[1407]
My T V down. /Okay. /I'm sorry. /
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[1350]
{F Uh, } invasions of privacy. /
[1407]
# Uh-huh. # /
[1350]
# {F Uh, } # what most annoys me are all sorts of phone calls trying to sell me things. /
[1407]
Uh-huh. /
[1350]
# All, #
[1407]
# Uh-huh. # /
[1350]
sorts of hours calling and (( telling )) me that I want investment advise and I want this service and that service or the other thing. /
[1407]
Yes. /I hate those
[1350]
{F Um, } my sense is that something may just have been done about it by congressmen (( )) /just what went into the (( )) - /something about the random dialers that just dial phone numbers. /
[1407]
Uh-huh. /
[1350]
I guess in some cases they just consider pickup [ your, + your ] phone [ [ and, + and, ] + and ] not let you use your phone for a while whether you hang up on them or not. /
[1407]
Uh-huh. /
[1350]
{F Um, } {C but } I thought I saw something about it having some kind of provision that people could specify that their phones were not for commercial using /[ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C and, } ] {F uh, } [ people, + businesses ] would be prohibited, {F uh, } from calling [ for pers-, + [ for, + for ] business ] (( )) selling you things. /
[1407]
# I have through, #
[1350]
# I'm sure that's true. # /
[1407]
the phone company, {F uh, } - /
[1350]
{F Uh, } some of (( )) did too. /[ I think, + I think ] government can do that now, /is that right? /
[1407]
Uh-huh. /
[1350]
And, {F uh, } especially [ with, + with ] possibly children around. /
[1407]
Uh-huh. /
[1350]
{F Uh, } that [ could, + could ] be useful protection. /
[1407]
Right. /Yes, /{C and } I don't have children around /{C but } I just don't like those nine hundred numbers. /{C So, }
[1350]
{C So, } {F uh, } # I used to deal with, # -/
[1407]
# I've excluded those. # /{C But } [ isn't, + it does not ] stop you from the, {F uh, } dialing services. /
[1350]
What are dialing services? /
[1407]
Where they, {F uh, } intend to sell you things. /
[1350]
{F Oh, } {F oh, } where people [ just, + just ] call you. /
[1407]
Uh-huh. /Uh-huh. /{C And } leave again that canned message on the, -/
[1350]
[ {C And } + {D you know, } {C and then } ] [ what, + ] those problems has been eliminated /those problems used to be when I used a credit card --
[1407]
Uh-huh. /
[1350]
-- they'd want to have my phone number. /
[1407]
Uh-huh. /
[1350]
{C And } I did not like giving it out. /I (( )) gave out my work number -- /
[1407]
Right. /
[1350]
-- {C but } I think I'm not sure if it's by law just, /otherwise I think the practice has basically been eliminated asking for a phone number. /
[1407]
{D Well, } that's the thing I hated too about, {F uh, } Radio Shack. /
[1350]
# How did Radio Shack work? # /
[1407]
# If you go in and buy # anything they want your phone number. /{C And } I don't think they're going to call me and ask me how it's functioning, /[ {C and, } + {C and } ] I don't give that out. /I have an unlisted number /{C so } I don't, /
[1350]
Yes, /[ [ that's, + that's, ] + that's ] one solution /{C but } [ [ you, + you, ] + you ] nonetheless often [ get, + get ] people calling you? /
[1407]
Sure. /
[1350]
Despite the fact that your number is unlisted? /
[1407]
Uh-huh. /
[1350]
{C And } (( you )) (( )) actually have your number /{C or } are they just calling a number that happens to be yours? /
[1407]
{D Well, }
[1350]
Uh-huh. /
[1407]
-- {F um, } [ you ca-, + you may ] get put on [ the, + a, ] {F uh, } preferred list that is purchased. /
[1350]
Uh-huh. /
[1407]
[ {C And, } + {C and } ] companies can purchase this list /{C and } what that is is people who buy from the mail. /
[1350]
Yeah, /{C and } they have a whole list of addresses and list of phone numbers. /
[1407]
Uh-huh. /
[1350]
(( I'll be thinking in mind the address is )) , - /{F um, } is there anything you can do about that like --
[1407]
{F Uh, } no. /
[1350]
-- give out a phony phone number? /
[1407]
Not really. /{F Um, } no. /{F Uh, } (( some of that )) unfortunately is legal. /{C So } they can't stop people from, {F uh, } advertising /[ {C and } that, + {C and } that's ] what it falls under. /It falls under the guise of advertising. /{C So, } I don't care for it, /{C but } is it a legal, {F uh, } solution for some companies. /{C So } [ that, + that's ] the way things are. /
[1350]
{F Huh. } Yeah. /I don't know. /I think it's gotten much worse the last,
[1407]
Uh-huh. /# Uh-huh. # /
[1350]
# few years. /# Maybe that's just because I've gotten on more lists. /
[1407]
{D Well, } (( they, {D you know, } )) - /[ [ that's, + that's ] + the telephone is ] not the only invasion of privacy. /You've got the holy rollers /{C and } you've got, {F uh, } all kinds of people knocking on your door and, who want to, {F uh, } either direct you to the right path [ or, + or ] want to, {F uh, } sell you, {F uh, } paper routes, {F uh, } whatever, /{C so, } {F um, }
[1350]
# Yeah. /Sell you magazines. # /
[1407]
# {D you know, } it's not just the # telephone. /