The telespamming bozos at (515) 473-60XX called again, claiming to be checking on a price quote from last year. Unfortunately I didn't recognize the number right off and 1) picked up and 2) answered and 3) didn't lead them on a merry chase to send someone either to 301 E. Margaret St. or here where I or Jay could tell them off in person.

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A new telephone icon was another of the set of five.

Jumping ahead from the era of such telephones to the era of answering machines, the answering machine which used to have an outgoing message about the phone number rather than a name now has no message at all. I haven't spent much time looking for the manual or trying to figure out how to ( Read more... )

Jay and I have been getting calls from 515-473-60XX for a few days now. Despite the house number being on the Do Not Call list, they call and try to claim that they are rescheduling an appointment or confirming one. One call got far enough to discover it was about siding. The first time was annoying as the call is itself illegal due to the Do ( Read more... )

I wouldn't mind answering calls from pollsters all that much if they were genuine polls. I've now gotten two calls that pretended to be polls but were really what is known as "push polls."

The Push Poll starts out like a poll is expected to start. There is the matter of anyone in the household working for any campaign or if one is a journalist ( Read more... )

A few nights ago I answered the phone and started to get a spiel about offerings from the phone company I already have for local call, long distance (but never use as that's what Vonage is for) and DSL. I hung up on them, saying that I already did business with them. Of course, they know that, as it lets them exploit that loophole in the No Call ( Read more... )