I agree. I believe that people often forget that a phone is there for the owners convienience, not for the callers! We have to get out of the habit of rushing to answer - once I had done this, things got much less stressful. I often let my answer machine pick up calls if I am busy, and if they are worth talking to, I pick up then or leave it until they either call me back at a better time, or I call them. It's so nice being in control.... ;-) -----Original Message----- From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Jason Lord Sent: 19 August 2005 15:53 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [data-protection] Silent Calls - are the DMA's new rules right? And just how is it ever reckless to make a phone call or reasonable to presume that calling someone on the phone is likely to lead to a persons death?! If that was the case then, in these litigious times, nobody would call anybody for any reason. Michael Lord ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving message please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^