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Bend in close so you can hear clearly
- Thread starter marilynfl
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I'm w/ you! I was raised with a party-line phone & our ring was two shorts. When I graduated
from college and was out on my own, I never had a phone put into my apartment for a full 2 years. The installation charge was astronomical as far as I was concerned plus I had access to a telephone every day in the teachers' lounge at school where I worked so why did I need a phone at home? I finally had a wall phone put into my apartment 2 years later when I was 24 years old. And today's kids can barely go a couple hours with their cell phones turned off! Some of my friends have found their kids sleeping with their cell phone underneath their pillows so they don't miss anything during the nighttime hours. !!!!!!
If you haven't already guessed, I rarely turn my cell on. It's an old TRAC phone, and mainly I want it with me when I'm out running around should an emergency arise. If I have access to a land line like I do at work or at home, why put hours on my cell phone battery? I do leave my cell on when traveling any great distance in the car.
I watched a real-life documentary on TV a few months back where a 12-year-old boy was averaging over 3,000 texts a month. Not only will today's children not be able to remember much at one time, but they won't be able to spell properly either. So sad. And don't even get me started on how kids today cannot make change without the aid of a computerized register or a calculator....
from college and was out on my own, I never had a phone put into my apartment for a full 2 years. The installation charge was astronomical as far as I was concerned plus I had access to a telephone every day in the teachers' lounge at school where I worked so why did I need a phone at home? I finally had a wall phone put into my apartment 2 years later when I was 24 years old. And today's kids can barely go a couple hours with their cell phones turned off! Some of my friends have found their kids sleeping with their cell phone underneath their pillows so they don't miss anything during the nighttime hours. !!!!!!
If you haven't already guessed, I rarely turn my cell on. It's an old TRAC phone, and mainly I want it with me when I'm out running around should an emergency arise. If I have access to a land line like I do at work or at home, why put hours on my cell phone battery? I do leave my cell on when traveling any great distance in the car.
I watched a real-life documentary on TV a few months back where a 12-year-old boy was averaging over 3,000 texts a month. Not only will today's children not be able to remember much at one time, but they won't be able to spell properly either. So sad. And don't even get me started on how kids today cannot make change without the aid of a computerized register or a calculator....