Coolio Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 You get home after a painful day at work, you grab an SD4 (PER FEB 11) from your wine cooler and a glass of red (from the cupboard, the wine cooler is full of cigars!), and move outside to your deck. Then just as you're lighting said stogie, the home phone rings. You place your stogie gently on the side of your ashtray and head inside to answer the damn phone. You sit through 30 seconds of a cold caller from the Red Cross asking if you'd be prepared to knock on doors for them, and you politely (and regretfully) decline. You then get hung up on! You return outside to your cigar and have to relight it. I have a long fuse most times, but this really pisses me off! I can't believe when I said with no hint of annoyance or sarcasm, "I'm sorry we can't help" i got instant dial tone. Nothing short of rude! Footnote: 15 minutes later you have calmed down enough to realise that the box of SD4's you have is absolutely awesome, and you are half way through it and yet to come across one smoke that is anything short of exemplary. These stogies really do go well with a nice Shiraz.
Guest rob Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 I hear you, mate..... my advice - cancel your landline account!!
Coolio Posted March 22, 2013 Author Posted March 22, 2013 I hear you, mate..... my advice - cancel your landline account!! We're on some 'no call list' but apparently charities are exempt. I reckon we're well on the way to just being a mobile household!
westg Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 We're on some 'no call list' but apparently charities are exempt. I reckon we're well on the way to just being a mobile household! Yep..Do it.
Coolio Posted March 22, 2013 Author Posted March 22, 2013 i'm feeling much better now anyway as the footy season starts in 5 minutes and i can now move inside to watch the Bombers get caned by the Crows! I timed my smoke to perfection! Plus the Mrs is not yet home so i get 10 minutes of free time to watch what i want! thank christ i can stop thinking about cricket!
stargazer14 Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 That's why voicemail was invented. I have never had this problem. What i really hate is when people put glass in my mashed potatos. THAT I hate.
Duxnutz Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 We're on some 'no call list' but apparently charities are exempt. I reckon we're well on the way to just being a mobile household! You must be on the BIG money Coolio to have a land line! I've been on Telstra pre-paid for years as my only connection to the world...
canadianbeaver Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 Ditched our landline last year. Paying for both cell and land was redundant and the only calls we got were telephone solicitors, and Matthew's brother. Well he had to finally learn the hard way.
Puros Y Vino Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 We're still on a landline. We let the answering machine do all the screening for us. Telemarketers just hang up now. I keep my cell off 50% of the time. As an ex telco guy I know how much gouging goes on with cellular services. My landline is bundled with my TV and internet services so it's relatively cheap.
tmac77 Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 I don't even bother to get up to answer it. I figure if it was someone that I know or care about they will either leave a message or call my cell which is right by my side.
riazp Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 I dont have a landline, just my cell, and no one bothers calling me other than my mom or grand parents...everyone else i know sends me txt msgs which dont mess with my cigar smoking. All is good in the world lol
Fuzz AI Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 Need my landline as I have a back to base alarm system. The day I can get it to connect through the internet is the day I ditch the landline.
ZinZan Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 I sometimes I get a shock when the land line is ringing dont even recognise the ringing tone. I get it bundled with the broad band. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
Lotusguy Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 Haven't had a land line in 5 years. Don't miss it.
1fastmach1 Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 I got rid of my home phone years ago. Hell, even then the only reason we had a home phone was because we had DSL. Now we've moved on to cable and it was no longer needed. As far as the phone ringing then returning to the deck, my usual problem is the stick rolled off the ashtray and landed on the hardwood splitting the wrapper. I guess that's just my luck.
madandana Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 We have a land line.Comes with the DSL....But we don't have a phone plugged into the jack-If someone does call I'd never know it.
AndrewNR Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 Im with the no land liners here.. mobile.. that is all.. usually pretty safe with that.. usually.
Coolio Posted March 26, 2013 Author Posted March 26, 2013 You must be on the BIG money Coolio to have a land line! I've been on Telstra pre-paid for years as my only connection to the world... I reckon after what got up yesterday Dux you'll be the one on the BIG money! 84% is a pretty good YES vote! Let me know when you're in BNE, we should catch up for a stogie. Coolio
bassman Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 I have a land line, but also have Caller ID. If I don't recognize the number I don't answer. That's why they make answering machines.
canadianbeaver Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Need my landline as I have a back to base alarm system. The day I can get it to connect through the internet is the day I ditch the landline. Actually at our cottage we have this too. If we didn't we could not get insurance as the alarm goes off if the house goes above or below a certain temperature. So there is still a use for the landline, but oddly enough, it has nothing to do with talking on the phone.
melies Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 May I suggest a different approach? If you want your land line but don't want to get up to answer, get a cordless phone, that way you can have the phone besides you when you are smoking
Random Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 It has been 7 years since I stopped using a cell phone. Just landline. Normally I use cordless with voicemail and have old cord phone in case of emergency. And my voicemail is doing all the job )
Charltonc Posted March 27, 2013 Posted March 27, 2013 No cellphone I think that is brilliant!!! Cellphones are meh in my opinion.
jazzbass Posted March 27, 2013 Posted March 27, 2013 I know that these people are reading from a script and tell that them that they aren't doing a good enough job to get me excited. I tell them that if they are very good at getting me excited, then they'll probabIy be able to get me to do whatever they want. I then tell them to re-read their pitch and use their voice like an actor to make me more excited. Sadly their pitches are usually flawed at some point and I can focus on telling them that they need help in different areas. After about the fifth time they read their pitch, they know full well that I am the one in charge and there is no way that I'm going to do what they want. Plus...... Always have a room in the house where you can smoke a cigar. There has to be ONE room that you can re-paint from time to time. Painting is pretty easy.
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