F4phantom
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My better half and I are stuck in the early 21 century. We have the old flip phones and a land line. I'm just interested to see how many people are all digital and why?
Who has gone full digital?
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sigp220.45
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I haven't had a land line or a watch in ten years. My iPhone isn't the latest model, but it works great.
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I just went back to a flip phone because my hand-me-down iPhone died. The flip phone was only $69.00 and it is all I need. Have not had a land
line in 7 years, that was after we finally got a cell tower in the area that
was mostly reliable.
line in 7 years, that was after we finally got a cell tower in the area that
was mostly reliable.
SC_Mike
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My wife wanted a land line to use to find her mobile phone when she looses it in the house. And of course I'm never available for her to use my phone.
If full digital means no landline, my wife and I have iPhones only. No landline. As for why, we see no need for a landline.
I do have electric, quartz, and mechanical analog watches and clocks, because I like 'em.
No CDs, DVDs or cable — air TV or internet streaming for music, video entertainment and news.
Above is in the US. In our house in Japan we still have a landline, CDs and DVDs, although we rarely use them. They remain in the house out of inertia, and perhaps sentiment, not need.
I do have electric, quartz, and mechanical analog watches and clocks, because I like 'em.
No CDs, DVDs or cable — air TV or internet streaming for music, video entertainment and news.
Above is in the US. In our house in Japan we still have a landline, CDs and DVDs, although we rarely use them. They remain in the house out of inertia, and perhaps sentiment, not need.
Early adapter, haven't had a landline for at least 12 years. Have had cell phones since the late 1990's.
bigwheelzip
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We had both mobile and land line for years, but nobody ever called our land line once they had our mobile numbers. The only real use for the land line was for fax use, and then that stopped being used.
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I'm curious why you do that. Maybe I am missing something?
mckenney99
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I still have a land line. That's the only number I give out and I never answer it as I screen all my incoming calls via the answering machine.
I still use a 10 year old flip phone that has been almost indestructible and because I use it only to send texts and talk. I use my phone as a phone! My old flip phone has limited capabilities for the size of incoming/outgoing messages so I can't get group texts and that suits me just fine.
I still listen to my music on CD's and have a whole wall unit filled with DVD's. I refuse to pay for TV services with programming that sucks. I don't watch news 24/7 or watch ANY sports and that seems to be what all the packages focus on. I did finally have to buy a digital TV when my old 20+ year old analog Sony popped and died about 2 months ago.
I read my books the old fashioned way, by turning the printed pages one at a time.
I may have to enter the digital age but I'm going screaming and kicking.
I still use a 10 year old flip phone that has been almost indestructible and because I use it only to send texts and talk. I use my phone as a phone! My old flip phone has limited capabilities for the size of incoming/outgoing messages so I can't get group texts and that suits me just fine.
I still listen to my music on CD's and have a whole wall unit filled with DVD's. I refuse to pay for TV services with programming that sucks. I don't watch news 24/7 or watch ANY sports and that seems to be what all the packages focus on. I did finally have to buy a digital TV when my old 20+ year old analog Sony popped and died about 2 months ago.
I read my books the old fashioned way, by turning the printed pages one at a time.
I may have to enter the digital age but I'm going screaming and kicking.
Infidel137
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I ported my old landline number, which I had had since about 1984, to a smartphone in 2009, and disconnected the landline. But where I live now, the Internet service is provided via the cable company, which bundles landline (VoIP) with it, and charges $5 per month not to include the landline service. So we have a landline number, which we do not know. It's written down somewhere, but ....
Pondering "what use is a landline", we recognized that the one thing good about it is the county 911 center recognizes the address from the landline number, rather than relying on the caller to give them the address. So, we got an inexpensive cordless phone and put a handset in the corner of the bedroom next to my wife's nightstand, where, in case of mid-night emergencies, she can curl up behind the bed in the most protected place in the house and call 911.
And we got a new game,-- blocking every number that calls our (unknown) landline number.
Pondering "what use is a landline", we recognized that the one thing good about it is the county 911 center recognizes the address from the landline number, rather than relying on the caller to give them the address. So, we got an inexpensive cordless phone and put a handset in the corner of the bedroom next to my wife's nightstand, where, in case of mid-night emergencies, she can curl up behind the bed in the most protected place in the house and call 911.
And we got a new game,-- blocking every number that calls our (unknown) landline number.
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Yep. Still have a landline. Still use an analog watch. Ms. Judy gave me her old flip phone years ago because she didn't like me taking the pack string up into the hills by myself without means of communication. Of course, the thing didn't work way back there, so I'd just usually leave it in the truck. The phone eventually broke. I didn't want another one, but Ms. Judy wanted to upgrade, so I got her old one again. Don't know the number. In fact, I'm not really sure where the heck it is at the moment.
My kids told her, "We've got to get Dad into the 21st century!"
She replied, "I'd be happy if we could just get him into the 20th century!"
My kids told her, "We've got to get Dad into the 21st century!"
She replied, "I'd be happy if we could just get him into the 20th century!"
And they'll be dragging me along behind you.
Not only do I still have a land line, but I still have working dial telephones. I haven't been convinced that a telephone signal is as reliable going through the air as it is going through a protected wire.
On another forum someone posted that they still had a crank phone in the house. I asked if it was for receiving crank calls.
I have a landline, partly because when it used copper wire, you still had a phone line in the not-too-rare occasions the power went out. The rural co-op must have gotten some sort of government grant a few years ago, and installed fiber optic. Now I only have service as long as the backup battery lasts, a very few hours. It did improve my internet connection though, we don't have a cable company out here.
I have an old flip phone, and have thought about getting a smart phone and cutting the cord, but cell service here in the sticks is very spotty, so I'm still thinkin'.
I have an old flip phone, and have thought about getting a smart phone and cutting the cord, but cell service here in the sticks is very spotty, so I'm still thinkin'.
Rpg
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I maintain a land line: now connected to a fax machine.
My wristwatch needs winding every morning. I use vintage fountain pens for everything except carbonless multiple copy forms (the chemical treatment that makes them copy gums up fountain pen nibs).
I carry metal guns.
I drive an old 4runner. No electronic gizmos to help me drive or park: I have to look where I'm going, use my mirrors and other old fashioned stuff like the brakes .
I do have an iPhone that's 5 years old, so I'm not hopelessly stuck in the past.
My wristwatch needs winding every morning. I use vintage fountain pens for everything except carbonless multiple copy forms (the chemical treatment that makes them copy gums up fountain pen nibs).
I carry metal guns.
I drive an old 4runner. No electronic gizmos to help me drive or park: I have to look where I'm going, use my mirrors and other old fashioned stuff like the brakes .
I do have an iPhone that's 5 years old, so I'm not hopelessly stuck in the past.
I'm mostly an analog and 20th century technology kind of guy. I still wear an analog watch and have normal clocks with hands around the house. It's my company that is trying to drag me into the 21st century, a place I willingly would not go on my own. We have to have the latest phones, tablets, and laptops to "stay connected". I don't want to facetime or skype anyone, and the only zooming I want to do is in a 60's vintage muscle car! I swear it's these millennial IT people they hire that just Have to be on the "cutting edge" (mainly to justify their continued employment, IMHO) that is the driving force. I started out repairing chillers when everything was electro-mechanical and simple. Now you can't even do basic repairs without having a current laptop, proprietary software, and the proper cable to connect to a machine. OK...rant over
I haven't had a land line since the spring of 2009. Unless you have a business or no cell reception why have one?
Onlly time I do a watch is if I go out on a job. Most refineries don't allow use of cells in operating units. I have a old watch I clip to my key ring or I glue a cheap Timex inside my hard hat.
That fun, If some one ask the time, take of your hat and use it to shade your eyes as you look at the sun and then tell them the time to the exact minute.
Onlly time I do a watch is if I go out on a job. Most refineries don't allow use of cells in operating units. I have a old watch I clip to my key ring or I glue a cheap Timex inside my hard hat.
That fun, If some one ask the time, take of your hat and use it to shade your eyes as you look at the sun and then tell them the time to the exact minute.
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I have a land line solely for my pacemaker telemetry device which transmits real time data to my EPO's office.
On a regular basis I am astounded by what my smartphone is capable of.
I ain't goin' backwards.
On a regular basis I am astounded by what my smartphone is capable of.
I ain't goin' backwards.
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Even if you could not speak, 911 operators would still see your calling location displayed on their screens if you called on a landline, but not if you called on a cell phone. I'm not sure this is still the case. Anyone know for sure?
