The greater nuisance is that I seem to routinely receive about three calls on my land line where no one is on the line when I answer. I accuse my older son of screening my calls with Caller ID to only answer when he wants to talk to me, but, while I don’t do this myself, it wouldn’t make much difference since the “hang-up” calls have ID of “Private”, “Unknown”, or on occasion “Blocked”.
And I subscribe to the national “Don’t Call” list.
But the land line calls continued. And lately they seem to be increasing. I learned that if someone is on the line you can effectively have short conversations by either hitting the “2” button, which disconnects many calls, or looking at the caller ID (any 877 or 800-series number is suspect) and letting the call go to voice, or answering and reminding the caller that “we do not take solicitation calls at this number, and please remove me from whatever list you got my name from.”
Seemingly, unsolicited facsimiles must have a “take me off your list” feature attached to the message, as do many of the lines where I dial the caller ID I see on my screen. And this week I received my first two solicitation calls on my cell phone. This frightens me.But not as much as the calls that I answer, where the caller ID is “Private” or “Unknown” or “Blocked” and when I answer there is nothing but a “click”.
I have been told that these are most likely from a service that establishes the best time for a marketer to call and expect a pickup. This information would be extremely interesting to a company seeking to solicit to a residence in a certain zip code or service area, and would have commercial value to such a company.
I’ve decided that for my next post, since it will be near Valentine’s Day, I’ll share with you my feelings and findings on “love @ 75”. Yes, it still exists.

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