I'm glad you explained why you removed the entire thread, Paul. I was wondering what'd happened. Sad the owner of the business would try to mislead people like that. But not that surprising.

That is some serious detective work. Buyers beware!

I think that creating a post promoting yourself thusly is very similiar to Nazi propaganda. But, I also think censoring such posts smacks of an oppressive Nazi state. P.S. Glenn Beck writes all my material.

Dear Claire, Nobody cares what you think. Thanks, Everyone

Good memory, zra. That actually occurred several years ago. There was a guy who'd comment under the same old thread every month or so, talking about boys' swim classes in the Duluth Public Schools used to occur in the nude, and how it was natural and normal and not weird at all. Some of his personae, however, thought it was "hot." He was definitely a creepy guy.

Sherman it's too bad you don't live in Duluth. This would've been your birthday present.

I AM APPALLED... by many things, but this is not one of them. Keep up the good work, PDD.

...hey, that sounds like a good idea! I could really go for some coney island with a malt! I should go and complete that task!

Two years from now, we'll probably be rehashing the "Hot Maids" mini-scandal. I'd better take notes.

I just can't help but laugh at the whole situation. Priceless. Where's Freebird now?

I so agree with you, Jude -- and who even has time to write the kind of crap that guy [and his sock puppets] was writing? I understand why Freebird218 would pull the crap she tried to pull, as Paul explained it. After all, she's trying to make her sleazy "business" sound legitimate, and trying to make a buck off of unsuspecting and nondiscriminating PDDers who have $35/hr to spend on "maid service." But someone writing about his and his sock puppets experiences swimming in the nude in school for kicks? I don't get that at all.

Actually, I read C's last comment and was legitimately wondering something. I don't recall anything about the apparently very controversial nude swimming topic. In this history lesson about it the word "sock puppets" is being used to describe some of the people who commented in that thread. Can someone give me a bit of the back-story on that? Why are they being referred to as "sock puppets"? Thanks.

Paul, *you* indeed may be correct on that score, it would fit with the modus operandi of this "business" on PDD.

Thanks, edgeways. That explains it quite a bit for me. For some reason I always thought it was a reference to people who will always follow and agree with one specific person or something. I don't know where I got that. Anywho, thanks.

This thread is weird.

I'll take that as a compliment.

Coming soon: "Post About HotMaids Post Being Removed Removed"

Tam! That's supposed to be a secret! (The pantslessness, that is)

Wait, the hot maids will fix things for you and they make websites??

OK ?

Locked and loaded, with my permit of course. Doesnt take much to amuse some people.

Doom at every doorstep ... Cheer up Perfect Duluthians! It is I, freebird218! I can clear up a lot of controversy by explaining the dynamic of my household. First of all, we share several computers/accounts etc. Sometimes this is expedient (think pandora) and sometimes it leads to a little chaos (sock-puppet-like personae shifts on Perfect Duluth Day.) I, as the male half of this dynamic duo, do indeed repair iphones from time to time, macs more often than that, and have yet to take a single booking as Mr. Pink. My wife, out of mischief mostly, and a bit of internet naivete, posted somewhere in excess of 8-10 very crude attempts at humor, under "different" sign-in names on here early on when someone called her employees ugly. It was juvenile and goofy, and I chastised her the moment I saw it. Only 2-3 minutes later the posts were removed, and I was standing proudly with an "I told you so" grin. Didn't know it would cause all this, and then over the last few days have just unplugged and started taking bookings, which have been fairly brisk for the short period we've actually been around. I understand my wife received an email from WDIO expressing interest in doing a story about the business. Imagine when I log back in to PDD and we've be hung as charlatans in our absence! Honey, honey! We've been hung! As charlatans! Anyway ... Paul knows more than he lets on, but has to extrapolate too. And most extrapolations aren't taking into consideration that there are two people at least (I push PDD on all my friends, so I know they check it at my house occasionally too) using my IP address, my account, etc. Ask me any question at [email protected], I'll give you the straight dope. Brian

Nice followup. /ty

Freebird, as you seem to call yourself, I am hew to PPD and would like to extend a sincere thank you for your last post. I probably wont have an opportunity to use the services of Hot Maids, but feel you are offering a much needed service amogst a vast array of pompass, nose in the air, my shit dont stink dulutians. I think the women employed at your company, and men, are attractive, tax paying citizens. Kudos to you and yours.

Please just close this thread down....