"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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I think we should be able to ask who is at the door before opening it, I
remember, and that could be a first for me, remembering that is, there
used
to be gadgets you put outside with a speaker and a microphone in, so if
someone rang the bell you could ask who it was before opening the door,
but
I have no idea where one would go for such a gadget.

So, which store do I ask at first?

Alan


Why cannot you simply yell "'oo issit?" through the door, over the sound of
several big dogs barking. Then say "what? I can't hear you" a couple of
times or "hang on, stand very still and I'll open the door, don't move a
muscle cos I can't 'old 'im". You'll find canvassers, salespeople, jehovas
witnesses and the like will have disappeared when you open the door, leaving
only legitimate callers.
Works every time for me :-))