Sounds like your expectations are way greater than anything reality can deliver. That gap where the two can't possibly meet is known as stress. Andy Amago -----Original Message----- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx Sent: Dec 19, 2004 11:35 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] practicalities, hoaxes and holidays Still working through logic issues, though with Christmas and the attendant stress, er, I mean joy (could we outlaw this holiday, PLEASE?!) I will likely save as new the mails on laws of logic to go through when I've recovered from the relational dynamics of a family blended from two semi-dysfunctional systems. God. Norman Rockwell had to be on very good drugs. Hallucanigenic sci-fi he painted. On a more pragmatic note.....has anyone heard of the below? It sounds unlikely, and yet.... A Mother of a daughter's friend forwarded it to me. I have no idea if there's anything to it or not. Julie Krueger Subject: Phone Scam > > > > PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW > > I received a telephone call last evening from an individual identifying himself as an AT&T Service technician who was conducting a test on telephone lines. He stated that to complete the test I should touch nine(9), zero(0), the pound sign (#), and then hang up. > > Luckily, I was suspicious and refused. > > Upon contacting the telephone company, I was informed that by pushing 90#, you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line, which enables them to place long distance calls billed to your home phone number. > > I was further informed that this scam has been originating from many local jails/prisons. I have also verified this information with UCB Telecom,Pacific Bell, MCI, Bell Atlantic and GTE. Please beware. > > DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. > > The GTE Security Department requested that I share this information with EVERYONE I KNOW. > > PLEASE pass this on to everyone YOU know. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html