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Topic: Eric Clapton's Guitars 4 Sale |
CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 29 May 2004 3:21 pm |
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Picture a guy in a coffe shop.
"I own the guitar that EC used to record, I shot the sherrif."
Waitress. "You sitll owe me a buck for the coffee." |
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 29 May 2004 6:58 pm
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The benefit is for the Crossroads Center which looks like a deluxe Carribean spa for very wealthy people. $15,000 (plus a cash deposit for medical emergencies) to get into there basic 12 step program with no insurance accepted.
Unless there is something I'm not finding on the site it looks pretty pompous to me.
www.crossroadsantigua.org/website/index.html
Bob[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 29 May 2004 at 08:01 PM.] |
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Joey Ace
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 29 May 2004 7:15 pm
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Very interesting, Bob.
When I saw EC is selling guitars to benifit a drug rehab center, this is not what I imagined.
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Jon Light (deceased)
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 30 May 2004 3:28 am
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My very question, Bob, ever since I heard about the cause during the last auction. Gee whiz--you mean I can help pay for a junkie rock star's rehab? Where do I send the check?!
Unless, as you say, there's something I'm missing. |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 30 May 2004 6:23 am
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It sounds like we're gonna boycott this auction. 
I do enjoy looking at the pictures though. |
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Mark Herrick
From:
Bakersfield, CA
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Posted 30 May 2004 11:41 am
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| As a recovering addict and alcoholic, many people over the years spoke with me about the problems associated with drug and alcohol abuse on the island. |
Is he referring to the locals or is it just all the celebrities there who have the drug and alcohol problems? |
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 30 May 2004 11:11 pm
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Its probably a great place and is helping some people out. But my gut feeling is if you can't kick dope or booze by going to meetings in dingy church basements like most of us riff raff did then a beautiful tropical resort isn't going to help.
There is something on the site about scolarships being available so Clapton's heart might be in the right place. He just spends to much time hanging out with rich people I guess.
Bob |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 31 May 2004 12:25 am
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i can now understand what justifies the high prices on these guitboxes -
i'm not ready for rehab anyway, so i won't sell mine ! |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 31 May 2004 2:12 pm
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"Full payment must be received prior to admission. Crossroads Centre does not accept insurances and therefore all payments must be made by one of the following means: Cash, credit card (American Express, MasterCard, Discover Card, VISA), certified bank draft, Wire transfer."
ANYBODY KNOW IF THEY TAKE PAYPAL?? |
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Nicholas Dedring
From:
Beacon, New York, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2004 6:58 am
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| I've heard from someone who works as a substance abuse counselor that Crossroads is one of the best programs for in patient treatment... it's pretty rare for insurance to pay for anything more than a week of detox, from what this guy told me... so generally, people are on their own for the 30/60/90 day type place. The price is actually not that far out of line, either. |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2004 7:21 am
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| The prices are not out of line, but it's hard to think of a facility like that as a "charity". Sounds like a tax dodge to me. |
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Mark Herrick
From:
Bakersfield, CA
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Chris Schlotzhauer
From:
Colleyville, Tx. USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2004 11:24 am
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| I think this needs to move to "Buy and Sell" |
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Rick McDuffie
From:
Benson, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2004 12:35 pm
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...like anyone here would bid anyway...  |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 3 Jun 2004 1:11 pm
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Eric and his friends in need are going beyond the auctions and puttin'on the crossroads benefit startin' tomorrow and this weekend in Texas http://www.crossroadsguitarfestival.org/
(i'll be celebratin' D-Day)[This message was edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 03 June 2004 at 02:12 PM.] |
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