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coalescentSomebody just called my house. I let my dad answer the phone, because these days if people are trying to get through to me they tend to use my mobile. Plus, I was half-way through a rather good story from the latest Asimov's.
After a few seconds, my dad comes to find me. "It's SFX magazine," he says, as he passes me the handset; but when I put it to my ear, there's only a dial tone. So now I'm trying to think of someone who'd (a) want to wind me up by pretending to be SFX and (b) have my home phone number, and I'm failing.
After a few seconds, my dad comes to find me. "It's SFX magazine," he says, as he passes me the handset; but when I put it to my ear, there's only a dial tone. So now I'm trying to think of someone who'd (a) want to wind me up by pretending to be SFX and (b) have my home phone number, and I'm failing.
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Date: 2003-03-27 11:47 am (UTC)Maybe your dad hung up on them accidentally, just as they were going to offer you a job! Or maybe your dad's making it all up, and there was really nobody on the phone at all who wanted to speak to you!
Your family hates you! Run! Run, while you still can!
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Date: 2003-03-27 11:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-27 12:07 pm (UTC)Yes. I mistyped.
And yeah, I tried 1471. Caller witheld their number.
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Date: 2003-03-27 12:11 pm (UTC)The crazy thing is, I think he might have done. We have wireless phones, right? One upstairs, one downstairs. He was upstairs when the phone rang, I downstairs. He brought the phone down, but rather than giving it to me he picked up the other one, pressed buttons and handed it to me. I could almost swear he pressed the buttons in the wrong order...
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Date: 2003-03-27 01:11 pm (UTC)Ah, well, guess you can kiss that job goodbye, then.
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Date: 2003-03-27 01:54 pm (UTC)No. Two base stations, two handsets. So the aim was to pick up on one and hang up on the other, except I think he did them the wrong way around.
Ah, well, guess you can kiss that job goodbye, then.
Yeah, thanks for that. :-p
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Date: 2003-03-27 02:34 pm (UTC)When you use the phone, the person *calling* has the power to end the call.
Even if you hang up on them, picking the phone back up will still allow you to be 'connected' until they hang-up.
If anyone was going to be phoning you and wanted to speak to you, I'm sure a few seconds of dead time wouldn't put them off.
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Date: 2003-03-27 11:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-27 12:09 pm (UTC)That seems most likely, but I'm subscribed for a good while yet. Plus, I'm fairly certain I've never given the subscription department of Future Publishing my phone number.
The 'trying to offer me another magazine' theory sounds plausible, though. Or just some survey or other.
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Date: 2003-03-27 12:10 pm (UTC)Either way...SFX? Ew.
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Date: 2003-03-27 12:12 pm (UTC)Why?
I know there's all sorts of stories about them being nasty to do business with, and I wouldn't know anything about that, but as a magazine I think they're pretty damn good at what they do. They could be a little tighter on the spoiler front, but they're better than they used to be.
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Date: 2003-03-27 12:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-27 11:57 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-27 12:52 pm (UTC)As a general rule, that is. To their credit, they do cover the MEverse rather well indeed.
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Date: 2003-03-27 01:04 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-27 02:15 pm (UTC)To be honest, I haven't read a copy in well over a year and a half.
re: Simon Pegg
Date: 2003-03-27 03:08 pm (UTC):-)
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