"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
> news >
>> Cell phone technology is still in caveman mode, 90% of the time when
>> someone calls me with their cell phone they lose the signal so I hear
>> less than half they are saying... as I said several times already,
>> when people call me on number I recognize as a cell phone I don't pick
>> up. When someone calls m e with a cell phone as soon as they start
>> losing their signal I hang up, when they call back I don't pick up.
>> Cell phones are crap for regular conversation, even their sound is
>> awful.
>
> All true IME.

Yep.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 6/11/2014 12:29 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>
>>>> Cell phone technology is still in caveman mode, 90% of the time when
>>>> someone calls me with their cell phone they lose the signal so I hear
>>>> less than half they are saying... as I said several times already,
>>>> when people call me on number I recognize as a cell phone I don't pick
>>>> up. When someone calls m e with a cell phone as soon as they start
>>>> losing their signal I hang up, when they call back I don't pick up.
>>>> Cell phones are crap for regular conversation, even their sound is
>>>> awful.
>>>
>>> All true IME.
>>>
>>
>> I think you are very pessimistic; cell to cell and cell to fiber optic
>> line works very well for me. I use T-mobile and Verizon. My son only uses
>> a cell phone and I have had many conversations of half an hour or so with
>> him.
>>
>> Of course, I don't walk around with a cell phone tucked against my ear
>> and I tend to ignore callers who don't show their ID. I am ignoring an
>> "UNKNOWN NAME" just now. This caller did not leave a message but unknowns
>> tend to leave something like "Duh".
>
> Nothing pessimistic about my experiences with cell conversations, just
> truthful comments. They're always cutting out or the sound quality is bad.
> You might have a different experience.

Likely depends on where you are located. I have found that reception is
often the worst in big cities or out in the boonies. Or in a large building
like a hospital.

On 6/11/2014 11:06 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:37:15 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 6/10/2014 8:53 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yep, and:
>>>>
>>>> "There are no monthly fees associated with the Guardian Alert 911.
>>>> Once the unit is plugged into a power outlet and an active landline it
>>>> is ready to use. "
>>>>
>>>> How many people have an active landline phone line anymore? ;-)
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Most of the older people I know still do. They are the ones most likely to
>>> need this.
>>
>> I do, and I always will have one. I dislike cell phones for conversation.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Cell phone technology is still in caveman mode, 90% of the time when
> someone calls me with their cell phone they lose the signal so I hear
> less than half they are saying... as I said several times already,
> when people call me on number I recognize as a cell phone I don't pick
> up. When someone calls m e with a cell phone as soon as they start
> losing their signal I hang up, when they call back I don't pick up.
> Cell phones are crap for regular conversation, even their sound is
> awful.
>

You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never
dropped a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my
cell phone for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than
talk. I pay $99 a year and I will never use all of my minutes.

Becca

On 6/11/2014 3:48 PM, sf wrote:

> I like texting a lot more than I thought I would. You don't feel like
> you might be interrupting them or carry on a long winded conversation.
> Just say your piece/ask your question and let them reply when they're
> able to get to it.
>
+1

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:02:48 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

>
>I had lost a 21 year old
>child and I was supposed to feel sorry for someone who had a miscarriage
>after 2 or 3 months? I, myself, had two miscarriages and never thought
>I needed a support group.
>
>The best thing the support group gave me was seeing how some people made
>a career of their grief. They alienated their loved ones and lived for
>their dead. I knew right then and there, I was not going to be like
>them. I pulled myself together and went on with life, sad and grieving,
>but alive.

Then you'll pull yourself together from the loss of your husband too.

True account; an 85 year old golfer here lost his wife 9 months ago,
recently he was hooked up by friends with a childhood sweetheart he
had dated in high school who had recently lost her husband, they are
both doing great together. At 85 Jack still plays a mean game of golf.

Janet, your husband, if he loved you, wouldn't want you to throw away
the remainder of your life all alone, miserable, and grieving.
Regardless what the losers here say I do wish you well.

On 6/11/2014 4:51 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:02:48 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I had lost a 21 year old
>> child and I was supposed to feel sorry for someone who had a miscarriage
>> after 2 or 3 months? I, myself, had two miscarriages and never thought
>> I needed a support group.
>>
>> The best thing the support group gave me was seeing how some people made
>> a career of their grief. They alienated their loved ones and lived for
>> their dead. I knew right then and there, I was not going to be like
>> them. I pulled myself together and went on with life, sad and grieving,
>> but alive.
>
> Then you'll pull yourself together from the loss of your husband too.
>
> True account; an 85 year old golfer here lost his wife 9 months ago,
> recently he was hooked up by friends with a childhood sweetheart he
> had dated in high school who had recently lost her husband, they are
> both doing great together. At 85 Jack still plays a mean game of golf.
>
> Janet, your husband, if he loved you, wouldn't want you to throw away
> the remainder of your life all alone, miserable, and grieving.
> Regardless what the losers here say I do wish you well.
>
>
Thank you, Sheldon.

--
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Way-the-heck-south Texas
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I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope that in time only the good memories will overshadow the sorrow.

When I was single ( ah, the good old years), I ate out maybe twice a week with a friend, but the rest of the time at home alone I'd make up a mess of something nutritious and reheat every night til it was gone. It didn't bother me - variety was less important than other things I was doing.

I know you're a shelter volunteer and I bet you will reach new levels of accomplishment there. How about developing and making dog treats to sell as a fundraiser and name them in honor of your husband? e.g. Nelson's Nibbles.. ( Forgive me if his name WAS Nelson - I just grabbed that out of the air.) Someone does that at my shelter and they really go, two bucks a baggieful.

"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/11/2014 11:06 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:37:15 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 6/10/2014 8:53 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yep, and:
>>>>>
>>>>> "There are no monthly fees associated with the Guardian Alert 911.
>>>>> Once the unit is plugged into a power outlet and an active landline it
>>>>> is ready to use. "
>>>>>
>>>>> How many people have an active landline phone line anymore? ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Most of the older people I know still do. They are the ones most likely
>>>> to
>>>> need this.
>>>
>>> I do, and I always will have one. I dislike cell phones for
>>> conversation.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> Cell phone technology is still in caveman mode, 90% of the time when
>> someone calls me with their cell phone they lose the signal so I hear
>> less than half they are saying... as I said several times already,
>> when people call me on number I recognize as a cell phone I don't pick
>> up. When someone calls m e with a cell phone as soon as they start
>> losing their signal I hang up, when they call back I don't pick up.
>> Cell phones are crap for regular conversation, even their sound is
>> awful.
>>
>
> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never dropped
> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell phone
> for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than talk. I pay $99
> a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>
> Becca

Dropped calls are very common here and they were also common when my husband
was living in NY. All he had was the cell phone and yet most of the time he
could not use it from his housing.

$99 a year? We pay more than that in a month! Three phones though and
unlimited everything. We do need unlimited. I don't use my phone much but
the other two do use theirs a lot.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:32:57 -0700 (PDT),
> wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 12:17:18 PM UTC-7, Yellow wrote:
>> > In article >, says...
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > > Ophelia wrote:
>> >
>> > > > I am saving all these. I am terrified of it happening to me.
>> >
>> > > It's definitely going to happen to you or your husband eventually.
>> > > Just enjoy every day with him while it lasts. Miserable times once
>> > > someone dies but when it happens, do know that eventually time will
>> > > heal.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I believe the "time will heal" thing to be just something someone says
>> > (not have a go at you or anyone else in any shape or form, just a
>> > general observation based on my own personal experience) when they do
>> > not know what else to say and think that by saying it they are somehow
>> > making you feel better.
>> >
>> > Time does not heal, you just learn how to cope - not the same thing -
>> > and that takes a lot of inter-strength and effort. It does not occur
>> > through the simple passage of time.
>> >
>>
>> Grieving lasts for years, in my experience, and can be summoned back to
>> life at any time. But after a while other things can occupy your mind.
>>
>> > A week after losing my husband I had one person tell me they understood
>> > as they had just lost their cat (yes, that really did happen) and
>> > another who knew how I felt because they'd had a miscarriage a few
>> > months previously.
>> >
>> > The miscarriage story is further interesting as that was said through
>> > a usenet group containing people I knew personally and I was so
>> > horrified at the time, bearing in mind my most beloved husband had
>> > suddenly died a week previously, leaving me and my two step-children
>> > and
>> > friends and family and work and a full and complex life, and I felt
>> > there was no comparison whatsoever (your mileage may vary) so I did not
>> > reply to the message as I was completely at a loss at what to say. I
>> > stopped posting and quietly abandoned the group for a time-out. A
>> > fellow
>> > member of the group emailed me personally about a week later and told
>> > me
>> > off for being so very rude in not thanking that person for their kind
>> > thoughts.
>> >
>> > Now I laugh and understand as, as I said, people just do not know what
>> > to say and are just trying to be kind but often simply have no idea how
>> > to be so they reel out the same platitudes they have heard other people
>> > use.
>> >
>> > Yes, I really am quite opinionated on this one. :-o
>>
>> They were trying to convey that they had experienced a loss, and thus
>> knew
>> what a loss feels like, even if it couldn't possibly compare to the loss
>> you had suffered. But expecting you to respond approvingly to them is
>> outrageous.
>
> Didn't she lose her husband when he was in his 40's? At that age,
> most people probably didn't know what it was like to lose a spouse;
> but unless they'd been particularly isolated, I'm sure they've lost a
> loved one at some point. In a way, time heals. It puts more space
> between your thoughts about the one who died and allows you to get
> some relief from the pain of loss.
>
> There are those who just can't seem to "get over it" and those people
> need professional help. I know a couple who lost their son to gun
> violence. Both grieved immensely, but eventually the time comes when
> you say it's time to get on with life. She got mental health therapy
> and medication, he didn't. Although she will never get over the pain
> of losing a child, she was able to be happier - but he was always sad
> and morose (you could visualize a black gloom of cloud over his head).
> They eventually divorced and (like Alexander and the Terrible,
> Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day wanted to do), she moved to Australia.
>
People grieve in different ways. I worked with a woman whose husband died
after only a few days of marriage. He was in the military and died in the
line of duty. She sort of built a shrine for him in her home and seemed to
have built up in her mind that he was rather a saint-like person. She also
saw her MIL far more than what I think would be normal. As in almost every
day. They sat around and talked about the deceased man.

That sort of thing to me is not healthy. She was finally let go from her
job because she allowed thoughts of the dead husband to take over her mind
pretty much all the time. She was making constant mistakes and often costly
ones for the store and blaming it on her inability to cope with her loss.
Mind you, she was pushing elderly by then and had lost the husband over 30
years prior. But it was really the only thing she could talk about. Even
if you were trying to explain some work related thing to her, the
conversation always turned to the deceased husband. Nobody was really sure
how to handle it and I guess my boss felt the only thing he could do was to
let her go. How she got the job to begin with was beyond me.

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:43:51 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> > Janet, your husband, if he loved you, wouldn't want you to throw away
> > the remainder of your life all alone, miserable, and grieving.
> > Regardless what the losers here say I do wish you well.
> >
> >
> Thank you, Sheldon.

I agree with Sheldon. You have already survived the worst grief
anyone can endure and that's the loss of a beloved child - so I know
you are resilient and will land on your feet again (given time to
grieve).

Sheesh, you just lost him! People go into long time mourning over the
death of a pet. They need to give you some time and space to be sad
about losing a husband you dearly loved and who loved you.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:06:43 -0500, Ema Nymton >
wrote:

> You sound like George, he says, "Why don't you just call?" No, I prefer
> to text. That's what all the kids are doing, these days, doncha know.
>
> Becca


LOL! You're a modern woman, Becca.

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On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:02:40 -0500, Ema Nymton >
wrote:

>
> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never
> dropped a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline.

Agree with all of the above.

> I use my
> cell phone for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than
> talk. I pay $99 a year and I will never use all of my minutes.

I don't have a landline and wanted a "smart phone" so I have a $30 per
month plan with way too much talk time and text messages for me... but
I need the data allotment (as little as it is) because we often
include photos with our text messages.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:27:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> Dropped calls are very common here and they were also common when my husband
> was living in NY. All he had was the cell phone and yet most of the time he
> could not use it from his housing.

The only time I've experienced dropped calls is while in the car
(traveling as a passenger) going from cell tower to cell tower with a
black hole in-between them. That happens less often these days, but I
don't yak on the phone as much as I used to - although I do use the
internet.

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"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
...

> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never dropped
> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell phone
> for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than talk. I pay $99
> a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>
> Becca

I'd rather email than do either.

Cheri

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:43:51 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>> > Janet, your husband, if he loved you, wouldn't want you to throw away
>> > the remainder of your life all alone, miserable, and grieving.
>> > Regardless what the losers here say I do wish you well.
>> >
>> >
>> Thank you, Sheldon.
>
> I agree with Sheldon. You have already survived the worst grief
> anyone can endure and that's the loss of a beloved child - so I know
> you are resilient and will land on your feet again (given time to
> grieve).
>
> Sheesh, you just lost him! People go into long time mourning over the
> death of a pet. They need to give you some time and space to be sad
> about losing a husband you dearly loved and who loved you.

+1

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"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
>> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never dropped
>> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell
>> phone for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than talk. I
>> pay $99 a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>>
>> Becca
>
> I'd rather email than do either.

So would I, but when the kids keep texting, what can I do???


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Cheri wrote:
>
> My daughter was giving me hell this morning saying..."Why don't you text,
> you know I hate to send email" LOL

heheh My daughter said the same thing to me about a year ago. I told
her, "Just send me a quick email." My bare bones phone is talk only.
Some people have texted me then get mad because I never texted them
back. I don't get text, dammit.

On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:21:28 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> Cheri wrote:
> >
> > My daughter was giving me hell this morning saying..."Why don't you text,
> > you know I hate to send email" LOL
>
> heheh My daughter said the same thing to me about a year ago. I told
> her, "Just send me a quick email." My bare bones phone is talk only.
> Some people have texted me then get mad because I never texted them
> back. I don't get text, dammit.

I had text turned off at Verizon when I had a flip phone. No point in
spending whatever amount a month they were charging for a feature I
never used.

--
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On 6/12/2014 9:02 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:21:28 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>> Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>> My daughter was giving me hell this morning saying..."Why don't you text,
>>> you know I hate to send email" LOL
>>
>> heheh My daughter said the same thing to me about a year ago. I told
>> her, "Just send me a quick email." My bare bones phone is talk only.
>> Some people have texted me then get mad because I never texted them
>> back. I don't get text, dammit.
>
> I had text turned off at Verizon when I had a flip phone. No point in
> spending whatever amount a month they were charging for a feature I
> never used.
>
When I had a cell phone, some guy I didn't know kept texting me. He
obviously had the wrong number. You'd have thought after about 20 texts
over a period of days and not getting a response he'd have bought a
clue. I finally got fed up and texted him back. (Painstakingly - this
was no Smartphone with a qwerty keyboard.) Why the Hell do you keep
texting me? He took umbrage at my choice of language. Tough luck,
dude, I don't even know you.

Seems to me the person he was trying to reach gave him a number pulled
out of the air because they didn't want him texting them, either.

Jill

On 6/12/2014 9:16 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/12/2014 9:02 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:21:28 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> Cheri wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My daughter was giving me hell this morning saying..."Why don't
>>>> you text,
>>>> you know I hate to send email" LOL
>>>
>>> heheh My daughter said the same thing to me about a year ago. I told
>>> her, "Just send me a quick email." My bare bones phone is talk only.
>>> Some people have texted me then get mad because I never texted them
>>> back. I don't get text, dammit.
>>
>> I had text turned off at Verizon when I had a flip phone. No point in
>> spending whatever amount a month they were charging for a feature I
>> never used.
>>
> When I had a cell phone, some guy I didn't know kept texting me. He
> obviously had the wrong number. You'd have thought after about 20 texts
> over a period of days and not getting a response he'd have bought a
> clue. I finally got fed up and texted him back. (Painstakingly - this
> was no Smartphone with a qwerty keyboard.) Why the Hell do you keep
> texting me? He took umbrage at my choice of language. Tough luck,
> dude, I don't even know you.
>
> Seems to me the person he was trying to reach gave him a number pulled
> out of the air because they didn't want him texting them, either.

There can be strange problems. My daughter was quite satisfied with
T-mobile until she found there was a blind spot: right in the parking
lot where she picked up kids from kindergarten.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:46:25 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:
>
> There can be strange problems. My daughter was quite satisfied with
> T-mobile until she found there was a blind spot: right in the parking
> lot where she picked up kids from kindergarten.

A few years ago, T-Mobile had lots of black holes in the City where I
live too. My son used it and had to call from blocks away when he
picked me up from work because the area surrounding my workplace had
no T-Mobile reception.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

Julie Bove wrote:
>Ema Nymton wrote:
>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>Cheri wrote:
>>>>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>John Kuthe wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "There are no monthly fees associated with the Guardian Alert 911.
>>>>>> Once the unit is plugged into a power outlet and an active landline it
>>>>>> is ready to use. "
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How many people have an active landline phone line anymore? ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Most of the older people I know still do. They are the ones most likely
>>>>> to need this.
>>>>
>>>> I do, and I always will have one. I dislike cell phones for
>>>> conversation.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>
>>> Cell phone technology is still in caveman mode, 90% of the time when
>>> someone calls me with their cell phone they lose the signal so I hear
>>> less than half they are saying... as I said several times already,
>>> when people call me on a number I recognize as a cell phone I don't pick
>>> up. When someone calls me with a cell phone as soon as they start
>>> losing their signal I hang up, when they call back I don't pick up.
>>> Cell phones are crap for regular conversation, even their sound is
>>> awful.
>>
>> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
>> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never dropped
>> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell phone
>> for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than talk. I pay $99
>> a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>
>Dropped calls are very common here and they were also common when my husband
>was living in NY. All he had was the cell phone and yet most of the time he
>could not use it from his housing.

Even in the NYC are where there are towers everywhere service sucked.
Here it depends which carrier, if someone is calling with Verizon
service is fine most times, I have direct line of sight to a Verizon
tower, I can see it on a mountain top with my telescope, but none of
the other carriers work well, especially if they are calling from a
moving vehical... the terrain here is far from flat so the signals
bounce off sides of mountains. And the sparse population here doesn't
justify a tower every hundred yards... I'm lucky to have a high speed
DSL line on this road but I doubt I'll ever see Fios here.

Cheri wrote:
>Ema Nymton wrote:
>
>> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
>> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never dropped
>> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell phone
>> for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than talk. I pay $99
>> a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>
>I'd rather email than do either.

And I much prefer talking on a phone than email... I don't consider
emailing conversing... email is for exchanging brief information and
for sending files. And I've never texted/tweeted, never intend to...
that's for the illiterates. Actually I prefer conversing face to face
but often that's not possible so telephone is next best... I never
conversate, it be precisely the same as using the N word.

On Thursday, June 12, 2014 12:07:29 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Cheri wrote:
>
> >Ema Nymton wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
>
> >> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never dropped
>
> >> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell phone
>
> >> for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than talk. I pay $99
>
> >> a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>
> >
>
> >I'd rather email than do either.
>
>
>
> And I much prefer talking on a phone than email... I don't consider
>
> emailing conversing... email is for exchanging brief information and
>
> for sending files. And I've never texted/tweeted, never intend to...
>
> that's for the illiterates. Actually I prefer conversing face to face
>
> but often that's not possible so telephone is next best... I never
>
> conversate, it be precisely the same as using the N word.

I like emls due to the fact that I can PROVE I said something, in case I'm misquoted later. I save stuff til it's no longer time sensitive. I also like emls to keep in touch, but not burden the person with having to listen to me when maybe an interruption won't be appreciated.

Still nothing like a human voice tho or a hand written letter.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
>>> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never
>>> dropped
>>> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell
>>> phone for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than talk. I
>>> pay $99 a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>>>
>>> Becca
>>
>> I'd rather email than do either.
>
> So would I, but when the kids keep texting, what can I do???

Well, I don't have a cell phone that has text capability so that pretty much
takes care of that. That's why I laugh when my daughter tells me to text
because she doesn't like to email. I don't think she can comprehend that I
only have a cell phone for emergency use, cost of 10.00 per month plus tax
with something like 5 free minutes.

Cheri

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Cheri wrote:
>>
>> My daughter was giving me hell this morning saying..."Why don't you
>> text,
>> you know I hate to send email" LOL
>
> heheh My daughter said the same thing to me about a year ago. I told
> her, "Just send me a quick email." My bare bones phone is talk only.
> Some people have texted me then get mad because I never texted them
> back. I don't get text, dammit.

Me either, that's why I laugh, because I have told her I can't/don't text.

Cheri

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...

> And I much prefer talking on a phone than email... I don't consider
> emailing conversing... email is for exchanging brief information and
> for sending files. And I've never texted/tweeted, never intend to...
> that's for the illiterates. Actually I prefer conversing face to face
> but often that's not possible so telephone is next best... I never
> conversate, it be precisely the same as using the N word.

I don't really like talking on the phone at all. We had a home office for
our business for 13 years and I was on the phone continuosly with customers
and I disliked it very much. When we retired, I disconnected that phone, and
still only talk to two close friends and one family member everyday, the
rest go to the answering machine, but I always call back family members.

Cheri

On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:57:59 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:
>
> Well, I don't have a cell phone that has text capability so that pretty much
> takes care of that. That's why I laugh when my daughter tells me to text
> because she doesn't like to email. I don't think she can comprehend that I
> only have a cell phone for emergency use, cost of 10.00 per month plus tax
> with something like 5 free minutes.
>
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On 6/12/2014 12:13 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:43:51 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>>> Janet, your husband, if he loved you, wouldn't want you to throw away
>>> the remainder of your life all alone, miserable, and grieving.
>>> Regardless what the losers here say I do wish you well.
>>>
>>>
>> Thank you, Sheldon.
>
> I agree with Sheldon. You have already survived the worst grief
> anyone can endure and that's the loss of a beloved child - so I know
> you are resilient and will land on your feet again (given time to
> grieve).
>
> Sheesh, you just lost him! People go into long time mourning over the
> death of a pet. They need to give you some time and space to be sad
> about losing a husband you dearly loved and who loved you.
>
You are right, nothing can compare to the loss of my daughter.

I have many friends here. When I am ready I have two lunch dates waiting
for a time and day. As soon as my arm stops hurting, I'll be back at
the gym, Yoga and bowling. I am a very social person and sitting home
alone and feeling sorry for myself is not who I am. I have been pestered
for years to become an editor for a self-publishing company that is
local. I think I will take the gentleman up on his offer as it will
give me something to keep busy and bring in some extra money.

Don't get me wrong, I am very touched by the outpouring of affection and
well-meant advice, but I will find the right time to start moving on and
it will be sooner than later.

Meanwhile I'm just tired from the pain killers as the nerve pain in my
arm and left hand is quite severe. I see my doctor for a physical next
week and will ask about possible pain management as I've been told this
shingles nerve pain can last for months.

Thank you all for your kindness and concern. You have no idea how much
it means.

--
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Way-the-heck-south Texas
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sf wrote:
>
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:43:51 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
> > > Janet, your husband, if he loved you, wouldn't want you to throw away
> > > the remainder of your life all alone, miserable, and grieving.
> > > Regardless what the losers here say I do wish you well.
> > >
> > >
> > Thank you, Sheldon.
>
> I agree with Sheldon. You have already survived the worst grief
> anyone can endure and that's the loss of a beloved child - so I know
> you are resilient and will land on your feet again (given time to
> grieve).
>
> Sheesh, you just lost him! People go into long time mourning over the
> death of a pet. They need to give you some time and space to be sad
> about losing a husband you dearly loved and who loved you.

From all that I've ever read from Janet Wilder, especially lately, I
can tell that she's a "survivor" and a strong person. She will keep
on going just fine. Time does heal too (unlike some others have
said). It's not about forgetting, it's about time healing the
immediate hurt, loss, and feeling overwhelmed and often miserable.
Later on you are mostly left with the good memories of the time you
did have together. :-D

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
>>>> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never
>>>> dropped
>>>> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell
>>>> phone for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than talk. I
>>>> pay $99 a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>>>>
>>>> Becca
>>>
>>> I'd rather email than do either.
>>
>> So would I, but when the kids keep texting, what can I do???
>
> Well, I don't have a cell phone that has text capability so that pretty
> much takes care of that. That's why I laugh when my daughter tells me to
> text because she doesn't like to email. I don't think she can comprehend
> that I only have a cell phone for emergency use, cost of 10.00 per month
> plus tax with something like 5 free minutes.

We have a land line but we tend to use our cell phones for everything. I
use mine for calls (free and otherwise), texts (free and otherwise),
shopping lists, radio when I am on the move, taking photos and videos and
sending them to family, local weather reports, maintaining emergency
contact numbers, kindle reader, timer and clock ... and more <g>

Just saying I pay £13.50 per month and worth every penny


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On 6/12/2014 1:47 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> "Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
>>>>> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never
>>>>> dropped
>>>>> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell
>>>>> phone for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than
>>>>> talk. I
>>>>> pay $99 a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Becca
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather email than do either.
>>>
>>> So would I, but when the kids keep texting, what can I do???
>>
>> Well, I don't have a cell phone that has text capability so that
>> pretty much takes care of that. That's why I laugh when my daughter
>> tells me to text because she doesn't like to email. I don't think she
>> can comprehend that I only have a cell phone for emergency use, cost
>> of 10.00 per month plus tax with something like 5 free minutes.
>
> We have a land line but we tend to use our cell phones for everything.
> I use mine for calls (free and otherwise), texts (free and otherwise),
> shopping lists, radio when I am on the move, taking photos and videos
> and sending them to family, local weather reports, maintaining
> emergency contact numbers, kindle reader, timer and clock ... and more <g>
>
> Just saying I pay £13.50 per month and worth every penny
>
>
That's quite a good price: 22USD a month for a full featured cell
phone. It would cost me a lot more.

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Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/12/2014 1:47 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never
>>>>>> dropped
>>>>>> a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use my cell
>>>>>> phone for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text than
>>>>>> talk. I
>>>>>> pay $99 a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Becca
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd rather email than do either.
>>>>
>>>> So would I, but when the kids keep texting, what can I do???
>>>
>>> Well, I don't have a cell phone that has text capability so that
>>> pretty much takes care of that. That's why I laugh when my daughter
>>> tells me to text because she doesn't like to email. I don't think she
>>> can comprehend that I only have a cell phone for emergency use, cost
>>> of 10.00 per month plus tax with something like 5 free minutes.
>>
>> We have a land line but we tend to use our cell phones for everything.
>> I use mine for calls (free and otherwise), texts (free and otherwise),
>> shopping lists, radio when I am on the move, taking photos and videos
>> and sending them to family, local weather reports, maintaining
>> emergency contact numbers, kindle reader, timer and clock ... and more
>> <g>
>>
>> Just saying I pay £13.50 per month and worth every penny

> That's quite a good price: 22USD a month for a full featured cell phone.
> It would cost me a lot more.

We are happy with ours because as you can see, we use it a lot. I can't
imagine the problems recounted here. I just don't encounter them.

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On 6/12/2014 12:27 PM, Gary wrote:

> From all that I've ever read from Janet Wilder, especially lately, I
> can tell that she's a "survivor" and a strong person. She will keep
> on going just fine. Time does heal too (unlike some others have
> said). It's not about forgetting, it's about time healing the
> immediate hurt, loss, and feeling overwhelmed and often miserable.
> Later on you are mostly left with the good memories of the time you
> did have together. :-D

Janet is a survivor, and she has been through more than most of us will
ever have to endure. She is strong and she will do just fine. She is
human though, her world was just shattered and she is hurting. Like you
said, time does heal.

Becca

"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/12/2014 12:27 PM, Gary wrote:
>
>> From all that I've ever read from Janet Wilder, especially lately, I
>> can tell that she's a "survivor" and a strong person. She will keep
>> on going just fine. Time does heal too (unlike some others have
>> said). It's not about forgetting, it's about time healing the
>> immediate hurt, loss, and feeling overwhelmed and often miserable.
>> Later on you are mostly left with the good memories of the time you
>> did have together. :-D
>
> Janet is a survivor, and she has been through more than most of us will
> ever have to endure. She is strong and she will do just fine. She is human
> though, her world was just shattered and she is hurting. Like you said,
> time does heal.

I hope so.


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"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/11/2014 10:27 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
>>> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never
>>> dropped a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use
>>> my cell phone for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text
>>> than talk. I pay $99 a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>>>
>>> Becca
>>
>> Dropped calls are very common here and they were also common when my
>> husband was living in NY. All he had was the cell phone and yet most of
>> the time he could not use it from his housing.
>>
>> $99 a year? We pay more than that in a month! Three phones though and
>> unlimited everything. We do need unlimited. I don't use my phone much
>> but the other two do use theirs a lot.
>
>
> Amazing how much we, as a nation, spend on Cable/Sat TV, Internet, and
> Phones. I wonder if our lives would be better or worse if we did not have
> them. And how many people give up things like food so they can pay the
> phone bill.

Oh dear, I could never do that Maybe I am just very lucky?

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On 6/11/2014 10:27 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

>> You must live in a bad area, maybe there are not enough cell towers. I
>> chat with people long distance on my cell phone and we have never
>> dropped a call, I hear just as clearly as I do on my landline. I use
>> my cell phone for emergencies and for texting, I would rather text
>> than talk. I pay $99 a year and I will never use all of my minutes.
>>
>> Becca
>
> Dropped calls are very common here and they were also common when my
> husband was living in NY. All he had was the cell phone and yet most of
> the time he could not use it from his housing.
>
> $99 a year? We pay more than that in a month! Three phones though and
> unlimited everything. We do need unlimited. I don't use my phone much
> but the other two do use theirs a lot.


Amazing how much we, as a nation, spend on Cable/Sat TV, Internet, and
Phones. I wonder if our lives would be better or worse if we did not
have them. And how many people give up things like food so they can pay
the phone bill.

On 6/12/2014 1:24 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:27:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Dropped calls are very common here and they were also common when my husband
>> was living in NY. All he had was the cell phone and yet most of the time he
>> could not use it from his housing.
>
> The only time I've experienced dropped calls is while in the car
> (traveling as a passenger) going from cell tower to cell tower with a
> black hole in-between them. That happens less often these days, but I
> don't yak on the phone as much as I used to - although I do use the
> internet.
>

A lot depends on topography. Here in New England is it supposed to be
one of the toughest places for coverage as there are so many hills.
Where I work, Verizon was always better, but at home I could not get a
signal. ATT was the opposite. Now, with added towers both are better,
but still have a few dead spots. More towers are planned too.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:57:59 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>>
>> Well, I don't have a cell phone that has text capability so that pretty
>> much
>> takes care of that. That's why I laugh when my daughter tells me to text
>> because she doesn't like to email. I don't think she can comprehend that
>> I
>> only have a cell phone for emergency use, cost of 10.00 per month plus
>> tax
>> with something like 5 free minutes.
>>
> Switch to this plan (Selectel), you'll save money
> $75 / year – Yearly Plan: 2000 cell minutes, 1500 texts, no data (data
> can be added with a Flex Card)

Thanks for the info.


Cheri

On 6/12/2014 5:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>


>>
>> I'd rather email than do either.
>
> So would I, but when the kids keep texting, what can I do???
>
>

Turn the phone off and let them call you. Wife's phone is hardly ever
on, mine goes off when I get home from work. Typical month for me is
about three text messages and 80 to 90 minutes of phone time.