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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:25:06 +0100
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- From: torkel@SICS.SE
- Subject: Re: Debit insurance
- Comments: To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu
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- 30 Dec 92 16:08:58 -0500. <9212302111.AA05444@sics.se>
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- Says JAG:
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- >I have sent an explanation to Torkel privately, he may post it or
- >forward it to you if he wishes.
-
- Well, the only problem is, it seems in the story that "selling debit
- insurance" is presented as a completely legit activity:
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- They'll boil you down to glue, Clete. Bartend in Algiers,
- sell debit insurance. Just get away from them.
-
- So the question is: does "debit insurance" refer to some standard business
- practice, or does it refer to some more or less shady activity "in the poorer
- neighborhoods of New Orleans"?
-