I've never had an answering machine. I've got voice mail for my mobile phone yes, but no answering machine. I've never left a flaky message for my voice mail before since work calls get routed to my mobile phone too. Wonder if I should pick up an answering machine for my new phone line and fool around with the voice message. It'll probably be my reminder service and I'll end up calling myself most often, just for the heck of it. If I really bother about the answering machine.