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May 17, 2006
Dropped Calls, Wrong Numbers, and the Annoyance of Land Lines
My mobile gets terrible reception in my house. Which is why I was sorta happy to get a land line. But here's something they don't tell you when they sign you up for a number: someone had that number before you and people will continue to call looking for that person long after you take possession of the number. So Paul with terrible credit, wherever you are, get your life in order, man! And I really wish the telemarketers would stop calling for you at my number.
On the positive side, a long lost friend got in touch with me via my land line. Although it's a little creepy to be in a directory now. Just so different - I've never been listed as such before....but I guess it's a good thing. And maybe in the near future registering my land line on donotcall.gov will actually stop the telemarketers from calling Paul. That would be nice.
Posted by cj at May 17, 2006 09:35 PM