On 6/4/2021 8:52 AM, bruce bowser wrote:
> 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.
>

Are they still around?

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Lol, yeah, I bet that ain't working so well...