Chuck Capan, REALTOR® Licensed In IL. - Moline Homes Quad Cities Real Estate

Sure signs of Spring are popping up. We will have more cold but the sun is shining brighter and longer. I'm giving a special shout out to my real estate buds across the land. New England friends have endured a fairly strong winter. Other East Coasters have perhaps seen a winter like no other, a special tip of the hat to Ed in D.C. getting 4 or 5 FOOT of snow is certainly a feat. JA must be clairvoyant...she moved from Denver to Pensacola (how did she know to do that?)

On the other end of the spectrum (and continent) Maggie in Vancouver certainly must think Al Gore is right on the money. As her city prepared to host the world they did everything right except Mother Nature really pulled a fast one.

The sign of spring I speak of tonight is not the usual sprouts of tulips or hosta. It is that my pantry contains The Spring Oreo Cookies...the ones with yellow filling.

The 8th Annual Oakwood Putt Putt Classic will be March 5th & 6th 2010 at Oakwood Country Club, Coal Valley Il. Join Iowa Hawkeye coach and Big Ten Coach of the Year, Kirk Ferentz.

Tudi's Tribe Foundation raises money to support The University of Iowa's Children's Hospital.

Also benefiting from America' Greatest Event are Quad City area kids with cancer.

So mark your calendar now for March 5th and 6th. On Friday evening there will be a Wine Tasting and Silent Auction. On Saturday the Putt Putt indoor golf challenge will get underway with a shotgun start.

After the tournament there is a chance for you to putt for $5,000.00. The Fry Daddies Concert will wrap up the day's fun.

This is a good time for all and a great way to support children right here in our hometown.

For detail. contact Brad Baltzell at 563-650-6335.

What another year gone by? Already? Oh, the years are starting to fly by...seem to be going faster and faster. Well buckle down and buckle up the Holiday Season is in full swing.

Red flags went up at first when I opened this morning's email.

>>Hi there,

>>I am interested in viewing one of your properties, could you please call me on my foreign mobile +882 135 502 99 to setup a time. As I am travelling at the moment I am unable to pickup emails regularly so please call.

>>Kind regards,

>>Liz Casey

>>Mobile: +882 135 502 99
>>Email: lizcasey@zapak.com

I ran a quick check on zapak.com. They are out of Mumbai (aka Bombay) India. This is not totally off the wall for me. I have several listings whose owners are from India, I have one listing the owner is from Bangladesh.

I call my good friend, Susmita, to see what she thinks. Susmita is from Nepal.

Yep, she says, make the call. Even though the country code is not correct (India is 91) since it is a mobile phone it could be correct.

Well I can't make International calls from my cell or office phone. So I go to that Universal International Communication Centre aka the local Quick-Shop to by a calling card.

hhhmmm...call cannot be completed as dialed...882 is the code for satelite phones...darn my card will not call sat-phones.

Let's check Google...ah there it is...LOTS of agents got the same email. Florida, Chicago, Arizona.

ha ha the joke is on me. I'm out $5.00. Guess I should have gone with my first instinct...delete the email.

So...

If anyone wants to make any calls in the US or International you can have what is left of the calling card.

Call 1-800-473-8975 when prompted enter PIN 578 805 3376
Then 1+area code+phone number for US or Canada
Or for calls to other countries
Dial 011+country code+city code+phone number

Enjoy!