R>> Fortunately she accepted without question my knee-jerk "No, thank you"
>> response to her request for my phone number. But she had to plug
>> something in; she plugged in all 1s.
> Usually being in California, I'll give 410-555-xxxx, where xxxx is
> random :-). The time/temp numbers were good, too.
410-555-0020 or 0002 is the milliwatt test tone. Always useful when someone needs your number
> Shades of the old Radio Shack days, when you couldn't buy a 30 cent
>> battery without giving up your family tree and medical history.
> I always liked "1600 S Beach St, Ft Worth Tx." If the clerk/manager
> was on top of things, they recognised the address of Tandy
> corp. headquarters. Not as much fun when Tandy moved to "1 Tandy > Plaza".
> z!