Who remembers this fun from the 80s?

[JillBurgh]

YouTube - Crazy Calls - answering machine tape TV ad

Wait for the beep.. you gotta leave your name, you gotta leave your number...

These were the COOLEST! Does anyone even have answering machines anymore? Does anyone even have land lines anymore???

[Alix]

Um...I have both. Does that make me a dinosaur???

[jabbur]

We have a machine on a land line! My hubby is an engineer so he's very much into the "just the facts m'am" type of message. I always wanted something cool like these. They still could be used on cells for voicemail.

[Saphellae]

"Nobody's HOMEEEEEEEEEEE.. Nobody's Homeeeeeeeeeeeee........"

I remember those!!!!

[luvs]

i love, 'leave a message on my phone'. great thread. 'member mullets?

(i own a landline fer local calls or when my cell isn't working. & an answering maching machine that won't work.)

[GrillingFool]

Minor rant:
It should be a law that all recorded messages must identify the speaker, by name
or number reached.

Don't be so narcissistic to think that everyone knows your voice by ear. ;) ;)

[sattie]

I remember that!!! We ditched our land line and answering machine a while back. But yea, those were a hoot!

[Saphellae]

Is everyone going for cell phones or VoIP?

[Andy M.]

Originally Posted by GrillingFool

Minor rant:
It should be a law that all recorded messages must identify the speaker, by name or number reached...

Why? Don't you know who you called?

[GrillingFool]

Yeah I do.
Have you ever misdialed and not known it?

I just consider it to be a bit of a failure of common politeness and etiquette...
But I am old fashioned that way, Andy.