pkh%computer-science.nottingham.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (Kevin Hopkins) (09/05/89)
( Originally sent on Tue, 22 Aug 89 10:52:06 +0100, but the UK gateway held it up for some unknown reason - pkh. ) In v9i312 Michael Warfield talked of connecting his modem to his 'phone line to infuriate nuisance calls. My Mum, being a Catering Supervisor at a local school, was equipped with a whistle to attract the children's attention. When she was getting a large number of nuisance 'phone calls a few years back she blew the whistle next to the microphone of the telephone when one of these calls was in progress. For some inexplicable reason the caller never tried our number again :-) (Could be due to him having his ear drums blown to bits.) +--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | K.Hopkins%cs.nott.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk | Kevin Hopkins, | | or ..!mcvax!ukc!nott-cs!K.Hopkins | Department of Computer Science,| | or in the UK: K.Hopkins@uk.ac.nott.cs | University of Nottingham, | | CHAT-LINE: +44 602 484848 x 3815 | Nottingham, ENGLAND, NG7 2RD | +--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ [Moderator's Note: I think your Mum had the right idea. And to all concerned, the mailbox here is stuffed again. Many messages still waiting processing. If yours wasn't printed today, check again tomorrow. I've got about *fifty* still waiting to go....and several on Caller ID, what else... sheesh! PT]