Strange phone call this morning...
 

Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

Doug Miller wrote:
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?

Tomorrow's Headlines:

"Scorned Woodworker Uses Lasers and Prisms to Align Knife Blade
Precisely Perpendicular to Victim's Chest"

Strange phone call this morning...
 

Charlie M. 1958 wrote:

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb.
Do ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?

Tomorrow's Headlines:

"Scorned Woodworker Uses Lasers and Prisms to Align Knife Blade
Precisely Perpendicular to Victim's Chest"

Naah - wrong headline. Should be:

"Harassing Lunatic Killed With Wooden Bullet."
The suspect was reported to have claimed that
a wooden bullet was the approved method of
slaying trolls.

--
It's turtles, all the way down

Strange phone call this morning...
 

Doug Miller wrote:
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?


No, but I've learned that it is trivial to spoof the calling line ID.
I found this out when investigating a call that came to me
'from' a number that was not in service.

There is (or was) website that lets you do that for free. I
haven't checked it out, but suppose it you'd call it using
VOIP and then it woudl connect via the internet to a
local exhchange to complete the call.

There are some reverse phone number search services
online. Some of them work for free. Some may claim
they found a reverse lisitng, even if they did not, and
want you to pay to see the 'results'.

--

FF

Strange phone call this morning...
 

Doug Miller wrote:
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?


No, but I've learned that it is trivial to spoof the calling line ID.
I found this out when investigating a call that came to me
'from' a number that was not in service.

There is (or was) website that lets you do that for free. I
haven't checked it out, but suppose it you'd call it using
VOIP and then it woudld connect via the internet to a
local exchange to complete the call.

--

FF

Strange phone call this morning...
 

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
...
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see
you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly
enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb.
Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?


What would be the motivation for someone to call you? Have you recently been
in a heated argument?

In any case, you might want to report the call. It could certainly be
construed as a threat.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

Hi Doug,

You betcha.

Call came in yesterday at 12:06:31 (just as I was sitting down to lunch
with some friends). Sure enough, the number was (205) 257-4369. When
I answered the caller hung up. I get a lot of wrong numbers so I
didn't give it much thought. But, now I know *exactly* who it was!
It's a landline and I'm sure he thinks that he is protected by having
an unlisted number.

Thanks,
Ed Bennett

Doug Miller wrote:
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:40:22 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

Got this call earlier this morning...
....

Sorry to hear that, but reinforces my belief/opinion as expressed in
my latest response to you in the "ts-aligner" thread.

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In article , "Locutus" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
. ..
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see
you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly
enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb.
Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?


What would be the motivation for someone to call you? Have you recently been
in a heated argument?

I guess you haven't been reading the thread about the TS-Aligner 2006 Fall
Promo?

Yes, you might say I've been in an argument. Wasn't heated on *my* end... but
then, it wasn't *me* that got bent far enough out of shape to look up the
other guy's home address and phone number, and call him.

In any case, you might want to report the call. It could certainly be
construed as a threat.

I plan to, if he calls a second time. Right now, I figure he's just a
blowhard, and probably a coward besides. Plus, he's three states away, not
across the street. If he does actually show up...he may regret that decision.
We're capable of protecting ourselves, and ready to do so if need be.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

In article .com, wrote:
Hi Doug,

You betcha.

Call came in yesterday at 12:06:31 (just as I was sitting down to lunch
with some friends).

12:06 MST = 10:06 EST, or less than fifteen minutes after he called me.

Sure enough, the number was (205) 257-4369. When
I answered the caller hung up. I get a lot of wrong numbers so I
didn't give it much thought. But, now I know *exactly* who it was!
It's a landline and I'm sure he thinks that he is protected by having
an unlisted number.

If he persists, he'll learn just how thin that protection is when a complaint
is made to the telco about harassing calls.

Thanks,
Ed Bennett

Doug Miller wrote:
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

"Locutus" wrote in message
...

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
...
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see
you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly
enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham
suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?


What would be the motivation for someone to call you? Have you recently
been in a heated argument?

Doug would never argue with anyone! Must have been a simple mistake.
(just for the record, I was asleep...)

Strange phone call this morning...
 

In article , "Toller" wrote:


Doug would never argue with anyone! Must have been a simple mistake.
(just for the record, I was asleep...)

Hey, I know it wasn't you, Toller. You live in upstate NY, if I recall
correctly, and this call came from Alabama.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
...
In article , "Locutus"
wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
.. .
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see
you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly
enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham
suburb.
Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?

Anybody else get a phone call like this?


What would be the motivation for someone to call you? Have you recently
been
in a heated argument?

I guess you haven't been reading the thread about the TS-Aligner 2006 Fall
Promo?


Yeah, I found it shortly after I posted... curiosity got the best of me.

Very weak.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

"Charlie M. 1958" writes:
"Scorned Woodworker Uses Lasers and Prisms to Align Knife Blade
Precisely Perpendicular to Victim's Chest"


LOL!!!!



--
Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail to this account incurs a fee of
$500 per message, and acknowledges the legality of this contract.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

Doug Miller wrote:
I plan to, if he calls a second time. Right now, I figure he's just a
blowhard, and probably a coward besides. Plus, he's three states away, not
across the street. If he does actually show up...he may regret that decision.
We're capable of protecting ourselves, and ready to do so if need be.



I got into a ****ing match with a blowhard in another newsgroup once... he said
he was going to come see me. I told him to come on, published my street address
and suggested he come in through the window... and carry some ID, so I'd know
where to send the remains.

So far, he hasn't shown up. G Just as well, as I'm not likely to call 911.
That's not the coroner's number, is it?



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Strange phone call this morning...
 

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
...
Doug Miller wrote:
I plan to, if he calls a second time. Right now, I figure he's just a
blowhard, and probably a coward besides. Plus, he's three states away,
not
across the street. If he does actually show up...he may regret that
decision.
We're capable of protecting ourselves, and ready to do so if need be.



I got into a ****ing match with a blowhard in another newsgroup once... he
said he was going to come see me. I told him to come on, published my
street address and suggested he come in through the window... and carry
some ID, so I'd know where to send the remains.

So far, he hasn't shown up. G Just as well, as I'm not likely to call
911. That's not the coroner's number, is it?



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com



Yes it is. But I think it's goes through his secretary first.
Jim

Strange phone call this morning...
 

In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?
...snipped...

Maybe. Did you try calling back and asking? :)



--
Often wrong, never in doubt.

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland -

Strange phone call this morning...
 

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
...
Doug Miller wrote:
I plan to, if he calls a second time. Right now, I figure he's just a
blowhard, and probably a coward besides. Plus, he's three states away,
not
across the street. If he does actually show up...he may regret that
decision.
We're capable of protecting ourselves, and ready to do so if need be.



I got into a ****ing match with a blowhard in another newsgroup once... he
said he was going to come see me. I told him to come on, published my
street address and suggested he come in through the window... and carry
some ID, so I'd know where to send the remains.

So far, he hasn't shown up. G Just as well, as I'm not likely to call
911. That's not the coroner's number, is it?

Not a good idea--found a suspicous package in the mailbox one day with a
return address that showed that it was from a netkook with whom I had been
engaged in a ****ing match. The guy claimed to be a pacifist. Opened it
from 100 yards with a 5.56mm letter opener. It made a surpisingly loud
noise and I owed the range for a target stand. One of the few times in my
life that I've regretted not calling the cops to deal with a problem but at
that point there wasn't a useful amount of evidence left. I stopped using
my real name online after that--it's distinctive and there are only a half a
dozen people in the country who share it and I'd really rather not have to
monitor my mail quite that carefully.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

In article , () wrote:
In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?
...snipped...

Maybe. Did you try calling back and asking? :)

I did. There was no answer.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
t...
In article ,
() wrote:
In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see
you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly
enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham
suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?
...snipped...

Maybe. Did you try calling back and asking? :)

I did. There was no answer.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Try calling them at 2 or 3 in the morning.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

In article TVH2h.38406$H7.7651@edtnps82, "efgh" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
et...
In article ,
() wrote:
In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
Got this call earlier this morning...

[ring] [ring]
[me] This is Doug Miller.
[caller] Hey, Doug, it's your buddy from the wreck, coming over to see
you.
[me, sarcastic] Is that right.
[caller] (hangs up)

Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly
enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham
suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?
...snipped...

Maybe. Did you try calling back and asking? :)

I did. There was no answer.

Try calling them at 2 or 3 in the morning.

Why? No. I'll not do that. It would serve no purpose to harass him, and is
certainly a greater offense than his calling me at quarter to ten. He's done
me no harm, and if he never calls me again I see no reason not to simply let
it slide.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:
In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
...snipped...
Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb. Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?
...snipped...

Maybe. Did you try calling back and asking? :)

I did. There was no answer.

I guess he's on his way over then.

--
Often wrong, never in doubt.

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland -

Strange phone call this morning...
 

In article , () wrote:
In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:
In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
...snipped...
Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb.
Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?
...snipped...

Maybe. Did you try calling back and asking? :)

I did. There was no answer.

I guess he's on his way over then.

Then he should've been here before now. I guess he got lost.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:
In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:
In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
...snipped...
Call came from (205) 257-4369. That's the Birmingham AL area. Oddly enough,
said once that he lives in Helena, a Birmingham suburb.
Do
ya think he might be my "buddy" who called?
...snipped...

Maybe. Did you try calling back and asking? :)

I did. There was no answer.

I guess he's on his way over then.

Then he should've been here before now. I guess he got lost.

--
If you're lucky maybe he'll stay lost.


--
Often wrong, never in doubt.

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland -

Strange phone call this morning...
 

J. Clarke wrote:
...
It made a surpisingly loud
noise and I owed the range for a target stand. One of the few times in my
life that I've regretted not calling the cops to deal with a problem but at
that point there wasn't a useful amount of evidence left. I stopped using
my real name online after that--it's distinctive and there are only a half a
dozen people in the country who share it and I'd really rather not have to
monitor my mail quite that carefully.

It took less than that to convince to use an alias online.

I do not want to deal with all the hassle that follows from
culling the gene pool of idiots.

--

FF

Strange phone call this morning...
 

On 5 Nov 2006 12:21:52 -0800, wrote:


J. Clarke wrote:
...
It made a surpisingly loud
noise and I owed the range for a target stand. One of the few times in my
life that I've regretted not calling the cops to deal with a problem but at
that point there wasn't a useful amount of evidence left. I stopped using
my real name online after that--it's distinctive and there are only a half a
dozen people in the country who share it and I'd really rather not have to
monitor my mail quite that carefully.

It took less than that to convince to use an alias online.

I do not want to deal with all the hassle that follows from
culling the gene pool of idiots.

Yep. My last name is rare enough that it'd take about 5 minutes with
a phone book for any old looney to start making harassing calls to my
house. I don't worry about the regulars, but there are plenty of
lurkers and kooks around. The irritation just isn't worth it.

That, and there's no particular reason not to use an alias- for all I
know, every name on here is an alias, and some just look more like
real names than others. Doesn't make a bit of difference to me if I
know people by their handles or their given names.

BTW, hope this nonsense amounts to nothing, Doug and Ed.

Strange phone call this morning...
 

In article , Prometheus wrote:
[snip]

BTW, hope this nonsense amounts to nothing, Doug and Ed.

Thanks. I imagine it won't come to anything. As I said, I doubt he'll show up
here from three states away, but if he does we're able to protect ourselves.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.