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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (9522)	4/9/1998 1:55:00 PM
From: DScottD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I heard this story on the local news the other day and thought it was a riot. There was a fellow who owned and operated several topless clubs on the Illinois side of the Mississippi. About 4 years ago, he got in trouble with the feds for racketeering and was eventually convicted in a high profile trial. In the course of the investigation and court proceeding, the feds seized the topless clubs and shut them down. Wouldn't want the Federal Gov't. running something illicit like a t*tty bar (unless, of course, it's next door to the Oval Office). I digress. The feds held on to these places for quite a while, until someone had the brilliant idea of donating one of them to the local community to use as a children's center, complete with library and places to play. So this former strip joint was opened as a kid's center, complete with the stages, mirrored walls, decorative posts and all of the trimmings you would normally associate with a place of its kind. The center is doing very well. Here's the hilarious part. The strip joint has been closed for more than 4 years now. But the woman in charge of the center says there's still a fellow who comes by every few weeks or so, looks around, sees all the kids playing and says, "Oops, I must have the wrong address."

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (9522)	4/9/1998 9:48:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Alex, If that's all you think you want to do at home, maybe you can jerryrig something to your employer's domain and use that as your ISP. Otherwise, just go to the Yellow Pages and throw a dart. Like I said, one ISP is as bad as another. The truly awful ISP I mentioned yesterday is one of the big national guys and will probably not be found in your Yellow Pages, fortunately. You can also go with the telephone company's own ISP. It's not to bad, and such an alliance does have its advantages. ISPs and telephone companies are natural born enemies, and using the phone company's ISP makes a lot of sense. Holly