From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:

>        I saw a thing on TV tonight where a dork in Qld was
> complaining that he gets up to ten telemarketers calling him every
> night, especially around tea time.

  There was a list doing the rounds some time back on fun you can have with 
telemarketers.  Basically, string them along while they're trying to sell you 
carpet cleaner, and at the end, tell them you have polished floorboards.

>  They were driving me mad too, not ten just one or two from 5:30 to
> 6:30 so I set the computer to run the FAX. The FAX gave just the two
> beeps, and no more since... it must have been the one group even
> though they always wanted something different eac htime

  I get a couple of aborted calls a day on my fax/data line, either that, or 
someone with a chinese modem can't connect.

>  I can reccommend it... just get Win98 to run the FAX every night.

>  The funny part is that I actually got a FAX thesecond time! BIC
> A'sia has a very similar telephone number to mine, and a guy in Qld
> was complaining that he hadn't got his container, so I replied and
> told him the send the fucking cheque first or he could shove his
> container where it was perfect one day and beautiful the next.

  I've had only one wrong number on my fax line, someone was trying to fax 
their bank something.  I didn't pay attention to it, which is probably what 
their bank would have done with it, had they actually recieved it.

>  He must have got the telephone number right the next time... either
> that or he dumped BIC and bought his pens in China. I had hopes that
> he might send *me* the cheque.

  My bastards never get it right.  They keep calling.  Just as well I have a 
tireless modem doing the answering.

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