! $200-$300 each weekend, really, NO MLM or BS !

Michael Gregory Abel, University of Tennessee abel at UTKVX.UTCC.UTK.EDU
Wed Nov 8 09:09:06 EST 1995


> >Hello,
>   The first unmistakeable sign of a dork with one internet connection
>   too many. 
> >	Let me first say that a number of people around the country have  e-mailed me about this 
> >business.  
>   Yeah right.  Most of them are probably flaming your empty head
>   off about crossposting and the rip-off you are trying to 
>   perpretrate on the internet.
> 
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> >	The product that I sell is a very inexpensive soil substitute, an artificial soil that is 
> >designed to be used with potted house plants instead of using dirt.  Thats right, no dirt at all. 
> > People gain many benefits from using this manmade soil, and it solves a lot of peoples problems, 
> >very inexpensively.  Thats why it sells so great!  It looks like a bowl of ice and feels like 
> >Jell-O.  Try to imagine a house plant growing in Jell-O.  You can even see the roots growing.  It 
> >is extremely beautiful and can be colored to taste.  If you use this beautiful, inexpensive  
> >artificial soil, you will only have to feed and water a plant one (1) time every 2-4 months.  Yes, 
> >months.  Insects cannot live in it, giving a plant a healthier root system.  Pets dont like it so 
> 
> ***************************************************************
>   Gee, that stuff is available by the POUND at most garden and 
>   agriculture supply shops.  You can also buy it at many gardening
>   departments at drug stores and stuff. Ditto Nature Company stores
>   and Edmund Scientific.  If you live in some states you can buy
>   it by the ton.  
> 
>   The original purpose was as a water-retention device for dry soils.
>   Works for that...also works as a soilless growing medium if you
>   also buy some ordinary fertilizer or better yet hydroponic type
>   fertilizer for the trace elements.  
>   Ooops, sorry, YOU don't need any fertilizer, there is plenty in
>   your posting. 
> 
>   BTW, some pets WILL try to eat the stuff, so will small children.
>   Bugs and mildew and molds will also live in the stuff very nicely.
> 
>  The stuff is dirt cheap.  For home planters, it works even better
>  if you mix it with ordinary transparent marbles.  I don't suppose
>  you are gonna start a "lawn chair" business selling ordinary marbles
>  at a 400% markup?   
> 
>   Addresses left intact for anyone who would like to see these
>   scam artists toasted off the internet. 
> 
> *************************************************
> >	E-mail me if your interested, or send $2.00 to my below listed address.  If you do decide 
> >to sell this great selling product, I'll tell you everything you need to know, and give you advice 
> >that took me years to learn so you can get a big head start.  Good Luck!
> >
> >				TRACY PENNINGTON
> >				9912 109th Ave. SW
> >				Tacoma, WA  98498
> >				USA
> >tracyp at wolfenet.com

Thanks Lon!  Instead of a fire and brimstone flaming full of 4 letter 
words that these kinds of postings ellicit, you have succinctly exposed 
the fraud with the facts.  Hey Tracy......get an HONEST job so you can 
look in the mirror in the morning and feel good about yourself.

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   Michael Gregory Abel    Abel at utkvx.utk.edu    423-974-2933 (office)
   University of Tennessee    Dept. of Microbiology    423-974-4007 (FAX)
   Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0845    
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