On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:34:33 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:07:22 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 04:23:08 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:08:53 -0800, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:27:27 -0700, Chama > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Phone zombies are transfixed.
> >> >
> >> >That's complete BS.
> >>
> >> Isn't that your troll you're talking to? You sound so irreverent.
> >
> >I calls 'em as I sees 'em.
>
> But with all the name changing and you not looking at servers, you may
> not sees them right away.

True dat.

--

sf

sf wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:37:20 -0700, Chama > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:12:33 -0700, Chama > wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Are you still talking about using a smart phone inside the grocery
>>>>> store?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or at the mall:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGpVpsaItpU
>>>>
>>>> Woman Falls in Mall Fountain While Texting
>>>
>>> I thought this was all about using a smartphone app at the grocery
>>> store. Why are you conflating that with texting?
>>>
>>
>> Because I can't always tell what they're doing on the screen - text or
>> list, it looks similar.
>
> It's not an issue for me.
>
OK.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:02:51 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 11:09:46 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
>>>
>>> > The app works much better than paper in you situation because it's
>>> > sharable and you can add to it from anywhere you're connected to the
>>> > internet.
>>>
>>> I do assure you, if he had to use an app, he'd never add anything
>>> to the shopping list, and we'd be constantly running out of things.
>>>
>>> > He adds, you add and neither of you need to be at home in
>>> > the kitchen to do it. You can even add to it while your husband is in
>>> > transit or doing the shopping, which is something that doesn't happen
>>> > with paper.
>>>
>>> Or I could just call him on his cell phone (or vice versa) to say,
>>> "I forgot to add Beluga caviar to the shopping list. Could you pick
>>> some up?"
>>>
>>> >I don't need to hear justifications about why people
>>> > can't change their old pencil & paper list ways.
>>>
>>> Then perhaps you should skip posts that advocate the
>>> use of paper and pencil, or just refrain from replying to them.
>>>
>> Excuse me? The Luddites are who decided to reply to my post about
>> technology. Perhaps they should take your advice and stop replying to
>> my posts about the new fangled technology they obviously can't wrap
>> their heads around.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> sf
>
> Perhaps everyone should stop trying to tell others how to post or who to
> reply to. There are actually people who can wrap their heads around
> technology, but don't actually care for it, others that do. None of them
> are geniuses at any rate.

+1

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On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 20:34:29 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:16:44 -0500, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/27/2015 3:12 PM, sf wrote:
>>>
>>> > Excuse me? The Luddites are who decided to reply to my post about
>>> > technology. Perhaps they should take your advice and stop replying to
>>> > my posts about the new fangled technology they obviously can't wrap
>>> > their heads around.
>>>
>>> List making apps? Newfangled technology anyone would have trouble
>>> figuring out? Hardly.
>>
>> This is the very same group where some women have stated more than
>> once that they keep their phone in their pocket at all times. I asked
>> if anyone is using Keep. Obviously the answer is no for the paper
>> list makers and they have nothing of value to add to the conversation.
>
>Of course they have something of value to add, they answered your question.
>Not their problem if you don't like the answer.
>
>Cheri

Lol +10

In article >,
says...
>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:31:14 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> > On 11/27/2015 3:12 PM, sf wrote:
> > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:02:51 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Then perhaps you should skip posts that advocate the
> > >> use of paper and pencil, or just refrain from replying to them.
> > >>
> > > Excuse me? The Luddites are who decided to reply to my post about
> > > technology. Perhaps they should take your advice and stop replying to
> > > my posts about the new fangled technology they obviously can't wrap
> > > their heads around.
> > >
> > >
> > sf, what would happen in your world if suddenly the smartphone didn't
> > work? Would you still be able to shop? LOL
> >
> > Seriously, you keep calling us Luddites. Sorry, but I don't want to be
> > so dependent on technology I worry about a shopping list app on my phone
> > not sync'ing with the computer. No thank you.
> >
> > I just write a list, go to the store, buy what I want. It's pretty simple.
> >
> Gosh Jill, what do you think would happen? I'd write my list on my
> arm.

Have you got enough arms for your 15 lists? What are you,
spiderwoman?

Janet UK

Sqwertz wrote:
> it's
> like they're the only person in the world.
================================================== =============================
>

She should call the cops. I've already publicly admitted it is me so
a conviction should be a piece of cake and then forging would stop.
So what's stopping her? I think she suffers from Bovism - she just
loves the attention and drama and screw the rest of the group.

-sw
================================================== ===============================

Sqwertz wrote:
> You snipped the rest of my post

**** off and die, aashole.

Gary > wrote in :

> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>
> Note to Alan Holbrook - those same people blocking the aisle looking
> at their paper list would also be blocking the aisle if looking at
> their e-list on their cell phones.
>
>

Note to Gary: Duh, that was my point.

jmcquown > wrote in
:

>
> I try to be considerate and go to an area where there aren't a lot of
> shoppers when checking my *paper* list. The thing about paper lists
> is they don't require a charger and I don't have to worry about them
> sync'ing (or not) with any other devices.
>
> Jill

I try to do the same, Jill, when I'm checking the list I put on my
smartphone. That's my point. They're just two different ways to
accomplish the same goal. I'm not telling anyone else that their religion
is any more true or false than any other way of worship.

I'll acknowledge your point about chargers and synching. Keeping a charge
on the phone isn't really much of an issue if you're vigilant, but I _have_
gotten to the supermarket a couple of times and discovered that the list I
composed on my computer and saved to my cloud account hasn't made it to the
smartphone. And at my age, I find that I've always forgotten half a dozen
things when I get home and check.

Sqwertz > wrote in
:

>
> Most people have to unlock their phone and get to their app which can
> take up to 10 keypresses and various swipes. And then they'll also
> need to check for any of various messages. Nobody just presses ONE
> button on their cell phone.
>
> Sorry, I'm not buying it.
>
> -sw
>

If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app then
you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use the one you
have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to bring my list up the
first time I access it, which I do before entering the store, then just one
swipe each time the phone times out. LOTS of people just press ONE button.
The reason you're not buying it is you don't understand the cost structure.

Alan Holbrook wrote:
>
> Sqwertz > wrote in
> :
>
> >
> > Most people have to unlock their phone and get to their app which can
> > take up to 10 keypresses and various swipes. And then they'll also
> > need to check for any of various messages. Nobody just presses ONE
> > button on their cell phone.
> >
> > Sorry, I'm not buying it.
> >
> > -sw
> >
>
> If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app then
> you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use the one you
> have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to bring my list up the
> first time I access it, which I do before entering the store, then just one
> swipe each time the phone times out. LOTS of people just press ONE button.

So you are one of those people with a phone glued to your hand?

I use a paper list. I glance at it once or twice in the store to make
sure I haven't forgotten anything. I don't need to hold my phone
constantly and touch a button when it times out. How silly.

I have NEVER seen a person using a phone in any store except for
talking on it. I don't understand that obscession either. I've never
seen one just looking at it, either texting or looking at some silly
e-list. My paper list doesn't lose power....ever. Remember sf had
that "phone losing power" problem when she got her first smart phone.
Didn't she need to carry an extra battery around?

On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:30:05 -0600, Alan Holbrook >
wrote:

>Sqwertz > wrote in
:
>
>>
>> Most people have to unlock their phone and get to their app which can
>> take up to 10 keypresses and various swipes. And then they'll also
>> need to check for any of various messages. Nobody just presses ONE
>> button on their cell phone.
>>
>> Sorry, I'm not buying it.
>>
>> -sw
>>
>
>If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app then
>you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use the one you
>have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to bring my list up the
>first time I access it, which I do before entering the store, then just one
>swipe each time the phone times out. LOTS of people just press ONE button.
>The reason you're not buying it is you don't understand the cost structure.

My Pure Talk cell phone needs one button press to turn on and a menu
pops up, one more press brings up my phone book. Pure talk is only
$5/month with 80 minutes... I have it more than a year and am yet to
use it except once to call my land line to check that it works and it
does. It's perfect for me as an emergency phone, I wouldn't use it
for any other reason... my entire life I used a phone maybe three
times when away from home and was a pay phone... only got the cell
because I don't see pay phones anymore. I take it with me when I
leave home but it's never turned on, no one has the number to phone me
anyway. I remember to charge it about once a month. At the time I
signed up (Walmart) the Samsung phone was free). Each month they bill
my Visa credit card $5 and send me an email for confirmation, easy
peasy.
https://www.puretalkusa.com/

On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:25:52 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> I use a paper list. I glance at it once or twice in the store to make
> sure I haven't forgotten anything. I don't need to hold my phone
> constantly and touch a button when it times out. How silly.

He holds a phone, you hold a list. Both of you are holding something.

--

sf

On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:25:52 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Alan Holbrook wrote:
>>
>> Sqwertz > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> >
>> > Most people have to unlock their phone and get to their app which can
>> > take up to 10 keypresses and various swipes. And then they'll also
>> > need to check for any of various messages. Nobody just presses ONE
>> > button on their cell phone.
>> >
>> > Sorry, I'm not buying it.
>> >
>> > -sw
>> >
>>
>> If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app then
>> you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use the one you
>> have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to bring my list up the
>> first time I access it, which I do before entering the store, then just one
>> swipe each time the phone times out. LOTS of people just press ONE button.
>
>So you are one of those people with a phone glued to your hand?
>
>I use a paper list. I glance at it once or twice in the store to make
>sure I haven't forgotten anything. I don't need to hold my phone
>constantly and touch a button when it times out. How silly.
>
>I have NEVER seen a person using a phone in any store except for
>talking on it. I don't understand that obscession either. I've never
>seen one just looking at it, either texting or looking at some silly
>e-list. My paper list doesn't lose power....ever. Remember sf had
>that "phone losing power" problem when she got her first smart phone.
>Didn't she need to carry an extra battery around?

I've used a paper list all my life, why tamper with perfection... I
keep a note pad and pencil in my kitchen, makes it easy to jot down
stuff I want to buy at the moment it occurs to me, seems very stupid
to need to remember to type it into a phone later, most times later
never comes, the item gets forgotten and never gets typed. I see
people on phones everytime I shop (actually I hear them first), they
talk so loud and such stupidity... everyone in the store needs to know
that Emily is knocked up and doesn't know if it's her step brother
Tommy's or grandpa Zacks's... we're hoping it's Grandpa Zack's, Tommy
doesn't work but grandpa owns the farm.

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:25:52 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>>Alan Holbrook wrote:
>>>
>>> Sqwertz > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Most people have to unlock their phone and get to their app which can
>>> > take up to 10 keypresses and various swipes. And then they'll also
>>> > need to check for any of various messages. Nobody just presses ONE
>>> > button on their cell phone.
>>> >
>>> > Sorry, I'm not buying it.
>>> >
>>> > -sw
>>> >
>>>
>>> If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app then
>>> you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use the one you
>>> have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to bring my list up the
>>> first time I access it, which I do before entering the store, then just
>>> one
>>> swipe each time the phone times out. LOTS of people just press ONE
>>> button.
>>
>>So you are one of those people with a phone glued to your hand?
>>
>>I use a paper list. I glance at it once or twice in the store to make
>>sure I haven't forgotten anything. I don't need to hold my phone
>>constantly and touch a button when it times out. How silly.
>>
>>I have NEVER seen a person using a phone in any store except for
>>talking on it. I don't understand that obscession either. I've never
>>seen one just looking at it, either texting or looking at some silly
>>e-list. My paper list doesn't lose power....ever. Remember sf had
>>that "phone losing power" problem when she got her first smart phone.
>>Didn't she need to carry an extra battery around?
>
> I've used a paper list all my life, why tamper with perfection... I
> keep a note pad and pencil in my kitchen, makes it easy to jot down
> stuff I want to buy at the moment it occurs to me, seems very stupid
> to need to remember to type it into a phone later, most times later
> never comes, the item gets forgotten and never gets typed. I see
> people on phones everytime I shop (actually I hear them first), they
> talk so loud and such stupidity... everyone in the store needs to know
> that Emily is knocked up and doesn't know if it's her step brother
> Tommy's or grandpa Zacks's... we're hoping it's Grandpa Zack's, Tommy
> doesn't work but grandpa owns the farm.

I was at the Safeway Pharmacy last year and some young woman was having a
huge argument with someone using her cell, just shouting it out and the
language was terrible. I finally told her to take it somewhere else! I hate
listening to all that crap that can't be avoided when you're waiting in line
etc. Calling to ask about a certain brand or something is one thing, but all
the personal calls...accchhhhh!

Cheri

On 12/1/2015 11:46 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> That's because you have the AOL of cellphones.
>
> -sw
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>
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Sorry I don't fit either of your Ideal Psycho Pal Profiles.

-sw
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I'd prefer you use a sniper rifle on me from a few hundred yards away.
There you go - a reason for you to buy yet another gun and ammo.

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On 12/1/2015 11:17 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Uh, yeah. Whatever.
>
> -sw
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>
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Sorry I don't fit either of your Ideal Psycho Pal Profiles.

-sw
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I'd prefer you use a sniper rifle on me from a few hundred yards away.
There you go - a reason for you to buy yet another gun and ammo.

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On 12/1/2015 12:18 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Sorry, I'm not buying it.
>
> -sw
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ost
> >
> 3/18/2011 3:49 PM
> Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1162
> readnews.com - News for Geeks and ISPs
> fa35d278.newsreader.readnews.com
>
>
> Sorry I don't fit either of your Ideal Psycho Pal Profiles.
>
> -sw
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I'd prefer you use a sniper rifle on me from a few hundred yards away.
> There you go - a reason for you to buy yet another gun and ammo.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:30:05 -0600, Alan Holbrook >
wrote:

> Sqwertz > wrote in
> :
>
> >
> > Most people have to unlock their phone and get to their app which can
> > take up to 10 keypresses and various swipes. And then they'll also
> > need to check for any of various messages. Nobody just presses ONE
> > button on their cell phone.
> >
> > Sorry, I'm not buying it.
> >
> > -sw
> >
>
> If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app then
> you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use the one you
> have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to bring my list up the
> first time I access it, which I do before entering the store, then just one
> swipe each time the phone times out. LOTS of people just press ONE button.
> The reason you're not buying it is you don't understand the cost structure.

We have some real technotards here.

--

sf

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:30:05 -0600, Alan Holbrook >
> wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> >
>> > Most people have to unlock their phone and get to their app which can
>> > take up to 10 keypresses and various swipes. And then they'll also
>> > need to check for any of various messages. Nobody just presses ONE
>> > button on their cell phone.
>> >
>> > Sorry, I'm not buying it.
>> >
>> > -sw
>> >
>>
>> If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app then
>> you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use the one you
>> have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to bring my list up the
>> first time I access it, which I do before entering the store, then just
>> one
>> swipe each time the phone times out. LOTS of people just press ONE
>> button.
>> The reason you're not buying it is you don't understand the cost
>> structure.
>
> We have some real technotards here.
>
> --
>
> sf

And some real technopainsinthebutt here as well.

Cheri

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:30:05 -0600, Alan Holbrook >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sqwertz > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Most people have to unlock their phone and get to their app which can
>>> > take up to 10 keypresses and various swipes. And then they'll also
>>> > need to check for any of various messages. Nobody just presses ONE
>>> > button on their cell phone.
>>> >
>>> > Sorry, I'm not buying it.
>>> >
>>> > -sw
>>> >
>>>
>>> If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app then
>>> you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use the one you
>>> have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to bring my list up the
>>> first time I access it, which I do before entering the store, then just
>>> one
>>> swipe each time the phone times out. LOTS of people just press ONE
>>> button.
>>> The reason you're not buying it is you don't understand the cost
>>> structure.
>>
>> We have some real technotards here.
>>
>> --
>>
>> sf
>
> And some real technopainsinthebutt here as well.

LOL
--
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On 2015-12-01 3:38 PM, sf wrote:

>> If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app then
>> you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use the one you
>> have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to bring my list up the
>> first time I access it, which I do before entering the store, then just one
>> swipe each time the phone times out. LOTS of people just press ONE button.
>> The reason you're not buying it is you don't understand the cost structure.
>
> We have some real technotards here.
>



My phone wants a 4 digit code, but only if I set it for that. Otherwise,
one swipe gets it going.

On 12/1/2015 1:52 PM, Cheri wrote:
> I was at the Safeway Pharmacy last year and some young woman was having
> a huge argument with someone using her cell, just shouting it out and
> the language was terrible. I finally told her to take it somewhere else!
> I hate listening to all that crap that can't be avoided when you're
> waiting in line etc. Calling to ask about a certain brand or something
> is one thing, but all the personal calls...accchhhhh!
>
> Cheri

I don't understand the need to be glued to a phone. I much prefer my
nice quiet life to what seems to be going on with all the cell phone
junkies. Some of the stores around here have signs on the windows: NO
CELL PHONES. And they mean it.

Who wants to be a party to all the drama? Please just do your shopping.
You can call your BFF when you get home. Truly, nothing drastic
happened in the last hour.. minutes.. seconds. Oh crap, something
changed! Tiffany broke up with Brian! Someone tweeted a pic of a latte
and a scone! Really. Who gives a rip?

Jill

On 12/1/2015 12:20 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> My Pure Talk cell phone needs one button press to turn on and a menu
> pops up, one more press brings up my phone book. Pure talk is only
> $5/month with 80 minutes... I have it more than a year and am yet to
> use it except once to call my land line to check that it works

You call yourself on the phone?!

Pssst... all you have to do is pick up the land line and check for a
dial tone. Guess what? That means it's working. Do you sometimes call
the operator just to have a chat?

Jill

On 12/1/2015 1:19 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:25:52 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>> I use a paper list. I glance at it once or twice in the store to make
>> sure I haven't forgotten anything. I don't need to hold my phone
>> constantly and touch a button when it times out. How silly.
>
> He holds a phone, you hold a list. Both of you are holding something.
>
Yeah, but his paper list doesn't go dark and need to be tapped to be
awakened from what I'm guessing is a sleep state.

Jill

Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Alan Holbrook wrote:
> >
> > Sqwertz > wrote in
> > :
> >
> > >
> > > Most people have to unlock their phone and get to their app which
> > > can take up to 10 keypresses and various swipes. And then
> > > they'll also need to check for any of various messages. Nobody
> > > just presses ONE button on their cell phone.
> > >
> > > Sorry, I'm not buying it.
> > >
> > > -sw
> > >
> >
> > If it takes you 10 keypresses and various swipes to get at an app
> > then you're using the wrong phone or simply don't know how to use
> > the one you have. It takes me one swipe and two keypresses to
> > bring my list up the first time I access it, which I do before
> > entering the store, then just one swipe each time the phone times
> > out. LOTS of people just press ONE button.
>
> So you are one of those people with a phone glued to your hand?
>
> I use a paper list. I glance at it once or twice in the store to make
> sure I haven't forgotten anything. I don't need to hold my phone
> constantly and touch a button when it times out. How silly.
>
> I have NEVER seen a person using a phone in any store except for
> talking on it. I don't understand that obscession either. I've never
> seen one just looking at it, either texting or looking at some silly
> e-list. My paper list doesn't lose power....ever. Remember sf had
> that "phone losing power" problem when she got her first smart phone.
> Didn't she need to carry an extra battery around?

Grin, locally I dont see folks using a smartphone to check a list off.
We might be a bit slow on that though? I call my husband though to
check a stock of something on sale possibly 3 times in the same trip.

Thats only on my bigger trips (roughly 6 weeks apart) unless I see
something like a suprise special on some oddball item (Cat litter,
non-clumping tends to generate a call). I make small trips of generally
fresh veggies and fruits every 2 weeks between the bigger ones.

Carol


--

On 12/1/2015 7:47 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/1/2015 12:20 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> My Pure Talk cell phone needs one button press to turn on and a menu
>> pops up, one more press brings up my phone book. Pure talk is only
>> $5/month with 80 minutes... I have it more than a year and am yet to
>> use it except once to call my land line to check that it works
>
> You call yourself on the phone?!
>
> Pssst... all you have to do is pick up the land line and check for a
> dial tone. Guess what? That means it's working. Do you sometimes call
> the operator just to have a chat?
>
> Jill

I'm sure he means to check to make sure the cell phone is working. Cell
phones don't have dial tones.

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Cheryl

On 01/12/2015 5:40 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/1/2015 1:52 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> I was at the Safeway Pharmacy last year and some young woman was having
>> a huge argument with someone using her cell, just shouting it out and
>> the language was terrible. I finally told her to take it somewhere else!
>> I hate listening to all that crap that can't be avoided when you're
>> waiting in line etc. Calling to ask about a certain brand or something
>> is one thing, but all the personal calls...accchhhhh!
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I don't understand the need to be glued to a phone. I much prefer my
> nice quiet life to what seems to be going on with all the cell phone
> junkies. Some of the stores around here have signs on the windows: NO
> CELL PHONES. And they mean it.
>
> Who wants to be a party to all the drama? Please just do your shopping.
> You can call your BFF when you get home. Truly, nothing drastic
> happened in the last hour.. minutes.. seconds. Oh crap, something
> changed! Tiffany broke up with Brian! Someone tweeted a pic of a latte
> and a scone! Really. Who gives a rip?
>
> Jill
I have coffee with a friend at Starbucks first thing most mornings.
People come in and if there is more than one person ahead of them in the
queue, out comes their phone! It's almost an absent-minded action,
rather like smokers of old who would light up without thinking.
Graham

--
Deep within the heart of every evangelist lies the wreck of
a car salesman.
H.L. Mencken

On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:40:55 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 12/1/2015 1:52 PM, Cheri wrote:
> > I was at the Safeway Pharmacy last year and some young woman was having
> > a huge argument with someone using her cell, just shouting it out and
> > the language was terrible. I finally told her to take it somewhere else!
> > I hate listening to all that crap that can't be avoided when you're
> > waiting in line etc. Calling to ask about a certain brand or something
> > is one thing, but all the personal calls...accchhhhh!
> >
> > Cheri
>
> I don't understand the need to be glued to a phone. I much prefer my
> nice quiet life to what seems to be going on with all the cell phone
> junkies. Some of the stores around here have signs on the windows: NO
> CELL PHONES. And they mean it.
>
> Who wants to be a party to all the drama? Please just do your shopping.
> You can call your BFF when you get home. Truly, nothing drastic
> happened in the last hour.. minutes.. seconds. Oh crap, something
> changed! Tiffany broke up with Brian! Someone tweeted a pic of a latte
> and a scone! Really. Who gives a rip?
>
Apparently you do.


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sf

On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:59:06 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 12/1/2015 1:19 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:25:52 -0500, Gary > wrote:
> >
> >> I use a paper list. I glance at it once or twice in the store to make
> >> sure I haven't forgotten anything. I don't need to hold my phone
> >> constantly and touch a button when it times out. How silly.
> >
> > He holds a phone, you hold a list. Both of you are holding something.
> >
> Yeah, but his paper list doesn't go dark and need to be tapped to be
> awakened from what I'm guessing is a sleep state.
>

Why is that a problem for you?


--

sf

On 12/1/2015 11:36 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:59:06 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/1/2015 1:19 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:25:52 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I use a paper list. I glance at it once or twice in the store to make
>>>> sure I haven't forgotten anything. I don't need to hold my phone
>>>> constantly and touch a button when it times out. How silly.
>>>
>>> He holds a phone, you hold a list. Both of you are holding something.
>>>
>> Yeah, but his paper list doesn't go dark and need to be tapped to be
>> awakened from what I'm guessing is a sleep state.
>>
>
> Why is that a problem for you?
>
>
It's not. Luddites don't have such issues.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> I don't understand the need to be glued to a phone. I much prefer my
> nice quiet life to what seems to be going on with all the cell phone
> junkies. Some of the stores around here have signs on the windows: NO
> CELL PHONES.

Whenever I go shopping, I've always taken my cell phone just in case
of emergencies and car breakdowns. When I go into the store(s) I
always leave the phone in the car.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 12/1/2015 12:20 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > My Pure Talk cell phone needs one button press to turn on and a menu
> > pops up, one more press brings up my phone book. Pure talk is only
> > $5/month with 80 minutes... I have it more than a year and am yet to
> > use it except once to call my land line to check that it works
>
> You call yourself on the phone?!
>
> Pssst... all you have to do is pick up the land line and check for a
> dial tone. Guess what? That means it's working. Do you sometimes call
> the operator just to have a chat?

As someone else said, he called his home phone once to make sure his
new cell phone worked, not the land line.

I call my landline from my cell sometimes from work. I can punch in a
code and listen to any messages left on my answering machine. I can
also say something when the machine says leave a message and the
ferret will hear it as it's near her cage. Sometimes I will call to
say hi to her at lunchtime. heheh

On 2015-12-01 7:40 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> Who wants to be a party to all the drama? Please just do your shopping.
> You can call your BFF when you get home.

I suspect that BFF may be the issue, especially when it comes to young
women. They have to tie up BFF's line so that other friends can't get in
there and jockey for position.

On 2015-12-01 9:11 PM, graham wrote:
> On 01/12/2015 5:40 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> I have coffee with a friend at Starbucks first thing most mornings.
> People come in and if there is more than one person ahead of them in the
> queue, out comes their phone! It's almost an absent-minded action,
> rather like smokers of old who would light up without thinking.
>


The ones I have trouble with are those who come in talking and then hold
up everyone else in line because they are making the server wait while
they talk to their friend.

On 2015-12-02 10:21 AM, Gary wrote:

> Whenever I go shopping, I've always taken my cell phone just in case
> of emergencies and car breakdowns. When I go into the store(s) I
> always leave the phone in the car.
>


That is what I did for years. I broke down last month and got a smart
phone and I have been enjoying it.

Gary wrote:
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I don't understand the need to be glued to a phone. I much prefer my
>> nice quiet life to what seems to be going on with all the cell phone
>> junkies. Some of the stores around here have signs on the windows: NO
>> CELL PHONES.
>
>Whenever I go shopping, I've always taken my cell phone just in case
>of emergencies and car breakdowns. When I go into the store(s) I
>always leave the phone in the car.

That doesn't compute, what if the emergency is coming out of the store
and finding out your car was stolen? A cell phone for emergency use
should be on your person at all times when leaving home.

On 12/1/2015 8:41 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 12/1/2015 7:47 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 12/1/2015 12:20 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> My Pure Talk cell phone needs one button press to turn on and a menu
>>> pops up, one more press brings up my phone book. Pure talk is only
>>> $5/month with 80 minutes... I have it more than a year and am yet to
>>> use it except once to call my land line to check that it works
>>
>> You call yourself on the phone?!
>>
>> Pssst... all you have to do is pick up the land line and check for a
>> dial tone. Guess what? That means it's working. Do you sometimes call
>> the operator just to have a chat?
>>
>> Jill
>
> I'm sure he means to check to make sure the cell phone is working. Cell
> phones don't have dial tones.
>
Sorry, I did misunderstand. But knowing his love of talking on the
phone it wouldn't surprise me if he had one in each hand carrying on a
conversation with himself.

Jill

On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:41:28 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 12/1/2015 7:47 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 12/1/2015 12:20 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> My Pure Talk cell phone needs one button press to turn on and a menu
>>> pops up, one more press brings up my phone book. Pure talk is only
>>> $5/month with 80 minutes... I have it more than a year and am yet to
>>> use it except once to call my land line to check that it works
>>
>> You call yourself on the phone?!
>>
>> Pssst... all you have to do is pick up the land line and check for a
>> dial tone. Guess what? That means it's working. Do you sometimes call
>> the operator just to have a chat?
>>
>> Jill
>
>I'm sure he means to check to make sure the cell phone is working. Cell
>phones don't have dial tones.

They don't? So maybe my cell phone is working after all.

--
Bruce

On 11/26/2015 10:46 PM, barbie gee wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2015, sf wrote:
>
>>
>> Does anyone use Google Keep to make their (grocery) lists? DD just
>> turned me on to it. I think I'm going to ditch Out of Milk. Keep
>> makes it very easy to share lists with another gmail user (don't know
>> how it works with others). If you have a newer android smart phone,
>> it's probably already in the extended apps - if not, it's available at
>> both the Google and iTunes Stores. https://www.google.com/keep/
>
> I've tried Keep and have it installed, but it competes for my
> attention with Wunderlist. I'm not sure I like the busy layout of Keep.

I just keep a doc open in Google Drive, and add entries/refer to it as
needed. Works for me.