Text 1075, 76 rader
Skriven 2013-06-07 23:41:36 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Lights out
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->  SR> Tell them to get MS and see how much of a freebie it is.  I'd
gladly
->  SR> give up the phone if they'd give me my ability to run stairs back 
too.
->  SR> Or even walk up without holding onto the rail.
-> 
-> Logic and reason doesn't work on "again-ers". Never in known history. 
->
I'd noticed.  
 
->  SR> Sounds good to me too. I use mine to call home sometimes, but the 
only
->  SR> calls I get are skip tracers looking for the dumb bunny who skipped
->  SR> on her bills and had the phone number before I did.
-> 
-> I used to get telemarketer calls and texts from phone spammers - but, I 
have

I get those on my landline often enough.  Not the texts though.

-> *all* my contacts in my phone. If the call is an unrecognised number or 
out of

I have pretty much none.  I answer OOA calls because a lot of family
numbers 
from out of state come in that way on the landline.

-> area it doesn't get answered. The text messages have stopped - I think 
because
-> the Feds got involved in dope-slapping the text-spammers upside the
head.
-> 
I thought they got the Card Member Services jokers finally, but a similar 
outfit is calling again.

-> storage limit before there is a call-back number given. I got one when I 
was
-> home and listened all the way through to get a call-back number so I 
could call
-> and attempt to make them lose my phone code. HAH. The call-back number 
was as
-> unintelligible as James' surname.

That's the usual. They know if you're James you won't be calling, and if 
you're not they don't need to talk to you anyway.  
  
->  -> in. Using a cell phone while driving without a "hands-free" device 
will
->  -> be as illegal as texting and driving. I don't have to worry as I 
already
->  -> have a blue-tooth - just in case.
-> 
->  SR> It already is illegal here.  They generally don't pull you over for 
it,
->  SR> although it does happen, but will write you up if they pull you
over
->  SR> for something else.  My phone is generally off when I drive,
period.
-> 
-> Mine is on 24/7 unless I am home and charging it up. But, as I said, I 
use a

Mine is on for about one hour a week.

-> bluetooth device. It's also there solely for MY convenience. I've been 
know to
-> tell callers I have answered whilst on the road "I'll call you back. I 
have to
-> pay attention now." On the open road is one thing. but, in high traffic 
areas
-> .......
Yakking on the phone then is a good way to wreck at least one car. Maybe 
more than the car.  
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