September 13, 2003, 21:49
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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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With such viral bias, you're opinion is thus rendered useless. -Shrapnel12, on my "bias" against the SS.
And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worth while, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: "I served in the United States Navy!"
"Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I ****ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective." --Barack Obama
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September 13, 2003, 21:52
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And the plague continues to spread..just remember people, they are all set to go off eventually, and then..
BOOM
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September 13, 2003, 21:54
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I don't have a cell phone. 
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September 13, 2003, 21:58
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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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September 13, 2003, 22:00
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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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If you don't like reality, change it! me
"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake :(
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard Shaw
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September 13, 2003, 22:04
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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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September 13, 2003, 22:04
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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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September 13, 2003, 22:25
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Cell phones are for the leashed.
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September 13, 2003, 22:33
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Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Cell phones are for the leashed.
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Lonestar:
Throw it in the sea while you can. Cell phones are like cigarettes: kill them befor they kill you 
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September 14, 2003, 00:17
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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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September 14, 2003, 00:35
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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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September 14, 2003, 00:46
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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
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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Same here. I need mine for work. I ditched the land line.
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September 14, 2003, 00:47
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Ahhh....it's liike crack....text messages!
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With such viral bias, you're opinion is thus rendered useless. -Shrapnel12, on my "bias" against the SS.
And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worth while, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: "I served in the United States Navy!"
"Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I ****ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective." --Barack Obama
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September 14, 2003, 01:06
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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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September 14, 2003, 01:35
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Finland is considered a western civilization? 
Finland is considered a civilization!??!?! 
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September 14, 2003, 01:36
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I've never had a cellphone, nor do I see myself getting one in the future.
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September 14, 2003, 01:44
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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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September 14, 2003, 01:47
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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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"If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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September 14, 2003, 01:55
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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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September 14, 2003, 02:33
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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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September 14, 2003, 02:37
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Comrade Tassadar, I know - It boggles the mind but it is true. Finland IS considered part of the western civilization
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Hmm. Oh well.
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...and a "proper" civilization to boot!
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September 14, 2003, 03:11
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this post was made under the influence of alcohol and has been removed
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September 14, 2003, 03:16
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Originally posted by Wittlich
Congrats Lonestar! I myself have been thinking about joining the "cellular society".... Is there anything I should be prepared for?
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Early senility.
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September 14, 2003, 03:17
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Well I don't think Wittlich has to worry about that  .
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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September 14, 2003, 05:34
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I predict in a couple of years it will be cool not to have a cell phone.
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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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September 14, 2003, 05:42
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SMS is good. Communicate when you feel like it, not when some random person feels like communicating with you.
I like Poly for similar reasons.
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September 14, 2003, 05:51
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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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September 14, 2003, 05:53
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I'm gonna get one soon too.
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September 14, 2003, 05:56
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Not an x-post, but good, nonetheless.
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September 14, 2003, 06:14
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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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