On 18/8/19 8:51 pm, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 12:04:24 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:

Not at all. If I wasn't carrying a phone, I wouldn't need one. My home
phone now is redundant since I took up mobiles 2 decades+ ago. The only
reason I have a home phone is that it is part of a default bundled
internet plan. People can now reach me whereas it was nigh on impossible
with only a home phone available. It has to be said, I make very few
outgoing calls, even now. Just Doctor appointments, travel arrangements,
etc.

My bundled internet came with phone. The only time a phone has ever
been plugged in was to test one that I was taking to my mother's house
to diagnose trouble with her internet phone.

My husband and I use our cell phones exclusively.

Cindy Hamilton

Yes, my wife and I are pretty much the same these days. Some people
still call us on the land line, like earlier this evening for instance,
but we prefer to be reached via our mobiles. I am not *tethered* to the
landline and my life definitely doesn't revolve around my mobile. It is
a very convenient tool and I use it as such for a multiplicity of tasks.
Recently my phone served as a GPS when I was navigating around Canberra,
the nation's capital. Very handy since my Navman died a while back.
Anyone who has tried to negotiate the streets of Canberra will realise
how handy a GPS in a phone can be. Compact package, always with you,
perfect even when walking the streets of a strange city. The only thing
I really don't like on my phone is social media like Facebook. Now that
stuff really does try to *take over your life*. All those messaging aps
like WhatsApp, they too are banned - just the messenger app that comes
with the phone is all that's permitted. As I said, my phone is a tool, a
convenience, and when it gets uppity and tries to take over, I pull it
back into line.

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Xeno


Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)