Pluggers by Rick McKee for November 21, 2019

Reminds me of my mother’s second oldest grandnephew who, albeit has a cell phone, never bothers to bring his phone. So when people we both know are trying to get ahold of him, they contact me and I contact his parents to relay the message.

That reminds me i need to turn mine on and see if it needs charging.

That happen to my cousin last week. He left it in this relative’s car. When they found it and gave it to him, it had to be charged (we seldom turn off our phones).

That’s me – the phone is for my convenience. E-mail me if you want to get my attention.

He bearly needs a cellphone.

A plugger doesn’t need a cell phone when he has telepathic communication.

Keep mine turned off and check it every 4 or 5 hours when I remember. Still get to many unknown calls, thus if important, a message will be left on the voicemail…. this also saves the battery ;-)

my phone is used for an alarm clock, a camera and a flashlight In that order. At no point is it ever used as a phone.

My dad used to do this – and it’s why we couldn’t locate him until it was too late… so this is a really BAD thing when you are at a certain age (he was 74, may he rest in peace)… :-|

Trying to buy an new phone as the batteries (3) are all dying and I can’t get a new one. Unfortunately, even though AT&T sells the phone I want, none of the stores carry it.

Is this a flashback to 20 years ago?

Yep, that’s us. I tell people to call our regular number.

We have to leave our phones on, we don’t have a landline anymore. Plus I’m way too dependent on it now I’ve gotten very used to having a computer in my pocket with all my files and contacts and music etc…

My mother in law decided she needed a cell phone for “emergencies.” We bought her one. She put it in the glove box of her car and never looked at it again. The one time she tried to make a call, it was dead. I never renewed the plan, and she has no idea.

I usually check my phone before I go to bed. I’ll return my calls then.

I don’t even have one. And proud of it. Land line only.

I resisted getting an iPhone for years (used a flip phone). Once I got one, it is rarely ever out of reach – part of that is because my husbands health is bad and we have health aides that come in during the morning and some evening hours. This way I work and continue to pay for insurance. They need to be able to reach me at anytime. We have a landline, but it is hardly ever used (except for fielding cold calls).

I have an acquaintance that I resisted giving my cell phone number to for a long time because I knew she just wouldn’t leave me alone if I did. Then she visited my city and was coming to visit me. So I reluctantly gave her my number and I was right! She calls and texts me constantly. When I see it is her, most of the time I don’t answer. If I do, she wants to keep the conversation going forever. The only excuse she’s accepted so far for ending a text conversation is that I’m going to bed. Then she stops.

This plugger’s cell phone is a flip-phone. I’m too scared to get a smart phone. I’m afraid it’ll be smarter than me.

“The men’s room? I’ve been calling and all this time you were in there? I’d just assumed you’d left!”

Amen

You left off A. “Chronically forgets to charge it” (hand raised); B. “has NO idea where she left it” (hand raised); and C. "has no idea where she left it AND can’t call it because (see “A”) (hand raised.) Yes, life was simpler when the bloody phone was tethered to the wall.

Don’t want to run that battery down.

Really don’t need camera, video recorder, credit card, TV, calculator, deck of cards, stopwatch, timer, pedometer, browser, locator, pager, or landline with an iPhone. This plugger (shy of 80) fell on the trail once (no broken bones) and my phone asked if there was an emergency! It is set up so my family can find me if they want. And yes, I have to charge it at least every two days. Just like my car.

That’s my mother, and she refuses to call our cell phones either, we have to keep a land line just for her.

that’s my dad alright 87 and still lovin it