2009-06-19 33 -84

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Expedition

NWoodruff

This Geohash point is only about a mile out of my drive home for work. There is no reason why I shouldn't attempt this hash point. This hash point is near the Chattahoochee river that flows near by Atlanta proper. I knew that these were going to be expensive homes.

As I was driving up the road to find the hash point, I was in awe of beauty of these homes. I was kind of hoping that the property that the hash point was on was also for sale and empty. No luck.

As I found the nearest road access to the hash point, it was very lucky that it pointed to a short driveway where I could park. But, not so lucky as it had a fence blocking car access.

If you look at the first picture I took standing at the call box, I could have easily walked around the fence. The call box had a numeric pad like a telephone and then a bigger button to the right of it that was labled "Call". I pressed the button. It made a noise like it was ringing a phone somewhere. It rang 4 times and quit, maybe 15 seconds worth.

I pressed it again. Then again. And again. Then again. Once more, and again. You get the picture. After about the 100th time, I got a automated voice mail. Someone on the other end probably got tired or annoyed of listening to it ring. I got the hint.

I blabbed into the automated voice mail black hole, my name, a little about geohashing, why I wanted to have access to their property and then was promptly cut off with an automated "Thank you" and that was it.

I waited another two minutes or so hoping that someone on the other end might listen to the message and open the gate. Nothing.

So I started pressing the call button again. Four rings and then nothing. This time I only did it 10 times instead of 100 or so.

I thought to myself that maybe instead of trying to call them with the call button, maybe I could get them directly on the intercom with the # button. I pressed the # button and waited a second or so. I then got the sound of the busy signal.

I though.. Hmmmm. Why don't I try 0. I pressed 0 and waited. It rang once and an operator for Bellsouth answered. Well, kinda. I listed to a woman say "Bellsou.." and that was it. No more.

I dialed the number to my phone at my office. It rang once and quit. I tried my home number. It rang once and quit. I tried my moms house, it rang once and quit. I dialed my sisters house, long distance. It rang once and quit.

I then tried to think of other numbers. I dialed 411. There was no ring, but the 411 operator answered. I tried speaking into the call box but they couldn't hear me. The 411 operator disconnected.

I thought about dialing 911 just to see if it would work, but I decide that the people on the other end of the call box had probably had already dialed 911 and I didn't need to add further fuel to the fire by calling the cops myself and telling them I was playing around with someone call box and was probably annoying the bejesus out of them.

I decide that this was a good time to leave. I got back in my truck and headed back to Norcross.

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From the Call box, only 176 feet to go. Unfortunately after 15 minutes or so of pressing the call button, nobody answered.
161 feet to go from the fence.
The actual Geohash point is just right over there.
Multi-million dollar homes on this street.
There were a few multi-million dollar homes for sale, but no where close to as many in the middle class to upper-middle class homes. None of the multi-million dollar homes were in foreclosure.