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Article: Uncle Al discerns that he's indiscernible.(VARIETY)
- Article from:
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- April 9, 2001
- Author:
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One of the many marvels of junk mail is how much it can differ from person to person.
Uncle Al's, for example, is skewed by the fact that one year he made a bunch of small charitable donations instead of just a few of respectable size. Apparently within moments, the fact that Uncle Al could be cajoled out of $20 was communicated to the junk-mail apparatus of every worthy cause in the galaxy, and all of them have been after his blood ever since.
And because he actually bought a 13-function pen (and a few other gizmos that hold up even less well to examination), Uncle Al also gets two or three Publishers Clearing House mailings a week, each offering ...
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