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[Egilman]

4 hours ago, Javlin said:

@62 and still do not own one.........cellphone

 

1 hour ago, FriedClams said:

Oh good, I'm not the only one.  People used to look at me in the most peculiar way when they asked for my mobile number, and I would tell them I didn't have one.  So now I do have one, but I can never remember what the number is because I never turn the phone on. 

 

1 hour ago, Jack12477 said:

Yep same here ! Same for my Admiral.

That makes four of us, Admiral has one for on the road emergencies but other than that it never gets turned on....

 

Sometimes I wonder how the human race survived for ten thousand years on this rock without cell service or internet... {chuckle}

[Jack12477]

41 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Admiral has one for on the road emergencies but other than that it never gets turned on....

That's the answer we give the kids when they ask why we bothered to get them, plus it only cost $25/month for both of us to each have a phone.  Ask the kids how much they spend per month (hint: add another zero 😉😇)

 

[Jack12477]

47 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Sometimes I wonder how the human race survived for ten thousand years on this rock without cell service or internet... {chuckle}

Tom-tom. Smoke signals. Runners!  😁😁😁😁😁😁 

[Keith Black]

 Most of us got CP's cause Ma Bell cut the cord. 

[Jack12477]

10 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

 Most of us got CP's cause Ma Bell cut the cord. 

Not here! Still have the landline.

[Keith Black]

5 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Not here! Still have the landline.

 Last time I saw a payphone was about the same time I last saw a glass bottle Coke machine. 

[Jack12477]

Oh ! THAT MaBell landline ! Yea, they are gone here too. I thought you meant residential!  My bad  .

[Egilman]

6 hours ago, Jack12477 said:

Oh ! THAT MaBell landline ! Yea, they are gone here too. I thought you meant residential!

Yep, the one that had it's own power source, never went down even in the worst of storms.... Today, as soon as the internet goes down, so does standard phone service...

 

And they call it progress... Right! progress on the money making stuff....

 

Five steps back in quality of life...

[Canute]

We've still got a few payphone kiosks around, but there are no phones in them.  🙄

 

Coke still comes in glass bottles around here too. It's a Latino version, made with real sugar versus the chemical additives, And it's sweeeet. Too much for me; gets my teeth on edge.😝