Cotty wrote: >On 7/1/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >>I'm with you there. On my cell phone I answer most calls because the >>number is not widely distributed. But I always check the ID. If it's >>suppressed, I don't answer. I never answer my land line. I do check >>the messages from time to time. >> >> >You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or >landline. Unsolicited canvassing calls amount to probably less than half >a dozen a year. We get / make many calls to / from friends and >relatives. Call me old-fashioned, but chatting using voice is still my >preferred method of communication with fellow humans..... > > > Cotty, I'm with you there 100%. Living alone, both the land line and cell phone are essential to me. In semi-retirement and free-lancing every call could be a job - easy enough to hang up if it isn't.
It is a safety thing for me, as well. And then, I really do love to put the walkaround head set on my land line and be able to visit with friends while I'm sweeping the floor or doing other physical household chores. Only recently, I have ignored the phone when I'm engrossed in a film or tv show - but I listen to the message and pick up if it is more than a "just called to chat" And if someone is hleping me with something I know little about, hearing them explaint it while I'm doing it is much easier for me than rading it on the screen or having to print it out and then wonder where I put the paper. :) I've made purchase decisions based on what I found out when I called someone while I was in a store. I leave the cell phone on at all times in my home because sometimes the only way I can find it is to call the number from the land line. That usually happens about 4 or 5 times a week if not more. I didn't have one, though, until I had a long distance romance a few years ago - and with that it saved us both tons of money. You can tell I just woke up because I'm blah blah blahing :) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
