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S.A. Woman Charged $32 For Opinion (one born every minute - and she is blond...)
http://www.clickonsa.com/ant/money/12onyourside/stories/12onyourside-166661920020913-110936.html ^

Posted on 09/15/2002 5:38:36 PM PDT by chance33_98



S.A. Woman Charged $32 For Opinion
Fax Company Profits From Controversy
Posted: 11:46 a.m. CDT September 13, 2002
Updated: 12:08 p.m. CDT September 13, 2002

SAN ANTONIO -- A San Antonio woman was recently charged $32.45 for her opinion on a hot topic.

Susan Lyman-Krom (pictured, left) said she decided to respond to a poll from an unsolicited fax whether the phrase "One nation under God" should be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance.

"I felt strongly about that question," Lyman-Krom said in an interview with KSAT 12 News.

After writing down her vote, Lyman-Krom faxed her opinion to a 900 number.

According to the fax, calls cost $2.95 a minute. The average fax takes about two minutes in standard mode, the fax stated.

"We figured it would cost $6," Lyman-Krom said.

But when Lyman-Krom received her bill, she said she was shocked to see that she was charged $32.45 for an 11-minute fax by Right2Vote Limited, a Canadian company.

"I think it's a scam," Lyman-Krom added. "I think its a way to hit a nerve with the general public on a heated issue. They are turning right around and collecting all this money on a phone call."

Lyman-Krom said that AT&T told her that the 900 number she called belonged to British Fax Directory.

British Fax Directory is a subsidiary of 21st Century Fax, a London-based company that was fined $1 million by the Federal Communications Commission for junk faxes.

KSAT 12 News tried to contact Right2Vote, but there was no telephone number listed. A phone number to remove a fax machine from the company's list was constantly busy.


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To: RepublicanHippy
not nice. your probably ain't blonde jokes, honey.....you're just a rude person. good luck to you.
141 posted on 09/15/2002 7:13:55 PM PDT by ZinGirl
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To: ZinGirl
oops....my bad

probably=problem

...and let's add "issues" to that.

142 posted on 09/15/2002 7:14:55 PM PDT by ZinGirl
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To: Kevin Curry
When they can't run with the big dogs, they go to DU or LP.

I did neither, I went out to the garage and rebuilt and old motorcycle... :)

143 posted on 09/15/2002 7:15:07 PM PDT by Critter
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To: RepublicanHippy
now that was muy tolerant of you ...

facade slipping ?

144 posted on 09/15/2002 7:15:10 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Critter
I am not whiney and I am definately not a liberal. I am not trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill, just replying to all the insults being thrown at me. I am going to bed now because you people are causing me to want a cigarette and I don't smoke.
145 posted on 09/15/2002 7:15:11 PM PDT by RepublicanHippy
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To: Chu Gary
Nope, Tracy. Ann is blonde, Tracy is a silvery knockout.
146 posted on 09/15/2002 7:15:18 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: RepublicanHippy
Isn't 'RepublicanHippy' an oxymoron? It's actually a pretty clever and intelligent screenname... there's NO way you could be a blonde... no way...
147 posted on 09/15/2002 7:16:49 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks
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To: RepublicanHippy
now you're gettin' the idea ...
148 posted on 09/15/2002 7:16:55 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: ZinGirl
I'm 50-50 leaning toward 60-40 on deciding if she will survive this thread. So far she is hanging in there, to her credit. Maybe by the end of the night she'll realize how foolish a blonde joke lawsuit sounds.

Besides, its been a long time since anyone's called me a jerk and arrogant at the same time...mmmm...last time I heard that combination was years ago from my ex-wife, Yep, she was a blonde!

149 posted on 09/15/2002 7:17:21 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: RepublicanHippy
I do hold a Master's degree so my brain must be somewhat functional b----.

So do most members of the NEA...

150 posted on 09/15/2002 7:17:32 PM PDT by Critter
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To: Critter
Well, that was better for you and the motorcycle. Wise choice.
151 posted on 09/15/2002 7:18:13 PM PDT by Kevin Curry
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To: RepublicanHippy; tomkat
I am definately not a liberal

Liberal is as liberal does.
Gonna sue me?

152 posted on 09/15/2002 7:18:13 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To: tomkat
thanks, dude.
153 posted on 09/15/2002 7:18:14 PM PDT by ZinGirl
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To: RepublicanHippy
Aren't you glad you made this thread all about you?

I sure am.

154 posted on 09/15/2002 7:18:42 PM PDT by Gumption
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To: ZinGirl
This: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/748777/posts

started out as perhaps the worst opus ever seen, but then it wasn't, and then it got good.

Kinda hard to explain.
155 posted on 09/15/2002 7:19:23 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: RepublicanHippy
You started the whining in the first few replies...hehehe

Admit it, say 10 Hail Marys, or Ten Our Fathers... or Ten repentance prayers of your choice and we'll overlook this minor transgression...

156 posted on 09/15/2002 7:19:26 PM PDT by Critter
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To: Gumption
Let's see...

1. "Me me me me me me me..."
2. "What about the children???????"
3. "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"
4. "I wanna file a class-action lawsuit against blonde-joke websites"


Yeah... conservative, my A$$
157 posted on 09/15/2002 7:20:34 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks
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To: ZinGirl
And you're not? You can dish it out but can't take it huh?
158 posted on 09/15/2002 7:21:52 PM PDT by RepublicanHippy
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To: RepublicanHippy
because you people are causing me to want a cigarette and I don't smoke.

Does that mean this thread was better than sex? (Am now ducking to avoid thrown objects...)

159 posted on 09/15/2002 7:22:09 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
I went to church some years ago with a young lady(early-20's) who had the most strikingly beautiful silvery hair.

WOW, thats unusual.

160 posted on 09/15/2002 7:22:32 PM PDT by Great Dane
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