I have an iPhone. It’s not hard to use. “Complications” answering a call? Huh? It rings, and to answer I slide a big red button to the right across the screen. It even shows you which way to slide it. I’m mystified at how anyone could be confused by that.
Yes, a flip phone is easy to answer. But that’s about where its “benefits” end. My iPhone will do about a half million other things besides just being a phone. I can text my exact location to my wife, take photos, receive texts, check a map if I get lost … I could go on for days. I love traditional steel bikes, and I love modern technology. No way would I go back to a flip phone! —Eric N campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com Twitter: @campyonlyguy > On Mar 13, 2015, at 4:00 PM, George Schick <bhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This post seems to be drifting away without response and I'm reluctant to see > that happen, so here goes: > > Within the past couple of months I have seen evening news segments containing > man-on-the-street interviews of people favoring those older style cell phones > that just "flip open" to be answered. I suppose this is no surprise, given > the complications involved in "answering" some of the latest "smart phones" > or "iPhones" currently on the market. Then, just the other day, I saw a > news segment interviewing people who have a renewed interest in > run-of-the-mill typewriters (as opposed to software/printer based word > processing systems). Enter this current and curious interest in nicely > painted, well-equipped steel bike frames and are we on the verge of yet > another retro (but practical and efficient) movement back to practical > cycling? Only time and popularity will tell. > > And BTW, Grant featured at least one article in an older RivReader about the > benefits of the mechanical typewriter, which makes me wonder if he has not > been a prophet all along of the direction that some of these "technological > advancements" (including CF) would eventually take. > > > On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 4:52:47 AM UTC-5, Jay LePree wrote: > Hi all: > I took my Rambouillet in for service to get it ready now that we are getting > a thaw here in Northern NJ. The new owners of the Tenafly Bicycle Workshop > had not seen the bike before. (I had been riding a Redline Monocog set up > for the street.) I brought the bike in and the owners had the biggest smile > on their faces. There were a couple of customers in the shop and they came > over too. Really nice complements on the bike. It is a slow time in the shop > and with the ice on the roads, I told the owners to that they could take > their time as I was riding the Monocog anyway. For the two weeks it was in > the shop, I was told many of their other customers did a double take when > they saw the bike. > > I think that with the increase in carbon fiber performance machines, the > Rivendell models really do stand out, perhaps more than when I purchased the > bike in 2003. They are nice looking machines. I am getting ready to pull > the trigger on another Riv....thinking the Atlantis. It would be a good > pairing, and I like the classic look. > Best, > Jay > Demarest, NJ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
