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From: Mark E Anderson <mea@ihlpl.att.com>
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Subject: Re: 666 and Ignorant People
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Date: 11 Aug 90 19:57:10 GMT
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>[Moderator's Note: ...  Here in Chicago,
>the '666 North Lake Shore Drive Building' changed its address to 668
>with permission of the Postal Disservice due to some important and
>large commercial tenant moving in who had nightmares about what might
>happen to business when the customers found out.  PT]

Nancy Reagan made the same change before they moved into their Malibu
home.  That has to be expected from her though.  I don't consider
myself ignorant but I would never accept a number with a 666 exchange
or any 3 sixes in a row.  If I were to get one, I'd simply ask for
another number.  I didn't even like it when my current number had 2 6s
in a row.

I don't consider myself that superstitious but a phone number is sort
of like a personal identification of existence.  It doesn't hurt to
play it safe just in case.


Mark
mea@ihlpl.att.com