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From: "astaley" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Zabasearch.com
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:20:04 -0400
References: <000401c53a5e$d268d670$f1eb4b0c@its-temp1.worldnet.att.net>


I have an unlisted phone number and they found me to list (minus the phone
number).

Mom died in 1999 and she is still listed; also one of her deceased brothers.

Everybody else is present and accounted for. Even a brother in California -
listed 3 times.

Ann S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Brady" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 12:12 AM
Subject: RE: [APG] Zabasearch.com


> >Yep, it's got some bugs. I am not anywhere in it under any form of my
name.
> >However I did know about another Elissa Powell in my same county who is
> >listed.
> >snip>
> >I don't mind historical data, but incorrect data can be a time waster.
>
> Not in there either. I've no middle name, nor initial. Hmmm. In the future
> I'll subscribe to Popular Mechanics as James A. Brady. And Popular Science
> as James B. Brady. As Brady James to the New York Times. Brady A. James
for
> the AARP. James A. Slow (see bradycardia - means slow heartbeat) for
> something else. I'll be a Jr., or a Sr., or no, wait, the III.
>
> By the time I get to using James Z. Brady, for something or other, the
> database compilers will have to start over again, just as I will.
>
> In the meantime I'll continue to pay for an unlisted telephone number,
> because if they can't start with something to merge the rest of your data
> into, you're relatively safe.
>
> I also tip my postman at year-end. Otherwise he might be curious about the
> letters that come addressed to me as "His Imperial Highness, Light of the
> World, Royal Slowness (see bradycardia, again)".
>
> Now if only I could get the credit card companies to go a long with this.
> Sigh.
>
> Jim
>
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