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Re: Jeff Ullman/Great Expectations in last Sunday's Times

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From: Lon Stowell
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 1994 23:09
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In article <1994Feb1.141508.1@pitvax.pitzer.edu> dhosek@pitvax.pitzer.edu (Don Hosek) writes:
>
>>    What was the big deal about insisting on a meeting in your home
>>    anyway?  They called me and absolutely insisted that I couldn't
>>    just drop by their local office...that they absolutely HAD to
>>    do an in-home interview.  
> 
>>    What were they doing, casing the place for burglary, or just
>>    trying in a sneaky way to compute my income from my furnishings?
>
>My guess is that it's an attempt to help weed out people who are
>married. 
>

    That could have been it, but considering the morals exhibited
    in their sales presentations, I'd be more likely to suspect that
    they WERE casing the joint.  >:-)
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From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
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Subject: Re: Jeff Ullman/Great Expectations in last Sunday's Times
Date: 1 Feb 1994 15:09:54 -0800
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