I wish!! <laugh> Regards from Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", ,,,,,,,, Ô¿Ô¬ Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona --------------------------------- Friday, 3/4/2005, @ 9:30:51 PM EST --------------------------------- If at first you don't succeed, give up, no use being a damn fool. ==================|:o:|================== On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 20:45:55 -0500, cristy wrote: | | Thanks Bob, | | I thought maybe yours looked sort of like guitar chords or | something ;) | | christy | | ssage ----- | From: "The Keyboard Cowboy" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx> | To: "cristy" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:37 PM | Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: when sending emails. | | | | Christy...freelists adds those for some reason. I thought | | we had this problem fixed, but mine started | | again.........then I noticed a couple of Mike's had =3D | | marks. | | | | <sigh> Never a dull moment! | | | | Regards from | | | | Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", | | ,,,,,,,, | | =D4=BF=D4=AC | | Cincinnati, Ohio | | Scottsdale, Arizona | | --------------------------------- | | Friday, 3/4/2005, @ 8:36:15 PM EST | | --------------------------------- | | On golf......... | | | | You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and | | the ball goes right. The lowest score wins. And to top it | | off, the winner buys the drinks! | | | | ~~ Anonymous | | | | | | =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D|:o:|=3D=3D=3D=3 D= | | 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D | | | | On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:53:53 -0500, cristy wrote: Keyboard, | | what are all these weird symbols when you post below =3DAO | | etc.. | christy | ----- Original Message ----- | | From: "The Keyboard Cowboy" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Don" | | <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 | | 1:50 PM | | Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: when sending emails. | | | | Don, | | | I agree with your premise.....but damn you're mean! <laugh> | | I just delete=3D | | those multiple forward messages.....many times they no | | longer work anyway=3D as the picture or whatever is | | damaged, specially when they come from a=3D AOHell account, | | etc. | =3DA0 Regards from | Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", | | =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 ,,,,,,,, =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 | | =3DA0 =3DA0=3DD4=3DBF=3DD4=3DAC =3DA0 =3DA0Cincinnati, Ohio | | Scottsdale, Arizona --------------------------------- | | Thursday, 3/3/2005, @ 1:49:16 PM EST ----------------------- | | ---------- Aptitude determines Altitude! | | | | | =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D =3 | | D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D|:o:|=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3 D=3D | | | 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D | | | On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:10:34 -0500, Don wrote: =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | My pet peeve is people that forward you an email that was | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 forwarded by somebody else that got it | | forwarded =3DA0to them by =3DA0 | =3DA0 somebody else who | | also recevied it as a forward from somebody =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | that got it forwarded to them by somebody else that got it | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 forwarded to them... and so on ad infinitum. | | =3DA0 On several =3DA0 | =3DA0 occassions I have had to | | open as many as 30 or 40 messages to get =3DA0 | =3DA0 to | | what my "friend" wanted me to see. =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 I have preached on that topic so many times | | (along with the use =3DA0 | =3DA0 of BCC) that very few | | people send me forwards anymore. =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 Nowadays when I get a forwarded message that | | was not cleaned up =3DA0 | =3DA0 or was nested in another | | message I do a REPLY ALL to every =3DA0 | =3DA0 address in | | every nested message telling them that I have sold =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 their email address to a dozen different spammers. | | =3DA0When they =3DA0 | =3DA0 reply asking how I got their | | address I explain how I got it and =3DA0 | =3DA0 how they | | can prevent others from getting it. =3DA0I then suggest they | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 tell their friends to protect their email | | address by using the =3DA0 | =3DA0 BCC function. =3DA0I | | also tell them I didn't really sell their =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | address. =3DA0 | =3DA0 | =3DA0 Don =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 Do YOU want a gmail account invitation? | | =3DA0Include your email =3DA0 | =3DA0 address in the body | | of a private message to dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 ----- Original Message ----- | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 From: "Bluebelle" | | <bluebelle1st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> =3DA0 | =3DA0 To: | | <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> =3DA0 | =3DA0 Sent: Thursday, | | March 03, 2005 10:10 AM =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | Subject: -=3D3DPCTechTalk=3D3D- Re: when sending emails. | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 Your point is good but I send | | jokes to people who forward | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 my email address because they do | | not know how to cut and | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 paste or forward without cutting | | addresses, AOL People seem | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 to have a particular problem | | with this for some reason. So | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 I have been writing from a | | throwaway address lately =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 | | (hotmail rather than my main address, maybe I will go to | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 gmail for this since hotmail is | | rather | | slow and balky =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 sometimes). =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 Someone I did NOT know actually | | answered one of the jokes I | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 had sent to someone on my list. | | By accident --but that =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 means my | | address is | | being sent out to potentially thousands =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | =3DA0| =3DA0 of people. =3DA0I have requested several | | times that =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 they not forward my | | messages | | but cut and paste but I =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 continue | | to get | | hundreds of email addresses forwarded to me =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | =3DA0| =3DA0 so I know they are not cutting them out. =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 =3DA0| | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 Since there are a few people who | | reply it is not practical | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 to send an address that is | | completely anonymous. =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | =3DA0| =3DA0 Bluebelle =3DA0 | =3DA0 =3DA0| =3DA0 | =3DA0 -- | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 <Please delete this line and everything | | below.> =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 To unsub or change your email settings: =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 | | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 To access our Archives: =3DA0 | =3DA0 | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ =3DA0 | | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 For more info: | | =3DA0 | =3DA0 //www.freelists.org/cgi- | | bin/list?list_id=3D3Dpctechtalk | | -- | | <Please delete this line and everything below.> | | | To unsub or change your email settings: | | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | To access our | | Archives: | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | For more | | info: | | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk | | | | -- | | <Please delete this line and everything below.> | To unsub | | or change your email settings: | | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | To access our | | Archives: | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | For more | | info: | | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk | | | | | | -- | | <Please delete this line and everything below.> | | | | To unsub or change your email settings: | | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | | | | To access our Archives: | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | | | | For more info: | | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk | | | | -- | <Please delete this line and everything below.> | | To unsub or change your email settings: | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | | To access our Archives: | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | | For more info: | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk