Weird - FaceTime using different phone number

   HI  I was wondering if someone has any thoughts on this. This issue was first noticed on Mountain lion and the thread can be found here. I had no responses
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19855102#19855102
So my phone and messages app are both strange, I checked in settings-FACETIME and my number from a sim card I had used recently is in there and not my current one.  This is in more detail in the thread i posted but in short, my iphone is unlocked, traveled to another province used a sim card for a day then back to my original.  So messages on Lion is using my travel number 1-204-XXx-XXXx and Facetime on my iphone is using the 1-204 number as well. However on my iphone in settings my phone is the proper 1-306 as well as iMessage. Sure hope someone has an idea cause as of now I haven't found anything like this in the forums or online. Thanks

Never mind. Sovled. Had to turn Facetime and iMessage of for it to work. All normal on all ends now

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