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June 7, 2012

Ho Hos
A standard feature in some areas in downtown Detroit, where I'm attending the alternative newspaper conference over the next few days.

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Beware the ring dings.

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Andrew Hall at June 7, 2012 3:14 AM

Chow down.

Crid [CridComment at gmail] at June 7, 2012 5:16 AM

Greece, too...

Crid [CridComment at gmail] at June 7, 2012 5:19 AM

This is for Amy (or anyone else bugged by robo callers): how to set your answering machine to appear as a bad number to a robo caller: http://www.modemspeedtest.com/eatyourdinner.htm

I picked up on that via a submission from Geoff Kuenning to Risks Digest 26.88. If you search on "sit.wav", you'll find other pages very similar. It works because the robo caller detects the "doo...dah...dee" of a wrong number and marks your number as a bad number, removing you from their list.

I R A Darth Aggie at June 7, 2012 6:16 AM

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Amy Alkon

https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/06/ho-hos.html#comment-3221784">comment from I R A Darth Aggie

Thanks, but these assholes call during the day when I'm writing, and when I get a call, there's a good chance it's for me, so I pick up -- imagine that.

I have people call me from TV and radio shows asking me to come on and I'm not going to miss one of those calls because some people are time-thieving assholes.

Also, appreciate that suggestion, but if I put those tones (which are annoying) at the head of my recording, people who want to reach me may hang up. I far prefer what I do -- and what I advised in I See Rude People -- finding the honchos of telemarketing companies (or the asshole politicians who call us) and calling them at home (use zabasearch.com), chewing them out, and invoicing them for my time and use of my phone line -- and getting them to pay me.

Amy Alkon Author Profile Page at June 7, 2012 6:59 AM

Not really a joke: Having sat through a concert last night consisting of two sets of 6th graders and one each of 7th and 8th graders, I've decided there's one profession I have great respect for, when I consider the patience and grace required:

Middle School Orchestra Teachers

Old RPM Daddy at June 7, 2012 8:24 AM

Yes, but these ho hos come in all sorts of flavors and colors, and you might catch something from one of them.

mpetrie98 at June 7, 2012 1:16 PM

Lewis—

[D]on't be deceived by life's outcomes. Life's outcomes, while not entirely random, have a huge amount of luck baked into them. Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky.

Crid [CridComment at gmail] at June 7, 2012 4:16 PM

Aw, shit!... I knew it!

Crid [CridComment at gmail] at June 7, 2012 8:29 PM

And here's a fun story... Just a coupla crazy kids, trying to hike their way through a thicket of romance...

Crid [CridComment at gmail] at June 7, 2012 8:31 PM

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