I don't have Techno's phone number ... I just wait to be summoned to the presence

Dearie me! These mishaps and 'accidents' have fair taken their toll on Phil! 

Best cold call I ever heard was when an Indian chap rang up a neighbour, he began to give him the usual spiel, but my neighbour just put the phone down and ended the call.

Twenty seconds later... The phone rings.

My neighbour answers it ... It's the Indian chap again, and he's not very happy.

"You put the phone down on me!" He berates my neighbour.

To which my neighbour replies, "Correct. And I'm going to do it again."

And he did.

- Or solution is to just not answer the phone. We ring 1471 afterwards to make sure it wasn't someone we know. But 90% of the calls to our house are call centres or automated calls about government grants. We don't make or receive many calls though at our house, so our solution probably won't work for most. We're just anti-social 

Quote from: Westmarcher on 23 January 2016, 01:31:58 PM
Dearie me! These mishaps and 'accidents' have fair taken their toll on Phil! 

'SCUSE ME !

I do have a bit lot more hair than that...thank you SO much.......Though facially that's not too bad. 

I can get your number Westie.....NO problem.....

Then who shall I be ?.....Rodney Wilkinson from Melbourne ?......Or 93 year old Doris Scrote from Neasden.

You have been warned. 

Cheers - Phil

Quote from: Techno on 23 January 2016, 04:25:49 PM
'SCUSE ME !

...Or 93 year old Doris Scrote from Neasden.

You have been warned. 

Cheers - Phil

I doubt you have the knees to be a Doris...I could see you being a Mavis though

Thank you, Steve. 
Cheers - Phil

Phill

BT sell a number of "Blocking Phones" that are quite clever.

Block Nuisance Calls

With the BT 6500 you can choose the type of calls you want to block. For example International and Withheld numbers can be blocked, which account for a large proportion of unwanted sales calls. Calls still go through to the answer machine, so if it's someone you want to hear from they can still leave a message. Alternatively if you there are specific numbers you want to block, you can block up to 10 numbers from getting through


DO NOT PURCHASE FROM BT - YOU CAN GET THEM CHEAPER ELSWHERE.  (Even with a staff discount BT is more expensive than elsewhere on most things)

You could register for the TPS which is free
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/mobile/index.html

Thanks chaps.

In fact I'm already signed up to TPS (and ex-dir), but these b*stard automatic dialing machines don't take any notice of that....especially from abroad.
I've got caller display on the phones too, Mark...So I can see whether it's an international/unavailable or withheld number.

I could ignore them....But at the mo' I just want to be extremely abusive to these *****.

While I'm here....That picture that Mike posted......I'm sure it's not the same one that was there to start with. 

Cheers - Phil

You have to update TPS every so often as it only applies to dialling packages that already exsist . if a new package is created then TPS won't block until you've updated

Quote from: Techno on 23 January 2016, 10:22:18 PM
While I'm here....That picture that Mike posted......I'm sure it's not the same one that was there to start with.  

You're right, it's not!

It was this one, I'm the one on my knees on the left

Wife confused me and our son on the phone today.

"Did Granddad phone?"

"My granddad is dead."

Quote from: Techno on 23 January 2016, 10:22:18 PM

While I'm here....That picture that Mike posted......I'm sure it's not the same one that was there to start with. 

Yeh. I was wondering too. How did he do that? 

Quote from: Last Hussar on 24 January 2016, 01:37:02 AM
Wife confused me and our son on the phone today.

"Did Granddad phone?"

"My granddad is dead."

In our house, we have a saying when that happens - "Get her name down."*

* for the Old Folks Home.

Quote from: Westmarcher on 24 January 2016, 02:33:42 AM
Yeh. I was wondering too. How did he do that? 

Think this had happened before. 

If you link to a piccy on a site......And then the site changes the pic you've linked to....The image you originally 'chose' is replaced by the new one.

Cheers - Phil

My technique with "we have an error on your computer" I to ask which computer, as I have 2 lap tops, a Kindle Fire and 2 smart phones. Then, before they answer - which operating system, Windows 8, 10 or Andriod, then model.....

Result - they ring off.

If its a survey - demand to know what they are selling.

IanS