# Johnny LA look in your screened mail!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-la-look-in-your-screened-mail/280813>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 20, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-la-look-in-your-screened-mail/280813 "2004-12-20T16:39:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-la-look-in-your-screened-mail/280813/1 "2004-12-20T16:39:08Z")

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Ten minutes ago I replied to an E-mail from Johnny LA. I just checked my mail for something else, and found I had been blocked by Earthlink. Ah, but not to worry, Earthlink will tell him I called if I ask… but wait. No. My ten minutes old E-mail has rotted already. Earthlink tells me I only have to send it again… too bad I didn’t save it…  
I’ll write again, Johnny LA, because you’re a nice guy and my husband wants to talk to you.  
Sigh…

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**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-la-look-in-your-screened-mail/280813/2 "2004-12-20T17:13:08Z")

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I only buy pickles on sale. I buy a year’s supply at once. Since they are preserved, I figure they will keep forever, despite the “sell by” date. (I figure that’s just for storage where they might be affected by heat or sunlight, not a problem in my cellar.