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Amen brother! 
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What you need is an app/device that records an answering machine msg and emails it to you. My old job used to have that and it ruled. I checked my email, and my voice mail was integrated right in there. I miss that from my old job!
: Dean 'Karnatos' Michaud
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I totally agree. There is nothing as rude as a phone call. We're conditioned from birth to respond to a ringing phone by dropping whatever we're doing to pick it up. Pavlov never got such a positive response from his subjects! I don't tolerate guests dropping by and walking in the door whenever they feel like it, and I refuse to salivate because someone rings the bell on my landline. Sometimes I just listen in while they leave a message, knowing that whatever the caller has to say isn't remotely as important to me as what I'm doing. And if they won't start a message at least, they're obviously no one of any importance to me - I don't answer, ever. I don't even leave the ringers connected anymore; leave a message or forget my phone number. Better yet, email me, and I'll get back to you when it's convenient for me!
"Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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I actually prefer people to call me by phone, as most calls I get are from friends who're special to me, and I can speak far quicker than I can type. Replying to longish emails takes me ages!
SMS works well too. Ideal for letting someone know what's happening without the worry of interrupting them, and cheap in the UK. 
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- Marcia Graesch
"Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart"
- A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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Exactly my thoughts. I really hate it when somebody sends me a 'Hi how are you doing, we haven't talked for a while' email with many pages of bumph about what they've been up to. I'd far rather they phoned for a chat, it just feels more social. The only exception is friends who are in very expensive to phone places.
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I'm glad i'm not the only one that enjoys chatting on the phone!
I signed up with One.Tel when NTL installed my phone line...they have a "free local/national calls after 6pm and all weekend for £5" deal which is perfect for me. 
Anna
Homepage | My life in tears
"Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
- Marcia Graesch
"Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart"
- A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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That deal would have been perfect, had two of my friends not gone to Ireland and Australia!
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Wow, that's exactly what I do. A homework partner I had last quarter had a habit of frequently calling me instead of emailing; near the end of the quarter I simply "forgot" to answer my cell phone. I really dislike it when people don't leave a message, but leaving a worthless message such as "hey call back, it's important" is just as bad. I think email forces people to think about what they need to say a bit more, and hopefully be more concise.
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Where do I sign up for the Pauls Against Telephones movement? 
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Macbeth muttered:
I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er
Shog9:
Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
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I switch my mobile on once during the day - And that's to set the alarm clock function at night!
It's off for the other 23 hours 59 minutes. People don't even bother leaving messages anymore. They know it'll be 4 days before I get them!
Gradually people are realising they are guaranteed a reply if they send me an email.
John.
www.silveronion.com[^]
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Yes. I do hate phones. Phones are annoying mostly if you don't know who's calling you - I hate that.
But email is to for me.
I prefer hanging around in IRC, where everyone that knows me know that I'm there and will respond when convenient.
For urgent things that can make a query, write what they want and I can read it and decide when I want to answer  It pops up in seconds like a phone call, is instantly like a message and I can answer it directly - but just when I want to
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Paul, you are betraying at least your age and gender
Factors that contribute to phone-hatred:
- Male
- Married (primarily if male)
- Children (particularly for males)
- Later 30's or older (prior to mobile-phone "revolution")
- Actually does work at work
- Occupational stress (obvious for programmers)
- Caffeine intake (redundant criteria for programmers without severe heart disease)
Cheers + 
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What about multiple-choice? There is such a thing as being equally communicative in more than one form of technology.
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You have ten gorgeous woman layed out in front of you. You are only allowed to pick one.
Lifes a bitch, now pick one.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Macbeth muttered:
I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er
Shog9:
Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
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I already picked my beautiful woman, but I'd rather have two. 
Besides. How beautiful can a woman compared to a fax be?
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Paul Watson wrote:
Lifes a bitch, now pick one.
Ah now.. Surely there's a way of getting around the rules and getting all ten..
Regards,
Brian Dela
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I once watched a documentary where an African tribesman had multiple wives as a result of his wealthy status (multiple goats) which he cursed because they ganged up on him like a greedy union. Could the sand possibly be browner on the other side?
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Lucky me, I am Muslim, I can have four wives.
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I almost always have my phone with me and writing a txt is quick and easy as well as being cheap and delivers to almost anywhere in the world in a few seconds... Sher meself and Paul W does be SMSing internationally on occasion... quick, cheap, easy and can be used in situations where you don't have email... like sitting on a beach, on the floor of a toilet in a nite club [ ] and so on...
Regards,
Brian Dela
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I can't get sms at a reasonable price here, and it's all but impossible to type on those useless keypads. I have, however, used my ham radio when I've fallen off my barstool to connect to a repeater with a phone patch and call the bartender to ask her to deliver the next round to my patch of carpet.
"Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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What would you consider a reasonable price??? ~8cent is the usual here in Ireland on off peak times and ~12 on peak times.
Writing txt's is easy... just use T9 Predictive input
Regards,
Brian Dela
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I'd consider $.01 a reasonable price, if the service was even available. I've never heard of T9 predictive input, and I'm sure that Sprint hasn't either. I can't see any value in a service that sends cryptic messages for an extra charge when I already have 3000 minutes of talk time I've never used for a fixed price that I'm going to pay whether I use it or not.
I can get text messaging with Sprint, but there's an extra monthly fee on top of what I already pay, and a per message charge on top of that. SMS just hasn't caught on in the US, though I know it's common in Europe. Verizon is starting to advertize the service here, but I don't see anyone using it yet other than children who should be paying attention to their teachers in class instead of passing notes.
"Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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'last updated 18 Oct 2001'
does not look good next to a banner ad!! 
Davy
Blog for Software Testing, Bugs, Quality, Security and Stability - www.latedecember.com
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My Personal Blog - Homepage.
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Picky, picky
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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