My phone doesn’t ring unless either you are on accept list or you announce your name – seems to get rid of most of the scammers/debt people chasing someone who previously had number.
problem with books is I’d just want to finish last few pages and put it down at 3am – Having TV play some comedy/cartoon that I know well enough is usually enough to stop me thinking about things so usually drift off fairly quick.
Is this where you phone up the number, get asked what the driver’s doing as he’s making gestures at you, then asked how big he looks and whether he has a phone in his hand to realise you’ve phoned him – from a stand-up comedian (Jasper Carrot I think) back in 80s/90s when mobile phones were starting to get popular
the two newer TVs I have (i.e. ones brought sometime in last 9 years) will automatically shut down after a long period by default (you can set it in menu) – as well as option to set sleep timer for a shorter period
maybe not – he did say it was his best subject, not that he was any good at it