Cell phones

[Spider John]

I carry one for my job and also so my family can contact me when for important . But it has turned into my wife calling me just to chat, or calling to tell on our daughter, or my daughter calling to tell on her mother. Usually, all of these conversations end with "why are you so ill?"

[Arthur Dent]

[jim]

Holy #*(&.

I'm literally crying right now.

[cardsfansince82]

I haven't had a "land line" in many years. So even though I don't have a phone in my house - I still lose my cell phone at least once a week. And I keep it on silent most of the time because it annoys me. But I need it so I get over it.

I have a land line in my house and I honestly don't even know the number. No one ever calls that number except telemarketers anyway.

[cardsfansince82]

I've had a couple cell phones crap out on me and had to get new ones but I've somehow avoided ever losing one. I dropped one in a giant cooler of everclear and kool aid at a party one time fished it out and it still worked for another year.

[Simbagal23]

I have a cellphone holder that clips to my belt.....so it never goes through the wash, I don't leave it somewhere, etc. The holder also sort of protects the cellphone.....as others have said, you just get used to it after a while.

If you have bad habit of losing cellphones and wallets, might I suggest a man-purse??!

[TimeForGuinness]

jim, you gotta hold it closer to your head....that's how phones work

[jim]

I have a cellphone holder that clips to my belt.....so it never goes through the wash, I don't leave it somewhere, etc. The holder also sort of protects the cellphone.....as others have said, you just get used to it after a while.

If you have bad habit of losing cellphones and wallets, might I suggest a man-purse??!

I think I am immune to anything that keeps you from losing/misplacing things.

I need a plan if I'm to carry one of these around. The man-purse won't work because I'll just forget it.

[ghostrunner]

I don't have a land line either. I also use the phone as my alarm clock.

It's pretty nice when you're at the store and you don't want to be fussed at for buying the wrong kind of cheese. One of the most useful aspects - my wife and I tend to split up when we go to Target, and I end up losing her. I've made laps around the store before trying to track her down. If we have our phones, I'll just call her and find out where to go.

The only thing I don't like is the presumption by other people that you should answer the phone all the time. For work, I leave my phone in my bag, so I don't have to carry it around with me. But people call and they want to know why I didn't pick up. I also don't usually answer when I'm driving. This also seems to frustrate people.

[Spider John]

But Jim, what if you're out fishing and someone needs to get in touch wi .... oohhhh, I see. Never mind.