Them being people who are holding on to things that have become obsolete or heading down that path.
I know of someone whose grandmother didn't trust banks so she hid her life savings at home. (Maybe she had visions of Occupy Wall Street in the future)
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My mother enjoyed talking on the phone to her friends. When her phone finally died she didn't want a phone with push buttons she wanted a rotary phone. Bell South, South Central Bell *or whatever name they were going by no longer had those, so she had to use the push button phone. She soon got used to it and later graduated to a cordless phone.
*SIDEBAR: During this time telephones had to be purchased or rented from a Bell South store. You would turn in your old phone for a new one.
It makes no sense to have a cell phone AND a land line. I admit that. But I can't let it g-o-o-o-ooo. I'm having a problem accepting that this will someday be the norm.
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| My home phone |
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| My home phone #2 |
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| My home phone #3 |
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| My home phone #4 |
Yet, there's just something comforting about seeing a telephone plugged into a wall. Truth be told, during stormy weather, the lights may go out but, the phone usually stays on. Still, it's extra money I'm paying out when I could be using it for other things.
Unlike many people, I don't keep a cell phone tethered to my body. I don't turn it on unless I'm expecting a call or I'm in my car, which means I don't check it for messages everyday. I abhor people who walk around in public talking on a cell just because they can. I don't need to go into this. You've heard my cell phone rants before.
I don't want to be available all the time. I don't want telemarketers and the like calling me on my cell. Using a cell as a primary phone will eventually lead to this.
I only give my home number unless it's someone I really want to hear from or I deem it as important.
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| I've had this phone less than a year and I was happy with it. |
Maybe I'm headed on the right path. I changed carriers and I have another phone that has taken me three weeks to learn to do the basics. One of my young friends was kind enough to show me how. I've become a little more relaxed with it.
Why don't mobile phones and other transported small technology have a place where you can attach a wrist strap to it like cameras do. Is it because the carrier wants you to drop it and have to buy another one? Right now I'm keeping mine inside of a sock.
THAT'S IT***
