"Don White" wrote in message
...

Not about Harry this time. First post I saw from JimH this morning
after his self-imposed exile, was what I took as a jab at Chuck.


Yep. And what did it have to do with you Don?


(I'm guessing that likeness on the Tinyurl is supposed to be Chuck)


If that is who you think it is based on the characteristics I listed then
that's your option.


Not quite like that. I'm getting to understand your 'MO'!


Good. We are getting to know each other better and better each day, and
that is a good thing.

How is your Mom doing Don? (an honest question). As others have said I
also applaud you for taking care of her.

Starbucker wrote:
Chuck,

I have always considered any charity that spends less than 10% of it's
contributions on administration and fund raising, as an extremely reputable
and efficient charity. My favorite charity spends 3% on admin and fund
raising.

The BBB uses 35% for admin and fund raising as their criteria for evaluating
reputable charities. The AIMS is not listed on www.Give.org ,
http://www.charitywatch.org/, or http://www.charitynavigator.org/. This is
normally a red flag.

What percent of AIM's contributions are used for admin and fund raising?
This info was not available on AIMS web site, which is another red flag to
look at the charity closely before contributing.

I never made any representations as to the specific percentages spent
for programs. I refered those inquiries to our accounting office. Very
few of the donors even gave a rats patoot about the nature of the org's
programs, they were all primarily interested in dumping their boat for
a combinatin of a little cash and a tax writeoff. (IRS approved
"bargain sale")

Less was spent on programs than could have been, but I know of a couple
of similar programs where almost *nothing* was spent on programs.
Enough was spent to qualify as a 501C3.
I am sure the organization spent far more than some on administration
and fund raising
than some groups and far less than others. One of the accounting
problems you run into with a "boat donation" organization is the very
high and continuing cost of maintaining donated vessels and moorage,
etc. There are more costs than are involved with a group that simply
deposits checks into a bank account and then writes smaller checks in
return. I can tell you that the overhead for my services was in the 15%
bracket, (of the boats that I personally received on donation and
resold).

Another challenge is that the percentage would vary from time to time.
When I joined up with this group in Seattle, they were having a real
tough go of it. Very few people were donating boats, and just paying
the office rent and keeping the lights turned on probably used up
something in the high double digits of the money actually coming in.
During the time I was there the number of donations just happened to go
up significantly, (we received an average of one boat per week) and
programs expanded as a result.

The organization may not appear on your approved charities list for a
number or reasons. One of which is that it, and most boat donation
programs, are now out of business due to a change in the tax law. And,
it may never have been run efficiently enough to qualify in the first
place.
We were on some approved lists when I was there in the late 90's, but I
can't remember which lists those were.

Your post is a perfect example. If you had approached me in the late
90's as a prospective boat donor with the concerns you expressed here,
I would have told you; "We do a significant amount funding and
charitable work. Our accounting office can give you more specific
details. Most of our donors are more motivated by the tax benefits than
by the exact nature of the work the Institute does, and the tax
benefits do not change based upon the administrative overhead of any
specific agency or organization. If after checking with your attorney
or tax advisor you want to make a donation but you are not satisfied
with the results of your research into our programs and would prefer to
donate elsewhere, that would be your option. I'm happy to explain who
we are and how the program works- you need to decide if it's the right
thing for you to do, or not. You can always sell your boat directly and
give the cash to whatever group you like." ((Of course 90% of the
boats we received on donations were from sellers who had despaired of
the sales process and just wanted to be "rid" of the boat, so few
thought that continuing a private sales process and donating the cash
was a good idea.))

On 11 Oct 2005 09:33:07 -0700, wrote:


*JimH* wrote:
"Skipper" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:

GFYS. Psuedo. (Stands for: Go fantasize you're Skipper, of course).

I have caught up on what you have written since I have left over a
week ago. I see you still perpetuate the lies about me, including
the fact that continue to claim that you apologized to me for your
whopper of a lie about me.

As with most used car salesman types, it would appear Chucky is clueless
regarding the differences or dividing line between truth and lies. You
are dealing with a pretty low class individual.

But how fun it is to see you twist and turn like this Chuckles. It
seems that Old Skipper has struck a raw nerve and is about to uncover
you for the pathetic person you really are.

Chucky will make that disclosure himself...by his actions and
obfuscation of the truth.


PS. I am still waiting to see the *attack post* you accused me of
writing
about you. I am also still waiting for a real apology from you for your
lies about me.

Chucky just doesn't possess the class needed to offer that overdue
apology.

--
Skipper

While away over the past week I was able to stumble upon a new piece of
software used by national and international police and security
organizations including the FBI, CIA, Interpol and KGB. The software is
able to show a physical image of a person once a variety of personality
traits and other characteristics/known facts are entered about the person in
question.



I played with the software to see if it really works.


Here are my results:





Traits: Brutal, rape room, inhuman, dictator, murderer, cold blooded,
torture chamber, Anti-Christ



Result: http://tinyurl.com/7chfb





Traits: Charming, beautiful, stunning, extraordinary talent, film star,
royalty.



Results: http://tinyurl.com/bffps



http://tinyurl.com/bgrua





Traits: Liar, unethical, egotistical, ultra liberal, coward



Result: http://tinyurl.com/b9z6z






The software really is amazingly accurate!

What a shame you're back. The overall tone of the group was quite nice
while you were gone, except for all of the Smithers clones. Even Fritz
shut his ignorant mouth. (I think that's because he missed giving you
your daily nose job, though)

Did you forget about *your* posts and those of Harrry?

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

And kevin wonders why he is the "King of the NG idiots" ????

"PocoLoco" wrote in message
...
On 11 Oct 2005 09:33:07 -0700, wrote:


*JimH* wrote:
"Skipper" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:

GFYS. Psuedo. (Stands for: Go fantasize you're Skipper, of course).

I have caught up on what you have written since I have left over a
week ago. I see you still perpetuate the lies about me, including
the fact that continue to claim that you apologized to me for your
whopper of a lie about me.

As with most used car salesman types, it would appear Chucky is
clueless
regarding the differences or dividing line between truth and lies.
You
are dealing with a pretty low class individual.

But how fun it is to see you twist and turn like this Chuckles. It
seems that Old Skipper has struck a raw nerve and is about to
uncover
you for the pathetic person you really are.

Chucky will make that disclosure himself...by his actions and
obfuscation of the truth.


PS. I am still waiting to see the *attack post* you accused me of
writing
about you. I am also still waiting for a real apology from you for
your
lies about me.

Chucky just doesn't possess the class needed to offer that overdue
apology.

--
Skipper

While away over the past week I was able to stumble upon a new piece of
software used by national and international police and security
organizations including the FBI, CIA, Interpol and KGB. The software
is
able to show a physical image of a person once a variety of personality
traits and other characteristics/known facts are entered about the
person in
question.



I played with the software to see if it really works.


Here are my results:





Traits: Brutal, rape room, inhuman, dictator, murderer, cold blooded,
torture chamber, Anti-Christ



Result: http://tinyurl.com/7chfb





Traits: Charming, beautiful, stunning, extraordinary talent, film
star,
royalty.



Results: http://tinyurl.com/bffps



http://tinyurl.com/bgrua





Traits: Liar, unethical, egotistical, ultra liberal, coward



Result: http://tinyurl.com/b9z6z






The software really is amazingly accurate!

What a shame you're back. The overall tone of the group was quite nice
while you were gone, except for all of the Smithers clones. Even Fritz
shut his ignorant mouth. (I think that's because he missed giving you
your daily nose job, though)

Did you forget about *your* posts and those of Harrry?

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's
just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:44:06 -0400, *JimH* wrote:


Old photo? It was the only one I could find of you.

http://www.boatsafloatshow.com/cgi-b...y_Sep_16,_1:00


Here's another one from about that same time period.

http://continuouswave.com/jimh/index.html

Nice site, by the way.

Chuck,
Many legitimate charities accept car and boat donations
http://www.donateacar.com/charities.html, why would someone want to use the
AIMS Charity to donate their boat verses the ones listed on this web site.

You seem like someone who likes to help the less fortunate, don't you try to
find the most efficient charity before contributing your time, talent or
money to the charity?

Did AIMS offer a higher value, and thus a higher tax write off than the
larger charities?


wrote in message
oups.com...

Starbucker wrote:
Chuck,

I have always considered any charity that spends less than 10% of it's
contributions on administration and fund raising, as an extremely
reputable
and efficient charity. My favorite charity spends 3% on admin and fund
raising.

The BBB uses 35% for admin and fund raising as their criteria for
evaluating
reputable charities. The AIMS is not listed on www.Give.org ,
http://www.charitywatch.org/, or http://www.charitynavigator.org/. This
is
normally a red flag.

What percent of AIM's contributions are used for admin and fund raising?
This info was not available on AIMS web site, which is another red flag
to
look at the charity closely before contributing.

I never made any representations as to the specific percentages spent
for programs. I refered those inquiries to our accounting office. Very
few of the donors even gave a rats patoot about the nature of the org's
programs, they were all primarily interested in dumping their boat for
a combinatin of a little cash and a tax writeoff. (IRS approved
"bargain sale")

Less was spent on programs than could have been, but I know of a couple
of similar programs where almost *nothing* was spent on programs.
Enough was spent to qualify as a 501C3.
I am sure the organization spent far more than some on administration
and fund raising
than some groups and far less than others. One of the accounting
problems you run into with a "boat donation" organization is the very
high and continuing cost of maintaining donated vessels and moorage,
etc. There are more costs than are involved with a group that simply
deposits checks into a bank account and then writes smaller checks in
return. I can tell you that the overhead for my services was in the 15%
bracket, (of the boats that I personally received on donation and
resold).

Another challenge is that the percentage would vary from time to time.
When I joined up with this group in Seattle, they were having a real
tough go of it. Very few people were donating boats, and just paying
the office rent and keeping the lights turned on probably used up
something in the high double digits of the money actually coming in.
During the time I was there the number of donations just happened to go
up significantly, (we received an average of one boat per week) and
programs expanded as a result.

The organization may not appear on your approved charities list for a
number or reasons. One of which is that it, and most boat donation
programs, are now out of business due to a change in the tax law. And,
it may never have been run efficiently enough to qualify in the first
place.
We were on some approved lists when I was there in the late 90's, but I
can't remember which lists those were.

Your post is a perfect example. If you had approached me in the late
90's as a prospective boat donor with the concerns you expressed here,
I would have told you; "We do a significant amount funding and
charitable work. Our accounting office can give you more specific
details. Most of our donors are more motivated by the tax benefits than
by the exact nature of the work the Institute does, and the tax
benefits do not change based upon the administrative overhead of any
specific agency or organization. If after checking with your attorney
or tax advisor you want to make a donation but you are not satisfied
with the results of your research into our programs and would prefer to
donate elsewhere, that would be your option. I'm happy to explain who
we are and how the program works- you need to decide if it's the right
thing for you to do, or not. You can always sell your boat directly and
give the cash to whatever group you like." ((Of course 90% of the
boats we received on donations were from sellers who had despaired of
the sales process and just wanted to be "rid" of the boat, so few
thought that continuing a private sales process and donating the cash
was a good idea.))

*JimH* wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
...


Not about Harry this time. First post I saw from JimH this morning
after his self-imposed exile, was what I took as a jab at Chuck.



Yep. And what did it have to do with you Don?



(I'm guessing that likeness on the Tinyurl is supposed to be Chuck)



If that is who you think it is based on the characteristics I listed then
that's your option.



Not quite like that. I'm getting to understand your 'MO'!



Good. We are getting to know each other better and better each day, and
that is a good thing.

How is your Mom doing Don? (an honest question). As others have said I
also applaud you for taking care of her.


She's doing fine, thanks. She hits 91 next month.

"Don White" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
...


Not about Harry this time. First post I saw from JimH this morning
after his self-imposed exile, was what I took as a jab at Chuck.



Yep. And what did it have to do with you Don?



(I'm guessing that likeness on the Tinyurl is supposed to be Chuck)



If that is who you think it is based on the characteristics I listed
then that's your option.



Not quite like that. I'm getting to understand your 'MO'!



Good. We are getting to know each other better and better each day, and
that is a good thing.

How is your Mom doing Don? (an honest question). As others have said I
also applaud you for taking care of her.


She's doing fine, thanks. She hits 91 next month.

My Mom passed away earlier this year. She suffered a stroke some 14 or so
years ago and went downhill from there, eventually ending up in a nursing
home for the past 8 or 9 years. Even being at a nursing home took quite a
toll on me and my sisters with weekly visitations and making sure she was
being cared for properly.

Glad to hear your Mom is doing well Don. 91 years young............very
impressive.

JimH,

I am sorry your mom had to suffer 8 yrs in a nursing home. I sometimes
wonder why as a society, we spend so much time money and effort to extend
someone's life with so little concern for their quality of life. I am not
making any judgment on you or your mom's situation, but I know when it is my
time to go, I have a living will limiting what anyone can do to extend my
life.

The ideal way to go is to go to sleep and not wake up.


" *JimH*" wrote in message
...

"Don White" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
...


Not about Harry this time. First post I saw from JimH this morning
after his self-imposed exile, was what I took as a jab at Chuck.



Yep. And what did it have to do with you Don?



(I'm guessing that likeness on the Tinyurl is supposed to be Chuck)



If that is who you think it is based on the characteristics I listed
then that's your option.



Not quite like that. I'm getting to understand your 'MO'!



Good. We are getting to know each other better and better each day, and
that is a good thing.

How is your Mom doing Don? (an honest question). As others have said
I also applaud you for taking care of her.


She's doing fine, thanks. She hits 91 next month.

My Mom passed away earlier this year. She suffered a stroke some 14 or so
years ago and went downhill from there, eventually ending up in a nursing
home for the past 8 or 9 years. Even being at a nursing home took quite a
toll on me and my sisters with weekly visitations and making sure she was
being cared for properly.

Glad to hear your Mom is doing well Don. 91 years young............very
impressive.

Often it is not a matter of extending life, but simply providing the best
quality of life left.........my grandfather had a stroke that left him still
aware, but unable to care for himself for 8 years......had it not been for
availible family members to care for gim, he would have had to been placed
in a nursing home.

What I really do not understand are the 50 something people that place their
parents in nursing homes only because they do not want to be
inconvienced......that then visit them at best, once a month.

"Starbucker" wrote in message
...
JimH,

I am sorry your mom had to suffer 8 yrs in a nursing home. I sometimes
wonder why as a society, we spend so much time money and effort to extend
someone's life with so little concern for their quality of life. I am not
making any judgment on you or your mom's situation, but I know when it is
my
time to go, I have a living will limiting what anyone can do to extend my
life.

The ideal way to go is to go to sleep and not wake up.


" *JimH*" wrote in message
...

"Don White" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
...


Not about Harry this time. First post I saw from JimH this morning
after his self-imposed exile, was what I took as a jab at Chuck.



Yep. And what did it have to do with you Don?



(I'm guessing that likeness on the Tinyurl is supposed to be Chuck)



If that is who you think it is based on the characteristics I listed
then that's your option.



Not quite like that. I'm getting to understand your 'MO'!



Good. We are getting to know each other better and better each day,
and
that is a good thing.

How is your Mom doing Don? (an honest question). As others have
said
I also applaud you for taking care of her.


She's doing fine, thanks. She hits 91 next month.

My Mom passed away earlier this year. She suffered a stroke some 14 or
so
years ago and went downhill from there, eventually ending up in a
nursing
home for the past 8 or 9 years. Even being at a nursing home took quite
a
toll on me and my sisters with weekly visitations and making sure she
was
being cared for properly.

Glad to hear your Mom is doing well Don. 91 years
young............very
impressive.