"DSK" wrote in message
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Gorf wrote:
A while back I got a phone call asking to take a survey about the war.
They
asked some general questions then zoomed in on if I had any teenagers,
when
I said that I did, the line changed to "Would I talk to them about about
the
military", Yup recruiters.

Now that's scary. I heard on the news the other day that the U.S. Army is
spending $50 millions + to acquire & maintain a database of 'recruitable'
high school & college kids.

If a draft is enacted, I hope they take Republican kids first.

DSK


This link leads to a way of opting out of the database.
http://www.leavemychildalone.org/ind...t&contentid=63

I suspect all it does is stop the telemarketing, which might save the
gullible. My son knows how to handle telemarketers of all types, so I'm not
too worried. "Wait...before you continue....can I touch my genitals while
you're speaking to me?" Produces in instantaneous hangup.

Now that's scary. I heard on the news the other day that the U.S. Army is
spending $50 millions + to acquire & maintain a database of 'recruitable'
high school & college kids.


Doug Kanter wrote:
This link leads to a way of opting out of the database.
http://www.leavemychildalone.org/ind...t&contentid=63

I suspect all it does is stop the telemarketing, which might save the
gullible. My son knows how to handle telemarketers of all types, so I'm not
too worried. "Wait...before you continue....can I touch my genitals while
you're speaking to me?" Produces in instantaneous hangup.



That's cool. It would take a teenager to think of that.

We got this 'anti-telemarketer' phone that releases an electronic beep,
it's supposed to signal auto dialers that this is an inactive number. It
has reduced the number of calls we get. But I figured out that you can
cue it to make several gawd-awful squawks & WHEEP-WHEEP-WHEEPs etc etc,
and so I've been pretending to be interested in their offer, and then
holding the phone away from my ear and giving it to them. Then I
apologize and "try" to continue the deal, just to see how long they'll
stick with it. Poor suckers.

The one gal who had the persistence to stick thru ten minutes of this
and we were at the point where I was about to agree to her deal, so I
shouted "NO! NO, don't do it!" and slammed the phone down.

DSK