sean wrote in message
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> poster wrote:
> > On 16 Sep 2004 in uk.telecom, PiePlanter wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Occasionally we miss a call and dont recognise the number retrieved on
BT
> >>1471. Is there an alternative to ringing them back to find out who
called?
> >
> >
> > Just consider it a wrong number and forget it. If they really want you
they
> > will likely ring back, finding you in or leaving a message. The old
saying
> > When you ring a wrong number, why is it never engaged ? is proven
:-)
>
> Well, my aunt, who is not that clever was ringing a wrong number, dont
know how
> it happened but she ended up having her own number on the paper, not the
> plumbers, so it was always engaged! She was phoning herself :P
Good job she didnt have BT answer or she would have been leaving a message
for herself (and paying for the privilege)
Mark BR