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I see no need for a cellphone. It is just something else to have to carry around. And when I am out of touch, I want to be out of touch.
I take the opposing view though, I see no reason to have a landline, so I skip that in lieu of a cell phone. As for not wanting to be reachable, I simply don't answer it when I choose to not be bothered.
I have one but only very rarely use it.
I call three people on mine...once a month that’s it. It’s good to have on a vacation though.
Good grief - people still make telephone calls with the things?
Finally I gave up and gave the IPhone to my wife who loves it and actually puts it to use. So here I am with no phone again.
Welcome Skip. Nicely written!
Ever heard of a prepaid cell phone? Good for emergencies and cheap.
I hate phones but my husband insisted that I get a cell phone about 8 yrs ago, I kept forgetting it and one day I came home from town and he asked where it was and that he had been calling me all morning. I went and found it, handed it to my son and said “here, have a phone”.
4 years later I did get another one but I still don’t like it and I accidently leave it home or at work or in the car, or forget to charge it, so I don’t know why I keep it.
Is anyone who posted on this thread less than 85 years old? Cause it sure doesn’t seem like it.
The story is told that Alexander Graham Bell absolutely refused to have a phone in his house. In is senior years the family insisted he have a phone for security and safety reason. He finally gave in, but with the stipulation it would have no ringer! All he cared to do was call out when the fancy struck him, he wanted NO incoming messages. He was very outspoken about what an intrusion on life his invention had become!
Have no idea how true this is, but it would be ironic to say the least!
What I really hate is how people have come to feel you have some obligation to answer their call or return their call. The get absolutely incensed if you don’t pick up or call them back. There are people that I simply have interest in talking to and I avoid them like the plague. Thank goodness for caller ID!
Remember all the static that came about before caller ID was approved? Somehow people thought they had the right to call you without you knowing who was calling. My solution is to have my phone ring only when the caller is identified and even then I feel it’s my right to ignore anyone I want to ignore!
I love my cell phone. I have no land line. My name and address are not in a phone book. My wife a couple of close friends and a few family members are the only people who have the number. I may get and/or place 10 calls a month. I do not get robo calls, telemarketers, RNC calls or other annoying calls.
I think elderly people should have one too. There is a feature that can be aded to contacts called ICE. If someone winds up in an accident or emergency room & cannot give any information, the ICE is programmed to dial their emergency contact so that info is immediately available. It could save someone's life. Most emergency crews & hospital ERs know about it - look for it & dial family or whoever the contact # belongs to.
My purse has a little outside velcro pocket to carry my cell phone. I don't leave home without it.
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If this person has internet then a FEMTO cell would give them good coverage at home, wouldn’t it?