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Modern life without a cell phone is not any kind of life at all
The Daily Athenaeum ^ | Jan 18, 2005 | Victoria Bradley

Posted on 01/18/2005 7:37:09 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666

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You, Victoria, are a sad creature.
1 posted on 01/18/2005 7:37:18 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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I am rarely without my cell phone. And thats only because I conduct a good bit of business on it. If I had a job that didn't require me to be accesible at almost any time, I likely wouldn't have one.


2 posted on 01/18/2005 7:39:14 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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Blonde?


3 posted on 01/18/2005 7:40:31 AM PST by handy old one (Never confuse the facts with the issues!!)
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yeesh! Only positive thing i can say about cell phones is that they're handy in emergencies. other than that, my heart goes out to all those self-important/indungent types who beleive that either the world cannot go on without their constant intervention, or that they will die if they aren't in constant touch with their fellows.

pathetic, really.


4 posted on 01/18/2005 7:40:58 AM PST by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it with something for you))
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I refuse to get a cell phone, never needed one 10 years ago, don't see a need for one now. I will be the last holdout by God!


5 posted on 01/18/2005 7:41:02 AM PST by sean327 (All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
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"And so I say to those of you still without cell phones: You are a species I do not understand. We should study you in science class. Like creatures living without blood pumping through their veins. How do you do it? You boggle me."

Oh, wow! I'm so ashamed. I do own a cell phone, but it's always plugged into the charger. I only take it with me on trips, and only use it in emergencies and to avoid high fees in hotel rooms. It's off all the time unless I need to make a call.

Benefits? I don't have to balance my attention while driving between watching the road and the cell phone. It never rings at inconvenient times. It never annoys others. Nobody calls it, because nobody has the number.

Oh, I have a cell phone, but it's used as it was intended, not to be stuck semi-permanently to my ear.

I'm so sorry for this writer's loss.


6 posted on 01/18/2005 7:41:04 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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I don't have a cell phone and the only person who seems to be bothered by it is my girl friend.


7 posted on 01/18/2005 7:41:08 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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I hate to boggle you but I do not have a cell phone and have no desire to get one. Standard phones are bad enough to my way of thinking. Being an old goat who still remembers the old hand crank phones and party lines I feel no need to go modern and be bothered when trying to have a little peace and quiet.


8 posted on 01/18/2005 7:41:10 AM PST by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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I stopped wearing a watch and carrying a cell phone. I found that my quality of life increased exponentially.


9 posted on 01/18/2005 7:42:05 AM PST by Publius Valerius
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I refuse to get a cell phone, never needed one 10 years ago, don't see a need for one now. I will be the last holdout by God!

I guess you don't go shopping with your wife ...

10 posted on 01/18/2005 7:42:23 AM PST by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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I do not have a cell phone.

My life is just fine...

11 posted on 01/18/2005 7:42:35 AM PST by Jimmyclyde (Dying ain't much of a living boy...)
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Sheesh. Is there some kind of point to this scribbling?

I have a cell phone...it's my only phone because I don't have a land line. I don't take it with me everywhere, mainly because they're not allowed inside my company. But I don't go all to pieces if I don't have it with me.

12 posted on 01/18/2005 7:43:52 AM PST by TheBigB (Life is good. It'd be better if Jaime Pressly was here naked with a pizza. But it's still damn good.)
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I have one - aimed at emergency use. The other night, we had a power outage. The next day, I realized my phones were out, too. I had to use my cell to report it, and then my cell was my only means of communication for THREE DAYS!!!!


13 posted on 01/18/2005 7:43:57 AM PST by mathluv
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Lol, what a loser! :D


14 posted on 01/18/2005 7:44:29 AM PST by Constantine XIII
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How OLD is this twit?


15 posted on 01/18/2005 7:44:48 AM PST by goodnesswins (Tax cuts, Tax reform, social security reform, Supreme Court, etc.....the next 4 years.....)
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>And so I say to those of you still without cell phones: You are a species I do not understand

I'm just guessing, but
I'd bet big cash this girl is
an Apple user!

16 posted on 01/18/2005 7:45:03 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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I stopped wearing a watch

I almost always wear my watch. It is one of my few "must have" items. There are only a small number of places I don't wear it. The Golf Course is the only one I can think of at this time.

17 posted on 01/18/2005 7:45:52 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: Jimmyclyde

I had a cell phone for two years (a contract). I don't have one now. Honestly, I don't miss it.


18 posted on 01/18/2005 7:45:55 AM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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Re: the phones being out with a power outage. I bought a $5.99 cheapo phone from the drugstore, which I save to use during power outages. It's powered over the phone line itself. So if the electricity goes out but the phone lines are still working, this phone will work. Sometimes only low-tech will do.

Now if I could only find a stove that didn't use electronic ignition to light the oven... It's a real pain having no oven when the power goes out.

19 posted on 01/18/2005 7:46:29 AM PST by valkyrieanne (card-carrying South Park Republican)
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There are way too many like this person, all talking while driving.


20 posted on 01/18/2005 7:46:30 AM PST by Tax-chick ( The old woman who lives in the 15-passenger van.)
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