Rummuser just had a post about cell phones. It reminds me of the father who had lost his phone once again. The family was looking high and low for it when the four-year-old said,
They should make a phone that sticks on the wall. Then you could always find it.
That works for us. We’ve had ours for almost 40 years now, and we haven’t lost it once.
March 27, 2015
I have got three of them, one each in each bed room and two table top models one each in the dining area and the drawing room.
Are some of them dial phones, or are we the last of the dinosaurs?
I wasn’t in a hurry to get a cell phone.
I actually only got the first one because my cat was lost and I wanted to be readily available if she was found.
Then I got a pay as you go phone, so I didn’t use it much because every minute cost me.
Then my landline bill had a price increase and I got rid of it and relied solely on my cell.
Finally I bit the dust and got an iPhone….and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.
I am polite and don’t use it while in a check-out line.
I never use it while driving or walking but that thing has come in handy in so many emergencies and instead of trying to explain something, as when my sister’s puppy got bit in the face, I took a photo of it with the phone and immediately sent it along with a message to the vet I work for. He was able to tell us what to do rather than rushing the puppy across the river.
And the girls at work can text me on the weekends with questions about boarders and send a photo to explain.
And when my niece was out walking with her dog one evening and a stranger started to follow her, she called me and I jumped in my car and drove to where she was walking as she stayed on the phone with me.
And I’m able to take great photos of my boarding dogs out in the play area and my own pets without running for the camera.
And I can read blogs on my phone on my lunch break at work.
But I totally understand how irritating cell phones can be.
Like when I’m trying to check a boarder in and the owners are too busy chatting on their phone to answer questions.
Or the worst, is kids driving and texting.
There are definitely a lot of cons to cells phones but for me personally, they are a big pro.
Growing up we had a phone on the wall in the kitchen and I hated having every word overheard by everyone else in the family, to say nothing of the 2 minute timer my Dad had sitting on top of it.
Just my opinion. 🙂
I agree that iPhones can be invaluable — Kaitlin and Torben love theirs. I’m so glad you have one. Unfortunately they wouldn’t work for Andy and me because there’s no reception up on the land. We still have a basic cell phone just in case he’s ever in an area that does have reception. At home I can take and send pictures with my iPad and WiFi, so I know how handy that is.
LOL!
i LOVE cindi’s comment 😀
a two minute timer. LOL. not funny for a little teenager at the time. but…
and if your phone is that yellow one monk … YAY as you say!!! so cheery.
her comment almost makes me want to join the 21st century and get an iphone!
Yes, that yellow phone is indeed ours. I never use it for calling out — I prefer our push button ones, but I answer it if I’m in the living room.
I laughed at the two-minute timer too. When Kaitlin was a teen we bought an extension for her bedroom. She was on the phone a lot and it not only gave her privacy, we could have peace and quiet in the living room.
it’s illegal here to drive and text/phone – if you must you must have handsfree/bluetooth. You see a lot of people with the attachment in their ear, my niece has something attached to her sun visor/car.
I have a portable at home, in one place but there are jacks in at least 3 other places including the basement garage (where one of my previous flatties ran a mini home factory). Where the main incoming jack is – is a cute little insert in the wall, probably where the permanent phone once was… I now keep certain household things in that insert which have nothing to do with the phone – the jack is under it as such.
To run a basic landline/phone is around NZ$45 month, although much of the time they bundled with other services – broadband, some TV channels etc. None of these other services do I have. My wi-fi comes via a techie neighbor as he wanted to help me out financial wise, but it comes with “hooks” 🙂
I use my cellphone mainly for texts – yesterday for sports/connection with family the main time it is used…checking in with friends for catch-up, place, time, et al.
The reasons Cindi gives seem the most common nowadays for adults – business related. As for teens, it just seems to be “everyone needs ’em” 🙂
Our land line plus internet and taxes is slightly over $90 a month. It’s really annoying that they keep trying to get us to upgrade to faster internet but don’t tell what the real cost will be once they add the taxes and fees. Right now the price of our relatively slow internet is guaranteed for life. If we upgraded we wouldn’t know the exact details until they sent us the contract, and then if we didn’t like it there would be no going back. That business model strikes me as sleazy, even if it turned out to be a good deal. We like facts ahead of time.
It’s all very interesting.