On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:17:51 -0800 (PST), Tommy Joe
> wrote:

>On Dec 11, 3:32*pm, sf > wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:36:48 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
>>
>> > wrote:
>> > My nephew called me for Thanksgiving plans, but it came in on my
>> > CallerID with an area code and phone number I did recognize, so I did
>> > not pick up. He emailed me instead and I told him I';d been home when
>> > her called but didn't pick up and commented on why, and he replied
>> > that I'd have to memorize his number then! HA! Not likely gonna
>> > happen. Get a phone that transmits the correct CallerID info or expect
>> > to go to CallNotes!
>>
>> My husband's oldest sister has caller ID blocked on her land line, so
>> it appears on our cell phones as "private number" and we don't pick it
>> up because it's not identified. *Of course, she gets "mad" at us - but
>> all she needs to do is temporarily unblock it when she calls us (which
>> she always "forgets" to do). *She'll never change, so it's a stand off
>> because we won't pick up when she calls us from her house line.
>> Identify yourself or talk to the answering machine.
>
>
> Funny stuff - like which came first, the chicken or the egg. Funny
>situation there with your older sister.
>
>I see the funny

People who screen their calls have a disease; paranoia. Telephone
paranoia stems from hiding from bill collectors... there is no other
logical reason. I grew up with phones that didn't have caller ID so
even though my phones have that feature I rarely look at it before
answering. If it's some computer call I immediately hang up, if it's
anyone taking a survey I immediately hang up, if it's someone who
misdialed I politely tell them they got a wrong number and I
immediately hang up. For the few times in a year that I get one of
those kind of calls I'm not bothered. And some people screen their
calls because they don't want certain callers to know that they are
sitting there with nothing more important to do... my brother never
answers calls, he lets them go into voice mail so that when he calls
back a week later he can say he had a meeting with the dali lama or
some such just to make his ego go all aflutter. The one thing I
absolutely hate is when I call and they immediately ask if I can hold
a second... so before I can answer I'm on hold. Now I happen to know
how long a second is so I wait no more than two minutes and hang up.
If it's a business I'll call again later and usually get someone with
more maturity... if it's a private person I don't call back, they can
call me if they feel like it, they had their chance. I don't care,
I'm not much of a telephone person, I don't know how people can be
yakking 24/7, don't they ever do anything productive... my calls last
maybe five/ten minutes... and I rarely make more than two calls a day.