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Rider
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      03-12-2005

"Duncan Bayne" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:22:08 +1300, Rider wrote:
>>> You might be reading this and thinking "what a sensitive, over-reacting
>>> pillock."
>>>

>>
>> Yep, you're right.

>
> So you reckon tricking customers into opening junk mail is indicative of a
> corporate culture with which you'd *want* to do business?
>


I think on the scale of things to worry about in day to day life, this is
pretty minor.

Infact, very very minor. So you got junk mail in a way that you think
'duped' you ... so throw it away.

'Nuff said.

Rider


 
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      03-12-2005
Duncan Bayne wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:26:02 +1300, Enkidu wrote:
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>>You open an unsolicited letter that promised "an award certificate" and
>>then get sniffy because it contained advertising?
>>
>>Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe !

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>
> You'd not laugh if you'd just spent the week wrestling with Windows
> Installer and InstallShield
>
> Actually, I was rather expecting a certificate for my wife, and as the
> letter was addressed to her I didn't suspect it was junk until I opened
> it.


>

You opened mail addressed to your wife?????????????
Shame on you!
 
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      03-12-2005
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:18:46 +1300, Morgana wrote:
> You opened mail addressed to your wife?????????????
> Shame on you!


Whichever one of us checks the mail on a given day opens all of it.
Except parcels - they're a special treat & reserved for my wife,
regardless of who the official recipient is

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Dave - Dave.net.nz
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      03-12-2005
Duncan Bayne wrote:
> Except parcels - they're a special treat & reserved for my wife,
> regardless of who the official recipient is


heh, your house sounds remarkably like mine
 
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