Re: Another evil number

2021-06-25 Thread Grant Taylor
On 6/25/21 1:12 PM, Bill Cole wrote: There was also an old nomenclature system that mapped the local exchange prefix to 2 letters and a digit, with the 2 letters being an abbreviation of some word. For example, as a kid I had a "Parkview 1" number: 721-. Businesses would often put their num

Re: Another evil number

2021-06-25 Thread David B Funk
On Fri, 25 Jun 2021, Greg Troxel wrote: RW writes: You can reach out to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511. Is it common in the US to put 800 in brackets like that? In my experience brackets normally go around either country codes or area codes, digits that may be optional.

Re: Another evil number

2021-06-25 Thread Bill Cole
On 2021-06-25 at 14:24:13 UTC-0400 (Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:24:13 +0100) RW is rumored to have said: On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:51:24 -0700 Loren Wilton wrote: From a fake "subscription" spam: You can reach out to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511. Is it common in the US to put 800

Re: Another evil number

2021-06-25 Thread Greg Troxel
RW writes: >> You can reach out >>to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511. > > Is it common in the US to put 800 in brackets like that? In my > experience brackets normally go around either country codes or area > codes, digits that may be optional. Yes, it common. The proper form

Re: Another evil number

2021-06-25 Thread RW
On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:51:24 -0700 Loren Wilton wrote: > From a fake "subscription" spam: > > You can reach out >to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511. Is it common in the US to put 800 in brackets like that? In my experience brackets normally go around either country codes or are

Another evil number

2021-06-25 Thread Loren Wilton
From a fake "subscription" spam: You can reach out to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511.