I think everyone in Cali is screening their calls.

[NC_Nurse]

I've been getting answering machines all day!:D

Guess I can't blame'em. STILL, it would be nice to talk to a real human.

I finally called my daughter in NYC to give my spiel so I could talk to someone, she must be at work
so of course I got - her VOICEMAIL!!! So I left her a message. ;-)

[redqueen]

1. I think most people do that these days...

I was phonebanking for John in SC and got answering machines about 90% of the time.

[NC_Nurse]

4. I'm sure I'd be doing it.

:-)

[Jed Dilligan]

2. This place has become so weird and paranoid

I read your title as an accusation that DUer cali is screening everyone's calls.

(Pssst... We don't call it Cali in Cali. It's like Frisco. Tags you as an outsider right away.)

[NC_Nurse]

6. Shit, my NC accent tags me anyway. I don't think it's bad, but

people in other areas of the country always say "You're from the South, aren't you?".
Sigh. Mainly I'm just too lazy to type the whole name.

I've never tried to call cali the DU'er. ;) She's for my guy anyway. Gobama!

[Jed Dilligan]

14. Right on. Keep on dialing.

And remember, a lot of us have cell phones only here. You are not talking to an accurate sample of Californians if you are dialing landline numbers. I haven't had a landline since 2005.

[TomInTib]

7. My first thought, as well...

I am afraid that we may all be in therapy before this is all over.

[Jed Dilligan]

11. This IS my therapy

I am one sick fuck

[NC_Nurse]

21. LOL!

Really! :P

[TomInTib]

22. At least you're not in denial, Jed...

Pointing finger at self is a rare virtue around these parts.

[slackmaster]

3. Most of us are at work

:hi:

[NC_Nurse]

10. You WORK out there? I thought everybody was a star or something!

Actually I just happen to be off today or I'd be there too. :-)

[Jed Dilligan]

17. There is a phenomenon here called the Brunch Nation

In L.A. in particular. Every day of the week you see people packing restaurants from 10 to noon, having long, leisurely lunches with mimosas, etc. Where do they come from? What, if anything, do they do? How do they pay for their Eggs Benedict? It's one of the mysteries of the Golden State.

[NC_Nurse]

23. One guy I called apparently works at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

I've never even BEEN out there. I told him I want to come someday..I mean on the message I left. :-)

[Jed Dilligan]

26. An absolutely wonderful, ridiculously expensive place to visit

Both the aquarium and the state.

I think I rode in a car through NC when I was 12. I don't think it was one of the states we stopped in. My high school geometry teacher was an NC native and a Duke graduate. Nice guy, and I still remember geometry.

[NC_Nurse]

30. NC is a nice place. Sadly, a red state, but the people are actually very

friendly. Chapel Hill is one of the few blue areas. UNC is the oldest public university in the US.
We've got mountains and beaches too, like you do. :-)
Probably a good bit cheaper too...

[Jed Dilligan]

33. I lived in Texas for a while,

so I understand about the civility despite the politics. In fact, my girlfriend is Texan from a Republican-leaning Baptist family. She is more gung-ho for Obama than I am!

I would like to take a leisurely drive around the South someday. I'm really fascinated by the history and the cultural differences.

[NC_Nurse]

36. Well, I plan to do the same for California and the other

Western states. It looks beautiful in pictures and I know the people are great from all the ones that I've met here!

[TomInTib]

5. Heck, no one ever calls me.

But maybe it's because I live in what must be one of the most liberal ZIPs in the country.

Three land lines and two cell phones and I have yet to receive a single campaign call this year.

But SOMEBODY'S Headquarters quit stuffing my mailbox when I told them that no further funds would be coming from me.

[NC_Nurse]

12. Yeah. I'm not getting any mail either. Thank goodness!

If I want to give I'll do it on the net.

[featherman]

8. Nobody calls me - unimportant NorCal county - boo hoo

[NC_Nurse]

13. Well, don't forget to vote tomorrow!

That's pat of my spiel. ;-)

Gobama!

[TomInTib]

20. Heck, I live in Marin and I never get called.

I suppose the campaigns see Marin as a done deal.

[AlCzervik]

9. i got freaking push polled last night and it was to my cell phone.

[NC_Nurse]

16. Ewwww...

I haven't ever gotten one of those calls. yuch.

I can't imagine participating in that kind of manipulative politics. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[MonkeyFunk]

15. Oddly

I haven't gotten ANY calls for this primary. I got a couple fundraising calls a few months ago, but nothing for tomorrow. :shrug:

[NC_Nurse]

18. That is odd, if you're in a super Tuesday state. Nobody cares

about us in NC, we're some of the last to vote.:(

[VolcanoJen]

19. Funny phonebanking story

I phonebanked for Obama a few days ago, mostly calling Californians.

About one in six people I reached would, when asked, "Is Lisa there?" would say, "No, she's not, can I take a message?"

When I would say, "It's Jennifer from the Barack Obama campaign," invariably the person would say, "Oh! Yes, this is Lisa! Hi!!"

That just kept cracking me up all day long. ;-)

[NC_Nurse]

24. That's great!

I hope I get some of those kind eventually! :hi:

[NoBorders]

25. Hmmm... I have a friend/neighbor who's a nurse in NC

You never know... :-)

[NC_Nurse]

31. At UNC?

[NoBorders]

38. Nope. WakeMed.

I guess it's not you. ;-)

[tandot]

27. Well, both hubby and I are at work.

We won't get home for another four hours.

Maybe you'll have more luck later :hi:

[NC_Nurse]

32. I'll be done by then, we're three hours ahead of y'all and I have to

work tomorrow. I'll be in my PJ's watching TV with my hubby. It's my favorite part of the day.:D

[kestrel91316]

28. We screen calls because if we didn't, we would spend the ENTIRE DAY

fending off telephone solicitations af all stripes.

They call my office, too, and NOW I UNDERSTAND why companies have those damned voicemail systems where you navigate through the prompts pushing buttons. It screens out the recorded solicitations and most of the boiler room operations.

[NC_Nurse]

34. I do too, and I bet if I were getting a bunch of political ones I'd be

pretty tired of it! Especially Repub ones! They call my dad. Icky!

[kestrel91316]

37. It's endless. I get home and have to spend 10 minutes going thru caller

ID numbers and messages left, and it's ALL BS.

[Greyskye]

29. We do.

If the caller ID is unblocked, and we recognize the caller we'll pick up. Otherwise it goes to the machine.

And most days no one is home during the day - we've been getting a lot of hang-ups.

[NC_Nurse]

35. Well, if you get an Obama message from a lady with a Southern accent...

:P