The telephone and your relatives.

[Gillianren]

I don't own a cell phone. I do own a digital camera. I'd rather have the camera any day.

[R.A.F.]

I don't own a cell phone.

I can "beat" that...I own a cell phone that I use maybe once a month.


Wife got a "package" deal....

[Trebuchet]

At this point I'm a little ashamed to admit that last night I used the cell phone to call my wife -- in another room of the house. Hey, we got cool new phones and she was missing something on the Olympics!

[Solfe]

I average less than 15 minutes of talk time on my cell phone, 1500+ texts and something like 500,000 kb of data a month. Exactly why they measure data in kb is beyond me.

[DoggerDan]

About 5 minutes at a time, three times a week. They're elderly.

As for progeny, they're fun, so we talk a lot longer.

[Gillianren]

I can "beat" that...I own a cell phone that I use maybe once a month.


Wife got a "package" deal....

There's no one in the house I'd want a package deal with. My roommate has a cell phone, because she has family in Ohio and Hawaii, so no matter where she lives, someone is long distance. But she has a package deal with her dad. I've used her phone on occasion, when I've needed long distance, but I seldom call long distance.

At this point I'm a little ashamed to admit that last night I used the cell phone to call my wife -- in another room of the house. Hey, we got cool new phones and she was missing something on the Olympics!

We've discussed walkie-talkies.

[DoggerDan]

Folks, for less than $10 a month any American can talk with any other American all day long. Night, too. There's no reason to resort to "walkie talkies."

I'm growing tired of the defeatism on this forum. I find it rather "oh, I can't!" "but it's impossible!" sort of sickism. Wah! Get over it. Not everone's perfect. I have serious disabilities. I've overcome them - you should too! I have HUGE compassion for those who keep trying. Not so much for those who've given up, though, as "there are far too many who're still trying who need my help to waste my efforts on those who've given up." I'm sorry, but our world is a world of limited resources. If you want to waste yours diving after a self-defeatist, go ahead, but bring your own rope, as you'll need tons. Real people are trying to scrabble out, to make a better life. We should support those efforts!

[Perikles]

I'm growing tired of the defeatism on this forum. I find it rather "oh, I can't!" "but it's impossible!" sort of sickism. Wah! Get over it.

I must be missing something here. Who is being defeatist? Is the fact that I don't recognize it a sign I am already defeated? What is defeatism anyway?<confused>

[Swift]

I'm growing tired of the defeatism on this forum. I find it rather "oh, I can't!" "but it's impossible!" sort of sickism.

I'm tired of your negative comments about other members of this forum, especially when they have nothing to do with the topic of this thread. Knock it off.

[Gillianren]

Folks, for less than $10 a month any American can talk with any other American all day long. Night, too. There's no reason to resort to "walkie talkies."

Yup. And be tethered by it. No, thank you. I am happy with having a landline. Yes, the long distance would be nice, but the price and convenience of the landline is preferable to me. And if I choose a simpler method of communication in my own apartment, well, why not? What's wrong with it?

[Buttercup]

Yup. And be tethered by it. No, thank you. I am happy with having a landline.

We've kept our landline, and likely always will.

I remember when doctors first began carrying cellphones in hospitals; not just the old beeper. Chatted with one doctor in an elevator, who said he hated both (leash and collar). I felt that was apt, and (apparently wrongly) figured most people would shun "constant communication" too.

Lol!! Was I ever wrong.

I only have cellphone in case I want to get out of town (not frequently); lots of wilderness around here. If break down, can call husband.

[R.A.F.]

...I own a cell phone that I use maybe once a month.

I should explain that I do all my talking on our landline.

[Ara Pacis]

Yup. And be tethered by it. No, thank you. I am happy with having a landline. Yes, the long distance would be nice, but the price and convenience of the landline is preferable to me. And if I choose a simpler method of communication in my own apartment, well, why not? What's wrong with it?

Then you need to get kids... "Go tell your father..." "go tell your mother..." :-)

[Solfe]

I have a package deal for cable, phone and internet in addition to cell phones.

I actually have the old land line in the kitchen still hooked into the telephone company lines even though I don't subscribe to the phone company anymore. I figure I could use it to call 911 if I had to. I am under the impression that it would work, but I am afraid to test it.

[Swift]

I actually have the old land line in the kitchen still hooked into the telephone company lines even though I don't subscribe to the phone company anymore. I figure I could use it to call 911 if I had to. I am under the impression that it would work, but I am afraid to test it.

Does it have a dial tone when you pick it up? Because if it doesn't, you aren't going to call anything on it. But even if it has a dial tone, I'm not convinced it would work for 911.

[DonM435]

When we were looking at our residence prior to buying it (some 14 years ago) the empty house had a phone in place, with a dial tone, but I discovered that it would only make emergency connections and that I could not dial anywhere else. So, it seems that the local phone company offered some sort of "standby" mode that the realtors paid for.

(I didn't test it, and soon we had standard service anyway.)

[Gillianren]

Then you need to get kids... "Go tell your father..." "go tell your mother..." :-)

We'll be able to get walkie-talkies faster! Cheaper, too . . . .

[Ara Pacis]

Does it have a dial tone when you pick it up? Because if it doesn't, you aren't going to call anything on it. But even if it has a dial tone, I'm not convinced it would work for 911.

If it has a dailtone, it's a soft-disconnect and the call will probably go through.

[Tinaa]

I hate talking on the phone - would much rather text or email. My kids always know that I'm tired of talking when I say, "Love ya, bye!" People at work have finally figured out that when I'm done talking I just say, "Thanks, bye." Most of the time there is no reason to say thanks but it seems nicer than just bye. I did call my dad everyday at 6 pm until he died in March. Still look at the clock around six every night.

[jokergirl]

What's a landline?

Living abroad I usually chat or email with my family. I am quite fond of that because like Tinaa, I pretty much hate voice communication and prefer texting. The only person calling regularly is my grandma, who does not truck with modern technology.
But then I'm not the most communicative of people...

[Perikles]

Living abroad ...

Hey, I live there as well, but I've never seen you.

[Ara Pacis]

What's a landline?

King of the jungle. Can't say the same for a Sealine.

[DoggerDan]

I must be missing something here. Who is being defeatist?

No need for finger-pointing, so please don't ask.

Is the fact that I don't recognize it a sign I am already defeated? What is defeatism anyway?<confused>

Probably not, Perikles -- you don't strike me as the type. Defeatism is the acceptance of defeat without a struggle, or without putting up a reasonably sufficient and attainable level of effort required to achieve a desired goal. It's related to and overlaps learned helplessness. I'll never be an Olympic athlete, for example, but that's not defeatism - that's just reality. If I wanted to compete in on open class bicycle race, but failed to do so despite having the time and money, as well as desire and ability, then that would be defeatism. If I failed to do so because I didn't think I was good enough when I actually was good enough, that would be learned helplessness.

[Noclevername]

Getting back to the OP, my mom usally calls me--sometimes to excess. Sometimes she'll call me to tell me she'll be calling me in 5 minutes! (Literally)

[Swift]

No need for finger-pointing, so please don't ask.



Probably not, Perikles -- you don't strike me as the type. Defeatism is the acceptance of defeat without a struggle, or without putting up a reasonably sufficient and attainable level of effort required to achieve a desired goal. It's related to and overlaps learned helplessness. I'll never be an Olympic athlete, for example, but that's not defeatism - that's just reality. If I wanted to compete in on open class bicycle race, but failed to do so despite having the time and money, as well as desire and ability, then that would be defeatism. If I failed to do so because I didn't think I was good enough when I actually was good enough, that would be learned helplessness.

I warned in Post 39 to knock off this rude, off-topic discussion about defeatism. Ignoring a moderator's instructions will get you an infraction.

Now, no more posts about this from anyone.