Morning all,
No workbench time last night. Maybe I'll remedy that tonight. If not tonight tomorrow for sure since I'm taking the day off. ;)
I think I've received over a hundred 'final' courtesy calls that my cars extended warranty is about to expire. Each an every one says it's my last warning. I never answer them. They just go straight to voice mail. My MIL gets them too and she's in an assisted living facility and doesn't own a car. ::) There oughta be a law. >:(
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Have a great one!
We get them for a car that was totaled in an accident and is scrap metal now. Those people a leaches on society like so many cams out there today. Oops just fell off my soap box build something today
Quote from: Mecrr22 on March 18, 2021, 06:47:14 AM
We get them for a car that was totaled in an accident and is scrap metal now. Those people a leaches on society like so many cams out there today. Oops just fell off my soap box build something today
But at least we have a change of topic from the usual for BandOGuy. ;)
Good morning! Great pic Bob. We get those robo calls as well, which go into VM then get deleted. I've started a minor re-model of the guest bathroom, so there goes my time for modeling.
Morning, all.
My phone is pretty much all spam calls. >:( I'm up and ready to head to work, after breakfast.
Jeff
You mean those calls are not legit :o
I was hoping to get an extension on my 20 year old pick up. It's been running rough lately.
We survived the tornado watches last night. It is still very windy outside this morning.
I haven't done anything model railroad related in a while. We had a huge deadline at work and we finished it 10 days ago but now we are cleaning up all the stuff that didn't go right. Anyway, I anticipate getting back to somewhat normal next week.
Carry on.
Jaime
Hey Der Folks!
Low 50's and rain for today. The list of "Honey-Do's" is growing.
Have a Great Day All!
-Steven
Checking in.
Those call....!!!
First one usually by 9:10. I'll pick up the phone and let it "sit," not saying a work. And the caller ID is disguised. Once, it even showed me calling.
Wife's phone blows up with constant junk texts. All day and night.
What we need to do is find numbers for congressmen's phones and feed them to a few marketing firms. They'll sell them to each other and after a few weeks of calls, maybe those green people will make some changes.
Good day, all.
Larry
Good Morning Folks;
Going to almost 85 today! I think our spring is almost over. I've been taking the time to block the number each time I get the spam calls. Over the past year I have seen a drop so I think it means only a couple of these fast buck eddie's have my phone number. Wish it was easier to block them.
Feeling a little beat up today so think I will just take it easy. Have a great day everyone.
Jim D
Good Morning All. Happy Thursday.
Morning everyone
Good to see you here Jaime!
Bob thanks for opening and the picture.
But you could have brought coffee for us!! :D
As usual work continues on the Mill and other projects.
Everyone have a great day!! :)
Jerry
Present
Good morning.
Spam calls? Any number that shows up on my phone goes unanswered. I only answer calls that come up with the caller's name. Voicemail? never set mine up so that is not an issue. Antisocial? Why, yes I am!
Back in from checking and feeding the cows in the rain. The only item of clothing not soaked was my socks. My boots kept them nice and dry. Looks like an unplanned load of laundry on the agenda for today.
That's the rest of the story....
Good morning! Grocery trip for me this morning. I hope to get to some modeling this afternoon. It's good to see Jaime back - you are working to hard my friend. We are having typical March weather - windy. I will have lots of sticks to pickup in the yard when the snow is completely gone. I hope everyone has a great day.
Morning all,
Spam calls? Never heard of the thousands I get every year. The auto warranty calls are the worst. By the way, being on the "no call" list is a waste as well. Off my soap box now.
Had a Zoom call last night with Bruce O and Bob Parrish.
Have a great day ya'll.
Tom ;D
Morning all.
Coffee on.
Work is waiting.
Apparently my auto warranty is up, too.
It was in the upper 60's a couple of days ago and now it is snowing. Good ole March.
We got new landline phones that came with a robo call blocker. To get through, one has to press a specific phone button. Hardly get any human scam calls.
Still clearing the decks to start a series of scratch builds. The mail is always sloooow when expecting a package.
Now where did I put that stairway kit? I know it's around here somewheres.
I'm now officially old, turning 65 today... Don't feel any worse yet...
Spiking the rails that broke loose in the curved turnouts seems to be going OK, but it's painstaking work, and not my favorite thing to do.
dave
Morning,
Sunny and near 32 now climbing up to 50 today...will be nice all weekend too...
Stay Safe !
Tommy
Good morning y'all. Heavy rain last night so any outside work is canceled. Finished Max's walk and having coffee and a hot cross bun. My guy that picks up leaves is suggesting a price increase. I think I'll let them and him rot. Off to train room stuff. Keep my priorities in order. Jim
Morning. Spring is in full force in the Western Rockies.
Spam calls and fraud calls. I have been screwing with them lately because it makes me feel better. I answer the call and when I get to talk to a real person, I lay into them about how I feel so sorry for them that this is the only job that they are good for. That they must have a terrible life if they have to do this for a living. Usually they hang up by then, but if they don't I also mention that I am keeping them on the line so that it is one less call that they will be doing on others.
Be careful if you choose to, or accidentally, answer unknown calls. Robocalls that are up to scamming or fraud sometimes ask questions that may elicit a "yes" answer, such as "Can you hear me?" Your answer of "Yes" is recorded and can be used for fraudulent purposes that may ultimately cause you big trouble or at a minimum the inconvenience of having to dispute charges when billed. I ignore all unknown calls and let them go to voicemail (I do need voicemail for work). The great majority do not leave a message.
Real human callers are less dangerous as long as you don't follow their instructions and don't press any keys except to hang up. Not sure I would mess with them, though. They have your phone number.
--Opa George
Top of the day.....
I like to take the call and in a low whisper tell them to " Bring the car around back - I think we can drag him out there"
(Click)
Doug
The "do not call" registry is not a total loss. FTC levied a $225m fine on 2 robocallers in TX. https://www.engadget.com/fcc-225-million-fine-194419208.html The problem is that most of those a*****es are outside the US and make their connections via Voice over IP.
dave