Archive for April 2, 2007

Comment Spam

Posted in OAImages News by John E. Pannell on April 2nd, 2007 at 2:42 pm

SpamComment Spam… Those who run their own blogs are almost certainly familiar with this.   These are automated comments posted on blogs in an attempt to sell various products — chiefly weight loss and male enhancement items — or to scam unsuspecting readers.     Now that this blog has become larger and more active, it is gaining more notice from the “bots” that put out this garbage.

For those who observed things for a while, the origin and nature of this stuff is not a surprise.   Most are offers to sell various weight loss products or male enhancement substances.   Cellular telephone ringtones seem to be a fairly common item, too.

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Robert Orben


Lodge 118: Third 2006 NOAC Patch

Posted in SR-7B Lodges, Wahissa 118 by John E. Pannell on April 2nd, 2007 at 2:00 pm

I had been told there was a third patch issued by Wahissa for last Summer’s NOAC but until this past Saturday night I had not seen one. At last, here it is.

When I posted on this blog about the “X15?”, the GMY bordered NOAC patch, I received a rather cryptic comment that that piece was a “souvenir”. John Purvis has since written, after I first wrote the draft of this post, and I’m starting to wonder if the “X15?” and this piece should be listed as Z’s. Still, both need to be documented in one way or another.

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