I love caller ID. At work, it keeps me from wasting valuable time with salespeople. At home, it saves me from much more. And the fact that my home answering machine talks to me, keeps me from even having to stop the gourmet feast I have in progress to look at the phone.<\/p>\n
True, I don\u2019t always understand the computer-generated voice, but I\u2019ve learned to translate.<\/p>\n
\u201cEd Vilo Vilo\u201d actually means \u201c8-0-0.\u201d In other words, it\u2019s a 1-800 number. Salesman. Don\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cHope\u201d and \u201cMars Hill College\u201d want money. True, I went to MHC and think it\u2019s a great school, but I don\u2019t have money to send them. Again, don\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cName Un-a-val-a-bl.\u201d If the name of the joker calling is not available, neither am I.<\/p>\n
I get calls from all over the country: Oregon, New Hampshire, Houston, Wyoming, Illinois. I don\u2019t know a soul who lives in any of those places, so you can bet your bippy I\u2019m not answering.<\/p>\n
Now that I\u2019m an official senior citizen, I\u2019m probably on the phone list for every scammer in the country, calling from throw-away cell phones to convince me I\u2019ve won a lottery and need to send money to insure delivery of a whopping big check. Sure. They pulled that on my dad when he was in his eighties and took him for a load of money. I don\u2019t plan to give them an opportunity to sweet-talk me.<\/p>\n
I admit I feel a bit guilty about the local calls that just show a number since it could be a neighbor calling. But if they really need to talk to me, they can leave a message. And if I really want to talk to them, I\u2019ll call back.<\/p>\n
Maybe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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