noteworthy wrote:

"It's totally like a networking thing."

There was a time when only phreaks had memorized the area codes. And back then, there were far fewer codes to know.

"I'm totally from Richmond."

Like, totally. "Give me a C, give me a U, give me a T ... TAX CUT!"

Samantha Test, 27, is the proud owner of the Cadillac of area codes, San Francisco's 415. It has enormous cachet.

Ms. Test says she just "feels more like a 415 than a 202."

Of course, this has been years in the making.

KRAMER: It's a whole different world downtown-- different Gap, different Tower Records, and she's a 646.
ELAINE: What? What is that?
JERRY: That's the new area code. They've run out of 212s, so all the new numbers are 646.
ELAINE: I was a 718 when I first moved here. I cried every night.

...

PHONE MAN: All right, miss Benes, all finished. Here's your new number.
ELAINE: Ahem. 646? What is this?
PHONE MAN: That's your new area code.
ELAINE: I thought 646 was just for new numbers.
PHONE MAN: This is a new number.
ELAINE: No, no, no, no. It's not a new number. It's--it's--it's just a changed number. See? It's not different. It's the same, just...changed.
PHONE MAN: Look, I work for the phone company. I've had a lot of experience with semantics, so don't try to lure me into some maze of circular logic.

...

Elaine and a man are talking.

MAN: You're probably one of those women who doesn't like to give out her number.
ELAINE: No, I'm not. Here you go.
MAN: 646?
ELAINE: It's a new area code.
MAN: What area? New Jersey?
ELAINE: No, no. It's right here in the city. It's the same as 212. They just multiplied it by 3, and then they added one to the middle number. It's the same.
MAN: Do I have to dial a one first?

Elaine nods and the man crumples up her number.

This is SO 770...

noteworthy wrote:

Samantha Test, 27, is the proud owner of the Cadillac of area codes, San Francisco's 415. It has enormous cachet.

Excellent! My number is a 415.

noteworthy wrote:

Samantha Test, 27, is the proud owner of the Cadillac of area codes, San Francisco's 415. It has enormous cachet.

Rattle replied:

Excellent! My number is a 415.

As a friendly reminder, I will direct your attention to Powell's Rules, Rule #3:

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

As a friendly reminder, I will direct your attention to Powell's Rules, Rule #3:

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Valid. I will be sure that I do not place too much value on my cell phone's area code, so that when San Francisco slides into the ocean, I my ego will not sink with it.