I finally got around to looking at the donations from the group. You guys are awesome. I would thank you all by name, but I doubt that you would want your real names to be exposed, given the crazy world we live in. Just imagine me tipping my hat, although I have never worn one.
Am I the only guy in the world who has never worn a hat or a watch? I’ve never even worn a cap to play baseball or golf, except one time when a softball ump told me I had to put one on or we would forfeit. (Who knew there was a rule for that?)
Recap:
* From the PayPal donations, there is enough to cover the cost of the Other Crap hosting for two years, so now I wouldn’t quit even if I wanted to! (Which I don’t, because I love the Other Crap portion of my day.)
* From the additional subscriptions on the pay site, well, there were some, but I’m still taking a bath on hosting that server. My bad, really. I went years without actively promoting the subscription area, and rarely even mentioned it, so I shouldn’t be surprised that the number of members slowly eroded. But many thanks to those of you that signed up or re-signed recently, even when you didn’t need the content! That was kind, and … well, just “thanks.”
As I mentioned earlier, I don’t want to push this obnoxiously. I don’t expect to make a profit on the sites. I just don’t want the cost of my little hobby to get out of control. I would love to break even! No donation is too small and, needless to say, no donation is too large.
Wait! Those last five words are wrong.
If you donate a billion dollars or more, that actually would be too large. That would be counter productive, because I’d probably buy my own island, build a private golf course, hire a staff, erect a giant golden statue of myself, and become so big for my britches that I would forget about the site and abandon you guys. So do NOT give me a billion dollars. Restricting your maximum donation to a few million would keep me grounded.
I’m kidding out of embarrassment because I hate internet begging, and now I’m doing it.
That actually raises an interesting side-track. The truth is that if I suddenly came into a billion dollars, I wouldn’t know what to do with it. Would you? I would be totally incompetent as a rich person because I don’t really want anything more, except for my kids and grandkids. I don’t have any interest in yachts or private planes or mansions or penthouses or golf courses. I don’t want to own a sports team or name anything after myself. I’m not interested in booze, drugs, gambling or escorts. I don’t even want to travel any more because I’ve already been everywhere I want to go. I’d just give some to family members, donate to some causes that I would feel comfortable supporting, and keep doing my same daily routine, thus proving, as my wives and girlfriends have always said, that I am the world’s most boring person.
Anyway …
Uncle Scoopy’s Fun House is still active and updated daily. It includes more than a million images and tens of thousands of videos, dating back about 30 years. At this point, between all of my costs for hosting all of my sites, I still lose money, so subscriptions are still very welcome. There’s a lot of material there!
If you aren’t interested in the Fun House, but enjoy reading Other Crap daily, and would like to help get me to a break-even position overall, please consider a donation. Anything helps. I don’t want Other Crap to be weighed down with ads and pop-ups. It is best when it is simple: just celebrity nudity, jokes, and sports. (And this message once in a while.)
In the immortal words of a great man, “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”