I just went 7 months sans Caller ID on my home phone

Amazing, huh? I think so, too. However, I'm equally happy to have saved money AND to make the following argument -- I've got an answering machine, SO...i'm either not home OR can simply LISTEN to who's calling and decide to pick up or not, thus no GENUINE need for Caller ID. And, um, if you have Caller ID, why would you pay for *69 service???!?! But that's another argument. So Caller ID makes things easier, and sometimes (in my very special case) it's good to see WHICH credit fuck who doesn't identify themselves beyond "Sally" or "Frank" is actually calling me. It's a GREAT invention...I know this...and I've just reinstituted it. I'm merely saying I SURVIVED. It's NOT, as so many things aren't, essential to life. Seven months times $7.50...divided by Dipshit = $26.25 that I saved! YAY!!