[Buddha-l] Paying through the nose

[Jim Peavler]

The cost of providing buddha-l majordomo was recently mentioned by  
someone making a stupid joke that was supposed to be at Richard  
Hayes' expense.   Well, it backfired, and now all kinds of kind and  
generous people are suggesting that everyone pitch in to help pay for  
the service.

I have suggested that the expense is trivial, and it is trivial. I  
have worked with and for and around my ISP (Southwest Cyberport or  
swcp) since 1990. I have launched several websites and discussion  
groups over the years (Remember the old buddhist discussion group  
from Australia that specialized in text collections and libraries ? I  
sponsored it from this same ISP for several years. It didn't cost me  
more than two cups of coffee a month either.)

Fact is, I pay swcp annually. My payment secures internet services  
for me and my wife, three websites, two majordomos, and some services  
to some organizations who don't realize where the service comes from.  
If I had kept my keyboard shut only Richard and I would know I paid  
for this one. My total annual bill is a little over $200. So, how  
much/month do you kind fellows want to send me? I estimate Buddha-l  
cannot cost much over $5.00/month, if that much. It is cheaper than  
driving to town to get my mail one time.

So, I am not a philanthropist, I am not wealthy (nor need I be), and  
I am not sacrificing anything I want very much anyway (except,  
perhaps my equanimity -- and that only if I actually read buddha-l).

Now. If you good folks (and I mean that) don't leave me alone I will  
send $100 bucks to swcp and endow this accursed outfit for the next  
two decades!! Do you want to wish that upon an unsuspecting world?




Jim Peavler

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

     -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania
     Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755