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When I get such robo calls, I chant Sanskrit verses, and the caller gets bored and hangs up. Can recite Sanskrit verses from memory continuously for more than an hour.
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Am not sure that is a good idea as it may be a possibility robo-callers may also be attempting to harvest voice for artificial re-generation which is why I never say more than "hello".
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Had never thought about this. Maybe I should use a squeaky voice henceforth.
One more thing:
Once someone unknown sent a message on WhatsApp saying we have a job offer.
I replied - "I had applied back in 1996 and you have replied after 28 years. Was waiting all along for your message, where were you? And what breakfast did you have today? Have you had your coffee?"
The other side went silent.
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Amarnath S wrote: I had applied back in 1996 and you have replied after 28 years. Was waiting all along for your message, where were you?
That's pretty good, I'll have to remember that one. 
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There was a time where I got multiple spam calls a day, mostly phone and internet providers or gas and electricity companies.
One day I got another call and I was fed up.
"Hello, this is [name] from company [company name]. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?"
And I kind of lost my sh*t and said something along the lines of "YES! I DO MIND! You ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) ing marketeers have been bugging me daily! ing stop it already! I don't want to answer questions, I don't want to talk to you and I don't want to buy your ing product! HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IF I CALLED YOU EVERY DAY ON YOUR PRIVATE PHONE!?  "
"But sir... You're already a customer and we simply had some questions about our service..."
Turned out to be my current phone, TV and internet provider who actually gave me pretty good service 
Luckily, she knew how I felt and we could laugh about it 
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Especially when home dude needs to pull the stick out?
When it's a human on the other end on the rare occasion I answer the phone for an unrecognized number, I feel no compunctions about abusing them. It's childish, but I've reached an age [cue irony] where the simple pleasures can be few and far between.
Especially on those days when it's a very, very, large stick. Think utility pole.
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Gary Wheeler wrote: I feel no compunctions about abusing them
Not sure if you mean I was abusing him or he was abusing me. But, it's not abusive to tell someone nobody likes unsolicited calls. It's also not abusive to to ask someone why they're arguing. What's abusive is the bozo getting upset, and thus I hung up on him.
IMO the problem with society is we're so over emotional and weak that direct conversation seems aggressive. But, IMO it takes more respect to respect people's time and understanding of the situation by telling it like it is.
That being said, there are two types of people. Those that will just take it "when someone treats them wrong" and those who won't. I'm not the former.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Not sure if you mean I was abusing him or he was abusing me
I was referring to me abusing them  .Jeremy Falcon wrote: Those that will just take it "when someone treats them wrong" and those who won't.
My transition from the former to the latter largely explains my pending divorce  .
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Thanks Jeremy  . It's been a long time coming, but I'm happy I started it and I'm doing well. Good family, good friends, and good therapy make all the difference.
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I bought my first flip phone when working out of town in Los Alamos
I did not realize you get the Area Code for the State you buy the phone in
So back in Ohio a friend gave me a Galaxy S5 used for development at American Express
kept the flip phone number. Moved to Arizona opened a Bank Account being naive gave
them my email & phone number I quickly discovered my Credit Card had my phone number
attached And then the spam phone calls started got a new Credit Card with no email or
phone number attached it took Chase 2 days to figure out how to do that ha ha
Spam calls decreased to a trickle NOW when I am asked for my phone number or email
I proudly reply NO COMPUTER and NO PHONE and if pushed I use the White House
Phone number and my first ISP email address Don@ezo.net they went out of
business years ago. The most fun ever was at Home Depot I had purchased $500.00 of
Milwaukee Woodworking tools and they offed me $100.00 discount if I opened a Home Depot
credit card SURE it took them 90 min to figure out how to give me the credit card
with NO Phone Number or email address What amazed me the most was by accident I gave
them the wrong SS number GOT the card and the discount
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Choroid wrote: when I am asked for my phone number or email
I proudly reply NO COMPUTER and NO PHONE and if pushed I use the White House
Phone number
That's brilliant.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: I'm not arguing with you.
Look, this isn't an argument; it's just contradiction.
Did you pay for the five minute argument, or the full half-hour?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: Did you pay for the five minute argument, or the full half-hour?
Just the 5 minute... inflation.
Jeremy Falcon
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As you may have guessed from the subject, today is International Cat Day.
So if you know any international cats, buy them a mouse! 
[edit]
Having just typed that, in comes the soggiest cat I've seen in a long time, and sits on my keyboard ... how the heck do they manage to retain so much water in tiny paws and leak it out on demand?
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"You're on Guard"
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The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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OriginalGriff wrote: international cats
Does the Burmese across the street that comes to play with our DSH (and eat his food) count? 
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Only if there is a date line down the center of the road.
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OriginalGriff wrote: today is International Cat Day.
Is it?
They missed an opportunity to make it August 15th.
The French would point out, that's "mi-Aout" ("miaou", which is the French way of writing/pronouncing "meow").
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Dij doesn't spell it like that anyway ... 
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I wouldn't have expected him to! He's Welsh.
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OriginalGriff wrote: if you know any international cats
My cat Aimee qualifies, even though we live in Ohio U.S.
She's so fat ("how fat is she?!?") her belly crosses the International Date Line.
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On a serious note, you might want to consider doing something about that - obesity in cats can dramatically shorten lifespan!
Obesity in Cats | VCA Animal Hospitals[^]
As with humans, eating less and exercising is the best solution!
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We're trying but circumstances make it difficult right now. My wife and I are divorcing so our two cats are staying with my sister-in-law who has a cat of her own. Aimee believes that her food is hers, her sister's food is hers, and her cousin's food is hers, as well as any human food laying about  . If her stomach isn't full to bursting, she's dying of malnutrition.
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I'm sorry to hear that - hope it goes as well as these things ever can.
Are you expecting a catstody battle?
Sorry ... I'll get my coat.
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