On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:55:07 -0800, Smitty Two
wrote:

In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

Jim Elbrecht wrote:

Wouldn't ever happen to me. I don't answer the phone unless I'm
awake, alert, and recognize the caller ID. . . . and want to talk to
that person at that time.g


I suspect a caller ID of: "Ambassador - Court of Saint James, London" might
cause your curiosity to trump your determination.

I don't recall "caller ID" being available in 1965, and not many people
had answering machines or phones with "ringer off" switches, either.

Ain't thread-drift fun?g

FWIW- No switch, but a piece of cardboard would silence one of Ma
Bell's 500 phones, just fine.

Jim