I have been registered with TPS for quite a while not (and have not 
changed my number recently) so this is a reintroduction the that which I 
have been "missing" for some time.

I used to have a good line in lectures to double glazing salespeople - 
there was the one about beautiful original stained glass, etc, etc 
Victorian box sash windows and the innappropriateness of removing them and 
the second, which usually raised more of a reaction, about whether they 
offered a cantilevered conservatory option for upper floor flats and what 
the chances were of getting planning permission.

On the callers subject, my last encounter was someone fromt he Carphone 
Warehouse who called at around 9pm saying (through the intercom) "It's 
about your landline please come to the door".  I asked him if he was from 
BT reporting a local problem with the line that he was wishing to fix and 
he just kept repeating "It's about your landline.."  I finally extracted 
the company name from him and wizzed off a complaint to the Carphone 
Warehouse website, to which I got an email reply.  They haven't been back, 
either in person or telephonically.  I react similarly to the "It's about 
your gas meter" callers.  I'm sure by now all those companies who share 
data have me down as an angry mad person, and leave well alone.  Long may 
it continue.

Chris Catton


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