Coachlaw

[Milkjug]

You'll have to wait until 2019 for the reply at this rate.

[coachlaw]

I think he was trying to text a reply.

[Robalo]

I think he was trying to text a reply.

And was using Sandy's phone.

[Oleander Kayaker]

Sandy,

Mrs. Oleander received an iPhone for Christmas.
She didn't want one. She was kicking and screaming that she wasn't going to use it. Refused to touch it.

Then, I booted up facetime (tied to wifi - no airtime cost) and got her BFF (in London) connected in. The two of them danced around their respective rooms screaming for a while. She now can't put the durn thing down.

If Mrs. Oleander can do it, so can you.

[dbarham]

Sandy,

Mrs. Oleander received an iPhone for Christmas.
She didn't want one. She was kicking and screaming that she wasn't going to use it. Refused to touch it.

Then, I booted up facetime (tied to wifi - no airtime cost) and got her BFF (in London) connected in. The two of them danced around their respective rooms screaming for a while. She now can't put the durn thing down.

If Mrs. Oleander can do it, so can you.

He will not bend!

[Ibtsoom]

Never happen. Even if he wanted to he'd never admit it now.

[dbarham]

Never happen. Even if he wanted to he'd never admit it now.

Pride baby!!

[coachlaw]

Guys, I just don't want to. I would admit it if I changed my mind though. Dad gave me an Iphone years ago. I immediately gave it to Vic. Vic couldn't believe I'd just give it to him. When he passed, Lynne tried to give it back to me. Nope. Donate to the battered women's shelter. I'm just not into consolidating appliances. I have a phone for talking, a camera for taking pictures, and a computer for typing and getting on the interweb. With the aircard, I can take it anywhere a phone works and I'm good to go. Best of all, I have a full screen and keyboard. So I can actually see what's on the screen and type normally, which is how I need to type. For me to adopt an appliance, it has to be practical. Smart phones are not practical for me because I only need a phone to talk to people. I have better appliances to do other jobs. I was never a fan of the Swiss Army Knife because while it had all sorts of tools, they were all compromises. You could do a whole lot of things poorly with one. Instead I'd rather have a knife, a screwdriver, a corkscrew, scissors, tweezers, and toothpick as separate entities. I have a Swiss Army Knife, it lives in my end of the world bug out bag.

As for texting, it's for communicating with people you don't want to talk to. I don't talk to ANYONE I don't want to talk to. Why would you do it? If people aren't worth talking to, then just don't talk to them. If I'm not worth your time, I don't want you to talk to me either. I think it's a riot that people justify it by saying, "Well if I'm in a meeting, I can't talk, so I can text." You're in a meeting for a reason dammit. You're supposed to be paying attention or working. Do your job and talk to whomever later. If it's not worth your time to be in that meeting, then get another job you enjoy. If I'm running a meeting and I see you texting, that's a helluva lot more rude than walking into the hallway to make a call. I had lunch today with several co-workers. The 2 young guys sitting to my left said maybe 50 words the whole time between them because during the entire meal they were pecking away with their thumbs instead of being social. I learned more about all the people at the table, even the ones sitting at the far end than I learned about those 2 guys because they were spending all their time with their miniature idiot boxes.

When I really think about it, it's a miracle I even have a cell phone. I have 2 rotary phones that I prefer to anything else. I only got one because it was cheaper than a land line. At first I left it at home all day and treated it like a house phone. I only started carrying it when my dad had an emergency surgery. I still routinely leave it in the truck and sometimes leave it at home. I'm not attached to it like so many people you are. The only thing really bad about losing mine was that I lost all my numbers. No worry about that anymore. I got a Rolodex. Everything goes in it now, just like the old days. I could just type forever about this, because I have a full keyboard and that allows me to do it. But I've probably gone on long enough. My system works for me. Make fun all you want. I can take it.

[Curmudgeon]

Guys, I just don't want to. I would admit it if I changed my mind though. Dad gave me an Iphone years ago. I immediately gave it to Vic. Vic couldn't believe I'd just give it to him. When he passed, Lynne tried to give it back to me. Nope. Donate to the battered women's shelter. I'm just not into consolidating appliances. I have a phone for talking, a camera for taking pictures, and a computer for typing and getting on the interweb. With the aircard, I can take it anywhere a phone works and I'm good to go. Best of all, I have a full screen and keyboard. So I can actually see what's on the screen and type normally, which is how I need to type. For me to adopt an appliance, it has to be practical. Smart phones are not practical for me because I only need a phone to talk to people. I have better appliances to do other jobs. I was never a fan of the Swiss Army Knife because while it had all sorts of tools, they were all compromises. You could do a whole lot of things poorly with one. Instead I'd rather have a knife, a screwdriver, a corkscrew, scissors, tweezers, and toothpick as separate entities. I have a Swiss Army Knife, it lives in my end of the world bug out bag.

As for texting, it's for communicating with people you don't want to talk to. I don't talk to ANYONE I don't want to talk to. Why would you do it? If people aren't worth talking to, then just don't talk to them. If I'm not worth your time, I don't want you to talk to me either. I think it's a riot that people justify it by saying, "Well if I'm in a meeting, I can't talk, so I can text." You're in a meeting for a reason dammit. You're supposed to be paying attention or working. Do your job and talk to whomever later. If it's not worth your time to be in that meeting, then get another job you enjoy. If I'm running a meeting and I see you texting, that's a helluva lot more rude than walking into the hallway to make a call. I had lunch today with several co-workers. The 2 young guys sitting to my left said maybe 50 words the whole time between them because during the entire meal they were pecking away with their thumbs instead of being social. I learned more about all the people at the table, even the ones sitting at the far end than I learned about those 2 guys because they were spending all their time with their miniature idiot boxes.

When I really think about it, it's a miracle I even have a cell phone. I have 2 rotary phones that I prefer to anything else. I only got one because it was cheaper than a land line. At first I left it at home all day and treated it like a house phone. I only started carrying it when my dad had an emergency surgery. I still routinely leave it in the truck and sometimes leave it at home. I'm not attached to it like so many people you are. The only thing really bad about losing mine was that I lost all my numbers. No worry about that anymore. I got a Rolodex. Everything goes in it now, just like the old days. I could just type forever about this, because I have a full keyboard and that allows me to do it. But I've probably gone on long enough. My system works for me. Make fun all you want. I can take it.

Glpmmxpf!

[Ibtsoom]

Sometimes I don't have time to stop and make a call but a quick text to my mom or wife in the middle of the day that says "I love you" goes a long way - for all parties involved. When my 13 year old texts me in the early afternoon while I'm at work and says "home safe dad, love you" that's a pretty darn good feeling as well. It's not always for people you don't want to talk to. Texting also tends to work when the phone signal is dodgy and a call is not practical. You're "consolidating" all of us smart phone users into a less than desirable category even though you said you don't like consolidating. Not fair.

Ps.. I don't talk to anyone I don't want to either - doesn't matter if it's a text or a phone call or a smoke signal.

So there! LOL

[dbarham]

Sometimes I don't have time to stop and make a call but a quick text to my mom or wife in the middle of the day that says "I love you" goes a long way - for all parties involved. When my 13 year old texts me in the early afternoon while I'm at work and says "home safe dad, love you" that's a pretty darn good feeling as well. It's not always for people you don't want to talk to. Texting also tends to work when the phone signal is dodgy and a call is not practical. You're "consolidating" all of us smart phone users into a less than desirable category even though you said you don't like consolidating. Not fair.

Ps.. I don't talk to anyone I don't want to either - doesn't matter if it's a text or a phone call or a smoke signal.

So there! LOL

Well said! My thoughts exactly

[Curmudgeon]

Texting works great for communicating with my daughter at school. I don't have to worry about her class schedule and she can get the messages and reply between classes. Same goes for my wife's work schedule.
On the other hand, if Sandy eschews the idea of texting, that's fine with me as well. It's not required so he can do as he pleases and avoid the conveniences. My 95 year-old mother doesn't text or email either.

[coachlaw]

Point taken Mike. Sorry to consolidate you with undesirables. Curmudgeon, if she had her phone on at my school, it'd be confiscated. IMO there is no reason for a student to have their phone on from the time they walk in the door until the time they leave. I let kids read ebooks on their phones if they ask permission, but the phone goes OFF and gets put away before they leave my door. If I see thumbs flying on a keyboard, that's $15 for the parent to pay when they pick up the phone after school. After working with kids for as long as I have and having seen the cell phone's evolution, I can say that the worst thing to happen to kids in the last 20 years, aside from broken families, is cell phones. You wouldn't believe the pictures these kids take and share from these things. A kid's phone should NOT have a camera on it - EVER. Oh, and the sexting . . . it's an epidemic. These are Jr. High kids and they're doing this stuff all the time. It boggles my mind.

[lurefisher]

15 dollars that's like paying for a grade point to pass ?

[coachlaw]

Disagree. Rules are very clear. Your kid violates, you pay to get the phone back. A good parent tells the kid they broke the rules, so they'd better earn the money to get the phone back. It shouldn't be on at all during the day. Teachers allow it in some classes, as I do when they are useful in learning during class time only. It's very effective because it makes it a parent's issue, not just the kids. There is no reason for a kid to contact a parent via their cell phone during the school day. In special situations, I allow kids to use my class phone if something urgent comes up. Or they go to the office and ask to use the phone there.

How is this like paying for grades? That's dishonest and illegal. Nothing illegal or dishonest about confiscating devices used without authorization of the educator. I take things away from kids all the time. I've taken up hundreds of laser pointers, whistles, action figures, super balls, and packs of gum over the years. I usually tell them to put it away or it becomes mine. Most put it away. I usually give the stuff back on the last day of school.