[lace-chat] Cell phones: was: Re: Truths for mature adults
On 10/19/10 2:55 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Then your husband won't be able to locate you when you get separated in the mall, one of the most important advantages of cell phone use. Mall? Me and him? Together, on the same day? Groups just naturally swap phone numbers and turn their phones on if they get separated, but I'd hardly buy a cell phone for an annual event -- particularly since it's easy to split the Black Friday party into groups each of which includes somebody with a cell phone. Or just do as we've always done, and go to the car when we're finished. What I want a cell phone for is as a substitute for the dime I used to carry: stash it, turned off, until I need to call a tow truck, taxicab, or ambulance. I never get incoming calls on my landline; cain't see anybody needing to call me on a cell phone. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it is a lovely day for cycling, but all I did was ride to the blood lab and back. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Cell phones: was: Re: Truths for mature adults
On 10/19/10 2:55 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Then your husband won't be able to locate you when you get separated in the mall, one of the most important advantages of cell phone use. Mall? Me and him? Together, on the same day? I laughed out loud!! DH would rather have a root canal than go to the mall, and I avoid it if at all possible! I like to have a cell phone in case of emergency. However, it was never worth the cost we paid for each of us to have a cell phone... until I realized that we could easily have the security of the phone by just doing a pay as you go plan rather than a contract. So now, we just upload minutes every three months, and we never use them all up! Way less expensive, but still the security. And the amazing thing was that when I went to Europe, I called my cell phone carrier and asked for an unlock code, which they sent me. I took this with me to Europe, and went to a phone kiosk there. I was able to buy a simm card for my phone for 10 euros, which provided ten minutes of air time and was reloadable, and it was very easy to swap out with my other simm card. Once I got back in the US, I replaced my original simm card and all was well. Clay To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
[lace-chat] Cell phones
Joy and Clay are just like me. I got a cheap pay-as-you go mobile phone in case the car broke down so I could call my breakdown organisation. DH got one as well, but much later. We're frequently out separately, so it's handy to call home or each other if being later than intended will have any consequences e.g. spoilt meal. We both have texting and voice mail switched off at out service provider, so they are purely phones - we manage perfectly well without either of those. DH went to New Zealand for a month on his own earlier this year - not being able to walk far there was no point in me travelling 24 hours each way just to sit and wait for him to come back from his photographic hikes. He got Passport put on his phone so I phoned him from our home phone every day and he got charged 50p off his pre-payment on the mobile for the connection. The only people who have each of our mobile numbers are us so when it rings we know who it is. I do call him at home if I'm out shopping if he wants something specific and they haven't got it so he can say if he wants a substitute or not, and I use it for phoning from taxis to get me home if I'm out without the car. It's a PHONE!!! I don't need an internet connection when I'm out. I don't want to play games when I'm out. I have a camera to take photos. Can't see why anyone would want to leave me a message - they can get me later - or text me. It's a PHONE Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
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I guess I am the only person who really likes my Iphone. If we are out shopping for instance, and we have just gone to every store we know of that has a double oven (recent shopping event) I can search the internet to find out if there are any other appliance stores out there that we don't know about, and my phone will tell me exactly how to get to them. Or say we remember some place we have been to, but don't recall exactly where it is, we can search from the iphone. There is no need to return home and search the internet or consult the increasingly unuseful Yellow Pages phone directory. Also, if we have just decided to go to restaurant that we are going to be driving near, we can get the number from the Iphone and call for reservations, easily. Vis a vis the camera function. It is great. My husband and I have had many cameras over the years that we take with us to places. Inevitably when we get to these places, my husband, who doesn't like to carry things, says, we can leave the camera in the car, right? Then supposedly if there is something we would like a photo of, we intend to go get it, but that never seems to work out. Now, with the Iphone, I can take a picture instantly and not carry any extra weight. I can, for instance, suddenly decide to take a picture of my daughter and her boyfriend at dinner, and I can send it instantly to his mother so that she can enjoy the moment, too. When my daughter travels, she usually sends me a picture every day so that I can see what she is doing. I can even take a picture of an interesting lace if one appears, without having to have anticipated this. I was in Ithaca for the lace weekend this year and was walking by a closed store with a beautiful wire woven sculpture in the window. I thought one of my lace friends who works in wire would be interested, so I took a picture of it, and dispatched it instantly. I actually find there are many times when my expensive camera takes a worse picture than the Iphone, especially when I am shooting a picture of lace through a glass barrier. I have no idea why this is. But after taking a few with my expensive camera that don't work out, I take one with the Iphone and it is usually better. As for the utility of messages, it is always nice when you are standing on a street corner waiting for someone to meet you, to be able to check for messages in case the person has left you one saying she isn't coming, or is running late and will meet you somewhere else. I can also read my email on it when we are traveling, thus saving me from having to take a computer and pay for an internet connection. And then there are those moments in the car or when you are out, when you suddenly want to know some item of trivia like the state bird, let's say, or when gun powder was invented, or when the Erie Canal opened. Sometimes this is very important for settling disputes among family members. Voila, wikipedia to the rescue. Actually, the first time I saw an Iphone, it was at Sweet Briar and another attendee wanted to know how she could get the desirable flat pillows from Germany. She had me search the internet for the provider on her Iphone during lunch, and I found her. It was then that I perceived that the Iphone had real possibilities. Devon To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
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You're not alone, Devon. I, too, love my iPhone. I have a bunch of books downloaded to read while waiting at the doctors or other places with cruddy magazine selections, games for when I'm bored and a list of my books so I don't keep buying the same one over and over. It helps me find my way around with the built in GPS, lets me chat with my hubby to decide where to meet for dinner, has reminders on my calendar, etc. To each his own. I never thought I'd get one of these, let alone use all the features, but I do like it a bunch. -- Ruth R. in OH roxw...@krafters.net -Original Message- From: owner-lace-c...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-lace-c...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of dmt11h...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:44 PM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Cell phones I guess I am the only person who really likes my Iphone. If we are out Devon To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
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Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that I can read the NY Times when I am on a train on the Iphone. I got the Iphone just at about the time that the Times went to $2 a copy. I used to buy a copy to read whenever I got on the train to go to NY, but now I read it on the iphone. If you figure I might ride the train 40 times a year, that works out to an $80 savings. And no trees are killed and the paper doesn't have to be recycled. And I don't have to carry it. Devon To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
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I love all of the features of my iPod Touch, and wouldn't mind having the phone as well, but I absolutely can't justify the expense of the phone or the monthly fees when I don't use the phone that much. However, I'm looking in to getting a used iPhone which has been unlocked, and then I could use it with my pay as you go card. Clay On 10/21/2010 3:42 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that I can read the NY Times when I am on a train on the Iphone. I got the Iphone just at about the time that the Times went to $2 a copy. I used to buy a copy to read whenever I got on the train to go to NY, but now I read it on the iphone. If you figure I might ride the train 40 times a year, that works out to an $80 savings. And no trees are killed and the paper doesn't have to be recycled. And I don't have to carry it. Devon To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
[lace-chat] Re: Cell phones
On 10/21/10 1:44 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: I guess I am the only person who really likes my Iphone. If I had an iPhone or iPod Touch I would LOVE IT I would be all over the place with it. Couldn't wrench it out of my hand. But my pocketbook at the moment says NO. And my wife is grateful for that. :-D She would have a hard time grabbing my attention LOL!!! Best stick to my pay-as-you-go cheapie mundane phone. ;) -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
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In a message dated 10/21/2010 4:29:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tat...@tat-man.net writes: If I had an iPhone or iPod Touch I would LOVE IT I would be all over the place with it. Couldn't wrench it out of my hand. But my pocketbook at the moment says NO. And my wife is grateful for that. :-D She would have a hard time grabbing my attention LOL!!! She could call you on the phone :-) Actually, I am a hard wired girl, but among the young these days, they only have the Iphone. They do not get a hard wired phone at all. So, people are deciding it is the home phone they can do without. Neither my daughter or her boyfriend have a hard wired phone in their apartments. Instead they have their Iphones with them always. Since I am on a family plan with my daughter, in which the second phone only costs $10 more a month, the cost is split over the two phones. (Although I bear 100% of the cost, because that is what mom's do.) The only fly in the ointment is that she has to have an additional monthly texting plan. I am not sophisticated enough to understand why, when you can send an email on your phone, you also need to text, unless it is to communicate with people who don't have email on their phones. Dare I dream that we could drop this in the next contract negotiation? Interestingly, my daughter usually calls me while she is walking from work to her next destination. The phone allows her to take this otherwise unproductive time and use it to keep in touch with Mom. Devon To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
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Mark, I have to admit that I got my iPod Touch from my DD when she absolutely *had* to have the newer model. So I got it for half price, and she was happy to apply that to her new Touch. I've had it a couple of years now, and I still use it quite a bit... I never go to the doctor's office without it to keep me occupied while I wait. And I take it to the gym when I go, because listening to music makes the time on those cardio machines go much quicker. Clay On 10/21/2010 4:29 PM, Tatman wrote: On 10/21/10 1:44 PM, dmt11h...@aol.comdmt11h...@aol.com wrote: I guess I am the only person who really likes my Iphone. If I had an iPhone or iPod Touch I would LOVE IT I would be all over the place with it. Couldn't wrench it out of my hand. But my pocketbook at the moment says NO. And my wife is grateful for that. :-D She would have a hard time grabbing my attention LOL!!! Best stick to my pay-as-you-go cheapie mundane phone. ;) To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
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I think I understand the attraction of texting... although I personally hate it and don't have a text plan. You can sit in a deadly boring meeting and text with the object of your affections for hours without disturbing anyone... especially if you sit in the back, alone. I suspect that on some college campuses, there is more texting going on during lectures than note-taking. You can text in public without the people around you hearing what you're saying. And text-ers have developed a sophisticated short-hand which means they can say what they need to say in very few keystrokes... So, I'm too old to change my stripes, but at least I can understand why they do it. Neither of my adult children would feel dressed and ready to face the world if they didn't have their smart phones with text-messaging in their pockets. And this mom doesn't pay their phone bill any more - they do!! When young people live alone, or share an apartment with another single person, a land phone is not necessary since their cell phone is with them all the time. And if their roomie's phone rings, no one has to wonder who should answer the phone. One thing I am bewildered by is how often I see married couples communicating with each other via Facebook. Hello? If you got off the computer, you could say it in person and it would be even nicer!!! Clay, who is gradually coming to terms with the fact that I am an old fart. On 10/21/2010 6:01 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 10/21/2010 4:29:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tat...@tat-man.net writes: If I had an iPhone or iPod Touch I would LOVE IT I would be all over the place with it. Couldn't wrench it out of my hand. But my pocketbook at the moment says NO. And my wife is grateful for that. :-D She would have a hard time grabbing my attention LOL!!! She could call you on the phone :-) Actually, I am a hard wired girl, but among the young these days, they only have the Iphone. They do not get a hard wired phone at all. So, people are deciding it is the home phone they can do without. Neither my daughter or her boyfriend have a hard wired phone in their apartments. Instead they have their Iphones with them always. Since I am on a family plan with my daughter, in which the second phone only costs $10 more a month, the cost is split over the two phones. (Although I bear 100% of the cost, because that is what mom's do.) The only fly in the ointment is that she has to have an additional monthly texting plan. I am not sophisticated enough to understand why, when you can send an email on your phone, you also need to text, unless it is to communicate with people who don't have email on their phones. Dare I dream that we could drop this in the next contract negotiation? Interestingly, my daughter usually calls me while she is walking from work to her next destination. The phone allows her to take this otherwise unproductive time and use it to keep in touch with Mom. Devon To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
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I don't have an iPhone or iPod or iPad.yet. I am thinking of getting a Droid to replace my current cell phone since we are on the Verizon network. (I understand iPhone might be available to Verizon within the year though...??) For lace application, I have used my camera function to photograph diagrams drawn on the board by instructors in lace classes as I am not great at reproducing drawings sometimes, and I can get the diagram quickly and accurately, before it is erased for the next one to be drawn. I also take quick photos of various things I want to remember for later. Though I believe I can get internet connection on my current phone, I haven't tried it since it isn't inexpensive and the viewing screen is quite small compared to the smartphones. I would love to be able to surf on the fly for those senior moments when I cannot remember something and could easily find it on the net. All of the other applications Devon mentioned would also be useful. We, too, got our original phone for security purposes like auto breakdowns, etc., but have gradually found it to be useful in a number of other instances. Essentially having an integrated computer/camera/phone etc.in such a small package is very enticing and can quickly feel indispensible. Vicki in autumny Maryland -Original Message- From: dmt11h...@aol.com I guess I am the only person who really likes my Iphone. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
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I thought having a camera in a phone was ridiculous - until we had a particular edition of a Christmas Carol book that everyone in the medieval choir wanted to have, and one fellow whipped out his phone and took a picture of the cover. Since there were several by the same publisher with different covers, it made PERFECT sense. Texting is lovely when you are someplace with poor cell phone reception, but the texts can get through. My DIL and DD started texting each other when granddaughter Lucy was in the hospital for over a month starting August 31 (she was getting a new liver and turning a year old at the same time) - typical message: Call when you are awake. A single beep, less annoying than a repeated ring, and they weren't constantly alarmed by phone calls - it was clear a text meant nothing was seriously wrong, just contact desired. -- -- Martha Krieg mkr...@rc.net in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
