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I don't know if other countries have the little catalogs of miscellaneous Things which drop out of TV listings magazines in the UK. I usually throw them away without a second look, but the current offering, from Bright Life UK, of Liverpool, caught my attention. Passing by "Keep your monuments spotlessly clean - Monument Cleaner", only £5.99 and "ideal for all types of gravestones", I particularly liked:
Manual Typewriter 'classic retro style' - SAVE £1,000 on the cost of buying a computer.
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Amazing TV "Dish" Antenna - Works indoors!
Works entirely via "RF" technology - to capture signals right out of the air!
You pay NO satellite fees because you DON'T use satellite signals! Not technical razzle-dazzle but a marketing breakthrough.
What will they think of next?
Don Aitken
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Manual Typewriter 'classic retro style' - SAVE £1,000 on the cost of buying a computer.
and
Amazing TV "Dish" Antenna - Works indoors!
Works entirely via "RF" technology - to capture signals right out of the air!
You pay NO satellite fees because you DON'T use satellite signals! Not technical razzle-dazzle but a marketing breakthrough.
What will they think of next?
Don Aitken
Mail to the addresses given in the headers is no longer being read. To mail me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com".
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I'm still waiting for a self-cleaning juicer.
- I'm still waiting for a self-cleaning juicer.
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[nq:1]I'm still waiting for a self-cleaning juicer.[/nq]
Why I read that and imagine a drunk who does his own washing?
Ross Howard
Why I read that and imagine a drunk who does his own washing?
Ross Howard
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[nq:1]Amazing TV "Dish" Antenna - Works indoors! Works entirely via "RF" technology - to capture signals right out of the air! You pay NO satellite fees because you DON'T use satellite signals! Not technical razzle-dazzle but a marketing breakthrough.[/nq]
I've seen the same ad quoted before. The idea, of course (though I'm sure the advertiser would deny it), is to trap suckers who read it so
I've seen the same ad quoted before. The idea, of course (though I'm sure the advertiser would deny it), is to trap suckers who read it so
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Don Aitken typed thus:
[nq:1]I don't know if other countries have the little catalogs of miscellaneous Things which drop out of TV listings magazines ... "Keep your monuments spotlessly clean - Monument Cleaner", only =A35.99 and "ideal for all types of gravestones", I particularly liked:[/nq]
Now you mention it, I've never seen one of these catalogues (sp!)=20 fall out the French listin
[nq:1]I don't know if other countries have the little catalogs of miscellaneous Things which drop out of TV listings magazines ... "Keep your monuments spotlessly clean - Monument Cleaner", only =A35.99 and "ideal for all types of gravestones", I particularly liked:[/nq]
Now you mention it, I've never seen one of these catalogues (sp!)=20 fall out the French listin
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[nq:2]Amazing TV "Dish" Antenna - Works indoors! Works entirely via ... use satellite signals! Not technical razzle-dazzle but a marketing breakthrough.[/nq]
[nq:1]I've seen the same ad quoted before. The idea, of course (though I'm sure the advertiser would deny it), is to trap suckers who read it so carelessly that they think it *is* a satellite dish.[/nq]
I have my doubts about that. Su
[nq:1]I've seen the same ad quoted before. The idea, of course (though I'm sure the advertiser would deny it), is to trap suckers who read it so carelessly that they think it *is* a satellite dish.[/nq]
I have my doubts about that. Su
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[nq:1]I don't know if other countries have the little catalogs of miscellaneous Things which drop out of TV listings magazines ... "Keep your monuments spotlessly clean - Monument Cleaner", only =A35.99 and "ideal for all types of gravestones", I particularly liked:[/nq]
In the US, at least, they are called 'blow-in cards', because that is=20 how they are inserted in magazines at the printers
In the US, at least, they are called 'blow-in cards', because that is=20 how they are inserted in magazines at the printers
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[nq:2]I don't know if other countries have the little catalogs ... and "ideal for all types of gravestones", I particularly liked:[/nq]
[nq:1]In the US, at least, they are called 'blow-in cards', because that is how they are inserted in magazines at the printers. They are also called 'lap cards', because that is where they wind up.[/nq]
I call them "trash." I was really *** when The New Yo
[nq:1]In the US, at least, they are called 'blow-in cards', because that is how they are inserted in magazines at the printers. They are also called 'lap cards', because that is where they wind up.[/nq]
I call them "trash." I was really *** when The New Yo
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Bill Schnakenberg typed thus:
[nq:2]I don't know if other countries have the little catalogs ... and "ideal for all types of gravestones", I particularly liked:[/nq]
[nq:1]In the US, at least, they are called 'blow-in cards', because that is=20 how they are inserted in magazines at the printers.[/nq]
Simply "blow ins" in the UK, but I wouldn't use that to describe the=20 40-page catalo
[nq:2]I don't know if other countries have the little catalogs ... and "ideal for all types of gravestones", I particularly liked:[/nq]
[nq:1]In the US, at least, they are called 'blow-in cards', because that is=20 how they are inserted in magazines at the printers.[/nq]
Simply "blow ins" in the UK, but I wouldn't use that to describe the=20 40-page catalo
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[nq:1]I call them "trash." I was really *** when The New Yorker surrendered to economic necessity about a decade ago ... that makes them superfluous in my case. Bob Lieblich Who removes and dumps them upon first opening the mag[/nq]
Why not protest by scribbling gibberish on them and mailing them, so someone at the other end has to deal them with and pay the postage?
Michael West
Why not protest by scribbling gibberish on them and mailing them, so someone at the other end has to deal them with and pay the postage?
Michael West
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[nq:2]In the US, at least, they are called 'blow-in cards', ... called 'lap cards', because that is where they wind up.[/nq]
[nq:1]I call them "trash." I was really *** when The New Yorker surrendered to economic necessity about a decade ago and started inserting them. At least theirs are limited to solicitations for subscriptions, but that makes them superfluous in my case.[/nq]
We subscr
[nq:1]I call them "trash." I was really *** when The New Yorker surrendered to economic necessity about a decade ago and started inserting them. At least theirs are limited to solicitations for subscriptions, but that makes them superfluous in my case.[/nq]
We subscr
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