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Faxed Again

This morning when my cell phone rang, I ran through the house like a madwoman trying to reach it before the caller hung up. Why the haste? No one. I mean no one ever calls my cell phone when I am at home unless it is something important. Here I am thinking that something happened to a family member, etc. Nope. Just someone trying to fax me... again.

No sooner had I take a pic of my phone with the number displayed that they called again! "Hello?" "Beep, beep, uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh." Yeah, that is so not the sound that I want to hear at any time of the day, let alone at frequent intervals.

I did a search on the phone number and the only thing that came up was the location of the interchange. This time it is someone in the area of St. Louis, Missouri who is trying to send me some much needed document. My luck it is probably some auto fax spammer out there and the calls will continue.

Has anyone else been getting calls from 314-842-3855? I just saw another number on the received call list: 314-842-8348. This added to the previous number that kept calling me: 314-837-7321. I am up to three numbers trying to fax me. Wow. Lucky me I get to pay for the calls.

Now that I have listed the numbers, the next time that someone else is faxed by mistake, they might get this to come up in their search. It may not solve the problem, but at least they will know they are not alone.

Question: Anyone out there with T-Mobile know how to block a number?

Meet Mac

This is Mac. He's been my new web surfing companion for about 8 months now. He's the little brother of Dell, who is quite miffed at being put aside in favor of his less-hefty and more agile younger brother. It's been a bit strange adjusting to all the little learning curves of a new system. At the same time it's been a pleasant adventure. (I love to dive into a new techie thing and blunder my way through the learning process.)

I do like Mac a lot. But I have to go back to Dell every now and then as my graphics programs, etc. are not Mac compatible, dang it. Splurging for new programs is not on the agenda any time soon. Although I must admit to going to the Mac store and drooling over the possibilities. And trying not to listen to their pleas of how they are so lonely sitting on the shelves, won't I please take them home with me. Must... resist.

What I have to do is give Dell a good cleaning and get rid of a ton of files and defrag him like mad. Just in the hopes that he gets more up to speed. I will not be using him for web work or surfing (as the page download and connectivity time is seriously sloooow), but I will continue to use him for the Print Shop and Paint Shop pro applications he has on him. I am not quite comfortable with Pages yet, and may slip on over to use Word since I know how to outline documents, etc. on there.

So would that be cheating on Mac for using another computer or showing some love for Dell and letting him know that he may not be the sleekest or fastest one on the block, but he's still got that special something about him.

Just the Fax Ma'am

I keep getting phone calls from a number in the midwest. The trouble is, when I answer the calls? It's a fax machine. It's easy enough to tell a wrong number that they have made a mistake in dialing. But how in the world do you tell a fax machine to... uh... go "fax" itself and leave me and my wireless minutes alone?

Update: It's now almost the end of June and I am still getting these calls. Help!