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To: Perspective who wrote (282361)	10/10/2010 12:02:39 PM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

bc, i still don't have a phone- no need, if i'm not at the office or home tuff luck- now the wife and all 4 adult children have them- so if they need me they can call her<ng> they've given u a number and taken away your name!

To: Perspective who wrote (282361)	10/10/2010 12:58:06 PM
From: TH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

brother bc, The phone obsession Americans have is getting stupid. Now that I pay for my own service, I dropped down to a smaller plan. AT&T was nothing short of nightmare to get a downsize to happen and in the end, I didn't really save much of anything (gave up my grandfathered unlimited data plan). The funny part was the high pressure pitch to upgrade to the new Iphone. I kept asking what the new one does different from the one I have (second generation). Just for fun, I kept asking that question over and over until the guy got the message that the "new" on the Iphone 4 was not worth $50 bucks to me. But, I know guys in Seattle and San Francisco that make very serious coin on apps that I think are just stupid. GT TH

To: Perspective who wrote (282361)	10/10/2010 2:08:24 PM
From: No Mo Mo	Respond to of 306849

bc - I heard a report this last week from some tech guru singing the praises of the latest I-phone. At the end of the piece, he admitted that, as a phone, the I-phone sucks. For the first time in 7 years, he has gotten a land line b/c the fidelity of the I-phone is unacceptable. My girlfriend and I have no land line and we share a single cell phone. We have Skype (and now Google voip) on the computer at home if we need to call. In 2(+) years, this arrangement has worked just fine. "Who knows, I'm prolly F.O.S. Nobody I know seems to think twice before dropping $100 on a dinner out when there are $25 alternatives, even if they're going deeper into debt or digging further into savings every month in order to do so. Life's too short, right? <S>" I see this among virtually every one of my friends. For the ones making nice cash, I say have at it. But I know many out of work and folks who are either on unemployment or burning up savings. Some still eat out as you describe. Some still have things like cable TV. Not cheap. I have plenty of examples. If the US economy goes down for a second dip, the built-up stresses are going to be tested to the breaking point.