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interchangeable · 11-07-2010, 07:53 AM

I've never had a FB account or MySpace. I use IM for distant friends and loved ones. My cell phone is also bare bones. I joke with people that my phone has all kinds of cool things like, a world clock, a calculator and I can make and receive phone calls!! Cool huh?!

It's also about 5 years old but it's one of the construction site type phones so I can prettymuch bounce it off the sidewalk and it won't even scratch it. I had to get a new batttery for it 2 years ago and that's it. Compared to everyone else I know who has had issue after issue or accident after accident with their pricey phones.

I dunno. I'm fairly resistant to the whole *newest and best* gimmick. It's served me well. I raised my kids without TV so we also by-passed all the video game systems. All 3 of us are into computers but even with that, I keep a pretty good balance and so does my daughter (who is 23 now). My son, (24) not so much.

He's a comp addict.

But whatevs. There are worse things.

I just try not to be a slave to anything.

11-07-2010, 07:53 AM	#32 (permalink)
interchangeable Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 107	I've never had a FB account or MySpace. I use IM for distant friends and loved ones. My cell phone is also bare bones. I joke with people that my phone has all kinds of cool things like, a world clock, a calculator and I can make and receive phone calls!! Cool huh?! It's also about 5 years old but it's one of the construction site type phones so I can prettymuch bounce it off the sidewalk and it won't even scratch it. I had to get a new batttery for it 2 years ago and that's it. Compared to everyone else I know who has had issue after issue or accident after accident with their pricey phones. I dunno. I'm fairly resistant to the whole newest and best gimmick. It's served me well. I raised my kids without TV so we also by-passed all the video game systems. All 3 of us are into computers but even with that, I keep a pretty good balance and so does my daughter (who is 23 now). My son, (24) not so much. He's a comp addict. But whatevs. There are worse things. I just try not to be a slave to anything.