Sorry, Amos. Irealize lots of people put cell phones to legit uses. I think I was trying to be facetious. I'm biased because 22 years ago, my pregnant wife and I were nearly run off the road by a twit talking on the phone. We were in a VW bug and he was in a van. They called them car phones or mobile phones back then. This illustrates that phones and cars don't mix. Never have, never will. I yelled at the moron, who was totally oblivious to the fact he'd nearly killed three people. I also recognize the cell phone's value in travel, living in rural America as kat does. But I don't have one. Doesn't fall within my budget.

Kat/KL- is this what you call thread creep? I didn't mean to start a debate on cell phones, but I stand by my original statement that answering machines are filters allowing us, in a way, to set boundaries. If you've ever worked where they call you, day and night, to work on your off time, then you understand. Ditches salesman/bill collectors well also.