Reply #25: My brother was having brain surgery the day after the 2008 election

[Paula Sims]

His tumor was 3x the size of an egg and in the middle of his head between the two lobes. I asked the brain surgeon if there was a link between brother's cell phone use and the tumor and he said "I don't think so but I won't let any of my children under 15 use one unless it's an emergency". What does THAT tell you. One of the other surgeons also had the same tumor as my brother (a glioma) and he is sure it was because of the cell phones (which he carries but doesn't turn on unless absolutely necessary). (personal note: sadly, my brother is still a rethug so I don't think they took enough of the tumor out)

Same with hubby and me -- we have one to tell the other that we're going to be late. I don't even know my number -- we just use it to call home and leave a message on the answering machine. Our monthly bill? Just over $15 per month for both lines (we have a really really old grandfathered contract). At home we only have landlines -- when the power is out, at least we can still use those to call the electric company to report the outage. Why don't the neighbors? They all have cordless phones that aren't charged and don't work when there is no power.

And yes, I still write letters to my best friends using paper and pen -- and people wonder why my handwriting is so nice!!