Calls from angry bill collectors....... I have some rules: 1: "unknow name unknown number" I ain't gonna answer. If they don't want me to know who they are I'm not interested in talking with them. Beyond rude it is. 2: "If this person lives in this house press _______" yeah right (Timothy leaves the same message daily. I have no idea who Timothy is, but he calls every day saying, this is Timothy, please call me at ........some 800#) Sorry, I'm not that loose. 3: "Please hold" (I'm sorry, someone I don't know calls me, to put me on hold? I don't think so.) Caller ID is a wonderful thing. Telemarketers are a whole different story. If I'm in the mood for fun and have time I attempt to engage them in literary or theologic discussion. If I'm not I tell them I'm on line with someone in China, but they can call back. Julie Krueger -----Original Message----- From: eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:09 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Another Bush failure? Julie: I think I've finally figured out why I love this list so much. It makes my life feel relatively normal (anyone want to define that?). {{Humpf!}} That's easy for you to say. You don't have angry bill collectors calling on behalf of said Geary, PhZ. Anyone dunning you in gravel-blasted Cajun accents above the syncopated backbeat of accordions and washboards? Oh no, everything is normal. Next it will be gypsies. And zombies. And then zombie gypsies. What I want to know is where is Martin Buber in all this? Dead I tell you, deader than a boiled mackerel. That's where. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.