Smitty Two wrote:
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E Z Peaces wrote:

I feel your pain! Do other households in the area have the same problem?

My worst problem used to be answering machines. With my last one, I had
to hold a button while a voice counted through the days of the week,
then to the right hour, then to the right minute. I'd stand around
waiting, and if I missed the right hour or minute, I'd have to run
through an additional 24 hours or 60 minutes.

Or, you could just give up the silly notion that you have any useful
need whatsoever to know what time a message was left.

It matters in many, perhaps most, of my messages. If the message says
somebody is 30 miles from town and hopes to meet me at a restaurant when
she arrives, the time of the call matters. If I come in at 11 PM and a
message asks advice about a household emergency, I'll want to know if it
was left 5 minutes ago or 5 hours ago.