[speaker001:] Well what do you think about the everyday occurrences that are, that are an invasion of your privacy?
[speaker002:] Well, the, uh, what I really, I don't like is the ca-, the constant calls, people selling things
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] people telling me I want things.
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] You know, [breathing] people trying to solicit for different, you know, organizations. You know, that's what I really.
[speaker001:] Yeah, I think that's, that's the only thing I wrote down also, because that's just a, it's terrible today, I mean, my wife and I, seems like we get home at five thirty and the damn phone starts ringing
[speaker002:] Never stops ringing, right.
[speaker001:] and rings up until ten, eleven o'clock sometimes.
[speaker002:] That's right. Well, you know, the, the great, uh, thing for that, it's, uh, is, is an answering machine [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yes, I know, that's true.
[speaker002:] I mean, this is, this is the, one of the best inventions ever, you know,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] you just switch that thing on, and, uh, [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, that's true.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] But, you know, people, it's like your name must be on a list or something, because I know at my office, I get calls, I mean, I must get at least, I probably average at least a call a day, and a lot of days I'll get two and three calls, from
[speaker002:] Um, even in an office?
[speaker001:] from people selling insurance
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] you know, to the small business man
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] and, uh, you know, I think Dunn and Bradstreet puts your, according to what I understand, Dunn and Bradstreet puts your names, your name out to people also, as far as brokers all, I get calls from brokers in New York, and, uh
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] California, always trying to sell something, oil, oil investments or stock investments
[speaker002:] Right, right.
[speaker001:] or whatever. And now I'm getting the same calls at ho-, at the house.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, I know.
[speaker001:] And they get your, and they get your name from Dunn and Bradstreet, and, uh, credit card companies, they sell your name.
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah, uh, well, you know, these people, they sell your names, I mean
[speaker001:] I know.
[speaker002:] you know, I, that's also an invasion of privacy. I think it
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] the whole thing is, uh,
[speaker001:] American Express does that, by the way.
[speaker002:] Oh, they do?
[speaker001:] Yeah, I understand they sell it, you know, they sell names because it's quite profitable to them.
[speaker002:] Well, sure it is.
[speaker001:] And that is an invasion of privacy, you're right.
[speaker002:] That's right. Well, you know, if you've ever gotten anything, you know, in your life, your, your name is somewhere [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] I know, that's true.
[speaker002:] I mean, one magazine, and boom, they got your name forever.
[speaker001:] Exactly, magazine companies, uh, uh, from, from subscriptions do the same thing
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] it's the way they make additional money.
[speaker002:] That's right.
[speaker001:] But, it's, uh, you know, I guess, it, uh, you have to be a certain income holder to, uh, have an American Express card, so your name is valuable to, I guess, X amount of solicitors calling.
[speaker002:] Yeah, that's right.
[speaker001:] So, I don't know. What, what do you, where are you from?
[speaker002:] Oh, I'm from Texas.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay, well so, yeah, we live in the Dallas area, Richardson.
[speaker002:] Oh, we're in Plano.
[speaker001:] Okay [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] Well, you know, the only call I really got that, well, was out of state, I got one from Oklahoma City, and one from California.
[speaker001:] Did you?
[speaker002:] And that was, uh, California, I was thrilled to death, because that's, you know, the furthest I'd gotten any call from, you know, and, um,
[speaker001:] Yeah, I got, I've talked to people in Utah, people in New York
[speaker002:] Oh, really.
[speaker001:] and a lot of times I'll call eight or nine o'clock in the morning and I'll get people
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] you know, from out of the, uh, out of the state.
[speaker002:] Yeah, see, well that's, uh, the, there was another call on Saturday, Saturday that was also from, uh, that was the one from California. I don't know why I ask people on the weekends [LAUGHTER],
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] from out of state, or, uh, I don't know, you know, but,
[speaker001:] I'll be darned. Where you from? Not from Texas.
[speaker002:] Uh, originally from New Jersey.
[speaker001:] New Jersey, right. Yeah.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] My wife's from New Jersey.
[speaker002:] Oh, really, what part?
[speaker001:] Yeah, from, uh, Saddle River.
[speaker002:] Oh, that's nice over there.
[speaker001:] She,
[speaker002:] Yeah, we're from more, uh, from sort of towards the shore, central
[speaker001:] Okay.
[speaker002:] New Jersey, you know, we're like, uh,
[speaker001:] Well, that's nice, too.
[speaker002:] Yeah, oh yeah, it was beautiful, that's why I, I really miss it. I, I don't really like it here at all [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Really, yes, my wife's been away for twenty-five years, so she's been away for quite a while.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Her dad was from Little Rock, Arkansas, and her mother was from New York, so they just
[speaker002:] Yeah, so they,
[speaker001:] they over there in New Jersey.
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Uh, and anyway, this topic is, is a good topic, as far as invasion of your privacy, but that's the, the biggest one I can think of is just, just all the solicitors calling.
[speaker002:] Well, yeah, I mean, yeah, yeah, and, then, of course they call, you know, before I got the answering machine, it was ridiculous
[speaker001:] I know.
[speaker002:] you know, I said, this is absurd, I, you know, I, the minute I get home the phone would be ringing.
[speaker001:] That's a, that's a good suggestion. I might start using the answering machine more, because
[speaker002:] Oh, it's great, I mean.
[speaker001:] it's so hard to not pick up that phone when it rings.
[speaker002:] Well, you know, in fact, I've been missing calls from the T I switchboard, because I, I always have it on
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] you know, and I'll get that, that message that says, uh, to, uh, um, you know, uh, end this call, press three
[speaker001:] Sure.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] and I assumed I, you know, it was from the switchboard.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] You know [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, you're probably right.
[speaker002:] Yeah it is, because one day I listened, you know, and it was [LAUGHTER],
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] you know, but, um, I, I just got totally disgusted, and then, you know, people asking for, for money for everything, you know, I mean.
[speaker001:] I understand. I mean, I, it's hard to believe there's that many deputy sheriffs associations and,
[speaker002:] Exactly, and, you know, the policeman's associations.
[speaker001:] I know, they call you one time to send three kids to the car-,
[speaker002:] Oh, I used to do that.
[speaker001:] carnival or circus and,
[speaker002:] Yeah, I used to do that, I'd send, or three kids to the movies or something [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Right. There's always a dif-, and I, my, my pat answer now is, well, you just called me the other night,