I had a Nokia 918 back in the 90s. Best phone I ever owned.
Built like a rock. Up until I got my current phone...an LG VX8300. I've had that one for 10 years now. Made of granite it is.
Posted on 02/12/2016 1:41:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
I don't like being bothered or bossed around. I hated that anyone, for any reason, could interrupt my life, and I could interrupt my life just the same
The phone rings: it's my friend checking to see if I can pick her up on the way to a dinner party. I ask her where she is and as she explains, I reach as far as I can across the countertop for a pen. I scribble the address in my trusty notebook I keep in my back pocket. I tell her I'll be at her place in about 20 minutes, give or take a few. Then I hang up. Literally.
I physically take the handset receiver away from my ear and hang it on the weight-triggered click switch that cuts off my landline's dial tone.
I take my laptop, Google the address, add better directions to my notes and head outside to my 1989 pick-up truck (whose most recent technological feature is a cassette player) and drive over. If I get lost on the way, I'll need to ask someone for directions. If she changes her plans, she won't be able to tell me or cancel at a moment's notice. If I crash on the way, I won't be calling 911.
I'm fine with all of this. As you guessed by now, I haven't had a cellphone for more than 18 months.
I didn't just cancel cellular service and keep the smartphone for Wi-Fi fun, nor did I downgrade to a flip phone to "simplify";he first night of a vacation.
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I still use a Nokia 3585 for my personal cell.
My employer makes me use an iphone and I hate it.
So sad. Mrs p6 and I both have smartphones.
The key is self control.
That hasn’t been taught by parents or especially public schools for 40+ years.
TURN IT OFF!
Just reset the date to January 1, 1970?
You need to quit and go work for an Amish company.
How come all these people with "smart" phones never seem to be able to turn them off?
They all have voicemail, right? Shut the dang thing off and check messages later.
No one says you have to be available 24 x 7 just because someone wants to text you or speak with you.
Turn them OFF!
I have an old flip phone. It is designed to make... phone calls. Works for me. It can text, but I don’t.
When was the last time anybody got a cell phone call and it was good news?
True!
I don’t miss dialup modems and pagers and such..
Once everyone has their control&communication chips implanted..
They’ll fade off into the wastebins of bygone memories.
Will the Universe be better for it?
Ask the Ancient Ones.
I'm an old geezer, I'm not wedded to my phone, though I admit I really like my Iphone 6+. Takes great pictures, and I have my ITunes account on the phone.
Yup. That’s why I’ve never had one. Just not interested in being touch with the world all the time. In fact one of the things I enjoy is being OUT of touch with the world. When I go out with the wife to dinner or a movie we go to dinner or a movie, there’s nothing in our world other than each other and our “mission”. Yeah every once in a while it would be nice, when I can’t read the grocery list, or decide to stop somewhere the wife might want something from too, but all those situations are easily handled the old fashioned way (fix it the next time). Just don’t see the draw, and do see the addiction.
“When was the last time anybody got a cell phone call and it was good news? “
I got a call from the former prime minsiter of Nigeria’s son.
He wants my help; but I could make millions of dollars. I think thats pretty good news.
My 21-year-old son texted me last night to say his brother was throwing up. My phone was sitting at home on the counter, as it is half the time when I’m out. With no rescue available, my son figured out the cleanup on his own.
I had a Nokia 918 back in the 90s. Best phone I ever owned.
Built like a rock. Up until I got my current phone...an LG VX8300. I've had that one for 10 years now. Made of granite it is.
My wife has a joke about those bad news phonecalls, some family member was giving her guff about how the bedroom phone is turned off. They “said what if I need you at 2AM”, her answer was “nobody needs me at 2AM, you might need a doctor, or a mechanic, or a lawyer, but you don’t need me. Any way I can help can wait until a reasonable hour.”
I really don’t know how long I’ve had it. It was the next phone after my first, a bag phone. They made me switch because it was analog.
It just always works. Why fix it if it ain’t broke?
I just want it to make calls.
A Chinese company is buying us, so who knows what happens then.
I got a cell phone call recently from someone who told me that I may have already won some valuable prizes. Isn’t that good news? ;)
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