sf wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:56:30 -0500, Sky >
> wrote:
>
>> I've never gotten rid of my land-line, because it doesn't take much to
>> destroy a cell tower. In torando alley where I live, that's easily
>> done. Hmmm.... I'd better make sure I had long-distance available via
>> my land-line, although I use my cellphone for that.
>
> We might get a land line again. Probably not.
>
> Why do we have only cell phones? Hubby surprised me after I got home
> from my mom's death two years ago. I couldn't argue with him about it
> because frankly, I used the cell phone almost exclusively. At that
> point we went from one cell phone to two. I didn't care but I wanted
> the land line phone number we'd had for 30 years. Unfortunately,
> although we'd stayed with the big carriers.... ATT & Pac Bell solely -
> for some reason Verizon couldn't figure out who owned the number, so I
> switched to a new number (after a month of no phone for me). That's
> what still sticks in my craw. I'm ok not having a land line, I'm not
> ok no having that phone number.
>
Ahhhh. I contemplate giving up my land line, but I have my
parents' old number, and I don't want to give it up.... Since
I use Verizon for both land and cell phones, maybe they could
do that? I am probably dreaming....

--
Jean B.