On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:12:49 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 1/18/2016 1:23 AM, Je?us wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 06:09:00 +0200, Opinicus
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:34:43 -0500, S Viemeister
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can't be bothered to waste _my_ time on them.
>>>> We have caller ID, and an answerphone. If the number isn't one I
>>>> recognise, I don't answer. If it's important, they'll leave a message.
>>>
>>> This is the method I use on my mobile line.
>>
>> As do I, only trouble is I have two friends whose numbers come up as
>> 'private', which a small percentage of scammers also have. But number
>> display is a great filter regardless.
>>
>If they give you their number, can you put it in your address book
>and give it a name?

Possibly Nancy, but I'm not in the U.S and our phone systems are
different, so I don't know for sure.

>Anyway, I do the same, I do not pick up if I don't know the number.
>
>And, thanks to modern technology, I don't know anyone's number, once
>I get it, it goes into the phone, never to be typed in again. Guess I
>should back up my list somehow.

I never was much good remembering phone numbers, although I do know
most of my friends numbers because it comes up on the phone display
when they call.