>Hey lar, you sure you had the right house!? >--- Here's where a cell phone is a BIG help. The first time I used one, I was following directions like, "Turn right at the crossroads, 4th house on the left." No one was home, but when I called the number, the woman of the house could see me sitting at the next house. Seems that a new house had been built since they did their counting. Which brings me to the possibility that I don't recall being mentioned, that someone IS home, but does not hear. A cell phone call might just raise the person in the den at the back of the house with the TV turned up and a loud air conditioner next to him. I have several times shocked a customer with the knowledge that I was calling from his own front porch! A couple of months ago, I could not raise an old customer who had bought a Steinway upright from me and was regular as clockwork about repeat tunings. He never forgot. As I was driving away, I called on the cell phone and he was there. I went back. Still no one home. Then I checked the address. I was on a parallel street at a similar house! The cell phone call will likely as not get you the chance to leave a message on the phone recorder, which reinforces the message that you came as scheduled. Bill Maxim It is better to keep the mouth shut and seem a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. -- Chinese proverb
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