Fw: [AcresOfHope] Re: want to share this email with aol members that I got from a friend.
Posted by: dhaley <dhaley@...>
computer programmer....has worked for IBM. This may not effect anyone on
this list since I think most of us are too afraid to check out a profile on
anyone (at least I am). However, I felt I should pass this along just in
case someone would receive this from a friend and in turn check out the
profile....thanks...Deanna
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:04 AM
Subject: Fw: [AcresOfHope] Re: want to share this email with aol members
that I got from a friend.
>
> SuDawn, mom to 13 wonderful blessings
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> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: mholmes899@aol.com
> To: AcresOfHope@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 08:17:40 EDT
> Subject: [AcresOfHope] Re: want to share this email with aol members
> that I got from a friend.
> Message-ID: <106.928e7f.2844ed64@aol.com>
>
>
> Thought I would share with everyone something that happened on Tuesday
> night... and I hope that you will all pass this to other AOL members.
> While I
> was online Tuesday night, I was sent me an IM and told me to checkout the
>
> profile of another AOL user named CRAZY70707. Not really thinking much
> about
> it, I pulled the profile up ... and in big red letters, the word "FROZEN"
> was
> at the top of this profile. At first, I thought it was some kind of a
> joke,
> but when I went to click the profile off of my screen...I couldn't do
> anything...I was, as the profile said, frozen. I sat for a few moments
> thinking the joke would go away and I could continue my time on AOL. This
>
> wasn't the way it was going to happen. The only way I could get out was
> to
> cntrl/alt/delete. When I was able to log on again, my computer was
> sluggish
> so I logged off again. A few hours later when I decided to try again...I
> clicked on my AOL icon and a warning came up that I would need to
> reinstall
> AOL...it had been completely wiped from our system. When Alan got home,
> he
> called AOL to see if they could tell what happened. When he told the
> AOL
> rep about CRAZY70707, she pulled the profile up and guess what...as you
> might
> have already guessed...her computer froze up as mine did. We had to
> reinstall 4.0 and 5.0 again ... and we all know how much of a pain that
> is.
> We have lost everything in our download file, as well as everything
> stored in
> our favorite places. I am sending this as a warning to you all .. do not
> pull
> this profile...whoever this person is, he's an idiot ... he's been
> reported
> and I am hoping that AOL is smart and will discontinue his membership. In
> the
> meantime, however, don't get stuck in the same mess that we were ... and,
> by
> all means, pass this to as many people as you can.
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