> > From: > Fernando > Hi John, > > that's something I learnt in my first month here in Canada, for some > reason here we use "hydro" for "electricity", "washroom" for > "bathroom" and "eh?" for "right?" and the list keeps growing, how > "aboot" that? > > On 5/17/07, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, I get that it's a scam, but what is it about for those of us not in > Canada? > > Specifically, "Hydro protection", "hydro bill"? Yeah, "aboot" I know; from Scotland. So it's some sort of scam having to do with your electrical service? Something like the telephone service scams that followed the AT&T breakup & deregulation here in the US, where you got a tele-marketer calling you up and next thing you knew, your service had been switched to FBNTCo*? * = Fly-By-Night-Telephone-Company -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
