From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V4 #275 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Thursday, November 11 2004 Volume 04 : Number 275 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [chakram-refugees] KINDA OT: Xena DVD help ["mirrordrum" Subject: [chakram-refugees] KINDA OT: Xena DVD help hey y'all. i have an odd sort of request. i'm on a group called books for soldiers. i'm quite opposed to the war and i'm also trying to support the troops through this group that sends letters, books, food and assorted items including dvds. we get interesting requests all the way from pleas for items for villages, and especially children, in afghanistan and iraq to requests for classics, foreign films, food, GED materials and until they were banned from the list, requests for things like dvd players and other expensive items *sigh*. today i came across a request from a guy who's a xena fan!!! he has season 1 and is hoping we can send him later seasons. i thought maybe some kind and sympathetic xenite might be willing to help me send this guy the second season. i'll probably buy it from amazon.com used sellers as that looks like the cheapest (yes i've looked at best buy). if anybody could help me with any amount through pay pal that would be cool. if anybody is interested in helping out directly, the site is www.booksforsoldiers.com. his specific request is http://booksforsoldiers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13373. you have to join to do anything, i believe, but if you wanted to send stuff just for the people of afghanistan or iraq, i can help you search for those threads. i just thought i'd ask. i don't want to start a flame war about whether one should be sending aid and comfort to US troops so i hope if you have thoughts about that you'll e-mail me personally. goodness knows i struggle with it sometimes and particularly now but find it thus far a very, very good thing to be doing. i'd like to think someone would have done it for my dad. thanks, md ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V4 #275 **************************************