Sometimes the tech stories write themselves.
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Retroflash. Lite.
Tom SteenburgRetired attorney and investment management executive. I believe in life, liberty with accountability and the relentless pursuit of whimsy.
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funny, right on!
I wish I would get this message whenever I receive a junk call. Occasionally, I get “unknown caller” but generally I just have to guess by the area code if the call is worth taking. Not a great system as I have missed calls from doctors, but those robo-calls make me so angry, especially when I am driving.
Yes, “unknown caller” is a regular occurrence, as is “private caller”. I simply don’t pick up for any number I don’t recognize; “real” callers will leave a voicemail. My phone has what is billed as “talking caller ID”: a system-generated voice will say, “call from . . .”. Have to say that seeing the caller ID was one thing; hearing “call from . . fraudulent caller” was a hoot. Needless to say I didn’t pick up.
Bravo Tom, 6 words tell all!,
I agree, Caller ID helps a lot. We rarely get calls on our landline any longer, so screen calls assiduously.
Love this, Tom! My cell phone indicates, “Possible scam,” which is useful. My favorite was one not marked a scam in a nearby area code, so I picked up and the recorded message was in Chinese. I had a good laugh. Wish my Taiwanese neighbor could have heard it so I knew what scam they were promoting.
Thanks, Marian. My personal favorite caller ID story is when the display showed “Tom Steenburg”. Guess I was scamming myself.
Indeed.
Ultralite comment. 😉
Ultralites shine particularly brightly. Thanks, Barbara.
Yes, a tribulation indeed. But scam calls would be so much more annoying if we didn’t have Caller ID, so that’s a triumph of technology.
Your phone is better than mine, Tom. Occasionally I will get a message that an incoming call is possibly “spam,” but I would much prefer if, like yours, it spared me the euphemisms and just called it “fraudulent.” I suspect my phone is worried about defamation suits.
Anyhow, very well said — if wordy.
Thanks, John. In fact my phone is judgment-proof.
Scam calls have become a plague. They are the vast majority of all the calls we get.