Dwayne Monroe wrote:
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> And really, I think this is mostly a problem for those
> of us who are part of the telecommunications use
> transitional generation - that is, we're accustomed to
> feeling a certain social pressure to answer the phone
> when it rings (a habit acquired in the land line era).
Many, not all, of those who suffer from depression _also_ hate answering the phone. I am one of that number, and for that reason quickly came to love two technologies: answer machine and caller ID. I _never_ answer the phone unless I know in advance who is calling.
Carrol