Do-not-call list (somewhat rant-ish)

[Karen]

I am always bemused by the messages on my answering machine from Big Brother or the AmVets, saying they will have a truck in my neighborhood on a certain date for donations. But they do not know that we do not even live at our old address, we just took our phone number with us when we moved, over a year ago!

[mon]

Even if you screen all your calls and never pick up, they seem to stick to their calling list. No matter what. If I'm home and their gonna leave a long message, I will pick up and hang up also. Some of them rarely even leave a message anymore on the machine. Guess it depends what your answering machine says...heh-heh.

[smokey the elder]

At least I'm not getting an open line anymore. That was happening a lot; one culprit was my mail-order drug provider. I told the person (once I got through to a human) that I did not appreciate my line being left open. It stopped after that.