Was it you who mentioned during an OT discussion that you have an AT&T
Answerphone like I have? The one with the digital female voice that
*tries* to announce who is calling and often flubs it? I was reading
yesterday. It sounded to me like the caller was "Mayonnaise Tofu".
Struck me as pretty funny.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Was it you who mentioned during an OT discussion that you have an AT&T
> Answerphone like I have? The one with the digital female voice that
> *tries* to announce who is calling and often flubs it? I was reading
> yesterday. It sounded to me like the caller was "Mayonnaise Tofu". Struck
> me as pretty funny.
>
> Jill


No Jill, sorry. I do have a Caller ID that tells the caller that we don't
accept anonymous calls. and a message that we record on the answering
machine, but that's it.

Cheri

On 4/25/2018 11:21 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> Was it you who mentioned during an OT discussion that you have an AT&T
> Answerphone like I have?Â* The one with the digital female voice that
> *tries* to announce who is calling and often flubs it?Â* I was reading
> yesterday.Â* It sounded to me like the caller was "Mayonnaise Tofu".
> Struck me as pretty funny.
>
> Jill

We have that (or similar) phone. It is very handy at times but can
certainly mess up some names. Even with caller ID, you cannot always
see the phone so hearing it helps.

On 4/25/2018 12:14 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/25/2018 11:21 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Was it you who mentioned during an OT discussion that you have an
>> AT&T Answerphone like I have? The one with the digital female voice
>> that *tries* to announce who is calling and often flubs it?Â* I was
>> reading yesterday.Â* It sounded to me like the caller was "Mayonnaise
>> Tofu". Struck me as pretty funny.
>>
>> Jill
>
> We have that (or similar) phone.Â* It is very handy at times but can
> certainly mess up some names.Â* Even with caller ID, you cannot always
> see the phone so hearing it helps.

Â* Our Panasonic tries hard , but some of the pronunciations are
hilarious .

--
Snag
Ain't no dollar sign on
peace of mind - Zac Brown

On 4/25/2018 1:14 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/25/2018 11:21 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Was it you who mentioned during an OT discussion that you have an AT&T
>> Answerphone like I have?Â* The one with the digital female voice that
>> *tries* to announce who is calling and often flubs it?Â* I was reading
>> yesterday.Â* It sounded to me like the caller was "Mayonnaise Tofu".
>> Struck me as pretty funny.
>>
>> Jill
>
> We have that (or similar) phone.Â* It is very handy at times but can
> certainly mess up some names.Â* Even with caller ID, you cannot always
> see the phone so hearing it helps.

Hearing it just tells me I don't have to stop what I'm doing to know if
I want to pick up the phone. I rarely do when "Mayonnaise Tofu" is
calling. Of course it turned out to be something else on the display
but still not any reason for me to answer the phone.

Jill

On 4/25/2018 11:30 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Was it you who mentioned during an OT discussion that you have an AT&T
>> Answerphone like I have?* The one with the digital female voice that
>> *tries* to announce who is calling and often flubs it?* I was reading
>> yesterday.* It sounded to me like the caller was "Mayonnaise Tofu".
>> Struck me as pretty funny.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> No Jill, sorry. I do have a Caller ID that tells the caller that we
> don't accept anonymous calls. and a message that we record on the
> answering machine, but that's it.
>
> Cheri

Sorry, Cheri, for some reason I thought it was you.

Jill

On 4/25/2018 1:23 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> On 4/25/2018 12:14 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 4/25/2018 11:21 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> Was it you who mentioned during an OT discussion that you have an
>>> AT&T Answerphone like I have? The one with the digital female voice
>>> that *tries* to announce who is calling and often flubs it?Â* I was
>>> reading yesterday.Â* It sounded to me like the caller was "Mayonnaise
>>> Tofu". Struck me as pretty funny.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> We have that (or similar) phone.Â* It is very handy at times but can
>> certainly mess up some names.Â* Even with caller ID, you cannot always
>> see the phone so hearing it helps.
>
> Â* Our Panasonic tries hard , but some of the pronunciations are
> hilarious .
>
Yes they are!

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> but still not any reason for me to answer the phone.

Ringer stays off on my phone. Answering machine catches all.
Don't leave a message, you'll never hear back from me.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> but still not any reason for me to answer the phone.
>
> Ringer stays off on my phone. Answering machine catches all.
> Don't leave a message, you'll never hear back from me.


Except if the message is flashing when I get back, that would mean that I
have to listen to them, I do not want to do that, much easier for the caller
ID to stop them. I get a ton of telemarketers.

Cheri

On 2018-04-25 1:14 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/25/2018 11:21 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Was it you who mentioned during an OT discussion that you have an AT&T
>> Answerphone like I have?Â* The one with the digital female voice that
>> *tries* to announce who is calling and often flubs it?Â* I was reading
>> yesterday.Â* It sounded to me like the caller was "Mayonnaise Tofu".
>> Struck me as pretty funny.
>>
>> Jill
>
> We have that (or similar) phone.Â* It is very handy at times but can
> certainly mess up some names.Â* Even with caller ID, you cannot always
> see the phone so hearing it helps.


Our phones have the option for talking caller ID but I turned it off
because it was too funny to hear the Chinglish announcements. My wife
has a friend who calls frequently and the caller ID shows Douglas John
but the talking CID has a strong accent and says Doogras CHON.

On 2018-04-25 2:25 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Gary" > wrote in message
> ...
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> but still not any reason for me to answer the phone.
>>
>> Ringer stays off on my phone. Answering machine catches all.
>> Don't leave a message, you'll never hear back from me.
>
>
> Except if the message is flashing when I get back, that would mean that
> I have to listen to them, I do not want to do that, much easier for the
> caller ID to stop them. I get a ton of telemarketers.

They seem go in cycles. I am on the national Do Not Call registry but
every once in a while I start to get a bunch of telemarketers,
invariable with anglicized names and Indian accents. If I have time I
have a little fun with them and try to keep them on the line as possible
so that they won't be hassling other people. The calls come for a
couple weeks and then they stop. Maybe someone else is complaining
enough that they get shut down.

Then there are the survey calls. Pollsters are exempted from the DNC
rules. You have to wonder about the randomness of their calls when
selected at random 3-4 times in one week.

On 4/25/2018 2:25 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Gary" > wrote in message
> ...
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> but still not any reason for me to answer the phone.
>>
>> Ringer stays off on my phone. Answering machine catches all.
>> Don't leave a message, you'll never hear back from me.
>
>
> Except if the message is flashing when I get back, that would mean that
> I have to listen to them, I do not want to do that, much easier for the
> caller ID to stop them. I get a ton of telemarketers.
>
> Cheri

Not really. The flashing light is an indicator. You don't have to
listen to what usually amount to hang-ups calls. Press delete and
they're gone.

Jill

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2018-04-25 2:25 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> but still not any reason for me to answer the phone.
>>>
>>> Ringer stays off on my phone. Answering machine catches all.
>>> Don't leave a message, you'll never hear back from me.
>>
>>
>> Except if the message is flashing when I get back, that would mean that I
>> have to listen to them, I do not want to do that, much easier for the
>> caller ID to stop them. I get a ton of telemarketers.
>
> They seem go in cycles. I am on the national Do Not Call registry but
> every once in a while I start to get a bunch of telemarketers, invariable
> with anglicized names and Indian accents. If I have time I have a little
> fun with them and try to keep them on the line as possible so that they
> won't be hassling other people. The calls come for a couple weeks and
> then they stop. Maybe someone else is complaining enough that they get
> shut down.
>
> Then there are the survey calls. Pollsters are exempted from the DNC
> rules. You have to wonder about the randomness of their calls when
> selected at random 3-4 times in one week.


The Do Not Call list is a joke here. I get a lot of them for solar, carpet
cleaning, surveys etc. There is one that has a 209 area code, same as mine,
but when I looked it up it was coming from Tennessee. They call at least
once every day and have for two or so months, changing some numbers around
and sometimes they will giggle for a few seconds. Dunno why.

Cheri

Cheri

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 4/25/2018 2:25 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> but still not any reason for me to answer the phone.
>>>
>>> Ringer stays off on my phone. Answering machine catches all.
>>> Don't leave a message, you'll never hear back from me.
>>
>>
>> Except if the message is flashing when I get back, that would mean that I
>> have to listen to them, I do not want to do that, much easier for the
>> caller ID to stop them. I get a ton of telemarketers.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Not really. The flashing light is an indicator. You don't have to listen
> to what usually amount to hang-ups calls. Press delete and they're gone.
>
> Jill


Not on mine, it won't allow you to delete until you have listened to the
message, very aggravating.

Cheri

On 4/25/2018 1:43 PM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> but still not any reason for me to answer the phone.
>
> Ringer stays off on my phone. Answering machine catches all.
> Don't leave a message, you'll never hear back from me.
>
So you never hear your phone ring? And you don't return messages. Why
have one?

Sometimes I ignore the phone even it when it's someone I want to talk
with. If I'm in the middle of doing laundry, sorry, got to wait. Or
maybe I'm cooking something which requires my attention. Leave a
message, I'll get back with you in a few minutes.

I don't drop everything the minute the phone rings. I leave that for
the "gotta-be-constantly-connected" cell-phone generation.

I do like the announce feature on the Answerphone. It's often comical
in the pronunciations.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > Ringer stays off on my phone. Answering machine catches all.
> > Don't leave a message, you'll never hear back from me.
> >
> So you never hear your phone ring? And you don't return messages. Why
> have one?

Ringer stays off as most calls are worthless. Most sales calls
won't leave a message so that eliminates all that nonsense.
Personal messages get returned. I didn't say I don't return
messages. People that know me know to leave a message. Anytime I
go into that bedroom, I look at the machine. If it's blinking,
I'll listen.

I also still have dialup internet access. Still fine for usenet
and best for more secure connections like checking my bank
account, etc. For most anything else, I have wifi here now but
it's public not secure. It's free neighborhood wifi. Range isn't
far but I can get it from either bedroom...not farther into the
house like where my desktop is set up.

It's all good and it works well for me.

Cheri wrote:
>
> Not on mine, it won't allow you to delete until you have listened to the
> message, very aggravating.

You might want to experiment with your machine, Cheri.
On mine, I have to press play to listen or delete.
I don't have to listen to a whole message though.
As soon as each message starts, pressing delete will
immediately work...don't have to listen to it all.

I do have to start each one though. Also, my machine
detects and doesn't keep calls where no one left a
message.

But you have caller id so that works well too unless
someone you know is calling from a different phone.