On 7/7/2014 8:55 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 19:24:38 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/7/2014 6:51 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Mon, 7 Jul 2014 22:49:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>> On 7/7/14, 12:11 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One of life's big disappointment is to be in a grocery store checkout
>>>>>>> line behind a very attractive woman.... and then she grabs one of those
>>>>>>> gossip rags.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Only if she buys it. Fortunately, there are decent cooking magazines
>>>>> to peruse while waiting in line these days.
>>>>
>>>> If I have to wait in line, I have books on my phone and I would read on of
>>>> those!
>>>
>>> More often than not, my phone is dead by the time I'm in line. That
>>> battery is not long lived, especially when I'm referring to Out of
>>> Milk.
>>>
>> And here I thought those devices and apps were supposed to be so handy. LOL
>>
>> Jill <---sticking with her paper list
>
> Oh, no. The old flip phones were fine because you didn't do anything
> but talk on them. These smart phones are asked to do so much that
> their batteries die quickly.
> http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/in...60.h470.2x.jpg
>
Never had a flip phone. Phones with batteries and you need an app...
SORRY. I will never understand it. I take a paper list to the store.
If I miss something it won't be because a *battery* died. It's because
I forgot to write it down.

Jill