Klarinet Archive - Posting 000401.txt from 2003/01

From: "Willie Kercher" <res1b1nc@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Telemarketers
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 02:27:41 -0500

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From: "James Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Telemarketers

That gizzo that zaps the telemarketer's files is already being advertized
on the Houston area TV stations. Gotta get one!

> I used to demand their correct name and home phone number so I could call
> them at inconvenient times. Needless to say, they'd hang up. (I still do
> that with religious nuts, by phone or at the door.)
>
> Now I have a computer adapter that if the call fails to provide a complete
> caller ID (name & number) the call is authomatically disconnected after
the
> second ring. When one gets through, I pick up a tuning fork, bang it on
my
> knee, and hold the end against the mouthpiece. That usually gets rid of
> them. (It's a high C)
>
> I hear there's a guy who is supposedly working on a computer program that
> will reverse zap any telemarketers that use computers to call, and destroy
> the FAT on their computer. Probably illegal, but fun to contemplate.
>
> And yes, I dispise telemarketers. We have five land lines that come into
> this house/office. It is a constant irritant. We have a state
do-not-call
> list, but it's just a $500 fine, so it's not that much of an incentive.
I'd
> personally like to reserve a place in hell for telemarketers with child
> molesters and people who illegally use handicap parking spaces.
>
> Jim
>
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