Posted on 04/22/2018 6:13:57 AM PDT by sodpoodle
absolutely.
and my VOIP.MS "landline" costs me maybe $50.00 per year for nearly unlimited talk time in North America. And "landlines" are still indispensable tools for most businesses. Not to mention, all the folks writing articles about landlines going away all live in ultra-dense urban areas well served by cell towers, which is not the case for the vast portion of our country. The map below is for t-mobile, but it's pretty much the same for all carriers:
I let my caller ID “screen” my calls. And before caller ID, it was my answering machine. Remember those days?””
I have only a land line. I have a 40+ year old “Princess phone” on a 25 foot cord. It does not have caller ID. It does not take pictures. I cannot block a call. I just hang up.
I cannot scan. Computer is over 28 years old & computer operator is 50 years older than the computer. I use my Fax machine enough to never wish to be without it. Am not going to ‘upgrade all my electronics at ANY price.
Sex was better before AIDS.
The Post Office is in the constitution. Not sure if it is ever going away.
When you make a trip across N Nevada-—Utah-—Montana—Wyoming, etc, let me know how much cell tower coverage you had......Hint-—IT ISN’T THERE!!!
11 - America being a 1st world country.
“I use my Fax machine enough to never wish to be without it. Am not going to ‘upgrade all my electronics at ANY price.”
hmmmm.. You upgraded to princess phone, computer and fax machine!
All that is fine and I have friends and acquaintances that do that but it takes capital and I don’t have much of that. I do have an emergency LPG powered generator sufficient to power my reefer and a couple of lights for three days and I can stock up LPG with storm warning for longer. I don’t live in puerto Rico so I can be pretty sure that power will be back on in a couple of days. I think it was 5 days after Opal.
“When you make a trip across N Nevada-—Utah-—Montana—Wyoming, etc, let me know how much cell tower coverage you had......Hint-—IT ISN’T THERE!!!”
More coverage than my landline!
hmmmm....
Haunt the used book stores & the THRIFT stores—Goodwill—Salvation Army. Might surprise you.
More and more out of print old books are being put online every day. I’ve found so many that can be downloaded for free. I’d have never found them otherwise and certainly never have been able to afford them.
Most software is pretty useless after a while. I moved my photoshop adobe work to the online system. It is nice to know that I always have the most recent tools.
I have microsoft office on the web. I get it at a reduced rate from work. Again, its less than I was paying for it before.
I still own my car, but more and more people wont.
With the advent of auction and sales sites, I have been able to buy high end photography equipment new, and sell it in three years (after being depreciated for two) for almost 85% of what I paid for it.
Its like renting. Only better.
Why buy stuff you that should be replaced every few years when you can rent the latest for less.
As long as you are smart about it. Most people are just greedy. They want more now. Then in three years, you’ve paid for it. And its gone.
A word about books. I love books. I always have two or three going at once.
But the advent of ebooks has been a game changer. I get my magazines via the web. I get novels and text books via the web. If I didn’t have the larger type on the iPad, I would be lost.
I am 78 & always in the middle of conversations with other seniors about ‘how important their call phones are’. I keep asking them:
What did you use prior to the late 90’s???
How did you drive anywhere?
How did you work?
How did you live without that expensive toy in your pocket???
None of them can remember ANY other phone number any more. Scary.
There are 98 and XP games I bought but never got to play because newer Windows versions don’t support them. Yeah, Billy Gates, care to comment?
Our walk about wireless plug in the wall phone has a battery that will give us reception for several days when there’s no power.
I pick up the phone when it rings. If there is no “hello”
within two seconds I hang it up. That is no more annoying than having to haul out the cell phone to look at the number. I don’t run from one end of the house or interupt something to go answer the phone either between about 0900 and 2000 hrs.
Yes ... we’ll lose some things ... but not to worry ... Hillary will be with us forever !
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