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scotchandcigar

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The other day we're watching TV after dinner (probably Jeopardy - what a Fiasco!) and I get a text. I look, and it's from a Limousine company, perhaps it was Empire Limousine. It said that I have been assigned a new ride customer, followed by a link. I wasn't going to click on the link, and my general reaction was "hmm, weird", and then I deleted it.

Fast-forward to about 10:30 pm. We've been watching the news in bed, and I turn to go to sleep. A few minutes later, my phone rings. It's a 908 area code (New Jersey). I say "hello", and a woman says "I'm calling about my ride, this is the number I got from the limo company." I told her it's a wrong number, and I have nothing to do with this. "But this is the number they gave me. So you're not going to give me a ride? THAT'S JUST GREAT!" And then she abruptly hangs-up the phone. It never seemed odd to her that she was calling a New Hampshire area code.

No more than 10 seconds goes by, and I get another call, this time from a 201 area code (New Jersey). It was someone mumbling about my number or something (probably the limo company), and I sternly told them to lose this number, before abruptly hanging up.

If there's any moral to this, it's that when one receives an odd text, one should be prepared for unwanted phone calls to follow.
 
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I get weird texts saying 'hi' or 'hello' from an unknown number. I ignore them.

I have gotten wrong numbers before that are quite pissed off that Fred is not there as they must have correct number.
 
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I believe I mentioned this before, but I was so entertained by this errant text, I've never deleted it.

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The crazy thing is that, by using his full phone number (not shown here), and doing some searching, I found the guy's name, and his Facebook account. He's a nice gay man who does a lot of charity work.
 
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I once had a guy call my number, hear my voicemail message, realize it’s wrong, and then leave a message, “Wrong Number, sorry!”

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JHDK

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Haha my profile pic is literally this...



I know it's sexy, but in a different way. I'd still go at it (aka have passionate sex) with spaceship earth tho. I can have fun with a big, bright, colorful girl every now and then. So I understand why I get those random texts.
 
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Aaron

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scotchandcigar said:
The other day we're watching TV after dinner (probably Jeopardy - what a Fiasco!) and I get a text. I look, and it's from a Limousine company, perhaps it was Empire Limousine. It said that I have been assigned a new ride customer, followed by a link. I wasn't going to click on the link, and my general reaction was "hmm, weird", and then I deleted it.

Fast-forward to about 10:30 pm. We've been watching the news in bed, and I turn to go to sleep. A few minutes later, my phone rings. It's a 908 area code (New Jersey). I say "hello", and a woman says "I'm calling about my ride, this is the number I got from the limo company." I told her it's a wrong number, and I have nothing to do with this. "But this is the number they gave me. So you're not going to give me a ride? THAT'S JUST GREAT!" And then she abruptly hangs-up the phone. It never seemed odd to her that she was calling a New Hampshire area code.

No more than 10 seconds goes by, and I get another call, this time from a 201 area code (New Jersey). It was someone mumbling about my number or something (probably the limo company), and I sternly told them to lose this number, before abruptly hanging up.

If there's any moral to this, it's that when one receives an odd text, one should be prepared for unwanted phone calls to follow.
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On a different note, how weird that someone has Fiasco as a last name.
 
Channel98

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Does anyone want to know what my answering machine message says? No? Okay, I say, "Hello, thank you for calling. Please stay on the line. A customer service representative will be with you shortly." Then there are a few seconds of an instrumental version of Born Free. I recorded that message in the hope that all the annoying scammers and robocallers will think they reached a business number and will hang up – and many do.
 
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HecticArt

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scotchandcigar said:
The other day we're watching TV after dinner (probably Jeopardy - what a Fiasco!) and I get a text. I look, and it's from a Limousine company, perhaps it was Empire Limousine. It said that I have been assigned a new ride customer, followed by a link. I wasn't going to click on the link, and my general reaction was "hmm, weird", and then I deleted it.

Fast-forward to about 10:30 pm. We've been watching the news in bed, and I turn to go to sleep. A few minutes later, my phone rings. It's a 908 area code (New Jersey). I say "hello", and a woman says "I'm calling about my ride, this is the number I got from the limo company." I told her it's a wrong number, and I have nothing to do with this. "But this is the number they gave me. So you're not going to give me a ride? THAT'S JUST GREAT!" And then she abruptly hangs-up the phone. It never seemed odd to her that she was calling a New Hampshire area code.

No more than 10 seconds goes by, and I get another call, this time from a 201 area code (New Jersey). It was someone mumbling about my number or something (probably the limo company), and I sternly told them to lose this number, before abruptly hanging up.

If there's any moral to this, it's that when one receives an odd text, one should be prepared for unwanted phone calls to follow.
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If I don't know the number, (text or voicemail) I google the number before I open it.
Most of the numbers tend to be crap. I hit the report spam button (not sure if it's a placebo or not) then delete them without even opening them.
 
JHDK

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HecticArt said:
It's not just sexy.....
It's ARCHITECTURE!
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Why do you have to ruin my fantasy?

Killjoy.

And we've gone over this. Imagineers are not architects. They do design stuff yes, but they have souls...unlike that other group.
(btw this ongoing joke makes me smile everytime. Also it's not a joke a ur profession is a sham.)
 
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Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
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Channel98 said:
Does anyone want to know what my answering machine message says? No? Okay, I say, "Hello, thank you for calling. Please stay on the line. A customer service representative will be with you shortly." Then there are a few seconds of an instrumental version of Born Free. I recorded that message in the hope that all the annoying scammers and robocallers will think they reached a business number and will hang up – and many do.
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I bet you still have people that want to clean your ducks.
 
JHDK

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Aaron said:
Does anyone else get really ticked off when you get a phone call? I know it's a phone, but I'm like who the F is calling me. Can't they just text me instead.
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For me, if it's not some lady I've been texting with (or my boss) I'm like wtf is this asshole calling me abt? But if it's a lady who takes the step to call it makes me really happy but I have to play it cool when I pick up...like hey, how ya doing? Nice to hear from ya.

When really I'm thinking HOLY FUCK SHE CALLED THAT MEANS IM LIKE A DATE AWAY FROM SEX! Usually that's not too far off. Like a few calls and like 1 or 2 max dates/dinners.

and I'm a nerd who loves Disney and manatees. What do like real guys who know what their doing think when this happens?

That's the easy part tho. Finding someone u actually want to spend time with, like when u wake up in the morning next to them, is so much harder. I've had only 2 of them recently that I talked to u all abt...then I manage to f it all up.

Ehh. My pops was like 53 b4 he found his all time broad and 56 when he had me...so I still have a chance at that I guess.

Weird. Sorry to rant abt my shit guys...but then again that's kinda my thing around here.
 
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JHDK said:
Finding someone u actually want to spend time with, like when u wake up in the morning next to them, is so much harder.
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That’s the trick. When you find that person, you won’t spend time fighting.
If there’s more than the occasional fight, move on and don’t waste your time.
 
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