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Westtexan
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07-16-2004

Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Westtexan a private message Print Post    
I heard somewhere that if you say, "Take me off your calling list," they have to end the call and remove your name/number from their list. Ever since I heard that, I cut them off quickly and politely and give them that line. So far it has worked like a charm every time. They end the call politely.

If they don't, I would be very skeptical of the legitimacy of the call and hang up on them.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 8:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Too bad that doesn't work for politicians. I got so many calls this election year. Maybe we should say if they call us again we will take them off of our 'vote for' list.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
With the politician's calls, I actually just politely said, "I don't discuss politics over the phone." Every single caller politely ended the call right then and there. I was floored when it worked the first time. And very pleased every time it worked afterwards! It will be my new line every election time from now on.

As for screening my calls and such. Well, I'm hardly ever near the answering machine to hear who the caller is. Caller ID is a little bit more tricky, since even when its my sis, it often says "out of area." And she can be a real "ahem" about my not picking up her calls immediately. You'd have to have had a lifetime of dealing with her to understand why its easier to just pick up the damn phone, than to hear about it later that she had to leave a message.

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Oh Skoots, that was so dang funny...."I dont have a phone"...Can I borrow your line....thanks for the laugh...

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 10:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
That is a good one, Whoami. My point is that I should not have to get up and answer the politician calls in the first place. Why can't there be a no call list for politicians?

I screen all my calls now. If I don't know who's calling I don't answer unless you leave a message.

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
I found out by accident the phone sales are not allowed to call businesses. So we used that to our advantage.

My oldest son went through a phase where he answered the phone with " yankee stadium, third base ". Mostly only when it was friends or family calling. One day it was a telemarketer. She paused and said "Is this a business phone?' He said "Yes mam, it's third base at Yankee Stadium." Now mind you we live no where near Yankee Stadium and I pretty sure they don't have a phone on third base. But she apologized and tagged our number as a business. Most of the calls stopped.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 8:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Just a word of warning about screening calls. I tried calling a friend from the hospital emergency room. It comes up as an unknown caller as most hospitals don't want that phone number to be public knowledge.

Also, a doctor probably won't be able to reach you at home for the same reason...his number will be blocked and you won't pick up.

I'm probably not making all this very clear, but you will miss calls you would rather answer with caller ID and the blocked call feature you can have put on a regular phone.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
Practically every call that was received on the home phone was a soliciter. We solved this by getting rid of the home phone & now every member of the household has a cell - works for us & has for about a year now. We've no intentions of changing back.

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
On the subject of phone calls I just received an odd one.

A man just called here the name came up Operation Divis...with a 865 area code. He asked for Lubie. I told him he had the wrong number. He then asked me if this was the xxxx residence. It was our name so I said yes. He then said Lubie XXX was one of my neighbors he was trying to get in touch with. I told him the name didn't ring a bell. So he thanked me and hung up.

The more I think about it the more odd it seems. I know 4 out of our 6 neighbors no Lubie. But even if I did know them. Did this man really expect me to run down the street and tell someone they have a phone call? Last time I looked I didn't get any paychecks from Operation Divis....

Does anyone have any idea why someone would make that kind of call?

Loyolamom
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05-10-2005

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Loyolamom a private message Print Post    
Biloxibelle, a long time ago we use to receive calls like that. In our case they were bill collectors looking for our neighbors.

In regards to politicians calling, my husband is registered with one party and I'm registered with the other. We received automated phone calls from EVERYONE who ran for ANYTHING this past election! The day before election day we had five calls in an hour and fifteen minutes and they began at 8:00 a.m. As I'm a serious night owl, I was not a happy camper!!

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 9:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
Biloxibelle, a long time ago we use to receive calls like that. In our case they were bill collectors looking for our neighbors.

Really? Wow isn't that a bunch of bunk. What makes a company think they can bother a neighbor if someone owes them money. I never co-signed with this person. I don't even know who they are. They should not be allowed to do that period!

Loyolamom
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05-10-2005

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Loyolamom a private message Print Post    
Biloxi it drove me absolutely crazy! We were just married and didn't have much money at the time so we were living in a less than desireable neighborhood. We were only one of two homes on our blocked that were lived in by the owners, the rest were renters. We never got to know anyone but the other live-in owners. The rest moved in and out like the wind...half the time in the middle of the night:-)

The bill collectors would ask if we knew so and so, did we think they were home, did we have their number...stuff like that. Ahhh, those were good times...not!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
We get phone calls all the time for Darren's sisters. Old school friends and boyfriends who can't find the sisters names in the phone book but find Darren's and hope to connect with them through him. That's not a gripe really.

What is is that Darren refuses to give his sisters phone numbers or addresses to these people. Most the time the caller understands and will leave their phone number with him so he can pass it along to whichever sister (and he always does,) but sometimes the caller gets irrate that he won't just give out their contact info. He says he either doesn't remember these "friends" or only has vague memories and doesn't know what led to their losing contact, and some of the "friends" they had in high school were sort of scary so no way is he going to give out their information. My thought is the ones getting mad that he won't just give out their phone numbers are probably the ones you shouldn't be giving them out to anyways!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Biloxibelle, I simply Googled "Operation Divis" and look what I found. I wasn't even sure if your "..." meant that there was more to the name, but I Googled it anyways. I think there is something very wierd about your call...
http://whocalled.us/lookup/9043966994

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Huk, I think this website might help out CND...

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
Great find Huk. Although I don't like what I am reading. I plugged in the number that is on my caller ID here it is. http://whocalled.us/lookup/8656878993

It seems they keep calling from the comments. They had to do a search as they had our right name and phone number. However, I have no idea who my so called neighbor Lubie is. Like I said we only have 6 houses on our street. And the thing is our street is so new that we don't show up on things like map quest yet. Kind of creepy.

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 8:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Why or why, every Christmas, do I allow my sister-in-law (oldest brother's wife) to drive me absolutely crazy?

I want to run away!

OK, I just deleted a long rant about how she wants to control everything and causes more confusion than necessary. I'm not going to let her get to me, nope I just can't do it another year.

I think next year dh & I will go on a long trip to "anywhere far away" for Christmas.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
You can come visit me, Oldtex. Why do you think I live here? LOL

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 8:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Thanks Chili, dh has always wanted to travel way up yonder!

I think, after talking to my Mom tomorrow, our Christmas "situation" may be decided. Mom, at 88 yrs of age and very frail, made the Thanksgiving trip 125 miles away. She said to my sis in law that she didn't think she could do it any longer.

Too long of a ride (for her anyway), Niece's house was too cold (for her) as Mom keeps her house at about 80 degrees, she has refused to get a new hearing aide (she can absolutely afford it), so really does not join in conversations, just wants to stay home. I understand that at her age. But sis in law wants to drag her all over Texas for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I say, leave her alone! That's what I have to do or I'd be more crazy than I am.

She (my Mom) likes visitors, but for only a couple of hours at a time. And believe me when I say visitor...she does not make you feel "at home". So that's what I do. No one understands this except one brother & I. Mom is a strange one.

Sis in law will never understand. She was raised by "normal" parents.

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
OK, just re-read my post and should be totally ashamed of myself.

I told dh that I feel like I'm have PMS! He agreed! But I passed that phase in life a few years ago.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Oldtex, I don't think you should be ashamed. Rants are good.

And I can relate to family issues around holiday time.

After a huge blowup that had been building for years, my dh and I have not seen nor spoken with his parents (who live 10 minutes from our house) in about 6 or 7 weeks. DH says he will not call them before we leave for our trip. His b'day is Christmas Eve, and we will be away for his birthday, Christmas and New Years.

I have no idea if and when we'll talk with them -- and because I'm the "woman" I know I'll get blamed in their minds for this.

But my allegiance is with my husband and no matter what I've tried to do, he is steadfast. To be honest, I think he's right (without going into it all), but the holidays make this sort of thing filled with anxiety, don't they? Sigh.

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Yankee, I'm so sorry about the spat (or whatever) between your dh & his parents. But believe you me, I can relate bigtime!

I know everyone wants the Holidays to be perfect and all, but geez, why can't people be a little flexiable sometimes. Traditions are nice, but they are not carved in stone.

Sorry, I'm about to rant, gripe or scream. Inhale....Exhale. That felt good.

Hope you and dh have a wonderful trip and wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Happy Holidays!

Yankee, I'm sure you did all you could and I really understand your allegiance with your husband. I wish everyone could be as easy going as my dh. He's not perfect, but he knows how to "go with the flow". As long as he is fed a meal, he's happy! LOL

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Oldtex, you can always flee back to South Padre over Christmas. The snowbirds start arriving down there the week after Christmas, but there is still lots of room and cheap hotels.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 2:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I am so angry! I want to know what happened to responsible parents. Just recently in my city a deli owner was killed by 2 kids 13 and 15. Two cops were shot by a 17 year old and they just showed his parents in the courtroom laughing!!! What is the matter with parents these days??? Why don't they know what their kids are doing?? I guarantee you that if my kid had a gun I would know about it. I was a snoopy mom. I knew everything she ever did.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
(((((((TWINKIE)))))))))
I hear ya, sweetie! :-(