The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for April 27, 2020

So, do you suggest the Blackberry or the Palm Pilot, Riley? Since the iPhone is two years away.

LOL! 15 years later Granddad will still have that phone!

That phone is gonna be with him for a while.

The Plain Black Dial phone at my Grandfather’s house was at least 15 years old when he died.

We continued to use that same phone for another 15 years or more. The last time I saw it, it was at my Mother’s house, still working perfectly.

Of course, that phone was built back when the Bell System Owned the phone and you just got to Use it so long as you kept paying your monthly bill. If you discontinued service, they took the phone back and installed it in someone Else’s house.

When the Phone Company Owned the phone, they made sure it was Durable enough to last 25 or 30 years.

Five years for a cell phone? It’s virtually antique.

Good enough.