clearing out my spam yet again
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there seems to be no end to spam
i love hacking away and getting rid of it
like when you sweep the sand
out of a vacation cottage at the beach
you know there will be more of it
in just a few hours
but the deleting process
is strangely satisfying
in the moment.
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“two years from now, spam will be solved.”
– Bill Gates’ prediction, seventeen years ago, at the 2004 World Economic Forum
I have my glasses on.... 
I agree that the “delete” button does hold a beautiful sense of power. If all problems in our lives were so easily dismissed, we would be happier people!
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Oh, yes!
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Soooo satisfying. I might clear some right now before I go to sleep. Haha. 😃😴
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The final relaxing step before sleep )
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Indeed. ☺️😴
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If only spam can be forever deleted.
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If only….
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👍🏼
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Spam is everywhere, there’s even spam in cans …
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Yes, and none of it is a good thing
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love this: love the blend of the technological with the domestic; a nice flow to the text 🙂
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SPAM, like robo-calls is something that, although needs to be eradicated, never will be properly addressed.
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Exactly!
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😊
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I don’t think I’ve ever deleted my spam. is this something I should be doing? I sometimes look back through the spam in my wordpress account for some possible inspiration for a post. Currently there are over 1600 messages in my spam folder…
Looks like Mr. Gates was a bit off with his prediction…
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I clear my wp spam often and look to see if a real reader is caught up in the mix.I don’t check my regular email spam often unless looking for something. Yes, bill was a bit off)
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that’s about the only time I check my spam as well to see if something legitimate is in there. But for whatever reason, I don’t go that next step and delete the spam stuff…
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push the button, Jim!
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🙂
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Haha! I’ve never thought of looking through my spam folder for blogging inspiration, but I like that idea.
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I think I’ve looked everywhere imaginable… 🙂
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Inspiration can be found most everywhere
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Is there anything to the fact that spam backward is maps? Your path to momentary joy, Beth.
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Ah !
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I’ve been fortunate, I guess, that the amount of spam I get has dwindled. Now, if I could just get every insurance agent who sells Medicare insurance in PA to QUIT CALLING ME! Fortunately, I have my phone set so it only rings when it’s a contact number, and then I clean out all of the other calls and get my power from blocking those numbers from every calling me again!
It gets tiring that so many people think most of us are idiots who will respond to spam emails and unrequested phone calls!
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So right!
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I love the dog’s picture and we certainly haven’t got rid of spam yet. Enjoy your blogs.
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So right, and thanks
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I wonder what we would do if we had a delete button in real life…
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Can you imagine?
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I’m with you! It’s never ending lol.
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Right!
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Same! Isn’t it unreal? I seem to be making some difference. I usually wake up to about 100 crappy emails. And today only 12!
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Yay!
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There is sooooo much of it! And yes, so satisfying to say buh-bye!
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It sure is!
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I think Gates did just that: he hired someone full-time just to keep his email folders clean!
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Hahahaha
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Oh, yes, indeed! You made a fantastic comparison here with the sand.
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Thanks!
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😊
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Hitting that delete key is so satisfying … until you delete something you meant to keep.
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Isn’t that the truth!
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Isn’t that the truth! No end to spam🙃
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Never ending
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I can’t see spam being stopped any time soon….
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Agree!
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I certainly get more spam than I get email I care about.
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The balance is not always as we’d like
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So many things in life are like that…dishes, laundry, dusting, putting gas in the car…pretty much everything. Life is really one repetitive motion after another. LOL It never ends. I dust, the sun hits the table while I’m doing it and I can already see the dust landing where I just finished wiping. Maybe life IS Spam..
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Life is spam. A great tshirt
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Hmmmmm, Bill was wrong. 😉
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Way wrong
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You captured the strange pleasure of deleting so well!
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It’s the little things-
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I wish Bill Gates knew what he was talking about as well as you do. 🤣
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I wish he had been right
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I agree!
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You’re so right! And that Bill Gates quote is priceless! HA!
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Too bad he wasn’t right
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I know.
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There is no end to spam….I have been sent the spamiest spam in the whole jam.
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damn!
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