On 5/3/2016 11:21 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 5/3/2016 7:23 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>> On 5/3/2016 4:17 PM, William wrote:
>>>>> On 3 May 2016 13:21:04 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't usually post off-topic, but this time.....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I let my cell phone acct lapse ....on purpose! Gee, I don't miss
>>>>>> it one bit. I have no more cell phone capability, but I still
>>>>>> have the device and it works pretty dang good, w/o the phone part.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nb
>>>>>
>>>>> before Thomas Edison created the General Electric Corporation,
>>>>> he invented electric light bulbs. Alot of people around the country
>>>>> refused to use them prefering their oil lamps and candles to light
>>>>> their homes at night. There were many who refused to pay $600 bucks
>>>>> for one of Henry Ford's Model "T" Automobiles when they came out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Once they died off, their decendents saw these products as
>>>>> necessities of life.
>>>>>
>>>>> William
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> It's not the same thing. I haven't had a cell phone for years. I
>>>> haven't missed it.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> In a wierdness here a landline costs 140$ a month so we got rid of that.
>>>
>>>
>> Not that it matters to anyone else but I have to have a land line for
>> the required security system. I didn't see any point in having the
>> extra expense of a cell phone bill, too. I do not like talking on the
>> phone.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I have a landline because I prefer to talk on a phone that doesn't keep
> cutting out etc. I will always have a landline, but my phone usage is
> small. I am not a phone talker either.
>
> Cheri

Yes, spotty cell reception is an issue around here unless you have
purchase a signal booster. A few years ago there was a push to put a
cell tower on Dataw but no one wanted that to be their view when they
look out the window. From what I understand, it really wouldn't have
helped unless all the various carriers used it.

As far as phone usage goes, I generally only use the phone to schedule
appointments. I talk with my SO at least once a day but he's the only
person I talk with for any length of time.

Jill