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Old 03-23-2008, 12:59 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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In wireless world, living without a mobile like living on a desert island

Last Fourth of July at the beach, Leah Wilson lost her “lifeline.”

Wilson, a 22-year-old graduate student, had clipped her blue flip phone around her bikini bottom — for safekeeping.

Lose cell phone, get cast away from society - Wireless - MSNBC.com
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Old 03-23-2008, 06:13 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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"But reconnecting with close friends was made easy thanks to MySpace and Facebook, where “lost my phone” groups can reel in castaways."

Sooo many people.

Anyway, I haven't done it for a while... but at one point I manually entered every single number from my cell phone into an excel spreadsheet. That way, if my phone disappeared, I had all the numbers I needed.
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Old 03-24-2008, 08:48 AM
 
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My entire address book is stored and updated automatically by Verizon on a server at their location. Probably in Taiwan or Pakistan, or.....

But at least it's backed up!
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Old 03-24-2008, 08:52 AM
 
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“It was absolutely the worst thing that ever could have happened.”

This young woman has obviously never lost a parent, family member, or close friend. Either that or she has a very skewed view of who and what is important in life.
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Old 03-25-2008, 12:26 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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“It was absolutely the worst thing that ever could have happened.”

This young woman has obviously never lost a parent, family member, or close friend. Either that or she has a very skewed view of who and what is important in life.
Is this truly surprising to you man?
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Old 03-25-2008, 03:53 PM
 
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Is this truly surprising to you man?
Well, I try to remain optimistic. Silly of me, I know.
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Old 03-26-2008, 12:40 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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Well, I try to remain optimistic. Silly of me, I know.
Quite.
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