Please Help My Friend

Aliantha · 01-18-2012, 05:19 AM

My friend has entered a competition to have an aussie cricketer come to her house on Australia day. While it may not seem like a big deal to most of you, it would be huge for her and her family. She's the mother of 4 kids, two of which are still not at school, and one who is special needs. If you can possibly help, all you need to do is open the following link and click vote. You can also share the link on your FB page if you have one.

http://thisismybackyard.com.au/galle...ce5039e4293e8c

Thanks so much for taking the time out to do this. I really hope she wins this prize. During the devastating floods last year, she dropped everything to work in her community helping others less fortunate. She turned her house into a second hand depot, taking in donations and helping to sort and distribute. She also baked like there was no tomorrow cooking for those who couldn't.

I don't know a single other person who deserves a little treat more than this woman.

DanaC · 01-18-2012, 05:24 AM

Done

it · 01-18-2012, 05:25 AM

voted. tell her random guy from the internet said good luck.

Griff · 01-18-2012, 05:27 AM

whs

ZenGum · 01-18-2012, 05:27 AM

Done.

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Entries close midnight 20th January 2012.

That'll be Australia time (one of them, in summer we have five), roughly 6am on the 19th USA time.

Aliantha · 01-18-2012, 05:35 AM

Thanks guys.

It will be so totally awesome if she wins this comp. She's only about 300 votes behind the winner, so maybe she might pip him at the post if she's lucky.

Dazza says that now the competition has been 'Cellarized', it'll go to a million. He has more faith in you guys than I do I think. lol

Aliantha · 01-18-2012, 05:36 AM

trac and griff, she says thanks and lots of other very grateful stuff. She's very excited now.

monster · 01-18-2012, 06:07 AM

well it's gone up by several dozen while I've been watching, so I reckon you'll do it. Yes, I voted. Won't seem to let me vote more than once though

DanaC · 01-18-2012, 06:09 AM

Yeah...funny...I noticed that. But I wonder...

DanaC · 01-18-2012, 06:12 AM

Ha. Clear browser history :p

xoxoxoBruce · 01-18-2012, 06:19 AM

Vote fo Chainsaw Jones.

DanaC · 01-18-2012, 06:25 AM

She's 64 ahead. Come on people.

Aliantha · 01-18-2012, 06:35 AM

It seems to have gone a bit viral since the kids started on Facebook. Lol. Now she's worried about getting disqualified. I don't think that's possible though. She hasn't done anything wrong.

DanaC · 01-18-2012, 06:38 AM

Well. They'd have to go looking at ip numbers. And my guess is every single high scoring garden on there has people making multiple votes. None of which is the responsibility of the contestant. It's the worldwideweb. If their systems can't secure single vote only, that's their problem.

As long as the contestants haven't been doing it.

Likewise, there is no rule there saying that you have to be a local to vote. It's a webpage, and the contestants have every right to tell people about it.

(I've noticed it going up in little chunks. There's a 500 vote cushion now ;p)

Aliantha · 01-18-2012, 06:42 AM

It's the teenagers. Aden told all his online friends and told them to tell theirs etc. Before you know it, there's hundreds of people voting. Isn't that what fb is all about. Social networking?

01-18-2012, 05:19 AM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Please Help My Friend My friend has entered a competition to have an aussie cricketer come to her house on Australia day. While it may not seem like a big deal to most of you, it would be huge for her and her family. She's the mother of 4 kids, two of which are still not at school, and one who is special needs. If you can possibly help, all you need to do is open the following link and click vote. You can also share the link on your FB page if you have one. http://thisismybackyard.com.au/galle...ce5039e4293e8c Thanks so much for taking the time out to do this. I really hope she wins this prize. During the devastating floods last year, she dropped everything to work in her community helping others less fortunate. She turned her house into a second hand depot, taking in donations and helping to sort and distribute. She also baked like there was no tomorrow cooking for those who couldn't. I don't know a single other person who deserves a little treat more than this woman. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-18-2012, 05:27 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	whs __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-18-2012, 05:35 AM	#6
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Thanks guys. It will be so totally awesome if she wins this comp. She's only about 300 votes behind the winner, so maybe she might pip him at the post if she's lucky. Dazza says that now the competition has been 'Cellarized', it'll go to a million. He has more faith in you guys than I do I think. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-18-2012, 05:36 AM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	trac and griff, she says thanks and lots of other very grateful stuff. She's very excited now. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-18-2012, 06:07 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	well it's gone up by several dozen while I've been watching, so I reckon you'll do it. Yes, I voted. Won't seem to let me vote more than once though __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-18-2012, 05:25 AM	#3
it Banned Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 772	voted. tell her random guy from the internet said good luck.

01-18-2012, 06:19 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Vote fo Chainsaw Jones. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-18-2012, 06:35 AM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It seems to have gone a bit viral since the kids started on Facebook. Lol. Now she's worried about getting disqualified. I don't think that's possible though. She hasn't done anything wrong. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-18-2012, 06:42 AM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It's the teenagers. Aden told all his online friends and told them to tell theirs etc. Before you know it, there's hundreds of people voting. Isn't that what fb is all about. Social networking? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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