[Cialug] another phone

[Jeff Chapin]

After having gone on vacation with a group of friends with cellphones, I
don't think I would ever want to try it again without them. The ability
to split into groups and still stay in contact in an environment that is
new to all of us made the trip more enjoyable. We were able to split
into groups and still easily meet backup with out elaborate preparation
and clock watching.

Jeff

murraymckee at wellsfargo.com wrote:
> There are times when cell phones do come in very handy.  I was out
> trimming a fence line and as I threw a branch onto the pile a twig
> snapped me in the face and sent my glasses flying.  I searched in the
> foot tall grass for them for 45 minutes, with my nose 8" - 12" from the
> ground (I can't read a printed page beyond 8" without my glasses),
> before I gave up and called my wife to come out and help me look for
> them.  She finally found them for me after she and my daughter searched
> for an additional 45 minutes.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of Todd Walton
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:36 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] another phone
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
> <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
>   
>> will bring it up to the same level. I'm not *quite* ready to own a
>>     
> cell
>   
>> phone though. The balance of annoyance versus utility hasn't quite
>> tipped far enough for me yet.
>>     
>
> Like with email, there's a rhythm you can adopt that will let you keep
> your insanity.  In other words, don't always answer the phone, and
> don't always call back right away.  And get text messaging.  People
> can text me if they have some small bit of information for me but
> don't have to actually talk to me.  That cuts down on phone calls.
>
> And in fact, I turn the phone off sometimes.  People get the hint.
>
> -todd
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