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May 23, 2002

important fax!

important fax!

I wonder how many times it takes for someone to realize that the phone number they are faxing to is not a fax number at all?
So far the count has reached nearly 100 for May.

Every morning begining around 6AM the phone rings and I receive approximately 10 voice messages of the nasal fax tone. I turn the ringer off at night of course, but even after I rise and the ringer is once again in the 'on' position I receive 5 or 6 more of those calls. My curiousity is getting the best of me. Maybe it's a hot stock tip, a screenplay, or something else interesting like celebrity phone numbers that I could share on Moxie.

I've considered allowing my computer to answer the call just once, but that could make matters worse. As the phone number appears as 'private' there's no way for me to figure out who this persistent individual is, or better yet fax him 100 copies of a letter stating "(555) 555-1234 IS NOT A FAX NUMBER." As it's going on a month now I have little hope that the mystery faxer will ever figure it out by his lonesome. Some folks just don't get it, and should never be entrusted with important office equipment like a fax machine.

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