My elderly neighbor bought a new ATT branded digital machine that had
the time stamp. "great feature", the designers didn't think to put a
back up battery in the device. Whenever the lights blinked (often
happens in Florida) the unit would shut down and do nothing except a
blinky light show until someone reentered all the time settings via the
multifunction button sequence. My neighbor couldn't figure it out and
frankly I thought the device was a PITA and a POS.

I simply ask callers to tell me when they called and why in my outgoing
messages.

Mark Lloyd wrote:

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One useful feature those old ones lacked was a timestamp. It helps to
know WHEN a message was left.


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My elderly neighbor bought a new ATT branded digital machine that had
the time stamp. "great feature", the designers didn't think to put a
back up battery in the device. Whenever the lights blinked (often
happens in Florida) the unit would shut down and do nothing except a
blinky light show until someone reentered all the time settings via the
multifunction button sequence. My neighbor couldn't figure it out and
frankly I thought the device was a PITA and a POS.

I simply ask callers to tell me when they called and why in my outgoing
messages.

--
Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"©

(THIS MESSAGE REPLY IN Double Side Band (DSB), TO PLACATE BP OBSESSED KOOKS)
"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Follow The Money" ;-P