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Joy wrote:

I'm old enough to remember being irritated if I called someone and they
had
an answering machine. Now, if I have to call someone on the phone (I do
the
majority of my communicating by email) and they don't have a machine or
voice mail, I'm annoyed. ;-) I didn't see the need for email for a
long
time, but now I can't do without it.

I have to say that the answering machine (or voicemail) is a technology
which, unlike some others, doesn't seem to have a negative side. I can
remember staying indoors day after day during beautiful weather, waiting
for responses to my roommate ad. Answering machines completely eliminated
those useless scenarios!

Joyce

--
I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better
for it. -- Abraham Lincoln

Yes, we have much more freedom and less frustration because of answering
machines and email. Of course, there are other new things to frustrate us,
but I agree that answering machines are wonderful. This is especially true
lately, since I've been getting a lot of unwanted phone calls. I have
caller ID, but many callers have their identity blocked, and many who aren't
blocked are listed in such a way that you can't tell who is calling. Lately
I've taken to screening my calls. If I recognize the name or phone number
of a friend or family member, I'll answer the phone. If I don't, I wait to
see if they leave a message. If they don't leave a message, I don't need to
talk to them.

Joy

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I agree with that assessment about Twitter (and I've never even
tweeted!). But I don't find Facebook all that interesting. I'm an old
fart; I'll stick with email and usenet and the occasional chat room
conversation. That's about it.


outside of facebook i dont do social media, i wonder how we all got along
before the internet and cell phones

I'm old enough to remember being irritated if I called someone and they
had an answering machine. Now, if I have to call someone on the phone (I
do the majority of my communicating by email) and they don't have a
machine or voice mail, I'm annoyed. ;-) I didn't see the need for email
for a long time, but now I can't do without it.

Joy

I despise talking on the phone. I did software tech support for so many
years the last thing I wanted to do when I got home was yak on the phone. I
still feel the same way. I use my answering service as a call screening
tool. (Even with the Do Not Call Registry I still get calls I don't want,
probably because I "inherited" my parents phone number... it's too much of a
hassle to change your phone number.) If I'm not expecting a call I simply
don't answer the phone. I'll check for messages later and if it's someone I
want to talk to I call them back.

I couldn't do without email. I've had that since the 1980's. Even when I
was travelling I'd go to the business center at the hotel so I could check
emails and keep in touch with people. (Changing my email address when I
moved was a PITA, too.)

If I didn't live in such a remote area I wouldn't even own a cell phone.
The only reason I got one is the aforementioned travel. When my parents
were elderly they needed a way to reach me in case of emergencies. I still
only have one in case of emergencies. Like if my car breaks down on the
stretch of highway between here and town I can call a tow truck. Otherwise
I wouldn't bother.

Jill

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I agree with that assessment about Twitter (and I've never even
tweeted!). But I don't find Facebook all that interesting. I'm an old
fart; I'll stick with email and usenet and the occasional chat room
conversation. That's about it.


outside of facebook i dont do social media, i wonder how we all got
along
before the internet and cell phones

I'm old enough to remember being irritated if I called someone and they
had an answering machine. Now, if I have to call someone on the phone (I
do the majority of my communicating by email) and they don't have a
machine or voice mail, I'm annoyed. ;-) I didn't see the need for email
for a long time, but now I can't do without it.

Joy

I despise talking on the phone. I did software tech support for so many
years the last thing I wanted to do when I got home was yak on the phone.
I still feel the same way. I use my answering service as a call screening
tool. (Even with the Do Not Call Registry I still get calls I don't want,
probably because I "inherited" my parents phone number... it's too much of
a hassle to change your phone number.) If I'm not expecting a call I
simply don't answer the phone. I'll check for messages later and if it's
someone I want to talk to I call them back.

I couldn't do without email. I've had that since the 1980's. Even when I
was travelling I'd go to the business center at the hotel so I could check
emails and keep in touch with people. (Changing my email address when I
moved was a PITA, too.)

If I didn't live in such a remote area I wouldn't even own a cell phone.
The only reason I got one is the aforementioned travel. When my parents
were elderly they needed a way to reach me in case of emergencies. I
still only have one in case of emergencies. Like if my car breaks down on
the stretch of highway between here and town I can call a tow truck.
Otherwise I wouldn't bother.

Jill

I enjoy talking to my sister and my kids on the phone, but we communicate
more by email than by phone. The last few years of my mother's life, that
was also the case. I'm in California and she was in Alaska. We had been
talking on the phone once or twice a week, but that was expensive. Once we
both had email, we could communicate every day - at a time that was
convenient for each of us. I hate business-type calls, and always have.

As for cell phones, I have one for emergencies. I usually drive alone. If
I have car trouble, it's good to have it. I have also used it to call for
directions a couple of times when I got lost. Of course that was before I
got my TomTom (GPS). My cell phone is never turned on unless I'm making a
call. I am making more calls than I used to on it, because I have a Go
phone, where I have to pay either $15 a month or $100 a year to keep it
activated. I am charged only if I make a call. Then it's $1 per day plus
10 cents a minute. That is taken out of the $100 a year, and I'm never
charged unless I use that up. I thought I lost that when the year was up,
and I'd accumulated almost $300 in credit before I found out it accumulates.
Now I use my cell phone for making toll calls, because basically it isn't
costing me anything.

Joy

Joy wrote:

As for cell phones, I have one for emergencies. I usually drive alone. If
I have car trouble, it's good to have it. I have also used it to call for
directions a couple of times when I got lost. Of course that was before I
got my TomTom (GPS). My cell phone is never turned on unless I'm making a
call.

Same here. I have an ancient (since 2000) calling plan that costs me $20
month. The company doesn't offer it anymore, but I guess they're letting
people who already have it continue to keep it. I only get 20 minutes
per month, but I hardly ever use them up! But I'm glad I have the phone,
it just feels safer. And it's good when I'm late getting somewhere, so I
can let people know where I am. I remember once getting stuck on bridge
traffic that wasn't moving at all. I had time to get out of my car and
walk over to other people's cars, to ask if I could borrow their cell phone
so I could call the people who were expecting me, and tell them not to
expect me all that soon. I got my own phone soon after that.

I am making more calls than I used to on it, because I have a Go
phone, where I have to pay either $15 a month or $100 a year to keep it
activated. I am charged only if I make a call. Then it's $1 per day plus
10 cents a minute. That is taken out of the $100 a year, and I'm never
charged unless I use that up. I thought I lost that when the year was up,
and I'd accumulated almost $300 in credit before I found out it accumulates.
Now I use my cell phone for making toll calls, because basically it isn't
costing me anything.

Wow, that's great service! What company is it? $100 year, that's great.
Why would anyone pay $15/month when they can pay $100/year?? That's almost
twice as much.

Seriously, I'd love to know who you get that plan from, maybe I'll get
it, too.

Joyce

--
Whenever you feel anger, you should say, "May I be free of this
anger!" This rarely works, but talking to yourself in public will
encourage others to leave you alone.

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Joy wrote:

As for cell phones, I have one for emergencies. I usually drive alone.
If
I have car trouble, it's good to have it. I have also used it to call
for
directions a couple of times when I got lost. Of course that was before
I
got my TomTom (GPS). My cell phone is never turned on unless I'm making
a
call.

Same here. I have an ancient (since 2000) calling plan that costs me $20
month. The company doesn't offer it anymore, but I guess they're letting
people who already have it continue to keep it. I only get 20 minutes
per month, but I hardly ever use them up! But I'm glad I have the phone,
it just feels safer. And it's good when I'm late getting somewhere, so I
can let people know where I am. I remember once getting stuck on bridge
traffic that wasn't moving at all. I had time to get out of my car and
walk over to other people's cars, to ask if I could borrow their cell
phone
so I could call the people who were expecting me, and tell them not to
expect me all that soon. I got my own phone soon after that.

I am making more calls than I used to on it, because I have a Go
phone, where I have to pay either $15 a month or $100 a year to keep it
activated. I am charged only if I make a call. Then it's $1 per day
plus
10 cents a minute. That is taken out of the $100 a year, and I'm never
charged unless I use that up. I thought I lost that when the year was
up,
and I'd accumulated almost $300 in credit before I found out it
accumulates.
Now I use my cell phone for making toll calls, because basically it
isn't
costing me anything.

Wow, that's great service! What company is it? $100 year, that's great.
Why would anyone pay $15/month when they can pay $100/year?? That's almost
twice as much.

Seriously, I'd love to know who you get that plan from, maybe I'll get
it, too.

Joyce

It's AT&T, and it's called a Go Phone. Actually, when I first got it, I did
pay $15 a month. At that time, I had a cell phone with a normal plan.
However, the phone I had wouldn't work in Alaska, and I'd be spending three
weeks there to take care of my sister's dogs while she and her husband went
to Greece. I wanted my own phone while I was there, so I got that plan and
paid for a month. When I got home I checked to make sure I wasn't under
contract with my own phone, switched the plan Go Phone plan to here, and
paid for a year.

Joy

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I'm old enough to remember being irritated if I called someone and
they had an answering machine. Now, if I have to call someone on the
phone (I do the majority of my communicating by email) and they don't
have a machine or voice mail, I'm annoyed. ;-) I didn't see the need
for email for a long time, but now I can't do without it.

Joy

I alwys thought that cell phones were a passing fad silly me

On Feb 13, 11:04*pm, "Joy" wrote:

As for cell phones, I have one for emergencies. *I usually drive alone. *If
I have car trouble, it's good to have it. *

I use my mobile a lot I am at work all day and obviously cannot use my
office phone for personal calls (There's a pre-paid card you can buy
that allows it but the only card dispenser is a long way away from my
location and it works out an expensive way to call) and as I am
currently trying to get another job, agencies want to be able to
contact me all over the place. Also if I am out and about, Dave will
often ask me to call him from the shop if he doesn't know what he
wants for dinner of an evening.

Dave on the other hand only uses his mobile if he's out without me,
which doesn't happen very often so he has an incredibly cheap basic
phone and still has to be reminded every few months to just call
voicemail or someone to keep the account active or he'll lose the
credit on the phone.

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On Feb 13, 11:46*am, john sumner wrote:

Lesley that is great about facebook, found a couple of my old neighbors
on it, and some people i knew from high school.-

I just popped into it for a minute and the next thing I get a chat
request from an old friend I don't see as often as I would like
because he lives a longish way away and at the moment he's skint but
it was good to hear his news and we're sorting out something for his
birthday

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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"Joy" wrote in
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I'm old enough to remember being irritated if I called someone and
they had an answering machine. Now, if I have to call someone on the
phone (I do the majority of my communicating by email) and they don't
have a machine or voice mail, I'm annoyed. ;-) I didn't see the need
for email for a long time, but now I can't do without it.

Joy

I alwys thought that cell phones were a passing fad silly me

LOL! There's a long list of items that some people thought were passing
fads, but which are now considered necessities to huge numbers of people -
sometimes including those who originally thought they were passing fads.
;-)

Joy

Lesley Madigan wrote in news:5a9fa2ab-92ef-4cc8-
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I just popped into it for a minute and the next thing I get a chat
request from an old friend I don't see as often as I would like
because he lives a longish way away and at the moment he's skint but
it was good to hear his news and we're sorting out something for his
birthday

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs


People do waste their time on itplaying games