On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 9:41:04 AM UTC-4, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 9:01:15 AM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 04:53:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > > On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 7:27:42 AM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm not sure what "calls past" means (I even looked it up).
> > >
> > > We would say "drops by".
> >
> > Somebody knocks or rings on the door when I'm not expecting it I
> > don't even look out peephole 19 out of 20 times. The door doesn't
> > get opened.
> >
> > I was cornered by a roofing salesman a couple weeks ago ("Kyle")
> > while I was sitting on the porch and I told him "Not interested.
> > Keep on walking" before he even entered the driveway. Then 10 more
> > times... "Please leave", "Just go away", "Get off my property",
> > "stop walking. Turn around. DO NOT COME ANY CLOSER", "get the ****
> > off my property", :"Now get the **** out of my yard!", "Yo! WTF IS
> > YOUR PROBLEM DUDE!?!".... all the while he's trying to sell me a
> > roof while advancing on me on the porch criticizing my 'attitude',
> > criticising, my lawn, my trees, my bushes (which I had just trimmed
> > and were spread out all over the yard)... "May I ask who did your
> > roof last time?"
>
> "Please show me your peddler's license."

You wouldn't say that if it were Publishers Clearing House.