*What a message of sanity - thanks, Buckette!* On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:04 AM, spice3@juno.com <spice3@juno.com> wrote: > Mornin' Cuzzies, > > It's what is passed around from fren to fren in emails....really sort of an > interesting subject to me. I'm connected to a bunch of animal lovers, and > we pass "aaaawwww" pictures to each other all the time. It's a brief > moment of fun during the day. Received a tape the other day of a guy who > raised a gorilla and then was reunited w/ him in the jungle. Amazing! > Also, on web cams there are a bunch of babies being born: birds, horses, > chickens, puppies, who have huge followings of watchers. > > And, I have my wildlife group.....and we send the huge gator who's swimming > w/ a dead deer in his mouf, or the rattlesnake found in Jacksonville who's > almost as long as a football field is wide, or the tape of the mule killing > the mountain lion. I like all those. o : However, if I sent a > picture of a snake to Da Kid, we'd have to rush him to ICU!! > > Now, I'm one of the more religious people I know.....I don't send out > religious stuff. And, the reason I don't is because I'm a spiritualist w/ > some Episcopalian overtones who believes in reincarnation, meditates, > communes w/ all matter of spirits.....I mean to some of you, I'm out there. > I don't express my views to others; why would people send me religious > stuff? I get it all the time. Is that crazy?!! > > And, then there are the GI soldier patriotic group.....I don't need to be > reminded to support our troops. Every generation in my family has dead > soldiers having fought for the freedom of our country, w/ the most recent > being my two college grad officer uncles who left this sphere w/out > offspring so I have no first cuzzies. I know what families feel when > they send their boys off to war. I don't need to be reminded. > > Sometimes I think not much thought is given to email stuff we pass on. I > will admit to enjoying those items which are continually passed around > because it strikes a nerve w/ everyone.....it's always interesting to me > what is the big appeal for the moment, and doesn't really bother me that > it's constantly repeated in my email box. > > And, how 'bout the hysterical virus alert.....that's generally three years > old, and the sender usually sez.....I don't know whether this is true or > not. Generally it isn't. Why do I have to look it up on Snopes.com? > Why don't they before they send it? I have trusty Norton on my machine > and I haven't had a virus in years! Knock on wood! > > Y'all have a good one! > > Buckette > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Lisa

From the paranoid section, there are a lot of trackers, trojans, worms, and phishies on the super forwarded messages. I get to clean out the trash from several neighbors that are in worse shape than I, the more they forward (especially religious messages) the higher the count! I took 3600+ malware files out of one laptop! Larry Lisabeth Davis wrote: > *What a message of sanity - thanks, Buckette!* > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:04 AM, spice3@juno.com <spice3@juno.com> wrote: > > >> Mornin' Cuzzies, >> >> It's what is passed around from fren to fren in emails....really sort of an >> interesting subject to me. I'm connected to a bunch of animal lovers, and >> we pass "aaaawwww" pictures to each other all the time. It's a brief >> moment of fun during the day. Received a tape the other day of a guy who >> raised a gorilla and then was reunited w/ him in the jungle. Amazing! >> Also, on web cams there are a bunch of babies being born: birds, horses, >> chickens, puppies, who have huge followings of watchers. >> >> And, I have my wildlife group.....and we send the huge gator who's swimming >> w/ a dead deer in his mouf, or the rattlesnake found in Jacksonville who's >> almost as long as a football field is wide, or the tape of the mule killing >> the mountain lion. I like all those. o : However, if I sent a >> picture of a snake to Da Kid, we'd have to rush him to ICU!! >> >> Now, I'm one of the more religious people I know.....I don't send out >> religious stuff. And, the reason I don't is because I'm a spiritualist w/ >> some Episcopalian overtones who believes in reincarnation, meditates, >> communes w/ all matter of spirits.....I mean to some of you, I'm out there. >> I don't express my views to others; why would people send me religious >> stuff? I get it all the time. Is that crazy?!! >> >> And, then there are the GI soldier patriotic group.....I don't need to be >> reminded to support our troops. Every generation in my family has dead >> soldiers having fought for the freedom of our country, w/ the most recent >> being my two college grad officer uncles who left this sphere w/out >> offspring so I have no first cuzzies. I know what families feel when >> they send their boys off to war. I don't need to be reminded. >> >> Sometimes I think not much thought is given to email stuff we pass on. I >> will admit to enjoying those items which are continually passed around >> because it strikes a nerve w/ everyone.....it's always interesting to me >> what is the big appeal for the moment, and doesn't really bother me that >> it's constantly repeated in my email box. >> >> And, how 'bout the hysterical virus alert.....that's generally three years >> old, and the sender usually sez.....I don't know whether this is true or >> not. Generally it isn't. Why do I have to look it up on Snopes.com? >> Why don't they before they send it? I have trusty Norton on my machine >> and I haven't had a virus in years! Knock on wood! >> >> Y'all have a good one! >> >> Buckette >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > >