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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Evelyn C. Leeper   
   Re: Assumptions about Names   
   22 Jan 26 06:32:08   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:18:57 -0500, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
      
   > Actually, I ran into the [Scunthorpe] problem when I tried to list a   
   > book for sale on Amazon. I wanted to describe it as similar to the   
   > works of Philip K. Dick.   
   >   
   > Yep, you guessed it. Amazon kept rejecting my description until I   
   > received an epiphany and changed it to "similar to the works of   
   > PKD."   
      
   I get the feeling that Dick van Dyke doesn’t bother much with doing   
   stuff online ...   
      
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