Do you answer withheld number phone calls?

**dogsnbikes** · 29th June 2007, 12:46

Originally Posted by Kflasher

It could be a random radio call... you could have won something.... or just some crazed axe wielding maniac that just wants to talk... answer you damm phone, I wanna know.....

or a X wife

**judecatmad** · 29th June 2007, 12:58

Originally Posted by inlinefour

If someone is ringing then its just plain rude not to answer it

I disagree - it's my phone and my time. Just because I have a phone and someone has my number, doesn't mean I am duty bound to pick it up every time. I'll answer the phone if I'm in the mood to answer it. If I'm not, or I'm busy, I will leave it. It's what I have voicemail for.

At work it's a bit different of course - not my own time then, so got to answer the damned thing whether or not I feel like talking to the person on the other end!

I must admit, if someone's number doesn't show up on my cellphone, I am more likely to let it go to voicemail. Again, it's what voicemail is for. Don't have caller ID on my home phone so have no idea who withholds and who doesn't.

**janno** · 29th June 2007, 13:10

Originally Posted by skidMark

you don't watch much tv do you? lol

they can triangulate the position of where you are off the 3 towers

.

Gargghhh!

Another happy innocent life shattered with the truth.

Thankyou very much for increasing my 21st century paranoia . . .

**The Pastor** · 29th June 2007, 13:13

Originally Posted by Big Dave

What yer number? This could keep me amused all afternoon.

021BIGDAVEISGAY.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 29th June 2007, 13:14

Originally Posted by scumdog

Shudup ya silly prick, carry on like this and you're going to ruin the whole thread with your logic.!!!

**skidMark** · 29th June 2007, 13:20

Originally Posted by renegade master

021BIGDAVEISGAY.

i find it amusing how often the word gay is in your posts RM

**Chrislost** · 29th June 2007, 13:37

Originally Posted by skidMark

you don't watch much tv do you? lol

they can triangulate the position of where you are off the 3 towers

all cellphones use 3 towers and your always basically in a triangle it figures out the distance somehow from each location and pinpoints ya.

next u lot will be saying that traffic lights are set off by weight.

haha they can?
nonono it happens all the time! how do you think that the cell sites know which cell site to switch you to as your driving along on the phone/just in general?...?
ohh and their accurate to <5m.
and they can do it with 2 sites too, but thats only accurate to about 100m
THEY ARE COMING FOR YOU

**MSTRS:Me** · 29th June 2007, 13:44

Just answer it. You can always hang up if you don't want to listen/talk.

**Eddieb** · 29th June 2007, 13:59

Originally Posted by skidMark

you don't watch much tv do you? lol

they can triangulate the position of where you are off the 3 towers

all cellphones use 3 towers and your always basically in a triangle it figures out the distance somehow from each location and pinpoints ya.

next u lot will be saying that traffic lights are set off by weight.

Although in most cases not to the extent they can say you on the corner of x & Y streets, just down to a within a few blocks.

**Reckless** · 29th June 2007, 14:00

Answer the damn thing!!
Its some spunky young thing, that spent ages finding your mobile number, thats been eyeing you from afar for months and wants to make mad passionate ???? to you.
And if its not

its not my mobile.

Originally Posted by skidMark

i find it amusing how often the word gay is in your posts RM

Oh RM's just in denial. Skid, he'll read back through his own posts and "come out" soon

**inlinefour** · 29th June 2007, 14:28

Originally Posted by judecatmad

I disagree - it's my phone and my time. Just because I have a phone and someone has my number, doesn't mean I am duty bound to pick it up every time. I'll answer the phone if I'm in the mood to answer it. If I'm not, or I'm busy, I will leave it. It's what I have voicemail for.

At work it's a bit different of course - not my own time then, so got to answer the damned thing whether or not I feel like talking to the person on the other end!

I must admit, if someone's number doesn't show up on my cellphone, I am more likely to let it go to voicemail. Again, it's what voicemail is for. Don't have caller ID on my home phone so have no idea who withholds and who doesn't.

I admit that I was speaking my opinion and acknowledge your opinion as being different, but in my situation answering the cellphone is a must as I'm stuck in a wheelchair as I'm a paraplegic and need help on a regular basis just to live...

**judecatmad** · 29th June 2007, 15:24

Originally Posted by inlinefour

I admit that I was speaking my opinion and acknowledge your opinion as being different, but in my situation answering the cellphone is a must as I'm stuck in a wheelchair as I'm a paraplegic and need help on a regular basis just to live...

And I accept that your scenario is totally different to mine

Everyone is different. I guess that's why I disagreed with the 'it's rude if you don't answer it' comment, cos it's not necessarily rude. We all just have different ways of dealing with the outside world!

My hubby drives me nuts (I think it's in the job description!) cos he's totally the opposite to me. If the home phone rings, he stops whatever he's doing and runs to try and get there before it stops ringing. And even if I've said 'if it's for me, I don't want to talk to anyone', he dutifully passes the phone to me if I'm asked for. It pisses me off!

Love him dearly, but the number of rows we've had over the phone! LOL

**rudolph** · 29th June 2007, 16:23

rember the prank call i did on you last week?

Fuck that was funny

**rudolph** · 29th June 2007, 16:31

maby its offcer tomas

**crashe** · 29th June 2007, 17:10

Many people have confidential landlines and those numbers will not show up on any cell phone when they call it. They have them confidential for many reasons.
They could be teachers, police, people who have been abused and hiding from their ex's, hospitals and some businesses. Some people chose to have a confidential number - it doesnt cost a thing now to have one.

The fact that the person rung 5 times within a short period of time, means it could be urgent...... so answer the damn thing..... someone close to you maybe be dead or badly hurt.

But as it turned out it was just a friend.