telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (09/10/89)
This issue of the Digest is devoted, by and large, to some humorous messages I've received in the past week. I'm tired of Caller ID; I'm tired of debating the merits of charging for DA; and I thought maybe you were also. The next time someone starts up the Caller ID thing again, someone please give me a good swift kick as a reminder not to publish it unless I want messages to go on for weeks afterward pro and con. Obviously Caller ID brings the same divisive, heated and ongoing discussion in the telecom group that guns and abortion bring in talk.politics.misc. So in this issue of the Digest, nothing serious; nothing earth-shaking; just a few light-hearted comments to hopefully give you a chuckle or two. For starters, is there anyone at all who hasn't seen the cartoon of the minister standing in a payphone booth saying, "Operator, I want to make a parson-to-parson call"? Well, the jokes will get better as you read further.... Patrick Townson