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How to put phone number on permanent ignore in Android?

Is it possible to set up a phone number in your contacts or some other way so that when that call comes in it is automatically ignored?

This would be a terrific app. I get harassed by what seems to be the same telemarketing calls daily. There are only a few but they call every hour. I normally just let it ring and don't answer. I have long ago found out who they are but they don't follow do not call lists and are quick to inform me they don't have to in my case.
My phone already has a way to ignore a call manually each time but I want something that activates auto ignore. Heck, I'd even root my phone if that's what an app like this takes.
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Pepper
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Not on Android, using iOS, but what I do is pretty easy. I have a contact named "Ignore This Idiot" with a silent ringtone. Anybody who's a telemarketer or just some random joe who refuses to believe they're calling the wrong number gets added to that contact.
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Pepper said:
Not on Android, using iOS, but what I do is pretty easy. I have a contact named "Ignore This Idiot" with a silent ringtone. Anybody who's a telemarketer or just some random joe who refuses to believe they're calling the wrong number gets added to that contact.
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same thing on android
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Pepper said:
Not on Android, using iOS, but what I do is pretty easy. I have a contact named "Ignore This Idiot" with a silent ringtone. Anybody who's a telemarketer or just some random joe who refuses to believe they're calling the wrong number gets added to that contact.
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same thing on android
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Nice idea.... I know you can have multiple phone numbers linked to one account, but is there a limit ? Then again, we'd just end up with "Ignore This Idiot # 1", "Ignore This Idiot # 2", "Ignore This Idiot # 3", and on and on. :D
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cave1376
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Sometimes when I get a call from a telemarketing company, I will mess with them. They will try to sell me something, I will pretend to be interested in what they are selling then I will start to ask questions that have nothing to do with what they are selling. Other times I will put them on hold while I "get my card". I will leave them on hold for 5+ minutes then come back and start talking in espanol.

During one call, the telemarketer was trying to sell me a extended car repair warranty. I let him give the sales pitch. During his sales pitch, my dog started barking. I told him "I think someone is in the house." The telemarketer said "call the police." I told him in a quiet voice "this is Texas, I'll handle this the Texas way." I yelled, "You broke into the wrong house!" I had a few inflated party balloons. I put the phone close to the balloons and popped them. I yelled "I shot him, I shot him......oh s***, I shot him in the head, I think he is dead! What do I do?" The telemarketer stayed quiet for a few seconds then Hung up. I never got a call back from that telemarketing company again.

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Pepper
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That is priceless!
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TheForce
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Hall said:
Nice idea.... I know you can have multiple phone numbers linked to one account, but is there a limit ? Then again, we'd just end up with "Ignore This Idiot # 1", "Ignore This Idiot # 2", "Ignore This Idiot # 3", and on and on. :D
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There are quite a few phone numbers you can add to one contact. I keep adding
them here where the ring is ignore. It's been working so far. My nuisance call volume is way down since I started this thread. :) Very few "private or Restricted" but I'm not going to pay the verizon fee to activate that. I also love coded rings for calls from people I want to prioritize.

cave1376- I do that here too, ie waste telemarketer's time. When telemarketers call retired people, we need to have some entertainment. Haven't done the fake burglary as I take that sort of thing serious. Have real guns loaded with real bullets here and any bang bang bang is going to mean I have a blood mess to clean up. But, my favorite routine is to interrogate the caller, always answering his question with question for him. Last one I did I sent him on an assignment to do some research on a question he didn't know the answer and told him he needs to report his findings to his supervisor because the contact he reached is an internal performance evaluation procedure on telemarketing efficiency. But that's with guys, with girls, I just have a long friendly chat, not flirtatious, just conversational.
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Susan Saint James, Emmy-Winning Star of 'Kate & Allie' and 'McMillan & Wife,' Dies at 80

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Susan Saint James, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Kate & Allie’ and ‘McMillan & Wife,’ Dies at 80

Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred in "Kate & Allie," died Monday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 80.
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Rest in peace.
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All DMA's now Western Arc

I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.
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Strega said:
Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.
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Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.
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Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.
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I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.
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Mister B said:
I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.
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can't forget the little blue m&m's
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can't forget the little blue m&m's
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That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!
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Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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Because he didn't have a fleet of reusable rockets. Starlink works because SpaceX is able to launch hundreds (thousands?) of their Starlink satellites for what a single geostationary Internet satellite costs to build and launch on a disposable launcher.
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But how is it reusable if it's disposable
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That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!
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My gf is 29 years younger than me :shh
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telstar_1 said:
Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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He does not have the resources aka $$$ compared to Elon Musk as in reality, Elon can eat Charlie for lunch or even mop the floor with Charlie if he wanted to.
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ment to 20 yrs dam phone
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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


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An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Strange Days - Nazareth
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Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin
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long_time_Dish said:
Bakers Street - Gerry Rafferty
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Let me fix that for you:
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
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Dune (2020)

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long_time_Dish
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Also watched part 2 about a week or so ago after rewatching part 1. It's not as faithful to the book as I was hoping for. Part 1 stayed fairly faithful to the novel, but part 2 took some liberties that I felt were rather excessively non-novel. It looks like a prequel series will happen before part 3. My issue is: there's no prequel that was written as a novel, so what will it be pulled from? Or will it just be "based loosely" on the novel?
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long_time_DNC said:
Also watched part 2 about a week or so ago after rewatching part 1. It's not as faithful to the book as I was hoping for. Part 1 stayed fairly faithful to the novel, but part 2 took some liberties that I felt were rather excessively non-novel. It looks like a prequel series will happen before part 3. My issue is: there's no prequel that was written as a novel, so what will it be pulled from? Or will it just be "based loosely" on the novel?
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There is a bunch of other Dune written by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert (Franks son). I think the series in production is taken from one of their books about the Bene Gesserit.
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klang said:
There is a bunch of other Dune written by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert (Franks son). I think the series in production is taken from one of their books about the Bene Gesserit.
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Correct. I've read all of them (yes, it took awhile, better part of a year, in my spare time). And they can't really consider or classify a series about the Bene Gesserit as a prequel. Sure, I suppose they can call it that, if they want to, because it begins before the time of Paul Atredies, but it's still a stretch. It's a Dune-related novel, not a prequel as we generally think of prequels...
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Well, it looks good! I just hope they stayed close to the trilogy, but it doesn't look like it.
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Linux 7.3 Optimizes Gaming VRAM on 8GB GPUs #shorts

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