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Default [OT] Life after cell phone

On 5/4/2016 9:23 AM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 3 May 2016 17:13:52 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>

> You don't have cell phone reception, so a cell phone would be a waste
> of money.
>
>

True, but I'm required to have a land line for the security system.
Even if there was excellent reception, paying two phone bills didn't
make any sense.

Jill