What's Up Mac?

A place for my rants, observations, commentary and just plain dialogue about Apple products and Macintosh computers.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

What's Up Mac?
By Bill Rose




Another rant….


Who has taken charge of my email account? I know for a fact it isn't me and this is how I know:


A two day sampling of the emails I have gotten….


Comparing forklifts. I swear this one came out of left field unless everybody but me has a forklift at home. Ironically I do know how to operate one. I don't need one though.


Best Cigars. I have smoked exactly THREE cigars in my lifetime so why am I getting REPEATED emails to try them?


Political. The Tea Party. The Coffee Party. Liberals. Conservatives. Moderates. Libertarians. Democrats. Republicans. They all seem to want me and ironically they all seem to think I want them.


My Life. For the last time. I know where my little brother is!!!


PC. I have an easy fix for all those nasty Windows issues. Don't use Windows!!!


Dating. I'm not interested in dating Jewish women over 50 or any woman over 50, Cheating Wives, Pretty Young Things looking for a Sugar Daddy, wild middle aged divorced women or anybody but my wife of 25 years. Believe me when I say my dance card is filled!!!


I also don't need a new roof, a Halloween costume, credit cards, Medicare supplemental insurance, Viagra, XFINITY, DirectTV or a Dish Satellite System, a tax shelter in Nevada, a timeshare in North Carolina, a new car, any kind of online degree, a fad diet, hair products, a new mortgage, an equity loan, credit repair, my daily horoscope or plates that double as graters.


No matter what I set my Spam filters to do I keep getting an amazing array of email that I don't want, need or will ever use. So how does this happen and why do most of them mirror on a second .mac account I have? I know companies sell client lists and any time you deal with an online store or service they can sell your name to companies phishing for customers. Maybe I should pay more attention to the sites I visit but really... a forklift?


I have to go now. My email chime just sounded and it appears somebody out there in the Great Blue Nowhere thinks I will look smashing in a Genie Bra. ; )


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