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From: rcd@opus.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Junk Phone Calls
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Date: Mon, 19-Mar-84 15:35:35 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 19 15:35:35 1984
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> Junk phone calls really don't bother me much.  I can
> identify a junk call very quickly in the following manner:
> "real" callers always ask for someone in residence at my
> home.  Junk callers just start their schpiel...
Actually, I have found that junk calls often begin with "Mr. Dunn?", so I'm
immediately on my guard.  However, it ain't quite that simple - and I
almost hung up on someone from Sierra Club (of which I'm a member) because
the conversation started out that way.  One of the sure-fire criteria (so
far, anyway) is that if the caller says, "How are you?" I gather that it's
a junk call.  Usually a response of "Why do you need to know?" produces an
entertaining effect.
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