skiing terminology

My phone can't do that, it's a basic phone-phone. Ok, it can send and receive very brief emails but that's pretty much it. For Internet I now have a netbook but I am not using a cell carrier network (I think it could), just the usual access spots. I could not bring myself to looking at a datasheet on a 2" by 2.5" screen.

So, it is then about $6.67 every month for service, and the balance just goes up if you don't use it. I know my phone has a balance of about $50 right now. I don't use it very much, until I go on a business trip, and then use it a lot!

Charlie

Nyuk-nyuk. :-) I've never a cell phone I liked. All of my siblings and their spouses have cells. Different phones, different carriers, in various parts of the U.S. They all make the caller sound like he/she is talking under water.

Remember back in ancient times when Ma Bell crowed about crystal clear, fibre-optic transmission? "You-can-hear-a-pin-drop"...yadda-yadda. That selling point sure went to hell in a handbasket when the cell came along. "Lossy compression" doesn't even begin to describe the awful things that cells do to audio. And the price is ... well, way too much. "Only" fifty bucks per month for cell service. No thanks, I'll stick to land-line at about $25 per month.

their spouses have

They all make the caller

fibre-optic transmission?

in a handbasket when

awful things that cells

month for cell

I've had Verizon ever since it began (actually as a part of Qwest), with my "brick" phone ;-)

If you'll check out the reviews, Verizon is rated BEST for reception quality AND coverage.

...Jim Thompson

Oh, that's *you* I always hear at Wal-Mart! ;-) Then please stay out of my favorite store, Barnes & Noble, so I can read my Circuit Cellar in peace.

I am a techno-geek with Lifetime membership. I understand the appeal of neat stuff, and I own tons of it. I do not like cells (for me). If it works for you, stick with it; if it doesn't work for you, shun it.

I *like* that elderly man. :-) And I share his philosophy. I set my found-in-the-trash-and-repaired digital answering machine to pick up on ring #1, keep the ringer on the phone turned OFF. Ans. mach. Volume turned up so that I can hear caller. Family and friends know to holler, "It's me. Pick up.", if it's an emergency, also know to expect me *not* to pick up during either 1) "60 Minutes" or 2) network news.

their spouses have

They all make the caller

fibre-optic transmission?

hell in a handbasket when

awful things that cells

per month for cell

I pay $60/mo for two lines. I was paying $50 each for two lines (one for a modem) so switched to cable for the computer and 2 cell phones for us, and saved significant money. I now have a phone line too (moved) but there isn't even a phone attached to it.

I've only had cell phones for about five years. Coverage is the reason I went with Verizon. Voice quality isn't wonderful, but it's only a phone.

on ring #1, keep the

hear caller. Family and

to expect me *not* to

Figures. Another weenie.

on ring #1, keep the

caller. Family and

to expect me *not* to

^^^^^^^^^^---- Your lack of class has been defined ;-)

...Jim Thompson

It would be more if they were providing you with better voice quality by virtue of using more bandwidth. :-)

VirginMobile $6.67, PagePlus $2.50

I'd rather sky-dive - 13,000 feet of air with NOTHING TO CRASH INTO! ;-)

Cheers! Rich

Is that one of those $19.00 cheapies that the CSI's call a "burn phone"? ;-)

Thanks, Rich

No, it's an LG from Verizon, with zigapixel camera, texting, music player, two lcd's, tons of features that I've turned off.

OK, I do also use it to tell the time.

John

Sounds like my LG VX9800...

...Jim Thompson

I tried that, a class and a couple of static jumps. Blew both my ankles to bits on the second jump... had to crawl to the bathroom for a week afterwards.

The thing I noticed was the absurd duty cycle: hours of prep, packing chutes, suiting up, hanging around under a shade tree drinking beer, waiting for the plane, gaining altitude, all that for a few minutes of air time per day.

You can ski all day if you have the stamina. And it's absorbing, unlike something passive like lying on a beach. I always bring work up with me, and never touch it. Ski, eat, sleep, ****.

But what do you mean by NOTHING TO CRASH INTO? What about trees, water, rocks, and the Planet Earth?

John

Nah, that's after the good part, i.e., freefall. When you get too low, and have to pull, then there's nothing but that boring parachute ride to ground. And you're supposed to know how to steer into the middle of a field. (i.e., away from water, power lines, trees, sewage plants*, etc.) Then the 'chute gently lowers you to the ground at ~16 ft/sec. ;-)

Cheers! Rich