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hi cyber-dad-don! At 08:21 1999/09/17 -0700, you wrote, in part: >Subject: Fw: Internet Costs > Important!.... sorry, dad, but this is another internet hoax the only thing new here is that the telephone hoax and the postal service hoax have been merged into one super-hoax the clues as to hoax-ness are: >>>> Pass this on to your friends.... >>>> I hope all of you will pass this on to all your friends and family... >>>> Send this e-mail to EVERYONE on your list... >>>> PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO USES EMAIL ... these hoax/urban legends are inventions of puerile little minds who start them to see how fast and how far they can travel iow [in other words] how many net-newbies they can dupe regardless of the waste of human and internet time and resources it's too bad that we have to becomes suspicious about our e-mail but i guess that's the downside to this miraculous medium remember just because it's written in ascii doesn't mean it's not from an ass! if you want to know more about these hoaxes go to your favourite internet search engine [mine is <http://www.google.com/>] and type in "internet hoax urban legend" and be prepared for some good examples of brain-wasting and, dad, you did nothing "wrong" by sending this in the dweebs who write these things are clever despite their dweebness and besides, we have lots of new listmembers who you will have helped learn something today love sis [cyber-dad-don's adopted-cyber-daughter] janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>