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Serate
Member

08-21-2001

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Froggie make sure you mail it you opt for a signed receipt to be mailed back to you!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
NC, when we lived in Illinois, we had to run a dehumidifier in the summer to keep the basement rooms usable.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 4:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Below is a copy of an e-mail I just received. I think this is the third one I've received now, but from different sources. Is it a new scam like the Nigerian one? Or should I be looking into this and making sure someone isn't taking out loan apps in my name? The other two, I just deleted. I'm reluctant to click on the link they provide, cause I don't know if it will pop me into a trojan or virus or something.

Sir or Madam:

Thank you for your mort gage application, which we received yesterday.
We are glad to confirm that your application is accepted and you can
get as low as 3.7% fixed or adjustable ra te.

Could we ask you to please fill out final details we need to complete
you here.

http://prwkfzlrrdmdjxc.goquote.info/s6/li.php?h8x=77
<link disabled (22)>

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,
Sonny Mendez
Mo rtgage Broker Association.


It came from this e-mail addy: Sonny Mendez [bouuijkjoi@yahoo.com]

And this is what I found in the return path:
Status: U
Return-Path: <bouuijkjoi@yahoo.com>
Received: from 207.69.200.30 ([201.130.208.208])
by strange.mail.mindspring.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id 1bKwygcX3Nl3oW0
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:18:09 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from [36.169.14.192] by 201.130.208.208; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:17:31 -0800
Message-ID: <1579121778.41612170044379462863@chivalrous>
From: "Sonny Mendez" <bouuijkjoi@yahoo.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:17:31 -0800
Subject: Rates are down again are yours? All credit types accepted ... vwbjtzsx
To: Nicole <mare@sprynet.com>
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-ELNK-AV: 0


Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoami:

The link (goquote.info with some identifying header as you can see in the link) takes you to a company called "FJ Financial Internet Services" located in Ontario, CA. I can't tell you anything about them specifically, their website is rather sparse on information. They may be legitimate for all I can tell, however, unless you specifically requested the information, I would advise you to delete the e-mail or report it to your ISP as potential spam e-mail.

Hope this helps™

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes Draheid, very helpful. Thanks!



Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 7:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It looks to me like one of those sites that fish for your personal details. I expect if you follow the link they request personal info that they would then abuse! But it's always wise to check... just don't type any personal info into that link. If they had accepted you for a mortgage they'd already have all the info they needed and wouldn't need more from you.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoami, I get lots and lots of spam like that at one (and only one) of my e-mail accounts. Most come in to my Junk e-mail filter. The ones that come in to my regular mailbox, I report as unsolicited spam. Actually, they are ALL unsolicited spam, but the filter catches most of them.

Nightcrawler
Member

02-12-2002

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
thanks you for your help
i will be cleaning this weekend
i will be trying all your ideas
nc

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 8:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I figured those were spam. But one can never be too careful. Actually, someone called today saying I'd made an "inquiry" on a website about mortgage. Is there a way to check to see if someone is doing some sort of identity theft thing in my name?

Anyway, I have a new question regarding air conditioners. I went shopping today for one, but I'm not sure if what I was interested in would work. I was looking at THIS one. But, I'm befuddled on how it would fit in my window.

Our living room window most resembles this:



Where the middle panel (three layers of panes) is fixed, and the two outside panels slide to the side (two sliding glass panes each).

All of the air conditioners I've seen seem to support the type of window that slides from the top to the bottom. Also, all these conditioners are DEEP. My window sill is only about 5 inches deep. So what would I have to do, cut out my screen? I just don't get it.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 8:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoami: You probably are going to need a unit like THIS for your application. Yes, you would need to either cut (not recommended) or remove your screen in order for this to work. Or obtain a screen small enough to go in place of your current one and allow room for the A/C unit.

Typically, when you have a shallow window sill, you would use angled braces which extend from the back of the unit to the wall below the window to support the entire unit on the outside of the house.

Hope this helps™

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 9:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<cringes>

A bit out of my price range. But to you for checking. Still helpful in knowing what I will probably have to wait another year or two for.

I ended up going with some more window fans, one on each side of the big window (one in each opening). Right now they're both set on intake, but I will probably end up putting one on exhaust. Just like having the cooler evening air come in at me.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 9:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I bet Jmm can answer this one: Today I went to the doctor and she said that the CAT scan I had on my head and neck showed a spot on my thyroid so she wants me to have an ultrasound on the same area. Is a spot on the thyroid anything to be worried about?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoami: What is the maximum width your window will open? Perhaps a couple of very small units, one on each side, would work and be less expensive?

Jmm
Member

08-16-2002

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 10:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Twinkie, Working on researching this. Thyroid is not my best known gland. LOL Did the doctor give you any indication of what he/she thought it might be?

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jmm, I would be interested in any information you dig up on the thyroid, too. Mine is acting up and all of a sudden I'm on meds after requesting the doc fit it into the blood tests.

Oh my goodness, Twinks! Your thyroid is one of the reasons you can be depressed for no reason. My mother went through a lot with hers before they diagnosed what was wrong.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 11:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dra, looks like the window will open about 18" wide (hard to tell, since I already installed the window fans). The window fans already are making a huge difference. Its already just above 75 degrees in the house. Still hot, but a huge improvement over 85 degrees! And they've only been installed a couple of hours. I think just getting air flow in here alone has helped.



Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 12:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I was going to visit the Walmart site again to see what they have for small units, however, this is what I found:

Wal-Mart Closed


Is it Christmas already??? Who knew? lol

I'll have to get back to you on this - but I'm glad to hear the fans are helping already.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 12:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jmm, she sounded concerned enough to order another and different test. Gracie, I have had plenty to be depressed about long before the test was made. I'm anxious to see what the new test shows.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 1:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Dra! I wonder why they "closed" the site down? Looks like someone left the lights on, or you wouldn't have been able to read the message. .

Thanks for trying to check anyway!

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Can someone do me a favor?

I was trying to order a cushion for Mom's wheelchair, and found one in a catalog. So I went online to order it, and it wouldn't show up no matter what I did. I called them, and had to order it over the phone. But the guy kept insisting it was showing up for him and he'd done it several times. I'm sure he thought I was just too stupid to type in the right number. Or of course there was some sort of equipment/software malfunction on my part.

I'd like to know if anyone else can get this thing to come up.

Here's the website: Walter Drake

The part number, as indicated in the catalog is: 100-17911 and the description is "Pressure Reducing Pillow." And you're supposed to be able to type the part number/qty in the "quick order form" at the top left of the site.

There is a color code of 15 for navy and 25 for white. When I couldn't get it to come up, he had me type in a space and then the color code, a space and then the color code in parenthesis, the number and then the color code in parenthesis with no space. All sorts of variations, and nothing would come up. He said he'd done it 4 times on his end (supposedly on their website), and it came up for him.

I also did a keyword search on "pressure reducing pillow" with no hits, and "pillow" with some hits, but not the one I wanted.

I just want to see if anyone else has the same problem as I did, or maybe I'm really as stupid as the guy on the phone seemed to think I was.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Back to add....the pillow I'm looking for looks like this one (got the pic from a different site that didn't offer on line ordering):



Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't find it either WhoMum!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Who..call that <guy> back and ask to speak to his supervisor..tell him to just take your order!!!!

If that doesn't work, give me the # and I will call him!!!!

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Pamy! I don't recall the guy's name. You know how those kind of call centers are. You get a different person every time. But I think I will e-mail their head office. The guy kept mumbling too, and I had to have him repeat things a lot, which he got pretty aggrevated about too.

Thanks for checking Rosie and Pamy. At least I know I'm not just too stupid to fill in an order form!

Oh, and he did take my order. But I made sure to let him know I would have ordered other items too if I could have only found the pillow on the website!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, July 26, 2004 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ok..you just let me know if I need to go kick some pillow ass!!!