*** Remembrance Day post count auction pledge thread***

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Glaucus

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A big thanks to the admins(Gilly) for giving me the go ahead to do a post count action, for Remembrance Day.

A good tribute and information on Remembrance day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/
What is Remembrance Day?

Remembrance Day is on 11 November. It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. At one time the day was known as Armistice Day and was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.

Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, which is usually the Sunday nearest to 11 November. Special services are held at war memorials and churches all over Britain. A national ceremony takes place at the cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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Why the poppy?
Scarlet poppies (popaver rhoeas) grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth throughout Western Europe. The destruction brought by the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century transformed bare land into fields of blood red poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as the First World War raged through Europe's heart.

The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the immeasurable sacrifice made by his comrades and quickly became a lasting memorial to those who died in the First World War and later conflicts.
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A fitting poem, to remember the dead by.
For The Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England’s foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
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the auction itself will run from Friday evening till a sensible time on Sunday the 11th. All money raised will be donated to the (http://www.britishlegion.org.uk)The Royal British Legion
The Royal British Legion provides financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served and are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants. Currently, nearly 10.5 million people are eligible for our support and we receive thousands of calls for help every year.

The Legion was founded in 1921 as a voice for the ex-Service community and over 450,000 members continue to ensure that this voice does not go unheard. Although the needs of ex-Service people have changed over the years, we are still there to safeguard their welfare, interests and memory. British service people are in action around the world every day of the year. They know that if they need our support - now or in the future - the Legion is always on active duty for them.
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I will be donating my 20k+ posts, If you would like to also donate your posts then please sign up here, stating how many posts you wish to donate. Hopefully we will have enough to split the posts into 3 prizes, to raise more money. (rank and MM access will remain un-affected by post donations)

Pledges
Tax Evader: 58000
Bigstan: 56333
xyphic: 35000
AcidHell2:20000
LoadsaMoney: 20000
Morba: 17733
james.miller: 14000
Tim: 12000
Tomsk: 10000
Von Smallhausen: 8324
SB118: 6109
Liverpool-Lad: 6000
2blue4: 5230
melbourne720: 5020
semi-pro waster: 5000
"andy": 5000
m3csl2004: 3755
Azza: 3300
Zefan: 3000
Spunj99:3000
joeyjojo: 2950
syke: 2500
IamMed: 2400
philio16: 2372
big_white_dog84: 2318
Droolinggimp: 2243
Shotgun_ned: 2050
SCM: 2000
jaykay: 2000
Aod: 2000
Kami: 1926
yhack: 1755
Anewbe4u: 1552
Akira: 1500
wordy: 1500
GarethDW: 1492
shine: 1490
PhillyDee: 1347
yantorsen: 1300
pitcl: 1300
georges: 1207
jidh007: 1200
Homer-Simpson: 1118
paddy: 1114
MookJong: 1111
div0: 1100
PikeyPriest: 1100
Wiggins, 1046
TheCrow: 1000
Megahurtz400:1000
aceface57: 1000
BEn_2600+: 1000
SK07: 970
Chabsy: 954
Squarehed: 795
Sniper123: 692
Ken: 634
nin9abadga: 628
deuse: 596
Bash: 575
Rossmac: 537
fozzy: 489
turboshed: 270
DevilsAdvocate: 249
Wimbo: 238
Jasebta: 119
Fire Wizard: 113
neil3k: 100
EVH: 11

Total So far: 353,156

To the Fallen
R.I.P

A sig if people require it.
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Droolinggimp said:
Sorry for being thick here. How does this actually work?
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Hopefully will get at least 35k posts (depends how many posts are donated)
the top winner would get 20k
2nd 10k
3rd 5K

The Winners can then either pay on the justgiving website, or Dilly has a special bank account set up for donations, that he's willing to lend us. Gilly will then pass the money on.
Once money is confirmed the mods will then update your post count.
 
[TW]Fox;10422138 said:
Surely the winner doesn't get any 'posts' but more a number altered to provide that illusion ;)
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if you want to be pedantic then yes your right :p

[TW]Fox;10422138 said:
How much did we make last time?
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It was over 100 didn't bigstan win it? 56k posts I think he got?
 
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DavidB said:
Just to add some input, would it be possible to create an auction for avatar's ?
Like a slight addition to your previous addition for donations, or maybe auction off completely original ones ?
Or would that be a nightmare.
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That would be upto Spie, but I think it's a no go.
 
JohnnyG said:
Just an idea mate but last time we did a post auction we allowed members to combine on a bid thereby increasing the chances of raising more money, they would obviously share any posts they won too:)
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Great idea, how did that work, just upto them to sort it out and then one of them post a offer with the names?
 
wow, guys thanks for all the pledges, I can't believe the response, I didn't think we would hit even 50k posts let alone over 300k..
 
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Cobra said:
Maybe it's best to use Justgiving. Then we can all see how much there is, and it may encourage more people to donate in addition to the winners.
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To much hassle to set it up, but if people already have an account tRBL do have a justgiving web page so they can donate that way if they wish.
 
Cobra said:
I'll set one up now for us if you want. I've done a few before. I really think it would encourage more people to donate.
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The problem is they charge a small fee and then who ever sets it up would have to send the cash on to the RBL. I don't think it's need but feel free to email Gilly (email in the faq)
 
Thanks everyone for donating. Donations are now closed.

Can a Mod lock this thread.
Auction thread will be going up in a few minutes, when I check my sums.
 
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