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FEATURE/Oooh, Baby Baby, It's a Wild Web Reader's Digest Journeys to the Net's Strangest Places; Asks Readers to Submit Their Weirdest E-experiences PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Nov. 5, 1999-- What's the weirdest thing you've done on the Web? Reader's Digest wants to know. The magazine's November issue takes a look at ''Surprising Things You Can Do On-Line'' -- and it's asking Web-surfers to share their own unique e-experiences. Simply visit the magazine at www.readersdigest.com this month and tell us what you're into on the Internet; we'll share your stories and post the best links. From e-mail to on-line shopping, you may think you've heard all there is to know about the electronic frontier. But these now-common functions only scratch the cyber-surface, Richard Miniter reports in ''Surprising Things.'' With hundreds of thousands of Web pages being added weekly, there's something for everyone out there in cyberspace. Find a first love or a second mortgage. Gaze at Mount Fuji or move mountains in your career. Even download aerial photos from former Soviet spy satellites, at www.terraserver.com. The possibilities grow each day. From the whimsical to the practical, here are just a few: Cruise with the cops. Go to www.policescanner.com for a live feed from LAPD patrol cars. Keep an eye on the kids. A growing number of preschool and day-care facilities now have webcams; just type in your parental password and you can see little Jason or Courtney right there on your screen. Track down old flames, long-lost relatives and other hard-to-find people for a small fee at www.1800ussearch.com. Check out the view. Frequently updated shots of exotic locations, such as Japan's Mount Fuji, are available on www.earthcam.com. A little closer to home, www.skyviewsurvey.com features an aerial look at the Manhattan skyline. E-mail digital photos of your children to friends and family around the globe -- or find out where to go to put them on an electronic greeting card through www.cardcentral.net. Borrow some moolah from a Middle Eastern mogul at www.ycbank.com (the ''yc'' stands for Yemen Commercial, owned in part by Sheik Mohammed Bin Yahya Al-Rowaishan). Reduce the high anxiety of home-loan shopping, by visiting sites such as www.iown.com. ''They didn't grill you like your bank would,'' said one pleased Cleveland consumer. Almost $9 billion in mortgages were begun on-line in just the first six months this year. Get some new wheels. New car buyers are now researching their purchases through the Web, at free sites such as www.cars.com and www.edmunds.com. You can also check your current clunker's resale value, at www.kelleybluebook.com. Jump-start your career. To pay for that new house and car, you'll need a good job -- and more than 1 million Americans used the Web to find work last year. Gung-ho for fighting crime? Visit www.fbijobs.com. Want to drive the big rigs? Access 33 different trucking companies through www.layover.com. But when you contact any job site, you might want to verify with staff that the site is spider-free. ''Spiders'' are programs that many recruiters use to circulate resumes to other sites, often without an applicant's knowledge. Your current boss just might accidentally learn that you're looking for greener pastures -- and your next e-mail message just might say ''You're fired!'' Tell us about your favorite Internet resources, or most unusual Web experiences, at www.readersdigest.com. Don't forget to give us the URL of the sites you cite. Contact: Barbara Henricks (512) 301-8936 bchenricks@aol.com For a magazine subscription, call 1-888-344-3782 For more information on this topic, visit www.readersdigest.com.