Re: Shopping/ virus protection

I use Norton Tricia but my computer came with it. I did purchase the "extra
coverage/extended  plan" thing. So far it's worked really well.
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC 


> [Original Message]
> From: pdickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/16/2005 8:51:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Shopping/ virus protection
>
> While we are off topic...  what virus protection programs do you all use?
I
> have always used McAfee but recently bought Norton.  I ended up having to
> take Norton off after I couldn't get my computer to run right.  It slowed
it
> down so bad that I just could take it.
> I still have to get the courage up to take that Norton one back to
Wal-mart.
> Tricia
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 4:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Shopping, etc.
>
>
> >I have a google address for such occasions.
> >
> > What struck me, however, was the carnivorous-like collecting of them.
> > Blood in the water almost.
> >
> > On Jun 16, 2005, at 5:25 PM, kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:
> >
> >> And no one asked for your e-address, Jim?
> >>
> >> Just a warning, but, you should each have some sort of extra address
for
> >> such mailing lists - maybe you already do, but just in case, I thought
I
> >> should mention it. Most ISPs let you have several addresses on your
> >> account. Use one of the others or set up a hotmail or yahoo adrs for
> >> such offers.
> >>
> >>
> >> I just received the latest Info USA (Mailing Lists) catalog. One of the
> >> selections offered which can be cross-referenced with other data is
> >> email addresses. Giving out your e-adrs just sets you up on lists that
> >> get sold and then your box gets clogged with spam. You may have spam
> >> filters, but there's plenty of ways to get around them.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Zone5
> >>
> >> -------------- Original message --------------
> >>
> >>> This is probably off-topic, even for this list. But we went shopping
> >>> today.
> >>>
> >>> First stop was Borders. I bought a John Prine anthology and used an
> >>> internet discount coupon. Ms. Fatma, who bought an Ottmar Liebert CD,
> >>> was way behind me and in a different line, told the clerk she had
> >>> forgotten to print out an internet coupon. The clerk asked her if
> >>> Borders had sent the coupon to her, and she said "no." The clerk said,
> >>> "Would you like me to put you email address in our database and send
> >>> you coupons directly?" Ms. Fatma said "Yes. I'm a teacher and I buy
> >>> lots of books and such over the course of a year." The clerk said,
> >>> "Would you like me to add your email address to our teachers database?
> >>> There are additional discount coupons sent to that list." So Ms Fatma
> >>> said yes.
> >>>
> >>> Then We went to Williams-Sonoma to purchase two oyster knives. Ms
Fatma
> >>> does not like my Baltimore harbor, working-class knives. She wanted
> >>> something nicer. We found two French-made knives; beautiful polished
> >>> wood handles. We also picked up a yellow and red tablecloth from
India;
> >>> our kitchen is yellow and red. At checkout, the clerk asked Ms Fatma
if
> >>> she would like her email address added to their database so she would
> >>> receive notice of sales; she said yes.
> >>>
> >>> Next was Pottery Barn. Ms. Fatma had the remainder of a gift
> >>> certificate, which she cashed in on a bright red roasting pan. At
> >>> checkout, the clerk asked her if she would like her email address
> >>> entered in some sort of sweepstakes. Of course she said yes.
> >>>
> >>> Three stops; four address submissions. Lord love a duck.
> >>>
> >>> Island Jim
> >>> Southwest Florida
> >>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >>> Hardiness Zone 10
> >>> Heat Zone 10
> >>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>>
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > Hardiness Zone 10
> > Heat Zone 10
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >
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