My telephone
I finally found the perfect land line phone. Blue and silver, sleek as a cell with a button to end the conversation, and raised numeric buttons that can’t possibly freeze. It doesn’t have an answering machine; a needless feature as I use phone company voice mail. It’s perfect and much admired, by guests, when I use it to order dinner.
Just when I thought we would have a long relationship; just after the warranty ran out, the battery died, no replacement avaliable. Doesn’t matter anyway as the battery casing broke also.
When did they begin making cell phones so perfectly and land line phones so poorly? I wasn’t going to get a new phone; just check my cell every several hours. and drag out the old corded phone for power failures, but somehow that seemed wrong.
I thought about giving up my land line but I don’t want all my calls coming to my cell. Before the recent primary I was averaging a call every ten minutes during the last days, and three to five an hour in the weeks preceding the election.
Hint to politicians: This could drive a person who always votes into non-voting mode. While I’m on the subject, why did a woman say she was a volunteer for a candidate in the New York City primary when caller ID said “Quebec?” Usually I didn’t answer or hung up, usually the ID said “blocked, ” but I picked up that call and asked the woman that question. She hung up on me. I didn’t like how many messages were left. Is there a sign next to my number that says “call her; she might answer?”
And Ferrar, I’m voting for you because I like you and it’s time for all Democrats to stick together. But campaiging in New York on 9/11? Rude.
I bought a new phone; just one more stupid errand in the endless loop marked errands, and it’s busy charging now. My life; it’s so exciting. I did buy a new industrial type paper shredder. Wait, that is exciting.
I haven’t owned a real phone in two years. ;(
I remember when I was a teenager all I wanted was a “french phone”. They probably don’t even make those anymore! How about a french cell phone? That would be an interesting design…
lol I hear you on the land line phone problem. You have to pay out the wazoo for one that works right, then it only works for a year, if you’re lucky.
i ahve the same problem with ym land line. the phone sucks so i hide it in a corner, and then i never use it. waste of time in other words.
but i don’t want to lose it… strange.. maybe we should both get one of those old ones with wheels??
Been trying to get rid of my land line for a long time too… But I feel hemmed in when every form you fill in has spots for a home phone, work phone, AND cell phone.
It’s like THEY want me to have so many so I can never get away…
yesterday, i was in line behind two very old women who were each buying 3 large paper shredders each. it made me wonder!
I hate phone soliciters & the amount of calls you mentioned is the very reason i now belong to NO political party & my affiliation is: I refuse to state my political party.
Hopefully, nobody runs under that party’s umbrella.
I hate it when crap breaks…makes me angry!
Hi. I just wanted to say I like your site. It’s very stylish and well written. I hate tele-marketers etc. too!