From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Paul Dormer  wrote:   
   >In article , djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J   
   >Heydt) wrote:   
   >   
   >> I still   
   >> get calls for Dorothy, to which I reply that she ahsn't been at   
   >> this number for over three years.   
   >   
   >My siblings visited last week and we were talking about cold callers.  I   
   >recalled an incident at my father's house when I was sitting next to a   
   >phone when it rang.   
   >   
   >"Could I speak to Mr Dormer?" came the voice.   
   >   
   >I said there were three people present called that.   
   >   
   >"The who owns the house."   
   >   
   >Well, we were gathered for dad's funeral so technically me, my brother   
   >and my nephew all jointly owned the house.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   My condolences.   
      
   Another tactic I use, if I get an actual live person, is to point   
   out that I refuse to do business with any company whose first   
   action is to violate Federal law.   
      
   The phone is on the Federal "Do Not Call" list, so *any* cold   
   call is--by definition--in violation.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)