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Parrot Head · 10-21-2005, 08:14 AM

I must say I haven't seen this email at all. That has made me sit here and think some about those with whom I associate electronically and they come down to:

Non-members
Members on a casual basis that thankfully only send me the annoying monthly EQ newsletter
Members that hate being bothered by email forwards even moreso than I do.

I am grateful for these levels of digital dialogue. I can't believe people still pass along urban legend emails like it came from Walter Kronkite's lips. I started looking up stuff on Snopes.com when I'd get one of those emails ("Bill Gates will give you $50 if you pass this along....") and then sending the link back to the person. If they persisted, I hit Reply All with the Snopes link and that ended that.

I'll have to see if I can post one of our EQ newsletters too. It comes with this watermark of Christ that really doesn't put me in the right mood. I'm just not big on forced sentiment, I guess.

10-21-2005, 08:14 AM	#2
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	I must say I haven't seen this email at all. That has made me sit here and think some about those with whom I associate electronically and they come down to: Non-members Members on a casual basis that thankfully only send me the annoying monthly EQ newsletter Members that hate being bothered by email forwards even moreso than I do. I am grateful for these levels of digital dialogue. I can't believe people still pass along urban legend emails like it came from Walter Kronkite's lips. I started looking up stuff on Snopes.com when I'd get one of those emails ("Bill Gates will give you $50 if you pass this along....") and then sending the link back to the person. If they persisted, I hit Reply All with the Snopes link and that ended that. I'll have to see if I can post one of our EQ newsletters too. It comes with this watermark of Christ that really doesn't put me in the right mood. I'm just not big on forced sentiment, I guess.