This way we can keep it honest. I have met some of the members in person but not everyone...lol. As I buy the hardware I will post the purchase ticket and a picture of the hardware, as we build it I will keep updating until it is finished. This is the only way I know how to keep it honest and fair. If we have any money left over I will send it to the SOH bandwidth which is coming up soon. I checked with Linda on doing a bank account donation but she said this wouldn't be a good idea due to gift taxes...ect..ect. I really think we can pull this off and after I saw how many wanted to jump on this which I am floored we can do it...Mike

[kimdahl]

Please count me in, too! The PayPal solution sounds fine to me, I am ready to log into my account right now :)

Regards
Kim

[ian elliot]

Im in , if its ok to post a cheque to someone,
cheers ian

[redriver6]

i reckon i'm in.

[PRB]

Great idea. In too.

[GZR_Sactargets]

OH YEAH!! READY HERE......:wave:

[Mick]

I'm in,

I'll be watching for the details on how to contribute.

[cristiano103]

Waiting for instructions for the donation

[Olham54]

Hi, Mo
Almost hadn't read your thread - it sounded like another call for some help on setting up the new OFF; but then I saw your name and thought, i better look in to.
I'm damn short, but this forum means so much to me, this is such a great community, that I wouldn't miss it. And a larger monitor and some other stuff should be affordable somehow.
So I'm in with 20 Dolls. Just tell me a way, how, when and were to send it.
Carry on. Olham

[hewman100]

I'm in!:wavey:

[alastairmonk]

Count me in as well. Paypal is probably the best option for overseas payment.

Alastair

[c87]

Sounds like a good cause. I'm in. The PayPal route will work for me.

[reeseev]

Count me in :wiggle:

[rpjkw]

I haven't forgotten to contribute; payday is Monday.:friday::jump:

IMHO this drive goes to show what a class group SOHers are. I seriously doubt something like this could be done on 99% of the other FS forum groups. Way to go gang!:applause: I'm honored to be associated with such fine folks.

Bob

[spotlope]

I'd love to contribute, but I'm still waiting on an address for where to send my Paypal bucks. Did I miss something?

[srgalahad]

I'd love to contribute, but I'm still waiting on an address for where to send my Paypal bucks. Did I miss something?

first line here:
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showpost.php?p=94684&postcount=1

Rob

[spotlope]

Thanks, Rob. Just made my donation. I hope he gets some cool toys out of the deal!

[CrisGer]

I am sending in my bit, i have been a shy ghost here for some time, studying the entire series, and gathering resources...and would love to give back in appreciation, and have seen in many posts how much said person does/has done... and i am very very very grateful for this wonderful site, and all here. :) I have had to sift thru the vanished shards scattered hither and yon to try to find fragments for the older games and here there is so much. I am so grateful....to hm and all of you :)

/me goes back to lurking.

[Ickie]

I did some customizing of this rigg
Its now up to $1944.65

Gamer Infinity GTX $2047 -5% $1944.65

CASE: Thermaltake Spedo Full Tower 420W Case w/ Side-panel Window

POWER SUPPLY Upgrade: 800 Watts Power Supplies (CyberPowerPC XF800S Performance ATX 2.0 Power - Quad

SLI Ready)

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-940 2.93 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366

COOLING FAN : Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling System (Extreme Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)

MOTHERBOARD: Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard SAS Triple-Channel DDR3/1600
SATA RAID w/ eSATA, Dual GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394a, & 7.1Audio

MEMORY: 6GB (2GBx3) PC1333 DDR3 PC3 10666 Triple Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)

FREEBIES:
FREE! (FarCry2) Game
FREE! CyberPower Multi-Purpose Carrying Briefcase ($19.99 Value)
FREE! Cyberpower Unleash The Power T-Shirt ($19 Value)

VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 896MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (1TB (1TBx1) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

Data Hard Drive: 1TB (1TBx1) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive

Optical Drive: Sony 20X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)

Optical Drive 2: LG 20X Double Layer DVD+-RW Super Allwrite + Lightscribe Technology (Black Color)

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100/1000 NETWORK CARD

KEYBOARD: Logitech Deluxe 104 PS/2 Keyboard (Black Color)

MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse

Flash Media Reader/Writer: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)

Cable Wiring: Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance

Thermal Compound on CPU

Rounded Cable: Round Cable Upgrade for Optical Drive

USB PORT: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports

OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate w/ Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition)

FREEBIES: FREE! (Microsoft® Flight Simulator X Deluxe) Game

SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT

FREE SHIPPING

[Tango_Romeo]

I'm in this morning via PayPal. :engel016:

[brad kaste]

One of the better investments for this year. Ickie sure beats the heck out of Wall Street by a long shot!

[chicken2690]

Sorry to be so late. Had to wait for my good wife to use her Paypal acct. So now it's sent and I add my thanks for all Ickie does for this site. The system looks really impressive. Thanks Moe for leading this effort.

[mrogers]

I'm in, just made my donation.

[Milton Shupe]

You can check off my pledge as well ... just call me Joanna hehe.

[hey_moe]

Hey Mr. Joanna...I changed it to your name...can I help it if you trained your wife better than mine...lol :woot:
You can check off my pledge as well ... just call me Joanna hehe.

[boxcar]

You can check off my pledge as well ... just call me Joanna hehe.


~lol~

Ubecha, Moe, ya wee #$&%, ya. Done! http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/cool/cool-smiley-021.gif
.
.

[peterpan]

Just checked up on this was waiting info.

Sent via Paypal

peter

[harleyman]

YEA...I'm in now...Sorry for the delay...My two daughters like my money too....LOL



Thanks Icky for all you do here for us....:ernae:


How we looking so far?????

[peterpan]

On 9th Feb use your Paypal link to send have noticed nothing taken from my bank account. So will now do again with Visa. If you get two lots hang onto em.

Peter

Couldn't get Visa to work. Did Paypal again. Hope ok this time.
peter

[danimalhanke]

Good idea, but an over priced apple POS? To many good monitors for a lot less to jusitify spending money on anything from apple. Sorry dog won't help if is a mac /apple POS.



We have one person in here that works long hours 24/7 for our enjoyment. When something goes wrong or fails, he struggles and gets it done no matter what it takes. Yes his health is failing and yes he is a old fart. Well how to you say thank you...yea we can post it or what ever but I have another idea.Apple makes a very nice 32 in monitor >> http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Cinema-30-inch-Flat-Panel-Display/dp/B0002ILKWM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1232845781&sr=8-4 this is for his old eyes. I would also like to buy a nice processor along with a mother board. I am looking at doing this around April. Some should be getting there income taxes back around then. I know money is very tight for everybody, and I will understand if ya don't want to see this through. This is just a idea right now, but was wondering if any of you guys would be willing to start a fund for this and help me see this through. If we can pull this off when Ickie wake up and turns on his new system, he will see now that we all appreciate all his work and this will be a way of saying thank you in a special way....what do you guys think...Mike Ickie...SHUT UP AND STAY OUT OF THIS THREAD.

The Donation Link (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/ickie.htm)
Click Here (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/ickie.htm)

[twosixalpha]

Ok, granted that ama newbie, green, 1st orbit cadet here, gota cuple Q's fer yas.
hoo is he, wasa wrong wif im, and whyis everyone callin him an ol' fart, is he close ta 60 er sumtin ?
followin this, ya'll speak so highly of im, am thinkin ah mite wanna pitch in some, mind ya, am on fixed
income now, meds, rent, food, jack danials an sech, ifin ah knows where an how and hoo, ta send somtin too, it mite get sent ifin ah knew whent a feller had to send what he mite be ina mind ta send it.
send me da info ifin yous a mind to ana we'll see whats what.
:icon_lol: thank ya.

26A out

[Dangerousdave26]

Ok, granted that ama newbie, green, 1st orbit cadet here, gota cuple Q's fer yas.
hoo is he, wasa wrong wif im, and whyis everyone callin him an ol' fart, is he close ta 60 er sumtin ?
followin this, ya'll speak so highly of im, am thinkin ah mite wanna pitch in some, mind ya, am on fixed
income now, meds, rent, food, jack danials an sech, ifin ah knows where an how and hoo, ta send somtin too, it mite get sent ifin ah knew whent a feller had to send what he mite be ina mind ta send it.
send me da info ifin yous a mind to ana we'll see whats what.
:icon_lol: thank ya.

26A out

Alright Guys everyone take a break :icon_lol:

I'll answer this one. :running:

twosixalpha welcome to SOH its a great place.

Don't worry about donating I think we got Ickie covered just fine. If you like the site and enjoy our company make a Donation to the site. Just click the donationware arrow and expand the list from the menu bar above.

If you just want to hang out and see if you like the site that is good also.

Now a little bit about Ickie AKA Ron. Hes not an old fart no matter what Moe says :icon_lol:. He is the guy who keeps this place running. He handles the bills and repairs the server when it is down. He and CK both keep the site updated and running as smooth as one can these days with all the Hacking going on at flightsim sites. We all have a lot of respect for Ickie and the rest of the admins for that matter. That's why we had the little donation run there. Ron was suffering a world of hurt in the personal computer department recently and it was time for the members to help out the man who is always there for us even though we never see it.

Anyway great to have you around look forward to seeing you in the forums. If your a FS9 or FSX pilot go to the Around the World Race thread (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/forumdisplay.php?f=6) and join the Propliner competition.

One thing I would like to ask is try to improve on your spelling. This is a very multilingual forum with members all over the world. English is already difficult as it is and it makes it that much harder when it is non standard. You may ask a question some day and miss out on the proper answer that might have come from one of our Dutch, German, Russian, or Italian friends. Not to mention all the Spanish speaking contries and or anyone else I left out. :icon_lol:

Dave