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From: niebuhr@bnlux1.bnl.gov (david niebuhr)
Subject: Re: How does a PI locate somebody?
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:49:39 GMT

In article <C08I3B.G2o@well.sf.ca.us> casey@well.sf.ca.us (Kathleen Creighton) writes:
>
>Close but no cigar, Dave.  That method *might* work for men, but not for
>locating many adult (married) women.  Try again.

Please explain.  No, I'm not the original poster even though our
first names are the same.

Dave

-- 
Dave Niebuhr      Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973  (516)-282-3093
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: bhaskar@brtph181.bnr.ca (Shaji Bhaskar)
Subject: Re: Who prints personalized bank checks?
Organization: BNR Inc. RTP, NC
Distribution: misc.consumers
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 04:47:11 GMT

In article <C08t55.H3w@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> bhostetl@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Brian Hostetler) writes:
>
>	I'm about out of checks and need some more.  The checks I have
>now have a space theme background.  I'm a little sick of them and want
>to get something different.  Someone I once knew had Bugs Bunney on
>her checks.  Does anyone out there know where I can get ahold of
>companies that print checks with unusual backgrounds?

By coincidence, I just sent off to one such company after I saw an ad
in my local newspaper. It says on the ad that they have been in
business for over 60 years.  My wife has heard their name mentioned on
TV (CNBC, she thinks) as a bonafide company (i.e., one unlikely to
misuse the information you send them).

Their address is: Checks in the Mail, P.O. Box 7802, Irvine, CA 91706.
They also promise a free brochure if you call 1-800-733-4443.

You might also just ask your bank - many have several choices
available.  I like the ones with duplicates.

  -Shaji.
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Shaji Bhaskar     BNR, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709     (bhaskar@bnr.ca) 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,ca.driving
From: dhepner@cup.hp.com (Dan Hepner)
Subject: Re: Fines for not registering a vehicle?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:50:14 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1scd1 PL4

From: schwartz@nynexst.com (Steven Schwartz)

>I'm missing something.  In NY, there's no legal obligation to register a
>vehicle unless it is to be driven on public streets.  If you want to
>drive it around your backyard, you don't need plates.  Is CA different? 

Ca is often different, if "different" means "anything imaginable to
collect money".

Normal registration fees are due if:

The vehicle is parked on a public street, or at any public parking 
  facility once during the year in question 
The vehicle is towed once on a public street during that year
And of course, if the vehicle is driven.

(one-trip permits allow for moving a vehicle from one storage place to
 another, or to a repair facility, but doing either without such a
 permit incurs the full fee)

Off highway fees (usually far less than normal registration) are due if:

The vehicle is operated within the state of Ca.
The vehicle is transported within the state of Ca.

Once due, these fees do not go away with the next year; rather the opposite
occurs, the fees are delinquent, implying a penalty.  The longer they
remain delinquent, the greater the penalty.  Each year adds new fees,
and a new penalty.  As bad as could be imagined.

There does appear the _option_ of waiving the fees and penalties to 
new owners, but 9562 suggests that this should not be expected if
one buys a vehicle with out-of-date plates.

"Certificates of non-operation", which claim that the vehicle never 
incurred the fee, are commonly used in circumstances which would imply
a massive liability, but one must be signed by each of the previous 
owners.

Dan Hepner
From: tanner@bcsaic.boeing.com (Jim Tanner)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Legal Tender?? A different Twist
Date: 23 Dec 92 18:30:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle

In article <43987@fibercom.COM> rrg@rtp.fibercom.com (Rhonda Gaines) writes:
>
>How much of a dollar bill ($20 bill to be exact) do you have to have
>before it's spendable?  My husband found 3/4 of a $20 bill and
>figured that it's probably unspendable but I thought I'd pose the
>question anyway.  Replies to rrg@fibercom.com

All you need is 51% of the bill.  Take it to a bank where they will
exchange it for a complete bill.
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: ehill@rose.hp.com (Eric Hill)
Subject: Re: Low Fee Credit cards with Freq Flier Mileage
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:34:31 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: HP - Systems Technology Division
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

First card gives United miles...1 mile for every dollar. $60.00 per year

Eric Hill
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Dedicated ATM card?
From: me@stile.stonemarche.org (Mark Eklof)
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 11:56:27 -0500
Distribution: na
Organization: Stonemarche Network Cop
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00

In article <1993Jan2.093910.8165@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>, bill nelson writes:
> rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie) writes:
> : This service is automated - you are prompted to touch tone in the area 
> : code and the first three digits of "the number you are calling from".
> 
> I don't know why they would want that. Since it is an 800 number, they
> have your complete phone number, as soon as you call.

	Not necessarily.  Real-time ANI delivery (i.e. what gives some
800 numbers your BILLING number as soon as you call) costs more money
than just getting the ANI data in a monthly statement.  If it isn't
useful to whoever runs the 800 line, they may not get it.

Mark
-- 
Mark D. Eklof
Cos Grange
Brookline, New Hampshire, USA

me@stile.stonemarche.org

Sometimes, I wonder if it's me.
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.legal,soc.misc,alt.conspiracy
From: davet@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Dave Tutelman)
Subject: Re: How does a PI locate somebody?
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs - Lincroft, NJ
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 13:30:35 GMT

In article <2JAN199307371121@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:
>A friend tells me that she used the services of a private
>investigator to locate a boyfriend from high school days (25
>years ago), mainly out of curiosity as to what had become of
>him. She paid the PI something around $150-$200 for this, as I
>recall, contingent on success in the search. 
>
>The PI was able to find the former flame within a day using his
>databases, the nature of which he wouldn't disclose to her. He
>did say that he had worked for the Federal government [once].
>How did he do it? It would seem that he would have to have
>access to some union of all American telephone directories.

"Track down high school and college friends ..."
The first words of the fine print, on page 12 of the "early winter 93" DAK
catalogue.

The product, the PhoneDisc CD-ROM, is a set of 2 CDs with 70 million USA
phone numbers and addresses.  They claim that's 80%-90% of all listed
residences in the US.

The price of $129 includes a third CD, with what amounts to a nationwide
yellow pages.

If that's available to you and me for such a small fee, maybe a professional
has access to even better coverage.  Or maybe, just maybe, YOU could start
a business charging more than your cost for the disks for each commission.
It might work, as long as you were REAL mysterious about your sources, and
claimed you used to work for the government.....

Dave
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Re: America doesn't have a clue: (was DOES AMERICA SAY YES TO JAPAN? - Off track!!)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:59:24 GMT


Bill Lambert's latest post is so deliberately offensive and inflammatory,
and so far beyond the pale of fair comment, that he is now on my Kill list.
I mention this only so readers will know my failure to respond to this
or any future posts of his does not denote assent to anything he says.

David
-- 
David Sternlight
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From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Sony Equipment (was Re: CD walkmans)
Date: 29 Dec 92 00:45:01 GMT
Organization: Green Hills and Cows

In article <Bzy9pI.EEJ@world.std.com> kieran@world.std.com (Aaron L Dickey) writes:

>At the time, some Circuit City drone told
>me that really old players may have trouble with the newer 75-80 minute
>discs because the laser beam is just too wide (in other words, old
>technology...wouldn't you love to see some *new* players while you're
>here?).

What a snake! ALL CD players and ALL CDs available commercially conform
to the Sony/Philips international licensing standard. In other words,
the spec for all such equipment (including the "new" longer playing
CDs) was defined over a decade ago. The only reason that longer playing
CDs are only recently available has nothing to do with "improved
technology", only the fact that the CD is finally a recognized medium
in its own right and does not have to bow to the time limitations of
the now-obsolete vinyl LP concurrent releases.

My opinion of Circuit City has sunk to somewhere below sea level.

>Whether this is true or just utter bullshit I have no idea, but I
>did notice an article in _Popular Science_ recently noting that Sony had
>passed a milestone in laser technology, creating a narrower beam that
>would allow something like 2-3 hours of music on one CD...as long as the
>CD player was in a room about 150 degrees below zero.

If this ever sees the commercial light of day, it will have to be sold
as a new product. One of the salient features of the Compact Disc is its
universal compatibility. My Sony CDP101 (purchased in 1984) should
still be able to play anything sold as a Compact Disc even today.
-- 
 John Higdon  |   P. O. Box 7648   |   +1 408 264 4115     |       FAX:
 john@ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | 10288 0 700 FOR-A-MOO | +1 408 264 4407
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: alasnik@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Lasnik)
Subject: Re: Prodigy
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:20:12 GMT


I am really getting annoyed with all the "I've-never-tried-it-but-I
know-it's-BAAAAD" crap.  Folks, like most online services, Prodigy offers
free trials.  If you're curious, try it.  Don't bash it out of ignorance
or stupid feelings of superiority.

You can get free trial kits from ANY current Prodigy member, including
myself, with no obligation.  It's a month free (almost*) unlimited usage.

If you have any questions about Prodigy, or would like to get a free kit
from me, feel free to drop me a note.  Lest I get any nastygrams, let me
admit up front that I indeed get a $5 credit on my account for each kit
I send out (up to four).  The people I send free kits to also get a
rather good deal -- Pthe Prodigy startup kit still sells for over $25 in
most stores.

Before you decide to request a kit from me, consider the following:
--if you've recently bought an IBM (not a clone) computer, you're probably
already eligible for a free kit.  Check out the ads that come with your
computer.
--if you have friends or family that are on Prodigy, order through them
first.  After all, I would think you'd rather get THEM a free five bucks
than me :-).

Folks, instead of rehashing disproven conspiracy theories or suggesting
that USENET is the end-all and be-all of network computing, check your
facts, or least put them to the test.  I like BOTH USENET and Prodigy.
They both offer unique services and have unique user bases and environments.
I always urge my Prodigy college friends to check out the Internet... just
as I urge you to check out Prodigy.

--ADAM "KEYS" LASNIK

DISCLAIMER: Though I'm a big fan of Prodigy, neither I nor my family are
employees of IBM, sears, or Big *P.
From: rogers@calamari.hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Spray-on hair
Date: 29 Dec 92 11:55:53 GMT
Organization: Hitachi Computer Products, OSSD division
NNTP-Posting-Host: calamari.hi.com

In article <1gl454INN8gr@fmsrl5.srl.ford.com> hugh@slee01.srl.ford.com writes:
>... The product being hawked was a
>revolutionary new baldness treatment -- spray-on hair!
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I remember a similar product from the mid-to-late 70's - it was called "Top
Cover" (or something like that).  Anyone else remember this?

AWR
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: gadfly@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (Gadfly)
Subject: Re: Cover Charge for Restaurant?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:34:01 GMT
Summary: What's the problem?

In article <1992Dec21.175922.3969@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>, colette@bnr.ca
(Colette George) writes:
> I've never heard of a restaurant charging a cover charge at the door -
> in fact, it's ridiculous if you're going there for dinner - sort of
> like having to pay two tips or something. ...
> Personally, I think it's pretty sleazy to expect restaurant patrons
> to pay just to get in the door. 

But that's not all you're paying for.  It's quite common in Chicago
for the few places which serve not just excellent dinner but also
excellent entertainment to have a cover charge.  Your bill pays for
the food, your tip pays for the service, and your cover pays for the
band (or act, or whatever).  Makes perfect sense to me--the musicians
have to eat too, you know.

               *** ***
Ken Perlow   ***** *****
21 Dec 92   ****** ******   1 Nivose An CCI
            *****   *****   gadfly@ihspc.att.com
             ** ** ** **
...L'AUDACE!   *** ***   TOUJOURS DE L'AUDACE!  ENCORE DE L'AUDACE!
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: n36c@pnet16.cts.com (Rm1 Straight)
Subject: Re: Fines for not registering a vehicle?
Organization: People-Net [pnet16], NCTAMS EASTPAC
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:36:13 GMT

On this subject, I have a question. I lived in Ca for four years, registering
my vehicle/s there. As military non-resident I found it much cheaper than my
home state. I transferred to Hawaii in 91 and registered my car here, hey for
.50 a year (yes, .50 cents) I couldn't beat it. After I got here, Ca DMV sent
my MIL some kind of notice (my FIL "took care of it"). Now **IF** I get
xferred back to Cali, will they slap me with some huge fine for not
registering my car there, even though I'd have evidence that I was in HI for
the last three years? I'm not hoping to go back to CA, but the Navy doesn't
particulary care what I want. Thanks for info.
                                                   Str8
Navy Special Communications. Is there anything else?
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: mike%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu (Mike S.)
Subject: Re: Legal Tender?? A different Twist
Organization: BITS, St. Louis, MO
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:05:23 GMT

schwartz@nynexst.com (Steven Schwartz) writes:


>> How much of a dollar bill ($20 bill to be exact) do you have to have
>> before it's spendable?  My husband found 3/4 of a $20 bill and
>> figured that it's probably unspendable but I thought I'd pose the
>> question anyway.  Replies to rrg@fibercom.com

>From memory (it's been years):

>60 - 100% of the bill	= 100% value
>40 - 60%		= 50% value
>< 40%			= 0

Don't know about this--I believe it is all or nothing.

I do know if you send enough (serial number?  portrait?) of the bill
to the US Mint (or to whomever handles it), they will send you back
a new bill of the same denomination.

Mike
-- 
mike%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: niebuhr@bnlux1.bnl.gov (david niebuhr)
Subject: Re: Dedicated ATM card?
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 02:31:01 GMT

In article <TRSNYDER.92Dec31113449@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu> trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes:
>In article <6222@naucse.cse.nau.edu> rrw@sunset.cse.nau.edu (Bob Wier) writes:
>
>I'm happy with the way my bank solved this....  I pay a annual $14 fee,
>in exchange for this I get unlimitted ATM usage, no matter if it's MAC or Plus.
>

Oh, better yet, try Home Federal Savings and Loan.  No annual fee and
unlimited ATM usage.  The kicker is that Plus is not honored but so
what.  It has Cirrus, Pulse, Honor, NYCE and a few others as acceptable
cards (I can't speak for the fee structure here).  But then I only use 
my bank's ATM card to draw money out of my checking account anyway.

Home Federal is located on Long Island.

Dave


-- 
Dave Niebuhr      Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973  (516)-282-3093
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,soc.men,misc.misc
From: sameer@atlastele.com ()
Subject: Need opinions on the SHARP music system 
Organization: Atlas Telecom Inc.
Disclaimer: Views expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 05:26:21 GMT

Hi All,
I need your opinions about the Sharp CD C700 and CDC 5300 intergrated 
music systems, i.e. CD/Cassette/Radio etc. Any personal experiences
would be very valuable.
Thanks in advance.
Sameer..
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,soc.culture.japan
From: hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga)
Subject: Re: America doesn't have a clue: (was DOES AMERICA SAY YES TO JAPAN? - Off track!!)
Organization: Stanford University CSLI
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:10:51 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.164957.2067@island.COM> fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>Tanaka, became BY FAR the most powerful man in Japan even AFTER while time in 
>jail (the "shadow Prime Minister") which continued until he suffered a stroke
>in 1985. He was not, seemingly, too severely punished for taking a bribe from
>a foreign company. And BTW, Tanaka NEVER acknowledged he was wrong.

"In jail" means in custody.
And the trial is still in the appeal court (supreme court).
The lower two courts ruled Tanaka guilty.
But even if so, he would serve about a 4-year sentence at most.
During that (and a certain following) period, he would be deprived of
all electoral rights.  But rumor says that had he not appealed and
served the sentence as a "sanctioning period"; he would have long
since revived as an ever powerful figure :-<
In reality, he has maintained his parliament seat, surviving several
elections (some of them with a landslide).  This reflects the loyal
attitude of his electoral district (Niigata 3-ku) towards him;
which IMO is disgraceful -- ever more so since his current health
condition inhibits him from serving any public service (be it good
or bad).

>His legacy still lived on in a) the mess of the current LDP b) the failure to
>this day to open the second runway in Narita c) the ever increasing role of 
>money in Japanese politics d) his hand-picking of the next few Prime Minister's

I'm not sure of his affluence in b) -- agreed with the others.

-Yuzuru Hiraga
From: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: electric razor experience
Date: 31 Dec 1992 14:20:01 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin) says:

>In article <1hn4paINN329@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy) writes:
>
>   Now I got a brand new Braun 2000 (2-position) ($47 at wal-mart).
>   It definitely shaves closer than norelco, will work with or without
>   the cord (norelco 805 only works cordless).  downside, it is VERY
>   noisy and it feels like you are holding a massager on your hand due
>   to the strong vibrations. other advantages, replacement blade is
>   cheaper ($15 compared to $20 for norelco), more compact in size,
>   has autovolt feature (works anywhere from 12v-220v AC or DC).  I do
>   like the pop-up trimmer of norelco better than braun, braun's
>   trimmer is too close to the foil and might catch your sideburns.
>   well, I'll just see how long this thing last.
>
>The Braun foil blade may need replacing more often; I don't know.
>The Norelco rotary blades are self sharpening.  My Norelco is over
>5 years old and I've never replaced the blades.  It is a 660tx
>and it is autovolt.  I'm surprised if the 805 is not autovolt.
>
>
that is a good point.  and as for my comment about a closer shave of braun,
I think it may shave part of skin off also because of that. as for being
autovolt, with the braun, you just plug it into any outlet (special plug
to plug into car lighter), while the norelco works with 110 or 220 volts AC
but you still need to turn a switch. 

as for the blades, I suppose the 660 is not the lift and cut model. the 805 is
and the faceplate of the blade fell off after 1 month of use.
>
From: bguan@stein.u.washington.edu (David Bingzhong Guan)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Foreign ATM Fees
Date: 2 Jan 1993 07:30:43 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu

In <1992Dec31.064421.9633@netcom.com> timlee@netcom.com (Timothy J. Lee) writes:

>afriend@dial.Princeton.EDU (A. Friend) writes:
>|by avk@hafnium.cchem.berkeley.edu (Tony Konashenok):
>|> There still are banks which won't charge you a penny for using other banks'
>|> ATMs. Most of them are very small, have only a few ATMs, and simply *need* to
>|
>|I know that the United Jersey Bank has a progrom called preferred banking,
>|which allows unlimited use of the ATMs. You have to have a combined balance
>|of $3,000 in your checking and saving accounts.

>Now the question is, are there banks or S&Ls which allow free foreign ATM
>use (even if only a few times per month) that (1) are not unreasonably
>expensive in other ways (e.g. high fee, high balance requirement), and
>(2) are reasonably accessible to most people?  The $3000 balance requirement
>for the bank named above fails (1), while a credit union named in another
>article fails (2) because most people cannot use it.

Key Bank of Washington. Free checking, free ATM (Exchange & PLUS) with $100
minimum balance.

David

>-- 
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Timothy J. Lee                                        timlee@netcom.com
>No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
-- 
David Bingzhong Guan 
bguan@u.washington.edu
-- 
David Bingzhong Guan 
bguan@u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.electronics,soc.culture.japan,misc.education,misc.entrepreneurs