[Graybeard58]

If I don’t recognize a caller’s name, or if it says “Unknown Caller” I lift the phone and hit on and off in that order very quickly.

I just hit the mute button and ignore it, if it's someone I choose not to talk to at the moment but your way may be better. Even before the days of caller ID, I could hear a phone ring in the same room and ignore it, which I did frequently.

I have had some form of mobile phone since '91 or '92 and have never gotten a telemarketer call on one. My very first looked like a desk type phone and I had to plug it into the cigarette lighter to use it. I gave up my land line several years ago and have never regretted it.

I do understand that some people have a need for a land line.

[basil]

For years I have been trying to talk my “better half” into getting rid of our land line, but he’s an ole Okie, and he’s slow to change anything—LOL!

[basil]

For years I have been trying to talk my “better half” into getting rid of our land line, but he’s an ole Okie, and he’s slow to change anything—LOL!