On Dec 6, 12:32*pm, Tommy Joe > wrote:
> On Dec 6, 4:42*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
>
> > Landlines should be called "smug phones" cause some folks using them
> > sure are. :-)
>
> * *Why would that bother anybody? *I love the landline. *I like the
> way the phone is cradled between the ear and shoulder as I'm lying in
> bed. *I can talk an hour and not feel like I'm working. *It's not that
> way with the cellphone. *Oh I know, now it's, "Well, if you don't like
> the way your fingers cramp up with the cellphone, why not get an ear
> bud or use a speaker phone?" *Yeah right. *The people I know who use
> the cellphone exclusively either don't know or don't care how *bad the
> sound quality is for the person on the other end of the line. *Maybe
> you're being sarcastic. *Is that what :-) means? *If not, I can't for
> the life of me see why anybody would be irritated by people who choose
> to retain some of the older things that for them are superior and
> still not completely obsolete. *That's not smug, that's just plain
> stupid.
>
> TJ

I saw a dock for an iPhone that allows people experience the thrill of
using a landline. Now you can talk for hours while twirling a real
curly cable in your fingers! I can imagine that they'll be selling
cell phones that look and feel and work just like landlines. Rotary
dial optional!