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Eight forty five.

Ding dong, ding dong.

I was still sleeping. I hadn't gone to sleep until nearly 5am.

Managed to get downstairs, even though I was unsteady on my feet, as my drugs hadn't kicked in.

'Good news!'

'Jesus loves you.'

Short conversation ensued. Mainly about would Jesus still love me if I'd fallen down the stairs to receive this vital information, before closing the door.

Last night I had a similar call. This time from a young woman who wanted me to sign up and pay the Red Cross by standing order.

I'm not in the worst position. Other people, such as the elderly, the disabled, the sick, parents of sleeping children, or those who work nights, must be much more affected than myself.

I have nothing against having someone's literature being posted through my door. If it doesn't interest me, it goes straight into the recycling sack.

I'm sure if all cold calling was made illegal, it would also cut down on people being conned by scum pretending to be someone they aren't, and ripping off the elderly. If calling was by appointment only, it would lessen the risk of vunerable old people being taken in.

Jesus, thanks very much for your interest, but please don't call again...I'll call you.

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Should have smacked them on the nose and said 'If Jeses loves me maybe he will forgive me too " :D

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I was suprisingly polite!:rolleyes:

We can sign up so we don't receive unsolicited telephone calls and mail, but not from people knocking on our doors, peddaling their message.

Stuff religious freedom to spread the word.

I don't want your God, or new windows, or a new gas supplier.

Thanks ever so much.:mad:

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Wouldn't even answer the door 'til I have put me face on and done the hair anyway .. :D

Bet you were really furious Garinda. You will have to buy one of the stickers that say 'No cold calling' sure easily obtainable.

Lots of neighbourhood watch committees have set up 'No cold calling zones' in conjunction with the police. Think this is a good idea, but have to get everyone in your area to agree .. just google.

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We had a thread about this recently
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f66/where-34116.html
You can buy door signs on ebay dirt cheap, but since my front door is in an enclosed communal stairwell, I have a paper one I produced on my PC. It is only aimed at religion pushers, so I still get those fuel supply chaps - just say I check with Uswitch - go away.

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We had someone from Red Cross round last night as well.

He kept making stupid jokes. I told him if I wantes to donate I would do so online. Go away.:mad:

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how do you get one of the no calling stickers

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Look in this thread for details
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f66/where-34116.html

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As i said there it still doesn't work, had a right set of dodgy nobheads last week claiming to be peddling windows - doh its a blumming rented estate, i got an official one from LCC but alas as i said to them by complaint IT DOESN'T work & their reply is as follows:

Got my reply from trading standards a bit of disconcerned reply but tried

Further to your enquiry to this Department regarding the continual calling
of doorstep sellers.

I must advise you that such sellers are entitled to call at your door, and
are not necessarily committing any offences in doing so.

This Department discourages consumers from doing any kind of business on
their doorstep, and I would applaud you in turning away callers, or refusing
to answer the door.

If you feel in any way threatened or intimidated by a doorsatep caller
please do not hesitate to call 999, as the Police are committed to assisting
Trading Standards with this kind of nuisance.

Thank you for your enquiry

DUTY OFFICER
LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
TRADING STANDARDS SERVICE

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Makes me laugh that 'they are entitled to knock at my door' - erm i dont think so without permission :(

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your a better man than me gunga din, politeness and pains in the arse do not sit very well with me.;) and yes it should be made illegal.

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All cold calling should be made illegal, regardless of whether we have a sticker or not, and as others have said, it doesn't deter the more aggressive power supply/window salesmen.

I have a tongue in my head, and am relatively compos mentis, but it means the more vunerable members of society are sitting targets. If they knew all calls were by appointment only, they'd be less likely to let in those intent on ripping them off or doing them harm.

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As i posted from last week its not illegal as much as i'd like & that door sellers are entitled to knock at your door - whether we like it or not, which says a lot for trading standards whom initially warns us about dangers of cold selling:confused:

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Red Cross called at my elderly neighbours the other night at 8.45, she opened the door a fraction and because she couldn't hear what the guy wanted shut it again, he still managed to shove a card into her hand, The strange thing is no-one called at our house, I would have thought they would have disturbed the entire grove not just the selective few.

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I'll answer the door without my dressing gown on next time, and ask them to come in.

That should result in a hasty exit.:D

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:D:D Or maybe not !! Not worth the risk.. :D

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What would you do if they had an heart attack with the shock,?,,,,,erm i was going to say a stroke,but thats rude,,,te he,,,,

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If they have all this faith in jesus that they feel we need to know about, surely jesus will call in person! And not when we are sleeping, .... or would we in fact be sleeping should jesus pay a visit?

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I got the guy last week at my door - I was in the doorway at the time...he stops with his little girl in toe...
he said to me 'whats the best news I can give you?' - I replied that he was not going to stop and keep walking...needless to say he stopped and told me that I am alive - told him to wait till I pinched myself to believe him..he went on to say that no amount of money in the world can make me happier than having life - told him I have had life for the last 34 years and its ok - I now want to try the money thing...he then said that money is just a material thing like cars and houses - so I then asked him for his car keys and house keys as he obviously wont want them and me being materialistic does want them....he went on to say that jesus had nothing and was happy - I replied that jesus had nothing because there was nothing...I then asked him did he walk here today and he said no and pointed to his car...I then asked if jesus was around to today would he have a car or would have he walked to my door? he said that he would have had a donkey... I asked where his donkey was and he walked away....:D:D:D

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It looks like some Scottish councils are imposing a total ban on cold calling.

Edinburgh Evening News - Cold caller ban to be extended

There should be a nationwide blanket ban.

If I want religion, dusters, new windows etc., I'll find them myself, thank you very much.

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I've said it before and I'll say it again
Draw the border at Birmingham
The Scots are getting a better deal from their beaurocrats than we are from ours

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Let's make it Staffordshire.

Then at least we don't get the awful Brummy accent.:D

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It was only the other day we had 3 people come to the door 1 from a new private dentist that was opening and wanted people to sign with them until i pointed out that its a council estate and most people who live round here will be with NHS and not able to afford to go private she went away.

Next was from the blind first he knocked on the door and then said to me "Are you over 21? i just gave him a look as i was tired and not in the mood! well you do look young he said! then he went on to say all your neighbours have signed up! (and that means what to me!) he said you just fill in the direct debit form with your bank details and we dont start taking until after xmas! (yeah ok like im stupid enough to hand out my bank details! to some guy knocking at my door) maybe i should have just give him my card and pin i just explained that i was due a new baby in december so all my money will be going there and if i wanted to donate i would find my own safe way of doing so.

Then about 1/2 an hour later knock on the door this time Mick went i could hear them say to him is your mum or dad in! ( i was laughing in the front room!) hes 28 years old surely he cant look that young! they wanted money for premature babys with the usual we would just need your bank details again they were fobbed off!
That was a nightmare of a night and we have the no cold callers sign in the window a RED one but they just dont seem able to see it or read!.

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On the inside of my glass fronted front door I have posted a notice that reads:







It seems to be working because I haven’t had a cold caller for most of this year.

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red cross came to my house the other day when i was working, my bf answered the door and listened to all the things they guy had to say, i asked my bf what did he do, i thought he was gonna say that he told them to go away but to my surprised he told me he give them the bank details to donate £6.50 a month, right fair enough is not a lot but i think i got enough bill to pay for him to add this money a month, i need to way till they set up the direct debit and then i will cancel it, not being nasty but im not made of money.
I always donate things to charity shops so i know im always doing a bit to help.
I have a sign on my window saying no bogus callers that my friend gave me but i dont think they care much about this signs.

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That a good one!! But I would change the last one :D

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Totally agree, cold calling should be made completely illegal. Irritating enough for us lot, but I would imagine intimidating and frightening for elderly/vulnerable people. I'm surprised that no politician or party has taken this up?

The mood I'm in at the moment, if any cold callers dare to show their face this weekend, they'll get their leaflets shoved where the sun don't shine! :mad:

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Cheer up Wynonie. Jesus loves you :p

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I've been told that Jesus Saves, too. Do you know if he's looking for a club? ;)

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ermmmmm I've got somebody looking over my shoulder with a red and white top on so the obvious answers about miracles are probably best avoided for my own safety :D

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Dave, if any cold callers are unwise enough to pick your house in the next few days, send her out to see 'em...then phone for an ambulance! :D

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The Stanley Rottweiler :rofl38:

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That quite frightens me, it appears that they are just visiting the vunerable and it isn't right!!:mad:

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That's odd. The Red Cross chap who came to our door told me that he was not allowed to take bank details on the doorstep, (not that I was on the brink of offering them!).

He said to me that if I wanted to donate he would leave me some forms for me to fill in and send off.:confused:

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But I’m not a Devil worshiper.

In any case that would only invite other Devil worshipers to knock on my door.

The way to get rid of unwanted callers is a simple NO THANKS! GO AWAY! No reasons, no excuses, no nothing because it just invites them to start a discussion.

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And that's exactly what I do, but why should we even have the inconvenience and irritation of having to answer the door to these chancers? Also, us lot on here seem a pretty strong-willed bunch, but imagine how many vulnerable, easy-led people there are out there who might be talked or bullied into something they don't want. Ban it altogether, I say!

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as one of the vunerable easy-led people,thanks for sticking up for me.:D

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My next door neighbour is a man with 'learning difficulties'. He had regular weekly visits from two jehovahs witnesses. I learned from his mother that he did not want them to come and sit reading the bible to him but he was too timid to tell them to leave him alone.

With her consent I intervened and got them to stop the visits.

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Good on you, Margaret. Imagine how many more vulnerable people they've latched onto, who don't have concerned neighbours ready to intervene. This is exactly the sort of situation a total ban would avoid.

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To be quite honest, I would love to be a fly on the wall when a double glazing salesman or a Jehovah's Witness turns up on YOUR front doorstep! ;)

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I did actually email Red Cross about this and they assured me they did not choose selective houses, but they couldn't tell me why we had not had a visit.

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Maybe they don't know what the callers are doing. Call me cynical but these people normally call at all the houses and when they don't I find it a bit suspect:(

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Well i have a receipt in front of me from the BRITISHREDCROSS, it has my partner details and my account number so i dont know, it is legal it has all the contact details and all the information needed so i know i can cancel it anytime, it is a direct debit paper with all the information if you know what i meanhttp://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/i...ons/icon12.gif

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Part of the condition of having Parkinson's Disease is a disturbed sleep pattern. Basically I'm dozey in the day, and wide awake most nights.

I eventually managed to get to sleep last night (oh, the irony) at nine o'clock this morning.

Just before ten.

'Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong.'

'Hello, we'd like to offer you this personal invitation to our church.'

'Er..no thank you.'

Then I a got mad.

Telling them that because my movements are impared, especially in the morning, until the first lot of drugs kick start my brain/muscles, it makes it very difficult for me to get to the front door.

I asked them if their God would come and help look after me, if I'd have fallen down the stairs?

They didn't have much to say after that, except was I sure that I wouldn't take one of their printed invitations to salvation?

I'm still really angry.

If it was Muslims doing this, there would be uproar.

How dare someone invade my privacy, pushing their chosen lifestyle?

I think I might pop round to their homes late at night, and ask them if they've ever considered unnatural sex, and if not could I possibly leave an invitation?

I can chose to opt out of telephone cold calling, offering everything from loans to broadband. I wish there was a telephone preference number I could call to opt out of being bothered by the salvationists.

:mad:

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I Used to have a sign on my door which read, my Saffy loves Jahovahs Witnesses but he can't eat a full one:D

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Nice one Edina.:D

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I was going to add that I think that's an absolutely fabulous idea, but then the doorbell rang.

(Happily no one offering me a reserved place in paradise.)

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That will due to the un natural sex you partake in :rolleyes::D

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Since when has celibacy been unnatural?:D

Just because I'm going to go out late at night, when I can't sleep, and ring the God squad's doorbells, pushing deviant sexuality down their throats, doesn't mean I partake.;):D

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Sorry mate, I keep forgetting you have got old :p

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I find all this ramming and what have you to be very disturbing.....

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I have just been waked from my midday nap.
The phantom bellringer strikes again
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...one-37059.html

My callers aren't 'cold' they're 'ethereal'

I lost the instructions but now noticed a channel setting switch - switched

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I'm actually all for religious freedom. The thing is these door to door missionaries actually believe they are offering something worthwhile, and which they think is a good thing. I do not share the same belief.

If the churches who minister door to door, advertised in the local press, offering contact details for those who may be interested in knowing more, I'm sure they'd have a much higher success rate.

I do not want my peace disturbed by anyone, be they offering glazing or God. I am quite intelligent enough to seek out any information on either subject, if I so wish.

If it was made illegal to cold call, I'm sure the incidence of old people being conned by those people who knock at our doors, would be significantly reduced, because people would be much more wary if our doorbells didn't ring everytime these people decide to call unannounced.

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Well I bloomin' well wish they'd do it here too.

There'd be a choice then.

We could then chose if we wanted to read/watch the ads, and decide for ourselves if we needed more information on whatever was being pushed.

Choice is something I don't have, when I literally have to try and roll out of bed, and crawl down the stairs.

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lol oo i say would that be a personal invite - now the sheep makes sense :p

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Jehovah's Witnesses do it because this is what Jesus did - explanation taken from their website :rolleyes:

If you don't want them to call on you again, tell them that you want to go on their DO NOT CALL list - I'm on it, although they did get me out of bed last weekend :mad:, they soon shove off when you tell them you're on the list!

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Well I certainly ain't one of the 'meek', and as far as I remember, from attending church every Sunday, for the first sixteen years of my life, Jesus didn't knock on any doors, whilst taking the gospel from town to town.

People left their houses if they wanted to hear him speak, just as I would, if I wanted to hear what the holy knockers of today had to say.

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In addition to garinda's suggestion, I think it should also be illegal in the warmer months, say May to September.:)

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wow.......did they have doors in them days?? amazing stuff :rolleyes::D

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I am sure a sticker would keep the cold callers away. What an amazing idea.

:rolleyes:

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Don't know what the problem is really, put a sticker up and say no thanks i'm not interested and close the door, don't even give them a chance to say 'but'. Enter into any conversation with them about their 'product' and you're inviting them aren't you.
Johovas witnesses called a couple of weeks ago, they got told sorry I can't let you into the block.
I've actually argued with Gas companies that harass the old dears, lying to them saying they've got to sign here if they want to STAY WITH their existing supplier. Horrible gits got my ex this way, she felt like she'd been robbed by a con man. It took weeks to sort out.

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I don’t get cold callers these days and I put it down to the notice on the inside of my glass fronted front door as below.
However I am amazed at the attitude of most contributors to this thread. They are so self centred that just because they don’t want ‘cold callers’ knocking on their doors they are calling for it to be made illegal. Get real people! The world does not revolve around you.

You would have a different view if you happened to be a door-to-door salesman.

But then it is all me, me, me, me, me, me, me these days.

In any case anyone has the right to knock on your door and a very few even have the right to enter your home without your permission.

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Although I was angry yesterday, after being woken from a two hour sleep, my first in forty eight hours, and it was physically hard to answer the door, I'm quite compos mentis enough to tell me I'm not interested in anything they are trying to flog, sadly a lot of elderly people are not.

I don't think it's selfish for cold calling to be made illegal, They would still be welcome to post information through the letterbox, and offer contact details, if people are intersted in knowing more.

We have the option of opting out of telephone cold calling, with the telephone preference service, we should have the same right to opt out with door to dood hawkers.

My grandmother was robbed of hundreds of pounds by someone who claimed he was offering to clean her guttering. Sadly her's is not the only case I know of, of people being taken advantage of, besides the numerous cases of criminals using the pretence of being a door to door salesman to enter, and rob the homes, of the vunerable.

I'd hate to think of anyone taking advantage of you Jambutty, once your faculties start to fade.

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[FONT=Times New Roman]However I am amazed at the attitude of most contributors to this thread. They are so self centred that just because they don’t want ‘cold callers’ knocking on their doors they are calling for it to be made illegal. Get real people! The world does not revolve around you.[/FONT]


But then it is all me, me, me, me, me, me, me these days. -------------------------------- sorry but when a person is at home either relaxing,or busy doing, it SHOULD be me,me,me, its their home n their privacy.

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As self centred as someonewho parks in a designated disabled parking space, whilst his able bodied passenger does the shopping, and thus preventing a disabled driver from perhaps doing their shopping independently?;)

It isn't about being selfish, it's about protecting the vunerable.

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A stranger knocking on your door is hardly likely to know about your physical situation or that fact that you were sleep deprived. He was only doing his/her job. Would it have been any different if the caller happened to be a copper making door-to-door enquiries or the gasman come to read your gas meter – if you have one? No of course not. Yet both are cold callers.

Some people do post flyers etc. through the letterbox – we call it junk mail and people moan about that and think that it ought not be allowed.

Like reporting spam email, using the preference service to bar calls from known callers is a waste of time. They have to call you first before you know who they are and what the number is and in any case most are ‘withheld numbers’. You can get rid of most cold calls by being blatantly rude to the caller and even abusive. The message gets through eventually. All I seem to get these days is those automatic calls where it is a machine that calls with a pre-recorded message.

You should join reality. The world will not pander to your whims and will carry on regardless. You have to fit in with the world. Put a notice on your door. Keep your phone within arm’s reach at all times. My phone is by my left hand when I’m sat here at the keyboard. When I settle down to watch TV it is on a chair next to me. If it wakes me when I am in bed asleep I get up, not to answer the phone but to go to the toilet. If it is still ringing by the time that I get back I will answer it, otherwise I dial 1471 to see who it was.

We only hear of the cases where an older person is taken advantage of. It is sad when it happens but we never hear of the hundreds of thousands of cases where the OAP has not been taken advantage of. When was the last time that you saw the news item “An 85 years old woman opened her door and was not mugged by the caller.”?

To paraphrase JF Kennedy – don’t expect the world to do something for you, you do something to protect yourself.

My door is locked at dusk and if someone calls I put the chain on as I look to see who it is. In fact even during the day I will put the chain on before answering the knock at the door until I know who is there and what they want.

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There is nothing quite like having a sneaky dig is there.

When the able bodied people stop ‘borrowing’ a blue badge so that they can save themselves a short walk stop doing so or just parking in disabled bays just to nip to the ATM, I will conform to the Blue Badge rules. In any case you took it out of context just to try and look clever and have a dig at me.

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You probably know full well jb, but your doing it again, evrybody is selfish for wanting their privacy, but you posted that you have a notice on your door telling cold callers to go away, you likely have telephone preference on your phone, and I'm sure you will have a spam blocker! so me, me, me, selfish people includes yourself this time does it? I also agree with everybody else, using a disabled bay to allow somebody else to do your shopping is very selfish, oh, but that is for you, you, you, eh? :rolleyes:

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My movement might be impeded, but there is nothing wrong with my memory.:)

It just struck me as somewhat ironic, the 'self centred' comment, especially as you recently informed us of your stuburness about parking in a designated disabled parking space, when you weren't exiting the vehicle yourself.

That smacks much more of 'me, me, me', than anything I've moaned about in this thread. But hey, it's my thread, and if I want to moan I will.:)

As for abusing people verbally, either on the phone or at the door, that really isn't my style. I'd just rather they stopped trying to interest me in their God.:)

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Here’s someone else living in a dream world and replying to a non-existent person. Who is this jb person?

But using my limited deductive powers I guess that you are aiming your rant at me.

There is nothing selfish about informing a potential cold caller that I am not interested in buying anything, or changing energy supplier or being converted to a religious faith. Indeed it is the reverse. My notice, if the caller cares to read it and they could hardly miss it, tells the caller that they are wasting their time waiting around for me to answer the knock. And you call that selfish?:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

Get real!

And your supposition that I have telephone preference on my phone is way off the mark. I can handle nuisance calls myself.

You think that having a spam blocker is selfish? What planet are you on?:tongueout

As for the last sentence read my response to garinda.

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You missed out a word. You forgot to include ‘selective’ before memory.

I qualified my comment about parking in a disabled bay but did not exit the vehicle by pointing out that I didn’t feel up to being able to walk round Asda once I got there. Some twerp even suggested that I should have re-parked.

The same happened ten days ago. I took my son with me, primarily because I would need someone to unload my car when I got back home, as I knew that there would be at least half a dozen bags. Using a walking stick as I am forced to do these days it would have meant many trips back and forth from my parked car to my kitchen. I am currently suffering with a severe attack of sciatica in the left leg – fortunately. My left kidney took it upon itself to have its fairly regular moan so even with pain killers walking becomes an interesting exercise.

I said fortunately because I drive an automatic car, meaning that my left leg is redundant as far as driving is concerned. So once I get settled in my seat and the pain subsided to an ignorable level I’m OK. But getting out and staggering around Asda was not an option although I had hoped to get round myself. I hate people doing the shopping for me because I might spot something that I had forgotten to put on the list or something that I fancied trying. All their disabled buggies were being used. So my son, armed with my shopping list and enough cash, did my shopping for me.

But hey! Why let reality, tainted by a selective memory, spoil the opportunity of having a sneaky dig? It’s par for the garinda course. If you can’t come up with a meaningful point, attack the other person.

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jb, or jambutty if you prefer your full title, though I note you made no reference to my name, except for quoting me, if wanting cold calling made illegal is selfish, and salesmen have a right to knock, then why is having a sign telling them not to bother any different, the result is similar? Spam content often have intent to sell something, so a spam blocker is stopping the seller from advertising (whilst invading your time and space), if stopping cold calling is selfish, is the spam blocker not also? And with regard to your utterly selfish shopping/parking habits, as usual, anyone else doing wrong (possibly stopping you from parking) is out of order, so why then is your taking a space when not necessary not just as bad? two wrongs don't make a right! It seems to me that you, rather than I are living in a dream world, you are a pedantic old fool with nothing better to do than argue senslessly against people who are usually nearer to right than you are, I have yet to see you admit you are wrong, even when everybody else but you, thinks that you are indeed, wrong! Now to use your own words, GET REAL! Sorry for the rant and the wander garinda, but I cannot understand this fellow at all!

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jambutty is not a title – it is a name. Mister, Doctor, Missus, Judge, Sir etc are all titles. If you are going to argue your case, then at least try to get the facts right. In any case calling a person by their name is a common courtesy.

I had no need to make reference to your name because I was responding to your post by quoting the post that included your name.

Your command of the English language is sadly lacking if you equate the notice on my front door with banning a cold caller from knocking. A caller is still free to ignore the notice and knock anyway if s/he chooses to. The same goes for spam emails. A spam blocker is NOT stopping the spammer from advertising. The fact that it was sent means that the spammer has been able to advertise and it has arrived in my mailbox. I reserve the right to view the email or not as I choose. There is nothing to say that I MUST read the email.

You really do need a reality check.

Resorting to name calling tells me that you do not have coherent case to make.

If you want to continue with your puerile arguing, be my guest, but as far as I am concerned you will be arguing for your own benefit.

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I don't remember you spitting your dummy out when one of your cronies addressed you in a thread as 'Jim'.

Personally, I'm not that petty. I get Garinda, Gary, Big G, Rindy, Rind, and Jaysay calls me Rindi.

It matters not a jot to me, in the greater scheme of things.:)

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Unlike some people on this forum I don’t have any cronies.

Jim is my name so why shouldn’t anyone use it?

You really are dredging an empty barrel if that’s the best that you can come up with.

You have to have your say even if it is a load of claptrap.

Doh! (Slaps palm against forehead) I forgot! I’m supposed to fall in line with your views and the views of others.

Now do you think it just might be possible if we got back to the topic in question or do you want to have another childish go at character assassination?:rofl38::rofl38:

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Sign ordered.

No hawkers, of whatever kind, and certainly no Jambutties.

See, back on track.:D

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You forgot RindyRoo and Rindypotamus :D

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i simply close the door on face, i just say not interested thanks, bang!

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Ding dong.

Happily mobile, not in bed, and in a good mood.

Opens door.

Spotty ginger youth.

Seconds pass.

Few more seconds pass.

'Can I help you?' I ask, by this time thinking he maybe deaf and dumb, and have a hidden tray of dusters hidden under his anorak.

'You the householder?'

'Yes.'

'Want a quote for new double glazing? He asked, whilst looking at my new double glazed windows.

'No thanks, they are perfectly alright.'

'You sure?'

'Quite sure, thanks.'

Stony silence as I close the door.

Him still visible through the glass, obviously at a loss at how on earth he hadn't made a sale.

Bless.:D

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Well just had the jehovahs witness's at my door. One bloke. Asked me the question Who rules the world .... i said people but thinking about it its Nature.... Anyway he said religous people like myself would say god can i leave you this to look at handing me a leaflet ... mind you i did have my coat on.

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I might see if he's still outside, and give him an application form for next year's The Apprentice.:D

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I'd have said lizards.

Licked his nose, and told him I'd just eaten a fly.:D

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Go find him and see if he is interested:p

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I'm too afraid to look.

He was that dopey I think he might still be stood there.

Still he'll be slightly more impressive than a garden gnome.:D

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Depends on what kind of gnome rindy.....:p

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Well as long as he's not one of those holding his little rod in his hand, I don't mind.:eek::p

http://www.blueworldgardener.co.uk/a...%20fishing.jpg

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Since some of you think that I am the 'harbinger of doom' on here, you might be amused that I have just had a cold caller brandishing a mag blazened with the word 'Armagedon'
I said that I am an atheist with pagan tendencies so not interested.

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Thanks for the heads up Margaret, they maybe heading my way sortly so I'll be ready for um:rolleyes:

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Don't hold out on us, did they tell you when it is, as I want to know whether to pay my paper bill or not?:D

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It will be Dec 21st 2012 :end:

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Thanks for that.

2012 will be a cheap Christmas that year then.:D

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oh so i will at least reached 40 then:rolleyes:


so much for life begins at 40..*tut*!:rolleyes:

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Best enjoy the next few years while we can then. :D

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Just hang up on the buggers (Sorry for bringing the subject back on it's rails :) )

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This thread is about door callers - there is another about unwanted phone calls
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ers-39068.html