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yonder

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2. Part of me was thinking "how do they do that"

Reply to donkeypoofed (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 25, 2019, 03:33 PM

Apr 2019

another part was thinking "I could pick it up, but I might unknowingly insert myself into some sort of irreversible quantum fugue, never to return...."

My wife would sure be pissed off. I hope.

I'm off to the store for that lottery ticket.

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I guess I've seen it all now, at least a first for me. [View all] yonder Apr 2019 OP

Because the technology is cheap is why they'll never stop donkeypoofed Apr 2019 #1

Part of me was thinking "how do they do that" yonder Apr 2019 #2

This ol geezer is unfamiliar with "spoofed." Does it mean your own number came up on your caller ID dameatball Apr 2019 #3

Any number/name than the actual number of origin. yonder Apr 2019 #6

Lol, I remember that song. Thanks for clarifying. Hasn't happened to me....yet. dameatball Apr 2019 #8

do a search for NOMOROBO nykym Apr 2019 #4

My wife had that app on her cell phone a while back with so/so results. How about you? yonder Apr 2019 #7

Works well for me, nykym Apr 2019 #10

My brother got a call from an angry husband wanting to know why he had been calling his wife. Midnight Writer Apr 2019 #5

Mmmmm yeah...I've "called" myself from my own phone too. Totally Tunsie Apr 2019 #9

Me too. socdem60 Apr 2019 #11

I got 4 or 5 of those, over the span of a week. Archae Apr 2019 #12

sometimes i leave the phone off the hook after ive answered them..ties up their line too samnsara Apr 2019 #13

Oooohhh! yes and yes. Great idea - I like that thinking. yonder Apr 2019 #14