Comments | a_boleyn: Phones, Finances and Filler

a_boleyn

Phones, Finances and Filler

Jan 14, 2015 16:20

When did phones become so complicated?

When I was growing up, everyone I knew had ONE phone in their house. They knew their phone numbers and their friends' phone numbers. The women were usually responsible for keeping them written in a little book, sometimes in their purses, in case they needed to call numbers they didn't have memorized.
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edgeofthewoods January 14 2015, 21:28:15 UTC

My folks still have a landline. They have mobile phones as well, but only use those if out and about. They use a pay-as-you-go card. It's $100 and valid for a year, so they just get a new one when they need it. Both Ty and I opt for mobile phones rather than paying for a landline.

I agree that FB isn't the place for fresh foods, but it works perfectly for packaged stuff and staples. I like Loblaws the best of all, the store brand PC products are FANTASTIC!

Your neighbourhood sounds comfortable, I can see why you wouldn't be inclined to leave it.

a_boleyn January 14 2015, 21:50:17 UTC

I renewed my handicapped permit Monday after work and realized that there was a Superstore across the street that I could shop at if I really wanted to.

Even though it's relatively close, I don't go to that particular mall anymore except when I need to renew my driver's license etc at the Service Ontario outlet. It used to have a Chinese buffet place (closed), Bo-Rics (moved) and my formerly favourite sushi location (priced out of my budget) which is why I'd forgotten it was there. Even the Food Basics store in the mall is kind of sad to visit.

We get into ruts as to where we shop etc, don't we? :)

edgeofthewoods January 15 2015, 02:00:20 UTC

Yup - that's why I chuckle when folks think it's crazy to live on an island - we all pretty much live on an island of our own choosing, no matter how much landmass surrounds us!

a_boleyn January 15 2015, 02:33:49 UTC

Before I started to drive (at the age of 32) I was limited by places I could get to by using a couple of easy bus routes but afterwards ... the city was wide open. But I still stayed in my small neighbourhood.

delphipsmith January 15 2015, 00:05:14 UTC

Mr Psmith regularly tries to persuade me to give up our land line but I won't. I don't want to be dependent on cable or electricity or satellites. I like a nice, hardwired, underground line that always works :)

a_boleyn January 15 2015, 00:08:35 UTC

Over 30 plus years of having this phone we've lost service 3 times. That's a pretty good record. I think I'll stick with it too.

anonymous January 17 2015, 17:54:15 UTC

We do have a landline, but it's almost useless... on the other hand the landlines in the office are used by everyone both ways all the time! Personally, I would be really worried if my mum didn't have a cellphone when she goes out. I also feel safer in case something happens, like for ex. the time when I got locked out of my flat coming back from the cave and breaking the key inside of the lock... and all the neighbours were absent... I don't know what I would have done without my cellphone; the solution would have been much much more complicated and annoying, given the fact that I had no coat or outside shoes... Since then I never leave without my cellphone.
I haven't had ice-cream for ages... I don't even think I had it this summer! I did have an umeshu sorbet in Tokyo though... it was heavenly... Sissi (http://www.withaglass.com)

a_boleyn January 17 2015, 18:24:26 UTC

I locked myself out of the house one day but was able to go next door and ask the neighbours if I could call my parents who had the only spare key. It took them 40 minutes to drive into town.

I bet the umeshu sorbet WOULD be great. I wish I could taste yuzu ice cream or sorbet, for example.