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eregyrnSo this morning, the phone rings at 10am. I'm awake, but most people who know me probably wouldn't bet on that. I look at the phone, which shows me which number is calling. It's "011352464010307".
"Huh!" I say to myself.
At the same time I also see there was a call to my phone last night, when I had it turned off because I was at a hula recital. That was from "011352241616".
Now, I know my international country calling codes well enough to know that this isn't someone I know in Britain calling. Immediately, I think of my friends in New Zealand... but the thing is, with the time difference, the call at 5pm yesterday evening would make sense, but a call from them at 10am this morning EST wouldn't make sense (unless they were up at 5am, or 4am, or whatever the time difference is right now).![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
raqs points out that one of them is a farmer who was always known for waking at insane hours anyway, but still, it seems odd to me.
Plus, you have to notice that these are two very different numbers. As in, one is 3 digits longer than the other.
So I finally look it up on the internet and I find, first of all, that New Zealand's country code is "64". And second, that "352" is Luxembourg.
I'm getting random calls from LUXEMBOURG? Needless to say, unless something very odd has happened, I do not know anyone in Luxembourg.
The upshot of this is: I am not going to answer random calls from completely unknown international numbers. If anyone out there is trying to reach me by phone and something's gone haywire -- drop me an email and let me know.
"Huh!" I say to myself.
At the same time I also see there was a call to my phone last night, when I had it turned off because I was at a hula recital. That was from "011352241616".
Now, I know my international country calling codes well enough to know that this isn't someone I know in Britain calling. Immediately, I think of my friends in New Zealand... but the thing is, with the time difference, the call at 5pm yesterday evening would make sense, but a call from them at 10am this morning EST wouldn't make sense (unless they were up at 5am, or 4am, or whatever the time difference is right now).
raqs points out that one of them is a farmer who was always known for waking at insane hours anyway, but still, it seems odd to me.Plus, you have to notice that these are two very different numbers. As in, one is 3 digits longer than the other.
So I finally look it up on the internet and I find, first of all, that New Zealand's country code is "64". And second, that "352" is Luxembourg.
I'm getting random calls from LUXEMBOURG? Needless to say, unless something very odd has happened, I do not know anyone in Luxembourg.
The upshot of this is: I am not going to answer random calls from completely unknown international numbers. If anyone out there is trying to reach me by phone and something's gone haywire -- drop me an email and let me know.
