TECHNOLOGY: What program can “unlock unknown numbers”?

Friday, August 11, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12364573/A-stalker-hounded-years-sexually-explicit-calls-used-secret-phone-trick-expose-discovered-uncle.html

A stalker hounded me for years with sexually explicit calls – I used a secret phone trick to expose him and discovered it was my uncle

  • Kristen Kime, 30, from Sheffield, turned detective to catch her mystery stalker

By Chelsea Heatley and Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline

Updated: 08:05 EDT, 5 August 2023

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In November 2018, her mum suggested she should download a program onto her phone to unlock unknown numbers.

One day, when her stalker called, she received a message, revealing the real number.

After typing it into Facebook, Turner’s profile popped up.

Thinking it was a mistake, she checked with her sister and mum. But they confirmed, the number was her uncle’s.

With her mum’s support, Kristen went to Turner’s house to confront him.

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I’d love to know more about the technology and chronology.  For example, was it reported to the police and the “phone company”.  As an old phone company guy, I know they have tools to uncover the culprit.

Hope he gets to be “bubba’s gal pal” for a long time.

I can’t imagine torturing a family member like that.  Well maybe even if I didn’t like that family member, that’s just cruel.

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ECONOMICS: Here’s at least on good idea to save “Mother Earth”

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11105347/People-share-clever-zero-waste-tips-including-brothers-sent-birthday-card-1973.html

Waste not, want not! Social media users share their genius ideas for reducing, reusing and recycling – from resending the same birthday card to making an ice cream cone out of a banana leaf

  • People around the world are re-thinking what can be reused or recycled
  • Many people are becoming more aware of their environmental impact
  • Bored Panda collated some people’s very clever yet unusual zero waste tips

By Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline
Published: 04:02 EDT, 13 August 2022 | Updated: 04:09 EDT, 13 August 2022

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With two billion tons of waste dumped every year around the world, people have started to re-think what can be reused or recycled.

Many are becoming more aware of their environmental impact as rubbish sent to landfill represents a significant amount of greenhouse gases which have contributed to climate change.

People from around the world have shared their best zero waste ideas on social media, with Bored Panda collating some in an eye-opening online gallery.

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As you know, I’m not a big believer in the “Mother Earth” Galia worship. But as an fat old white guy injineer, waste indicates that a better process exists and should be deployed.

A banana leaf is a good substitute for that paper wrapped around the ice cream cone.  But I like the cones.

Only serving coffee in the patron’s own cup seems to be a substantial saving.

My personal favorite is the reused birthday card.  Not that I send paper cards, I use e-cards from Jacqueline Lawson. https://www.jacquielawson.com/ which are really beautiful and completely “recyclable”. Laugh!

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