"I did read someone who responded to political or religious emails by telling the person he was going to donate to the opposite party/religion in their name every time he received a forward from them. "
This is a GREAT idea! Will come in very handy for some of the cr*p my parents and extended family keep sending me.
Jerry, I have gotten petitions from legetimate groups, such as the NOW, gay rights, environmental, etc. Are you saying that all the on-line petitions I have signed are actually bogus and are never seen by a congressman? It always seemed strange to me, to send a "signature" via e-mail, but some of the petitions originated from a bonafied organization. Please explain.
I LOVE holiday letters! Not the "brag" letters, but the ones that keep you up to date with people whom you don't see often. To me, it's an easy and inexpensive way to keep up with people you wouldn't normally phone or e-mail... you know, the owner of the picture frame store with whom I'm friendly, cousin who lives in another state, etc. It's also a way to add a personal connection when there would otherwise be none.... I've deepened business relationships by sending them one of my holiday letters.
I just spent two full days addressing, stamping, etc., 260 Christmas cards, and I included a "summary of the Julles's 2008" in most of them. People actually LIKE reading MY letter, and say they look forward to it each year. It's not a brag letter - I lead an interesting life, or at least, interesting things happen to me, and I like to share with other people:
-Hamster got tangled in wire had had to have his leg amputated.
-Builder next door comes into my yard and breaks things, then tears down my fence, won't pay for it, I sue him, 2 1/2 years later it finally settles.
-I was one of the first people in the country who voted for the Democratic slate but had the machine switch my vote to McCain/Palin.
-Volunteering to clean up an abandoned cemetery filled with freed slaves.
-Working to get sanitation and basic needs for people in the Houston City Jail.