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txwhitedove

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10. Great advice. I actually got one of those pitiful calls, saying it was my grandson needing help.

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Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:50 PM

Nov 2025

All 3 grown kids, 5 grandkids and 3 great grandkids live in Texas, nd keep in touch so I know where they are even when traveling. From the call info on cell screen, I new damn well it wasn't one of mine, immediately burst out laughing, said NO, and they hung up.

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Why Every Family Needs a Code Word (wsj.com) Posted in GD for wide applicability, namely everyone. [View all] usonian Nov 2025 OP

We have one, but my mother keeps forgetting it Auggie Nov 2025 #1

My grandmother had the phone numbers of each contact written on an index card. usonian Nov 2025 #7

Good idea. Another - ask a question about the caller's early life. erronis Nov 2025 #2

After the statute of limitations has passed! usonian Nov 2025 #3

I had a strange text from my son once Phentex Nov 2025 #6

Autocorrect is also increasingly autowrong jfz9580m Nov 2025 #8

We've had one since my boys were little Phentex Nov 2025 #4

Just not Bosco, please. usonian Nov 2025 #5

"Where are you, dear? I can have Doug deliver it. Does he need to bring a gun?" hunter Nov 2025 #9

Great advice. I actually got one of those pitiful calls, saying it was my grandson needing help. txwhitedove Nov 2025 #10

My family has one they associate with me jfz9580m Nov 2025 #11

Creepy is as creepy does. It's actually a choice! usonian Nov 2025 #14

What???? jfz9580m Nov 2025 #15

They'd have fired me quickly. usonian Nov 2025 #16

Regarding your point on ad revenue jfz9580m Nov 2025 #17

They're geeks. Incapable of making something that people will pay for. usonian Nov 2025 #18

My financial guy has clients who have been taken for tens of thousands of dollars Warpy Nov 2025 #12

We have had a family safe word, code, for decades and have used it once. Tikki Nov 2025 #13