Hello Bob!



 AW>> How do you use it to find out who is selling your name to

 >> telemarketers? Mr Laurence sounds the same as Mr Lawrence.

 >> Unsolicited telephone calls irritate me much more than junk mail.



 BL>          the telephone is not in my name, so any call asking for `Mr'

 BL> Lawrence is a fake. I never answer marketing questions, which means

 BL> they take me off the list (or put me on the shit list). The only

 BL> people who have my telephone numbers are the ones I give it to. Every

 BL> BBS has a different number.



Sometimes a Sysop will call the supplied number to confirm a new user

though. I've had one or two Sysops calling a number I've supplied.



 BL>   I am not paranoid, just a nasty bastard. I don't see why I should

 BL> answer questions for someone who will make money from my answers.



Then again, questionare participants can bask in the knowledge that

their input will have some bearing on next years washing machine

features, or the next bunch of Macdonalds Ads.



 BL> It took me ten years to get off the Time/Life list (I bought something

 BL> and didn't pay), and when they send me unsolicited Christmas Cards I

 BL> keep them and mail them back the prepaid envelope, empty, so they have

 BL> to pay postage, with the little code number blanked out.



They sound as persistant as Readers Digest.



Why don't you stick the envelope to a house brick and post that back?



 BL>   The only way to beat them is to refuse to play the game. If you are

 BL> polite and act like a caring human being, you end up on 47 lists and

 BL> they drive you mad. The only charity I support is the sallies, and

 BL> they don't send me begging letters. If they start, I'll dump them too.



 BL>   And in the true spirit of Scrooge, I'd like to wish you a Merry

 BL> Christmas and a Happy New Year.



Thanks Bob. Hope your Christmas (apart from OS/2 install probs) was as
refreshing as mine was in the little country town of Mudgee.







Regards, Alan



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