[Ads-l] "wanted" instead of "want'

Tom Zurinskas truespel at HOTMAIL.COM
Thu Aug 20 02:38:57 UTC 2020

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I got a spam post that said

"I wanted to make sure you saw this..."

I guess "want" sounds too pushy.


Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,  work SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com







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