Um, if you're going to get all nitpicky about the grammar, how about the first two instances:
1. "At" 09.25.2003 should be "On" ("at" is usually reserved for time references, not date).
2. I'm also guessing that instead of "Out administrator" they perhaps should have written "Our administrator".
And no, "persons" is a perfectly legitimate plural of "person"; only in recent decades has "people" become so broadly accepted to mean "more than one specific individual".
That said, I would agree that grammar/spelling this bad would be the first thing that clued me in that this might be fake.
Unless you live in California (and perhaps other states, I can't say for sure). Here you are legally required to list your address as:
123 This St. PMB #666 Anytown, CA 99999
which makes it fairly obvious you've got a Private Mail Box.
IIRC, this stems from folks using PMBs for fraud (rather ironic in this context). Under the old rules, as you suggest, your mailbox could look like real brick-and-mortar, giving an air of a "legitimate business" to any shmo with $5/month. Beverly Hills was the most popular PMB address in the state for a while, and may still be, just 'cause it looks impressive, I guess.
Boy, anything with Gary Seven gets a second look from me.
Oh, and good news for you, DeadVulcan. On the strength of your review, I checked out Amazon for the first book, and there was the second in paperback, dated March, 2003. For $6.99, it can be yours:
The guy who is "the voiceoverman of the hour" is in it too. (He's also Green Lantern's Voice on Justice League)
Umm...no, the voice of Green Lantern on JL is my buddy Phil LaMarr, who also does the voice of Samurai Jack, though most people know him from his years on Mad TV. You may also remember him as Marvin, whose grey matter gets sprayed all over the back of the car in Pulp Fiction.
The guy in They Live you're thinking of is Keith David, who I guess sounds a bit like Carl Lumbly, the voice of Martian Manhunter on JL. (How's that for bringing it full circle?)
Oh, and if you can't tell from my user name, put me down as a big ol' Buckaroo Banzai fan.
I guarantee that more people than those "right next" to you are aware when your phone vibrates (say, during a meaningful quiet point in any movie), let alone when you pull it out to check the caller ID. Conservatively, I'd say five seats in any direction are bloody well aware when you do that - you do the math and tell me how many people you just distracted from their $8 ($10 in NY/LA) movie.
But you go further, depending on the call's "importance" (to you and the caller only) and, by your own admission, answer some calls. Odds are you're not a heart surgeon or in an equivalent emergency response/life-saving profession, though you clearly believe you are important enough to take certain calls during a movie. If you were actually considerate, instead of merely under the impression that you are, EVERY call would go to voicemail, because your phone would be off. It's two friggin' hours without a phone; if you're that busy/needed how do you have time for movies?
You condemn the woman for being "above any petty social convention", but then proceed act virtually identically, ignoring the "Cellphone Free Zone" sign yourself, to answer a call if you "absolutely need to speak" to that caller. Wha...? What part of "No Cellphones" did you not understand?
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Um, if you're going to get all nitpicky about the grammar, how about the first two instances:
1. "At" 09.25.2003 should be "On" ("at" is usually reserved for time references, not date).
2. I'm also guessing that instead of "Out administrator" they perhaps should have written "Our administrator".
And no, "persons" is a perfectly legitimate plural of "person"; only in recent decades has "people" become so broadly accepted to mean "more than one specific individual".
That said, I would agree that grammar/spelling this bad would be the first thing that clued me in that this might be fake.
Unless you live in California (and perhaps other states, I can't say for sure). Here you are legally required to list your address as:
123 This St.
PMB #666
Anytown, CA 99999
which makes it fairly obvious you've got a Private Mail Box.
IIRC, this stems from folks using PMBs for fraud (rather ironic in this context). Under the old rules, as you suggest, your mailbox could look like real brick-and-mortar, giving an air of a "legitimate business" to any shmo with $5/month. Beverly Hills was the most popular PMB address in the state for a while, and may still be, just 'cause it looks impressive, I guess.
But...but...but...how can SERVE be Windows-only when the graphic in the article clearly shows a Macintosh mouse?? I don't understand.
Boy, anything with Gary Seven gets a second look from me.
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Oh, and good news for you, DeadVulcan. On the strength of your review, I checked out Amazon for the first book, and there was the second in paperback, dated March, 2003. For $6.99, it can be yours:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0
The guy who is "the voiceoverman of the hour" is in it too. (He's also Green Lantern's Voice on Justice League)
Umm...no, the voice of Green Lantern on JL is my buddy Phil LaMarr, who also does the voice of Samurai Jack, though most people know him from his years on Mad TV. You may also remember him as Marvin, whose grey matter gets sprayed all over the back of the car in Pulp Fiction.
The guy in They Live you're thinking of is Keith David, who I guess sounds a bit like Carl Lumbly, the voice of Martian Manhunter on JL. (How's that for bringing it full circle?)
Oh, and if you can't tell from my user name, put me down as a big ol' Buckaroo Banzai fan.
I guarantee that more people than those "right next" to you are aware when your phone vibrates (say, during a meaningful quiet point in any movie), let alone when you pull it out to check the caller ID. Conservatively, I'd say five seats in any direction are bloody well aware when you do that - you do the math and tell me how many people you just distracted from their $8 ($10 in NY/LA) movie.
But you go further, depending on the call's "importance" (to you and the caller only) and, by your own admission, answer some calls. Odds are you're not a heart surgeon or in an equivalent emergency response/life-saving profession, though you clearly believe you are important enough to take certain calls during a movie. If you were actually considerate, instead of merely under the impression that you are, EVERY call would go to voicemail, because your phone would be off. It's two friggin' hours without a phone; if you're that busy/needed how do you have time for movies?
You condemn the woman for being "above any petty social convention", but then proceed act virtually identically, ignoring the "Cellphone Free Zone" sign yourself, to answer a call if you "absolutely need to speak" to that caller. Wha...? What part of "No Cellphones" did you not understand?