Locking cell phones at concerts

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
Space,  get yourself a damn phone.

I actually do have a $50 pay as you go phone from Verizon. I use it for emergencies and when I *really* need to call someone. Most of the minimum funds I put on it every three months go to waste. A few times people have texted me and I figured out how to reply, but I'm not sure I could initiate a text message. If the phone has other features, I am ignorant to them.

My wife and daughter are big social media/phone people. I'm happy being a simpleton, the way I was before technology took over our lives.

Curious, did you previously succomb to the modern smartphone, and then backed away, or did you never try the way of the phone. 

challenged wrote:

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
Space,  get yourself a damn phone.

I actually do have a $50 pay as you go phone from Verizon. I use it for emergencies and when I *really* need to call someone. Most of the minimum funds I put on it every three months go to waste. A few times people have texted me and I figured out how to reply, but I'm not sure I could initiate a text message. If the phone has other features, I am ignorant to them.

My wife and daughter are big social media/phone people. I'm happy being a simpleton, the way I was before technology took over our lives.

Curious, did you previously succomb to the modern smartphone, and then backed away, or did you never try the way of the phone.

I have it on good authority that Space has found the cost savings in walking to his local 7/11 and using their payphones to make phone calls vs. having the burden of a monthly cell phone bill.

Yada wrote:

challenged wrote:

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
Space,  get yourself a damn phone.

I actually do have a $50 pay as you go phone from Verizon. I use it for emergencies and when I *really* need to call someone. Most of the minimum funds I put on it every three months go to waste. A few times people have texted me and I figured out how to reply, but I'm not sure I could initiate a text message. If the phone has other features, I am ignorant to them.

My wife and daughter are big social media/phone people. I'm happy being a simpleton, the way I was before technology took over our lives.

Curious, did you previously succomb to the modern smartphone, and then backed away, or did you never try the way of the phone.

I have it on good authority that Space has found the cost savings in walking to his local 7/11 and using their payphones to make phone calls vs. having the burden of a monthly cell phone bill.

Now there's an idea. I am within walking distance of 7-11.

challenged wrote:

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
Space,  get yourself a damn phone.

I actually do have a $50 pay as you go phone from Verizon. I use it for emergencies and when I *really* need to call someone. Most of the minimum funds I put on it every three months go to waste. A few times people have texted me and I figured out how to reply, but I'm not sure I could initiate a text message. If the phone has other features, I am ignorant to them.

My wife and daughter are big social media/phone people. I'm happy being a simpleton, the way I was before technology took over our lives.

Curious, did you previously succomb to the modern smartphone, and then backed away, or did you never try the way of the phone.

Is a smartphone an iphone? My wife has one of those, her employer requires her to have it. I have never had one myself, though i do bug my wife to look up beer ratings when we are out drinking, and do rely on the GPS when we are out driving. Someday I'll probably succumb, likely when we stop having afterschool childcare costs.

But this is boring. Let's talk about something exciting, like cell phone licking at shows.

You are so rock and roll Space!!! Never change

Space wrote:
I go to most shows by myself, don't own a phone, and rarely purchase alcohol at a show. Somehow, I survive.

At one time we all did that. I like being able to get work done between sets.  Or read.

StoneTheCrow wrote:

Space wrote:
I go to most shows by myself, don't own a phone, and rarely purchase alcohol at a show. Somehow, I survive.

At one time we all did that. I like being able to get work done between sets.  Or read.

Wait until you're 50. Like me, you won't be able to see the screen. Especially in the dark.

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No Webster!

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
Space,  get yourself a damn phone.

I actually do have a $50 pay as you go phone from Verizon. I use it for emergencies and when I *really* need to call someone. Most of the minimum funds I put on it every three months go to waste. A few times people have texted me and I figured out how to reply, but I'm not sure I could initiate a text message. If the phone has other features, I am ignorant to them.

My wife and daughter are big social media/phone people. I'm happy being a simpleton, the way I was before technology took over our lives.

well space is not alone…but it's a small group
https://www.fastcompany.com/40522828/this-is-what-its-like-to-not-own-a-smartphone-in-2018

While I remain in an ever-shrinking minority, there are are a few people (besides Warren Buffett) who are also committing to dumb phones. The Light Phone, which came out last year, is marketed as an “anti-smartphone.” It only sends and receives calls, can store just 10 phone numbers, and is designed to be used “as little as possible.” It’s so popular that there’s currently a waiting list to buy one.