tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post7465592966365085478..comments2023-11-29T02:29:00.977-06:00Comments on JIM HEFFERNAN'S BLOG: Pay phones headed for history's dustbin...Jim Heffernanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-9391402847041410642009-09-09T12:11:42.979-05:002009-09-09T12:11:42.979-05:00Thanks everyone!
Your comments here and those on ...Thanks everyone! <br />Your comments here and those on facebook inspired more personal reflections on the topic of cell phones and phones in general so decided to write more on my blog post. <br /><br />JShip: Voula is after me all the time to get one just for those reasons. I continue to resist.<br /><br />Firebottle: I resonated to your description of the cell and also to your acronym use... and invented some of my own. (see my next post) <br /><br />Erick: I think we've shared the "fat finger" issue before and your cell search was really funny.<br /><br />It's tough, isn't it, to come into the new age of communication? I just have to say a bit more though.. so check my next post on this blog.Jim Heffernanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-17642211936884204562009-09-03T17:30:46.319-05:002009-09-03T17:30:46.319-05:00Hi Jim
I do have a cell phone. I wrote about my ...Hi Jim<br /><br />I do have a cell phone. I wrote about my cell phone experiences in response to an earlier post. What’s happening now is the phone I own is dying. I do believe I own the phone as the contract period was over several years ago. Though I have to admit I haven’t been able to decipher the contracts small print, my magnifying glass is not that powerful.<br />The phone is taped together now after my two-year-old grandson offered it back to me one evening. “Grandpas are not to leave things where young fingers and reach them”, “Yes, grandma” I said. That boy has a longer reach than Shaquille O'Neal I muttered as I tried putting the pieces back together. <br />So off I trundled to the local phone store where a young man, with blazing white teeth – which I’m sure has to be a whole other story, seemed very pleased to help an old codger in the throws of upper middle age. My daughter translated as he spoke in a language I thought could have been related to English. It wasn’t the technical jargon he used that caused the problem but his inability to speak clearly and distinctly. Sorry, my curmudgeon rises again. The selection of phones was very nice, and I was handed a simple unit with a larger screen, push buttons I could get my fat little fingers on and a volume control that actually worked. I was amazed. <br />I said, “I’ll take it” as I reached for my wallet. I have bought cars, refrigerators and any number of things with that statement. But it doesn’t work in cell phone stores. First of all, my plan, which hasn’t been offered since the early part of the century, would have to be upgraded. Which would mean I’d have to sign a new two-year contract and pay a greater monthly amount. On top of that the phone itself would cost me $59.95. A mark down from almost $200, I was told, if I signed the contract. <br />I asked my daughter if she had translated correctly. <br />Mr. Gleem, or was it Pepsodent, smiled brilliantly as we left the store. Where to now my daughter asked. The hardware, I said, maybe super glue would hold longer.<br /><br />Erick HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-6672479765093359572009-09-03T12:54:35.123-05:002009-09-03T12:54:35.123-05:00Jim,
I'm with you on this one. I'm 66 and...Jim,<br /><br />I'm with you on this one. I'm 66 and don't understand the need to be walking and talking 24/7.<br /><br />IMHO, it is the most devious device ever invented.<br /><br />I don't own one, never will, it's that simple. FWIW, my wife has one and seldom uses it.Firebottle3https://www.blogger.com/profile/18266163713549038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-17981951190785884052009-09-02T21:49:23.156-05:002009-09-02T21:49:23.156-05:00But Jim, with a cell phone you can call Sammy'...But Jim, with a cell phone you can call Sammy's and pick up a hot one on your way home. Thus, it is a divine invention. And, Voula can get you to do last-second errands.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09654025315736365286noreply@blogger.com