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What's the Effin' Point of a Mobile Phone?
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Ron.M
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What is the effin' point of a mobile phone when you can never get in contact with anyone who has one?
All you ever get is "Welcome to the Blah Blah Blah Answering Service...." 
I thought these effin' things meant you'd be contactable most of the time?
Obviously not.
I've called 5 people today and all I got was "Welcome to the....."
I even pay about £40 a month for my daughter's mobile phone (started off at £15 but she always overruns her allocation limits  ), but I am only ever able to contact her directly 1 time in 10.
Usually it's "Welcome to...." in a bright, cheery, recorded voice, like you were being welcomed to the best f*cking experience of your whole f*cking life!!
At least in the old days you could usually contact someone at work on the landline during the day, or at home in the evenings.
If they were out then the phone just rang, so you'd just ring back later.
No charge involved.
Now, with all this mobile phone crap you get charged 25p or so for NOT getting through....but getting their "Welcome..." service.
Yet every day I see every second person in the street practically walking into lamposts 'cos their heads are buried in their little 2 inch screens.
I asked my daughter why she never has her phone on, since the whole damn reason for me paying for it was so I could always get in contact.
She said, "Oh I keep it switched off to save the battery...."
Christ! Give me light...pleeeeez! 
cheers,
Ron
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Date Feb. 5 2012 18:42:13
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Tomrocker
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From: Italy
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 RE: What's the Effin' Point of a Mob... (in reply to Ron.M)
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I tune my guitar, use the Compas application, check my mail, listen to music, record my video lessons, take vocal memos in meetings, check the street map for a direction, buy from the internet, check my bank account sometimes, read pdf files, make photos, check the social network in a push mode, text and what with colleagues and friends but i confess that i hardly make essential phone calls!!!!
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Date Feb. 5 2012 20:20:09
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El Kiko
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From: The South Ireland
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RE: What's the Effin' Point of a Mob... (in reply to rombsix)
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Oh yeah I get that ,,, My girl says , sometimes I hear it ringing but I cant find it in my bag ( cos of of all the other crap thats in there I suppose )
She has Internet , mobile phone , cordless phone etc , and yet is virtually uncontactable most of the time ,,, I should just send a pigeon ,,,...
and when it does ring you get " the person has not yet set up ther mail box so you cant leave a message anyway ......
"oh yeah , I been meaning to do that but I dont know how, even though I asked my hairdresser,,,.......  .........
Anyway I know what you mean
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Date Feb. 5 2012 20:50:48
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: What's the Effin' Point of a Mob... (in reply to Ron.M)
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Out of a U.S. population of 312 million, there are precisely five people who do not carry cell phones with them. I am one of them! I do not want to be available 24/7 for every person who feels his or her message is of such importance that I must be contacted immediately. I still have a landline at home, and if I am not at home, people leave messages, and I respond as soon as I return. It is wonderful to sit on the balcony having a sundowner, a glass of jerez seco in hand, watching the sun go down, or reading a good book, or playing my guitar, uninterrupted by a bloody cell phone going off.
I am often on overseas consulting assignments with the U.S. State Department and a U.S. Defense Department contractor. I do require a cell phone on these gigs, and the Embassy or military facility provides it. That's fine with me because I need it for the assignment. But I have no use for cell phones on my personal time. My attitude toward cell phones may be a function of my advancing age. But every time I see someone crossing a street with a cell phone glued to his or her ear, as if it were a tumor growing out of the ear, I rejoice in my freedom.
Cheers,
Bill
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Date Feb. 7 2012 19:06:04
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kudo
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RE: What's the Effin' Point of a Mob... (in reply to Ron.M)
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honestly, I do NOT use my phone anymore! only in Emergencies and I keep it on just in case someone wants to contact me, BUT NO ONE DOES other than my parents!
ever since buying an iPod Touch, I use wi-fi for FREE local text messaging app to any phone & other calling apps such as Skype! all wi-fi based, I surf, read the news,weather, facebook, email, read the foro, listen to 24 HR Online Flamenco Radio (CANALSUR app) and use GPS in maps. thats all I need for the day!
the average time spent on my phone per day is 3 MINUTES!!!
SO THERES NO POINT IN PHONES! WASTE OF MONEY!
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Date Feb. 8 2012 1:35:10
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