Yes, this has puzzled me. How does the third call lead to that conclusion? And why does the mother think that the caller can distinguish O and zero? On mid 20th-century dial telephones there was no O with the 6 (just MN), or am I wrong? If there was, didn't it share the same slot as the zero?

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From: Anthony Stadlen <STADLEN@AOL.COM>
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
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Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] SIGNS: Some responses (the name Rebecca, numbers, beach plums)

In a message dated 02/05/2008 11:43:29 GMT Standard Time, NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU writes:

Not a zero, as Jansy said. Dolinin relates it to various things.
Was it someone here who said that if the third call was the same
mistake, it would make 666?

I said that, in Dec. 2004, and pointed out that Christianly it is the number of the Beast, the Antichrist, death, etc. etc. But I also pointed out that Jewishly, by Gematria, three 6s make 18, which is life ([chet=8] + [yud=10]). So that as a symbol or sign the three 6s are completely ambiguous.

Anthony Stadlen

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