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An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:47 am
by Bucolic
After so many years of crappy cell phone service here in Bucolia, I finally decided to change carriers. Since I have been getting a lot of unsolicited calls, I decided to change phone numbers too.

My new number is easy to remember: 1-xxx-xxx-1911.

I already have one of those brain children of John Moses Browning. Does this mean I should buy another?

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:51 am
by FlyGuy
As good as any excuse I have every heard. :thumbup:
The hard part is deciding which one. :hmmm:

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 8:09 am
by richardw
To not would be defy a message from the phone oracle who will turn you present 1911 into chocolate candy gun. Buy American.

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 8:12 am
by Bucolic
I have a Sig 1911 so I guess that does not count. I like the Ruger 10 mm but am thinking that a capital gain may well be invested in a Dan Wesson.

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:43 am
by dougb
Phone numbers are recycled. When I got my new phone ($17 phone, $30 every 3 months) my calls were in Spanish as were the texts. I don't speak Spanish. I turned off the texting, don't use voice mail, and after a year, the incoming Spanish calls lessened.

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:56 am
by YankeeTarheel
The thieves' latest gambit is spoofing Caller ID. I get calls that appear to be from my area code, and my town's or my cell's exchange, but they simply aren't. Then the will be the credit card fakes, the Windos fakes, the electric company fakes, etc.
The calls come 5-10 times a day so I finally had to buy a call blocker. Press the button and the caller is permanently blocked. No need to struggle!

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:49 pm
by SwampGrouch
I'm too old to make crank calls, but when I spot one of 'em (local number with the long pause after you say "hello" for the predictive dialer to connect you with an operator is a dead give-away), I certainly feel justified in making a crank answer. Sounding drunk and making them repeat themselves over and over wastes their time and cuts down on their productivity. Lisa/Elizabeth from Resort Rewards is a bot, so she's not as much fun to mess with.

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:12 pm
by highdesert
Living in BFE can be frustrating I feel for you, cell phone service is made for cities and following the interstates, not for rural areas. Out here Verizon has probably been the best rural coverage, but T-Mobile bought a big piece of the 71 Band (formerly UHF TV) for rural coverage but it will take time to build out. Now that contracts are a thing of the past and you can keep your phone number, it's much easier jumping to another carrier.

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:10 pm
by dougb
Rachael or the new Christy from card services are about the only women who call me. Nice voices. Not much for small talk.

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:15 pm
by lurker
it must get tedious pressing "X" so many times. any more than 4 and i'm prone to lose count.

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:42 pm
by Catalyst
Yes. But another 1911.

An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:52 pm
by Bucolic
Roger that.


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Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:00 pm
by Elmo
Bucolic wrote:Roger that.
I read that as "Ruger that".

Well, they make one too!

http://www.ruger.com/products/sr1911/models.html

Re: An Omen?

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:38 pm
by Bucolic
Elmo wrote:
Bucolic wrote:Roger that.
I read that as "Ruger that".

Well, they make one too!

http://www.ruger.com/products/sr1911/models.html
I was THIS CLOSE to buying one of the SR1911s when I spotted this Sig. I was smitten.

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