I Don’t Miss My Phone
Posted by harlan on 17 Feb 2008 at 09:14 pm | Tagged as: marking time
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a landline; a cell phone is all I need. But while I was away on my gambling spree or since I’ve been back, I’ve misplaced my phone.
I kind of suspect I left it in my hotel room. I’ve checked online, and no minutes have been used, so it’s probably in the hotel lost and found.
But I didn’t realize it was missing until yesterday, when I went to order a pizza. I couldn’t find it, so I ordered the pizza online.
Here’s what not having a phone means to me:
1. It means I have a great reason for why I’m not getting any calls. For all I know, all kinds of people are trying to get ahold of me, and they just can’t, because my phone’s missing.
2. It means I have a great reason for not telling my sister that I’m unemployed. She has never, even once, emailed me, so I don’t have to worry about her trying to check up on me that way.
Once I get my resume updated and start sending it out, I’ll get a replacement phone. Meanwhile, I’m discovering that not getting calls because you don’t have a phone feels a lot better than not getting calls because you’re not a fun person to talk with.
I’m not a big fan of the phone. No one calls me either.
Have you tried calling or texting yourself ?
Jackie W, I don’t have a landline so don’t have a way to call myself. By now my battery would be dead anyway.
Sometimes when I stop looking for things they magically turn up!
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Perhaps a fun, interesting hotel housekeeper has your phone. Now that she’s through calling her overseas relatives, she may be happy to speak to you. Find a pay phone, if one still exists, and call yourself for a possible good time.
Fuck I love this blog. I have a nagging wife and two screaming kids. I envy the alone.
I’ve never liked talking on the phone, and our land line phone seldom rings. When it does, it’s for my husband. The only reason I got a cell phone was that my husband worries about me when I’m riding my horse alone in the country, and he feels better if I have a phone along. When I first got my cell phone, it rang a lot, because the previous owner of that number, someone named Darryl Walicker, was very popular. I got some very interesting calls asking for ole Darryl. Often from giggling girls. Onc call was from the Cass Country Sheriff’s office.
I sorta miss those calls; I had so much fun telling the callers that ole Darryl got thrown into the calaboose for selling drugs.
Harlan.. Sad but my phone is my life-line. All my email and events come to my phone. As for talking on it..phst I never get calls - I dont have any friends . . .
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I have a cell and I hate it honestly. I miss the days when no one cared if you were out of reach for a few hours.
About a year ago, someone gave me a headset and I got Skype (VOIP, I’m sure you’ve heard of it) with unlimited North America calling for $20. I use it to make calls when I’m working from home during the day so as not to use up my daytime minutes. I have a couple of friends on Skype and it’s nice to make those calls for free or very cheap. You can also sign up for an incoming number. I get anxious when my cell rings, especially during the day. It’s rarely ever good news.
I <3 Skype, too. I use it mainly for chat, but have used the “phone” feature as well. It’s quite good quality, and I’m anxious for it to catch on so I can talk to my friends and family with it. Not because I need to save minutes on my phone though; I always have a surplus. No, it’s because I’m always on the damn computer anyway and it would make that particular multitask so much easier.
Do you have to bother with a headset for booty calls, too?