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R o V e R 
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 Topic: Answering Machine
Posted: August 12 2007 at 13:05 |
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weird thing
Whenever i call somebody,.
And call divert to answering machine,...
I cant talk,.
( Unless it is hardcore immergency)
What about you?
Curious
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Shakespeare
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Posted: August 12 2007 at 13:09 |
I find it just as nerve racking and tedious to leave a message than it is to have a conversation over the phone (and to listen to a Kraftwerk album  ).
Edited by Shakespeare - August 12 2007 at 13:09
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R o V e R
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Posted: August 12 2007 at 13:17 |
 Shakespeare wrote:
I find it just as nerve racking and tedious to leave a message than it is to have a conversation over the phone (and to listen to a Kraftwerk album ).
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agreed
'Kraftwerk album' ? 
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Vompatti
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Posted: August 12 2007 at 13:22 |
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I've never leaved a message to an answering machine. I guess I prefer people to machines. Still I'd much rather listen to a Kraftwerk album
than phone anyone.
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The Doctor
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Posted: August 12 2007 at 13:26 |
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I can. Of course my messages are always "It's Chester. Call me." Short and to the point. One thing I can't stand is people trying to have a conversation with my voice mail. I don't need a ten minute long message describing your life since the last time we talked. Just say hi, your name and call me. And give me your number if I don't already have it.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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R o V e R
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Posted: August 12 2007 at 13:32 |
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hmmmnn
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Dean
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Posted: August 12 2007 at 13:36 |
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I leave an order for a Pizza and hang up...
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What?
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R o V e R
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Posted: August 12 2007 at 13:39 |
darqdean wrote:
I leave an order for a Pizza and hang up... |
Nice 
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Leningrad
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Posted: August 12 2007 at 23:56 |
I don't call people anymore... too much Kraftwerk to listen to! 
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BaldFriede
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Posted: August 13 2007 at 00:01 |
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We hate answering machines. We are either not there or we are. We can see who called us, and we will call back. We don't have cell phones either; we hate the bloody things. People phone each other all the time just because they have lost the patience to wait. We wont support that.
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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stonebeard
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Posted: August 13 2007 at 01:37 |
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I don't like talking on the phone. I'm a poor conversationalist. I'm often more comfortable thinking about what I want to say than saying it. It's the expectation of filling the silence that upsets me. I love silence.
Anyway....
Either will do. I never leave long messages and I don't think I've ever had a phone conversation longer than 3 minutes. Hell, my girlfriend and I's breakup call was probably only about 2 minutes.
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el böthy
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Posted: August 13 2007 at 13:11 |
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Awsering machines are a bitch... except for martinn´s, he has George Constanza´s Belive it or not, George isnt at home song... it always cranks me up
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Dean
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Posted: August 13 2007 at 14:00 |
one of the messages left on my voice mail at work was 3 minutes of silence followed by a very quiet 'oh sh*t' before they hung-up - instantly recognisable as one of my more intelectually challenged colleagues - oh how we laughed. No, we did. Honestly - it was very funny at the time...  I guess you had to know him to appreciate it...
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purplepiper
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Posted: August 13 2007 at 19:20 |
I have a hard time calling anyone. I really have some sort of phone phobia! I don't even like talking to friends on the phone. Yeah, leaving messages is scary...I never know what to say and then usually I say something stupid or irrelevant! Usually, I leave my cell phone off because i'm afraid someone will call and i'll have to talk to them or get back to them 
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for those about to prog, we salute you.
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Shakespeare
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Posted: August 13 2007 at 19:22 |
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Makes one wonder why one uses a phone in the first place...
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Dim
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Posted: August 13 2007 at 20:51 |
It depends.
If the person is someone you just wanna talk to, there is pretty much no reason.
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thellama73
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Posted: August 13 2007 at 22:33 |
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I don't like leaving messages, but seeing as how my job requires me to call a lot of people, I've gotten used to it.
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Mikerinos
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Posted: August 14 2007 at 00:20 |
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Dislike phones in general so no. I think I'm one of the only kids in my grade without a cell phone, too, but I honestly don't care.
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Philéas
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Posted: August 14 2007 at 22:55 |
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I can't either. As soon as the answeringmachine thing gets going, I hang up...
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Tapfret
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 01:38 |
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I usually key in a bunch of codes to see if I can change the outgoing message to something totally vulgar. Or even better, key in the self destruct sequence. Yelling at peoples indoor pets is also a riot.
Edited by Tapfret - August 15 2007 at 01:38
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