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Re: Durned Telemarketers!
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Date: 
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:21:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
Like everyone else in the electrically-civilized world, I am plagued by a
nightly torrent of telemarketers plying their various wares.  We've signed
up at a state-run no-calls-please website set up here in Pennsylvania to
block calls through some arcane mechanism or other, so most of the calls
should in theory grind to a halt.  But for the rest, how about this solution:

Ok, maybe it's just another instance of how I live some wierd sort of ideal
world(1), but I don't suffer from this plague.  My wife does get a few
during the day; she estimates once or twice a week, but I don't get the
"nightly torrent".  If we didn't have 2 children, our meals would be quite
peaceful and uninterupted.  I literally get more wrong numbers than I do
telemarketers.  Am I really so abnormal in only receiving 2-3 calls a week
from people selling stuff or wanting money?  What is a "nightly torrent" anyway?

James

1:another example would be how I've never received a missing or defective
part in a Lego set.  Some people seem to get about 5 a week, but I've never
seen even 1.



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Durned Telemarketers!
 
(...) Grrrrr! Why do people insist on talking about LEGO in off-topic groups????? 8?P ROSCO (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Durned Telemarketers!
 
(...) We get between zero and four per night. Most commonly, one. And we often get one or more during the day. Chris (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Durned Telemarketers!
 
(...) Nope, that's about what we get (and yep, it's our two kids that keep mealtime quite lively). I use a twist on what I learned from watching my mom deal with Jehovah's Witnesses who came to the door when I was a kid. She'd just matter of factly (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Durned Telemarketers!
 
Like everyone else in the electrically-civilized world, I am plagued by a nightly torrent of telemarketers plying their various wares. We've signed up at a state-run no-calls-please website set up here in Pennsylvania to block calls through some (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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