FW: a new equivalent of "Joe Blow"--("Hugo Blomee" listed in a database)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Apropos of next to nothing, personal names in phone directories are not necessarily genuine. People sometimes make up names (or use the name of a pet) to have the privacy of an unlisted number without the extra charge.  As long as someone pays thye bill, the phone company is happy.

JL
"Cohen, Gerald Leonard" <gcohen at UMR.EDU> wrote:
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My thanks to George Cole for his message, which I now share with ads-l.
He justifiably wonders how the name "Hugo Blomee" arrived in the database, and
until this is clarified I'm hesitant to draw any conclusions.

Gerald Cohen

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> From: GSCole
> Sent: Monday, January 3, 2005 1:17 PM
> To: Cohen, Gerald Leonard
> Subject: ..a name..
>
> Gerald,
> With reference to your recent note to ADS-L, I thought that the following might be of interest. A Hugo Blomee is listed for RONKONKOMA, NY.
> http://preview.ussearch.com/preview/newsearch;jsessionid=53F82B59FE7BFFBE4839B657B05F2911?searchFName=&searchMName=&searchLName=blomee&searchCity=&searchState=&searchApproxAge=45&adID=10002101&x=21&y=18
>
> If the above URL doesn't work, go to:
> http://preview.ussearch.com/preview/preview.jsp It really only needs a
> last name for search purposes.
>
> Supposedly, the site is one that allows you to find detailed information about folk. Wonder how Hugo arrived in their database?
>
> Just a note of possible interest.
>
> George Cole
> Shippensburg University
>
>
>


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