On Feb 19, 2:08*pm, Brooklyn1 > wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:07:56 -0500, Dave Smith
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> >On 19/02/2013 2:42 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> >> Wasn't free, with minutes it cost $60. *I have no need for a fancy
> >> schmancy pricey cell phone, I only wanted plain vanilla, no extras...
> >> there's a good chance I may never use this one. *I bought a cell phone
> >> ten years ago with a one year contract from Verizon, the darn thing
> >> sat on my desk for a year, I never made a call, it never received a
> >> call, when the year was up I turned it in, unused. *I'm not a phone
> >> person, I certainly don't need a phone when I'm outdoors... for my few
> >> calls my land line is more than sufficient. *Like the subject line
> >> says "For Emergencies Only", it's for in case I go into town and get a
> >> flat tire or some such car problem. *The only numbers I programed in
> >> is the auto repair place in town, 911, the walk-in clinic, and my next
> >> door neighbor. *This phone is for insurance, as with all insurance
> >> it's something one hopes they'll never need to use.
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> >I have an inexpensive flip phone with a $15.95/month emergency use plan.
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> For a year that's $191.40, not so inexpensive for a phone you'll
> hardly if ever use... you'd be much better off with a TracFone. *I
> could have had my TracFone for $20 if I didn't opt for the 180 extra
> minutes... afterwards I had second thoughts about buying all those
> minutes but it it was a triple minutes deal and seemed like a good
> thing to do at the time, especially since those minutes keep rolling
> over if I don't use them. *I could have bought a case for under $5 but
> of all the cases I looked at I liked that Duluth Trading case best...
> I even spent time the next day looking at cases at other web sites but
> none were as nice.
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> > *It is actually in my son's name. He got a deal on it at a previous job
> >and when he moved to Montreal he left it with me. *A little more than 2
> >years ago the battery died on it and it almost as much for a new battery
> >as it was to get a newer phone.
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> >I rarely used to even remember to take it with me, or to turn it on if I
> >did remember to take it. I started carrying it more often after I
> >developed a heart problem. I spend a lot of time walking in the woods
> >with my dog, or out bicycling, so it may come in handy to let people
> >know where they can find my body if something happens.
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> >I don't know about these people I see walking around with a phone glued
> >to their ear all the time, or texting while with friends. I must be old
> >fashioned. I don't feel a need to be connected all the time.
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> >When I was working I had one of the few vehicles that was equipped with
> >a cell phone, but it was hardwired. *Later on the rest of the staff were
> >issued cellphones. One of my coworkers suggested I should ask for a
> >replacement cell, a portable to replace the hardwired one. Nuts to that.
> >My boss used to have a hard time getting hold me. If I answered the
> >phone it meant that I was sitting in my van. If I was not in the van he
> >could assume that I was busy working. As far as I was concerned, the
> >phone was handy if I needed something. It was a PITA if it was just for
> >them to get hold of me. *In my van I had a desk, a tool box, mobile
> >computer terminal, a photocopier and a cellphone..... and privacy. I
> >liked it that way.
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> I'm *not much of a phone person. *I like to occasionally speak on the
> phone with friends during early evenings from home, but not when I'm
> out. *In all my years I may have used a pay phone three times, and
> only for something I considered important. *I would never make a call
> just to chit chat while I'm driving, I don't even like to hold
> conversations with my passengers, I find that distracting.

I'm sure your passengers feel the same way.