On 10/10/13 1:13 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:04:45 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:

If I am actually traveling (airplane), I have my phone in my pocket
and that gives me the time. I have had a decent clock in my car since
I got rid of my watch.
I came up with a great retrofit for the old, bad GM mechanical clock
using the MA1003 module. I probably made a dozen or more of them for
myself and friends.
I still think that may have been the best clock module ever made rip
http://www.seekic.com/circuit_diagra...UTO_CLOCK.html

I really have a no metal policy anyway since I saw a guy damned near
cook a finger off because his ring got across a 1.5v power supply (at
about 100a).
It got red hot in a fraction of second before the breaker tripped
If we were not allowed to have coffee in the computer room, he may
have lost the finger. Three guys threw their coffee on it immediately.
They cut the ring off in the ER.

I wear no jewelry and my glasses are plastic.

We do quite a bit of international traveling, and at roaming cell costs, I
turn the phone off. Mine was supposed to be unlockable but Verizon says my
Droid phone can not be unlocked. Missing hardware. I used to put my ring
on keychain when working on airplanes. USAF knew rings were bad.

It you leave your phone is airplane mode, you won't pay roaming
charges since it is not pinging the tower.

My phone only goes about 9 hours on a charge, so I leave it off.

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On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:24:12 -0700, William McKee
wrote:

It you leave your phone is airplane mode, you won't pay roaming
charges since it is not pinging the tower.

My phone only goes about 9 hours on a charge, so I leave it off.

That is why I like my dumb as a rock phone (Samsung Convoy). The
battery lasts for days, 24/7 normal mode and even longer in airplane
mode.

It might be different if anyone called you.

On Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:40:48 PM UTC-4, F. O. A. D. wrote:

It might be different if anyone called you.


Same goes for you, ****.

On 10/10/13 7:50 PM, wrote:
On 10 Oct 2013 23:40:48 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:24:12 -0700, William McKee
wrote:

It you leave your phone is airplane mode, you won't pay roaming
charges since it is not pinging the tower.

My phone only goes about 9 hours on a charge, so I leave it off.

That is why I like my dumb as a rock phone (Samsung Convoy). The
battery lasts for days, 24/7 normal mode and even longer in airplane
mode.

It might be different if anyone called you.

I use about 20 minutes a year.

My outgoing message is "Don't bother leaving a message, I never check
them. Call me at home".
90% of the time my cell is on a shelf in the closet.
As I said, I only take it when I travel.


If the message wasn't left by my wife, I never listen to more than the
name of the person who called and the return phone number which of
course I can now get off the call log.

I hate long phone messages.

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On 10 Oct 2013 23:40:48 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:24:12 -0700, William McKee
wrote:

It you leave your phone is airplane mode, you won't pay roaming
charges since it is not pinging the tower.

My phone only goes about 9 hours on a charge, so I leave it off.

That is why I like my dumb as a rock phone (Samsung Convoy). The
battery lasts for days, 24/7 normal mode and even longer in airplane
mode.

It might be different if anyone called you.

I use about 20 minutes a year.

My outgoing message is "Don't bother leaving a message, I never check
them. Call me at home".
90% of the time my cell is on a shelf in the closet.
As I said, I only take it when I travel.

I'm right the opposite, I don't have a home phone, have no need for one.

On 10/11/13 7:55 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:21:36 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...


I use about 20 minutes a year.

My outgoing message is "Don't bother leaving a message, I never check
them. Call me at home".
90% of the time my cell is on a shelf in the closet.
As I said, I only take it when I travel.

I'm right the opposite, I don't have a home phone, have no need for one.

I'm shocked, shocked I say. You are the opposite of me on something

;-)

If I was working I would have a smart phone with me all the time. I
just don't have a need for it now.

In fact we had a cell network connected portable terminal in 1985 that
was basically a blackberry in a bigger box. I carried it with me most
of the time and wondered how I would live without it when I retired. I
went as far as buying a PDA. I never used it.

My wife keeps asking me why I don't want a smart phone. I tell her it
is like having a back hoe. Great thing if you need one but I don't
need one.

my car gps died, so i went with smart phone. very nice when traveling
for googling up local places and info.

On 10/11/2013 12:25 PM, Bill McKee wrote:
On 10/11/13 7:55 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:21:36 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...


I use about 20 minutes a year.

My outgoing message is "Don't bother leaving a message, I never check
them. Call me at home".
90% of the time my cell is on a shelf in the closet.
As I said, I only take it when I travel.

I'm right the opposite, I don't have a home phone, have no need for one.

I'm shocked, shocked I say. You are the opposite of me on something

;-)

If I was working I would have a smart phone with me all the time. I
just don't have a need for it now.

In fact we had a cell network connected portable terminal in 1985 that
was basically a blackberry in a bigger box. I carried it with me most
of the time and wondered how I would live without it when I retired. I
went as far as buying a PDA. I never used it.

My wife keeps asking me why I don't want a smart phone. I tell her it
is like having a back hoe. Great thing if you need one but I don't
need one.

my car gps died, so i went with smart phone. very nice when traveling
for googling up local places and info.

Absolutly... we use it all the time...."Find Dunkin donuts along
route"... "Is it going to rain in Minot Maine Sunday?" "Text message to:
***** "looking for you at the fair, where are you guys?"

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says...

On 10/11/13 7:55 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:21:36 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...


I use about 20 minutes a year.

My outgoing message is "Don't bother leaving a message, I never check
them. Call me at home".
90% of the time my cell is on a shelf in the closet.
As I said, I only take it when I travel.

I'm right the opposite, I don't have a home phone, have no need for one.

I'm shocked, shocked I say. You are the opposite of me on something

;-)

If I was working I would have a smart phone with me all the time. I
just don't have a need for it now.

In fact we had a cell network connected portable terminal in 1985 that
was basically a blackberry in a bigger box. I carried it with me most
of the time and wondered how I would live without it when I retired. I
went as far as buying a PDA. I never used it.

My wife keeps asking me why I don't want a smart phone. I tell her it
is like having a back hoe. Great thing if you need one but I don't
need one.

my car gps died, so i went with smart phone. very nice when traveling
for googling up local places and info.

When travelling for work, I get in the rental car and instantly turn on
my phone mapping app.

On Friday, 11 October 2013 11:55:04 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:21:36 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:



In article ,

says...





I use about 20 minutes a year.



My outgoing message is "Don't bother leaving a message, I never check

them. Call me at home".

90% of the time my cell is on a shelf in the closet.

As I said, I only take it when I travel.



I'm right the opposite, I don't have a home phone, have no need for one.



I'm shocked, shocked I say. You are the opposite of me on something



;-)



If I was working I would have a smart phone with me all the time. I

just don't have a need for it now.



In fact we had a cell network connected portable terminal in 1985 that

was basically a blackberry in a bigger box. I carried it with me most

of the time and wondered how I would live without it when I retired. I

went as far as buying a PDA. I never used it.



My wife keeps asking me why I don't want a smart phone. I tell her it

is like having a back hoe. Great thing if you need one but I don't

need one.


Two years ago I converted to a 'smart phone' .. an HTC Wildfire c, because I wanted a better cameraand a keyboard where each key was dedicated to one letter or numeral.
The Wildfire was the only smart phone at COSTCO booth that didn't require you to purchase an expensive 'data package'.
As soon as I can I'll convert to Virgin's prepaid plan..as I only use a fraction of the time allotted to me on my $25.00 plan.
I gave the wife my old Motorola Krazr and top up her prepaid by the minimum $100.00 each anniversary date. So far she has about a third of her credits remaining to roll over into the next year.
My landline is dedicated to nuisance calls..such as surveys, sellers etc. I rarely answer that phone and screen it by my answering machine.

On Friday, October 11, 2013 12:48:43 PM UTC-4, True North wrote:


Who .....would want to call a stupid **** like you.....

answer : NO ONE.