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John Kane said:

Omelet said:

WTF is it lately with all the clothing and shoe spams?

I was expecting some new SPAM recipes. Oh well

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

My dad makes Spam omelets.

There are millions of spam recipes on google. ;-)
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I'm considering bricking the driveway. This gravel and weed mess is
getting to be a royal pain in the ass. Anyone have any ideas that are
not too expensive?
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More gravel, and some Round-up.
Dee Dee

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T said:

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BTW: I wasted at least 20 minutes of his time by acting interested and
then ducking. Time is money and telemarketers don't want to waste it.

Sounds like me and Jehovah's witlesses. ;-)

I used to mess with them too for fun, but just have not had the time
lately. Fortunately, they won't come to the door any more because they
are afraid of my (very non-dangerous) border collie. The fence and gate
covers my front door.

I"m a rabid atheist. I pity any JW that comes to my door.

I follow the "Old religion".

That is even more fun if you are well versed in religious history.
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T said:

I don't necesarily want to kill spammers. I just want to persecute them.

Seriously, I'd love to put together an elite team composed of financial
auditors, detectives, and others with skills useful to
prosecute/persecute spammers.

How to get rid of telemarketers...
Peace, Om

Pretty funny!
Dee Dee

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Julia Altshuler said:

Default User wrote:
>
> Not a problem anymore. The no-call list has completely removed that.
> There's no such thing for spammers.

I'm on every do-not-call list known. All they have to do is pretend
they're calling for charity donations or not tell me what they're really
advertising until they're well into their harrassment speech. Or they
call from out of the country. I think we should blow up their buildings.

--Lia

I just hang up on them anymore.

I have an answering machine that I use to screen all landline calls now.
Anyone that I really want to talk to has my cell phone number.

Speaking of which, I got a telemarketing call on my cell phone the other
day. If anyone hadn't noticed cell phones get very particular exchange
assignments. A simple lookup would tell them it was a cell phone.

So far, I havent.

I hope it stays that way.
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Omelet wrote on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:26:26 -0500:

??>> Speaking of which, I got a telemarketing call on my cell
??>> phone the other day. If anyone hadn't noticed cell phones
??>> get very particular exchange assignments. A simple lookup
??>> would tell them it was a cell phone.

O> So far, I havent.

O> I hope it stays that way.

Special exchanges (second 3-digit group in the US) may well be
assigned tho' not area codes unfortunately. Where do you look up
such things?

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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T said:

I wish our switchboard could handle things like that. Our unit has it's
own in-dial number, we all have specific extensions, etc. I've explained
to her that if someone calls asking for my extension it's good, or they
ask for me by my short name, it's good too. Anyone asking by my full
name is more than likely trying to sell something.

I do the same at home, if they ask for Anthony I just hang up.

I take it your friends call you Tony? ;-)
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I"m a rabid atheist. I pity any JW that comes to my door.

They love a challenge. Pity you!
Dee Dee

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Dee Dee said:

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I'm considering bricking the driveway. This gravel and weed mess is
getting to be a royal pain in the ass. Anyone have any ideas that are
not too expensive?

More gravel, and some Round-up.
Dee Dee

Yeah, I'm considering the round-up but it only lasts just so long.
I have to be very careful that I don't hit the border garden plants.

My herb garden borders the driveway, as does a stand of Lantana,
wandering jew, Cannas and russian sage.
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I follow the "Old religion".

That is even more fun if you are well versed in religious history.
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Peace, Om

Asking, hesitating-ly -- Old religion?
Dee Dee

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Dee Dee said:

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I'm considering bricking the driveway. This gravel and weed mess is
getting to be a royal pain in the ass. Anyone have any ideas that are
not too expensive?

More gravel, and some Round-up.
Dee Dee

Yeah, I'm considering the round-up but it only lasts just so long.
I have to be very careful that I don't hit the border garden plants.

My herb garden borders the driveway, as does a stand of Lantana,
wandering jew, Cannas and russian sage.
--
Peace, Om

I've heard that round-up only gets weeds; do they not distinguish between
herbs and weeds? Just kidding!

If I see DH spraying that stuff and there's a whiff of wind, I get excited
because even tho they say it is OK to plant edibles on top of ground where
Roundup has been sprayed to kill the weeds, I wouldn't do it.

Poison ivy is something that we spray for. And bramble bushes taking over.
That's about it. Our gravel driveway where we park the vehicles, there is
nothing to worry about like your plants. Basically our property is chemical
free -- and looks it!
Dee Dee

Dee Dee said:

Asking, hesitating-ly -- Old religion?

Must be one of these:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g133/minussmile/CthulhuChickTract.gif

or

http://www.kibo.com/

HTH, HAND.

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I do not know. Go ask uncle oTTo! [Otto Bahn]

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Dee Dee said:

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I follow the "Old religion".

That is even more fun if you are well versed in religious history.
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Peace, Om

Asking, hesitating-ly -- Old religion?
Dee Dee

Modern Neopaganism.

Ancient goddess worship pre-dates Christianity by thousands of years.
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Omelet said:

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The Canadian government recently proposed a new law for Do Not Call lists.
It is next to useless. It exempts politicians, charities, newspapers and
magazines, pollsters and companies with which you have had a business
relationship. That means that 99% of the telephone soliciting we get will
be exempt, so it really doesn't help much.

Get an answering machine and screen calls.
Your friends will understand.

That could work, but I resent the idea that I need to screen my calls
because of telemarketers. I put my name on the Do Not Call register which
bonifide telemarketers are supposed to respect. Anyone from an organization
that does not recognize that list are fair game for abuse. Sometimes I am
polite. If they are taking a poll I ask for money.... no money no answers.
They are being paid for their time to ask the questions so it is only fair
that I should be paid too. Sometimes I waste their time, start talking,
let them do their spiel, ask them questions and then after 10 minutes or so
I say no and hang-up. I figure that has saved a dozen people from having
to deal with them.

I have learned to sometimes give them a chance to get their spiel out. Two
years ago I was about to hang up in disgust but listened long enough to
realize that my television satellite company was offering me free theatre
tickets. After making sure there were no tricks, no gimmicks, no pre
theatre sales pitches I accepted. We got to see a terrific matinee
performance of Pygmalion, and there really were no strings attached.

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Dee Dee said:

I've heard that round-up only gets weeds; do they not distinguish between
herbs and weeds? Just kidding!

<snork> Most herbs are weeds... but you knew that. ;-)

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If I see DH spraying that stuff and there's a whiff of wind, I get excited
because even tho they say it is OK to plant edibles on top of ground where
Roundup has been sprayed to kill the weeds, I wouldn't do it.

I prefer to be VERY careful with the use of that stuff!

Quoted message said:

Poison ivy is something that we spray for. And bramble bushes taking over.
That's about it. Our gravel driveway where we park the vehicles, there is
nothing to worry about like your plants. Basically our property is chemical
free -- and looks it!
Dee Dee

Yeah.
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Omelet said:

Get an answering machine and screen calls.
Your friends will understand.

This is good practical advice, but I believe it misses the point. No
one should have to do that. It's a little like suggesting that someone
get a scary dog to prevent frequent criminal break-ins. Yes, that will
help with the problem, but no one should have to resort to that. It's
the society's job to protect people's privacy and protect them from
theft, not seek a fair solution for people who make money breaking into
people's houses.

Look at the industry devoted to helping people be able to have
telephones: answering machines, caller ID, cell phones, answering
services, do-not-call lists, efforts to track down databases and remove
one's information from them.

I want to be able to hear the phone ring, answer it, and find a person
on the other end who knows me personally I want to speak to. I want to
be able to drop my clothes at the drycleaners and give them my number so
they can call me when my clothes are ready without lying about how I
don't have a phone because I'm afraid they'll sell my number to an
information gathering database. Even if the DON'T sell my number, I
have to lie because one business might.

Hospitals sell your phone number! Want them to call you with important
test results or to tell you in an emergency situation that someone you
love has taken a turn for the worse? Because they know you're worried
enough to pick up the phone without screening, your number is more
valuable. You pick up, and someone tries to sell you insurance, home
care, and lawn service.

Tell them you want to be put on their do-not-call list, and they take
you off. That was easy, they only bought your number for a one-time
call anyway. Get off the database of the company that sold your number?
Good move. There are thousands just like it. I've started making
sure I never give out my number, but I'm still suffering the
repercussions of having given it out 10 years ago. I could get another
"clean" land line. Add that to the list of the measures people have to
take to be able to have a telephone the way they used to.

Blow up the buildings.

--Lia

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Julia Altshuler said:

I want to be able to hear the phone ring, answer it, and find a person
on the other end who knows me personally I want to speak to. I want to
be able to drop my clothes at the drycleaners and give them my number so
they can call me when my clothes are ready without lying about how I
don't have a phone because I'm afraid they'll sell my number to an
information gathering database. Even if the DON'T sell my number, I
have to lie because one business might.

I understand... and so far, that is what cell #'s are for.

Sux but that is reality.

I only check my answering machine messages once per week or so, when I
remember to do it.
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I want to be able to hear the phone ring, answer it, and find a person on
the other end who knows me personally I want to speak to.

I have a little device I completely forgot about. It would
intercept those telemarketers who used machines to dial.
That was a lifesaver. Tele-Zapper. Before that, I wound
up hanging up on anyone who didn't speak the instant I picked
up the phone. I hear that little silence while the telemarketing
dialer is checking to see if I'm a live one and I'd hang up.

My friends understood.

nancy

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Yeah, I'm considering the round-up but it only lasts just so long.
I have to be very careful that I don't hit the border garden plants.

Om, have you ever tried vinegar? I've had really good luck with a
spray bottle filled with full strength vinegar on weeds/ dandelions.

~ Shelly ~ said:

Your list of things to do when telemarketers call is hilarious!

A friend of mine had a sister who would put her four-year-old on the phone
with them. He would constantly giggle, ask them silly questions, etc.,
until the caller gave up.

I guess it was pretty funny, because after a while he got wise to the scheme
and had a list of things to say when the telemarketer would try to get the
kid to get Mom back on the phone, he had a list of things to tell them.
Among the favorites:

* Mom's taking a shower.
* Mom's talking to herself and has her head in the oven.
* Dad's home and he and Mom have gone into their bedroom. I'm not supposed
to *ever* knock on the door when *that* happens!
* Mom went out looking for Grandma - the front door was unlocked and she
went out and got lost again...
* Mom won't come to the phone - she just found Dad's vodka.
* Mom's in the backyard burning some magazines. She keeps screaming that
real bunnies don't have staples in their bellybuttons.

The stapler is behind you!

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* I'm lonely, will you be my friend?

You're allowed.

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easily write a completely unreadable and unmaintainable program in a
language with no gotos or line numbers, with exception handling and
generic types and garbage collection. [Donn Seeley]