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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Feb 11, 2013 - 07:14am PT
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Or a Buddhist problem. I have Sherpa and Tibetan friends who spend a lot of money buying animals destined for slaughter and then liberating them.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Feb 11, 2013 - 11:02am PT
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America has enough dogs as it is . . .
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Fish Finder
Social climber
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
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Feb 11, 2013 - 11:09am PT
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Coz ..... you are such a rigger!
Give your money to whomever you want.
But please STFU
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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Feb 11, 2013 - 11:11am PT
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I agree with Coz. How bout give me money to feed my kids?
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 11, 2013 - 11:38am PT
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Guangzhou = man.
Pay attention.
In the photos up thread, you see Gringo male with an Indonesian wife and cute dogs. He talks about coming back to the states to teach school and being married to an Indonesian woman.
He's also been on Supertopo for a long time.
Sheesh.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Feb 11, 2013 - 12:13pm PT
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Did I miss it... how much will it cost to bring 2 dogs to the US? The poor Costa Ricans who rented our basement apartment brought their little yapper "chispa"... so it couldn't have been that much.
The biggest difference between this thread and the other one is Guangzhu and family aren't blaming a shitty situation on everyone involved EXCEPT themselves... and THEN asking strangers for money. Oh, and the fact that I love dogs.
Best of luck. Let us know how much it is expected to cost, I'm curious.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Feb 11, 2013 - 12:23pm PT
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FWIW, when I was in Greece my dog ate a bag of trail mix with raisins in it. The dog sitters heard raisins were toxic for dogs, so they rushed him to the emergency vet. They did liver enzyme tests twice a day and racked up a $500+ bill. I was a little upset because it was entirely unnecessary, but I paid it because I could and I love my dogs and my friends. It is water under the bridge... but I'm happy to take donations!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 11, 2013 - 12:23pm PT
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Why is giving Bridwell money ok and not this?
Aren't people free to donate to whatever they like?
If you don't like it, don't click it.
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kev
climber
A pile of dirt.
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Feb 11, 2013 - 03:58pm PT
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So if you want to help me with dogs here's what I need.
I really need a house with a large yard in the bay area so they
can have a place to roam. It can't be a rental either so I need to
buy a house to get a dog or two. But to do that I need down payment $,
way more than I have currently saved. Figure 20% down and 500k house
cost. Maybe the taco can help me raise half of the 100k I need.
Please help local american dogs!
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Feb 11, 2013 - 04:07pm PT
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It sounds to me like the OP (who I don't know but recognize from his posts on rc.com going back for years) is getting somewhat unexpectedly screwed by the Indonesian government--not sure how that's so different from unexpected health problems. (Yeah no one chooses health problems, but you can get a job and pay for health and disability insurance, right?)
I don't think anyone starts a climbing gym because they see it as a path to riches--they do it because they like climbing and want to contribute to a local climbing community, or perhaps try to establish one in this case.
We all have to carefully consider our charitable donations in these challenging economic times, but this one seems pretty legit to me. I probably won't contribute as I see shipping dogs across the globe as a bit of an unnecessary luxury. But there's no reason to hate on or mock this guy, just add his to the 99.99% of charitable causes to which you won't contribute.
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Fish Finder
Social climber
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
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Feb 11, 2013 - 04:07pm PT
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Its a dog eat dog world
Now I agree with you Coz, not conspiring,,
Just a cyber begfest
Strange to say the least but maybe not for here.
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John M
climber
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Feb 11, 2013 - 04:18pm PT
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I wonder what would have happened if he had just decided to keep his mouth shut and because of whatever reasons could not afford to bring the dogs and he found a home for them, but then found out after he was here in the states that the people he gave them to lost there job and put the dogs in a shelter and they were killed.
Then he writes a note in the dog thread saying good-bye as he had to leave his dogs because he just couldn't afford to bring them to the states.
I wonder how many would say.. Hey.. why didn't you say something. I would have pitched in.
I wonder how many of these nay sayers might have even pitched in a 20.
Just wondering folks. Thats all.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Feb 11, 2013 - 05:05pm PT
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Good luck getting the dogs to the US.
The donation link you provided does not update the amounts you have already collected. How much will it cost and how much have you received so far?
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Feb 11, 2013 - 05:49pm PT
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Sounds par for the course...
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labrat
Trad climber
Auburn, CA
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Feb 11, 2013 - 06:44pm PT
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Locker would respond if he could get up off the floor.........
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 11, 2013 - 06:48pm PT
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Coz is easily trolled...
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canyoncat
Social climber
SoCal
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Feb 11, 2013 - 06:54pm PT
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Well hell if it's gonna be like that;
I had some hard luck here and there, and spent my youth spending (hehehe). Now I'm a little short for retirement. I don't have cute rugrats to show, I don't have a spouse half my age, and I'm currently petless, but if someone wants to help me set up a webpage and paypal, I'll take some money too please.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 11, 2013 - 08:05pm PT
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coz - you need to pay more attention. And not to locker.... again.... ever. You've been trolled and it's kinda sad to watch.
Jebus: I thought you were simply pointing out that locker is full of his typical sh#t and trolling.
where does $17K come from?
Looks like ten bucks to me.
edit: edit: yup, got it. got it! lol!
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Feb 11, 2013 - 08:08pm PT
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Wow, I just donated $20 and it is already up to $23,142.
naecha, the troll killa!
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