When durham_rambler is out ...

This morning I have hung up the phone on:

• a recorded voice which claims that Amazon is about to debit my account in payment for a Prime subscription,


• a recorded voice which threatens that my internet connection is about to be terminated because of suspicious activity at my ISP address,


• and an actual person (though I don't believe him when he says his name is Stanley) who wants to extend the warranty on my washing machine.

This does not include the call I missed because it stopped ringing before I reached the phone (for all I know, that might be someone I wanted to talk to).