Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

It’s something I don’t talk about much, but I hate phones. I hate their intrusive ringing, cutting across what I need to do. I communicate much better with the written word than I do verbally, which is why I’m so often tongue-tied and embarrassed out in the real world. Take away any visual cues and I’m in worse shape.

Quite often I would find that the ringing of the phone caused me a unique form of anxiety way out of proportion to the result. If it was someone I knew I’d be fine. Someone I didn’t…all bets are off.

That’s why I think Caller Base is such a cool service. Those who knew me well would begin talking into the answering machine; those who didn’t, would hang up. Caller Base gives a free reverse phone search service that allows you to figure out who’s been calling and whether you want to call back. No stress. No annoying calls at dinner time. (The source of these phone numbers appears to be legit., i.e. from existing directories and databases.) If you can’t figure it out from the free information, you can pay to get the name and address (which works the privacy issue in the other direction, of course.)

You can use it to find out about prank callers, unknown numbers on your phone bill, or just plain missed calls. Give it a shot. It’s easy to use, and service helpful to all we phone-challenged people nationwide.

Thanks to our sponsor, Caller Base, for this opportunity.