Mobile phones, abominations or neccessities

Dorsetmike

Member
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In my view abominations, contaminating the audio environment, verbal littering.

The only justifiable use I see for them is to make emergency calls for fire, police or ambulance, and possibly for calling for vehicle breakdown assistance. Mummy keeping track of kiddies only needs some device like a pager that responds with a GPS location and has a panic button for kid to use in emergency. A 4 year old with their own mobile to talk to divorced daddy seems totally over the top.

In my opinion, normal people make a shopping list before they leave home, any item that is not part of a regular daily or weekly shop, check the cupboard/shelf, don't wait until you're half way round Tesco/Walmart/Lidl then making one of those "can you have a look in the cupboard and see if we have any ?***?" calls.

Is anything really so desperate that we must talk to whoever right now.

As for use while driving, .45 calibre between the eyes should suit.

I saw a question elsewhere, somebody asked what applications would people recommend for use on some fancy device for a whole list of things from photo processing, through farcebook, twatter, (intentional spelling not typo) internet browsing and such. My reply would be "If you're at home use a PC or laptop, if in the office get on with the work you get paid to do, on the street pay attention to where you're going if walking driving or riding. In a public place don't pollute the environment with noise."

I would suggest to the government that they could wipe out the national debt in weeks if they taxed mobile phone tariffs, say £1 per minute?
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(Goes to search for armoured shelter and steel helmet)
 

teddy

Duckmeister
I bought my first mobile when my wife was seriously ill in hospital, and literally near deaths door. Being on the road a lot at the time it was the only way I could be reached. Later I found it very useful for contacting clients and advising my family of my whereabouts and schedule. Recently it allowed my daughter to inform me that she had been involved in a bad accident, and made sure that an ambulance was in attendance a lot quicker than it would have been otherwise. They can be intrusive, if you let them be but most of then have an answer service or at least a call log so you can ignore then until later. Having said that I have seen two kids sitting feet away from each other, texting away between themselves.

A two edged sword maybe, but sometimes a sword is indispensable.

teddy
 

Krummhorn

Administrator
Staff member
ADMINISTRATOR
Well ... guilty as charged, I suppose. I have and regularly use a mobile phone - being a professional musician with close ties to an active church where memorial or funeral services can happen at a moments notice, I need to be available when my pastor or the church office calls.

Having said that, I do not talk on the phone while driving - ever ... the last thing anyone propelling a 2 to 4 ton piece of sheet metal with 200 horsepower needs to be doing is yacking on the phone while driving ... it's so insane ... and dangerous, not only for them but for everyone else around them.

I also do not think that young kids need mobile phones ... the other day, while in Home Depot, I saw what Mike saw that he mentions ... two kids, walking with their parents, standing next to each other, texting each other, like they forgot how to converse orally or something? Stupid, very stupid, and yet the parents allow this to happen, right in front of them? Doubly stupid.

Recently noticed a 7 year old, on a two wheeled scooter, trying to propel it down the street and steer while yapping on a mobile phone ... the kid fell down several times, got up, picked the phone up, and started talking again and again trying to propel the scooter down the street. A few feet later, KABOOM - down he went again, got up, picked up the phone ... etc etc etc.

Teddy summed it up pretty nicely about the two edged sword. For me personally, it's more of a necessity than just a need or want.


Kh :cool:
 

marval

New member
I have a mobile phone, but I really only keep it for emergences. If I am out alone I like to have it with me, but I rarely use it.

As for people talking on them while driving, they should be locked up for a very long time.


Margaret
 

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
A double-edged Katana(samurai sword). Seriously, an ounce of communications discipline is worth a ton of un-necessary "oral diarrohea".
 
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