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From: John Tserkezis on 6 Mar 2010 15:09
On 7/03/2010 5:27 AM, Rod Speed wrote:

> More fool you. Many just want to avoid spam calls at
> any time and dont want to have to fart around taking
> the phone off the hook before any meal etc etc etc.

Not meals we were worried about. More keeping regular sleep cycles
though hours that others may consider "regular".

Besides, I know of at least a few who scan their calls via answering
machines. Turn the volume down, and you still know it's come in, but
worry about it when it's convenient for you, not them.

> Or the cops or the hospital telling you that someone you care
> about has been in a serious accident and is about to die etc.

The state of your phone isn't going to change the fact that a loved one
is going to die.

I don't mean that to be morbid, but that the phone does not hold some
magical power that dictates the outcome of life.

The world is not going to end if you don't answer it. Or, if the world
IS going to end, your not answering the phone had nothing to do with it.
From: Rod Speed on 6 Mar 2010 15:20
John Tserkezis wrote:
> Rod Speed wrote
>> John Tserkezis wrote
>>> Hunter wrote

>>>> Don't agree with it being a waste of time and money, the phonecalls
>>>> we receive from these telephone insects has dropped down to a bare
>>>> minimum, whereas previously it was a near nightly event for me to be
>>>> saying "Yeah mate, sounds really good, can I just put the phone down
>>>> to pull the roast out of the oven, I'll be back in a sec." at which
>>>> point I'd put the phone down and return to what I was doing and hang
>>>> it up an hour or so later. So nice to not have to do that any more.

>>> Or you can do what my ex-gf used to do, just leave
>>> the phone off the hook when she wanted to be left alone.

>>> If it's important, she'll find out about it when she next powers
>>> up the mobile phone to get SMSs and messages.

>>> I thought it was a good stance.

>> More fool you. Many just want to avoid spam calls at
>> any time and dont want to have to fart around taking
>> the phone off the hook before any meal etc etc etc.

> Not meals we were worried about.

It is what plenty of other care about with interrupting phone calls.

> More keeping regular sleep cycles though hours that others may consider "regular".

> Besides, I know of at least a few who scan their calls via answering
> machines. Turn the volume down, and you still know it's come in,
> but worry about it when it's convenient for you, not them.

Much more convenient to stop the bulk of the calls you arent interested in receiving at all.

>>> After all, what are you going to miss out on? Your aunt
>>> telling you she just baked the best apple pie ever?
>>> Some Pollie saying how much less of a liar they are next to his/her
>>> opponent? How you're a child-killer because you don't donate to
>>> [insert childrens charity here]? How you're going to burn for
>>> eternity because you've been voting for the wrong god? Someone asking
>>> vastly important questions, such as if you eat red meat, because if
>>> you are, you're going to die. Or someone with an indian accent asking
>>> your opinion on the controversial Samosa/Pakora issue, and then
>>> asking your date of birth and your mother's maiden name for survey reasons.

>> Or the cops or the hospital telling you that someone you care
>> about has been in a serious accident and is about to die etc.

> The state of your phone isn't going to change the fact that a loved one is going to die.

You may however prefer to be there when that happens etc.

> I don't mean that to be morbid, but that the phone does not
> hold some magical power that dictates the outcome of life.

No one ever said it did.

> The world is not going to end if you don't answer it.

Yes, but you may prefer to do something different if you do answer it.

I've twice been called by the cops and prefer to have been able
to deal with the call immediately, and with the neighbour's call too.

And its much more convenient to take some calls
on the phone than to have to answer the door etc too.

> Or, if the world IS going to end, your not answering the phone had nothing to do with it.

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof of why they keep tossing you in the loony bin.


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