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Grandparents should not be allowed to have E-mail...

Zenmervolt

Zenmervolt

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I love my grandmother a lot, don't get me wrong. She's a sweet person. But she's perpetually flooding my inbox with forwards that have been running around the internet since before I was using a 9600 baud modem, and if I ignore the messages I get a guilt trip laid on thick. Wish I could get her to understand that E-mail is just like letter writing and not some flashy eye-candy thing. Then again, most of my family believes those fake E-mails like the winnebago driver using cruise control, so there might not be much hope. 😛

/venting

ZV
 
Heh, I'm so lucky that my granddad doesn't use email often (though it's my primary method of communciation with him, 🙁). An aunt of mine floods my inbox, however.
 
i hate the ones they send to you that are all religious... just cause they know you're atheist and it's like they're trying to prove something to you.. if you forward this to 10 people, god will love you so much!!!
 
Originally posted by: phreakah
i hate the ones they send to you that are all religious... just cause they know you're atheist and it's like they're trying to prove something to you.. if you forward this to 10 people, god will love you so much!!!
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Word.
 
Just try to explain to her that you never want her to e-mail you again....deal with her being crushed and I'm sure sh'll write you out of her will.
 
Originally posted by: Orsorum
Heh, I'm so lucky that my granddad doesn't use email often (though it's my primary method of communciation with him, 🙁). An aunt of mine floods my inbox, however.
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Contact her ISP and have her account frozen...
 
Originally posted by: DaTT
Just try to explain to her that you never want her to e-mail you again....deal with her being crushed and I'm sure sh'll write you out of her will.
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Doing more than well enough that being in anyone's will is simply something that does not even register on my list of concerns.

And you must have missed the first two sentences of my initial rant. 😛

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: DaTT
Just try to explain to her that you never want her to e-mail you again....deal with her being crushed and I'm sure sh'll write you out of her will.
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Doing more than well enough that being in anyone's will is simply something that does not even register on my list of concerns.

And you must have missed the first two sentences of my initial rant. 😛

ZV
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I's just playin bud......
 
Originally posted by: Baked
Block her email. Done.
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Yep, block her, that's all you can do. Unless you can come up with an auto-responder with a script that can string together a polite response from a set of canned phrases. But barring that, just block her. "Gee grandma, I don't know why I haven't been getting your emails. Something must be wrong with my internets."
 
I have only 1 person left that still sends me forwards or "watch out for this kidnap/rape scheme" emails. I delete it but half the time I want to reply with "check snopes.com before you send anything to me!" 😀
 
My cousin does this crap all the time and she is 28. All those jesus and god, hippie crap she gets i get forward to me, some with actual powerpoint presentations and religious waste of time.

I finally told her to stop forwarding me that crap and only send me legit mail.
 
Originally posted by: Sheepathon
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my grandpa sends pics of himself and grandma on a weekly basis... they are all 1600x1200 shots cause he bought a digital cam a while ago and documents EVERYTHING they do... literally floods the hell out of my inbox so... guilt trip bait... i didnt tell him my new email address, cause he just sends pics and forwards anyway... lol i check my old one every now and then still..but im glad i dont get the pics anymore... i dont mean to be an ass but they look exactly the same and the pics are utterly unfulfilling to open after waiting to dl...
 
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