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I got the same type email about those baby carrots...

2008-11-03T10:32:00.000-05:00

I got the same type email about those baby carrots too!! although not from my family - my Husband's family!!! which is worse b/c I can NOT say anything or I'll be "outlawed" :P

I love snopes!! I alwasy do a "reply to all" and ...

2008-10-28T11:48:00.000-05:00

I love snopes!! I alwasy do a "reply to all" and then attach a copy of the snopes link and tell them, this is false, please check snopes before you forward messages. It either makes them think or it pisses them off and they take you off their list. Either way, it works!

Been there ,got them. What's a girl to do? You c...

2008-10-27T19:33:00.000-05:00

Been there ,got them. What's a girl to do? You can't wipe out half of your address book, because most of these things fw.fw.fw. come from those same wonderful friends and family.
I ignore most of them or just plain delete. If it's that bad I'll hear about it on the news. Like the 'listeria' contamination at one of our meat packing factory. Big time news!
In the meantime smile when you get them, it's because that person cares about you,and loves you enough, to want to warn you about the latest catastrophy.

~~Fran...:c)

Ha! My father in law read one a few years ago abo...

2008-10-27T17:55:00.000-05:00

Ha! My father in law read one a few years ago about how deodorant causing cancer. So now he doesn't wear any! Haha, now we have to avoid him in person and his silly forwards! No, I'm just kidding, but I sure wish he would have checked the e-mail out beforehand.

Ha! My sister does this all the time. I tell her...

2008-10-27T17:18:00.000-05:00

Ha! My sister does this all the time. I tell her to check snopes first, but she never does.

Hers are usually about someone luring you outside your house with a tape of a crying baby, or flashing headlights as a gang sign.

Yep. Some people just keep sending this stuff. A...

2008-10-27T13:30:00.000-05:00

Yep. Some people just keep sending this stuff. Along with the prayers and angels and cute sayings and pictures etc. Delete, delete, delete! :-) I don't even read them.

If I want a little fun I look it up on snopes and reply with the snopes link. If I'm really annoyed I reply to all. A few people are learning to check snopes first. But not everyone!

Worse of course is that they don't use BCC and are giving away all their family and friends email addresses to whoever wants them.

Oh, you really hit home with this one! I have a S...

2008-10-27T09:15:00.000-05:00

Oh, you really hit home with this one! I have a SIL who used to do the same thing with me. I finally changed email accounts and say I don't do email anymore rather than give the new account.

Rinsing freshly washed dishes in a weak chlorine b...

2008-10-27T07:40:00.000-05:00

Rinsing freshly washed dishes in a weak chlorine bleach/water solution is an accepted method of disinfecting them. I've read that you should disinfect baby bottles this way. I think it must have been common in my mother's generation as this is the age group I hear about doing this most often.

If whoever sends me a FWD that is not true include...

2008-10-27T07:06:00.000-05:00

If whoever sends me a FWD that is not true includes other email addresses, I forward the snopes.com link and/or the truthorfiction.com link to everyone on the email. Come to think of it, it's been awhile since I've gotten any. I guess including the line "Please check out these sites before sending" has finally gotten through. :-)

UGH! Yes I can spell but it's early and I've been ...

2008-10-27T05:15:00.000-05:00

UGH! Yes I can spell but it's early and I've been up since 4:30. UGH!!!!!
Becky

Most of the time if a subject lune starts with FWD...

2008-10-27T05:12:00.000-05:00

Most of the time if a subject lune starts with FWD it gets DUMPED into my trash... unless it's a quilt goodie being shared.
Becky in SC

Every time I get one of these, I immediately go to...

2008-10-27T04:55:00.000-05:00

Every time I get one of these, I immediately go to www.snopes.com and check it out. Then I send the link back to whomever sent me the email. It drives me crazy. The one about Starbucks and the soldiers in Iraq drove me around the bend...especially when it was forwarded to me by my EXTREMELY conservative boss. I replied with the Snopes address and something about irresponsibility in sending out things prior to verification. (I am lucky to still have a job...)

the biggest problem with these fw.fw.fw.fw.fw.fw m...

2008-10-27T03:31:00.000-05:00

the biggest problem with these fw.fw.fw.fw.fw.fw mails is this:
You are giving away emailadresses from a lot of people TO a lot of people.... what If they have a mailervirus on the computer? that virus picks up on all these mailadresses and starts to send out virusattacks and virusmails! thanks but no thanks. every time I get one of these fw.fw.fw.fw mails I delete them as quick as possible!
On the chlorine in the water thing... we were in the USA a couple of years ago and I - stuppid me - drank a glass of tabwater... I became so ill I had to stay in bed for the rest of the day... And having such a familymember ... she sounds a lot like my sister, I bounce her mails back everytime I see FW in the header....

Thanks for the info on carrots...that was intertai...

2008-10-26T22:31:00.000-05:00

Thanks for the info on carrots...that was intertaining...lol... BONNIE!!!!! I LOVE your book!!!! Thank you very much....and thanks for the autograph...I am hoping that one day I will have the opportunity to talk to you in person...
take care....
hugz
Pam

I bet there is more chlorine in the drinking water...

2008-10-26T22:23:00.000-05:00

I bet there is more chlorine in the drinking water than left on those poor processed carrots!!

I know it can be a pain but I just delete the dodgy emails - I have given up trying to explain to some people that you cannot believe everything you read on the internet.

When we had a mailbox and used to get junk mail I would diligently put return to sender on them and send them back through the system it was amazing how many stopped sending things to us.

daisymum

When my ISP was merged into another, I discoverd w...

2008-10-26T21:28:00.000-05:00

When my ISP was merged into another, I discoverd what had happened to a number of my subscriptions. They had been caught in the ISP's spam filters. The new provider served up a list of what was in quaratine each day, and I was able to release the ones I wanted and "white list" the ones that should always be put through.

When it came to my brother-in-law, it was a touchy decision.

Ha ha, we have a relative like this. Finally I se...

2008-10-26T20:55:00.000-05:00

Ha ha, we have a relative like this. Finally I sent them the Snopes website to check before forwarding. We haven't had many FWs since LOL.

We were stationed overseas in countries where "nig...

2008-10-26T20:14:00.000-05:00

We were stationed overseas in countries where "night soil" is used to fertilize fields. We were cautioned by none other than the State Dept. and military docs to soak our veggies before we used them in a bleach/water solution. Yet to glow in the dark. And we eat the baby carrots.

OMG, My Uncle goes right into my delete folder...a...

2008-10-26T20:08:00.000-05:00

OMG, My Uncle goes right into my delete folder...all he does is fwd,fwd,fwd,fwd.

I am constantly getting those kind of emails! They...

2008-10-26T20:04:00.000-05:00

I am constantly getting those kind of emails! They drive me nuts but I have gotten tired of responding with an explanation or links to snopes, symantec or wherever. I am always amazed at how gullible people are to believe everything that they are sent in emails! Use your common sense, people!!!