# Heres my 0.2c Lute Skywatcher **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 15, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018 "2012-05-15T20:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/1 "2012-05-15T20:37:49Z")
> **[$30 from 100 Dopers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651754)** > > TPTB have granted permission for this thread. We are not looking forward to a summer with no AC and the possibility of no heat come winter. One of my brothers had been keeping our 45+ year old furnace going for the past couple of years but... I’m not really one for online communities, so generally I just stay away from those threads where people are requesting help in an emergency, or hugs after a disaster, etc etc. Life can be tough, and if people want to help others then more power to them. But seriously **Lute Skywatcher** , what the fuck? When I saw your thread title I assumed you were about to lose your house, or needed a life saving operation or something. You know, something important. Nope. Instead you want money to fix the fucking air conditioning. And then you indicated that your newborn baby was suffering in the heat. After all, the dope is full of cutesy baby names,\*\* Lucky bunny\*\* fits right in. Wait a second! Hold the phone, thats not a baby, you are actually talking about an actual fucking rabbit! You are begging for money because your fucking rabbit is too hot!!! Oh it gets better. I particularly liked this bit: > [@](#): > > I could have been working overtime for the past three months and racked up plenty to cover the entire cost on our own but Bro couldn’t be bothered to listen to his voicemail and see what’s wrong with our furnace I’m no rocket surgeon, but, heres a funky idea. How about working some overtime for the _next_ three months, see if that covers it? If you recently lost your job then ok, that doesn’t apply, but for fucks sake if you are still working surely starting to save now comes before begging on the internet? Besides which, why is this your brothers fault? Do you need him to fold your loo roll too, why couldn’t you look at your own fucking furnace? As I say, generally its no odds to me who people donate their money to, but for some reason this really chapped my ballsack. I would like to think that if somebody had to go to the point of asking strangers online for money that it would be because they had reached their last resort, that their reason for asking was so important that they had no other option. Then, when you do see a request thread you know that this is a genuine cry for help, there is no suspicion involved, you help somebody in need. Creating a thread like this runs contrary to that. **Skywatcher** isn’t in dire need, he is just worried about his; > [@](#): > > Along with the two of us are one rabbit, one cat, one hamster, and two birds, for which we’d perfer not finding the heat tolarance, either. **Skywatcher** isnt at the end of his tether, in fact he even has a back up just in case the dopers don’t pony up enough dough. > [@](#): > > We do have an absolute last resort that we really prefer not to touch. Haven’t laid a finger on it in 18 years and don’t want to start now. Sounds like some savings to me, and by all thats fucking holy, if you have savings **Lute Skywatcher** than damn sure you should not be on here looking for handouts. If there is information I am not aware of then fair enough, I will apologise, but as I see it this situation is a load of cock, and the mods should not have allowed it. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/2 "2012-05-15T20:39:19Z")
I misread the thread title as Luke Skywalker using impulse drives. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/3 "2012-05-15T20:50:15Z")
He’d probably just use the money to get breast implants anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@Hawkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkins)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/4 "2012-05-15T20:51:28Z")
Sound to me like **Skywalker** is an accomplished mooch. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/5 "2012-05-15T21:07:29Z")
I endorse this Pitting. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/6 "2012-05-15T21:09:25Z")
Yeah I’m shaking my head a bit too. I don’t mind the using the animals for reasons as I’m as likely to help for pets as an actual human baby, but having the money and just refusing to use it is where I put my credit card back in my purse. If something is dire enough to ask strangers on the internet to help you, it’s important enough to use your savings you’ve been adding to for 18 years. Aaaaand even though no one asked for it: In this economy if you are someone who thinks you MIGHT be in a position to ask for help from strangers AND overtime is offered, go ahead and work it. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/7 "2012-05-15T21:18:03Z")
What mod did he have to blow to get this OKd in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/8 "2012-05-15T21:18:40Z")
I too was troubled by that request. Perhaps the Dopers have been too kind in the past. I once offered help to someone who was posting about some troubles and she thanked me and assured me she could cope. Hmm. Maybe Lute could take a lesson… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/9 "2012-05-15T21:21:04Z")
**bucketybuck** : Do you hate puppies, too, or just bunny wabbits? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/10 "2012-05-15T21:22:01Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > If something is dire enough to ask strangers on the internet to help you, it’s important enough to use your savings you’ve been adding to for 18 years. This was the key for me. Retirement accounts or not I’d be spending my own cash before I ever asked for help from someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/11 "2012-05-15T21:23:59Z")
I think the overtime was what he could have racked up for months if he’d known the furnace was well and truly fucked. And I know how heat-sensitive domestic rabbits can be - mine suffered during the long power outages we had a few times over the last couple years in Chicago, to the point where I put them in my AC’d car for a bit. He rescued a tiny, abandoned foundling, so I’ll help out some, sure. **Lute** , if you have access to big (commercial) blocks of ice, try using them in combination with a fan for convective cooling. Try 20-oz plastic soda/water bottles, filled with water and frozen, then stuffed in a tube sock, as something Lucky can lie near. Freeze a bunch and rotate through them. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/12 "2012-05-15T21:28:39Z")
I’m just thinking about all the bunnies, cats and hamsters that must have died before we had air conditioning. Poor things. ---
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/13 "2012-05-15T21:31:46Z")
Can I beg for money for my poor dogs eye surgery? I have enough to cover it but I aint paying for it out of my pocket. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/14 "2012-05-15T21:34:04Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I think the overtime was what he could have racked up for months if he’d known the furnace was well and truly fucked. The furnace is 45 fucking years old. I would have been planning on it kicking the bucket for the last 35 years, not the last 3 months. I wonder how the bro feels about getting thrown under the bus for not being some furnace expert on 24 hour call. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/15 "2012-05-15T21:38:40Z")
Oh man, I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thought “WTF?” at that thread. I figured I was just being schizoid again. Yeah, sweating sucks, but don’t window air conditioners cost about $50 these days? **Lute Skywatcher** probably has that much in change in his couch. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/16 "2012-05-15T21:40:14Z")
The OP is a great value for 2/10 of a cent. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/17 "2012-05-15T21:41:39Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > The furnace is 45 fucking years old. I would have been planning on it kicking the bucket for the last 35 years, not the last 3 months. I wonder how the bro feels about getting thrown under the bus for not being some furnace expert on 24 hour call. Mine is 56 years old and works like a charm. Mine’s a boiler though, I don’t know if that makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/18 "2012-05-15T21:47:45Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Oh man, I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thought “WTF?” at that thread. I figured I was just being schizoid again. > > Yeah, sweating sucks, but don’t window air conditioners cost about $50 these days? **Lute Skywatcher** probably has that much in change in his couch. I have a portable fan blowing on me right now. I bought it at Wal-Mart a few years ago for $12. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/19 "2012-05-15T21:48:17Z")
I’ve suddenly realized that I should be very angry at my brother. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018/20 "2012-05-15T21:49:58Z")
> [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](#): > > I have a portable fan blowing on me right now. I bought it at Wal-Mart a few years ago for $12. But do you have a bunny? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018.md?page=2)