"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

If I ever get to retire, one of the nice things will be to not have to carry around a big slab of smart phone all of the time (so that my life can be interrupted at any time at my employer's whim). I'll get the smallest, cheapest thing that can receive phone calls and text messages (because that seems to be mandatory now), and it will only be turned on when I feel like it.
 
jc57 said:
If I ever get to retire, one of the nice things will be to not have to carry around a big slab of smart phone all of the time (so that my life can be interrupted at any time at my employer's whim). I'll get the smallest, cheapest thing that can receive phone calls and text messages (because that seems to be mandatory now), and it will only be turned on when I feel like it.
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John I'm an old retired f***t and I am continuously looking for my phone when I want to use it. The problem with me is my grandchildren equate my retirement to their personal and free taxi service. :eek::eek:
 
No children or grandchildren to worry about here, and the cats haven't yet figured out how to use the phone. :D

I am about 7 years away from any chance of planned retirement (though you never know these days if you'll remain employed through your "planned" date) so who knows what all will change by then, phone-wise. They may require we all have embedded chips in our heads by then. I still have a fear that right before it's my turn, they'll say "oh, sorry, not our fault, out of money, you're on your own."
 
jc57 said:
If I ever get to retire, one of the nice things will be to not have to carry around a big slab of smart phone all of the time (so that my life can be interrupted at any time at my employer's whim). I'll get the smallest, cheapest thing that can receive phone calls and text messages (because that seems to be mandatory now), and it will only be turned on when I feel like it.
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John, that's been my cell phone experience ever since I first got one in 2006. I just dug mine out of its pocket in my backpack and turned it on for the first time since we were on vacation the first two weeks of August. My current phone (I think it's the third model I've had in 12 years) is a little LG flip phone, 2"x4"x.75", and it's dumb as a post. :D I usually turn it on only on the rare occasions when I'm on the road and have to call someone; usually whatever it is can wait until I get to home or office and can use landline phone or, more often, email. I think I've sent and received a total of less than 6 texts in my life. Several years ago, I told my students I was a modern guy who'd had a cell phone for more than 6 years - and had charged it 3 times.

I suppose if I remember how to access my cell phone voice mail, I'll have something about that national alert test, eh?

- GT
 
jc57 said:
If I ever get to retire, one of the nice things will be to not have to carry around a big slab of smart phone all of the time (so that my life can be interrupted at any time at my employer's whim). I'll get the smallest, cheapest thing that can receive phone calls and text messages (because that seems to be mandatory now), and it will only be turned on when I feel like it.
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That could very well be a definition of real freedom, or even, Nirvana :cool::D:D
 
jc57 said:
If I ever get to retire, one of the nice things will be to not have to carry around a big slab of smart phone all of the time (so that my life can be interrupted at any time at my employer's whim). I'll get the smallest, cheapest thing that can receive phone calls and text messages (because that seems to be mandatory now), and it will only be turned on when I feel like it.
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JC, I feel like I have an extra head growing out of my face when I tell people I don't have a cell phone. I'm 36, so I know that is not very common, especially for my age group. But where I live there is no cell service, and where I work there is no cell service. So I figure, what's the point. You can call me at home, or you can call me at work. But the 15 minutes in between, just leave me alone. I admit they are handy at times, but they also can be quite annoying.
 
Well heck!
If El Presidenty , The D- Man , Trumpo,
is watching do something worth watching I say. Pretty sure I could dream up something that would make him get his minion to switch channels ...
DT: Minion, who is this guy?
Minion: Some guy in Austria..he said the legal system is like a constipated tortoise!!
DT: That guy is wrong. He's bigly wrong in a not right way.
Meako: Baby lerve,my baby lerve
I miss yoooo, Ooooh long to kiss you lerve...
DT: minion? MEEERNYERNN! bring me the missile codes and hurry....bigly quick .
 
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