I hope someone can help me out with this. I received several calls from a phone number in St Louis, Missouri - but NOBODY has been able to find out who the number belongs to. The phone company refused to release the identity of the caller to my local police department! This is really annoying me, so I thought I'd try to find out who this person is on my own. I've called the number numerous times, but there's never an answer. This made me think the number just might be a payphone... so here I am at The Payphone Project. :) Here's the number in question: 314-206-2000 If ANYONE reading this has the time, resources, smarts, or whatever it takes to find out who this number belongs to, please help me out. I can be reached at writetolisa@mail.com Thanks in advance for any information! Lisa

I did a reverse search,couldn,t come up with anything,I tried calling the #,nobody answered,maybe it is a payphone.

I get calls sometimes from individual extensions on Centrexes or PBXs that show on Caller-ID as some totally outlandish numbers that never get answered. For example, calls from most Arlington County VA gov't offices show on Caller ID as 703-524-2926, but all their real numbers are 703-228-xxxx -- the whole 228 exchange. The same goes for the GW University in Wash DC. They're on 202-994-xxxx but show up on Caller ID as being in some other exchange and never gets answered. Maybe that 314-206-2K number is one of those -- what I call, "Gateway" -- numbers. By the way, does anyone know where 856-825-9857 exists?

The number 856-825-9857 comes from Millville New Jersey and is serviced by Bell Atlantic.

Lisa, I called your 314-206-2000 number from Japan, but same (no) results. Just rings and rings. While it does not help you in your quest to find out who was (still is??) calling you, it may open a few opportunities for other things. Okay: You're in a situation where somebody is requiring your phone number, but you can't give them your real one and you can't afford to give them a fake one and be caught, so you.. tell them "Uh, my number is 314-206-2000" and they won't be able to say otherwise because not even the cops can figure it out. If you think that is a really dumb idea, well, it's nearly 3:00 in the morning here in Japan and, well, that's reason enough. By the way, the phone company in Japan (NTT) has offices all over the place. Walk in, look at the demo phones, find one that is plugged in and suddenly the world is at your fingertips. Mail me if you want a call. j

What the hell are you doing in Japan?I live in Arizona I,m not sure what the time change is for Japan. Sounds like you know some tricks:)

What am I doing in Japan?? Simple answer my friend. Money and women. They pay you to talk and the sex is free! Heck, I took one girl to a * love hotel and she paid! * - a love hotel is a hotel where you pay by the hour for a room usually equiped with anything from a vibrating bed to karoke systems to ??? As far as me knowing tricks, well I don't know about THAT, but making people THINK you know tricks is almost as good as actually knowing some... Am I sounding a little more coherant this time? It's only midnight.

It,s 9:15 a.m. here and you don,t make any sense,are you teaching english?I thought you knew some phone tricks,like making those boxes.

Hey JboxR: Are you an expatriate American teaching English in Japan?

Ralph: Me? I'm just here doing this and that. J: MUST I make sense? I said (in not so many words) that I don't really know any "tricks." But I do know a few things that work. Right now, I am at a phone shop using their internet-demo computer. There is a phone next to it with a live line. I just wrote down the model number so I can go buy the cordless phone for it and in a few days I can make plenty of free calls. (yes international calls too!) So anyone who gets a thrill out of getting a call from a complete stranger, give me your number!

You can call me if you get the time right,and will you tell me how to do that?James,the kid who has been showing me how to use the computer says I can,t hack because I,m cable connected.What,s up with that?

Hey look everybody!! ANOTHER apostraphe- ignoramous! (Uh, J, the uh, comma, is the, uh, thing on the bottom, and the apostraphe which is used in words like What's and I'm and can't is the little thing on the top) Beside the fact that it *looks* stupid, IT'S A PAIN IN THE ASS TO READ!!! So J, are you going to give me a number to call you at or just type impotent apostraphe's. (in case anyone is thinking about blasting me for the spelling on "apostraphe" - know this - I'm not really confident about it to begin with!) .

Hey....back off on J......that is her trademark and we love her for it.

Yeah, Mr. I Can't Spell Apostrophe Nor Use It Correctly Either (you don't need an apostrophe in your following use of the word apostrophe: "...just type impotent apostraphe's")Even Though I Can Bitch About Somebody Else Using It Incorrectly

Thanks Mapleleaf and Dougie,JboxR...thanks for the info,don,t call me.

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Nope, you have proven that you can type apostrophes and can finally spell the word correctly, but you haven't proven that you can use apostrophes correctly. Tell me the apostrophe errors in the following: John's car was being worked upon by several youth's who hadnt a frickin' clue about what they were doing. While trying to change the spark plugs, one of them tripped over a wrench. "Man, is that your's? Whats you're problem man, leaving all this crap around? Its going to kill somebody." The wrench was put back in it's rightful place by the older teenager. "Lets do this tomorrow. I'm leaving. 'Bye."

I count........8

I only count seven inappropriate uses/absence of appropriate uses. It is correct to use an apostrophe to denote missing letters when you contract a word, as in 'Bye and frickin'.

I would have dropped out if you were my English teacher, but there's nothing to lose by doing this excercise - except maybe the respect of all Sorabjites (and THAT would just RUIN my day!) Okay here goes... John's car was being worked upon by several youths who hadn't a frickin' clue about what they were doing. While trying to change the spark plugs, one of them tripped over a wrench. "Man, is that yours? What's you're problem man, leaving all this crap around? Its going to kill somebody." The wrench was put back in its rightful place by the older teenager. "Lets do this tomorrow. I'm leaving. Bye." Okay, I had to stop and think about the its one. It's would been "it is" and to distinguish between the two you write its to denote possesiveness. Whew! Bye is considered a word by itself. Thank's for the 'snazzy les'son on apo'strafee's!

It's going to kill somebody!!!! Missed one!

Sorry JboxR, gonna have to hold you back. Let's see now, shall we? "What's YOU'RE problem" should be "What's YOUR problem." "ITS going to kill somebody" should be "IT'S going to kill somebody." "LETS do this..." should be "LET'S do this..." and "BYE" should be "'BYE." What's your problem, JboxR?

<<Okay, I had to stop and think about the its one. It's would been "it is" and to distinguish between the two you write its to denote possesiveness. Whew!>> I didn't understand this. isn't it IT'S? and isn't it also YOUR not YOU'RE? I'm not nitpicking, I just don't understand what you're saying.

(sigh) Back to the books! Dammit! Dougie, you are my hero. I really wish I could be like you. I mean, you have SUCH a command of the English language. And your use of apostrophes is masterful! But!!!!...... It has nothin' to do with the fact that using a comma instead of an apostrophe is COMPLETELY different than using an apostrophe inappropriately. Obviously doing so (using comma instead of apostrophe) is not merely a mistake, but rather an intended action. It makes it difficult to read, serves no purpose other than to - ???? Hell, I don't know. No purpose other than to have no purpose. Aren't we a little off the thread here? .

Why,did you misplace your red pencil?

JboxR, FYI: J is writing in from web tv. The characters she is using are apostrophes; they're showing up here as commas because web tv sucks. Because J does this consistently, as annoying as it is, we've mostly learned to mentally edit out the glaring typographical hideousness and focus on the content rather than the style and form of her expression. We are not so forgiving of uppity newcomers. Which is why you have been strapped to the metaphorical wheel and given a spin. It's our own delightful version of the welcome wagon. Here's the rest of it, in case you've been neglected: FUCK YOU, YOU ASS. There yah go! Welcome to the Monkey House.

that guy's been around for years. y'all oughtta just clean up your oily discharge and get on with it. y'all. i don't think i've ever actually spoken that word in my entire life. y'all. y'all 're a buncha point-'n-click wankers. y'all 're outta yer goddamn tree. y'all 're three mickeys short of a six-pack. y'all 're off yer fuggin' thread. anyway. i should be on the other side of the river right now. toodles.

Margret,Swine,I love y'all,I can do it,I,m just lazy.

I'm here via WebTV. WebTV has nothing to do with it. But if it bothers you that much, I,ll start doing it to.

I'm putting the correction of a word in parentheses. Like htis (this). John's car was being worked upon by several youth's (youths) who hadnt (hadn't) a frickin' clue about what they were doing. While trying to change the spark plugs, one of them tripped over a wrench. "Man, is that your's (yours)? Whats (what's) you're (your) problem man, leaving all this crap around? Its (It's) going to kill somebody." The wrench was put back in it's (its) rightful place by the older teenager. "Lets (let's) do this tomorrow. I'm leaving. 'Bye." 1. Youths. Youths is plural in this case, not possesive. 2. Hadn't. Hadnt is not a word. Hadn't is a contraction of had not. 3. Yours. Conventionality has dropped the '. 4. What's. Contraction of what is. 5. Your. You're is a contraction of you are, which in this case is not correct. 6. It's. It's a contraction of it is. 7. Its. The place belongs to the hammer. 8. Let's. Contraction of the imperative let us. 'bye can stay the way it is, since it's a shortened version of goodbye. Both ways are correct, I believe. I know you guys resolved this a while ago. I just wanted to throw it in here for the record. You can ignore it if you like.

he's been posting here for 40 years.

fuck you, you ass.

Okay, so J uses web tv, Margret gets off with little girls. Whatever. I guess we all have our problems. And now that I've been fucked in the ass, (as Margret does with little girls) I am honored to be welcomed to your monkey house. .

that was way over the line. I'm really angry now. you're an asshole.

JboxeR,your opinion of me or how I write doesn,t mean shit to a tree to me,I usually try to be nice to everyone that shows up here.I wasn,t even upset about what you said about me,it,s not like your the first to notice my lack of typing and writing skills.But you little asshole,you dragged Margret in this and she is the Sorabji Saint.So you fuck with Margret you just fucked yourself,stay out of the monkey house,you need to find the asshole house,jackass.

hey! i thought i was the saint around here. actually, rhiannon and gee are pretty saintly as well, in the general scheme of things.

Yes,you are right Agatha,you,Gee,and Rhi are saints,which is why sorabji needs the likes of me to kinda balance things out some.

Uhh, I don't mind people getting torqued at me. Don't get all protective on my account. It's just words, folks. If any of the words posted here could really hurt me, I probably wouldn't show up. OK? I thought web tv was the culprit. It's so odd to me to find out that J just doesn't choose to use the apostrophe. Sometimes I really hate my desire to have everyone just play nice. It's at war with my desire to crush, crush, crush. Anyone know what kind of shade/water requirements white lilacs have?

お猿さん！お猿さん！エッチしない？ ki ki ki ki ki!

If you don,t mind the words Margret then I guess it,s cool,maybe that above is is a japan apology.I thought it was the webtv at first,but soon figured out I just can,t type very well,for a little insight into J,here is my 6th grade teacher Mr.Bria's comment on my 4th quarter.J******** needs to learn to control herself better.Has a good mind and can do very good work but finds it easier to play and make excuses instead of working.Under conduct he put down,mumbles under her breath and talks back.Hmm,I never improved.

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jesus monte christo i leave for the weekend lookee lookee joeboxer brief dude, this is not a monkey house, we have the monkey CAGE (of which you are penciled in for). this is the house atop the hill, the one you watch from way down below. catapolts lauch full grown heffers.......... gee you are shattering my perceived image of you weekly, i like it. have a nice day

Wow, Patrick has an image of me...and I've gone and shattered it. Damn! Say, those heffers you "lauch" (launch?) from atop the hill wouldn't happen to include Margret and J, would they? Hey Patrick, are you a REAL Limey, or do you just have a Limey name?

JboxR go fuck yourself and your little dog too.

Yeah, I bet you could show me how to do that, eh?

JboxR, I suspect no instruction would be necessary, as I feel confident to surmise that this is a feat performed frequenty by your alter ego-----one might assume, a somewhat self-fucking mutant.

JboxR, not only are your punctuation skills lacking, but your reading comprehension skills are piss poor as well. There is a user here named Gee, and unless I'm very much mistaken, Patrick was pointing out that she is shattering his perceived image of her weekly. I sincerely doubt that you would really want to know anyone's perceived image of you. Also, where do you get that Patrick is a British name? I believe that it's Irish, and that the original spelling is Padraigh. If I'm wrong here, somebody correct me. Maybe you should give your posts some thought before launching them.

dougie yah maybee yer right about my punkshuashun skilz ill try to werk on em as fer the comments to gee sorry about that i thought patrick was saying gee as in gee whiz anyway i thought patrick was irish too and you have such an amazing knawlej of original spellings i bet you won the spelling bee at your school eh why should i give my posts any thots b4 i lauch them as patrick would say i mean duz i haf ta ??

Yeah, and I'll bet you won all the contests at your Hooked On Phonics classes your mommy sent you to last week. In terms of giving thought to your posts, I'm afraid that you probably do anyways, which is the sad part.

yes joeboxer brief dude i have decendants form the region you specify i also have decendants from lebanon i also have a bug up my ass this am its appropriate your handle is underwear, you seem real close to an ass

No, Patrick, I guess not. You see, I am in Japan and doubt you are. That makes me very far from an ass like yourself.

J THAT NUMBER YOU ASKED ABOUT IS IN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK ... I HAVE A QUESTION DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN FIND OUT WHO A CELL PHONE NEMBER BELONGS TO?

Get a life pal..

v,s no., is "privado"...,less its Dodi...she is soooo cool.

MORE! MORE! MORE!!

ME, cool..thanks...:)

About the most cool person I ever met,I expect I,ve met 500,000 people over the years.xxxxxx,,,well it seems like 500,000.