Very funny! Sounds like someone at Buck House had fun starting a hoax. Or maybe the telephone company?? Seems like it would be tough to get a number like that. Jan G. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Mellie" <Mel@i12.com> Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BSChat]Amusin myself today!!! Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 22:51:35 +0100 I sent a text message from my "cellphone" (mobile to us brits) to several of my friends, telling them that I needed them to call me urgently and I had a weak signal and could not dial out, the message said to ask f r Elixabeth who runs the place and she would come and get me! ( irecieved this same message from someone else originally) followed by the phone number, so my friends duly dialled the number to get a recorded message from BUCKINGHAM PALACE" telling them it was a hoax, and this line was being disconnected, but it was genuinely Buck House LOLCLOL Mellie IBSSG How Come My Coat Of Arms Has Buckles At The Back? ListAdmin: AUS-NSW-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com BAGNALL-L@rootsweb.com BATE-L@rootsweb.com BENTON-ENG-L@rootsweb.com BLACKHAM-L@rootsweb.com FEREDAY-L@rootsweb.com HOLLOWOOD-L@rootsweb.com HOWDLE-L@rootsweb.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. No attachments sent without prior notification Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.360 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07/05/02 ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the subject, CHANGE the subject. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

janG, the guy on the answering machine sounds very unamused! and goes on to say that if you have genuine business with Buckngham palace to call another number which he gives, so no doubt the texters will just use that number too ! the switchboard at Buck house IS listed in teh telephone directory! Mellie IBSSG How Come My Coat Of Arms Has Buckles At The Back? ListAdmin: AUS-NSW-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com BAGNALL-L@rootsweb.com BATE-L@rootsweb.com BENTON-ENG-L@rootsweb.com BLACKHAM-L@rootsweb.com FEREDAY-L@rootsweb.com HOLLOWOOD-L@rootsweb.com HOWDLE-L@rootsweb.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. No attachments sent without prior notification Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.360 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07/05/02