XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 24/01/2026 3:09 am, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2026/1/23 9:26:42, Daniel70 wrote:   
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   >> I moved into this house about Ten years ago and, for some reason or   
   >> other, the Phone Landline socket is positioned on the far wall of the   
   >> main bedroom.   
   >>   
   >> I don't know about you but I don't spend much time in my Bedroom ....   
   >> except when I'm sleeping .... so, after rushing from the Loungeroom to   
   >> the Bedroom when the phone rang .... only to find it was a Spammer   
   >> calling, I brought myself a Cordless phone with Answer machine built   
   >> into the Base station .... so, if the phone rings, I let the Answer   
   >> machine do its job .... and, usually, by the time the Answer machines   
   >> Welcome message has finished, the caller has hung up.   
   >>   
   >> Job Done!! ;-P   
   >   
   > I have a (corded, as it happens) 'phone at my elbow, so answer almost   
   > immediately (startles some callers!); however, especially around 10:30am   
   > which seems to be peak phishtime, I don't actually _say_ anything for a   
   > few seconds; the same applies - the autodialler (or whatever) gives up.   
      
   Yeap, done that, too, when I first got the Cordless phone!!   
      
   > (A real caller will usually say something in that time.)   
   >   
   Yeap.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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