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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:29 AM Original message |
People Have the most personal conversations on their cell phones. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. I know what you mean. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. The worst thing I ever had to carry was a voice pager |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. And how do people afford all of this communication stuff? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. No land line, no cable TV/satellite.. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Ditched the land line years ago |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Don't most libraries have policies about cell phone use? |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I think if someone was really disruptive the library would ask them |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. re restaurants |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. its a trade off |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I know what you mean - |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. I used to work for a high-tech company... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I carry a cell phone, but it's off unless I want to make a call. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Hahahahah! Who's on first? |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. LOL! |
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Blaze Diem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. lol...I speak Backyardigan these days, I do have a cell phone, but could exist without it. |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. I cannot imagine having to be available all of the time. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Well it IS possible to leave a cell phone at home |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Agreed. But I need it for work. One thing that helps a lot |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. I wonder how long before |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. As somebody said decades ago, The problem with portable TV is, you can take it with you. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. One thing I've never understood |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I think you are at least partially correct.. n/t |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. I've never understood that either. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Sounds weird but |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-10-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Oh, its perfectly fine to disagree with me. |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. I ONLY use my cell |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. there probably aren't many of us left, but I don't have a cell phone . . . |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. having your cell phone always on does not necessarily mean |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. I was once in a grocery line behind a woman audibly discussing her friend's abortion plans. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. See my #12 for a solution to this kind of nonsense |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I like it! |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's the "Look at me daddy, look at me mommy" syndrome |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. i still remember that brief time where discretion was the order of the day |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. IMHO it's STILL the pinnacle of boorish rudeness to answer the phone |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. the ego centric-ness that goes along with chronic cell phone usage usually |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm old fashioned, I admit. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. I couldn't believe some of the phone conversations I used to hear in my taxi |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. The only thing that bugs me are the people |
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