SPAM

“Have any of y'all notice an increase in SPAM in the last couple of weeks? None ever got through to me until just recently, and now I get 4 or more a day.”

“I got home tonight and deleted 36 from Sat/Sun. Only 6 real e-mails.”

“I don't even pay any mind to them!


8)”

“If you're using Outlook for your e-mail, you can block the sender by choosing the "Message" drop-down menu, and then "Block Sender".”

“The Block Sender is available in Outlook Express. It is not in Outlook 97. Is it included in Outlook 2000?”

“It's really weird. These things are encrypted, so that you can't tell where they came from. I inadvertantly tried to open one a couple of days ago, and McAfee blocked it. I'm a little nervous about them containing a virus. Each one is invariably over 100KB. I just delete them without trying to open them now.”

“Hmmmmmmm!!!! Pork shoulder and ham!!!! augggg!!!(drool)”

“All over 100K and you can't tell where they come from? Delete them immediately. Most likely viral.”

“FG, do you have a DSL or cable modem connection? If so, someone may be trying to set you up as client for a DDOS attack. You want to think about getting some sort of firewall software if you have an always-on internet connection.”

“Yep! When I receive something particularly nasty (but non-viral... you know the ones I mean), I always forward it directly to my reps in DC with the following msg:

"Sorry your intern had to see this, but you people are in a position to do something about it. Why don't you?"”

“Heck I thought this was actually a thread about me. How some of you have been have been missing me or how ruggedly handsome I am! LOL!”

“My Norton caught several viruses in my spam over the last several days. I noticed the same messages keep appearing, so I set them up to auto-delete.”

“Whats the count down to Spam? tick tock!!”

“8 Months 5 Days and 11.5 Hours!!!!!!!”

“We have spam,spam,spam,spam,spam, and spam.”

“Hey, that Spam sure is ruggedly handsome.”

“Bacpac - yep, it's available in the 2000 edition.”

“Thanks, bitpusher. Nope, just plain old-fashioned phone modem connection here.”

“I'm still phoneline too FG.

I read something in a newsgroup once, that went like this: If you've got a DSL or cable modem, and all you're running is standard Windows, then you are already hacked and don't know it.”

“I don't get any SPAM at all. Not on my e-mail at work, or my e-mail at home. It's wierd because I have friends who have the same provider and they get it by the case.”

“I didn't get a lot of spam until I got a on a large mailing list for stuff from my daughter's school. Now I get 4-6 spams a day. The spambots look for messages with large lists of addresses and grab those. So once you get on a big list, you start getting spammed.”

“Hay Spam, what happend to the make up trip for the failed attempt earlier this year?

And I miss you.”

“Spam is a god. He had cold drinks waiting for us at the end of the trail on a trip he didn't make. What a doll!”

“Well I miss Spam. I hate spam, though. Haven't you got anything that doesn't have spam in it?”

“I started getting spamed when I got my new computer. And it got worse when Yahoo! changed to groups, and changed all my setting to receive junk mail. By the time I found out about the settings, it was too late.

I went into the "block sender" this morning, so hopefully it'll work.”

“I think that's the source of the latest batch I'm getting...

YAHOO... bastards!

<G>”

“Interesting debate about whether you should reply to spam (ask to be removed from a list) or not. Some say never reply cause then they know you are a real person and you will get 10x more spam.”

“p.s. yes Spam you are still ruggedly handsome”

“Sometimes I feel like replying to spam with a 10mb attachment. If everyone did that....”

“Well... We've got spam and eggs.”

“Father Goose,
If you're a Yahoo! Club or Group member that may be the origin of the spam. They recently pulled a fast one on everybody. Check your account prefrences and uncheck the boxes. Hope this helps.”

“It doesn't have much spam...”

“But I don't want any spam!”

“(cue the Vikings...)”

“spam spam spam spam
spam spam spam spam
spam spam spam spam”

“can I have your spam then?”

“No spam tonight!!! It was worth all those "Block Sender" deletes!”

“Thanks for all the disses and the compliments!

BS I haven't had any time to schedule another trip but I hope to soon.I have my ole lady all geared up now and am trying to find time to take her to Cumberland Island.”

“coooool. you is gonna like it there.”

“I forgot to mention... the day this post went up on the way home I was listening to the 5 O'Clock Funnies on a local radio station. They played Monty Python's Argument Clinic and Spam! I was laughing soooo hard!”

“No they weren't!”

“That's not an argument!”

“I have all the Flying Circus shows on tape except for a couple. I sometimes go home and watch them when I've had a bad day at work. Never fails to cheer me up.”

“BTW, One of my favorites is the village idiot sketch. "I may be an idiot but I'm certainly no fool."”

“I am very moody about my Python... sometimes certain skits hit the mark other times not so much... although I'm always in the mood for the Spanish Inquisition, I think it has to do with the comfy chair”

“Here's a new SPAM scam. I recently got a virus on one of my hotmail accounts that turns all of my reply emails into MSN links (in a fancy font).

:(”

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Spam-tastic! Honoring America's mystery meat

Canned convenience food gets own museum June 14, 2002 Posted: 10:27 PM EDT (0227 GMT)
AUSTIN, Minnesota (AP) -- Depending on who's eating it, Spam is either a slice of post-war Americana or a slice
of who knows what.
Whatever it is, the canned convenience food now has its own museum. "All (you've) got to say is Spam and
ou've got a discussion," said Nancy Barker of Menasha, Wisconsin., emerging from the Spam Museum Friday with a handful of memorabilia. "Of course, there's also quite a lot of jokes." For 66 years this southern Minnesota
town of 22,000 has been known affectionately, or derisively, as Spamtown. "It's a part of our past and it's probably part of our future," said Barker, 65, who
has her own recipe for Spam pancakes. "People are almost cult followers." The museum has been open since September, but Spam maker Hormel Foods
delayed a celebration until Saturday because of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The rescheduled grand opening is steeped in Americana, with famous TV moms like Marion Ross and Barbara Billingsley, sports figures and a World War II memorial dedication.
Inside the museum -- admission is free -- those
followers will have plenty to absorb. A 430-foot
conveyor belt rattles around the ceiling, carrying
about 850 cans of Spam. Visitors can take a Spam exam or can their own Spam (not the real stuff). There's
also a radio station -- KSpam -- and a video screen that shows classic Monty Python skits slamming Spam.
The museum also has exhibits on the Hormel family, explains what goes into spam (pork shoulder, ham, spices and preservatives) and describes the product's
special relationship with American troops in World War II. The war generated huge sales for Hormel, which provided 15 million cans of Spam each week to the military. From 1939 to 1942, the company's overall sales doubled to almost $120 million. Gordon Handrich, a World War II veteran from Appleton, Wisconsin, who was at the museum on Friday, remembered eating Spam. He liked it, but he remembered some soldiers who swore they'd never eat it again once the war ended. A Spam-o-meter at the museum tallies the cans of Spam produced. Hormel expects to turn out its 6 billionth sometime between June 29 and July 3. The museum, which is free, has drawn 39,000 visitors since it opened, and the number is expected to double this weekend.
Laura Shields saw a freeway sign for the Spam museum and said she had to stop and drag her vacationing family in for a look. "It's incredibly cool," she said. Shields said she's carried on a running gag with her brother-in-law, who gave her a Spam calendar for Christmas. The museum shop sold windsocks, pens, T-shirts in Spam's distinctive navy and yellow colors and, of course, the cans.
Some people may love Spam for its salty ham taste, but others are fascinated by the name. In 1935, Hormel President Jay Hormel held a contest at a New Year's Eve
party to name the meat. The winner spliced the words "spice" and "ham" to claim the $100 prize.
Barker, who said she has eaten Spam all her life and fed it to her six children, left the gift shop with a stuffed can of talking Spam. She gave it a squeeze.

It chimed: "I love Spam."


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“I AM FAMOUS!!!!!!!! LOL!”

“Spam Spam Spam Eggs and Spam!”

“Spam - the original mystery meat”