[discostu]

Might have missed a couple of deaths in the family. I despise phones, and I hate incoming calls the worst, but there are times when the ringing bell is a good thing. That's really when telemarketers are at their most annoying, when you need to be answering the phone for something useful and they keep calling.

[RightWhale]

They'll get the word out eventually unless they are all wiped out simultaneously in a huge disaster. Besides, I'm the tribal elder and they should be doing welfare checks on me periodically rather than vice versa. There is email, which I do check before hi-lighting and hitting < del >. The phone line is a necessary evil, but we need to develop a little stronger code of morality in that area.