Yesterday, 18:18
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RIP Tigger - 13 years?!
Join Date: Jul 2005
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I'm annoyed and curious
I've been getting texts recently about mis-sold car insurance. This is laughable...because not only do I not have a car, I can't even drive. This is because:
1) I can't afford it.
2) I don't want it. Every car owner I've known seems to get endless hassle I don't need.
3) I did try, once, to drive a 3.5 tonner as part of my job, as what's known as a shunter. But I couldn't get the hang of the clutch (nor could I when I tried doing my CBT), and I nearly crashed. The company never offered training again. I got the hint: some people are natural drivers, but not me.
Every time I get one my (new) phone flags it as spam, and I report & block it. What I want to know is: why am I getting these? Why send them to someone who isn't a registered car owner? I'm halfway inclined towards chasing it up, then at the critical point saying, "Oh, BTW, I don't have a car and can't drive anyway". 
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Yesterday, 18:21
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: I'm annoyed and curious
They don’t know or care if you have, or have ever had, a car - it’s mass-spam produced from collected telephone number database.
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Yesterday, 18:57
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In the gang of three
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: I'm annoyed and curious
A) Ignore it, it's just spam (as Hugh said).
B) stop giving your phone number to anyone who asks for it 
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Today, 02:05
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An Awesome Dude
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Originally Posted by Hugh
They don’t know or care if you have, or have ever had, a car - it’s mass-spam produced from collected telephone number database.
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Yes and its bloody annoying!!
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