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The Daredevils Without Landlines — And Why Health Experts Are Tracking Them
NPR ^ | May 4, 2017 | Alina Selyukh

Posted on 05/04/2017 7:43:53 AM PDT by posterchild

For the first time in history, federal researchers report that a majority of U.S. homes rely only on cellphones for a telephone connection, without a landline.

The number of cellphone-only households predictably has been climbing over the years, surpassing the households with both a landline and a mobile phone and now reaching almost 51 percent. And it's tracked by — of all agencies — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics records all kinds of trends about the state of Americans' health. One of its surveys traces the decline of landlines and what kinds of health habits are common to mobile-only homes. (Hint: the drinking and smoking kind.)

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To: posterchild

Another scam is the DNA testing for your “genealogy”. What they really want is to put everything about your physical characteristics into a database for diabolical future use. Seriously, who cares what percentages of you came from various places in Europe... moreover, how would you even know they’re correct in their analysis. What a scam!


41 posted on 05/04/2017 9:57:09 AM PDT by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

funny.


42 posted on 05/04/2017 12:27:42 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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When you are paying a $250 cellphone bill, you don’t need a landline.

Well, then, how do you find your cellphone?

43 posted on 05/04/2017 4:07:26 PM PDT by Does so (USA: Watching Muslims' 2nd US Generation become "Radicalized"...)
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To: skinndogNN

You do know you can get a Metro PCS phone for $30 per month with no tax added?


44 posted on 05/04/2017 5:59:32 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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