From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:02:41 GMT, usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:34:46 -0400, Boron Elgar    
   wrote:   
   >>On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 09:27:16 -0400, Boron Elgar   
   >> wrote:   
   >>>They do so love to charge you a "portage" fee  if you transfer a   
   >>>number from one provider to another.  Such a fee can often be a decent   
   >>>bargaining chip.   
   >>   
   >>Not portage, just porting...too much kayaking in my past....   
   >   
   >Portage, ugh.  Triggers some unpleasant memories from summer canoe camp in   
   >Canada.   
      
   The weight wasn't too burdensome if one's partners were decent, but   
   the black flies and mosquitoes never let up. Some were large enough to   
   have assisted in the portage- at least it seemed so at the time.   
      
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