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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MightyAlweg: [QB] Nice to hear I'm not the only one without a cellular telephone. I can't stand the things, and have learned that they tend to turn even the nicest people into obnoxious boobs in public. I have friends and family and loved ones who I cherish and enjoy spending time with, but there is absolutely no one on this planet that I would want to be permanently tethered to, or allow them to have constant access to me and my thoughts during all waking hours. And if I don't take their call on purpose, it only creates more drama and questions once I do speak with them. I love to take the train down to San Diego or up to Portland just by myself, explore and hang out and do whatever suits my fancy, and I can't even imagine having people I chose not to include in the trip calling me or texting me daily. Friends at work were showing off their new "App" on their iphones that allow them to see exactly where on the planet the other iphone user currently is. I'm sorry, I like my coworkers, but I will never care that they are at the grocery store at 8:00 PM. As for the usual argument "What about emergencies?", in the last four decades I have yet to come across an emergency that a cell phone would have prevented or helped with. I blew a tire once on a lonely highway on a rainy night in North Carolina. Know what I did? I got out and changed the tire. The day the airlines allow cell phone use inflight is the day I will have to restrict all of my travel to Sleeping Cars or private automobiles. Sadly, I think that day is coming. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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