tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post7552964018114266194..comments2024-02-28T17:03:54.116+00:00Comments on Eclectic Ephemera: Forms, 'phones and frustrationsBruce Partington-Planshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-27059779291656344612012-11-27T10:04:37.479+00:002012-11-27T10:04:37.479+00:00I have recently had to give in due to health probl...I have recently had to give in due to health problems which can cause very swift levels of pain and immobility, so for safety's sake out and about etc. But it's caused much bad language trying to work it out!<br />But I hate the bad manners of inappropriate use by so many, in shops, on transport, at meals, theatre, I could go on Ad infinitum Ad nauseam. Someone I used to be friendly with was constantly interrupted by her beastly husband like this. He was like a spoiled child, constant invasive phones calls and texts, loathsome man!LollyWilloweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800459266149659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-30825792266762601342012-11-26T09:55:44.332+00:002012-11-26T09:55:44.332+00:00Thanks for all the [vindicating] comments, everyon...Thanks for all the [vindicating] comments, everyone!<br /><br />Miss Fairchild - you touch upon another important point in your second post that I didn't fully cover myself, that people without mobiles are sometimes not only marginalised but actually <i>stigmatised</i>, as though having a mobile is some sort of "right" and that anyone who doesn't own one is somehow less of a person. Frankly anybody who's that far gone on the things just has my pity.<br /><br />IH/Mim, hear hear, and it's not just the mind that's free to wander but the spirit too. Being out of contact with the [wider] world when out and about is truly relaxing and becoming something of a lost (and, worryingly, stressful for heavy - i.e. most - users) experience.<br /><br />Tups - hooray!, there's another good trick, borrow someone else's 'phone for nuisances like that! You're always welcome to write, y'know; just the other day someone complimented me on my handwriting - which I ascribe in part to not having any telephonular distractions. If I'm ever forced into having a mobile I would insist on <a href="http://www.hulgershop.com/view?product=penelope_phone_ivory" rel="nofollow">one of these</a>.<br /><br />Kate - another good point! We worry about the effect microwave radiation may be having on our brains (another reason I don't like mobiles) but don't stop to think what effect it may be having on wildlife too.Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-4978049819191706252012-11-25T23:25:44.353+00:002012-11-25T23:25:44.353+00:00I am the only one of my friends without a cell pho...I am the only one of my friends without a cell phone. Actually, people get really confused when they ask for my cell number and I say I don't have one. They honestly don't seem to comprehend that someone might not have a cell phone. I am planning on remaining cellphone-less for as long as possible. I firmly believe it is not "essential" and for me would only be a waste of money. I have also heard a lot about the signals from cellphone towers causing bees to get lost (something about the cell-signals messing up their natural bee-signals). Bee populations have been having such a hard time lately and I would hate to be part of the problem. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870435785776540136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-88007033801009669492012-11-25T16:24:09.793+00:002012-11-25T16:24:09.793+00:00You should see most teenagers handwriting now, and...You should see most teenagers handwriting now, and forget being able to write a letter. XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-89698969221307988482012-11-25T14:01:35.778+00:002012-11-25T14:01:35.778+00:00Great read!
I’m going to have to give in to my em...Great read! <br />I’m going to have to give in to my email (no I’m not getting a mobile!), dad said I could use his number!<br />I use to have a mobile whilst at school and college, but soon drifted away from it- so much so that the whatsit provider gave my number to someone else- bloomin’ cheek! Not that I give a monkeys now ;)<br />Give me a bundle of stamps and a writing pad any day. If anyone wants to speak to me, then they can do so through the Royal Mail!<br />Anyway, if I ever need a mobile (?) then I want the little number the lady in the picture is wearing- snazzy eh! <br />Tups x<br />Tickety Boo Tupney - A Dash OF Worcester Sauce.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10687044557427507111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-5030042113443295292012-11-25T09:14:13.015+00:002012-11-25T09:14:13.015+00:00I use mine for the internet. I don't give out ...I use mine for the internet. I don't give out my number if I can help it, and I don't answer it if the number calling isn't one of the very few I've put into my phone. I value my peace and quiet, I don't want to be accessible to the world (especially the cold-calling part of it) 24 hours a day.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-81907664953093722252012-11-25T08:27:00.123+00:002012-11-25T08:27:00.123+00:00My mobile lives in the bottom of my bag and hardly...My mobile lives in the bottom of my bag and hardly ever sees the light of day, I'm dreading going into the shop to re-new my contract as the sales staff will be in throws of horror that I don't want internet access, why would I? I have a perfectly good computer at home, and who wants to watch TV on a 2" screen anyway? I don't have twitter or facebook and still manage to keep in touch with my friends. Great post!! XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-41375238120953055352012-11-25T07:15:25.512+00:002012-11-25T07:15:25.512+00:00Excellent post! Your idea of "the presumption...Excellent post! Your idea of "the presumption of technology" really struck a chord. I do have a mobile phone, but strictly for necessary communications. I refuse to fork over money for a data plan, check my email, or be one of those people at a dinner table fiddling with their phone and texting (apparently more important) people elsewhere. Aside from being less rude, this also gives the mind the freedom to truly wander when one is out and about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-67148456475762548842012-11-25T02:13:04.183+00:002012-11-25T02:13:04.183+00:00I should also note my daughters (aged 12, 11 and 8...I should also note my daughters (aged 12, 11 and 8yo twins) don't have a mobile phone and they are now a rarity. If my eldest two go out alone (to the shops 100m from our house) they take my phone. That is the only time they ever need one. My 12yo neice has the latest technology mobile phone that set her parents back almost 1k. She uses it to bully as many other kids as possible. Then we are asked why we are keeping our kids in the "stone age" by not giving them a phone (though they do have access to the internet - supervised). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-39011697063218671302012-11-25T02:08:01.444+00:002012-11-25T02:08:01.444+00:00I do own a mobile and I was the first person in my...I do own a mobile and I was the first person in my class to get one - not because I was rich or fancy, but my nana insisted as I was living alone at 15yo (without a home phone as I was too young to qualify) and putting myself through trade school at night (after regular school) in a "bad area". Since then I have always had one and while I absolutely love my iphone it's more for the music, ebooks and portable internet than the phone side. <br /><br />BUT it seems I can't sit down to dinner with a friend without them checking their phone 50 times, answering it while I am in the middle of a conversation, "forgetting" to turn it off in the theatre, talking super loudly on public transport....it all drives me insane. <br /><br />I also don't think they are nearly as vital as people seem to think they are. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com