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

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.

How fortunate you are to have mother-in-law who wants to commit
suicide! If I were you, I'd keep the phone if only to provide
her with encouragement and helpful hints.

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!

Alas not having a phone will frustrate bill collectors. Many
years ago when my first wife spent money like a drunken sailor,
I used an answering machine with a message that said "This phone
is never answered by a person. Leave a name and a phone number
and your call may be returned."

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?

Hopefully you have a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) in case your
electricity goes out. But that won't be much help if your cable
connection is lost in the fire.

If you don't owe your neighbors money, you can use their phone -
unless the phone company disconnected them too.

The best solution is to get a 911 only cell phone. If you kept
your cell phone after your cellular provider shut you down, it
will still work for dialing 911.

Dick

On 1/4/2009 10:57 PM lid spake thus:

[snip story]

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

Try Yahoo! technical support. They're there 24/7. Should be able to get
you a fire crew before the next business day.


--
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire

On Jan 5, 2:29*am, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 1/4/2009 10:57 PM spake thus:

[snip story]

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

Try Yahoo! technical support.

****s self
-----

- gpsman

On Mon 05 Jan 2009 12:19:34a, Dick Adams told us...

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.

How fortunate you are to have mother-in-law who wants to commit
suicide! If I were you, I'd keep the phone if only to provide
her with encouragement and helpful hints.

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!

Alas not having a phone will frustrate bill collectors. Many
years ago when my first wife spent money like a drunken sailor,
I used an answering machine with a message that said "This phone
is never answered by a person. Leave a name and a phone number
and your call may be returned."

Currently we have cable for TV and broadband Internet, and a land line that
is attached only to our fax machine with audible ringing turned off. We
use our cell phones for all vocal communication.

When we had wired phones in the house, we had an answering machine that was
capable of delivering a greeting only, then terminating the call leaving no
opportunity for the caller to leave a message. Our outgoing message was,
"This number does not receive incoming calls. Please do not call back."
It was set to answer on the first ring.



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?

Hopefully you have a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) in case your
electricity goes out. But that won't be much help if your cable
connection is lost in the fire.

If you don't owe your neighbors money, you can use their phone -
unless the phone company disconnected them too.

The best solution is to get a 911 only cell phone. If you kept
your cell phone after your cellular provider shut you down, it
will still work for dialing 911.

Dick



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www.911.com


wrote in message
...
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

"Steve Barker" wrote in message
...
www.911.com


wrote in message
...
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





Your psychiatrist !

----------------------- wrote:
"Steve Barker" wrote in message
...
www.911.com


wrote in message
...
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
-------------------

we rarely answer the phone outside of business hours and dropped our
cell phone. To re-phrase a famous quote, "those who can do, those who
cannot 'talk on their phone' " Phones are often the most time wasting,
counter productive device in a home. Why do people think their thoughts
ideas are so important that they have to share them everyone they know?
These days some folks cannot even go to the restroom / supermarket
without a phone to their ear. That is not a good thing.




Your psychiatrist !

If you have email you can get Skype which is free between Skype users and
can call 911.

--
//--------------------\\
Van Chocstraw
\\--------------------//

Not True - http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/no911/.

BR

On Jan 5, 10:53*am, Paul Oman wrote:
----------------------- wrote:
"Steve Barker" wrote in message
m...
www.911.com

wrote in message
. ..
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
-------------------

we rarely answer the phone outside of business hours and dropped our
cell phone. To re-phrase a famous quote, "those who can do, those who
cannot 'talk on their phone' " *Phones are often the most time wasting,
counter productive device in a home. Why do people think their thoughts
ideas are so important that they have to share them everyone they know?
These days some folks cannot even go to the restroom / supermarket
without a phone to their ear. That is not a good thing.





Your psychiatrist !- Hide quoted text -

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- Show quoted text -

Phones are often the most time wasting, counter productive device
in a home

Other times it's the computer used to reply to posts entitled "Who to
Email in case of Fire"

On Jan 5, 11:51*am, Van Chocstraw
wrote:
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

You can get a prepaid trackphone at Walmart real cheap.
Any old cell phone somebody throws away can be used to call 911 without
any subscription.

--
//--------------------\\
* * * * Van Chocstraw
*\\--------------------//- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Assuming:

1 - It remains charged up
2 - It's not an analog phone in an area covered by a digital only
service provider.

cite: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...C0A9669C8B 63

On 1/5/2009 12:05 AM gpsman spake thus:

On Jan 5, 2:29 am, David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 1/4/2009 10:57 PM spake thus:

[snip story]

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

Try Yahoo! technical support.

****s self

Maybe your irony detector needs some calibration. Not everyone uses
smiley faces, you know.


--
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire

On 1/5/2009 10:55 AM DerbyDad03 spake thus:

Assuming:

1 - It remains charged up
2 - It's not an analog phone in an area covered by a digital only
service provider.

Or:

3 - Your leg isn't totally being pulled by the O.P.


--
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire

On Jan 5, 2:02*pm, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 1/5/2009 12:05 AM gpsman spake thus:



On Jan 5, 2:29 am, David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 1/4/2009 10:57 PM spake thus:

[snip story]

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

Try Yahoo! technical support.

****s self

Maybe your irony detector needs some calibration. Not everyone uses
smiley faces, you know.

I guess that should've read: **** myself laughing... at the easily
discernible irony, at least for anyone who has ever tried to deal with
Y! tech support... kinda like I **** myself when they spurned the
incredibly generous offer for their right-next-to useless corporation
consisting of 5 people and 10,000 'bots

gpsman regrets the error.
-----

- gpsman

On Jan 5, 2:04*pm, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 1/5/2009 10:55 AM DerbyDad03 spake thus:

Assuming:

1 - It remains charged up
2 - It's not an analog phone in an area covered by a digital only
service provider.

Or:

3 - Your leg isn't totally being pulled by the O.P.

--
* Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire

Ah, but I wasn't responding to the OP.

On 1/5/2009 11:38 AM gpsman spake thus:

On Jan 5, 2:02 pm, David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 1/5/2009 12:05 AM gpsman spake thus:

On Jan 5, 2:29 am, David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 1/4/2009 10:57 PM spake thus:

[snip story]

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

Try Yahoo! technical support.

****s self

Maybe your irony detector needs some calibration. Not everyone uses
smiley faces, you know.

I guess that should've read: **** myself laughing... at the easily
discernible irony, at least for anyone who has ever tried to deal with
Y! tech support... kinda like I **** myself when they spurned the
incredibly generous offer for their right-next-to useless corporation
consisting of 5 people and 10,000 'bots

gpsman regrets the error.

Sorry, coulda gone either way.

Regarding Y! tech support: I have to say that, contrary to popular
belief, they actually have what I consider pretty awesome tech support.
At least to Yahoo! merchants (i.e., those with a Yahoo store). I worked
for a guy with such a site, and called them several times for help.
They're there 24/7, it's free with the service, and they actually know
their ass from a hole in the ground. I got the answers I needed every
time I called. Go figure.

Oh, and I talked to real people every time.


--
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire

lid 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

E-mail Homeland Security and threaten The President.
Someone will arrive within minutes.

TDD

On 1/10/2009 4:40 PM The Daring Dufas spake thus:

lid wrote:

I finally got rid of my telephone.

[...]

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

E-mail Homeland Security and threaten The President.
Someone will arrive within minutes.

Dang. That's probably the best answer here yet.


--
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire

On 1/10/2009 4:40 PM The Daring Dufas spake thus:

lid wrote:

I finally got rid of my telephone.

[...]

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

E-mail Homeland Security and threaten The President.
Someone will arrive within minutes.

Dang. That's probably the best answer here yet.

It looks like you're contacting this room from home. How are you doing
that without a phone line?

Twayne wrote:
On 1/10/2009 4:40 PM The Daring Dufas spake thus:

lid wrote:

I finally got rid of my telephone.
[...]

I only have one concern. If my house was to start on fire, who or
where do I send an email for help?
E-mail Homeland Security and threaten The President.
Someone will arrive within minutes.
Dang. That's probably the best answer here yet.

It looks like you're contacting this room from home. How are you doing
that without a phone line?


VOIP silly.

TDD

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
to talk to.

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
to talk to.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"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?