arwalden
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Wed Nov-05-03 07:58 PM
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Poll question: Your Home Telephone Number |
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Is your home telephone number listed, or unlisted? How much do you value your privacy balanced against being accessible?
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MartinAmbroseForan
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Wed Nov-05-03 07:59 PM
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1. Only available to pretty lasses |
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Wed Nov-05-03 08:01 PM
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Welcome to DU!
Guinness is nectar of the gods/goddesses.
Slainte :toast:
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Wed Nov-05-03 08:05 PM
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I see you're a lass with class!
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Wed Nov-05-03 08:17 PM
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Formerly of Co. Westmeath here. :hi:
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MaineDem
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Wed Nov-05-03 07:59 PM
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2. Listed but my address isn't (n/t) |
arwalden
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Wed Nov-05-03 08:28 PM
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6. My Address Isn't Available Either... |
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... even though I'm only available through 411, I think *I'D* like to decide who actually gets my address. (Especially since I've got an angry ex- who has threatened me before. It's been nearly 20 years, and I still worry that he might find me. Silly, huh?)
-- Allen
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Wed Nov-05-03 08:30 PM
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Call anytime, my name is Wes. :evilgrin:
Lets see how long it takes a mod to get rid of my number. Better call now while theres still time. :-)
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Wed Nov-05-03 08:46 PM
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11. amazed its still here |
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and no one has called yet.
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Wed Nov-05-03 08:31 PM
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Wed Nov-05-03 08:38 PM
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9. Just the number, no address |
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And listed under my real name, not the one I go by. Makes it easy to weed out the telemarketers.
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arwalden
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Wed Nov-05-03 09:27 PM
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12. I Wanted To Use Anton Chekhov For My Listing In The White Pages... |
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... and was told that I could only list under my real name. Bummer.
Uh... Mr. Chekhov, would you like a free sitting at Olin Mills? Free siding? Lawn service? Credit card? Donate to the volunteer fire department?
-- Allen
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Thu Nov-06-03 09:02 AM
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19. I don't believe that's true |
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You don't have to use your real name for the listing. I know many people who listed under their pets' names, for example. The only thing that has to be legit is your billing name.
Unless things have changed since I retired.
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Thu Nov-06-03 09:11 AM
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20. This Was According To Verizon (in MD) As Recently As 1999. |
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Maybe I should have pressed harder and asked to speak with someone IN CHARGE (read: who knows what the hell they are doing).
-- Allen
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Thu Nov-06-03 06:47 AM
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And if someone calls asking for me by my listed name, I just say that I'm not home.
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Wed Nov-05-03 08:42 PM
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10. Not published not available. Also have caller ID, privacy manager. |
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I get almost zero unwanted calls, maybe one a month, usually on call waiting.
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Wed Nov-05-03 09:27 PM
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13. Our cat's name is in the phone book. |
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Our last name is rare enough that if someone who knows us _really_ wants to find us, they can. In the meantime, our kitty occasionally gets calls and credit card offers.
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regnaD kciN
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Thu Nov-06-03 02:49 AM
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14. It's been unlisted... |
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...since the late 1980s, when I wrote a letter to the editor of the local paper opposing homophobia, and began to get late night phone calls containing death threats. (Oddly, for someone who apparently hated homosexual activity, the caller would always mention that he was going to force me to perform fellatio on him and his friends before they killed me.)
:crazy:
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Thu Nov-06-03 06:50 AM
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Thu Nov-06-03 07:26 AM
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17. None of the above ... |
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Our number is in the book, but it is under my wifes maiden name. So, when someone asks for Mr. or Mrs. __________, we know they are cold calling us from the book. Many times, I simply say that no one by that name lives here (it ain't a lie).
Unfortunately, if someone is looking for me through the book, they will have a hard time.
Cheers Drifter
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Thu Nov-06-03 08:11 AM
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18. You can call my old number, and it's listed....but I just cut it off. |
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Thu Nov-06-03 09:13 AM
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21. Okay... Why Would The Phone Company CHARGE EXTRA To Be Unlisted? |
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That's just retarded.
-- Allen
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