So what do you do when you look at your phone and see a missed call? It's an undisclosed number, but they did leave a voicemail. Only problem is the person has a thick accent and has mumbled a long message into the phone of which you can't understand a single word.

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 I rarely answer the phone these days.  Unless I'm expecting a call, or I'm standing next to the phone and I recognise the number I just let it go to the answer machine.  If I hear a message being left, I'll pick it up.  Usually, no message is left.  And as the phone is in the hall, if the door to the hall is closed and I'm listening to music or ( Read more... )

When I got back from holiday nearly two weeks ago, I was slightly surprised that there was no flashing light on my phone answering machine.  Usually there are a number of blank messages from cold callers not wishing to leave a message ( Read more... )

My mobile went off as I was having breakfast this morning.  (A rare event although it did ring as I was paying to go into the museum in Seattle a couple of weeks ago.  On that occasion, I failed to pick up the call, and I didn't recognise the number ( Read more... )

Just got back from a shopping trip and the light was flashing on my answerphone.  Not unusual, it's usually a cold caller.  But when I looked at the caller-ID display the number looked familiar.  Then I realised it was my number ( Read more... )

I was working on my computer a couple of days ago and I heard the phone ring.  I let the answer machine pick up and I heard a voice.  But when I got to the phone, it was obviously a recorded message.  Full text was something like, ",,,press 2.  If you are the named person, press 1 otherwise press 2.  Sorry there appears to be a problem ( Read more... )