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Hope for Defeating Robo-Calls

October 2, 2018 Comments Off on Hope for Defeating Robo-Calls

Next year, plan on half your phone calls being from robo-callers. That’s according to a recent report.

There’s a solution to this–maybe. A program called Stir/Shaken lets your phone company verify the number of your caller, identifying if it’s a valid number or from a robo-caller, then block it. It’s to be larger and more effective than NoMoRobo, which has been great for me. Sounds good.

Not right now, though. It’s supposed to kick in next year. The problem is, nobody knows who will pay for it. Will we have to subscribe to it and pay a big fee, or will the phone companies incorporate it into our current service? And which phone companies will actually choose to use it?

I’m going to contact my phone company and tell them I expect them to add this to my service but not to my bill. I suggest you do the same.

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Anagram, Anyone? Some Fun to Start Your Week

October 1, 2018 Comments Off on Anagram, Anyone? Some Fun to Start Your Week

This bit of silliness  is thanks to my friend, Linda Younts, who knows how much I love word play.  As she pointed out to me, someone must have had a lot of time on their hands to figure out these anagrams. For those of you who don’t know, an anagram is taking a word and rearranging the letters, with no additions or subtractions, into something else, preferably something that is related to the original word. Here you go…..

PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER

DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE 

GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES – LET’S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z ‘S

A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
I’M A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE

MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

 

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