On Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:54:39 -0800, Leo >
wrote:

>On 2019 Dec 9, , Bruce wrote
>(in >):
>
>> > No need to. I have an Apple Watch for that. I leave the iPhone at home.
>>
>> Are you serious?
>
>I really am. Cellular Apple Watches do that, providing you have a iPhone to
>link them to. The iPhone can be in Wisconsin while Im in Nevada. Damndest
>thing. Check it out if you dont believe me. I do feel stupid talking to my
>watch if anyone is looking at me, but theyre all Luddites. I cant talk
>to the iPhone from the watch since they share the same number. We have a
>landline for that. I talked to my wife from a duck swamp seventy miles away
>last year using the watch. I described the duck situation. She had the iPhone
>with her, but the watch call that I made came in on the landline. Of course,
>the watch has to be within cellular coverage. Its all true. Apple watches
>are amazing little gizmos, providing you have a reasonably current iPhone.

I knew these watches existed. Very James Bond. But I wondered if they
were any good. I guess they are.