Re: Akiba For Akiba (& all) about cell phones

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The camera is a good bonus, for sure!Maybe it's an aging "yippie" you are? ;-)love/Reb>> Reb, it's not that I didn't *want*a cell, but I really don't have a lot of> people TO call, and I already have both the landline AND skype...and usually> cell phone plans are out of my financial reach. This plan, however, falls> within my budget, and I like that it will have a camera so I wound have to> lug my digital one around anymore (not like it's heavy but the case I keep> it in for protection takes up about 1/4 of my purse)., Plus I suddenly have> a few people I'd like to text.

> So, instead of an aging hippy, now I'm an aging yuppie? > > > > >   > ~*~Hugs~*~

> ~*~Akiba~*~

> Pragmatic Visionary

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> -- For Akiba ( & all) about cell phones

> > > Just remembered: During the 1980's cell phones were known in Swedish slang> as "yuppienalle" (where nalle is Swedish for teddy bear). I.e. "A teddy bear> for yuppies". Might be a good word to know when one is finally joining the> ranks of the cell phone users. Maybe...At least it's a good word to know> when defending the choice not to have one, I know from experience ("A cell> phone? No, I don't wanna look like a 1980's yuppie...").

> > > I am still a bit of a reluctant and/or unusual cell phone user, in that I> don't keep it on, or even within reach, 24/7... Trying to reach me on the> cell phone is not easy. You need to catch me exactly when I am carrying it> AND have it on AND have remembered to put the sound back on after my latest> library sejour... I tell people, "Don't call m e on the cell phone, text me> instead, I'll probably see the text within a week at least"...

> > > In fact, I tried to tell the officers on the scene when I and were> witnesses of an assault the same thing, when they were taking down names etc> "It's no use to put down my cell phone number, you won't reach me on it> anyway". But they insisted on ALL phone numbers. And guess what number the> investigator later tried first. The cell phone number of course... And did> not reach me on it...

> > > But, given how people (even the police obviously) usually try the land line> only as a last resort, it IS starting to look like it could be replaced by> cell. I won't go there yet, though. I'll proba bly be among the last people> to do that too...

> > > Despite that though, it IS a practical thing to have. To be able to make> emergency calls, if nothing else. > > > love

> /Reb - the phone-conservative...>

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Yippie! Cute! I got the phone today, it's charging. Looks cool, we'll see how good the photos are.

  ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

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-- For Akiba ( & all) about cell phones > > > Just remembered: During the 1980's cell phones were known in Swedish slang> as "yuppienalle" (where nalle is Swedish for teddy bear). I.e. "A teddy bear> for yuppies". Might be a good word to know when one is finally joining the> ranks of the cell phone users. Maybe...At least it's a good word to know> when defending the choice not to have one, I know from experience ("A cell> phone? No, I don't wanna look like a 1980's yuppie..."). > > > I am still a bit of a reluctant and/or unusual cell phone user, in that I> don't keep it on, or even within reach, 24/7... Trying to reach me on the> cell phone is not easy. You need to catch me exactly when I am carrying it> AND have it on AND have remembered to put the sound back on after my latest> library sejour... I tell people, "Don't call m e on the cell phone, text me> instead, I'll probably see the text within a week at least"... > > > In fact, I tried to tell the officers on the scene when I and were> witnesses of an assault the same thing, when they were taking down names etc> "It's no use to put down my cell phone number, you won't reach me on it> anyway". But they insisted on ALL phone numbers. And guess what number the> investigator later tried first. The cell phone number of course... And did> not reach me on it... > > > But, given how people (even the police obviously) usually try the land line> only as a last resort, it IS starting to look like it could be replaced by> cell. I won't go there yet, though. I'll proba bly be among the last people> to do that too... > > > Despite that though, it IS a practical thing to have. To be able to make> emergency calls, if nothing else. > > > love > /Reb - the phone-conservative...>