notbob wrote:

> On 2009-02-18, Gregory Morrow > wrote:
> >
> > We live in a *very* spoiled age, nb...
>
> The old adage used to be, FIND a need and fill it. Today, it's INVENT a
> need and fill it.
>
> OTOH, we all have our pet passions. If it floats Andy's boat to have a
> synthesizer in his pocket, so be it. To each his own. My biggest problem
> with the iphone, besides the cost, is that it's two-way. It's still a
cell
> phone under all that other crap and I have no desire to be tethered to a
> phone. I get enough crap calls on my home phone. I'll be damned if I'll
pay
> even more to be aggravated everywhere I go.


Yup...and I'm overwhelmed with information as it is, there is not nearly
enuf time in the day to plow through all the stuff out there that I'm
interested in.

I've increasingly noticed some folks in social situations, e.g bars,
restaurants, in the home, etc. always pulling out the cellphone to read
reviews of things or show off their pics or whatever. It's distracting, it
takes away from what should be pleasant social interactions. Comparing
ringtones or whatever is *not* my idea of a good time. Peeps come to my
place, they know to put the kibosh on that stuff, if they don't they aren't
welcome back.

I don't need a cellphone for work and I really don't want one for social
needs. Some friends of mine are always bugging me, e.g. "But if you had a
cellphone and we make plans we can TEXT each other about whatnot...!!!", to
which I reply, "Why don't we do it the old fashioned way - let's set a time
and we'll be there, and you have my home phone and email anyways, what is
the big deal...".

I HATE phones in any case, I find them extremely annoying, and I'm not
looking to be even *more* annoyed than I already am...


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Greg the GROUCH