"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> I do that. But having the phone ringing many times a day only to hear
> <click> when the machine kicks in is driving me to distraction.
>
> OB Food: Ground chuck roast... decisions, decisions.

Same here. Even if I know who it is and don't want to take the call, this
one person will leave long winded messages on my answering machine and I am
forced to have that going on, even if it's in the background. And this
person will call again and again, repeatedly. It's to the point where I
don't even listen to the messages. They aren't saying anything of value. I
just wait till the calls stop and then erase them all.