Ferris Wheels wrote:I think this could be an excellent way to do an upcoming Mule team. We all know that the Maxamet mule team is going to be hotter then any mule team before it so why not solve the problem with flippers and do some good at the same time.
I don't think you will ever solve the problem of flippers. Higher initial costs for everyone will just raise the price of the mules on the secondary market that much more and also reduce the number of people actually purchasing in the first place - which would be a sad thing.
You may also alienate those who don't want to feel pressured into any charitable donation attached to a knife purchase that doubles the price of that purchase. It is good to raise awareness of those less fortunate than yourself to which a knife purchase would seem a frivolous thing as they are too busy trying to survive let alone thinking of getting their next shiny new object in their lives. A lot of the big charities also have large overheads and although they do good work there is a balance between money spent marketing their worthy cause and paying the people to promote them and then actually getting funds to the people in need.
Since I have been a sort of clueless bystander in the original thread that has led to this worthy "gentleman's bet" as well as RescueSeven's very worthy efforts in beginning this thread - which coincidentally occurred at the exact time that I was responding to the bombshell thread then in the positive spirit of things I will also pledge to contribute to a cause in my own backyard.
I rarely give to organized charities but I will occasionally pass on a few dollars to the local homeless in my area. So to that end I pledge a $20 assistance paid out within the next week to the next few homeless people that ask for assistance. I may split it up as a small $5 contribution to 4 people or perhaps the full $20 to the first person I see who looks like they need help.......whatever my gut instinct tells me to do.
I don't receive or need a tax receipt and usually no one will ever know about such a contribution but sometimes noticing those less fortunate around you and buying a lunch for someone who is hungry can make you appreciate the blessings in your own life that allow you to go out and satisfy the "wants" in your lives (like your 20th Spyderco) since your own "needs" have already been met (the rent/mortgage is paid, there is food in your fridge and in your dog's bowl).
Just my 5 cents worth.
BTW Rescueseven.....nice thread, how are those wings feeling?
