'The death of the telephone call'

Back in the 60s and 70s, there really weren't a lot of telemarketer calls. When the phone rang, people in the house raced to answer it. Can't even imagine that now.

 

Completely agree. We still have our landline out of lethargy, but only give cell numbers to people we know. I use it for my increasingly infrequent freelance gigs because it's more comfortable for typing as I listen.

 

Would hate to see the All The President's Men version with Woodstein texting everything.

We'd miss the whole "I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat" thing.

 

Finally got a smartphone last month, never use it to talk unless I urgently need to make a call, but the texting thing is a pretty easy way to keep in touch, easier to do at work than using FB messenger

 

Off subject, but wish I could figure out how to use the Google GPS in my phone without having the battery drain so damn quickly.

Entered D.C. last week with about 69 percent of battery, turned on the GPS (while phone was connected to charger in the car), and by the time we got to the Embassy I was down to 13 percent (yes, it was fucking morning rush hour, and that sure slowed things down). Turned it off for the rest of the day. Turned it back on for a 25-minute drive to the hotel. It died five minutes before we reached the hotel.

Even though it was supposedly being "charged" the whole time.

 

JR was quite impressed that you had joined the modern age.

 

How to avoid telemarketer calls:
1) never give out your real number except to those entities that really need it, for example your bank or your doctor
2) make that fake number one you can remember, and use it every time
3) never give your number to someone collecting them for the newest edition of the phone book
4) see 1 and 3

 

I know, a man older than water thinks I am behind the times. I feel shame!

 

We got rid of our land line a couple years ago, but we still use that number for our supermarket club number, log in at the gym, and anytime I need to give a number out.

 

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