Over-relaiance on modern technology is a double-edged sword. My wife takes pride in paying bills and keeping records on-line. We argue every time tax season comes around because she has tossed some important paper records. One year, after chiding me about getting certain records on line, the sysytem she accessed was down for several days. Another time, our home network was down. Paper records would have been nice then.
In the same vein, it still makes sense to have a landline, in case of emergency and your cell coverage has problems or your cell batteries are low and cannot be recharged. I keep an old rotary phone in the basement in case the power goes out.
Of course, I used to wear suspenders and a belt just to make sure my pants didn’t fall down.
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Last year our neighbor was sh*tting biscuits, because his computer took a dump and he couldn't pay his bills or access his bank.
He was over here using our clunker quite a bit for the two weeks it took Best Buy to get him running again.