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Old September 13, 2003, 21:49   #1
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Lonestar Joins Western Civilization; Gets cell phone
Well, I've finally joined the rest of the planet and gotten a cell phone. Kind of nifty, actually. A nice little Siemens from Cingular. 5000 night/weekend minutes, 500 anytime rollover minutes, no roaming for damn near anywhere of importance in the country. All for $39.99 a month (plus the $50 or so I paid for the phone)

I'm pleased.
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Old September 13, 2003, 21:52   #2
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And the plague continues to spread..just remember people, they are all set to go off eventually, and then..

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I don't have a cell phone.
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Old September 13, 2003, 21:58   #4
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I used to feel cell phones were stupid and an annoyance. Now I have one, and I now realize that I can't live without one.
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See, that is how the brainwashing progresses...

It's like pod people! And next they get the handless sets so they walk around talking into a tiny mike..just like the insane..becuase that is what they have become!!!
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I've never had a cell phone, but I'll most likely be getting one in the next couple weeks. You aren't a real resident of Japan until you have a keitai.
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My condolences. Mine has been doing excellent service as a paperweight for the last two years. I can't imagine how I lived with it.
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Cell phones are for the leashed.
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Old September 13, 2003, 22:33   #9
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Throw it in the sea while you can. Cell phones are like cigarettes: kill them befor they kill you
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let's see, not only don't I have a cell phone, but I don't have a land line either... and I'm not deaf.
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I have a cell phone but I'm not leashed by it (mostly because I'm already leashed by my computer ). I rarely leave my house with it. I'm almost always contactable when I'm home, though...
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I used to feel cell phones were stupid and an annoyance. Now I have one, and I now realize that I can't live without one.
Same here. I need mine for work. I ditched the land line.
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Ahhh....it's liike crack....text messages!
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Lonestar: Leaving a cell phone on in a movie theatre is an invitation for a good ol' smackdown.

(Just giving him fair warning )
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Finland is considered a western civilization?

Finland is considered a civilization!??!?!
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I've never had a cellphone, nor do I see myself getting one in the future.
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Congrats Lonestar! I myself have been thinking about joining the "cellular society".... Is there anything I should be prepared for?
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Comrade Tassadar, I know - It boggles the mind but it is true. Finland IS considered part of the western civilization...and a "proper" civilization to boot!
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I still don't own one and don't feel that I need one. If I ever did get one, it'd be for emergencies (in the car and such), and I'd probably keep it off most of the time I was out of the house.
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I'm thinking of getting rid of mine.

I predict in a couple of years it will be cool not to have a cell phone.
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Congrats Lonestar! I myself have been thinking about joining the "cellular society".... Is there anything I should be prepared for?
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Well I don't think Wittlich has to worry about that .
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I predict in a couple of years it will be cool not to have a cell phone.
I'm pretty sure the trend is already beginning. Cell-phone haters can already brace themselves together while not being considered as dorks by Cell-phone lovers. When those who succumbed to the hype understand they have become leashed by their employer and family, they'll envy our freedom
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SMS is good. Communicate when you feel like it, not when some random person feels like communicating with you.

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I have used my phone once in the last two years, and that was to call out the breakdown service when my scooter broke down.

Seen recently in York - someone cycling across one of the main bridges across the river using one hand to hold a phone to his ear whilst using the other hand to hold the cigarette he was smoking. Proof that cell phones induce suicidal tendencies.
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I'm gonna get one soon too.
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Not an x-post, but good, nonetheless.
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Do you get more girls with such a cell phone? Otherwise I´m not interested

....Oh, but now as I think about it - maybe you get to know more girls, but can´t go into action because you spend most of your time babbling to them via cell phone

Those modern times...
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