On Jan 12, 2:19*pm, Kyle wrote:
On Jan 5, 1:57*am, wrote:





I finally got rid of my telephone. *After years of living with that
annoying thing, with advertisers calling every day 24 hours a day, I
finally had enouh, and got rid of the phone forever. *Now I can get
some rest, my health has improved because I am sleeping normally
again, and I am not nearly as stressed because of calls from my
psychotic mother-in-law calling to tell me she is committing suicide.
I also dont miss all the people calling and often wasting a full hour
of my time for some goddamn survey, and those annoying bill collectors
who insist on calling five times each and every day after I clearly
told them I paid as much as I could for the month and can not pay more
until next month. *Yet they continue to call and cus and threaten me
each and every day. *But no more!

I dont miss the phone at all, in fact I never want to see another
phone in or near my home. *

I only have one concern. *If my house was to start on fire, who or
where do I send an email for help?

Jackie

Caller ID is the best money you will ever give to the phone company.

As a pastor, I need my congregation to be able to reach me at home in
the case of an emergency, but I don't want every Tom, Dick, and Harry
to have my cell phone number, so: a land line. Caller ID has been a
wonderful gift when the phone rings at 8AM on a Saturday morning to
see that it's "Childhood Leukemia" and ignore it (and when they call
back again and again to finally answer "Take us off your call list. We
don't like being called at eight o'clock on a Saturday morning"). It's
also helpful in knowing that the crazy visitor to the church tried
calling me at home 17 times yesterday instead of calling me at the
office.

And far preferable to screening the calls on the answering machine and
then running to pick up the phone when it's someone we actually want
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"As a pastor..."

What a shame it would have been if the caller from "Childhood
Leukemia" was looking for someone to comfort a dying child or grieving
family. So nice of you to choose to ignore that call.

And I guess that "crazy visitor" isn't worth your time either - your
congregation can call you if needed, but not that "crazy guy".

You sound so caring. Can I join your flock?