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Thread Author: PhilW Replies: 18
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New Tue 9 Jul 13 18:18 
 Coincidence or not?? - PhilW
Mrs W has an old school friend she keeps in touch with via email.
An email a couple of days ago had no subject but included the word "vaccuum".
Her next email had the subject "Vacuum" apologised for lack of subject (they are usually a play on words) on previous email and mentioned the mis-spelling of "vacuum".
This was about last Thursday.
Today, I got an email from Amazon. Our (me and Mrs W's) email account is shared but our Amazon account is in my name. The email from Amazon was advertising 50% off selected vacuums.
As far as I can remember, I have never expressed an interest, or searched for prices of vacuums on Amazon, ebay, google etc..
Have Amazon got this "interest" in vacuums from our Yahoo/bt email or is it just a fluke and every customer of Amazon got a similar email?
P
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New Tue 9 Jul 13 18:31 
 Coincidence or not?? - Manatee
I got one entitled "Keep your home clean and tidy" that included vacs on 21/6, for no apparent reason. Can't be the same one, no 50% off.

Experiments will be conducted.
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New Wed 10 Jul 13 15:27 
 Coincidence or not?? - TeeCee
>> Have Amazon got this "interest" in vacuums from our Yahoo/bt email
>>

It's the Yahoo! bit that's important there. They're a sort of "google-lite" and are also very much in the advertising business.
There's probably a way in there to opt out of targetted advertising if you have a squirrel around in the Yahoo! settings.
I suspect it'll be as well buried as Google's is though......none of 'em like you turning off the money tap.
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New Wed 10 Jul 13 15:41 
 Coincidence or not?? - Robin O'Reliant
Anyone else got an Argos advert for a Dyson on the right of this page?

I reckon we're being targeted because of the recent run of domestic appliance threads.
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New Wed 10 Jul 13 16:53 
 Coincidence or not?? - Pat
I have.

Pat
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New Wed 10 Jul 13 17:13 
 Coincidence or not?? - Zero
Standard cookie feature. Nothing new. Why do you think us blokes keep mentioning lingerie and ladies underwear.
Last edited by: Zero on Wed 10 Jul 13 at 17:14
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New Wed 10 Jul 13 21:47 
 Coincidence or not?? - swiss tony
>> Standard cookie feature. Nothing new. Why do you think us blokes keep mentioning lingerie and ladies underwear.
>>

If we all post and include 'G string' will be get Ann Summers or Les Paul?
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New Wed 10 Jul 13 21:50 
 Coincidence or not?? - Zero
ok G string it is, lets see what turns up.
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New Wed 10 Jul 13 22:53 
 Coincidence or not?? - Robin O'Reliant
Short skirts, stockings and suspenders.
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New Wed 10 Jul 13 23:22 
 Coincidence or not?? - Fenlander
>>>ok G string it is, lets see what turns up.


Always reminds me of...


GRYTPYPE-THYNNE:
You illiterate swine. It's Moriarty, where are you?

MORIARTY:
Here. In the piano

GRYTPYPE-THYNNE:
What the devil are you doing in there

MORIARTY:
I'm hidin'

GRYTPYPE-THYNNE:
Don't be silly, Haydn's been dead for years.

MORIARTY:
Silence! I don't wish to know that!

GRYTPYPE-THYNNE:
Neither do I.

MORIARTY:
I say, look here. Now, help me out! I'm disguised as one of the piano strings

GRYTPYPE-THYNNE:
Which string are you?

MORIARTY:
I think I'm a G-string.

GRYTPYPE-THYNNE:
So that's why I can't see you?
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New Thu 11 Jul 13 04:06 
 Coincidence or not?? - Pat
Well, you won't be able to see the ads for G-strings when they finally get here because this morning I have an ad for Velux window blinds.

Pat
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New Thu 11 Jul 13 08:06 
 Coincidence or not?? - L'escargot
I'll raise the tone with air on the G string!
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New Thu 11 Jul 13 08:58 
 Coincidence or not?? - Dog
>> G string

And I'll lower the tone: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-458818/Forget-G-string--ANYONE-wear-new-C-string.html

:}
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New Thu 11 Jul 13 09:28 
 Coincidence or not?? - NortonES2
This thread is a tonic!
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New Thu 11 Jul 13 09:37 
 Coincidence or not?? - AnotherJohnH
it's not working for me: still got a Vax/Argos ad.

Edited to add - now female cancer insurance cover
Last edited by: AnotherJohnH on Thu 11 Jul 13 at 09:39
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New Thu 11 Jul 13 10:07 
 Coincidence or not?? - TeeCee
>> air on the G string!
>>

Is that what you get when an Essex girl farts?
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New Thu 11 Jul 13 13:46 
 Coincidence or not?? - Pat
I've got a virgin....ad;)

Pat
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New Thu 11 Jul 13 13:51 
 Coincidence or not?? - Zero
We are almost there, I just got an advert for ladies fashion, not underwear but its coming soon I can feel it....
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New Thu 11 Jul 13 14:39 
 Coincidence or not?? - bathtub tom
>>I can feel it....

Let us all hope it's not you wearing it.
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