Bi- something or rather? What breed is this?

[Mimi13]

amazing how many teens have practically never seen a landline phone now!

Aw heck, or heard a busy signal, or the sound of a rotary dial! Now those were the good old days!

 

[BlueBaby]

Aw heck, or heard a busy signal, or the sound of a rotary dial! Now those were the good old days!

I guess that I'm still living the good old day's then. I don't have to be married to my phone.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I guess that I'm still living the good old day's then. I don't have to be married to my phone.

So meta, because I’m sitting here on my phone responding to your thoughts about smartphones!!!

 

[BlueBaby]

So meta, because I’m sitting here on my phone responding to your thoughts about smartphones!!!

And I'm on a desktop computer.

 

[ShannonR]

I guess that I'm still living the good old day's then. I don't have to be married to my phone.

My dad had the same attitude. Didn't want to be chained to a phone, were his exact words. He bought a dumb prepaid cell phone, "for emergencies". Except, he always kept it off unless he wanted to make a call, nevermind receiving a call in emergencies!!! Last year a huge wildfire burned through our town, burned his house to the ground, and burned my place to the ground, we were all evacuated and terrorized and newly homeless. And nobody could get ahold of him on that worthless cell phone, because he always kept it OFF. We thought he may have been burned up or something for a couple of days!! What good does THAT do in an emergency?

 

[BlueBaby]

My dad had the same attitude. Didn't want to be chained to a phone, were his exact words. He bought a dumb prepaid cell phone, "for emergencies". Except, he always kept it off unless he wanted to make a call, nevermind receiving a call in emergencies!!! Last year a huge wildfire burned through our town, burned his house to the ground, and burned my place to the ground, we were all evacuated and terrorized and newly homeless. And nobody could get ahold of him on that worthless cell phone, because he always kept it OFF. We thought he may have been burned up or something for a couple of days!! What good does THAT do in an emergency?

I do have the home phone. Our dumb phone is for backup if the phone line's go out, or when we go somewhere.

 

[ShannonR]

I do have the home phone. Our dumb phone is for backup if the phone line's go out, or when we go somewhere.

Keeping it with you and on goes a long ways towards it being useful, if you don't do that already. Emergencies aren't always on your end, either, forgot to add that.

 

[Kris5902]

Well I could theoretically with my new data plan hotspot my cell phone and actually use my computer... I’ve done it a few times when necessary for emailing documents and such... but I have to admit I’ve been a cellular only phone family for almost 15 years now. And internet free expect for cellular for two years now. From the old flip phone you had to press “1” three times to text “c” to my I phone that now does almost everything I need. And yes, unless I’m in a dead zone, the battery is dead, or I’ve put it down somewhere random (work bench, truck cab, tailgate of truck, barn, haybale...)?its either in my hands or my pocket.

 

[BlueBaby]

Amazing how we have gone from talking chicken's to talking about cell phone's and Tech.

 

[Kris5902]

Oops I’m chatty... and super bad for getting distracted, how about you drag the poor husband outside with the camera and take some pictures of that crested NN to get us back on track!