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| Going Out |
So, I did it. I had my cell phone disconnected.
I don't really need it. I don't. Really.
We don't go out much, so there's no good reason to have four cells phones in the house plus a land line.
Waste of money. Don't need it. Don't.
I had to go out tonight, to get in the car and drive. Away from home. Away from the house phone. Along a highway where there are no phones.
Remember what that was like, being able to get away from people and not having to worry that the office was going to call, or that the phone would ring at an inopportune moment? Do you remember the freedom of being out of reach?
I really don't need to call anybody from the car...unless of course the car breaks down...out in the middle of nowhere...where there are no phones...at night...where there may even be chupacabras.
Wouldn't it be ironic if I was to be eaten by a chupacabra because I got a flat tire and didn't have my phone with me on a rainy night when I decided that being retired means I don't need no stinking phone to bleed me dry with monthly charges for a service that I would only need in case of emergency?
Still, I'll get used to it, not having a phone that is. I don't know if a person can get used to chupacabra attacks. They scar you for life if they don't kill you outright.
I took Sand's phone with me this time, just as a precaution, but I know that next time I'll go alone. I'll lock the car doors and plan my route. I won't stop until I'm there, and I won't tarry on the way back. I will live my life free of my electronic shackles... notwithstanding the chupacabras.
I'm just saying.
I remember when we used to have just one cell phone. Those were innocent times.
ReplyDeleteAh see some of us leave the phone on silent. Thus there is no temptation to answer a phone while driving. At work, for a company that actually is in the cell tower business, my phone is shut off because I have little to no signal in my cube. Yes, you read that right...Verizon can't be reached inside my building except by mistake. Must be AT&T zone. My battery drains dead if I forget and leave the phone on while working.
ReplyDeleteNo land line in house. Heck was hard enough to get wifi working again because the island is so weird.
Don't let the chupacabras get you....the aliens get first dibs remember?