In message <001201c6f3ce$e6ae1a20$cbc09751@Nick>, at 23:35:38 on Thu, 19
Oct 2006, Nick Landau <[log in to unmask]> writes
>>>I recall about 15 years ago or more there had been something in the
>>>paper about the carbons used with the old manual machines and how
>>>they could possibly be used to collect information about cards.
>>
>> That "information" was the bare essentials embossed on the front:
>>Number, name, expiry date etc
>
>Why do you think I tried asking for the carbon. If you think I didn't
>know... Why the information in quotes - was it the tone of voice in
>which I was writing.
Sorry, no offence intended. You did word it a little oddly, though; the
carbons *always* kept a copy of the information, no "possibly" about it.
--
Roland Perry
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