mcgearhead said:We have none of that fancy caller i.d. anymore. Costs extra money, extra money we just don't have at this time. Instead we have an old style answering machine. It works just as good. Especially since we are behind on some bills at the moment. We just sit back and let them start talkin' into the machine. If it is somebody we know they ususally just say somethin' like if your there pick up the phone. If it's a bill collector or telemarketer they usually start givin' out all the info about who they are and what number to call 'em back with. It's a little old fashioned but it screens the calls on the cheap side !!!
Right on! That's what I did too. Machines are really cheap now. I got one two years ago for $20, dropped all the phancy phone pheatures and it paid for itself after the first month. Always nice to see that blinking light when you get home too (credit to Seinfeld for that observation).
More telemarketer torture --> play the piano on the keypad. Worse than nails on the blackboard to someone who's on the phone all day.