... which has your personal info on it and must be shredded (which I do by hand) before tossing in to recycle. Yeah, it's insane that one must now own a shredder... my credit card company keeps sending me these "convenience" checks - which aren't very convenient - having to shred them every month... Other than those I don't get much I feel needs shredding. (I wonder, is waste paper ...

.... (or, of course, BP!) There's a removal address in the fine print on the back of the credit applications, you'll have to write them separately. Why do online contact pages for companies never function properly? Method to the madness, I reckon. I'd imagine. Actually, I think it's usually unintentional but the result of laziness. I find a lot of commercial sites are only tested ...

..."Contact Us" page, which is full of broken JavaScript that doesn't work under Firefox) is lacking the obscenities but equally stiff in expression of disapproval. Why do online contact pages for companies never function properly? Method to the madness, I reckon. With four competitors (all at identical prices) the local BP station doesn't have to worry about selling me any gas in ...

...steal pre-approved credit applications from mailboxes, fill them out, and redirect the resulting cards to a different address. Experts advise you not leave your mail in your mailbox unattended. In my case that's ...if mailed in the prepaid envelope for filing the credit applications. You must mail them to a different address and use your own stamp. So, I get to write *again*, this time to ...

On 28 May 2007 10:22:10 -0700, Faye <theridgeview@att.net> wrote: On May 28, 10:56 am, Boston Blackie <bblac...@mail.com> wrote: Direct-to-Plate. No more Lineotype operators, no more typesetters, no more proof readers, fewer eyes to catch the obvious mistakes we now see Exactly, so why has advanced technology slowed the delivery of news instead of speeding it up? ...

On May 28, 10:56 am, Boston Blackie <bblac...@mail.com> wrote: Direct-to-Plate. No more Lineotype operators, no more typesetters, no more proof readers, fewer eyes to catch the obvious mistakes we now see Exactly, so why has advanced technology slowed the delivery of news instead of speeding it up? *It's a mystery.* Once material is written, I can produce in about 15 minutes ...

On 2007-05-28 09:59:59 -0500, Richard Thomas <newsuser@dicksonlife.com> said: On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:00:19 GMT, "Faye" <mfcrabtree@worldnet.att.net> wrote: For now, IMO, a system in which journalists have wireless laptops, can write the breaking story on the spot, send for immediate copyeditor's review, and have it posted online immediately. Then the writer can work on a ...

On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:00:19 GMT, "Faye" <mfcrabtree@worldnet.att.net> wrote: For now, IMO, a system in which journalists have wireless laptops, can write the breaking story on the spot, send for immediate copyeditor's review, and have it posted online immediately. Then the writer can work on a full story to elaborate and tell the complete, detailed story, the meat, with questions ...

On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:19 GMT, "Faye" <mfcrabtree@worldnet.att.net> wrote: recycle. I've told my husband that if, God forbid, he should ever pass away, I will first call to cancel The Tennessean, then call the undertaker. Reminds me of a situation a few years ago here. One day, a man shot himself dead, the next, his wife was seen in the cingular store cancelling his cellphone ...

Faye wrote: "Boston Blackie" <bblackie@mail.com> wrote in message news:2007052706572916807-bblackie@mailcom... When that press is being used to print money, you don't shut it down for a re-plate. ch-ching The Tennessean used to be a top-notch newspaper, among the best of the best. Investigative journalism, crisp writing. The NEWSpaper was about news. It was our...