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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bar tips for the night go towards Chemmy 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Am I being a bit blonde here? I clicked the link and tried to send £20 Nationwide to Nationwide. It says it's registered my intention to dontate and is awaiting confirmation, can't confirm anywhere on screen so took bank details and tried to set up payment direct from my account. It won't let me do it as I don't know the account type. Am I missing something? 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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admin,
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we can't 'draw' a bank transfer from your account or else I would be very very wealthy and all other snowHeads would have nothing much at all any more.
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 There's a balloon saying 'I wish' hovering over that post!
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Yeah worked the first bit out, so wanted to transfer but wasn't accepting flexaccount. Sussed it now, just needed to put the sort code in front of the account. Unfortunately, I'm not in the UK and it wants my security calculator thing that's lying at home so I can't make the transfer till Friday earliest. Sorry, but it is on it's way.
Also, how/who can I get in touch with to find out what exactly Chemmy needs ie. just cash and/or accomodation in Garmisch Partenkirchen for the finals? My brother's lived and worked there for the last 8 years and whilst he can't promise anything, he can ask around if he knows what he's asking for.
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Paid
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Paid up!
I don't know the rules but is there anyway to get our donations treated as Gift Aid? That way Gordon Brown will have to add a bit to the total which would be no bad thing!
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£20 paypal here too.
Well done snowheads
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£20 from a noob - got the email, thought I'd support a good cause, and would rather see money going straight to an athlete than to the administrative overhead of a governing body.
How about auctioning a day's skiing with Chemmy (obviously with her agreement!), or a days' training with her & coach etc.? I suspect that would cover the costs of a van for the season.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Done
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You know it makes sense.
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I'd like to offer some product sponsorship to the team.
It's a massage product I have distributed for a number of years & was seen in use by a number of skiers in the warm up hut in the olympics.
It won't replace a physio but its better than no physio & will support work done by a physio.
If someone would like to contact me about how to get this to Chemmy and the team.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I'm against giving money to what is effectively a business. No problem with an interest free loan though. We are talking about someone who is likely to take over from Sue Barker at the BBC and earn millions, after all.
So I'm in, but not to the point of giving money unconditionally. |
maybe so, and I am sure she will do a good job later on TV. but in the meantime we can at least provide her with the opportunity to compete against others without having to worry about funding and support. nothing worse after all than turning up the underdog because of lack of support and not ability!
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Poster: A snowHead
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hello, I'm being a bit thick and can't see the alternative payment options to Paypal. I'm all in euros so if I transfer anything to the UK it'll all get swallowed up be charges - can I have an address to send shiny new euro notes to? Not worth changing them to sterling, I'm sure she'll need euros on her travels.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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£20 sent from me. I thoroughly enjoy watching the winter olympics, particularly the downhill and the skier cross so it seems like a fair price for continued entertainment!
Best of luck to Chemmy for the remainder of the season.
Oh, and i've posted a link to this thread on another site i frequent where there are quite a few keen skiers.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Wed 3-03-10 10:45; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'd like to offer some product sponsorship to the team.
It's a massage product I have distributed for a number of years & was seen in use by a number of skiers in the warm up hut in the olympics.
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I would like to offer my services absolutely free to apply this product at the next world cup event.
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davidof,
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£20 sent by me via paypal.
I'm actually really happy to be doing this, will be watching the rest of the season with a nice feeling that we helped make it happen.
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I'm actually really happy to be doing this, will be watching the rest of the season with a nice feeling that we helped make it happen.
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Wouldn't it be great, if, highly motivated by the huge public response, Chemmy goes on to win!
They could make a film about it called: Snowheads. That Notting Hill chappie could write the screen play.
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| davidof wrote: |
| They could make a film about it called: Snowheads. That Notting Hill chappie could write the screen play. |
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No thermometer... but I just had a quick check and we have already had £2,600 donated or on its way
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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We appear to have just passed the £1500 mark.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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TallTone, you're really including the £1000 donation from someone down a crevasse?
I don't think that one was entirely serious 
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You know it makes sense.
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| PJSki wrote: |
I'm against giving money to what is effectively a business. No problem with an interest free loan though. We are talking about someone who is likely to take over from Sue Barker at the BBC and earn millions, after all.
So I'm in, but not to the point of giving money unconditionally. |
maybe so, and I am sure she will do a good job later on TV. but in the meantime we can at least provide her with the opportunity to compete against others without having to worry about funding and support. nothing worse after all than turning up the underdog because of lack of support and not ability! |
Hmm. This has intrigued me. Gutsy, attractive and likeable young woman from well-heeled family gets in more skiing than most of will ever have - and does remarkably well competitively. Needs even more cash to keep going. many snowheads want to give her the dosh. Just a little puzzled why this is the cause of the season. I have no problem with it, of course - it's up to them who they give the money to.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Just a little puzzled why this is the cause of the season. |
I think you explained it yourself
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| Gutsy, attractive and likeable young woman ... Needs even more cash to keep going |
A number of users of the forum want to see her keep on going until the end of the season, recognising that there's a right horlicks at the sport's UK governing body at the moment. The result is that
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| many snowheads want to give her the dosh. |
A small amount of money from a relatively large number of individuals should add up to enough to keep Chemmy and other members of the GB team competing at the main events through until the end of the season. To me it seems like an fairly obvious thing to happen. My only puzzlement is why it hasn't happened already (entirely voluntarily, of course), perhaps to support one of the up and coming racers who have great difficulty in attracting personal sponsorship.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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£20 paid by me.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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My £20 is on its way.
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Another link posted to all my Facebook mates and skiing friends
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20 sent.
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My £20 contribution sent
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I'm currently looking for a job this summer - how do you get involved in sorting out this royal cock up of funding for athletes?
I run my own successful ski business in the winter so pretty switched on with getting money flowing, just want something to keep me occupied from April until October. There are so many sources of income that could be tapped it's unreal!
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OK I'm in for £20. worth it just to watch her ski. 
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That's me in. Don't normally bother with charidee, but might change my mind if all the starving orphans had a big smile, a sense of humour and were half decent at skiing.
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as for me well i would be far to distracted to be able to stay on my skis 
