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generally: if you get a call from an unknown number -- do you answer it or let it go to voicemail ? ------------------------------------------ Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | ||
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| Savor the limelight |
Always let it go to voicemail. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
let it go to voicemail. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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If I don't know the number, I'm not answering. I probably get as many scam/spam calls every day as I do legitimate calls. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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Local numbers only for my plumbing business. My land line is also forwarding to my cell and that is the one I've had for over 30 years. Most customers numbers come as them, as I have tagged their name to their number. _________________________________________________ "Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God." --- G.K. Chesterton | |||
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| Just Hanging Around |
I have the "Silence Unknown Callers" turned on, on my iPhone, so if the number isn't in my contacts, the phone doesn't even ring. If it's important, they'll leave a voicemail. | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Unknown number with no caller ID but in immediate area I might answer, about 50/50. It's a work number/phone, so there's that. In retirement, that will likely never happen again. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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I never answer an unknown number. Q | |||
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| No Compromise |
Nope. H&K-Guy | |||
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eh-TEE-oh-clez |
I let all calls go to voicemail. Known or unknown. People should be able to articulate their business in a brief message if they want a call back. Most people I know will text me rather than cold call me. If it is an actual call/discussion they want from me, a text allows me to arrange a convenient time to talk. I would never impose myself on a friend or family member by calling without arranging for a time to talk. The exception to the above is my Mom, who can't be bothered to text ahead or return calls promptly. You just have to pickup when she calls or else call her back a bunch of times. | |||
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I, too, use the iPhone app. Reduces stress. | |||
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I never answer unknown callers and have a recording that if they don't want to leave voicemail their number is automatically blocked for future calls, which I do manually from my recent call log. I'm tired of SPAM callers. Regards, Will G. | |||
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I'll answer them and I can tell within seconds if it's a scam/spam call and will block that number. I've been doing that for years and I get maybe 2 per week now, if that. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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| Buy that Classic SIG in All Stainless, No rail wear will be painless.  |
If it rings, and they aren't in my contact list, I do not answer. Once a day, I take all the unknown numbers that have called and did not leave a voicemail, and run them through the Reverse Lookup Pro App. If listed as spam, unlisted, or unknown caller, then I block them so they can never bother me again. (with that number) It works for me! NRA Benefactor Life Member NRA Instructor USPSA Chief Range Officer | |||
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I never answer a number I don't recognize. Verizon call filter turned to highest level of detection and filtering. I maybe get one call in a month that I don't recognize that gets thru the filtering and actually ring. I never answer those and if they leave no message block them using the Verizon app and also block them using the native iPhone number blocking capability. I'm ruthless & consistent and it pays off - got tired of my phone ringing with junk a few years ago - it's pretty rare for it to ring now. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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I never answer unknown numbers.... That being said I have been known to answer a NC (most likely spoofed) number with “police department narcotics, officer Mike, how can I help you?” Tomminator thinks it’s funny when people hang up. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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Yep. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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Never an a number that is not in my contacts. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
AT&T "Do Not Disturb" is always on. Phone never rings unless the caller is in my phonebook. Also installed is the AT&T Call Protect app. Automatically blocks known Spam, Telemarketers etcetera. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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