Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

"....I've stopped answering calls that I don't recognize. If someone really wants me, leave a message and I can call back if I want"- Hawkeye

We do the same thing. Between the being on the "Do Not Call List" and with "Caller Block" we have eliminated most of the crank calls.

A beautiful late Winter Day here. Mostly sun, breezy with winds gusting ~20mph, and temperature now hovering around freezing.

A busy day taking care of "business" and the required "cultural activity" ending with trying a new for us barbecue joint. Good barbecue is hard to find around here. We'll see.

This modeled storm for March 22 - 24 is slowing down timeframe-wise to more of a 23 - 24 event for the NE. Timing, track, and elevation dependent snow.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

Have a good one everyone.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and no rain - yeaaaaa
Chance to dry out some

Hope to get some more mowing done.

Prayers for all

Be sad have a great day

 

[toppop52]

A rip roaring 44 with NW wind 12-24. I think next weeks cold and storm may well be the last true winter weather here. I sure hope so.
Went and got rear wiper blades for Ellen’s KIA Soul and my Borrego, they told here $20 ea, I paid $8.10 ea. My old connections still paying off.
Went to install mine and the clip end of the arm snapped, just brittle from exposure. I’ve hit with a structural plastic adhesive, getting ready to be disappointed I’m sure. Hope I don’t break hers!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hard to believe BOA would have a .jp email......

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Dad had a box on his home phone line that when he answered the phone it emitted a tone that the phone company uses when line has been disconnected. It took a few months but his spam calls dropped to almost none. I don't know if something like that is available for cells or not...

i have a Google Voice number that I pass out as my contact number. When dialed, both my land line and cell ring. Once a number is blocked, Google plays the "disconnected number" recording if the blocked number ever attempts to call again. I'm not sure what the caller hears once a number is blocked on my Verizon cell phone.

I also once had a lady call me and chew me out for making SPAM calls to her. They were supposedly coming from my landline, so I called AT&T to complain. Not sure what they did, but she stopped calling me and I haven't had anyone else call ever since.:confused2:

But I pretty much don't answer the telephone anymore. I'm not quick enough to get to it most times anyway.

It's hailing outside again...

 

[PJSprog]

I only answer calls on either the cell or the land line if I recognize the number or caller ID identifies it as someone I might want to talk to. Other than that, I let voice mail take it.

 

[LouNY]

I still answer my phones almost all the times, I get upset when my wife doesn't answer hers, as I tell her it could be an emergency or important.
I know that there are times when I call if there is no answer I don't leave a message.
Some times I will vent my anger on telemarketers some times I'll just hang up.

 

[Ed of all trades]

We have just started getting health insurance spam since wife went to nasty Dr. wonder if there is a connection. He works for UVA. We are getting a lot of calls lately that we need to get from all over about mom and other things so we answer most calls. Kinda sleepy, think I will go take a nap. Ed

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Answering the phone, even if it's hung up immediately, just registers with the caller's software that the called number is active and should remain on the list of numbers to be called again. Far better is to not answer at all, then block the number using the software on your smartphone. You'll never get a call from that number again. But since the SPAMers aren't actually calling from that number, you'll still get more calls from them until enough of their calls go unanswered that they take the number off their lists. It's actually illegal for SPAMers to call cell phone numbers, but there's almost ZERO chance of them getting caught. The only deterrent is not to answer. Let calls from unknown callers go to voicemail so you can return legitimate calls, and whitelist people in your contacts list so CallerID will let you know when it's safe to answer.

I use truecaller app on android.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I use the voice recognize app on the home phone. Answering machine gets them all, if i recognize the voice, i pick up.