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popeye1250 -> RE: On My Way Out/ Going to look for pay phones today! (6/13/2008 3:26:36 PM)
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ORIGINAL: MzMia
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ORIGINAL: popeye1250
I don't have a cell phone.
Years ago I had one and I was driving down this mountain road in New Hampshire at about 60 mph and tried to use it and almost ran off the road.
I said, "man,...these things are fucking dangerous!"
I threw it out the window into the woods and haven't had one since.
When all you guys have brain tumors from using them like Ted Kennedy I'll be one of the few left alive.
But, there'll probably be plenty of poor chicks left who couldn't afford them.
Mia, I think the pay phones are right next to the mail boxes.
Popeye? what the hell do you do when you need to call people
when you are out?
I don't use my phone excessively, in fact I rarely use more than half of my minutes.
But even at work, I like to go sit in my car and make "private" phone calls.
You must hardly ever leave the house!
I hate to say it, but the jury is out on frequent cell phone use.
It is not uncommon to see very young um's with their own cell phones.
By the time they are 30, many will have used them all their lives.
I wonder what the result will be?
*What If I am out late at night driving around, and my car breaks down in a less than desirable
part of D.C., VA or MD Popeye?
What happens in an emergency situation,
if I am on a freeway or the beltway late at night, without a cell phone?
Is being without a cell phone worth my life?**
Mia, why would I need to talk to people on the phone when I'm out?
There's plenty of people to talk to out and about! In the Malls, gas stations, supermarkets etc. That's how I meet people!
As for driving around late at night in a bad area just carry a gun.
How many times have you been frisked by the Cops lately?
Once they found out who you were and that you're on the "up and up" they don't care. They just don't want criminals having guns.
Here in the South if you break down you just wait for the cops to drive by, or more likely a huge pick up truck with 3 or 4 rednecks and they tow you if they can't fix your car and you buy them a case of beer and call it even.
When I first moved here I was taking a walk in the rain and two different cars stopped and asked if I needed a ride. lol
*Is being without a gun worth your life?*
A cell phone's not going to help you if some guy decides he'd like to have a little
"chat" with you, "911" puts you on "hold" these days.
If you break down on the highway just put your hood up and stand outside on the inward of your car, plenty of people have phones and will call someone.
Besides, I have a phone in my condo here if I want to talk with someone.
I may use it 4 or 5 times a month.
I was in a drug store one time cashing out and looked over to see this guy talking to himself.
"I said to the clerk; " Look at that poor guy, he must be from that group home up the street."
Turns out he had like an ear ring thing on and was talking on a "phone" of sorts.
But, would you want to go out in public like that and have people looking at you like you were a retard as you were talking into thin air?
Hello! Twilight Zone!
I get along very well without a phone.
I just make believe it's like the "old days" and talk to people.
But, it's tough to communicate with someone who's on a phone.
I'll make another post about how inefficient people with phones are later. True story!
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