At 23:30 5-4-02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > And after years of the above at home (after which the phone company redrew > > their districts and changed our number), I got my commission and became an > > engineer working on flight test in the Air Force. I had several phone > > lines that went through the secretary, and one which went directly to my > > desk: extension 3303. The appointment desk at the base hospital had > > extension 3033 . . . > >You win. :) > >Unless someone else wants to try to top that. I certainly can't.
Maybe I can. How about getting a phone number that used to belonge to someone else? When I moved to Eindhoven and applied for a phone line, I was given a telephone number that used to be the phone number of a computer store (that computer store still exists, BTW). At first, I would be called at least three or four times per week by people who wanted prices quotes, have their computer repaired, etcetera. The number of calls gradually decreased over time, but it took almost two years before they stopped altogether. Usually when someone changes his phone number, the old number is not re-issued for one or two years. So either KPN Telecom screwed up bigtime, or those callers still had the old phone number somewhere on file (as the store was listed with the correct number in the phonebook). Anyone want to top *that*? Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
