Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Junk Phone Calls Message-ID: <780@nsc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 17:01:14 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.780 Posted: Tue Mar 20 17:01:14 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Mar-84 08:35:39 EST References: <822@machaids.UUCP> <195@felix.UUCP> <245@opus.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 20 I have found it very convenient to list my phone number under a name other than my own. I did it originally because very few of the people who use the phone book to look for me either know or remember my last name, so listing under that doesn't do me any good. I have also found it very convenient, because when I get a call that starts with 'Mr. Pooh?' (my current alias) I know that this is a blind call from a phone listing. My usual response to that is that Mr. Pooh went to the hospital with a honey jar on his head and can I take a message, which gets many interesting responses depending on how carefully the other party is listening. One thing I did find out recently when I tried to change my listing was that the computers that handle the phone book listings have real problems when you try to shove in a last name with no first name. We finally had to settle on 'Chuqui,W.' to get it to take. Isn't technology wonderful? -- From behind the bar at Callahan's: Chuq Von Rospach {fortune,menlo70}!nsc!chuqui (408) 733-2600 x242 If everyone marches to the beat of a different drummer, why does mine have to use a bongo?