Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've had good luck with Sigma service in the US. But I bought the 500 and something Pentax flash anyway, because I had a job coming up where I needed a compact P-TTL flash. I'm going to send my Sigma in for service soon. Paul On Jan 4, 2007, at 6:42 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Arggg. > >

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-04 Thread Norm Baugher
Maybe there was an earthquake in India? Norm David J Brooks wrote: > Arggg. > > Sorry, but i need to vent here. > > First it was Pentax for poor returned phone calls, but i could always > reach someone in service. > > Then, after getting into Nikon, they over a period of 5 years, only > re

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-04 Thread David J Brooks
I know you'd call me back. Eh?:-) Dave Quoting Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Maybe there was an earthquake in India? > Norm > > David J Brooks wrote: >> Arggg. >> >> Sorry, but i need to vent here. >> >> First it was Pentax for poor returned phone calls, but i could always >> reach so

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-04 Thread David J Brooks
Actually, Gentec is about 10 Km's from work. All i need is a confirmation they can do the work. Dave Quoting Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Maybe there was an earthquake in India? > Norm > > David J Brooks wrote: >> Arggg. >> >> Sorry, but i need to vent here. >> >> First it was Pentax

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-05 Thread ann sanfedele
It is not just businesses, alas - Forgive me if you are a young adult/ college kid, who answers every phone call you receive, but I've been finding that people in that age group rarely answer their cell phones and take days to reply to messages. Although, to be fair, I know a couple of people

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-05 Thread Adam Maas
One reason for that is that the younger set has grown up in an era of Telemarketing. Few calls from unrecognized sources have any worth and most are a waste of time. I certainly never answer calls from names/numbers I don't recognize. -Adam ann sanfedele wrote: > It is not just businesses, al

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-05 Thread David Savage
But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation, to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off. I go days without even turning my mobile on. Dave On 1/6/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is not just businesses, alas - > Forgive me if you are a young adult/ c

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:50 PM, David Savage wrote: > But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation, > to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off. I won't put up with a salesclerk who does that. I politely tell him/ her to put the caller on hold until we finish. If he/

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/06/07 1:31 PM, "Bob Shell", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think cell > phone use in theaters, restaurants, and many other places should > simply be banned since people are too damned stupid to know when it > isn't appropriate. They are not only rude and unsophisticated, but have nerve to

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 6, 2007, at 1:56 PM, K.Takeshita wrote: >> I think cell >> phone use in theaters, restaurants, and many other places should >> simply be banned since people are too damned stupid to know when it >> isn't appropriate. > > They are not only rude and unsophisticated, but have nerve to do >

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Bob Shell wrote: > Agreed. I saw on TV that they have the technology now to disable > cell phones inside of buildings, and that it was being used in some > French movie theaters. Now that's technology that makes sense. > > The only good side of this is that people who have mental disorders

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread P. J. Alling
You could always disable cell phones inside buildings, like any other radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday cage.* Bob Shell wrote: > On Jan 6, 2007, at 1:56 PM, K.Takeshita wrote: > > >>> I think cell >>> phone use in theaters, restaurants, and many other places should >>> simply be b

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/1/07, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >You could always disable cell phones inside buildings, like any other >radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday cage.* Only works one day a week though. Bummer. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche |

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread David Mann
On Jan 7, 2007, at 7:31 AM, Bob Shell wrote: > Somebody in the next booth started making calls and talking to > whoever he was calling very loudly. That's something that bugs me, too. People always seem to raise their voice when using telephones for some reason. Maybe it's the same thing th

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 7, 2007, at 11:57 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > You could always disable cell phones inside > buildings, like any other > > radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday > cage.* > > I think this may be one of those problems where a > level of

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread David Mann
On Jan 7, 2007, at 11:57 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > You could always disable cell phones inside buildings, like any other > radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday cage.* A lot easier said than done on that kind of scale. It's quite hard to effectively shield a room against RF, especially

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! David Mann wrote: > On Jan 7, 2007, at 11:57 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> You could always disable cell phones inside buildings, like any other >> radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday cage.* > > A lot easier said than done on that kind of scale. It's quite hard > to effectively s

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 6, 2007, at 11:43 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > You mean, hitting a cell phone user over the head with > a big club and draging them away by their hair? > > Trust me, this has crossed my mind! Or just throwing the cell phone on the ground and bashing it with the club. Bob -- PDML Penta

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread ann sanfedele
David Savage wrote: >But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation, >to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off. > >I go days without even turning my mobile on. > >Dave > Dave, this is ann calling, I just happened to be walking by your house and a saw two guys loading

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread ann sanfedele
I agree with you there, Adam, although I need to answer mine if I've given someone on craigslist the number. No, I'm talking about the college kids I know personally who take days to return phone calls and don't even listen to their messages. To me a cell phone is a lifeline. I've never gott

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread David Savage
On 1/8/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Savage wrote: > >I go days without even turning my mobile on. > > > > > Dave, this is ann calling, I just happened to be walking by your house and > a saw two guys loading a truck with all your stuff in it . > > :) What are you doing

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Well, I have to say this has been an interesting discussion full of implicit self-contradictions. I too hate the imbeciles who use phones inappropriately ... when driving, when doing other things that require their attention, in an obnoxious manner, etc ... all the fault of the imbeciles and

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread David Savage
On 1/8/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I didn't have it with me and enabled for communications most of > the time, then the people I gave the number to for purpose of finding > me when it was *necessary* would not be able to rely upon it for > communications in need and it woul

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread graywolf
While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If? they took the kid in with them they picked carried him/her. Now you go in the store and there are two women with their strollers completely blocking the

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:08:05PM -0500, graywolf wrote: > While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take > the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If? > they took the kid in with them they picked carried him/her. Now you go > in the store and

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 7, 2007, at 8:55 AM, David Savage wrote: > I don't have a mobile so people can call me, as such very few have > the number. > > I have one so if I need to make a call, for instance when I'm on site > at a job and need some information that's back at the office, I can. > As I've said, if

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:08:05PM -0500, graywolf wrote: >> While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take >> the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If? >> they took the kid in with them they picked ca

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 7, 2007, at 1:21 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:08:05PM -0500, graywolf wrote: >> While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks >> who take >> the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If? >> they took the kid in with them th

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/1/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >I understand that ... for years, my mobile was only for work use, >paid for by my company, and it was only with me or switched on when I >was doing things for work. Nowadays, however, I work for myself and >"in need" communications ar

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/1/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: >While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take >the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If? >they took the kid in with them they picked carried him/her. Now you go >in the store and there are tw

RE: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Tim Øsleby
lf Of Bob Shell Sent: 7. januar 2007 14:02 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated On Jan 6, 2007, at 11:43 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > You mean, hitting a cell phone user over the head with > a big club and draging them away by

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
I think anyone who takes a stroller in a store should be stoned. It's time we imposed some discipline on the unruly masses. Damn strollers. Damn babies. Why weren't they aborted? :-). Paul On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:08 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 06:52:54PM +, Cotty wrote:

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I think anyone who takes a stroller in a store should be stoned. It's > time we imposed some discipline on the unruly masses. Damn strollers. > Damn babies. Why weren't they aborted? :-). Yep. Personally, I think abortion should be legalup

RE: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Bob W
> As I've said, if it wasn't for these work situations I wouldn't have > one at all. I use one for work, but I don't like the constant availability it seems to imply. However, I would still keep one even if not for work because they are very useful in other ways. For example, London transport is

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
I use a cell phone for virtually all of my voice communications. My home phone is used only as a link for my satellite television account. I am rarely in a position to take calls at home. But I have to stay in contact with a lot of clients and friends. The cell phone has simplified my life

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Kenneth Waller
I see the issue with cell phones is that many people let the phones rule them. If it rings it must be answered. Its a tool & as such the user should be in control & not vice versa. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subjec

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm with you there. On my cell phone I answer most calls because the number is not widely distributed. But I always check the ID. If it's suppressed, I don't answer. I never answer my land line. I do check the messages from time to time. Paul On Jan 7, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Digital Image Studio w

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see the issue with cell phones is that many people let the phones rule > them. If it rings it must be answered. > Its a tool & as such the user should be in control & not vice versa. I've noticed that the callers expectations have changed,

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 09:54:33AM +1100, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 08/01/07, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I see the issue with cell phones is that many people let the phones rule > > them. If it rings it must be answered. > > Its a tool & as such the user should be in contr

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Doug Franklin
Paul Stenquist wrote: > I think anyone who takes a stroller in a store should be stoned. It's > time we imposed some discipline on the unruly masses. Damn strollers. > Damn babies. Why weren't they aborted? :-). Nuke the unborn gay baby seals. :D -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Doug Franklin
Kenneth Waller wrote: > I see the issue with cell phones is that many people let the phones rule > them. If it rings it must be answered. > Its a tool & as such the user should be in control & not vice versa. It's not just cell phones, either. I've seen the same thing with email and land-line ph

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of > the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their > car to leave. Umm, I've found most people never turn them off to start with ;-) -- Rob Studder

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes! Finally, someone on the list gets it right! :-)) Paul On Jan 7, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I think anyone who takes a stroller in a store should be stoned. It's >> time we imposed some discipline on the unruly masses. Damn strollers. >> Damn babies. Why

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Doug Franklin
Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 08/01/07, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of >> the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their >> car to leave. > > Umm, I've found most people never turn them

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Absolutely. > > I have to be contactable 24 hours a day as a part of my contract, and so > I carry 2 cell phones > Cheers, > Cotty Then how come Norm got your voice mail:-) Dave > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=|http:/

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Kenneth Waller
When I commuted to work @ 6:00AM EST, I was amazed @ the number of people I'd see on the cell phone @ such an early hour. Who are they talking to? Their broker in Japan? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 06:52:54PM +, Cotty wrote: > On 7/1/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take > >the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If? > >they took the kid in with them they p

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread David Mann
On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > And I must admit I'm far less inclined to answer any > phone these days if the senders caller ID has been suppressed. I learned that trick fairly quickly after I set up a toll-free line for my business. The only people who suppressed t

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread David Mann
On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:55 AM, David Savage wrote: > I have one so if I need to make a call, for instance when I'm on site > at a job and need some information that's back at the office, I can. The major reason I carry a phone is in case of emergency, or if I lose my partner at the mall or somethi

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread David Savage
On 1/8/07, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Being able to dash off a quick > text message is also rather handy for times when immediate attention > is not required. I wish landlines could do that. Telsra (the major phone provider here) offers SMS text messaging on home phones that support

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/1/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >I'm with you there. On my cell phone I answer most calls because the >number is not widely distributed. But I always check the ID. If it's >suppressed, I don't answer. I never answer my land line. I do check >the messages from time to t

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread David Savage
On 1/8/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or > landline. Unsolicited canvassing calls amount to probably less than half > a dozen a year. We get about 3-4 per day on average. > We get / make many calls to / from friends and > relati

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/8/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or > > landline. Unsolicited canvassing calls amount to probably less than half > > a dozen a year. > > We get about 3-4 per day on ave

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Same here, usually at dinnertime, until they implemented national 'do not call' lists and laws with $200 fines. Regards, Bob S. On 1/8/07, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 08/01/07, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/8/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Y

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated > > > >> Kenneth Waller wrote: >> >>> I see the issue with cell phones is that many people let the phones rule >>> them.

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-07 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same here, usually at dinnertime, until they implemented national 'do > not call' lists and laws with $200 fines. We have similar laws too (but the fines are huge) however they have no jurisdiction over calls initiated from outside the country

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread John Coyle
John Coyle Praxis Data Solutions (www.epraxisdata.com) Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:27 AM Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread John Francis
Yep. Now I 'only' get 1-2 unsolicited sales calls a week. If I only got one every two months it wouldn't be a problem. Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of the biggest source of unwanted calls (especially in the late evening) - our phone number is one simple digit transposition away from the

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of the biggest source > of unwanted calls (especially in the late evening) - our > phone number is one simple digit transposition away from > the local Blockbuster Video/DVD rental store. Oh the Joy. A fri

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/01/08 Mon AM 08:11:31 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated > > On 08/01/07, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Malcolm Smith
Cotty wrote: > You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile > or landline. Unsolicited canvassing calls amount to probably > less than half a dozen a year. We get / make many calls to / > from friends and relatives. Call me old-fashioned, but > chatting using voice is still my

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Don Williams
When you dial another person's phone you are asking to be allowed to take up some of their time. It's like entering a room where someone is busy doing his or her own thing. You intrude upon their space and may, or may not, be welcome. I often find the telephone a bloody nuisance and may choose

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 7, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > And I must admit I'm far less inclined to answer any > phone these days if the senders caller ID has been suppressed. > I simply don't answer such calls. None of the people who should be calling me have suppressed caller IDs. Let them

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 7, 2007, at 6:27 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of > the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their > car to leave. When I go for a drive around town almost everyone I see has a cell phone glued to th

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:10 AM, mike wilson wrote: > Despite being listed only in Yellow Pages, under "Ecological > Consultancies", my company, having one letter different to a major > UK houseware retailer, still gets calls asking if the local shop is > open. I suspect that they are getting t

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Digital Image Studio" Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated > On 08/01/07, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of the biggest source >> of

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Bob Shell wrote: > One year the phone company put my photography studio in the yellow > pages under Welding instead of Wedding. We could have sold a lot of > acetylene that year !!! > It's funny in hindsight, but sure wasn't at the time. I apologise for laughing loud :-)

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Doug Franklin
Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 08/01/07, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> phone number is one simple digit transposition away from >> the local Blockbuster Video/DVD rental store. > > mis-dialled by listeners attempting to dial a local radio stations > competition line. I don't kno

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread David Savage
On 1/8/07, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I go for a drive around town almost everyone I see has a cell > phone glued to their ear and are chattering away. My question: Who > in hell are all of these people talking to?? > > Bob Maybe some of the older list members can educate me. Wh

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Doug Brewer
Digital Image Studio wrote: > > Oh the Joy. A friend of mine once had a number that was commonly > mis-dialled by listeners attempting to dial a local radio stations > competition line. For some entertainment he put together a bogus > winners message on his answer machine which was quite rude, a l

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Doug Franklin" Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated > I don't know what number mine is "close to", but I keep getting calls on > my cell phone from escort services! Now, if it was "

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or >landline. Hmm. I seem to recall *one* phone call you didn't answer but let go straight to voice mail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Doug Franklin
William Robb wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Doug Franklin" Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really > that complicated > > >> I don't know what number mine is "close to", but I keep getting calls on >> my cell p

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Scott Loveless
On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cotty wrote: > > >You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or > >landline. > > Hmm. I seem to recall *one* phone call you didn't answer but let go > straight to voice mail... > I say that this year, about an hour after he goes

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread David J Brooks
My house number is 1 digit off the local Canadian Tire store. Most calls are for the garage, and want to know if their vehicle is ready. I always say, YES.:-) Dave Quoting Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Digital Image Studio wrote: >> >> Oh the Joy. A friend of mine once had a number that w

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Cotty wrote: >> >> >You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or >> >landline. >> >> Hmm. I seem to recall *one* phone call you didn't answer but let go >> straight to voice mail.

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 1/8/07, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> When I go for a drive around town almost everyone I see has a cell >> phone glued to their ear and are chattering away. My question: Who >> in hell are all of these people talking to?? >> >> Bob > > Ma

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Cotty
On 7/1/07, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, unleashed: >About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of >the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their >car to leave. Believe me, I would switch it off if I could. I haved to have mine on for work. In fa

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Cotty
On 7/1/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >> I have to be contactable 24 hours a day as a part of my contract, and so >> I carry 2 cell phones > Cheers, >> Cotty > >Then how come Norm got your voice mail:-) Ahar - I have to be contactable 24 hours a day since my contract started (D

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread wendy beard
On 1/6/07, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:50 PM, David Savage wrote: > > > But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation, > > to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off. > > I won't put up with a salesclerk who does that. I politely tell h

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread keith_w
Cotty wrote: > On 7/1/07, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of >> the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their >> car to leave. > Believe me, I would switch it off if I could. I haved to ha

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Cotty
On 8/1/07, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: >I answer all the calls I get* and I get at least two canvassing calls a day >on average. Malcolm, are you ex-directory? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread ann sanfedele
oh um a question about that - I dont' use nor do I want to use text messaging - email is tough enough and trying to type on little cell phone buttons let along see the letters on them is maddening - but if someone sends me a text message and I don't ahve text messaging on a cell phone does my ce

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Cotty
On 8/1/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Hmm. I seem to recall *one* phone call you didn't answer but let go >straight to voice mail... Call screening - listen to the voicemail first to see who it was - just because I have to be contactable 24/7 doesn't necessarily mean I'm *availab

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Cotty
On 8/1/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: >I say that this year, about an hour after he goes to bed, we call him >again. And again. And again You ain't seen nothin yet Scotty. > >Better yet, lets call his wife and ask where he is. ;-) Grr. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread ann sanfedele
Cotty wrote: >On 7/1/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >>I'm with you there. On my cell phone I answer most calls because the >>number is not widely distributed. But I always check the ID. If it's >>suppressed, I don't answer. I never answer my land line. I do check >>t

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread ann sanfedele
Scott - This year he is going to be there :) we can just go rattle his tent ann Scott Loveless wrote: >On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Cotty wrote: >> >> >> >>>You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or >>>landline. >>> >>> >>Hmm. I seem t

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Norm Baugher
Nah Ann, we'll still call him. Norm ann sanfedele wrote: > Scott - This year he is going to be there :) > we can just go rattle his tent > ann > > Scott Loveless wrote: > >> On 1/8/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Cotty wrote: >>> You guys are all nuts. I answ

RE: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Malcolm Smith
Cotty wrote: > >I answer all the calls I get* and I get at least two > canvassing calls a > >day on average. > > Malcolm, are you ex-directory? Yes. The trouble is so many companies you do deal with sell their telephone lists - no matter what is ticked in boxes on forms to suggest otherwise.

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 07:11:31PM +1100, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 08/01/07, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of the biggest source > > of unwanted calls (especially in the late evening) - our > > phone number is one simple digit transposit

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread graywolf
Those four foot thick stone walls wouldn't have anything to do with that, would they? Cotty wrote: > > Believe me, I would switch it off if I could. I haved to have mine on > for work. In fact the reception in our area is shady - I have to have it > in the window or it won't work. > -- PDML

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Mark Roberts
Norm Baugher wrote: >ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> Scott Loveless wrote: >>> >>>I say that this year, about an hour after he goes to bed, we call >>>him again. And again. And again >>> >>> Better yet, lets call his wife and ask where he is. ;-) >> >> Scott - This year he is going to be

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Norm Baugher wrote: > >> ann sanfedele wrote: >>> >>> Scott Loveless wrote: I say that this year, about an hour after he goes to bed, we call him again. And again. And again Better yet, lets call his wife and ask where he i

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread graywolf
Hey, when I was growing up we did not even use the phone to call our neighbors, it was cheaper to walk down the street. A local phone call cost a dime for 3 minutes, didn't matter if it was your phone or a pay phone. 10 cents please. BTW, that dime would buy a cup of coffee or a bottle of Coke

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread David J Brooks
You knew THIS was coming.:-) Quoting graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hey, when I was growing up we did not even use the phone to call our > neighbors, it was cheaper to walk down the street. Oh, your lucky to have a street.We had to walk to school in the sewer pipes.:-) Dave(with the normal

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Cotty
On 8/1/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: >we can just go rattle his tent LOL ;- -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Cotty
On 8/1/07, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: >Yes. The trouble is so many companies you do deal with sell their telephone >lists - no matter what is ticked in boxes on forms to suggest otherwise. I'm surprised. We're ex-directory as well, but honestly, nowhere near two a day :-/ --

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Cotty
On 8/1/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: >Those four foot thick stone walls wouldn't have anything to do with >that, would they? Everything! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread mike wilson
49:43 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated > > oh um a question about that - > I dont' use nor do I want to use text messaging - email is tough enough > and trying to type on little cell phone buttons let alo

Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated

2007-01-08 Thread Kenneth Waller
ECTED]> Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone message really that complicated > On 1/8/07, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> When I go for a drive around town almost everyone I see has a cell >> phone glued to their ear and are chattering away. My question: Who >&g

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