# Answering machine messages and voicemail. The last connection to a loved one **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machine-messages-and-voicemail-the-last-connection-to-a-loved-one/757058 "2016-06-10T22:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machine-messages-and-voicemail-the-last-connection-to-a-loved-one/757058/21 "2016-06-19T18:21:31Z")
Oh, also, [this.](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4emal5/teen_finds_fathers_ghost_in_racing_game_beautiful/) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machine-messages-and-voicemail-the-last-connection-to-a-loved-one/757058/22 "2016-06-19T19:20:02Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Actually, I have found Facebook the most painful reminder. I still have a passed friend on my friend list. I see her face. I see her last message to me on chat. I could delete it, but I can’t. ☹ Gmail. My friends name is still in contacts list. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machine-messages-and-voicemail-the-last-connection-to-a-loved-one/757058/23 "2016-06-19T20:48:27Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > One of them got played on the radio, it was a grandmother calling her grandkid and singing a birthday song to him. I can see why people would keep those. I have a 78RPM acetate disk of my grandmother reading a birthday message and story to me. She must have used one of those record-your-own booths ca. 1950. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machine-messages-and-voicemail-the-last-connection-to-a-loved-one/757058/24 "2016-06-20T16:34:46Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s comforting to hear a familiar voice. An option most of us didn’t have until the past decade or so. Home video recorders came out in the 80’s. Cassette recorders came out in the 70’s. We have several recordings of my grand parents and other family members that died over 25 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machine-messages-and-voicemail-the-last-connection-to-a-loved-one/757058/25 "2016-06-24T18:46:22Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > My dad’s voice still answers the phone at my mom’s house. He died several years. It’s a wonderful reminder of what he sounded like. I have a donor that I call and her late husband’s voice is still the answering machine message. It’s a cute sing-songy message. I can see why she keeps it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machine-messages-and-voicemail-the-last-connection-to-a-loved-one/757058.md?page=1)