On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 05:53:34 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 7/8/2014 5:44 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> 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
> >
> > They are VERY handy I use mine for all sort of things, not just
> > shopping lists.
> >
> Well, here we go again with the cell/smartphone thing. Since they don't
> work well where I live I'm certainly not paying an extra monthly bill
> just to have one. Whatever did one *do* before the invention of cell
> phones? Gee, I think they wrote a list of things they wanted to buy at
> the store.
>

Times have changed. We have paved roads, indoor plumbing and
electricity now... people have even walked on the moon.


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