I am glad you like the phone. That noise box I have rings ALL DAY AND HALF THE NIGHT - and usually I check the Caller I.D. before answering. if it's an unidentified number of any kind or says "wireless caller"- I simply don't pick it up. If I know the company or person who is calling, I will accommodate you. People who call me before eight in the AM or at my lunch or dinner time are nothing I want to talk to. Same thing for very late in the evening (after nine at night). Unless it's an emergency.
I have gotten to the point where I turn off the ringer at bedtime so I can sleep in peace. I had someone who called me after midnight and rang the phone for a solid half-hour without let. I feel at that time of the night it was some drunk who dialed the wrong number. It woke me out of a sound sleep and I refused to get out of a warm bed to answer it.
I had an answering machine - once. I came home one night and there was one message on the phone - to "go **** yourself - honey." That was all I needed. No more machines. If I am not at home - or in bed sound asleep - then they miss me.
