Interesting Ian
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hit and run . . . I think.
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hit and run . . . I think.
arthwollipot
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OMG! There's three of us!!
Pity, I was hoping you might explain....well, let's start with....
The Anomaly
The Anomaly is a certain philosophical and or spiritual belief system, related to various modern mystic philosophies and beliefs, which asserts that there are certain mathematical, musical, artistic, and physical anomalies which are at their core inexplainable and have mystic and spiritual significance. Moreover, these anomalies are interrelated in a mystical and profound way which may point to an over-all "Anomaly" that is, a singular unexplainable, ineffable mystery of existence.
BJ
On this date 15 years ago -- Wednesday, June 26, 1991 -- I returned
from an office meeting about noon to find a message to call a "Kathryn Duckers." I tried returning the call, but the phone simply rang and rang at the other end. When I returned from lunch I tried calling again, but the same thing happened. A co-worker then stopped by, and told me that there was a telephone software problem in the Washington, DC area that was preventing most calls from getting through. The problem was finally resolved in the late afternoon, but the next day the phone breakdown was the headline story in the Washington Post, to which I subscribe. I glanced at that story, and then skimmed a sidebar story about individual incidents relating to the breakdown. One of the incidents was about a man who could not get through to his eight-month pregnant wife, and so had to drive to their home to give her a cell phone for emergency use. A short while after reading that, I returned the call to Kathryn Duckers. This time I got through and told her that I had tried returning the call yesterday, but was unsuccessful. She replied: "I understand. Did you happen to read the story in the Washington Post this morning about the man who rushed a cell phone to his pregnant wife?" I said that I had, and she said: "Well, I am that woman." I then answered her business question, and after hanging up, checked the Post story again. Sure enough, the story stated that the pregnant woman's name was Kathryn Duckers.
That was the first and and last time I ever spoke with her.
P.S. Mother Nature apparently decided to commemorate the 15th anniversary of phone chaos in the Washington, DC area with weather chaos. See this article from today's Post -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/26/AR2006062600234.html
from an office meeting about noon to find a message to call a "Kathryn Duckers." I tried returning the call, but the phone simply rang and rang at the other end. When I returned from lunch I tried calling again, but the same thing happened. A co-worker then stopped by, and told me that there was a telephone software problem in the Washington, DC area that was preventing most calls from getting through. The problem was finally resolved in the late afternoon, but the next day the phone breakdown was the headline story in the Washington Post, to which I subscribe. I glanced at that story, and then skimmed a sidebar story about individual incidents relating to the breakdown. One of the incidents was about a man who could not get through to his eight-month pregnant wife, and so had to drive to their home to give her a cell phone for emergency use. A short while after reading that, I returned the call to Kathryn Duckers. This time I got through and told her that I had tried returning the call yesterday, but was unsuccessful. She replied: "I understand. Did you happen to read the story in the Washington Post this morning about the man who rushed a cell phone to his pregnant wife?" I said that I had, and she said: "Well, I am that woman." I then answered her business question, and after hanging up, checked the Post story again. Sure enough, the story stated that the pregnant woman's name was Kathryn Duckers.
That was the first and and last time I ever spoke with her.
P.S. Mother Nature apparently decided to commemorate the 15th anniversary of phone chaos in the Washington, DC area with weather chaos. See this article from today's Post -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/26/AR2006062600234.html