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Has anybody else kinda pieced together the story of the last person who had their new phone number? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by Apytele@sh.itjust.works to c/ask@piefed.social

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I'm relatively certain I know his name. He's either a Senior or a Junior. Various people have called asking for one or the other including, possibly, a debt collector.

One of the two died, probably about two years ago. There were like two or three people right at the beginning who were just trying to find the guy but at the time I thought like maybe he changed his number for a reason? Then very early on, someone called saying they'd heard he had died and was hoping he was still alive and would pick up, because they'd lost touch. I'm also pretty sure he was a churchgoing Christian. I think a lady from his church was one of the people trying to reach out.

That's most of what I have, but also I've never met him or spoken to him. None of it came from anywhere official. It's just the stuff people say when they think when they've gotten the number wrong except they're all asking for the same person.

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Alas, my number is so old that you have to dial it in Roman numerals.

I've only ever had two real ones that were mine. The old landline for the house is long gone. My first cell phone number was back in the nineties, and I dropped it in maybe 2001? Ish? Just wasn't using it enough to merit the expense at the time. The number I have now, we got on an old family plan maybe a year or two after that. It's stayed with me ever since.

Now, I've had short term numbers from Google voice, and the usual burner apps, but those have never stayed active long enough that I've gotten calls or texts for whoever had them before.

Some day, my number is going to be set free into the world, flapping it's little wings and it is my plan to quietly sign up for all kinds of weird shit right before that happens, so that the new owner can have fun.

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