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Post by nikeajax on Jun 29, 2023 15:07:39 GMT -8
So, I'm sitting at my computer, working on my book, then, the phone rings: it's a 408 (San Jose) area code: I used to live there... It's an automated voice telling me that U.S. Customs has a suspicious package addressed to me and that I should press 1 to speak to a representative... I laughed, oh, so wanting to play their game, just to see what these (expletive deleted) heads are gunna tell me: I wanted to hear their spiel, but knew that could actually be dangerous. I continued laughing, "(expletive deleted) you, (expletive deleted) you, (expletive deleted) you...." before I hung up with a chuckle and a sigh ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) A long while back I got a call from India, and this guy was trying to convince me that my computer was sending out some kind of signal and that they should fix it for me, remotely? I remembered my wife telling me, because she lived in India for a year, that one of the worst things you can say to a man there is, "Go (expletive deleted) your brother!" Yeah, he hung up fast! JB
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Post by nikeajax on Jun 29, 2023 17:45:55 GMT -8
Oh, sorry, they said it was the FBI that wanted to talk to me...
JB
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Post by Linda on Jun 29, 2023 17:58:10 GMT -8
My dad got a call like that from the “IRS”. They said if he didn’t pay money he owed immediately he would be arrested. He said, “Well… come and get me!!” And hung up. 😂 He’s in his late 80’s but he is nobody’s fool. 😛
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Post by DavidRitchieWilson on Jun 29, 2023 20:33:10 GMT -8
We get these calls here all the time in the UK too. On one occasion, I simply told the caller "from the Technical Department of Microsoft" to go and scam somebody else instead when he was about to tell me that my computer was sending out error messages to the Internet. I put the receiver down and he rang me back several times indignantly to announce that he wasn't a scammer and to express his surprise that my computer must be infected with viruses and that I didn't care about maintaining it properly. I simply replied that the Microsoft website specifically mentions that the company never contacts people in this way, and he eventually stopped ringing me.
DRW
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Post by nikeajax on Jun 30, 2023 7:47:10 GMT -8
DRW, I think if they call again, you should call their bluff, "Well, of course it is, I know it is, how else do you think I'm able to track you right now..." ![(:))](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/ninja.png) JB EDIT: "Yes, I know, ya see, I've been needing to ask someone what they thing about these four types of vintage fins. The first ones are French and..." ![x_x](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/dead.png)
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Post by mackintoshman on Jun 30, 2023 8:14:37 GMT -8
I got a call from the IRS saying that my account was suspended. So, I replied, does that mean I don't need to pay taxes anymore. LOL. But on that note, never click to respond to them, it will download spyware on your computer. Mac.
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Post by Aquala1 on Jul 1, 2023 15:42:15 GMT -8
I took these for a test dive today. Ten foot was the max in the pool but they did great. I had a couple of free flow issues with both, but that’s sorted out now. So yes, that made me smile today as I pack them up and get ready to head to Grand Cayman at the end of next week. ![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/y246/tydes/IMG_3636.HEIC)
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Post by SeaRat on Jul 1, 2023 16:33:17 GMT -8
I got a call from the IRS saying that my account was suspended. So, I replied, does that mean I don't need to pay taxes anymore. LOL. But on that note, never click to respond to them, it will download spyware on your computer. Mac. I got that same call, and my reply to the caller when she said, "I'm from the IRS..." was, "No you're not!" and hung up. John
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Post by SeaRat on Jul 1, 2023 16:34:05 GMT -8
I took these for a test dive today. Ten foot was the max in the pool but they did great. I had a couple of free flow issues with both, but that’s sorted out now. So yes, that made me smile today as I pack them up and get ready to head to Grand Cayman at the end of next week. ![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/y246/tydes/IMG_3636.HEIC) Ty, Those look really nice. 'Glad you had a great result in "qualifying" these two. John
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Post by Aquala1 on Jul 1, 2023 16:35:43 GMT -8
John, Phil certainly did a great job on these two.
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Post by nikeajax on Jul 2, 2023 8:37:11 GMT -8
Ty, are those fins Cressi, or Cressie-Healthways? Whatever they are, I like 'em!
JB
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Post by Aquala1 on Jul 2, 2023 9:13:05 GMT -8
Ty, are those fins Cressi, or Cressie-Healthways? Whatever they are, I like 'em! JB JB, they’re the Oceanways that are made from the old Healthways molds. I love them so much that I got them for the whole family! ![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/y246/tydes/IMG_3645.HEIC)
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Post by nikeajax on Jul 12, 2023 16:29:26 GMT -8
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Post by scubalawyer on Jul 29, 2023 12:49:28 GMT -8
Nothing vintage scuba related unless you consider me vintage Even an old guy can get lucky once in a while. Shot a 22 lb and and 11 lb Halibut on the same dive on Thursday at Santa Cruz Island, CA in 60 feet of water.
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Post by vance on Jul 29, 2023 15:15:10 GMT -8
If I was a shark following the blood scent in the water, I'd scream and swim away if I saw Bad Santa spearfishing!!
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