Make a Wish foundation rules!

[LiveCoug]

I seriously got choked up reading this story. Great job...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011740342_electronboy30m.html

[Moliere]

Cool story. Probably cost a lot of money, but it was well spent.

As Electron Boy's motorcade — the DeLorean, the 25 motorcycle officers and a white limo — rolled through downtown Bellevue, pedestrians stopped in their tracks and pulled out their cameras to take pictures. Clearly, somebody famous was in town. But who could it be?

I was once in Seattle on business with some colleagues and we ended up renting a limo. It was cheaper than two taxis. As we were riding down the freeway from SeaTac we realized that msot of the time when you see a limo, it's not full of celebrities. Instead, it will most likely be full of staff accountants or other uninteresting people.

[Pheidippides]

My brother had cancer when he was 16. Make-a-wish granted his wish. He asked for a guitar - all he wanted was a guitar.

So, of course, they rented out the nicest place they could find in the area and threw a party, gave him a Marshall stack, a Les Paul Gibson (sunburst finished) signed in gold pen by Slash of G'N'R (this was about the time Use Your Illusions I and II came out, IIRC), apologizing for the fact that he couldn't be there and then threw in a year of lessons. To a kid who had been through complete hell for the past two years, it was a great day - the first day I'd seen him happy in a long time.

He beat his cancer, but he still has that guitar. And any time Make-A-Wish comes knocking at my door, I will respond.

[Katy Lied]

Instead, it will most likely be full of staff accountants or other uninteresting people.

My managerial accounting professor used to say that at CPA/CMA parties, the accountants would all stand around and talk about how boring the actuaries were.

:::giggle:::

[Indy Coug]

My brother had cancer when he was 16. Make-a-wish granted his wish. He asked for a guitar - all he wanted was a guitar.

So, of course, they rented out the nicest place they could find in the area and threw a party, gave him a Marshall stack, a Les Paul Gibson (sunburst finished) signed in gold pen by Slash of G'N'R (this was about the time Use Your Illusions I and II came out, IIRC), apologizing for the fact that he couldn't be there and then threw in a year of lessons. To a kid who had been through complete hell for the past two years, it was a great day - the first day I'd seen him happy in a long time.

He beat his cancer, but he still has that guitar. And any time Make-A-Wish comes knocking at my door, I will respond.

Did he get to have any of those guitar lessons?

[Indy Coug]

My managerial accounting professor used to say that at CPA/CMA parties, the accountants would all stand around and talk about how boring the actuaries were.

:::giggle:::

Yeah, yeah....

Actuaries are like accountants: except without the personality.

[MarkGrace]

My managerial accounting professor used to say that at CPA/CMA parties, the accountants would all stand around and talk about how boring the actuaries were.

:::giggle:::

Or there's always the "you become a tax attorney because you don't have the personality to be an accountant" gem.

[Moliere]

Or there's always the "you become a tax attorney because you don't have the personality to be an accountant" gem.

I know a tax attorney. He has no sense of humor at all, and I mean at all as in none. I have to be careful with my sarcasm around him.

[Pheidippides]

Did he get to have any of those guitar lessons?

Yes, he did. That was over 15 years ago. I am going on vacation with him and his family in a month.

One thing that surprised all of us was that MAW is not only for terminally ill children. The most touching stories come from them, I think, but they are open (or at least they were open) to children with any sort of major, life-threatening disease.

[Babs]

Yes, he did. That was over 15 years ago.

Your phrasing made it look like Slash was offering the lessons.

[Pheidippides]

Your phrasing made it look like Slash was offering the lessons.

Lol, no, Slash never actually appeared or did anything more than sign the guitar.