I think it's great you are doing this.

but I am not sure if people would be comfortable sending checks.

I don't know how to set up paypal or anything like that (or if it would be needed)

does anybody know if there is a way to chose an item - say through amazon or something like that, and then let multiple people pay for it?

She knows how and can talk you through it. She deals a lot with PayPal via Wishadoo.

As to a dedication:
"Jim had friends throughout the country and the world through his gentle humor on Dem Under"
Something like that.

There's some way to set up a fund, but I don't know how it's done.

Big flat screen TVs are actually not so pricy these days, Best Buy has 40" HDTV units at $300.

DUer OneGrassRoot might know how to set up a shared funding deal.

I haven't seen her in a long time.

I am not positive if Best Buy still has a Tucson store but I am sure there is something or we could order on line. I should probably ask my kids about what they have and where they got them LOL.

We'll see if she has any suggestions.

See also Amazon with free delivery.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-UN32EH5000-32-Inch-1080p-Black/dp/B0071O4ETQ/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1395979148&sr=8-10&keywords=hdtv

I will also contact you via PM with thoughts/ideas on writing a Dedication.

be a big part of the DU. I can feel his presence.

I will be happy to donate some funds to buy a TV for those nurses.

I know he would approve...

watch YOUR snail mail in the next few days...

I can't imagine!

I'll be watching...

They may have some good ideas.

That's what I did, now I'm going to donate some money!

If you're willing to use your own PayPal account, that's free.

Or, create a new PayPal account if (like me) your current one is associated with your personal email account.

Or, use a site like GoFundMe, but they take a chunk.

The chunk taken might be worth the piece of mind.

I forgot the password, of course, so went through the proceedure to reset that and got to the new log-in page and it decided it wanted my answers to security questions. Well, hell that was YEARS ago and I never use the account so I tried a couple of answers, but there were so many possibilities it finally asked if I wanted to open a new account and so I started that but it kept going in circles to saying I already had an account.

I e-mailed the help address but who knows what will happen. GoFundMe looks easy but they want almost 10% - that seems kind of a lot to me, but then I am a cheapskate so I guess we could do it. I hate to bother OGR, I know how hard dealing with so much real need is and honestly even this is kind of making me feel weird and it is for a pretty good cause.

I guess I will see if I hear back from paypal, then go from there.

I'm sure she won't mind this:

In our exchanges, OGR wrote:

"And about the importance of a need...I have never, ever, ever intended Wishadoo! to be all about dire, critical needs. I want the whole spectrum involved, including uplifting wishes and dreams, to balance the suffering all around, if that makes sense. And honoring those who have passed is wonderful. So this is completely appropriate and in alignment with Wishadoo."

So don't feel bad. The problem is that using my PayPal would reveal my regular real life email address to anyone donating, same for you.

Perhaps one of us should create a new PayPal with a new throwaway email address?

I will make a new yahoo mail just for this. (try anyway LOL)

I hope it's not taken.

I'm trying to save for a car, but I can pitch in. Just post the details when you know how/where I can send money.

I want to call this the MFM Tag-Team Bed-Bath Memorial Thank You Television and make some kind of funny letter/certificate with his picture and some words explaining it all.

...let me think on that a bit.

I have the car taken care of, so I'll be able to pitch in a bit this weekend.

I'm going to send you my email address. If you have a few good pics of him, please send them. Also, any ideas on what you think it should say.

I'm thinking...

I still get tears in my eyes thinking about him. I wish I could have made the trip down to meet him in person.

that's a nice idea!

get a plaque and attach it to the tv

I like rurallib's dedication:

"Jim had friends throughout the country and the world through his gentle humor on Dem Under"

variation?----"Jim was loved by friends across the country and throughout the world for his embracing kindness and hilarious humor on the popular website, "Democratic Underground"."

I think I have this thing set up. If you want to try sending through paypal (no account needed) click HERE.

If you do not have an account or don't want to use it you can go to the link at the lower left of the page with the little credit card logos that says "continue."

I think they keep a fee but it isn't as much as the other funding site, maybe a couple %.

I'll check it out.

thanks kali

we are rolling!

Thanks for doing this and letting us participate!

this is a good project for his memory from DU

such good memories.

That MFM's Journal will never (as in ever) be taken down.

If there was more of this sweet spirit around I'd hang out more. Thank you, Kali. MFM will be smiling down on that nurses' lounge. Miss him like crazy.

went looking for my paltry total of pix the other day, one of those oh shoulda done more excercises.

thanks for checking in and thanks for contributing, it makes it special that this really is going to be from the Lounge.

sorry I missed a day, late on the thank yous

I rarely posted but followed MFM's story and was a fan of his

I know MFM is somewhere above us, sailing around in his glass-bottomed boat...

so that is why it has been so windy

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thank you too!

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this is going to work fine, the Lounge is so cool

I think we are good to go now. Thank you all so much. An anonymous DUer has offered to look for a good deal from their work, and Wait Wut is maybe working on a "document" to present to the UMC 4th floor staff.

Does anybody else have any recommendations for brand or accessories? (I don't know what you need these days, there is wifi at the hospital - do TVs regularly connect now?) should we get a DVD player to go with it? I know those are pretty cheap and I think we can cover one - do breaks last that long?

I know some of the shows and movies he liked, and searching from his replies to those kinds of topics here in the Lounge brings up lots of possibilities...any of you in Nursing or similar work at hospitals have any suggestions?

I hope it is more relaxing in a break room than the vast majority of places I have endured televisions like in waiting rooms - ugh. Fox or other cable news all the time.

I would like to get this done and at least ordered by the middle of the week so I can let them know it is coming. I assume they have to have maintenance install, but I will check and see if maybe I need to hire somebody. That might make a difference for where to purchase too, I suppose. Ok that will be my Monday morning phone call.

What else?