Thread: Am I the only one in the world who never had a cell phone ?

Just don't give out your number

The fact is the cell-phone is probably one of the most regressive "labor saving" devices they ever came out with. At one point people used to work 9-5 and when they were off they were off (with few exceptions) now no one is off they are always available and boss's make good use of that fact.

I think it may have been tuesday last when I thought about getting a cell phone. I realized if I did my wife would be calling me everytime I was out hunting monkeys. I can barely get away from her as it is. No way braugh.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Oh no, not call-back debt! That's the worst kind of leash there is. Pretty soon you start getting the why-haven't-you-called-me-back-yet calls and the he-never-answers-his-phone-he's-so-rude-and-selfish notices

Let 'em wait. I already get those notices.

If it's important, I'll call back immediately. If not, I'll call back when I feel like it.

I have never owned a mobile phone and don,t plan on owning one in the future. I tend to make plans and stick to them.

But I do own a jam tin with a string hanging out of it!
Doesn,t have much of a range but.

I've had a phone for about 9 years now, and I do use it often. However, I am not one of those people who is always on the phone, if I'm with company, I leave it some where else. Or don't reply to the text or what ever, I'm pretty good like that I think.

My phone can do GPS, and that's proved really useful, again, I don't always use GPS (I figure how am I ever going to be able to get anywhere if I'm not willing to learn the route) but it's really handy if you're in a town and you can't find an address or something.

I'm a pretty socialble person and I love to have access to people.

I've had one for a few years.

I don't know anything about cell phones other than using it as a phone. I like the 800-goog-411 that works like a free yellow pages service.

I only have a cell phone. we need them for business, because it is a lot cheaper to call long distance with one, and even when I'm on the road or in the yard training dogs, my potential customers can still get ahold of me. Miss one call and I might be out more than a grand. Gave up the land line when I realized I was paying more for it than I was for my cell, couldn't make long distance calls without paying even more, and more than half the bill was going to the government not the phone company.

on the other hand it is just my phone, and pocket watch. I started getting spam texts (for which I was charged) so I turned that function off. Mine is so out of date that surfing the internet on it is a pain too. Now I see them that can get direct tv, so I'm pretty sure that with my next upgrade I'll at least have to learn about texting, and it would be nice to be able to surf when my wife has the computer.

My father pities people with cell phones:
"Poor souls, talking into the air looking gaga, thinking they are indispensable... If they really were indispensable, they'd have at least a secretary and probably an office to deal with calls in their absence."
- Maybe they're just chatting with friends, Daddy?
"Chatting with friends? Poor them! How sad their social life must be, having to talk to one's friends in the street, over a telephone..."


I went without any private phone for ages, but succumbed some years ago. Now I mainly use Skype. I do have a mobile phone but have to explain over and over again that "I won't be/wasn't in, so I can't/couldn't answer the phone" makes perfect sense and that in my opinion the 'mobile' bit about it doesn't mean I'm obliged to take the thing with me anywhere I go.

I've had several mobile phones over the last 10 years, but got more and more annoyed with the fact that people automatically assume you're available "because you've got a mobile phone". Nowadays I've always got my phone on silent mode and only pick up when I'm in the mood for a conversation. When I'm in a normal conversation I never pick up the phone nor reply to text messages. I really hate it when you're talking to someone and they pick up their phone and start blabla-ing for half an hour

And when I've planned some "F*** the world I need some on my own time" they can call all they want, but my voicemail is all they can talk to.

Other than that... I can't live without it. I've got a landline, but apart for my parents no1 ever calls me there. And I send at least a few hundred text messages a month (primarily to woman... even there they never shut up )