Seniors and cell phones - could you (or do you) get along without one? (place, government)
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No I can not do without my phone. You can't give me access to maps, instant info, instant shopping, reviews of restaurants around me, instant driving tours of national parks, etc. and then take it all away.
Perish the thought.
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I have a very active 92 (stubborn) year old neighbor. He refuses to get a cell phone. Recently he his landline service went out. He walked to my house (both have 400' driveways and are not next to each other) so he could use my phone to report his line out. Long story short, he waited FIVE DAYS for them to fix his line. Anything could have happened and he would have no way to call for help.
A year ago he had to call for an ambulance. He was taken to the hospital and no one, including his daughter, knew where he was.
I personally have an Apple Watch, which has an emergency button on the side, rather than wear something hanging on my neck.
I plug my laptop into a docking station. I have a larger screen, a regular keyboard and mouse that also plug into the docking station, so my laptop is essentially a small desktop. If I want to take my laptop somewhere else, I just unplug one cable from the docking station and off I go.
I think what you described is a hub. I have that same set up too. I use the hub for the scanner and printer, as well as an external keyboard and mouse. It's not a big deal. You could add a monitor to it instead of using the laptop screen. I also use it for the external hard drive and sometimes a DVD player and a thumb drive. USB ports are being phased out and being replaced by USB C so eventually at some point, you'll need an adapter.
Yes, I could easily live without it and would like to I get so many texts and emails everyday. It's overwhelming.
It does seem that, one uses based upon how things are established for them. I don't use the cell so much, not having established many participants to text with. Since that is not my usual mode of communication, I am not forced to have it on always, having for when out of the house or for long-distance, otherwise using my land line for calls. If I am busy shopping or something, I feel no reason to call or use the Internet, having a low-cost service for, currently. I have gotten used to having the iPad mini (propped upon a pillow on my lap, while watching TV), for emailing, searches, Zoom.
I think we are all conditioned for usage based upon what demands or habits we have created for ourselves, for instance, if I would initiate calls or text from the cell, it would begin a chain of responses. I would be like countless others, stopping to answer calls and texts while in public. Rarely might there be an emergency. If one is not reliant upon the cell for everything, it is not as necessary to a person.
Just as with emailing, I find that it is best to have a few email addresses, assigned to use for different reasons or recipients. Then, one is not getting too many messages and spam in one mailbox and limiting some email to be from only those you need or want to communicate with. We are asked by stores for example to give an email address to be sent "points" or "discounts". If signing up with this sort of thing, it can pile up.
It does seem that, one uses based upon how things are established for them. I don't use the cell so much, not having established many participants to text with. Since that is not my usual mode of communication, I am not forced to have it on always, having for when out of the house or for long-distance, otherwise using my land line for calls. If I am busy shopping or something, I feel no reason to call or use the Internet, having a low-cost service for, currently. I have gotten used to having the iPad mini (propped upon a pillow on my lap, while watching TV), for emailing, searches, Zoom.
I think we are all conditioned for usage based upon what demands or habits we have created for ourselves, for instance, if I would initiate calls or text from the cell, it would begin a chain of responses. I would be like countless others, stopping to answer calls and texts while in public. Rarely might there be an emergency. If one is not reliant upon the cell for everything, it is not as necessary to a person.
Just as with emailing, I find that it is best to have a few email addresses, assigned to use for different reasons or recipients. Then, one is not getting too many messages and spam in one mailbox and limiting some email to be from only those you need or want to communicate with. We are asked by stores for example to give an email address to be sent "points" or "discounts". If signing up with this sort of thing, it can pile up.
It sounds like you don't have a lot of obligations and can do as you please, mostly. With my lifestyle, internet and texting has become a necessity in order to respond to others, whether I like this mode of communication or not.
It sounds like you don't have a lot of obligations and can do as you please, mostly. With my lifestyle, internet and texting has become a necessity in order to respond to others, whether I like this mode of communication or not.
You may have missed my saying I am online and emailing each day, just not with a cell phone. No, I do not have demands from others, thankfully. I am older and have not created situations to have more of that in my life. I was not in the workplace when Cell phones became more the thing or answering emails being the demand.
I think I have always liked spending time alone, not that I don't like to talk on the phone, the landline being more comfortable to use (not like some who say they never like having phone conversations).
Unlike a relative who has set up being in many Zoom meetings each week, is overly involved, has tons of emails, then says she's "so tired" all the time...I don't want that. She has a choice, but I realize that is not everyone's situation.
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FWIW ....Today I received my first ever smartphone.
I was forced to change my old LG flipphone because it was a 3G and ATT is taking down the 3G towers around the country. The only reason I have a cell-phone in the first place is because I'm one
of the contactees by the alarm company at my job in case of emergencies.
It's a free Samsung Galaxy A03S from ATT;since I'm on the $1 per day used and 20cents a minute prepaid service. The SIM cards are incompatible,so if I want to keep my old cell phone number I have to schlep to the ATT store and get a new SIM card.
I've never paid for the refills either(My job does)...a $100 refill of prepaid service lasts me over a year!!'
I'm actually looking forward to being able to use Uber and Lyft for my Olphthalmologist visits when they dilate my pupils...so I won't have to bother anybody to give me rides..like when I recently had cataract surgery on my left eye.
I will definitely not be one of those people constantly looking down at my phone...or surfing the net with my phone ,watching movies or porn;etc...(At least I hope so!)
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