99% of the time, it's a recorded message from a telemarketer. Maybe the recording was going to say, "Last year in California there were 82 train collisions resulting in fatalities." I don't pick up my landline when it rings. Here's a message I received yesterday: "This message is from such-and-such association. Did you know that last..."

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