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I Strum, are you the same I Strum who showed Rob and me around New York City during the Acoustic Guitar gathering last August?

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To answer your question, gnu, I tend to wait for 7 or 8 rings if the answering machine of the person I'm calling doesn't pick up first.

We got a "Tele-Zapper" for the telemarketer problem. It works pretty well. We used to get several telemarketer calls every day. Now we only get a small handful per week.