Looks like it might be possible to have a web site made up to bring out the situation and obtain help for 2 much loved people on the FML! Thank you for a large donation so unselfishlessly donated to help pay the printer by someone who already does so much for us: Georgia of Kouris fan club. Georgia-you figure you worked about 5 hours for that amount? And can you tell us the name and address of the printer for others who may wish to help in this way when you find out what it is from your friends? Modern Ferret Magazine, you realize, is a part of ferret history. It will be more than likely be written of in the years to come in a book of ferret history as THE magazine created for ferrets that others then capitalized on after being inspired by the interest they saw ferret lovers had in the magazine. Mary and Eric ARE a part of ferret history. I think that their part is significant. Georgia has way too much on her plate with SOS to handle a fund for Mary and Eric. The $1 a month club to help ferrets everywhere? Georgia is a vital part of this. Saving the Utah ferrets? The Christmas Ferrets? You guessed it. But you have a start now. I know that there are hundreds of you that love Mary and Eric and could set aside 20 cents a day 5 days a week for them for a year to pay off the printer or what ever bills you chose. You just need a central figure to coordinate. Friendship is really realized in the bad times. Friends are friends through thick and thin. Georgia is the first friend I see here willing to commit to an action of friendship. But I know that on this list and others-there are many that wish to be there for their friends: Mary and Eric. I will let the many talented and loving and intelligent friends of Eric and Mary here do as they will with this. Do you know that President Grant-who was a critical factor to lead us to end the civil war, and who became our president-was the worlds worst businessman? Read some books on him. What a character. His family was facing starvation due to poor business choices as he found himself dying of cancer. If not for the book he managed to finish JUST before his death-his family probably would have starved to death. My point is that you can impact society in a powerful and positive way-as Grant did-and still be highly imperfect, and make many errors. Grant even had a drinking problem. Modern Ferret has impacted all of us by sharing valuable knowledge all over the country, and helping in a big way to make our little ones a known and adored companion. Modern Ferret inspired other magazines about ferrets to be created. Now, I don't know the story of Eric and Mary at all. I have not got a clue what all evolved. People who are unhappy and want their money back for a magazine they did not get should have it. People who write to the Better Business bureau should be able to do so if they did not get a magazine they paid for or their money back. People who are affronted by the web page they have should be able to say so.. And people on the FML should be able to express these concerns-as they have. (Thank you to our moderator BIG.) But people proclaiming to be friends in words? Here are the leaders of the ferret magazine world that are a part of history that provided you with accurate ferret info. that appear to me to be just about the most popular people I have ever seen on the FML. I am not going to bring the subject up again. My heart felt thanks to those who took a chance on really ugly e-mail to write of their concerns about Modern Ferret Magazine. Some of you wrote that you were REALLY scared to write. Terrorism has no place among us. Let us stand up for that. Now-for the last time-I urge friends of Mary and Eric-to do what you can as their friend. As people of social significance in the ferret realm who will be in ferret history. But it seems that a united plan with a central person who IS a friend of Mary and Eric would be the best way to help them. I could not be that person, though I thank Georgia for her kind suggestion. [P.S.] A P.S. It cannot be me I just got another e-mail thinking I should be the central person for helping Eric and Mary. I want to make certain that it is clear that I do not know Mary or Eric at all. I never read anything personal they put in the magazines I did receive, as I had no interest in reading that. I am not the one who KNOWs them or their ethics or morals, or problems. What i am receiving is just here-say and gossip. I have clearly been able to see their popularity, and can see that they are significant entities in the history through the magazine of the ferret we so love. I believe they fought for legal changes for the betterment of ferrets? They travelled places in the name of ferrets to voice their concerns over legislation? We believe that President Grant was SO honest that he was taken advantage of in a number of business dealings, from all of the info I read about him. He appeared to be a man of impecable character and honesty. This much I remember from reading about him years ago. I cannot say anything one way or another about Mary or Eric. I do not want to pretend that I can. The many friends of these two will decide - or have decided -what they believe. They will either act in concern and friendship to help in some manner. Or they will not. [Posted in FML issue 3740]