Pete, do you remember this one? If someone was flying in and you were to pick them up at the airport they would call person to person and ask for themselves. You'd say no, they're not here right now. Then they'd say I'll call back at 2. That way you'd know they were arriving at 2.
Yeah, this was kind of a ubiquitous dodge - like if someone was travelling somewhere, they'd make the call as a signal that they got there all right.
