Xref: utzoo comp.cog-eng:544 comp.databases:1068 comp.dcom.lans:1435 comp.dcom.modems:1936 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!strath-cs!imcc From: imcc@cs.strath.ac.uk (Ian McCord) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.databases,comp.dcom.lans,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: HELP ME!!AA Message-ID: <1093@stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk> Date: 3 Jun 88 16:26:06 GMT References: <5807@cup.portal.com> Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Scotland. Lines: 22 From article <5807@cup.portal.com>, by JJ@cup.portal.com: > Poor College Student needs Your Help!! :-( > > Hi. I just finished my junior year in college, and now I'm > faced with a major problem. I can't afford to pay for my senior > year. I've tried everything. I can't get any more student loans, > I don't qualify for any more scholarships, and my parents are as > broke as am I. So as you can see, I've got a major problem. But > as far as I can see, there is only one solution, to go forward. > I've come along way, and there is no chance in hell that I'm going > to drop out now! I'm not a quiter, and I'm not going to give up. >etc etc etc I suppose working for a living is out. < no smiley > From later postings it seems that this is a hoax. The main thing it's got going for it is that its so wide spread group wise Maybee there should be a generic hoax warning group so that people don't have to find every instance of the above. I personally find it iritating that so mutch bandwidth is taken up by the initial posting . The replies are excussed on the grounds that ' JJ's ' intent was that all instances of his appeal could not be covered. My question is does it cost more to cross- post than to post to a single group.