> In common parlance, that means checking who's calling you before deciding if you'll take the call, which involves Caller ID. [2] Not true! "Screening your ph

> In common parlance, that means checking who's calling you before deciding if you'll take the call, which involves Caller ID. [2] Not true! "Screening your phone calls" in those days meant waiting for someone to start leaving a message on your answering machine, which you could hear in the room in real time [0], and then only picking up the phone if it was someone you wanted to talk to. [0] Messages weren't left on a server that you'd access later. They were recorded on a physical tape in your house. You could hear the person leaving the message as they did it.