Odd Calls

Hello, who is this? I'm sorry, i just hit the redile button - my husband must have made a call since the last time i used the phone.

I've also had people tell me that they could hear a conversation when they rang the phone and nobody here picked up. Apparently, wireless transmitters can keep the phone-line open, and if your phone ringer is turned off for some reason, insta-broadcast. Hmmm.

The phone companies are a regulate public utility business, so we pay with our taxes on top of what we pay for the current mess - which seems as much a monopoly as ma bell prior to break-up. i have little choice over my land-line, and i just am not going to put a cell phone that close to my brain. Now a maxwell smart shoe phone ...