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Old 01-15-2004, 09:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Recently, a telephone fanatic in the northwest made an interesting discovery. He was exploring the 804 area code (Virginia) and found out that the 840 exchange did something strange. In the vast majority of cases, in fact in all of the cases except one, he would get a recording as if the exchange didn't exist. However, if he dialed 804-840 and four rather predictable numbers, he got a ring!
After one or two rings, somebody picked up. Being experienced at this kind of thing, he could tell that the call didn't "supe", that is, no charges were being incurred for calling this number. (Calls that get you to an error message, or a special operator, generally don't supervise.) A female voice, with a hint of a Southern accent said,

"Operator, can I help you?" "Yes," he said, "What number have I reached?" "What number did you dial, sir?" He made up a number that was similar. "I'm sorry that is not the number you reached." Click.

He was fascinated. What in the world was this? He knew he was going to call back, but before he did, he tried some more experiments. He tried the 840 exchange in several other area codes. In some, it came up as a valid exchange. In others, exactly the same thing happened -- the same last four digits, the same Southern belle. Oddly enough, he later noticed, the areas worked in seemed to travel in a beeline from Washington DC to Pittsburgh, PA.

He called back from a payphone. "Operator, can I help you?""Yes, this is the phone company. I'm testing this line and we don'tseem tohave an identification on your circuit. What office is this, please?" "What number are you trying to reach?" "I'm not trying to reach any number. I'm trying to identify thiscircuit." "I'm sorry, I can't help you." "Ma'am, if I don't get an ID on this line, I'll have to disconnect it.Weshow no record of it here." "Hold on a moment, sir." After about a minute, she came back. "Sir, I can have someone speak toyou.Would you give me your number, please?"He had anticipated this and he had the payphone number ready. After he gave it, she said, "Mr. XXX will get right back to you."

"Thanks." He hung up the phone. It rang. INSTANTLY! "Oh my God," hethought, "They weren't asking for my number -- they were confirming it!" "Hello," he said, trying to sound authoritative. "This is Mr. XXX. Did you just make an inquiry to my office concerningaphone number?" "Yes. I need an identi--" "What you need is advice. Don't ever call that number again. Forget youever knew it."

At this point our friend got so nervous he just hung up. He expected to hear the phone ring again but it didn't.

Over the next few days he racked his brains trying to figure out what the number was. He knew it was something big -- that was pretty certain at this point. It was so big that the number was programmed into every central office in the country. He knew this because if he tried to dial any other number in that exchange, he'd get a local error message from his CO, as if the exchange didn't exist.

It finally came to him. He had an uncle who worked in a federal agency. He had a feeling that this was government related and if it was, his uncle could probably find out what it was. He asked the next day and his uncle promised to look into the matter.

The next time he saw his uncle, he noticed a big change in his manner. He was trembling. "Where did you get that number?!" he shouted. "Do you know I almost got fired for asking about it?!? They kept wanting to know where I got it."

Our friend couldn't contain his excitement. "What is it?" he pleaded.
"What's the number?!"

"IT'S THE PRESIDENT'S BOMB SHELTER!"

He never called the number after that. He knew that he could probably cause quite a bit of excitement by calling the number and saying something like, "The weather's not good in Washington. We're coming over for a visit." But our friend was smart. he knew that there were some things that were better off unsaid and undone.

Its a true story..
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Old 01-15-2004, 09:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Its a true story..
Entertaining read, but probably not a true story.
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Old 01-15-2004, 09:12 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Well where I read it, it said it was true.. But even if it isnt, it still is cool..
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Old 01-15-2004, 09:16 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Well where I read it, it said it was true.. But even if it isnt, it still is cool..
Don't believe everything you read. It is a nice fictional story, though.
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Old 01-16-2004, 02:50 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Anarchy Cook book... where did you get it??? i read it before i believe it was the ACB but im not sure.
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Old 01-16-2004, 05:00 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Yea I got it from the Anarchy Cook Book, lol... I thought it was a good story though..
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Old 01-16-2004, 09:43 PM   #7 (permalink)
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thats awesome.
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