RonJonSurfer Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Example: There are 5 people in my family. We use five numbers for our cell phones, one regular line to the house, two business lines to my hone office, another number for my virtual fax...that's one family using 9 phone numbers in the same area code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 that's one family using 9 phone numbers in the same area code. ah, greed. I've probably told this story before, but it's worth retelling, I think. My son's good friend's family, complete with 4 kids under the age of 12 at the time, got a new home number. They were receiving a ridiculous amount of phone calls in the middle of the night from people asking for "Denise." When they finally got fed up enough, they asked one guy who called at about 2 a.m. "Who the hell is Denise?" He said, "Uh... a private escort service." They changed the number the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 One of my friend's numbers is nearly identical to a gynaecologist's... he gets lots of interesting calls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I've had this phone for months, and I still get people calling for Sierra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars88 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 My husband gets at least two calls per week from people who are about to get their power cut off. The number is close, but it's more about people who aren't too careful about how they dial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Some years ago we almost became friends with the people calling the former owner of my phone number... But talking about what bothers me right now... it´s cold. Very cold. And I get up very early, it´s nightime when I get out to go to work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I don't like when you go to buy something and they ask you for your phone number. When they ask me if they can have my phone number, I smile and politely say "it's unlisted", which it is. I do get "looks", but it's my right not to get harassed by phone calls all evening asking me to buy this or that or informing me about a new product/promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'm right there with you, Jenny. I don't give out my phone number, either. Period. They just hit a button that says "denied." ;grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 don't let them tell you otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I get a precarious thrill out of giving them the wrong phone number sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 When I was younger and single and guys would ask for my number, I'd give them the number to the local cop shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Gee, thanks Lea! Like we dont get enough stupid calls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Well I live in a very small town and back then our police were mostly bored and thought it was funny. Besides, the police chief was a friend of mine and had a wicked cool sense of humor. I wouldn't do it now because our crime has gone up and I wouldn't do that to them. We're talking small town twenty years ago here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 The town where I grew up was small. Back in '67. Now it's enormous and the place where most of the San Diego Padres and Chargers call home, along with half a billion other people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 I have 2 movies I really want to watch. The DVD player won't open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Unplug it from the source and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks ... except I just tried that & it didn't work. It's like it's catching on something. I want to stick a knife in there or something, but I'll refrain from that. I'd just electrocute myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 In my experience, unplugging something typically doesn't help, especially if it's electric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Whatever you do, don't follow something metal into an electrical contraption....it only ensues mayhem. Though, all is not lost. It's still the holidays. Request that which you are without to your beau. Guys, the same but I don't have a French word for..."Gals." Not yet, anyway. . . lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Did you try removing the casing? That's what DH has done before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 DH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Dont worry, I'm just givin' ya a hard time. We do get a lot of stupid calls, though..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 DH? AKA Dear Husband Yeah I know Marc. I see what a lot of big city cops have to deal with from watching the cop shows on TV. Not to mention I lived in So. Cal for 13 years. But ya gotta admit sometimes people can be quite amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 . Guys, the same but I don't have a French word for..."Gals." Not yet, anyway. . . lol "Belles"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I'm wondering if anyone outside of AZ has heard about the photo radar cameras they've installed now along the Arizona freeways - and some on the surface streets. These things are to catch speeders, photograph them, send them a ticket that is $165.00, but the points won't got on your record. It's a money-making scheme for the cities without a doubt. Since I do the speed limit anyway, that part doesn't bother me in the least. However, the drivers around here are on high alert and reflex tells them to stomp on the brakes the second they see one of those cameras, even if they're already doing 55 in a 65 - they slow down even more. Which causes the rest of us, who are doing 65 in a 65, to slam on our brakes because of their idiocy. And then there ws the instance last weekend when I was driving home, late at night, almost no one else on the road. Just as an SUV came up on my left, the camera flash went off in my eyes, which caused me to panic thinking I was speeding. But I wasn't. This SUV was just on the other side of me from the camera, and my feeling is that - even though I didn't see him come up on me - he must have been really flying and then slowed down when he saw the camera, but it caught him anyway. Trouble is, since we were neck and neck, I'm wondering how in the hell that camera - which is on the right side of the freeway - was able to catch his plate if I was between it and him. So I'm already wondering how do I fight something like this if I'm the one who gets the ticket in the mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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