I finally did it, could you?

[Sinister]

couldn't get the back of it to come off to take the battery out. I think that particular phone needs an exorcism.

One of my phones has the impossible-to-remove battery, too. ::

SHHHHHH!!!!

[SyberBitch]

Soooooo, other than people that have to have one for business purposes, how many of you could give it up?

I'm one of those people who need it for business purposes... but I don't have a landline either. My cell phone is the only phone I have and it's $60/month for unlimited everything. Not a bad deal.

[Liquid]

what if your car breaks down and you are not able to call anyone? what if you are at the mall and your loved one is injured or has a heart attack (or any similar situation)? how will you call 911 quickly?
what if you have out of town guests coming to meet you somewhere and they get lost and can not call you?

beyond all of the obvious social and business reasons, having a cell phone is a positive thing.

[Liquid]

I also do not have a landline. We ONLY have our cell phones.

In general old-school Landlines are things of the past as we become increasingly more mobile (no pun intended) and connected to the WWW. I do not know one person who still has a land line.

[sally]

I only use it for my buisness and I think it's giving me a brain tumor. I have two cell phones that I answer all day and my fucking ear is going numb. I've been to three doctors and they don't know whats wrong with me. Anyway, I would never talk on the fucking phone again if I didn't have to.

[FAHQTOO]

what if your car breaks down and you are not able to call anyone? what if you are at the mall and your loved one is injured or has a heart attack (or any similar situation)? how will you call 911 quickly?
what if you have out of town guests coming to meet you somewhere and they get lost and can not call you?

beyond all of the obvious social and business reasons, having a cell phone is a positive thing.

All cell phones are supposed to be able to call 911, even without a carrier, for true emergency purposes.

[OnBendedKnee]

Sadly, here in California when you place a 911 emergency call on a cell phone it is connected with the CHP emergency dispatch.

It takes a landline to access regular 911 service.
The CHP can be so backed up (remember, the same "911" is used on every single call box on the side of the freeways here) the waiting can be easily ten minutes, or longer.

[Middle Finger]

[user=7]Sinister[/user] wrote:

I have no clue how he can deal with that thing. I have the most basic, simple, frill-less phone ever made.

Similar to your cooking, I'm sure.

[OnBendedKnee]

[user=1]Middle Finger[/user] wrote:

[user=7]Sinister[/user] wrote: 

I have no clue how he can deal with that thing. I have the most basic, simple, frill-less phone ever made.

Similar to your cooking, I'm sure.

And, similar to your ability to mock and please your woman (not in that order), I'm very sure.

[Middle Finger]

[user=1]Middle Finger[/user] wrote:

[user=7]Sinister[/user] wrote:

I have no clue how he can deal with that thing. I have the most basic, simple, frill-less phone ever made.

Similar to your cooking, I'm sure.

And, similar to your ability to mock and please your woman (not in that order), I'm very sure.

I find it hard to take Macintosh fags seriously.

[OnBendedKnee]

Hard, or difficult?

[LuMPyPussy]

I also do not have a landline. We ONLY have our cell phones.

In general old-school Landlines are things of the past as we become increasingly more mobile (no pun intended) and connected to the WWW. I do not know one person who still has a land line.

I must be living in the past, then. ::dunno::

[The Antagonist]

I still have a landline phone too. I don't give out my cell # and only use it when I'm away from home. I couldn't bear it if that were my only phone # where people can reach me. I'd have my mother calling every ten minutes to tell me the cute things her cat does, among other rediculous calls that I can easily avoid.

Liquid, people CAN use pay phones - if they can find one and IF that one pay phone isn't all fucked up or filthy with some nasty gunk of unknown origin on it.

I've noticed there are less and less pay phones around now.

[LuMPyPussy]

Nasty gunk of known origin is okay, though.

[The Antagonist]

Nasty gunk of known origin is okay, though.

::blink::why?

[QueenBee]

Rick got me a cell when we were still dating. Up til then I had happily lived without one, and would probably have no problem doing so in the future. Heavin forbid I turn it off, or mute it when I am in a meeting, or somewhere I cannot answer the phone, and he is trying to call. I remind him of this neat feature I have called voice mail. I refuse to talk whil driving, even with a head set. If the phone rings while I am driving I pull over. but only if I feel I can safely do so. If not, it goes unanswered.

Yeah, it is convenient when the car breaks down, but I have a bad habit of forgetting to charge the bugger.

[Sinister]

[user=7]Sinister[/user] wrote:

I have no clue how he can deal with that thing. I have the most basic, simple, frill-less phone ever made.

Similar to your cooking, I'm sure.

Hmpf. So much for my plans to feed you my awesome garlic seafood pasta when you come by to enjoy some of my primo smoke. ::finger::

[ramseycat]

[user=7]Sinister[/user] wrote:

I have no clue how he can deal with that thing. I have the most basic, simple, frill-less phone ever made.

Similar to your cooking, I'm sure.

Hmpf. So much for my plans to feed you my awesome garlic seafood pasta when you come by to enjoy some of my primo smoke. ::finger::

I 'll take his invite. I am checking flights as we speak. We'd have more fun that the old fuddy duddy MF anyway.

[FAHQTOO]

Well...I had to resurrect this old post from the dead.
My son talked me into getting a phone plan with him.

And it's a gawddamned Blackberry to boot. It's been sitting here for 3 days and I just keep staring at it like it's gonna fucking grow fangs and jump off the desk and attack me.

I will admit there were a few times when I missed having a cell in the last year, but I think I could have made it through my life without another. It's a good thing the fucker was free. I want to throw it out the window.

[Duchess]

And it's a gawddamned Blackberry to boot. It's been sitting here for 3 days and I just keep staring at it like it's gonna fucking grow fangs and jump off the desk and attack me.

...That's a great phone, FAHQTOO...I have a BlackBerry too...It does everything my laptop can do & more and it beats the hell outta having to take my laptop everywhere I go that is work related...I alternately love it & hate it.