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In Reply to: RE: the modern day luddite posted by Mike K on November 22, 2014 at 20:23:12
Yes, probably 80-90% of it is. But the rest "can be" pretty good. Some is great but very little. I'll be happy to expound on that. I find I dislike 80-90% of restaurants too since fast food and corporate chains has to be included in that group. That doesn't mean I won't go out to eat.Most people are a waste of time. Nice thing is the rest can make up for that on some level. My wife and I share a cell. No smart phones, a laptop and a harsh refusal to jump on pop culture bandwagons whether with technology (smart phone, tablet) or any other category. Long live the full duplex land line! And I can't get newspaper delivery where I live, no cable or gas lines just ugly propane tanks which I don't have.
ET
Edits: 11/24/14Follow Ups:
Absolutely, but more and more, the other party is speaking through a crappy cell phone or cordless handset, often in speakerphone mode. There goes the full duplex advantage, and one has to endure the exasperation that follows.
My own cordless phone sits adjacent to my 1957 Western Electric 500 (the youngest of my phones), for those times when I need to insert tones to complete a call.
Long live brass bells!
Yep, I heart ya. I always run into that too. I too have a few vintage phones. None as old as yours and your youngest is older than me! I did grow up with an old phone with its polarity reversed so it wouldn't ring and incur extra charges from ma Bell. My dad was an electronics guy. It's where I got the bug.
ET
Me thinks you and I are on the same wavelength. Couldn't have said it better myself.
I totally hate having a cell phone.
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Freak out...Far out...In out....
Yes and with me know having a small business and a website I need a cell at times. I still don't list its number on my site though. I use a track phone and spend only $80/year. No voice mail is set up and I do not read or respond to text messages. Take that you piece of crap cell phone industry......I'm sure they are laughing at me but I am proud of my stance if you will. You are either part of the solution or part of the problem.
ET
And I wisely purchased one (for $39!) that provides me with triple minutes for life. If I use the phone strictly for screening calls (or quick outbound calls) and then call back on my $25/mo. landline, I find that I can use the TracFone for about $18/mo. That, to me, is about what these things are worth.
I silently chuckle when I see my friends ponying up $400+ for a fancy smartphone and then paying $100 - $200 per month to use it. That, IMHO, is *insane* - I've had car payments that are less!!
-RW-
Another TracFone user here, mine is for emergencies, etc. Anybody wants to speak to me, call on my landline, leave a message if I don't pick up.
No Iphone, no "smart" phone, no MP3, no tablet, not even a laptop.
I don't feel that I need to be available to anybody at their beck and call. Being retired and independent is true freedom!!!!!!
Cheers,
Al
And I'm referring to the expectation that because I have a cell phone, I am expected to drop whatever it is that I'm doing and *immediately* respond to your call or txt msg. My cell phone exists for *my* convenience, not yours.
Unless, of course, you're willing to pay all of my expenses incurred by owning it. Otherwise, I'll get back to you when it is convenient for me, bubbe...
-RW-
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