I’m home making dinner and my cell phone rings.
I check the number and groan. Phone scammers now send calls using the same area code and first three digits of a nearby town. In my case, each call says “Groton.”
No one in Groton is on my address list.
I ignore the call and sauté the onions before the phone rings again. And three minutes later, again.
Just about ready to throw the phone in the drawer and lock it up, I notice that the “scammer” has left a voice mail message. Weird. Scammers never leave a “calling card,” so to speak.
I listen. A young voice says, “Hi Margery. This is Clark. I just want you to know that I have a ….” The voice hesitates and I hear a female respond in the background. The mother, I guess, and then the young person adds, “a gizmo for my birthday. Call me back!”
Oh, I think, how cute. This kid thinks he’s calling Margery, whoever she is – a friend of the family? And wants to tell her all about his gizmo. Whatever that is. And the kid’s name is Clark, just like my grandson’s.
I feel sorry that the young boy thinks he’s left a message for Margery, and Margery will never answer. So, I return the call. The young voice answers with an uncertain “Hello?”
“Hi!” I say. “You left a message for Margery. I am not Margery. You got the wrong number.”
Stunned silence on the other end. Then the boy says, “Ohhhhh kayyyyy,” sounding immensely confused.
“Bye!” I hang up, feeling unsettled.
Ten seconds later, my phone rings again with a number I recognize – my daughter’s. “Hello!” I say liltingly.
“Mom. Why did you tell Clark you’re not his Madre?”
My heart sinks toward my wobbly knees. “That was Clark?”
“Yes, he told you he was Clark.”
“But I thought he asked for Margery.” As the words fly out of my mouth, I realize he asked for me, his Madre. “Well, why is the phone number from Groton?” I retort, trying to defend myself.
I hear my daughter’s exasperated sigh. “It’s the phone number for his new Gizmo – you know, a smart watch for kids.”
I want to tell her she is speaking gibberish. I want to tell her that I thought I’d been scammed. I want to tell her that back in the day gizmo meant an object whose name you couldn’t recall. Instead I say, “could you please put Clark on the phone?”
Thank goodness my 9-year-old grandson has a sense of humor. “I got worried when you told me you weren’t my Madre,” he confesses with a smile in his voice. “Can I call you now on my Gizmo?”
OMG! That is too funny. But I can see that happening. Glad you got it sorted out. He is so cute!!
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Thank goodness Clark the Grandson is very patient with me. He’s a sweetie.
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Oh this is just TOO good!!!! I cannot stop chuckling. What a fabulous little inter-generational humorous vignette! When you wrote that the “kids name is Clark just like your grandson” I thought hmmm that might be a clue hahaha 🙂
Hey I am continually asking my kids (all grown up) to do this that or the other w regard to my phone … I would never manage otherwise!
Best post! Toooo funny.
Peta
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I know, I know, I shoulda figured something was up when the “stranger’s” name was Clark. But I was so focused on NOT getting scammed…. that I got scammed big time. 🙂
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Merde! But very funny!
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After the mortification, I found the humor. We gotta laugh our ourselves, right? 🙂
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That’s hilarious, Pam! Great photo of you Clark!
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It took me a few days to laugh at myself. But really, scamming has messed up our minds! (At least, that’s my excuse.)
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I should have read your post backwards, bottom to top. Then, I too would not have been scammed. Your grandson looks like a whippersnapper, and you are beaming. Now where did he get those sweet dimples. 😀
Crazy fun, Pam!
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I’m glad you read this top to bottom so you could be as puzzled as I was. I mean, really, can we blame ourselves for being confused? ;-0 Clark is a whippersnapper and his dimples get deeper when we bake, which is what we were doing in this photo. 🙂
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been there, technology s movng so fast..our language is mving fast too. you tube how english was spoke n the 15th century
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That’s crapulous, Harriet. What a great idea – here’s the link to the video showing how much language has changed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fxy6ZaMOq8 If I live to my 90s, I probably won’t be able to understand ANYTHING my great-grandchildren say. 🙂
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Can we be sure this is Pam? Or are you just a blogger-scammer? Ha ha ha—if it’s really you—such a funny and relatable story for us oldsters!
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Good point. Can’t be me, the real Roughwighter. I would never mortify myself by telling this story…. 🙂
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Too funny, Pam. There are so many phone scams, I wouldn’t have answered either, but so funny that you didn’t recognize the message either. I’m glad you got it all sorted out. Adorable photo.
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It’s rather embarrassing. I mean, how many Clarks are out there? But scammers have made our brains scrambled. (That’s a good excuse, right?)
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🙂
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So many gizmos nowadays.
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Way too many gizmos. Much easier when we only had a rotary phone with a long cord, right? 🙂
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Everything you needed was in the phone book.
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Funny – my husband and I were just reminiscing today about phone booths, the phone books within that we would rely on if we “forgot” the address of where we were going (lucky to find one intact without pages or the entire book ripped out) and the all important yellow pages – the only way to “find” businesses.
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And a pocket full of quarters if you were calling long distance.
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And I was always several quarters short. ;-0
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I must admit, I don’t miss those phone books. So HEAVY. As young teens, we placed them on our heads to learn to walk straight and balanced. Oh dear, without phone books, what do young girls use NOW? 🙂
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Now that’s funny! … and big cheers for his sense of humor. 🙂
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Clark sees life differently than many, which helps him have a great sense of humor at a young age. Probably one of the reasons he puts up with me so sweetly. 🙂
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LOL
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Thanks for reading and smiling. 🙂 Loved your last short story – The Experiment. I couldn’t find a place to comment.
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I had comments closed. Trying to better manage my blog and blurred vision so I will have comment closed on some posts.
Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it.
Grateful for your kindness.
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All that in 75 words! Marvelous. And a good point too – some memories are better not remembered….
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Appreciate that. Happy you got my little message.
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Too funny 😀
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Sometimes making fun of ourselves IS the funniest kind of story. ;-0 🙂
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this is hilarious and I totally get it
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Phew. It helps that I’m not the only one totally confused in this Gizmo-fueled world. 🙂
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Not at all
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OMG!!! I laughed out loud … but poor Clark!! I can just imagine his stunned confusion! I call these brain farts – and you had a big one 🤣
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Unfortunately, you are absolutely correct. I had a loud and embarrassing brain fart. 🙂
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Wow, this had my thoughts heading all over the place. Now I’m as embarrassed as your protagonist! Nice one.
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And unfortunately the real protagonist was/is the real me. Yup, pretty darn embarrassing. Luckily I don’t mind making fun of myself. Well, to a point . .. . . 🙂
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I know that feeling. And I reclon it’s best to own up and poke the fun at yourself before someone else does it and maybe more viciously.
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Sometimes the best stories are the true ones!! Love that photo of the two of you. That is pure joy.
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This is definitely one of those “you can’t make this up” kind of story. Clark and I were making cookies in this photo, and for both of us, that IS pure joy. 🙂
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Good one, GBCC (Cape Cod),
Never heard of a ‘Gizmo,’ but then again, I’m 70!
I took a walk with a friend yesterday who told me that her 95-year old other called her early this week from her cell phone to tell you that she had a computer virus expert on her landline who was helping her take care of it. The ‘expert’ was on hold while Loretta (the 95 year old) asked Susan (the daughter, my friend) if she should give her any personal info, credit card info, etc. EEEKKK. A real serious scam! These ‘experts’ ought to be imprisoned.
Poor Clark. Traumatic for him (but funny story).
Enjoy the Cape.
Xoxo, GBMV
Sent from my iPad
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Thus, we don’t answer phone numbers we don’t know. But poor Clark doesn’t know that. He has forgiven me. It took an extra cookie or two… .:-)
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I get a bunch of calls to my cell with the same area code and exchange as my cell. Every day I block those callers. I hope that someone does something to stop them.
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It’s ridiculous that the scammers get away with using up our phone time. U R G H (But I did get a good story out of it, and Clark will probably keep telling it until I’m 100.)
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Your grandson has a wonderful sense of humor! Thanks for a good laugh this muggy morning. 🙂
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It was very muggy this morning; we’ve just enjoyed some marvelous thunderstorms to clear the air. And Clark? He’s so patient with me. (He just shakes his head sometimes – “that Madre.”) 🙂
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I am SO glad this played out the way it did. Stupid scammers have us all a mess about phone calls. Used to be wrong numbers were ways to be polite to one another and wish someone a good day. Now we are terrified to answer our phones!
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Well, thanks to Clark, now I’m terrified to NOT answer my phone! :-0 🙂
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So delightfully cute! ♥
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A story that began like a slap to my forehead (what were you THINKING), ended up being okay thanks to a 9-year-old’s sweet acceptance of his rather addled grandmother. 🙂
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It’s called “progress.”
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Well, I am obviously “de”-progressed. And rather incorrigible too. 🙂
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Hi, Pam – This story is absolutely adorable — and something that I could totally see myself doing.
BTW – I am also plagued by phone scammers. They have definitely changed my relationship with my phone!
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My guy has responded to the scammer problem by turning his phone off – and keeping it off. Thus, he misses out on phone calls by grandchildren on their Gizmo. Me? Now I’m on Gizmo-alert every day. 🙂
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I’m glad your “scam” turned out to be a legitimate call from your grandson. Scammers have gotten very sophisticated. My mother has received calls from my “son” twice now; calls in which he greets her stressfully as “Grandma” and says he’s in trouble and needs money. Unfortunately, she has answered him by name because the connection isn’t very clear and then they have his name and proceed. He says he needs her to wire him money. But I am so proud of her. She very cleverly said, “Okay. But what’s my name?” And they hang up.
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I think your story about your mom is what makes me most angry at these scammers. Besides annoying the heck out of us and taking time away from important phone calls (like from a Gizmo …. haha), they prey on those who aren’t as tech savvy. I have an extremely intelligent friend (as in brilliant) who is 89 years old and in tears because scammers call her daily about kidnapped grandchildren, etc. She refuses to NOT answer the phone because she has friends/family all over the world who call her often. Some kind of regulation needs to occur!
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Oh my goodness one just can’t win! First we learn to ignore the scam calls. Then one tries to be kind and then …ugh! Well it looks like you are still his Madre after all. Isn’t being human a challenge sometimes? 🙂
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I smiles at your comment, Sue. Yes, being a human IS a challenge at times in this tech-driven society. Gizmo, Schizmo. 🙂
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Cute story Pam. Thanks for the morning chuckles. Maybe I’ll get a call from Gizmo! 🙂
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Gizmo! I mean really, how’d they come up with that name? Well, I’ve received several “texts” from Gizmo since my faux pas. Maybe grandson thinks that’s safer with me. 🙂
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Hilarious! Oh my, these new-fangled devices and the kids who use them.
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I really take pride in being “up-to-date” in all things, particularly computer related because of writing/publishing. But Gizmo knocked me off my feet and onto my red face. Urgh!
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Ha ha ha. Glad you got it worked out.
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A tad too late, but yes, now I am Gizmo-savvy. 🙂
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Ohh, I am chuckling. Clark is gorgeous….xXx
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Chuckles are good. Clark is all-boy (think jumping in dirt piles and muddy puddles, playing Frisbee with his dog, and eating a dozen cookies in ten seconds and still being underweight. And…. being kind to his clueless grandmother. A keeper. 🙂
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Love your new header picture, Pam. ❤
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Thanks for noticing my lacy hydrangea in the header border, Jane. Hydrangeas make my heart soar. xo
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The hydrangeas I planted on my roof terrace are thriving in the sea salt wind. Mind you, I think all the rain has something to do with it. 😊
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Funny! We had a bizarre experience we tried to Skype with the grandkids. Nothing seemed to work. Fortunately my step-daughter is savvy and walked up through (several times as we’re old dolts). Now it mostly works. Mostly. Hmmm…I wonder if they have gizmos.
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Pray to the heavens above that your grandkids don’t have Gizmos. Skype is bad enough (and no, I’ve never had luck with that either). From one old dolt to another. Tee hee.
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Oh My Goodness!! Poor Clark! No wonder the confusion though. I constantly get Scam calls on my cell. Fortunately, I can block them on there, but not on my landline *groan* YES! We still have a landline because we have to have it for our DSL Internet. And when we first moved here, the cell service was unreliable (and still is) so we had to have a way for the hospital to contact my hubby when he was on call. I like having a landline. It comes in handy. And we have our second line for our fax machine which you still can’t do with a cell. So there’s that.. I’m glad you got it all sorted! ❤
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We have a landline for emergencies also. But, ahem, haven’t given that number to our grandkiddies. Hahaha. Wish we could scam the scammers, huh? xo
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LOL Sure glad you sorted that one out! Too funny!
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Took me about 30 minutes to laugh about my cluelessness, Anneli. But once I knew Clark realized I hadn’t “left” him as his Madre, I did find the humor in it all. 🙂
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That kind of humour is often the best – the kind that creeps up on you from an innocent misunderstanding.
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Welcome to the digital age, Madre! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been interrupted to the point of madness by scammers. It’s only because you are such a good person that you saved the day!
Becky Schwenk Sent from my iPhone
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As they say, no good deed goes unrewarded. Except maybe if there’s a Gizmo involved. 🙂
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LOL! so cute! such a sign of the times so many of us can relate to!!! 🙂
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Thanks, Jodi. I wish no Gizmos in your future. 🙂
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I now hang up whenever I think it’s a scammer. Sometimes I get a little overzealous and hang up on calls that are important. Cute story.
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Yes, it’s that over-zealous part that can get us into trouble, Gerlinde! ;-0
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I think Clark’s new nickname should be Gizmo.
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I think that’s a great idea! Clark Gizmo has a certain ring to it, anyway (no pun intended…).
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Ha ha! So cute! Kids love such moments and mine would have had a hearty laugh! 🙂
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I have a feeling this faux pas of mine will be repeated in many family get-togethers. ;-0 🙂
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Oh, that’s too funny. I would have done the same thing.
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Thank you for agreeing that you might have made the same mistake. I can’t be the only clueless one. 🙂
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That is hilarious. I would have done the same thing! I might have gone so far as to blog the number.
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Oh! I never thought of doing that, Jacqui. Every once in a while my guy gets so mad at the spam calls that he calls the number back. Of course, no one ever answers.
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OMgosh! I never would have guessed it. His smart watch. I knew perfectly well what gizmo you were talking about. Thank you for the educational post. And, too funny:) Blame it on the scammers. We automatically have our guard up:)
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At least you knew about the Gizmo! But you’re right, I’m blaming my “mistake,” and “I’m not Margery” on the scammers. 🙂 🙂
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I thought Gizmo was a character that didn’t like bright lights? From the movie Gremlins! I had a similar incident to the one Browsing the Atlas but on my land line so I get your concern. But the story was so cute and funny, I just read it to my daughter. She loved it too.
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Perhaps I can count this post as a public service announcement: NEVER ANSWER A PHONE NUMBER YOU DON’T KNOW….. unless it’s your grandson using a Gizmo. 🙂
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:))
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Marjery . . . shall henceforth be your nickname! 😀
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Oh dear. All I can think of is Marjorie Morningstar (novel by Herman Wouk many many years ago). And it didn’t work out too well for her. But I wouldn’t be surprised if certain family members called me Margery/Marjorie when in the mood to tease me. Sigh. Scammed again. 🙂
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I have an Aunt Marjorie who lives in Vermont. She’s a treat. 😀
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Oh, Pam, this is so funny! Clark must surely think his Gram lives in the dark ages. LOL.
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I’m afraid even I (bold and underlined) think I live in the Dark Ages. :-0 🙂
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So funny and so cute… 🙂
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Turned out okay ’cause I have a young grandson with a sense of humor. My daughter? She just shakes her head. 🙂
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I can relate to that… 🙂 Three cheers for our Grands! xoxoxo
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That is too funny! I did the same thing when my grandson got his smart watch/phone. I had no idea who it was.
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Well! There! See?! I’m not the only clueless one. Thank you for making me feel better. Giving you a grateful hug. ❤
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Hugs back:)
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Phew … glad that confusion was sorted out! 😀 Scammers are responsible for a lot and our keen sense of awareness and expectation of such calls is one major element in our lives! I bet you and Clark had a fantastic chat over his new gizmo! Madre and grandson reunited over the airways! Xx
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Scammers confuse all of us, even when we think we’re being hyper aware! Urgh. I notice Clark is texting me from his Gizmo more than calling. I think he’s worried I’ll tell him I’m not Margery. 🙂
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That’s hilarious, Pam, but I would have done just as you did. I’m very wary of calls from numbers I don’t know. I hope you and Clark have many wonderful conversations on his Gizmo! 🙂
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I am SO glad to hear that you would have done the same, Norah. We’re told to be wary. We weren’t told that Gizmos were now part of the picture!! Well, now both you and I know, but soon another new contraption will be around to confuse us. 🙂
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Exactly! It keeps us on our toes. 🙂
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Oh dear, Pam, what a mistake to make. It did make me laugh though.
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Fortunately I can laugh about it now too…. because Clark is. But the poor boy was worried for a minute that his Madre was cutting him off communication. ;-0 🙂
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Ha! Our cell phones can certainly get the better of us! But I’m glad your grandson has a good sense of humor. And I have a feeling that this incident will end up being one of those family stories that is told again and again…..
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Yes, I have a feeling you’re right, Ann! 😉
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There are so many scams–some of them even leaving messages. I can see how you could get confused. Is Gizmo a real thing? What exactly is it? I just spent the week with my daughters and the grandchildren, including my eleven-year-old grandson. I have a lot to learn from him.
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Gizmo is a real thing – a kids’ watch phone. Sort of looks like an Apple Watch but chunkier. My grandson can count his ‘steps’ on it and communicate via text and phone with the phone numbers his parents put on there. In his case, the parents’ and the grandparents.’ Yes, we will be constantly learning from our grands, no doubt. 😉
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YES
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Haha! I’ve never heard of a Gizmo – wow, that’s quite a story. I get robo and scam calls all the time. It’s so hard to know what’s the real deal. I’m glad it’s all figured out for you and I hope you put your grandson’s Gizmo number in your contacts! 😉
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Clark’s “Gizmo” is in my contact list now. Heaven help me! 🙂
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That’s so funny, Pam! But also sad, as this is what spam now does to us. We either don’t want to pick up, or we want to tell them to f*** off!
This thought reminds me of having dealt so many times with people (businesses) who don’t know what they are talking about or that don’t want to help you, which makes me apprehensive about their ways from the beginning, while sometimes, you actually do get someone who cares and then that person will be offended. It’s a tough world!
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This is so WEIRD (in a good way). I finally had time to check out some blogs and have been reading your latest posts, commented on one, and then just after I left it saw that YOU were commenting on MY blog. I love synchronicity. Much better than any GIZMO out there. 🙂 It is a tough world, but when we ignore the ‘not so nice people’ we find that it’s also a soft, wonderful world. xo
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That is so cool that we were reading each other’s blogs at the same time and thinking about each other through our screens. Maybe it’s because we are so close together now. Physically, if not mentally. 🙂
I have a lot of posts sitting in my inbox as well and have been dying to catch up!
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That’s almost hilarious Pam. Sadly, the spamming phone calls are as confusing as fake news. I wish we could go back to our good world without technology. I’d have no qualms about typing on a typewriter. 🙂 x
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I’m not sure I’d go that far. After all, without technology, we couldn’t blog and meet so many friends all over the world! Plus,… remember the white out correction tape we had to use every time we made a typo? ACK. I’ll just ignore all my phone calls. Well…. almost all. 🙂
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Lol, whiteout! Could be fun to ask a millenial what that is. 🙂
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They’d say – “a snowstorm?” 🙂
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That is so funny! Poor Clark. But you are right, every phone call is a scam. Gave up my land line and love the silence.
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Silence is Golden. 🙂
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OMG….how funny that is..ahhh i guess we are getting out of league now.
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WAY out of our league. 🙂
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Not surprised at the confusion! I can barely follow what’s going on today except for the thousands of &^^#$^)(*^(&^$(&^ marketing calls we get, from numbers all over the country but always with a voice that says “Hi! This is Jason!” I’d like to strange Jason personally. No, I don’t need a new warranty on a car we sold five years ago, I do not need an alert button, etc etc. What I need is some relief from all these callers. I might answer a robocall about that!
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haha. Robocalls are less annoying than the marketing calls – that says something. Well, now I have to answer “Gizmo” calls! What is the world coming to? 🙂
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Oh dear Pam, well I was going to say you’re in no danger of getting scammed for real but that might depend what the person on the other end of the phone says to you 🙂
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Well, I don’t know any Margery, but if a Margery calls me (or a Gizmo thingamajig) I guess I better answer. 🙂
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Thank you so much for sharing this story. It’s brightened my night.
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Well YOU just gave me goosebumps. I love sharing the light of humor and ordinary adventures in an ordinary life. 🙂
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It’s the ordinary lives that make the world go round. We don’t celebrate the ordinary. Perhaps we should. Thank you, again. :0
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That’s my (writing) life’s work. To celebrate the ordinary. ❤
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A noble and worthy cause. I feel so lucky to be able to write. It’s a privilege.
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Reblogged this on Art by Rob Goldstein and commented:
Every so often I read a post that brings a smile from my soul.
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HUGE thanks for reblogging. We gotta laugh to make it in this world. ❤
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With as many robocalls and scammy calls we get with phone numbers that should be someone nearby, it’s no wonder this was confusing! At least it all got straightened out, and he understands.
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He understands that his Madre is behind the times, but after all, aren’t all Madres? 🙂
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I would make the same mistake, Pam. I’m glad Clark has a sense of humor. And how cute that he wanted to call you on his new thingamabob. 🙂 ❤
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I’m thrilled you had a chance to pop over to my blog and learn about the new SCAMMERS out there. I bet you’ll be introduced to new thingamabobs soon enough, my friend and fellow grandmother. 🙂 Missing you in the blogosphere and hoping things are settling down with your parents. ❤
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I love visiting! And plan to return to regular blogging in mid-August. I have to move my parents again, Pam, but it will be much easier this time. ❤
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AGAIN? Whoa. That’s tough. Can’t wait for mid-August and your return. xo
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Oh, how funny! Thank you for sharing this bit of humor!! 🙂
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Funny now, mortifying then. 🙂
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Love this!! ❤️
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I love your comment! Thanks. ❤
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Oh Pam.. this is a gem.. I have tears running down my face laughing, I had to read this out loud to hubby who also laughed.. Having a eight year old granddaughter who had a fitbit for Christmas.. I was the same when I asked Her What is a FIT BIT ? .. lol.. 🙂 🤣😁🤣
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Fitbit…Gizmo…. why can’t they just say, “an exercise tracking device,” and “a kid’s watch.” Watch out for the next wild word that we must soon add to our lexicon. I can only imagine. Well, actually, no, I CAN’T imagine!!! 🙂
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😁😘🤗
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Hilarious…sounds like something I’d do– probably WILL do when Jack and Cash get old enough to have a gizmo…
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By the time your grandkids are old enough to have a Gizmo, it will be something else, with a name that you won’t recognize and you’ll have NO IDEA what they’re talking about. 🙂
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Thanks for the education. I’ve missed reading your blogs lately. Glad to have them back in my forefront.
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Too funny
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After I got over my embarrassment. ;-0 🙂
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Hilarious!! I didn’t realize gizmos are now watch phones 🤪
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You, and I, and many others didn’t know. The terminology seems to change weekly. 🙂
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Exactly! It does seem that way! Thank you for replying to my post 😁
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Tx for a bit of levity regarding those disgusting robo calls & texts 🙂
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🙂 I’m now quite good at taking “Gizmo” calls, thank you very much. 🙂
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