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http://www.trac.org

http://www.trac.org/webpricer/form.html

Jr. Skulker Andy Kauffman suggested this site as alternative to the www.abelltolls.com site that we have suggested for researching long distance rates.  Trac takes a different approach: instead of listing a bunch of long distance carriers and details of their various plans, Trac asks you to fill in a form describing the  long distance calls you tend to make, then it shows you a comparison of plans for your usage pattern.  WebSkulker see two problems with Trac's approach:  first, it only compares rates of the largest carriers, and sometimes you can get better rates from smaller companies, especially small ones that are resellers for the large ones.  Second, Trac doesn't take into account the hidden percentage and/or monthly charges that carriers add under the guise of FCC-mandated charges, but that in reality the carrier controls.

http://www.quack.com

1-800-73QUACK   1-800-737-8225

This site and phone number is similar to the www.tellme.com service mentioned in our 5/22/00 issue.  You sign up for an account at the web site, then call the phone number and sign in by speaking your password and perhaps userid.  You give voice commands to get information in various categories read back to you via a speech synthesizer.  Tellme and Quack have similar categories of information, but present it in different ways.  WebSkulker likes the Tellme method better in some ways and the Quack method better in others.  Either one would be useful if you need this data while away from the web.

Thanks to Jr. Skulker Royal for telling us about Quack.

http://www.singingwires.org

http://www.cavejunction.com/phones

http://www.milk.com/wall-o-shame

Jr. Skulker Guy_SJS told us about this site which "gives actual stories about people and the stupid things they do."  Some of the items seem to be submitted to the site, others come from newsgroup and BBS postings and news stories.  Jr. Skulker Al Bernay will enjoy this one:
http://www.milk.com/wall-o-shame/smokers_rites.html

Submitted by Jr. Skulker Goat Boy

Q: How many women with PMS does it take to screw in a light bulb? 

A: One. ONE!! And do you know WHY it only takes ONE? Because no one else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb. They don't even know the bulb is BURNED OUT. They would sit in this house in the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it OUT.

And once they figured it out they wouldn't be able to find the light bulbs despite the fact that they've been in the SAME CUPBOARD for the past SEVENTEEN YEARS. But if they did, by some miracle, actually find the light bulbs, TWO DAYS LATER the chair that they dragged from two rooms over to stand on to change the STUPID light bulb would STILL BE IN THE SAME SPOT!! AND UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE CRUMPLED WRAPPER THE STUPID @*!#$% LIGHT BULBS CAME IN!

WHY?! BECAUSE NO ONE IN THIS HOUSE EVER CARRIES OUT THE GARBAGE!! IT'S A WONDER WE HAVEN'T ALL SUFFOCATED FROM THE PILES OF GARBAGE THAT ARE 12 FEET DEEP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE. THE HOUSE!! IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS...

 I'm sorry... what did you ask me?

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