re: #152 wheat-dogghazi

Check that. The 555 used in media is the prefix, not the area code. Ma Bell long ago assigned the 555 prefix (or exchange for us oldtimers) specifically for information calls (555-1212 = 411 now) and media use.

And I may be wrong, but I thought 867-5309 was retired from service for that very reason.

I was given a phone number in Flagstaff AZ that had previously belonged to certain Mr Lloyd Beaver.

I had so many people calling up asking for Mr Beaver that I finally started replying “Mr Beaver is not in, would you like to talk to Mr Woodchuck?”