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From: Bob Hale <btree!hale@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Re: Plagued by Wrong Number Calls
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Date: 15 Aug 90 19:42:16 GMT
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In article <10568@accuvax.nwu.edu> erik@naggum.uu.no (Erik Naggum)
writes:

[wrong number discussion omitted]

>My sleep-wake cycle is somewhat chaotic, so it gets very annoying at
>times.  I have ordered another phone line, unlisted ("secret" to the
>Norwegian telco).

I have a friend who used to have a major problem with wrong numbers.
His number was different by 1 in one digit from that of the Camp
Pendleton Marine Base brig near San Diego, California.

He was awakened about 3AM one day by someone who wanted to know "Do
you have Private Jones in the brig?"  He quickly improvised the answer
"No, we took him out in back and shot him."

My friend eventually moved and abandoned the problem.  I wonder if the
new holder of that phone number is as inventive.


Bob Hale                        ...!ucsd!btree!hale
619-535-3234                    ...!btree!hale@ucsd.edu