Re: Do you have a cell?

Regal Bee · ‎07-20-2017

Yes, I have a cell phone...I rarely use it. We also have a landline which we are not getting rid of. I am not a phone person on the whole...they waste too much time, for me.

KailaS · ‎03-09-2010

I got a cell phone during Covid because every appointment I had during that time requested that I sit in a parking lot, call an office, and wait for a call to be " allowed" in.

Now, I still have the phone and am paying for service. However, I am alone and I am losing my vision. That means I must walk to nearby locations or take a bus to get to more distant appointments. Either way I have to ask someone to help me find a location if I take public transportation or must use my phone to call office personnel to alert them that I am outside.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@Group 5 minus 1 A cell is almost essential now. If you need it for emergencies when out of the house, driving and and car trouble, receiving reminders from doc for appts., QRC codes for returns, etc.

I could never get my folks to take their cells when they left their place until one time Mom couldn't get into her car...locked key and purse inside. Couldn't call for help. She was about 88 and we knew time to take her license...she was hitting curbs and couldn't judge parking places. Thank God she wasn't hitting people.

***We had a land line for many years and never used it. When we switched cable providers, the phone was part of the pkg. price and got rid of that, too.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Desertdi wrote:

@shoekitty wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
I live in a dead zone and have VOIP at home. Have a cheap Tracfone® in the car in case of a dead battery or a flat tire. NO "smart phone".
@Desertdi How do you like it? Or is that you don't miss it, because you don't have one. I was last in this family to get smart phone.
@shoekitty

I come from a "strange" family...we were always "the last ones on the block to buy newfangled contraptions"...AND, my dad was a mechanical engineer... di

@Desertdi My farmer dad always had to have the latest of anything--especially if it came on a car, truck or tractor.

He brought home a huge Amana microwave in the 1960's that took up half the counter in our tiny kitchen, and mom and I had NO idea what it could do. People would come over to see it boil water!

But he had signed us up for a cooking class, and we loved it to thaw out beef and cook and reheat things.

Funny how that works out with your dad and mine!

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:

@shoekitty wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
I live in a dead zone and have VOIP at home. Have a cheap Tracfone® in the car in case of a dead battery or a flat tire. NO "smart phone".
@Desertdi How do you like it? Or is that you don't miss it, because you don't have one. I was last in this family to get smart phone.
@shoekitty

I come from a "strange" family...we were always "the last ones on the block to buy newfangled contraptions"...AND, my dad was a mechanical engineer... di
@Desertdi My farmer dad always had to have the latest of anything--especially if it came on a car, truck or tractor.

He brought home a huge Amana microwave in the 1960's that took up half the counter in our tiny kitchen, and mom and I had NO idea what it could do. People would come over to see it boil water!

But he had signed us up for a cooking class, and we loved it to thaw out beef and cook and reheat things.

Funny how that works out with your dad and mine!

OH @Sooner ...My Dad was a "car buff", too! He especially liked those big elaborate "battleship" models decked out with "all the latest".

But, just the car, and not so much with "other stuff" tho. My ma had one of those original microwaves, too. It was more of a "decoration" than useful. She still used an EGG

BEATER to whip cream...

She DID get a portable electric beater as a gift for opening a savings account at some bank...and I have that now. It's probably 50 years old... di

♥Surface of the Sun♥

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Desertdi We are sisters. Dad sent me fact-finding to a car dealer because he was getting worried mom was going to buy a car with a too-small motor. Talking to the head mechanic there about said engine dad wanted and he finally said "How old is your dad?"

I told him 92 and he said "Good God don't let him out on the street with that engine!" Didn't report that to dad. . .

Hopein24 · ‎08-02-2024

I believe people used to be more self sufficient. Before cell phones, if you broke down and you were in a rural area, you walked to a house where someone was home and called for assistance. Anyone that drives an automobile, should know the basics, like how to change a flat tire, how to check the oil, etc. we are becoming too dependent on devices and other people. If you can drive then this makes sense to me. Having a cell phone is not a guarantee that the phone will work, or that you won't have to walk to a place where you have a signal to make a call.

Teddixat · ‎10-04-2010

In many areas, 'landlines" are being phased out. If you have a phone through your cable/interbet service they do not work if your cable/internet is down. Traditional landlines are going away for good. If anyone is interested there is a very in-depth informative article at gatewayfiber.com. The story is too long for me to copy and paste. My 'landline' was tied to my cable/internet provider so if the internet went down I had no phone but I was able to use my smart phone. I got rid of the "landline"

I know several people who have cellphones that are not Smartphones and keep them only for emergencies. Better than nothing

Pecky · ‎03-10-2010

@Hopein24 wrote:
I believe people used to be more self sufficient. Before cell phones, if you broke down and you were in a rural area, you walked to a house where someone was home and called for assistance. Anyone that drives an automobile, should know the basics, like how to change a flat tire, how to check the oil, etc. we are becoming too dependent on devices and other people. If you can drive then this makes sense to me. Having a cell phone is not a guarantee that the phone will work, or that you won't have to walk to a place where you have a signal to make a call.

@Hopein24 The chances that a cellphone won't work are very slim. I am not willing to take a chance walking to a strangers house to use their phone especially in this day and age. The thought of being stranded somewhere with no way to reach out for help is down right scary and obsolete.

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

@Pecky wrote:
@Hopein24 wrote:
I believe people used to be more self sufficient. Before cell phones, if you broke down and you were in a rural area, you walked to a house where someone was home and called for assistance. Anyone that drives an automobile, should know the basics, like how to change a flat tire, how to check the oil, etc. we are becoming too dependent on devices and other people. If you can drive then this makes sense to me. Having a cell phone is not a guarantee that the phone will work, or that you won't have to walk to a place where you have a signal to make a call.

@Hopein24 The chances that a cellphone won't work are very slim. I am not willing to take a chance walking to a strangers house to use their phone especially in this day and age. The thought of being stranded somewhere with no way to reach out for help is down right scary and obsolete.

I live in a rural area. And yes, years ago you could walk to up to someone's house and use their phone with no problem. Chances were that someone there would even be able to help you with your car problem.

But nowadays many, if not most, rural people work in town too. So no one is home. You may have a very long walk to find someone at home.