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Incoming Call from Alexandria...

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    Incoming Call from Alexandria...

    ..or Houston Tx and various others & they're always agencies.

    I assumed this was just a quirk of my phone but I got cut off talking to an agent (who I assume was in the uk) just now & tried to call back & ended up getting an earful of Arabic.

    What's all that about?

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    Ice Cold in Alex...

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      #3
      DAs found a use for refugees...
      Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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        #4
        Weird.

        She called me back & said she was in an 0203 number but my phone seems to prepend a 0 making 00203 which is Egypt :confused

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          #5
          I've had an agent call me from Egypt. I thought it was a con.
          "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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            #6
            Wonder what the connection fee is on a mobile to an egyptian number...
            Unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

            Currently 10+ contracts available in your area

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              #7
              I had a role lined up in Cairo when I was in Ireland, $1250 a day, copped out when I mentioned I'd need an Egyptian Work Permit, and they said, oh no, just get a visit visa waiver on entry, not a prob...

              Actually wish I'd gone for it now....

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