> I guess I will treasure my loose-leaf, tabbed, extra blank pages in
> the back, address book. I think I bought it about 15 - 20 years ago.
> I didn't realize those were now dinosaurs. I have never used ink in
> it and am more determined than ever to keep it going. I prob. have
> 200 entries in it - and I'll be damned if I ever wish to try to put
> all of it into any cellphone. It goes with me on trips and if I ever
> need to evacuate, it's going. You may have to buy a plain notebook
> and make your own.
>

I still have one, too, and a backup for someday soon when I have the
time and ambition to rewrite everything. I still use it for seldom-used
phone numbers and addressing Christmas cards.


> As to graduation to 'harder stuff' - uh-uh. In fact we downsized
> from a pay per month cell (some months we never made one call) to one
> of those deals - pay 100 bucks for a year, 25 cents a minute.
> Rollover feature when you re-up for the next hundred. I don't think
> we've used 20 dollars worth of it since July.
>

I have the same plan and use it mostly for long-distance calls. I think
I still have 1800+ minutes, dating back four or five years. Son-in-law
says I am supporting Carlos Slim and the Mexican Mafia, but I wonder who
he is supporting with his smart-phone.

> I hate it when a friend calls to gab from a cell - bad transmission
> and echo etc.

I miss about 1/4 of the words when son or daughter-on-law call from
their cells. They don't have a landline and there's often spotty
reception from up in the mts.)

gloria p