how to raise money for an expensive surgery

why not broadcast it online? viewers can pay a small fee and hospital and medical equipment suppliers will pay larger fees to advertise directly. if you don't have insurance and can't afford to pay for the surgery, there's nothing wrong letting the public watch. some viewers will be medical students and learn not to repeat mistakes when something goes wrong and you die. at least you won't die in vain or leave your family in debt.

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Unlimited taxi rides for flat monthly fee

The customer that gets in the taxi will show or swipe his/her card. The taxi companies can only operate fuel-efficient and environment-friendly cars and in return they will pay less taxes and be allowed to charge customers flat monthly fees. Fuel-efficiency will also be necessary in order to turn a profit as demand for the service will be high. With unlimited rides, people will tend to use taxis more.

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How online cheating sites make extra money

Many people who join cheating sites use them anonymously to find sex partners but could end up emailing their wife or girlfriend. You never know who's on the other side and if you send your photo first you could be caught! So when you are about to make your credit card payment to join, the website can ask you if you want to run a background check on the site and see if your girlfriend or wife is already there so that you can avoid bumping into her. If not, you set up an alert and the service will notify you if she joins in the future. Of course they will charge you a bit extra for it.

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Reduce rental car tank refill charges

Car rental companies charge ridiculously high prices per-gallon if the customer doesn't return the car full tank. Makes profit, sure, but also makes customers unhappy. Why not give small discounts (say $5-$10) to all customers who return the car full tank and charge a progressive flat fee (say $1-$10) on empty tanks based on the amount that has to be refilled? Customers on empty tanks will be penalized less than if they had to pay on a per-gallon basis and everyone gets the incentive to return the car full tank. The discount can also help lure more customers to the company.

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Rent a bike and watch a porno movie

I had to share this! You know about the rental bicycle programs, where you pay a fee and you can use any bicycle parked at various points in the city. There is usually a computer to automate the rental process. Well, a computer hacker in Zamora, Spain accessed the computer system and figured out how to play a porno movie on one of the bicycle stations. The free movie attracted a lot of visitors. Imagine this happening in a more crowded place like the giant screens in NY Times Square! Apparently the first police officer who arrived at the scene was a woman and could not stop laughing when reporting it to the others. Maybe she liked it :-)

Have you seen or heard other such stories?

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Online TV summary for busy people

There are so many shows I would love to watch but I don't have the time anymore. I would like to see an online service that would give me 30 minute or 1 hour video summaries of all my favorite shows and TV programs (national and cable), from comedy shows to reality to interviews and news. That would be a service I wouldn't mind paying a monthly fee for. Anyone interested in starting it?

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Restrain order for calling too much!

I just read an article about a mother in Austria who got a restrain order from her son for calling him on the phone too much. The son claims his mother would call him up to 49 times per day to check on him so he decided to take the case to court to get a break. And he did, the court found the mother guilty for harassment and gave her a 360 euros fine. I think it's funny. Is this reasonable? And how many times does a mother have to call to be considered a harassment? Besides it's a mother's most basic right to care for her kids, right?

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