Re: First major snowfall this year

Merlyne <[email protected]> Sun, 7 Apr 2024 15:29:36 -0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 31.03.2024 22.39, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 12.03.2024 14.30, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 24.02.2024 21.56, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 11.02.2024 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 14.01.2024 16.02, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It can do that. So far, the spam texts have been properly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> triaged. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once in a while I get a call about some fabulous
>>>>>>>>>>>>> investment opportunities - usually presented in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hard-to-understand accented english. Some days I don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> speak english at all, which seems to be a difficult
>>>>>>>>>>>>> concept to understand... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I should pretend not to speak English when I get phone
>>>>>>>>>>>> calls. 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Might be harder for you to get away with, unless you speak a
>>>>>>>>>>> language the callers are unlikely to master. Or if the
>>>>>>>>>>> callers already know you. 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No habla english
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's the ticket. Choose the second most spoken language in
>>>>>>>>> the world for your subterfuge. That'll work...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I bet few telemarketers here speak Spanish. Most of the ones I
>>>>>>>> pcik up for are East Indian.
>>>>>>>> Thank you, come again!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, you never know - they may be doing telemarketing in South
>>>>>>> America too. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe.
>>>>>> It's a calculated risk.
>>>>> Please let me know how it goes. For science.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I usually tell them they have a sexy voice and they don't know what
>>>> to say and hang up.
>>>> I'm willing to try 'no habla English'. For science.
>>>
>>> I hope you remember to take notes so you can report your findings
>>> accurately. Scientific.
>>>
>> 
>> Sure. No telemarketers yet.
> 
> Anything yet?
> 

Nope.
Maybe it's because I have an unlisted phone number.