[lace-chat] Cell phones: was: Re: Truths for mature adults
On 10/19/10 2:55 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Then your husband won't be able to locate you when you get separated in the mall, one of the most important advantages of cell phone use. Mall? Me and him? Together, on the same day? Groups just naturally swap phone numbers and turn their phones on if they get separated, but I'd hardly buy a cell phone for an annual event -- particularly since it's easy to split the Black Friday party into groups each of which includes somebody with a cell phone. Or just do as we've always done, and go to the car when we're finished. What I want a cell phone for is as a substitute for the dime I used to carry: stash it, turned off, until I need to call a tow truck, taxicab, or ambulance. I never get incoming calls on my landline; cain't see anybody needing to call me on a cell phone. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it is a lovely day for cycling, but all I did was ride to the blood lab and back. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Cell phones: was: Re: Truths for mature adults
On 10/19/10 2:55 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Then your husband won't be able to locate you when you get separated in the mall, one of the most important advantages of cell phone use. Mall? Me and him? Together, on the same day? I laughed out loud!! DH would rather have a root canal than go to the mall, and I avoid it if at all possible! I like to have a cell phone in case of emergency. However, it was never worth the cost we paid for each of us to have a cell phone... until I realized that we could easily have the security of the phone by just doing a "pay as you go" plan rather than a contract. So now, we just upload minutes every three months, and we never use them all up! Way less expensive, but still the security. And the amazing thing was that when I went to Europe, I called my cell phone carrier and asked for an unlock code, which they sent me. I took this with me to Europe, and went to a phone kiosk there. I was able to buy a simm card for my phone for 10 euros, which provided ten minutes of air time and was reloadable, and it was very easy to swap out with my other simm card. Once I got back in the US, I replaced my original simm card and all was well. Clay To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
