[Info-vax] One wonders why people bet their companies on Microsoft based products...

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In article <007d463b-b287-4a05-98d8-4a742dc576b9 at a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Alan Feldman <alanfeldman48 at gmail.com> writes:
>On Oct 14, 1:53 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <yBnBm.3787$D95.3... at newsfe22.ams2>, ChrisQ <m... at devnull.com> writes:
>> >VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>
>> >> $ SET POST/STYLE=RANT/CLASS=TELEPHONE/STATE=ON
>>
>> >> I hate the telephone in general.  Calls are nuisance and an invasion of my
>> >> privacy and tranquility.  As such, unless I travel long distance, I almost
>> >> NEVER carry the mobile phone.  At home, it's someone else's duty to answer
>> >> the phone.
>>
>> >> $ SET POST/STYLE=RANT/CLASS=TELEPHONE/STATE=OFF
>>
>> >Rofl... Invasion of privacy - couldn't agree more, especially the people
>> >who have the temerity to call when you've just started dinner, or some
>> >other important activity. They should know that you are trying to eat
>> >dinner and have the good manners to ring at a more appropriate time :-).
>>
>> Dinner time, what a good song is playing or in the midddle of intimate
>> moments are the very very worst.  Any other time in between is still as
>> bad.  I hate the phone almost as much as those scumbag pieces of shit
>> collectively known as lawyers.
>>
>> >The answer here is just to ignore the phone if you don't feel like
>> >answering it. If it's important, they can call back later...
>
>And you can ignore them again!
>
>>
>> I loathe telephone so much that I have a number of services on my line:
>>
>> Caller-ID:  IF you call and I can't see who is calling, I won't answer.
>
>Your physicians must love this. Or do they get the call-intercept fun
>you describe below?

All of my physicians (and I have many) have caller-ID published numbers.


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