tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post4610949121801578956..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: GRUMBLIN' -- NET NEUTRALITY -- FLAGGIN' HUCKSTERISMJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-58365012160530815402018-06-25T12:12:10.691-07:002018-06-25T12:12:10.691-07:00Nick, my electric co. just sends monthly mailer wi...Nick, my electric co. just sends monthly mailer with usage comparison with “neighbors”. The actual phone call I described was one of those sly ones that lead you to think they’re somehow electric co. connected, as I initially wondered, but are actually not, but just a sales pitch. I gathered from elec. co. they hadn’t provided them any info on my usage. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-46219277200642207662018-06-25T12:02:58.112-07:002018-06-25T12:02:58.112-07:00There are certain calls that cause phone to ring s...There are certain calls that cause phone to ring steadily for much longer than usual, then no one there if answered. Will ring again if not answered often followed by a high-pitched squeal similar, but not the same, to a dialed fax number made erroneously to a phone. <br /><br />I just look at phone I.D. on portable phone screen that appears automatically on all unblocked-by-caller incoming Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-6369064555788933542018-06-25T11:50:42.354-07:002018-06-25T11:50:42.354-07:00I rarely bother blocking cause it really is futile...I rarely bother blocking cause it really is futile, as you say. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-27730825422521445812018-06-25T11:48:05.377-07:002018-06-25T11:48:05.377-07:00I don’t think requests to get removed from a call ...I don’t think requests to get removed from a call list are ever respected. What has seemed to end one group calling with ever changing callers was when i kept saying oh, we don’t trust them — wie’ll never do business with them. Some woman called back immediately three times and I didn’t answer. Finally she left a really long message on my answering machine which I only listened to first few Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-41475597792757129202018-06-25T11:33:44.124-07:002018-06-25T11:33:44.124-07:00I don’t think most Californians will support divid...I don’t think most Californians will support dividing our State into three, or even two separate States anymore than Texas ever has breaking up their State. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-13990571861787110072018-06-25T09:51:32.489-07:002018-06-25T09:51:32.489-07:00I'm going to be really bummed if California br...I'm going to be really bummed if California breaks into three states because, it being the world's six largest economy, it does so much good as one state.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-32467988247802158212018-06-24T14:44:40.563-07:002018-06-24T14:44:40.563-07:00We get a lot of phone calls every day and most are...We get a lot of phone calls every day and most are telemarketers, so we never answer directly unless we're expecting a call. Our answering machine answers after two rings and if the call is really for us we pick up then. Often the caller just hangs up without leaving a message. <br /><br />Apparently caller ID encourages this sort of thing because someone makes a profit every time the ID CheerfulMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934008738777906970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-57624948667751284672018-06-24T13:40:59.398-07:002018-06-24T13:40:59.398-07:00Unless I recognize the caller, I don't answer ...Unless I recognize the caller, I don't answer my phone. Period. If it's important or necessary, the caller will leave a message. 99% of the time, the unknown number is a telemarketer or scammer. That I have to deal at all with this nonsense is irritating. Blocking them all is an exercise in futility; they have endless numbers at their disposal. But I block them nonetheless.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-52383864261255278112018-06-24T07:04:52.104-07:002018-06-24T07:04:52.104-07:00We don't get that call but do seem to be bomba...We don't get that call but do seem to be bombarded by spam. It's sneaky too as I won't recognize the number (we have caller ID) and sometimes I feel compelled to answer in case it's for my husband's consulting work. It never is. It's about a loan we need lol or political cause or something else we don't want. A few times we have tried to wait out the recording to say Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-33256619783645891812018-06-23T12:52:49.782-07:002018-06-23T12:52:49.782-07:00FYI Writing of hucksterism as I did here, this is ...FYI Writing of hucksterism as I did here, this is an alert. I see we bloggers are again being visited by a devious one with no respect for blogging courtesies, who leaves a fawning comment in broken English, as was done here, which I screened first so didn’t publish. Then, at the end he includes an undesired site link in another language. These have appeared before and now I’ve seen such Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-41490842799833730352018-06-23T01:51:24.218-07:002018-06-23T01:51:24.218-07:00I've never had that message from my electricit...I've never had that message from my electricity company, but if I did, I'd assume straightaway it was nonsense, because as you say, which neighbours are they referring to and how are they comparing electricity usage? I might have an all-electric household while my neighbours are using gas or heating oil for example. Just treat it with the contempt it deserves and move on!nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-60945782922392546392018-06-22T16:15:54.952-07:002018-06-22T16:15:54.952-07:00Appreciate your input on this. I guess it looks g...Appreciate your input on this. I guess it looks good that something is being done to promote conservation which I think is important, but this way of doing it doesn’t make sense to me, unless there’s something I haven’t been told about their process. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-9652218377095891422018-06-22T13:38:54.287-07:002018-06-22T13:38:54.287-07:00Probably there are no specific “neighbors” being u...Probably there are no specific “neighbors” being used for comparison. It’s likely some algorithm that was devised. They then decide how much they think a household should use, but nobody has so far attempted to explain their process to me when I’ve asked. <br /><br />We had to keep our landline in the beginning for my husband’s regular Pacemaker check. Subsequently I’ve kept it because an Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-47326015728627485632018-06-22T13:29:48.959-07:002018-06-22T13:29:48.959-07:00Wow, I have never heard of such a thing and I use ...Wow, I have never heard of such a thing and I use to work for a utility company. We recommended free energy surveys which would show customers how to use less power but those came with the bill. I see no reason for the comparison for as you said, there are too many variables. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-48190370490111662792018-06-22T07:24:11.425-07:002018-06-22T07:24:11.425-07:00Yeah, we are told every month in our electrical bi...Yeah, we are told every month in our electrical bill that we use more than our neighbors. But hubby works from home 4 days a week, so...whatever. That said, we don't run our a/c year round, even when it's 72 out, like our next door neighbor, so...meh.<br /><br />In other related news, I never pick up my phone if it's not already labeled as someone I know. If there is no message Silver in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12501467853392916885noreply@blogger.com