First it was the drivers license, now the phone number… Piece by piece, we’re changing over from Georgia to North Carolina, all that’s left, really, is the license plates on our cars, and they are due for renewal in the next 2 months.
I’m kinda sad to be giving up my 404 number. Firstly because I’m a nerd and the thought of “404 number not found” makes me giggle ever so slightly. Secondly, it meant I was “ITP,” even though the number was bought in a (then) AT&T Wireless store in Kennesaw, about as far as ITP as you could get. Being 404 it meant I could look down on 770 and especially 678 (which Robyn was), 404 was the equivalent of Atlanta cell phone royalty. OK, not quite…
The worst part is I had only recently memorised it, mainly cause of job searching. Now I have two whole new numbers to remember, luckily our numbers are only 4 digits apart (ending in 9881 and 9885), but 704 will never really be as cool as 404. Can you even remember what a 704 error is? That’s if you’ve ever come across one. Another sad thing is it is still a Cingular branded SIM card, I was hoping for some spanking new at&t branding, just to stick that knife in further after all the pain we went through transferring from the old AT&T Wireless to Cingular. Or is that episode yet to come?
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4 responses to “404, Number Not Found…”
Yes, m’dear… why don’t you tell that episode. [giggles]
do they even have 10 digit dialing in Charlotte? I always get frustrated with that when I visit my parents. It is like, so antiquated. LOL
Yeah, I felt the same way about the 404 number; the guy at the phone place was all, “678 is the bomb”, and I was like, “yeah, for people living OTP. Shut it and hook up the 404, bitch”.
Actually, Charlotte is overlaid with 980.. So it’s 10 digit dialing here, but every number I’ve come across is 704
404 always meant ghetto to me.
MB