>From: Andrew McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >Modernists have certainly managed their lifestyle without a mobile
> >phone........... are they really needed??!
>
>Something about the above statement strikes me as very odd...so what about
>computers Paul...and what about being a physicist, a true mod would never
>pick such a square profession.
F Off! I'm NOT RETRO!!! I didn't say I don't want a phone cos they weren't
invented in the 60s!!!
I just think they are really square.
And yes! So is my job.... but it pays for all the non-square stuff don't
it!?
Most mods did crap jobs didn't they - the working-class remember - at least
mines a profession that requires a little thought....
A lot of mods are builders or dustmen/women etc.
>It's a modern day convenience and certainly better than standing in a phone
>booth. Part of the mod aesthetic was to take on a look of affluence. That's
>hard to do while digging for a quarter while standing in a phone booth. I
>am not saying that every mod should have a cell phone, but to say they are
>not mod seems to be incorrect and more of a personal dogma.
Nah! You're wrong!!
As Jon said - those old phone booths are much cooler than a 'mobile'.....
you Americans just have NO style!!
I admit they can come in handy in emergencies.... but they ain't cool
daddio!
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