[PLUG-TALK] Surprising way to shut up unwanted calls

[Dick Steffens]

On 5/2/23 14:43, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 2 May 2023, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
>> I don't remember where I heard this idea, but I decided to try it. 
>> When my phone rings, if I don't recognize the number I answer, "Go 
>> ahead caller, you're on the air."
>
> That's good. When I was growing up in NYC (rotary dial phones, no 
> caller ID,
> white and yellow pages that were 3" thick) I'd answer calls, "City morgue
> and tucking. You call, we haul." Family and friends knew they reached the
> right number while solicitors quickly hung up. Now, when I don't 
> recognize
> the caller ID I let it go to voice mail. There's either a message or the
> missed call counter is increased by 1.

I used to let unknown calls go to voice mail. Very rarely was a message 
left, so I figured I could save us all the trouble.

I like your NYC answer. Years ago I used to answer with, "Speak up. It's 
your nickle." That gives you an idea of how many hears ago that was. 
Some folks probably don't know what a nickle is. :-)

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Regards,

Dick Steffens