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    From Blaine@[email protected] to comp.misc on Sun Oct 18 12:25:27 2026
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    I watch movies occasionally. The theater requires no-cash methods. Today
    I looked in my email and had a letter from the theater. How did they get
    my email address? Twice I put my phone number into their membership ask,
    and it told me both times I'm not a member nor in the membership list.
    Not saying this is the reason, just that it's another detail to think
    about in this project.
    --
    Can you strip away so we may start again?
    "There’s a switch and they don't
    seem authentic or themselves. It
    feels like I’m an unnecessary
    body and it’s a waste of time to
    even be there." -- Grim, playful Blaine.
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  • From Eli the Bearded@*@eli.users.panix.com to comp.misc on Sun Oct 18 19:19:26 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.misc

    In comp.misc, Blaine <[email protected]> wrote:
    I watch movies occasionally. The theater requires no-cash methods. Today
    I looked in my email and had a letter from the theater. How did they get
    my email address? Twice I put my phone number into their membership ask,
    and it told me both times I'm not a member nor in the membership list.
    Not saying this is the reason, just that it's another detail to think
    about in this project.

    I had a mobile notary come to sign something with a mobility impaired
    senior. I wanted to pay cash, but couldn't come up with the exact
    change, and he did not have change himself. So I charged it, but I
    needed a receipt for the senior. He took "my" email address and sent a
    receipt to me.

    I used a unique email address for the transaction, as is my style. "[email protected]" (where I have a wild card collector).

    The next day I used that card at a coffee shop and the transaction ended
    with "receipt emailed". It was sent to the <foonotary> address.

    I reported the card as lost to the bank and got a replacement.

    Separately I started the process of getting my information deleted with
    the POS card service provider used, Square.

    Elijah
    ------
    furious
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