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In reply to the discussion: New telephones are on their way. [View all]Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)31. I've got one, but don't use it for non-emergency calls anymore
I've got a cellphone too, and about 95% of incoming calls on the landline - I got bored/frustrated enough a few months back to actually work that out over several days - are phishing attempts, so I keep the ringer off at all times now.
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It would be impossible (with the tech-shield in my roof) to not have a landline.
ScreamingMeemie
Dec 2013
#12
remember how before smartphones the trend in cell phones was to make them tinier and tinier? nt
arely staircase
Dec 2013
#14
In the movie Zoolander, Will Ferrell played a crazy fashionista with a tiny, tiny phone.
Arugula Latte
Dec 2013
#24
Yes and I also have a couple of cell phones. I mostly use the cell phone but still want to keep
Raine
Dec 2013
#39
Having spent too much of my life with some form of 'communications device'...........
wandy
Dec 2013
#40
Cell phone only is great until you think your house is on fire and ...
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2013
#46