Here at work they think I have a crazed fan.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - May 14, 2008 12:03:42 pm PDT #6857 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
tommyrot - May 14, 2008 12:04:29 pm PDT #6858 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, it's just ..."a collect call from ------, LA County Jail."
Is there a pause there (after the 'from')? Maybe the caller was supposed to state his name but didn't.
Cashmere - May 14, 2008 12:05:07 pm PDT #6859 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I've bookmarked the NYC list. I'll be downtown in a week and a half! Can't wait!
I hate those prison calls. I'm sure some weird, lonely people accept the prison calls. Or people who have relatives in jail, of course. Even if you're expecting the calls, they're a scam. The phone companies contract with the prisons and the rates are EXPENSIVE as hell.
Glamcookie - May 14, 2008 12:05:32 pm PDT #6860 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Allyson, you have to accept! Suspense!
Reads Cashmere's post
Or, you know, don't.
Jesse - May 14, 2008 12:05:44 pm PDT #6861 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is it to your cell phone or what, Allyson? Bizarre. And it does sound like maybe the person isn't giving his name on purpose.
tommyrot - May 14, 2008 12:07:02 pm PDT #6862 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'd say don't accept. Perhaps the caller might want something from you after he gets out.
§ ita § - May 14, 2008 12:09:51 pm PDT #6863 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Even if you're expecting the calls, they're a scam. The phone companies contract with the prisons and the rates are EXPENSIVE as hell.
Eight times over, if I remember my numbers from the Womens TV show.
Allyson, whoever he is, don't marry him. In California you will not get conjugal visits. Your chances are much better in, say, New York.
brenda m - May 14, 2008 12:11:14 pm PDT #6864 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wait, wait. If a collect call from a prison (actually, ANY collect call) doesn't identify who's calling, why in the hell would anyone accept?
I don't know, but I can confirm it doesn't. When my old roommate got arrested (suspended license)it took her about fifteen calls before I accepted the charges and found out it was her. Nothing like a trip to the Gwinnett County lockup in the middle of the night. It was a Sunday, too - scraping up the bail money from all our broke-ass Starbuck's-working friends was a special treat.
sumi - May 14, 2008 12:12:42 pm PDT #6865 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Isn't there a certain type of collect call that will id the person? (A person-to-person call or something like that.)
Wolfram - May 14, 2008 12:13:18 pm PDT #6866 of 10001
Visilurking
I know in Maryland when we get a call from prison, we cannot always hear who's on the other end.
I don't know much about Maryland conjugal visits though.