Comments on: Thanks for subscribing to Boing Boing, Stefan! http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 20:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Erik Englund http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1618303 Erik Englund Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1618303 The first time I ever even heard of Boing Boing was when I bought Issue 8 of Mondo 2000 (Diamanda Galas on cover) at a local comic book/magazine store (Shinders) in Minnesota. The cashier said..."this is good, but I like Boing Boing better". Had NO IDEA what he was talking about...I think I was probably 16 or 17 at the time. The first time I ever even heard of Boing Boing was when I bought Issue 8 of Mondo 2000 (Diamanda Galas on cover) at a local comic book/magazine store (Shinders) in Minnesota. The cashier said…”this is good, but I like Boing Boing better”. Had NO IDEA what he was talking about…I think I was probably 16 or 17 at the time.

]]> By: edkedz http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1618300 edkedz Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1618300  I totally would if I wasn't too lazy.  I totally would if I wasn’t too lazy.

]]> By: Robert Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1618072 Robert Cruickshank Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1618072 I moved recently, and while cleaning up found a box of bOING bOINGs, Factsheet Fives, Mondo 2000s, receipts for modems that cost 200 dollars, and cancelled cheques made out to BBSs.  Doesn't seem that long ago... I moved recently, and while cleaning up found a box of bOING bOINGs, Factsheet Fives, Mondo 2000s, receipts for modems that cost 200 dollars, and cancelled cheques made out to BBSs.  Doesn’t seem that long ago…

]]> By: princeminski http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617950 princeminski Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617950 I guess this is off topic, but bOING bOING was a really great zine. I guess this is off topic, but bOING bOING was a really great zine.

]]> By: invictus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617777 invictus Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617777 Psst, Stefan... That's "users' manuals," not "user's manuals." I only mention it because this seems like an important document, you understand. Psst, Stefan… That’s “users’ manuals,” not “user’s manuals.” I only mention it because this seems like an important document, you understand.

]]> By: bolamig http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617773 bolamig Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617773 I like that the bank lists their zip code but not their address.  Seems like a simpler time when mail was routed by people who knew things instead of OCR robots. I like that the bank lists their zip code but not their address.  Seems like a simpler time when mail was routed by people who knew things instead of OCR robots.

]]> By: Rezeya Montecore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617770 Rezeya Montecore Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617770 And then you in turn set off all my Steve Jackson Games nostalgia, which makes ME feel old. :D And then you in turn set off all my Steve Jackson Games nostalgia, which makes ME feel old. :D

]]> By: bibulb http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617768 bibulb Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617768 Glad to know I'm not the only one...  Glad to know I’m not the only one… 

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617751 Stefan Jones Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617751  The stuff posted by "." was just an old resume I myself posted.  The stuff posted by “.” was just an old resume I myself posted.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617750 awjt Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617750 You're pretty stoic.  I must say I'd be creeped out by some person posting all that stuff under the name "."  Well, my comments were pretty creepy too, but they were, honestly, meant in jest. You’re pretty stoic.  I must say I’d be creeped out by some person posting all that stuff under the name “.”  Well, my comments were pretty creepy too, but they were, honestly, meant in jest.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617747 Stefan Jones Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617747  It changed names and went through mergers. Not sure what form it exists in now.  It changed names and went through mergers. Not sure what form it exists in now.

]]> By: Dr. Chronobiologist http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617726 Dr. Chronobiologist Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617726 The credit union appears to no longer exist and probably did not exist into the internet age judging by the low number of Google results https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&q=%22pan+american+federal+credit+union%22 Feeling old is the correct response. The credit union appears to no longer exist and probably did not exist into the internet age judging by the low number of Google results https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&q=%22pan+american+federal+credit+union%22

Feeling old is the correct response.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617720 Robert Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617720 I have a set of Pan Am airplane headphones -- real ones, not the air-tube plastic ones they used to have. They even work and they are so nostalgic. I have a set of Pan Am airplane headphones — real ones, not the air-tube plastic ones they used to have. They even work and they are so nostalgic.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617706 Stefan Jones Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617706  Oh, man, was that gross. It was about draining a giant boil or abscess on a cat's head.  Oh, man, was that gross. It was about draining a giant boil or abscess on a cat’s head.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617703 Stefan Jones Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617703 Some of that is accurate. A lot isn't. There is another Stefan Jones in Pittsburgh. And a couple in the Portland area. (In fact, when I lived in Pittsburgh, I got a few phone calls meant for the other Stefan . . . who I had met years before when he was a sales person and I was a sales trainer. And once in Powell's I went to the customer service desk to answer a page and found one of the other Stefans there with his party.) Some of that is accurate. A lot isn’t.

There is another Stefan Jones in Pittsburgh. And a couple in the Portland area.

(In fact, when I lived in Pittsburgh, I got a few phone calls meant for the other Stefan . . . who I had met years before when he was a sales person and I was a sales trainer. And once in Powell’s I went to the customer service desk to answer a page and found one of the other Stefans there with his party.)

]]> By: the damned fool http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617701 the damned fool Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617701 High five if (like me) you subscribed to bOING bOING because of the ad in the back of the now defunct Spy magazine.  "Get Illuminated!"  High five if (like me) you subscribed to bOING bOING because of the ad in the back of the now defunct Spy magazine.  ”Get Illuminated!” 

]]> By: Shibi_SF http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617690 Shibi_SF Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617690 Well, now I know way too much about Stefan Jones. Well, now I know way too much about Stefan Jones.

]]> By: Over the River http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617677 Over the River Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617677 and this is why I always reference this site as bOING bOING. and this is why I always reference this site as bOING bOING.

]]> By: max00 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617672 max00 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617672  How often do you see a signature actually get a meaningful authentication? Because those are the situations where keeping it a secret will help you out. The rest of the time, requiring a signature makes it a little more likely someone will have committed fraud.  How often do you see a signature actually get a meaningful authentication? Because those are the situations where keeping it a secret will help you out.

The rest of the time, requiring a signature makes it a little more likely someone will have committed fraud.

]]> By: taj http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617671 taj Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617671 that is extremely creepy! that is extremely creepy!

]]> By: . http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617670 . Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617670 This is why you don't post stuff like this online.. http://www.mylife.com/c-1284599931 About Stefan Jones This is why you don’t post stuff like this online..
http://www.mylife.com/c-1284599931

About Stefan Jones

]]> By: bob http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617662 bob Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617662 I sign all my Visa slips as "GOD" or "Bob Saget" I sign all my Visa slips as “GOD” or “Bob Saget”

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617652 awjt Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617652 I'm signing all my legal documents "Stefan Jones" from now on, in the same hand.  Thanks, Stefan, for your fine penmanship. I’m signing all my legal documents “Stefan Jones” from now on, in the same hand.  Thanks, Stefan, for your fine penmanship.

]]> By: taj http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617650 taj Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617650 Awesome find, Stefan!  Awesome find, Stefan! 

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617651 awjt Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617651 At least you could humor the unwitting and play along with the fabricated travesty!  As the rest of us are!   At least you could humor the unwitting and play along with the fabricated travesty!  As the rest of us are!  

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617646 xzzy Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617646 At least, you could have read the full blog entry where it's clearly stated the address and bank account are both out of date. At least, you could have read the full blog entry where it’s clearly stated the address and bank account are both out of date.

]]> By: Keith Seric http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617643 Keith Seric Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617643 Probably not a great idea to be posting someones signature online either, regardless of rather or not those routing/account numbers and address are still in use.  Although previous addressed are used for identity fraud schemes and account verification through credit bureaus. Probably not a great idea to be posting someones signature online either, regardless of rather or not those routing/account numbers and address are still in use.  Although previous addressed are used for identity fraud schemes and account verification through credit bureaus.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617628 timquinn Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617628 quite possibly even closer than that! quite possibly even closer than that!

]]> By: Julien Laflamme http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617625 Julien Laflamme Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617625 At least, you could have censored the adress or the numbers at the bottom of the check... it gives personnal informations about this person, who is maybe still alive and using this very same bank account... At least, you could have censored the adress or the numbers at the bottom of the check… it gives personnal informations about this person, who is maybe still alive and using this very same bank account…

]]> By: 10xor01 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/30/thanks-for-subscribing-to-boin.html#comment-1617621 10xor01 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203233#comment-1617621 Is the content from #9 for "Home Surgery on Your Pets" online somewhere?  I'm intrigued, and possibly horrified. Is the content from #9 for “Home Surgery on Your Pets” online somewhere?  I’m intrigued, and possibly horrified.

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