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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlame
I still don't have a cellphone. I've owned one just to give to my kids so they could use it to phone me in an emergency but otherwise never wanted one. Really because of one trip to the golf course years ago. When the cellphone was this huge clunker a buddy of mine was actually answering the thing during a round of golf. To this day I can't think of a reason other than an emergency why I would ever want to answer a phone while golfing. Or for anything else for that matter. I very much like that people can't get ahold of me. I don't want them to and that didn't start when I was older. I'll meet you at the course at 10am. Hey if they show they show and if not I play anyways. Ditto the movies, restaurants or anything else. I don't need or want any set plans nor do I need to know they have just rolled up in the parking lot. I'd rather just wing it and go with the flow. To me they are like an annoyance hung around your neck and a security blanket.
Email I've found to be a fabulous new technology but the cellphone--nope. I'll bet 90% of the non-work conversations are meaningless blather. NO thanks but I don't need to get a call as I'm staring at a ten footer for birdie to remind me to pick up milk on the way home, or to remind me I'd suppose to drive them to their friends later, or any other hogwash. Spare me!!!!!!!!!!!
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You, sir, are my hero.
I still have my two Walkmans, including the yellow Sport Walkman. I figure this Internet/cell phone thing is just a phase and the old technology will come back and these things will be worth money.
I've had a Walkman for about as long as most of you have been alive and have never broken one. Some of you guys need to hold onto them better.
Hey, a Walkman story: Many years ago I saw a sign in a store offering Walkmans for about $8. I knew what was up - it was a WM imitation. I went in and asked to see the Walkman for $8. Guy shows me this piece of garbage and I listened to him for a couple of minutes then asked, "Okay, that's fine. Where's the Walkman?" He insisted this was it, but I told him no it wasn't. He was kind of dull and I'm not sure he understood it when I walked out of the store shaking my head.
