@sneakypete
Sure I can surf the web waiting for an appt... But I can anyway, as I always have a notebook in my pack. And I can SEE that.
Why in the world would you want to do that? I go places to eat lunch so I can get away from my computer and tv, and read a book. It's a very nice break in the middle of the day. I wouldn't give it up for anything.
After a year, I can firmly declare, I liked the flip phone better.
I had to get rid of mine because I kept dropping the damn thing due to arthritis in my hands. Dropped one in a 5 gallon bucket of hot soapy water when it fell out of my pocket,and had to replace it. Dropped the replacement in a toilet I was getting ready to flush when it rang and I pulled it out of my pocket and dropped it while trying to open the damn thing. That did it for me. I wen to town and bough one big enough I had no trouble holding on to it,and the fact that it had a big enough screen I could see numbers and read texts without putting on reading glasses was a bonus.
Still takes two hands to access it,though. I always put them on hard shell cases with rubber surrondings,and a belt or pocket clip to keep them from falling out of my pocket. If I miss a call while doing this,no big deal because there number is right there in big enough fonts for me to see,and I can call them back if I know who it was. If I don't,I just ignore it.
BTW,after being on call my whole damn army career,as well as some civilian jobs,I swore I would never buy a cell phone and be burdened with keeping someone else's schedule again.
Then one fine hot August day I am up on my roof replacing shingles,and my knees refuse to bend so I can climb back down the ladder. I live up a dirt road on an island,and at that time was the only house on the island. There is now a hunting club about a mile away on the other end,but it didn't exist then.
So my only hope was somebody would come to see me and I could get them to get help. If that didn't work,my plan was to get close to the edge and try to slide down to the point where I was hanging by my hands. Just the thought of how the impact would hit my knees made this a "last chance before it gets dark" option.
So I decided to just lay down flat of my back on the hot shingles,and get my legs as straight as I could get them so the heat would get to my knees,and MAYBE get them to bend again. Luckily for me this ended up working,and I climbed down the ladder,got in my truck,and drove straight to town to buy a cell phone.
Truth to tell,living alone with no neighbors nearby and having health issues,I should have been smart enough to have had one a long time ago,but it seems I am not as smart as I think I am. I even sleep with one in my t-shirt pocket now.
Hell,I have TWO of them.I bought the other one with it's unique number and "pay by the month to activate it" when I was selling a lot of crap on ebay,and didn't want to put my "good" number out in public. If someone asks for my number and I don't know them well,that is the number I give them. Since that phone may sit for months without being activated again,I am not bothered by random phone calls on it,yet it is there to be activated if my regular phone quits working or I lose it. I think it cost me $59.95 3 or 4 years ago and costs me nothing until I call in and buy more minutes.
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