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Why didn't Dottie use Caller ID?


Then she could've avoided the trouble of finding out who her obscene phone caller was.

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In 1993, they were expensive
Also some people choose to have private non-listed phone numbers which don't always show up on Caller ID

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Every prank caller knows that all you have to do is dial a certain set of numbers (I forgot them) before you dial the victim's number and your number won't show up on their caller ID, because pretty much everyone has caller ID these days.

Some guady moth or butterfly, still alive, was safely pinned to the wall.

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Back in 1993, caller ID was VERY uncommon, if even known about.

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Where were you in the 90s? Caller ID was practically non existent.

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I remember when my mother got a caller ID in the 90s. She hid it from my father. One day, he came back unexpectedly and had a fit about it. Now, he can't live without knowing who's calling (though he rarely gets a call). I think it's amusing.

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*67 blocks your number from caller ID.


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When I moved into my first apartment in 1996 in my early twenties.. about a year later i got a caller id box - it was the white ones that were made when they first came out (not sure if they still make them that way) you hooked it up into your phone..I think it was 1997 when I had it. Then around 98/99 I had a black sony cordless 900mhz (the big deal mhz phone) with the now built in universal caller id. But I guess that was obviously after this movie was made (93' made, 94' out in theatres?)

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caller ID didnt exist where i lived until 1995
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Honestly, I don't remember Caller ID being around 16 years ago. Maybe I just
don't recall. Pagers were the big thing at the time.

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I think she didn't have called ID because it still wasn't extremely popular and it was probably expensive in 1993. I remember caller ID started to be more common around '95 or '96. Also like other posters mentioned there are ways to block your number from caller ID.

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*69 HIS ASS!

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