For me, the difficulty is remembering where the damned thing is. Usually I am upstairs, and hear the thing ring downstairs. By the time I get to it, it stops ringing. Then the person trying to get me calls the home phone. Which is upstairs.And stops ringing just as I get back up to it.
As I get older, 70 in 2 months, and no landline (no, they don’t work during an earthquake, as we have experienced!) I feel safer having my cell within arms reach at all times! Parents are under care, and frail. I tend to fall. There are many reasons to keep a cell handy.
Charliegirl Premium Member over 6 years ago
That’s just SAD!
Robin Harwood over 6 years ago
For me, the difficulty is remembering where the damned thing is. Usually I am upstairs, and hear the thing ring downstairs. By the time I get to it, it stops ringing. Then the person trying to get me calls the home phone. Which is upstairs.And stops ringing just as I get back up to it.
Ontman over 6 years ago
And the panic sets in.
Carguy over 6 years ago
Worried about what Arlo might see on your phone?
Tyge over 6 years ago
i-addiction! Need I-phone fix! Pant, wheeze.
david_42 over 6 years ago
My wife’s fitness band can make her phone ring, even if it is on Silent. This assumes she can find the band, if she isn’t wearing it.
gaebie over 6 years ago
Just keep your landline and you will always know where it is.
Retired Dude over 6 years ago
If you ever see me jogging you’ll know the house in on fire.
Flossie Mud Duck over 6 years ago
If it’s important, they’ll call back or leave a message. Don’t let the phone own you.
Arianne over 6 years ago
That’s a new spin on “Jogged my memory.”
JP Steve Premium Member over 6 years ago
I keep audiobooks on my smart phone. My walks are much shorter if I don’t have a good book to entertain me on the march!
Ladylagomorph1976 over 6 years ago
As I get older, 70 in 2 months, and no landline (no, they don’t work during an earthquake, as we have experienced!) I feel safer having my cell within arms reach at all times! Parents are under care, and frail. I tend to fall. There are many reasons to keep a cell handy.