How did we manage before all this technology!!
I often have to phone my home phone on my pay-as-I go mobile just to fulfil
the requirement of making one paid-for call every three months to keep it
active. I'm afraid I'm old-fashioned and keep my diary, written information,
book lists, addresses and phone numbers, conversion charts, lists, and other
information in my pocket Filofax and read books made of paper. I have got
audio books on an MP3 player, but I fell asleep in the first chapter on he
one and only time I tried using it.
I'm much happier with something physical like a map, a book, a pen where I'm
totally in charge, and I don't like the way computers are going when you
click a button and it "decides" what to do - I'd rather type "print" when I
want it to print instead of clicking on a little picture, many of which I
can't work out what they're supposed to represent. I don't bank on line
because I want to deal with someone face-to-face rather than interface with
a machine and I want a paper receipt for any money I hand over, although I
do admit to making some payments on line.
Clay wrote:
<When young people live alone, or share an apartment with another single
person, a land phone is not necessary since their cell phone is with
them all the time.>
The how do they get an internet connection for their computer at home? As
far as I know for most people here even home wireless broadband connections
are via a landline with a wireless hub inside the home - at least everyone I
know has that. There are many areas, such as motorway service stations and
our local park where a wireless service is available, probably in the
universities as well, but I don't know of anyone who has a broadband
connection at home who hasn't got a landline.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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