Let me complicate my question, bear with me please. I have as many tricks as most when it comes to deflecting the calls. (my trick is to start speaking in FINNISH). But, that does NOT solve the problem. Our situation is awful. I am VERY envolved in my parents lives at a nursing home four blocks from home. Dad is 92, Mom is 87. They are both in failing health. Every day we arrive home to find several important medical messages from various doctors and nurses. Therefore, in the evening when we're home, and the phone rings, we jump to read the caller I.D., expecting the worse. Because of an average dozen telemarketeer calls each evening, I jump a lot. I WANT TO PUT THESE BASTARDS OUT OF BUSINESS. I Don't give a diddly squat how nice they are, what their voting record is, or how poor they are. I want them to stop calling me, period the end. I also want my State Senators to stop taking the payoff dollars. Thanks again for your help, Bob Nelson (deckman)