Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
Jimmy, are your experiences with people who do have cell phones somehow related to the reason you've never had a cell phone, or were the amusements you recounted only a curious side-story?

Lee, about 15 years ago I was working for a tattoo shop where they wanted me to get a beeper. Remember those ? I told them there was no way. I don't have any family so I don't need a cell phone for that. I don't use an answering machine. I figure that if someone wants to get hold of me they will keep trying.

I have no objection to cell phones in general as long as people don't drive and talk on them. I am a road bicyclist and I would hate to get killed or injured by someone paying more attention to their phone conversation than the road.

I have thought about getting one for when I ride off road trails on my mountain bike. I have been injured and alone out on the trail and bleeding badly with no one around. I managed to tie the wound off with my waist belt and pedal out. If I had been wearing spandex bike shorts instead of my usual cut off Levis I wouldn't have had a belt and might have been in deep do do. Anyway, I have nothing against cell phones per se.