It's Time to Give Up My Walkman for an iPod

Townhall.com ^ | November 26, 2015 | Jerry Rogers

[upchuck]

Pay cash. Avoid credit cards. Been a long time since one of my cash transactions got hijacked :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Crosley CR55 Wall Phone - Brushed Chrome

They have them at Target - I bought mine on-line, but I don’t remember where! I love it.

[lentulusgracchus]

If I’m forced to use one, I guess I can always drill a hole through it and just utilize the regular mag strip

How long before they delete the magnetic strip? Come to think of it, how long before they start chipping us? "And he might neither buy nor sell, except him that had the mark."

I'm wondering if folding a piece of aluminum or lead foil into my wallet wouldn't be sufficient RF scan protection for my new AmEx card with chip.

[conservaKate]

Thanks for the tips. I didn’t realize you didn’t own the music. Much to ponder.

[lentulusgracchus]

You're lucky. When Barack Obama gave an ipod to the Queen of England, he loaded the thing up with speeches he'd once given. #truestory

I remember that. And that he totally blew the toast to the Queen and was rewarded with the most withering, icily scornful smile in history, and scored an EPIC FAIL that will be taught all future American students of diplomacy and protocol from now until the 24th century.

What a FAIL this Impostor is.

[lentulusgracchus]

Shortly after that, it became unfashionable for men to wear socks that reached up past their ankles (at least when we had shorts on).

Who says so? Beau Brummell is dead. Egon von Furstenburg was counterfeited when Ronald Reagan was elected and wore brown suits ("A man in a brown suit will never be taken seriously.").

Who's left among the snotterati?

[FunkyZero]

you can get fancy... they have wallets now with that “feature”. It doesn’t take much to interrupt RFID signals, they are pretty weak.

[Impy]

Some store ran an ad that was I guess bragging that they weren’t open on Thanksgiving, friggin bizzare.

[tuffydoodle]

I copied and saved that. I HATE it when people say they could care less.

[conservaKate]

Okay ... several weeks later ... I love the IPod touch. wow the clarity of the music has been terrific. I had to have my little sister explain to me how to use the dang thing .. it’s not really that hard but I like to be *shown* how to do new technology stuff. LOL!