On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:50:22 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article , says...

On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 22:10:55 +0100, Mark Lloyd wrote:

On 08/30/2017 03:10 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:

I don't own a smartass phone and have no desire to. I just want something that makes phone calls. If I want to watch cat videos, I have a computer. ?(?)?

[8~{} Uncle Digital Monster


I don't want one of those either, although it looks like it's getting
harder and harder to not need a smartphone.

Really? I manage just fine with texts and calls on my phone. I see no urgency to use Facebook while I'm out.

On 08/30/2017 03:10 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:

I don't own a smartass phone and have no desire to. I just want
something that makes phone calls. If I want to watch cat videos, I have
a computer. ?(?)?

[8~{} Uncle Digital Monster


I don't want one of those either, although it looks like it's getting
harder and harder to not need a smartphone.

Really? I manage just fine with texts and calls on my phone. I see
no urgency to use Facebook while I'm out.

I don't use my smart phone for very much. I seldom make any calls.
Today I made 2 to the wife while I was out. First time I called
anyone on it in over 3 months..

I use it for 2 things. One is it has a calander in it I put my
appointments on. The 2nd almost pays for the phone. Walmart has an ap
where you take a pix of the code on the cash register paper and it looks
at advertisements of other stores in the area and if any are lower, they
refund you the difference. Not a whole lot, but usually around $ 2 a
week on about $ 200 worth of stuff we buy.

As Direct TV can be seen on the phone, I guess I could take it with me
to the bathroom while doing my business.


I had my smart phone with no data plan for years. It was just a phone
with a camera and calendar.
I finally put data on it so I could use it as a hot-spot when working
on customer's computers - you need internet to do just about anything
today