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Do you still use a landline phone?

Posted - June 21, 2019

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  • 19937
    Yes, I do because I get better reception on it and when Iran hits us with missiles, the cell towers will go down and I won't be able to call my bookie.
      June 21, 2019 12:08 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    This is the best.  
      June 21, 2019 1:45 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Thanks. :)
      June 21, 2019 10:06 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    For what? 

    I don't have analog TV any more either.  

    I don't have a transistor radio either.

    I don't have a horse and buggy either.

    I don't have outdoor plumbing.




    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at June 21, 2019 10:07 PM MDT
      June 21, 2019 12:34 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    I object, relevance 
      June 21, 2019 4:06 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    I still have an analog TV which is probably close to 40 years old.  Never had a problem with it and it works just fine.  I also still have a transistor radio that one of my sisters gave me for Christmas when I still lived at home - I moved out in 1969.

    EDIT:  No appliance I buy today will last that long. This post was edited by SpunkySenior at July 11, 2019 5:56 AM MDT
      June 21, 2019 10:09 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    Of course I do; I have land line service and use a corded stationary phone.  I will have it as long as possible.  The masses turned their backs on safety and security for mobility.  Of course corporate America loves it.   Lives run by advertising.  And maybe ignorance. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at June 21, 2019 10:40 PM MDT
      June 21, 2019 4:11 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    Nope! Not anymore.
      June 21, 2019 4:21 PM MDT
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  • 11109
    I do because land line phones can't be hacked like mobile phones and they are better in home invasions  - like if you whack a home invader with a mobile phone it's just going to make them mad but if you whack them with a land line phone similar to the one in the photo it will knock them out plus you get a chuckle when you hear the  clanging bell. Cheers and happy weekend!
      June 21, 2019 4:34 PM MDT
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  • 5808
    Didn't want to give it up
    for it was used with Fax machine
    and I get work orders through the Fax.
    But alas had to give it up
    just couldn't afford it anymore.
    So now my work orders are emailed 
    with the attachment and I print them out.
        However I miss it
    good reception, which I don't have with my cell phone. This post was edited by Baba at June 22, 2019 6:55 PM MDT
      June 21, 2019 5:41 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Along with the cell phone (geez -- are they still called that? I don't know) I have a landline, too. It's been more trustworthy and reliable in comparison, too.
      June 21, 2019 5:57 PM MDT
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  • 2706
    Yes, I do and will continue to do so for as long as I can. :)
      June 21, 2019 10:42 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Yep.

    I finally have a mobile but keep it for emergencies only.
    It's switched oof most of the time.
    I have no idea how to make use of most of its functions.
      June 21, 2019 11:29 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Yep.

    I finally have a mobile but keep it for emergencies only.
    It's switched off most of the time.
    I have no idea how to make use of most of its functions.
      June 21, 2019 11:29 PM MDT
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  • 44617
    Sounds like me, but I am still using (most of the time not using) on old flipper.
      June 22, 2019 7:00 AM MDT
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  • 11005
    Yes I do. It's the phone number that I give out when needed because usually once you give a company your number it falls into the hands of telemarketers. I prefer not to get spam calls on my mobile phone.  There are a lot of other reasons to keep a landline as others have pointed out. 
      June 22, 2019 7:18 AM MDT
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  • 3719
    Yes - most of my calls are land-line, sharing my broadband service - though not on a faux-antique instrument like that in the heading!

    I have a portable 'phone too but it spends more time switched off than on, it's not a stupidly-named "smart"-phone, and it carries all I need of it: voice calls and short texts.
      July 10, 2019 3:38 PM MDT
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