Who's Got Your Number?

Taking a moment's reflection, scott14661 mused:
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| C'mon people that's why the "Do Not Call List" was designed. Use it
| for what it's intended for.

It's not the end all be all ... I just now got a call from someone
wanting to sell me a fireplace insert ... (second one from them).

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Taking a moment's reflection, Brian Gordon mused:
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| You must not have many cellphone only friends. I have several with no
| landline at all, so if you can't find their cellphone number, you just
| can't find them.

I have plenty. They have all given me a call, or sent me an email, with
their new number. Perhaps your friends don't want you to find them. ;-)

mhicaoidh wrote:
> Taking a moment's reflection, scott14661 mused:
> |
> | C'mon people that's why the "Do Not Call List" was designed. Use it
> | for what it's intended for.
>
> It's not the end all be all ... I just now got a call from someone
> wanting to sell me a fireplace insert ... (second one from them).
>
>

I don't even know what a fireplace insert (unless it's one or more
logs), but you've indicated something about a second one. Have you
purchased one of these from them before?

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jer
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> You must not have many cellphone only friends. I have several with no
landline
> at all, so if you can't find their cellphone number, you just can't find
them.

Which says alot about how much of a 'friend' they might be...

> So if a friend or family member in trouble calls from a pay phone or from
> a borrowed phone, they're just in deep sh*t, right? Too bad for them.

Indeed, and perhaps better for you not getting stuck bailing out some nitwit
in the middle of the night.

> I don't even know what a fireplace insert (unless it's one or more
> logs), but you've indicated something about a second one. Have you
> purchased one of these from them before?

Or been dumb enough to fill out one of those free raffles at a local
shopping mall?

TANSTAAFL folks.

"DevilsPGD" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]> "John
> Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"Brian Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>> Todd Copeland <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>"Brian Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>> You must not have many cellphone only friends. I have several with no
>>>>landline
>>>>> at all, so if you can't find their cellphone number, you just can't find
>>>>them.
>>>>
>>>>Of course, if you knew them well enough to call them friends you could
>>>>simply ask for their phone number.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I plan to -- as soon as our paths cross again. They are ~50 miles away and we
>>> don't see each other that often.
>>
>>You've heard of email and snail mail?
>
> Sure -- Where will you get their address? The phonebook?

Uh, is this really a friend, or just some stranger you're stalking?

"wkearney99" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> So if a friend or family member in trouble calls from a pay phone or from
>> a borrowed phone, they're just in deep sh*t, right? Too bad for them.
>
> Indeed, and perhaps better for you not getting stuck bailing out some nitwit
> in the middle of the night.

You might live to regret that decision if the person in trouble turned out
to be your daughter or girlfriend.

In message <[email protected]> "John
Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"DevilsPGD" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> In message <[email protected]> "John
>> Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>"Brian Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>>> Todd Copeland <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>"Brian Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>>> You must not have many cellphone only friends. I have several with no
>>>>>landline
>>>>>> at all, so if you can't find their cellphone number, you just can't find
>>>>>them.
>>>>>
>>>>>Of course, if you knew them well enough to call them friends you could
>>>>>simply ask for their phone number.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I plan to -- as soon as our paths cross again. They are ~50 miles away and we
>>>> don't see each other that often.
>>>
>>>You've heard of email and snail mail?
>>
>> Sure -- Where will you get their address? The phonebook?
>
>Uh, is this really a friend, or just some stranger you're stalking?

I have plenty of people I'd call friends, but unless I've been to their
house there would be no need for me to have their address.


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In message <%[email protected]> "John
Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"wkearney99" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>> So if a friend or family member in trouble calls from a pay phone or from
>>> a borrowed phone, they're just in deep sh*t, right? Too bad for them.
>>
>> Indeed, and perhaps better for you not getting stuck bailing out some nitwit
>> in the middle of the night.
>
>You might live to regret that decision if the person in trouble turned out
>to be your daughter or girlfriend.

Perhaps, perhaps not. Chances are it wouldn't hurt anything if you let
the call go to voicemail and check the message.

You'd still drive down to the police station and bail 'em out.


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"DevilsPGD" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> In message <%[email protected]> "John
> Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"wkearney99" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>>> So if a friend or family member in trouble calls from a pay phone or from
>>>> a borrowed phone, they're just in deep sh*t, right? Too bad for them.
>>>
>>> Indeed, and perhaps better for you not getting stuck bailing out some nitwit
>>> in the middle of the night.
>>
>>You might live to regret that decision if the person in trouble turned out
>>to be your daughter or girlfriend.
>
> Perhaps, perhaps not. Chances are it wouldn't hurt anything if you let
> the call go to voicemail and check the message.
>
> You'd still drive down to the police station and bail 'em out.

Lot of good that would do after the person had been mugged or r a p e d
when their car stalled in a bad neighborhood.

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John Richards

In message <[email protected]> "John
Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"DevilsPGD" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> In message <%[email protected]> "John
>> Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>"wkearney99" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>>>> So if a friend or family member in trouble calls from a pay phone or from
>>>>> a borrowed phone, they're just in deep sh*t, right? Too bad for them.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, and perhaps better for you not getting stuck bailing out some nitwit
>>>> in the middle of the night.
>>>
>>>You might live to regret that decision if the person in trouble turned out
>>>to be your daughter or girlfriend.
>>
>> Perhaps, perhaps not. Chances are it wouldn't hurt anything if you let
>> the call go to voicemail and check the message.
>>
>> You'd still drive down to the police station and bail 'em out.
>
>Lot of good that would do after the person had been mugged or r a p e d
>when their car stalled in a bad neighborhood.

I wouldn't recommend calling me in that situation, I'd call AMA. Either
way, I'd still listen to the voicemail and do the same thing I would do
if I actually talked to the person (which in this case, would be to call
a tow truck)


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in response to the question about what carriers still charge extra for caller ID and don't include it with the plan...there are certain nextel plans (and i can't believe nextel has the *ahem* balls to do this) that charge extra for things like caller ID and voicemail. Or atleast that was the case a few months ago...

as to the rest of the discussion...i have made it known to every one of my friends/relatives that i do not answer phone numbers that i do not know. period. unless i can take a guess of who it is...i won't answer any number thats not already in my phonebook or if the number is blocked. If its important enough, they will leave a voice mail. My phone will let me know right after they've called if i have a voicemail or not...and if they leave one, i check it and then call them back. Whats wrong with that? A good number of people i know are the same way.

FLyGTi wrote:
> in response to the question about what carriers still charge extra for
> caller ID and don't include it with the plan...there are certain nextel
> plans (and i can't believe nextel has the *ahem* balls to do this) that
> charge extra for things like caller ID and voicemail. Or atleast that
> was the case a few months ago...
>
> as to the rest of the discussion...i have made it known to every one of
> my friends/relatives that i do not answer phone numbers that i do not
> know. period. unless i can take a guess of who it is...i won't answer
> any number thats not already in my phonebook or if the number is
> blocked. If its important enough, they will leave a voice mail. My
> phone will let me know right after they've called if i have a voicemail
> or not...and if they leave one, i check it and then call them back.
> Whats wrong with that? A good number of people i know are the same
> way.
>
>


Well, here's one you don't know that feels the same way. I consider
callers that hide their ID to be like someone ringing my doorbell, and
when I respond and look out the peephole to identify the pop-in, they've
got a thumb over the lens. I consider this behaviour to be childish,
unacceptable, and will likely leave the thumb stranded on the porch
indefinitely because I'm going to quietly go back to whatever I was
wasting my time with before Mr/Ms thumb showed up. Truth is, if they
can't exhibit better behaviour than that, they deserve to be stranded
with the garbage.



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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

hehe...nice analogy. me likey.