All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.

I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
a message including ID?
--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 2015-01-17, James Silverton > wrote:

> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> a message including ID?

Agree.

I get a buncha bogus calls, like "wireless caller", etc. My most
recent is "Ohio". Calls twice per day and leaves no message. I can
ignore my phone jes as often as you dial it!

nb

On 01/17/2015 10:26 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>
> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> a message including ID?

In my house, I have one rule: I pay the telephone bills, so I make the
rules. A corollary to this rule is that I feel no compunction whatsoever
to answer any incoming call, unless it comes from family, friends or
established business relationships. In all other cases, it's pick up the
phone and hang up immediately.

On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:26:34 -0500, James Silverton
> wrote:

> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>
> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> a message including ID?

Not necessarily, but if they are a stranger - I don't care.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

I have gotten calls from me. In the night I sometimes hear a phone ringing and it's not my phone. I think it's my sick friend who is nearly comatose trying to contact me.

On 2015-01-17 2:01 PM, wrote:
> I have gotten calls from me. In the night I sometimes hear a phone
> ringing and it's not my phone. I think it's my sick friend who is
> nearly comatose trying to contact me.
>

The last very late night call I had from a name and number we didn't
recognize turned out to have been my mother's neighbour. She had been
asked to call to tell me that may mother had fallen and was not taken to
the hospital but someone was to check her first thing in the morning.

On 1/17/2015 1:26 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>
> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> a message including ID?


Maybe. When my grandson's pharmacy calls is just says TOLL FREE CALL
and an 800 number.

We do get a log of WIRELESS CALLER and most are legit, but we recognize
the number. With the proliferation of cell phones, it seems they don't
keep up with the names well. If my wife calls on her cell it comes up
with the wireless caller, but the number does display. From experience
I'd say you can ignore most (95%) of them, but if you are expecting a
call from someone that has never called you before, there is always that
possibility it could be them

We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or just
the number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as the caller.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/17/2015 1:26 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
>> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
>> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>>
>> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
>> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
>> a message including ID?
>
>
> Maybe. When my grandson's pharmacy calls is just says TOLL FREE CALL and
> an 800 number.
>
> We do get a log of WIRELESS CALLER and most are legit, but we recognize
> the number. With the proliferation of cell phones, it seems they don't
> keep up with the names well. If my wife calls on her cell it comes up
> with the wireless caller, but the number does display. From experience I'd
> say you can ignore most (95%) of them, but if you are expecting a call
> from someone that has never called you before, there is always that
> possibility it could be them
>
> We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or just the
> number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as the caller.
>

if in doubt, screen the call with your answering machine. Or answer,
pretending to be one.

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
>
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message:
> >
> > We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or just the
> > number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as the caller.
> >
I've gotten two like this with MY name and number showing as being the caller. No message left.
>
>
> if in doubt, screen the call with your answering machine. Or answer,
> pretending to be one.
>
>
UGH, I hate it when the answering does pick up but they never say anything as it's a marketing call of some sort, robotic to be sure. The Pro Caller Block device I bought last year has weeded out 99% of those stupid calls.

$65 verrrrrry well spent, I think.

On 2015-01-17 5:22 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message:
>>>
>>> We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or
>>> just the number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as
>>> the caller.
>>>
> I've gotten two like this with MY name and number showing as being
> the caller. No message left.

Funny. I have had emails from myself that I did not send.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2015-01-17 5:22 PM, wrote:
>> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
>>>
>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message:
>>>>
>>>> We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or
>>>> just the number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as
>>>> the caller.
>>>>
>> I've gotten two like this with MY name and number showing as being
>> the caller. No message left.
>
> Funny. I have had emails from myself that I did not send.
>

you just don't remember sending them.

On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:37:34 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2015-01-17 5:22 PM, wrote:
>> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
>>>
>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message:
>>>>
>>>> We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or
>>>> just the number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as
>>>> the caller.
>>>>
>> I've gotten two like this with MY name and number showing as being
>> the caller. No message left.
>
>Funny. I have had emails from myself that I did not send.
>
That's a pretty good sign you've been hacked and you need to change
your e-mail password.

koko

--

Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:37:34 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2015-01-17 5:22 PM, wrote:
> > On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
> >>
> >> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message:
> >>>
> >>> We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or
> >>> just the number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as
> >>> the caller.
> >>>
> > I've gotten two like this with MY name and number showing as being
> > the caller. No message left.
>
> Funny. I have had emails from myself that I did not send.
>
>
Wondering what you people have done for that to happen.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room.

On 2015-01-17, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 2015-01-17 5:22 PM, wrote:
>> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
>>>
>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message:

>>>> We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or
>>>> just the number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as
>>>> the caller.

>> I've gotten two like this with MY name and number showing as being
>> the caller. No message left.

> Funny. I have had emails from myself that I did not send.

I also have experienced this telephone weirdness. Get a call and
caller ID names myself and my home number as the caller. Hell no, I
ain't ansering that call!

nb

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 5:22:18 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
> >
> > "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message:
> > >
> > > We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or just the
> > > number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as the caller.
> > >
> I've gotten two like this with MY name and number showing as being the caller. No message left.
> >
> >
> > if in doubt, screen the call with your answering machine. Or answer,
> > pretending to be one.
> >
> >
> UGH, I hate it when the answering does pick up but they never say anything as it's a marketing call of some sort, robotic to be sure. The Pro Caller Block device I bought last year has weeded out 99% of those stupid calls.
>
> $65 verrrrrry well spent, I think.

Could this ever backfire on you tho? Or do you choose every number you wish to block?

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 7:08:22 PM UTC-6, Kalmia wrote:
>
> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 5:22:18 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>
> > UGH, I hate it when the answering does pick up but they never say anything as it's a marketing call of some sort, robotic to be sure. The Pro Caller Block device I bought last year has weeded out 99% of those stupid calls.
> >
> > $65 verrrrrry well spent, I think.
>
> Could this ever backfire on you tho? Or do you choose every number you wish to block?
>
>
I can choose which numbers to block. I was getting 4 or 5 marketing calls every day and the answering machine did answer but messages were never left.. Even though the machine answered it was annoying to hear that phone ring so many times per day. Now some days it doesn't ring at all and the silence is much appreciated.

> wrote in message
...
> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message:
>> >
>> > We always ignore the ones that just come up with a state name or just
>> > the
>> > number 1 and even the ones that show our house number as the caller.
>> >
> I've gotten two like this with MY name and number showing as being the
> caller. No message left.
>>
>>
>> if in doubt, screen the call with your answering machine. Or answer,
>> pretending to be one.
>>
>>
> UGH, I hate it when the answering does pick up but they never say anything
> as it's a marketing call of some sort, robotic to be sure. The Pro Caller
> Block device I bought last year has weeded out 99% of those stupid calls.
>
> $65 verrrrrry well spent, I think.
>

thanks. that was just the kick in the pants I needed to get one myself.

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 7:54:19 PM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> >>
> > UGH, I hate it when the answering does pick up but they never say anything
> > as it's a marketing call of some sort, robotic to be sure. The Pro Caller
> > Block device I bought last year has weeded out 99% of those stupid calls.
> >
> > $65 verrrrrry well spent, I think.
> >
>
> thanks. that was just the kick in the pants I needed to get one myself.
>
>
The one I bought will block 1,000 calls if I remember correctly (too lazy to get up and look). Right now it has 100 blocked numbers in memory and about 85 of those blocked calls are marketing calls and I've had this gizmo just over a year.

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 1:24:57 PM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>
> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> a message including ID?


999 out of 1000 calls are not life or death matters - so don't worry about what you may have missed.

On 1/17/2015 5:19 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 1:24:57 PM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
>> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
>> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
>> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>>
>> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
>> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
>> a message including ID?
>
>
> 999 out of 1000 calls are not life or death matters - so don't worry about what you may have missed.
>
It's pretty simple: If they hang up without leaving a message it
couldn't be terribly important. Certainly not Lassie barking out "Timmy
fell down the well!" important. YMMV

Jill

"James Silverton" wrote in message ...

All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.

I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
a message including ID?
--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

~~~~~~~
I do the same thing. I only pick up if I know the person shown on caller ID
or recognize the number. I assume that anyone who really needs/wants to
talk to me will leave a message. My phone system also has "talking caller
ID," so I can easily screen the calls if I am home, and I will pick up as
soon as someone starts talking if it is someone I know. The only exception
is when I am expecting an important call and am not sure of the telephone
number. What's more, I usually regret picking up in those cases--the
"important call" usually shows the name of the person or business, and the
pick up without that information is usually spam.

MaryL

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 8:24:57 AM UTC-10, James Silverton wrote:
> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>
> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> a message including ID?
> --
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
> Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

I think you're doing the right thing. I use my cell as a business line and I'm very reluctant to pick up from unknown numbers these days. I used to mark all calls from telemarketers and hang ups with "DNA" but now I just won't pickup unless it's in my phone book. My guess is that I get a lot more shitty calls than you because my number is listed to a business. It's a damn nuisance!

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 1:24:57 PM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>
> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> a message including ID?
> --
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
> Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

I don't think my cell phone ever gives my name on caller ID, is this unusual?

On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:25:57 -0800 (PST), wrote:

> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 1:24:57 PM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
> > All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
> > have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
> > and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
> >
> > I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> > unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> > a message including ID?
>
> I don't think my cell phone ever gives my name on caller ID, is this unusual?

The other person will know it's you if they have your cell number
programmed under your name in their cell phone's address book.
Landline caller ID is different. It's been 10 years since I've had a
landline, but I think they won't see who it is if the caller is using
an unlisted number or has ID blocking on their phone line and forgets
to bypass it.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

> wrote in message
...
> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 1:24:57 PM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
>> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
>> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
>> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>>
>> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
>> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
>> a message including ID?
>> --
>> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>>
>> Extraneous "not." in Reply To.
>
> I don't think my cell phone ever gives my name on caller ID, is this
> unusual?

Yes.

wrote in message
...


I don't think my cell phone ever gives my name on caller ID, is this
unusual?

~~~~~~~~
It seems to depend on what system you are using (or possibly your contract).
I only see "wireless caller" and a telephone number when my sister calls
with her cell phone, but I see my aunt's name and telephone number when she
calls.

MaryL

I meant if I call a landline phone with my cell it doesn't give my name.

On 1/23/2015 8:23 AM, wrote:
> I meant if I call a landline phone with my cell it doesn't give my name.
>

Happens a lot. I get a few call like that every day but I see the number
and know the caller. Manyh of the phones are pre-paid and not
registered to a particular owner so they have nothing to put up. Also,
with the proliferation of cell phones, I don't think ATT and Verizon
keep up very well.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>coltwvu wrote:
>> I meant if I call a landline phone with my cell it doesn't give my name.
>
>Happens a lot. I get a few call like that every day but I see the number
>and know the caller. Many of the phones are pre-paid and not
>registered to a particular owner so they have nothing to put up. Also,
>with the proliferation of cell phones, I don't think ATT and Verizon
>keep up very well.

It depends on how one uses their phone when they have Caller ID...
with Verizon I set my Anonymous Call by dialing: *77 = On/*87 = Off
I keep it set on On (*77) all the time to keep crank callers from
seeing my info when I pick up, I almost always pick up without
checking who it is. To release my ID for making a particular call all
I need do is preface dialing by first dialing *82.
Anyone who subscribes to Caller ID needs to ask their service for the
Users Instructions... I'll assume instructions are different for each
service but perhaps not, I never compared with someone who uses a
different service from Verizon.
I find the effort of releasing my Anonymous caller no big deal as I
make few calls to people who need to know who's calling before they
pick up. I rarely look at the caller ID before picking up... I'm not
paranoid. For me Caller ID is mostly useful to check who phoned while
I was out as a lot of people I know are like me in that I don't leave
a voicemail unless I have something to say that's important, not to
just say Hi. When I'm home I alway's let the phone ring at least
twice before picking up, that way it records the caller's ID if it's
released, then I may phone them to say sorry I was out. To me the
most offensive telephone manners are from the control freaks who are
right there but won't pick up until they hear me leaving a voicemail
so they can hear why I'm calling before deciding whether to pick up,
they make me leave a long message and then if I indicate I have
something to share that benefits them they pick up... those are the
creeps not worth knowing.

"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
...

To me the
most offensive telephone manners are from the control freaks who are
right there but won't pick up until they hear me leaving a voicemail
so they can hear why I'm calling before deciding whether to pick up,
they make me leave a long message and then if I indicate I have
something to share that benefits them they pick up... those are the
creeps not worth knowing.

~~~~~~~
I may be one of those "control freaks" you dislike, but not nearly to the
extent you described. I get a great many spam messages (several each
day--some wanting to sell, some requesting donations, some that are blank
and don't say anything if I do pick up, etc.). Those are the calls that
annoy me. So, I screen my calls. If the person's name shows up or I
recognize the number, I always pick up. If not, I wait for the person on
the other end of the line to speak. It does not need to be a long message.
I will pick up immediately if it is someone I recognize, but I do not want
to pick up if I don't know the person (or get a message that show that it's
important). I *never* use call screening in the way you described where I
would only pick up after learning *why* someone I already know is calling.

MaryL

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:26:48 -0600, "MaryL"
> wrote:

>
>
>"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
.. .
>
> To me the
>most offensive telephone manners are from the control freaks who are
>right there but won't pick up until they hear me leaving a voicemail
>so they can hear why I'm calling before deciding whether to pick up,
>they make me leave a long message and then if I indicate I have
>something to share that benefits them they pick up... those are the
>creeps not worth knowing.
>
>~~~~~~~
>I may be one of those "control freaks" you dislike, but not nearly to the
>extent you described. I get a great many spam messages (several each
>day--some wanting to sell, some requesting donations, some that are blank
>and don't say anything if I do pick up, etc.). Those are the calls that
>annoy me. So, I screen my calls. If the person's name shows up or I
>recognize the number, I always pick up. If not, I wait for the person on
>the other end of the line to speak. It does not need to be a long message.
>I will pick up immediately if it is someone I recognize, but I do not want
>to pick up if I don't know the person (or get a message that show that it's
>important). I *never* use call screening in the way you described where I
>would only pick up after learning *why* someone I already know is calling.
>
>MaryL

You must do something to attract all those creepy calls, it's very
rare I get a call from someone selling something, maybe two a year...
I hang up saying nothing, they do not call back.

On 1/23/2015 7:26 PM, MaryL wrote:
>
> I may be one of those "control freaks" you dislike, but not nearly to
> the extent you described. I get a great many spam messages (several
> each day--some wanting to sell, some requesting donations, some that are
> blank and don't say anything if I do pick up, etc.). Those are the
> calls that annoy me. So, I screen my calls. If the person's name shows
> up or I recognize the number, I always pick up. If not, I wait for the
> person on the other end of the line to speak. It does not need to be a
> long message. I will pick up immediately if it is someone I recognize,
> but I do not want to pick up if I don't know the person (or get a
> message that show that it's important). I *never* use call screening in
> the way you described where I would only pick up after learning *why*
> someone I already know is calling.
>
> MaryL

I took a survey online yesterday, had to guess "How many American women
screen their phone calls?" Answer, 88%. We are not alone.

Jill

My bathrooms have 1 receptacle ea or the big bathroom has 1.5 because there's 1 on the medicine cabinet.

I heard the phone ringing in the night again and it wasn't my phone. If it was tinnitus I'd hear it in the day sometime, I rarely hear it in the night.

I live in a house. I still think it's the nearly comatose woman I know trying to contact me but she isn't doing a very good job of it.

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 1:24:57 PM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>
> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> a message including ID?
> --
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
> Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

My cell phone is by my bed at night but it's ringer is turned off.

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 1:24:57 PM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>
> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
> a message including ID?
> --
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
> Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

I like your M. O. Matches mine to a T.

On 1/17/2015 1:34 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:26:34 -0500, James Silverton wrote:
>
>> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
>> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
>> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>>
>> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
>> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
>> a message including ID?
>
> If you're THIS lonely to be posting all this OT crap here, then you
> should be answering ALL the calls that you get.
>
> of course you know you'll get dozens of replies about spam
> telemarketing here, just like you did last time you instigated a
> similar conversation.
>
> Nothing but a lonely troll.
>
> -sw
>
We *do* seem to go through this pointless discussion once a year at the
very least.

If they won't identify themselves or leave a message then it can't be
terribly important. Seems pretty simple to me. Then again, I have no
problem ignoring a ringing telephone.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/17/2015 1:34 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:26:34 -0500, James Silverton wrote:
>>
>>> All the phones that are convenient in my house can display Caller ID. I
>>> have taken only to answering those that show an intelligible identity
>>> and not "unknown caller" etc., nor "wireless caller" nor a phone number.
>>>
>>> I also have an answering service and I wonder if I am making any
>>> unfortunate mistakes with my policy since any serious caller will leave
>>> a message including ID?
>>
>> If you're THIS lonely to be posting all this OT crap here, then you
>> should be answering ALL the calls that you get.
>>
>> of course you know you'll get dozens of replies about spam
>> telemarketing here, just like you did last time you instigated a
>> similar conversation.
>>
>> Nothing but a lonely troll.
>>
>> -sw
>>
> We *do* seem to go through this pointless discussion once a year at the
> very least.
>
> If they won't identify themselves or leave a message then it can't be
> terribly important. Seems pretty simple to me. Then again, I have no
> problem ignoring a ringing telephone.
>
> Jill

but maybe it's the club with a fantastic meal deal for you!

On 1/17/2015 1:52 PM, jmcquown wrote:

>
> If they won't identify themselves or leave a message then it can't be
> terribly important. Seems pretty simple to me. Then again, I have no
> problem ignoring a ringing telephone.
>
> Jill

My wife ignored one last Friday. It sure looked like the telemarketer
type of number, turns out it was one of her doctor's offices calling.
They left a message, but we did not see it until it was too late to call
that day. That was the only time their number did not show properly.