> We sort of tried something like that with IABBBBM. I got five bucks.

LOL. I remember those days. Except it was BAM, not IABBBBM. The five buck days were way earlier than that.

> Then I got a check which I lost.

You DID? I thought you cashed it. As I remember, you needed to scrape together money for some deadline that wouldn't wait a week when you'd have more, so you had to. Gah. I gotta keep better records.

> But I actually prefer to be uncompensated--I mean, I *need* things to complain about and bug Sam about, right?

Ah HA! Now I've got a written statement!

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