On 5/4/2016 10:44 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 4 May 2016 09:47:17 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
> There's no point in you putting down people who aren't tied to a
> landline, which is what you do.
>
That's how you see it. I wasn't putting anyone down. I simply don't
see a telephone - any kind of telephone - as anything more than a
sometimes useful instrument. I use mine for things like making
appointments, scheduling contractors, etc. I don't need a bunch of apps
or fancy interfaces to do those things. It's just my POV. YMOV.

Jill