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    From JIM WELLER@1:123/140 to ED VANCE on Sunday, July 14, 2019 22:02:00
    Quoting Ed Vance to Michael Loo <=-

    When I stay in Hiltons, I'm deemed to be in Kansas

    I live in Southern Indiana and use DSL from AT&T.
    Websites 'think' I am in the Indianapolis Area in the middle of
    the State

    I suppose AT&T sends my DSL service up to their equipment in
    Indianapolis before it goes out on the WWWeb.

    So I started checking out mine. Everyone seems to know I live in
    Yellowknife: Shoppers Drugs, Canadian Tire, Home Hardware, Loblaws,
    The Co-Op etc. Loblaws has two stores but doesn't know which one is
    closest to the house or which one I shop at. The occasional spammer
    thinks I'm in Whitehrose in the Yukon which is where my provider's
    headquarters is.

    Cheers

    Jim in Yellowknife

    ... A northern vacation means going anywhere south of Edmonton

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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to JIM WELLER on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 19:39:00
    07-14-19 22:02 JIM WELLER wrote to ED VANCE about locator cookies
    Howdy! Jim,

    @MSGID: <5D2D6829.121332.cooking@capitolcityonline.net>

    Quoting Ed Vance to Michael Loo <=-

    When I stay in Hiltons, I'm deemed to be in Kansas

    I live in Southern Indiana and use DSL from AT&T.
    Websites 'think' I am in the Indianapolis Area in the middle of
    the State

    I suppose AT&T sends my DSL service up to their equipment in
    Indianapolis before it goes out on the WWWeb.

    So I started checking out mine. Everyone seems to know I live in Yellowknife: Shoppers Drugs, Canadian Tire, Home Hardware, Loblaws,
    The Co-Op etc. Loblaws has two stores but doesn't know which one is closest to the house or which one I shop at. The occasional spammer
    thinks I'm in Whitehrose in the Yukon which is where my provider's headquarters is.

    Meijer, Target, ALDI and Wal*Mart each have two stores in my area.
    One Store in the County I live in, and another Store in the next County
    that I regularly drive through.

    Kroger has several locations in both Counties.

    Good! for your provider having your service "STEALTH'ed" as AT&T does my DSL.

    I use Thunderbird to get my WebMail and only check WebMail occasionally in
    case they put a message in the SPAM-BOX that I want to go to the IN-BOX.

    AT&T does a good job moving incoming messages into the SPAM-BOX.
    I wouldn't want to read them anyway.

    Since I use Thunderbird's Address Book, all I have in the WebMail Address
    Book are Addresses such as; ABUSE@ATT.COM so if SPAMMERS get in my WebMail Account they will sent their bogus Emails to the right place (AT&T).

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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  • From JIM WELLER@1:123/140 to ED VANCE on Saturday, July 20, 2019 21:33:00

    Quoting Ed Vance to Jim Weller <=-

    Meijer, Target, ALDI and Wal*Mart each have two stores in my area.
    One Store in the County I live in, and another Store in the next
    County

    I have just one Walmart; the next nearest one is 600 miles south of
    here. There are no counties up here. The North Slave administrative
    region is 71,000 square miles in size including the 15,000 sq mile
    Tlicho Dene ("Dogrib Indian") Land Claim self governing area with a
    population of just 2500 in four small communities. The city of
    Yellowknife has 20,000 people, the native communities of Ndilo and
    Dettah 700 and and there are perhaps 1000 more (many undoubtedly
    uncounted for in the census) outside of these three communities in the remaining Akaitcho area.

    Since I use Thunderbird's Address Book, all I have in the
    WebMail Address Book are Addresses such as; ABUSE@ATT.COM so if
    SPAMMERS get in my WebMail Account they will sent their bogus
    Emails to the right place (AT&T).

    There's really no point reporting spam as spammers in other countries
    send out millions of messages through thousands of bots using
    hundreds of routes and the spammers create new ones every day. I get
    dozens, even hundreds, of spams every day at work because my email
    address is visible on several websites. (I get virtually none at
    home on my personal address). My junk filter catches most of them
    but I do see a few every morning. The ones that get through are
    usually commercial messages targeting Realtors but somebody in
    China with poor English skills thinks I'm a builder/developer and
    sells my name repeatedly to companies making granite counter tops,
    LED lighting systems etc. And I can't block the whole qq.com domain
    because I actually have a dozen of so legit clients and customers
    who use it.

    This next recipe is a random new thing I picked up recently that
    caught my eye ...

    MMMMM-----Meal-Master - formatted by MMCONV 2.10

    Title: Sesame Glazed Walnuts
    Categories: Snacks, Nuts
    Servings: 12

    3 c walnut halves
    oil, to fry
    glaze
    1 TB butter
    1/4 c brown sugar
    3 TB honey
    1/4 ts Chinese five spice powder
    2 ts toasted sesame seeds

    In a wok, heat oil for deep frying to 300 deg. over med. heat. Add
    walnuts and deep fry turning frequently, until golden for four to
    five minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels.

    Combine butter and brown sugar in a saucepan. Cook stirring, over
    low heat until brown sugar melts. Add honey and five-spice powder.
    Mix well. Remove from heat and add walnuts and sesame seeds; gently
    to coat.

    Spread mixture in a foil lined baking pan or plate. Let stand until
    cool. Break into bite sized pieces before serving.

    From: Geniuskitchen.Com

    MMMMM-------------------------------------------------



    Cheers

    Jim


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