Think I'm one of the last Americans who's never owned, nor plans to ever own, a cellphone or other portable e-device.
Enjoy going out and getting away from ringing phones, why in the world would I wanna bring the annoyance with me?
There are less and less pay phones to call for an emergency these days.
and there are fewer ways to get the police right away when you are in a car accident.
One time I broke down on the road and I had to walk to a payphone and wait for AAA and they wanted a number I could be reached at and I didn't have a cell phone.
My cell phone is an alarm clock, and an MP3 player. It is also my contact list with addresses and I can put telemarketers on block using it and there are currently 46 telemarketers on block.
I have GPS and Google Maps so it can tell me my current position.
It lets me take voice recordings and memos.
Forgive me for trimming your text. I picked you because you seem to be a typical cell phone junkie.
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There are less and less pay phones to call for an emergency these days"
That`s true, but where you live all you would have to do is label 2 tins, one as "Fertilizer" and the other one as "Diesel Fuel", pull them out of your pocket and act suspicious...and everybody around you who has a cell phone starts dialing 911.
In Canada it`s customary that friends and family put up some sort of road side memorial where a loved one has been killed in a car crash.
Driving from Brandon to Winnipeg there are at least a dozen such memorials and cell phone "texting" while driving has been the cause in almost every one of these crashes.
I used my long vacations to drive long haul from Alaska, the Yukon & the NWT through Canada all the way up to Mexico and have seen it all the time...people coming up the on-ramp while they are yapping on their cell phone...totally oblivious to the 80 000 lbs tractor trailer unit I was driving.
The woman are the worst offenders...like this one:
I`ve been sitting there in this lane for over 10 minutes having my coffee while I had to wait till they opened the gate to let me into their compound.
Along comes this nurse and slammed her little pickup with such force under my trailer that all of her 4 tires blew out.
I got out of my truck and dragged her out because I saw some smoke coming out from the hood...and while I did that she was still yapping to somebody on her cell phone.
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One time I broke down on the road and I had to walk to a payphone and wait for AAA and they wanted a number I could be reached at and I didn't have a cell phone."
With a set of tools and some know how you don`t have to walk to a payphone, have a cell phone or wait for the "AAA".
Anyone who is so dependent on other people to fix their problems better stay where you got wall to wall people and buildings.
For you, a simple mechanical problem would escalate to a life threatening situation in Canada unless you stay within cell phone coverage.
You won`t get far here and your cell phone is useless...what you need then is a satellite phone. But that won`t keep you alive at sub-zero temperatures while you have to wait a couple of days before help arrives.
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I have GPS and Google Maps so it can tell me my current position. "
Are you saying that without a GPS and "Google Maps" you get lost?
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It lets me take voice recordings and memos. "
Who are these memos for? For yourself?
Is there something wrong with your memory?
When I was not driving truck I worked in a place where you had to leave all recording devices including cell phones with the security guards.
So you would be screwed!
I also got a pilot`s license and when I was younger I used it the same way I use my class1 commercial license to make extra cash and have a good time during my off duty times.
How would you react if you sit in a plane where the pilot in command has to make a " voice recording memo" of what the control tower is telling him over the radio?
I like to prank people who freak out easily and realize now that I missed out on a lot of good opportunities where I could have done just that.
It`s not that I hate cell phones or that I don`t have one...I just don`t have any use for it. So most of the time it just sits there doing nothing for the monthly fee Rogers wants for it doing nothing.
"My cell phone is an alarm clock, and an MP3 player."
I`ve been lucky because I never had a job where you have to punch a clock. If was a bit late that was never a big deal and the only time I used an alarm clock if I had to make it to the airport at an early hour.
That MP3 player function...I love classical music and prefer to listen to it either at a live concert or a over decent surround stereo speaker system.
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I can put telemarketers on block using it and there are currently 46 telemarketers on block."
How the hell did you wind up on 46 telemarketers lists?
The only way that happens is when one of them found a sucker and then they can collect a bonus after they pass on that number to the other spammers
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But you have my sympathy there
. Doesn`t your regular phone company pull the plug on them if you notify them?
Works quite well here in Canada...but it`s better to just hang up the first time any of these telemarketers tries "giving you" something after you told him what he wants to know about you.
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One time I broke down on the road and I had to walk to a payphone and wait for AAA and they wanted a number I could be reached at and I didn't have a cell phone."
You love cell phone "apps" but you are missing out on a business opportunity and should take a course how to write "apps".
Imagine how much money you could make with a car/model specific trouble shooting "app". There are a lot of people who have no clue where their fuse box is or why the ECU shut down the fuel pump or the ignition and how they can override the ECU. The AAA guys know how...and almost every trucker worth his salt knows too. Up here you would have to know else you will be sitting for a week on some winter road till somebody who does know comes along.
More often than not it turns out to be just a faulty sensor and not the kind of engine fault you got billed for.
Go to a decent parts supplier and get the Haynes computer codes for your engine. You can read almost all ECU`s without a lap-top just by turning the ignition key on-off 3 times in less than 5 seconds and leave it on the third time.
After that the ECU will scan all the sensors and flash each status in Morse code with the "check engine" light on your dash.
Worked with anything I drove so far.
But that`s by far too complicated for cell phone addicts.
If they had an "app" where they just repeat what the the "check engine" light flashed with the # key they could diagnose their car trouble just as good as a garage does when they plug into the ECU and run the same scan.
Just remember where you got the idea after you start raking in the money.
I don`t want any, but you can donate my share to a War Veteran.org and some of it to an animal shelter.
