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  • J Jeremy Falcon

    Does anyone else go through this... my mother never keeps her cell phone on. She turns it off like it's a regular phone and when I want to call her I have to call the old land line first and tell her to turn her cell phone on. Then I can call that. So tell me, does anyone else go through this?

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    Kinda wondering why, having called the land line, you don't just talk to her there and then!

    I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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      Kinda wondering why, having called the land line, you don't just talk to her there and then!

      I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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      I do, but sometimes you gotta send your mom a picture over a text.

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        I do, but sometimes you gotta send your mom a picture over a text.

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        Jeremy Falcon wrote:

        sometimes you gotta

        No, you don't.

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        • J Jeremy Falcon

          Does anyone else go through this... my mother never keeps her cell phone on. She turns it off like it's a regular phone and when I want to call her I have to call the old land line first and tell her to turn her cell phone on. Then I can call that. So tell me, does anyone else go through this?

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          My parents use their cell phone only when they're out. I never call it unless they're visiting us.

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          • J Jeremy Falcon

            Does anyone else go through this... my mother never keeps her cell phone on. She turns it off like it's a regular phone and when I want to call her I have to call the old land line first and tell her to turn her cell phone on. Then I can call that. So tell me, does anyone else go through this?

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            Lost User
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            Your mom is way ahead of me. I don't even know how to turn mine off! Seriously! :)

            How do we preserve the wisdom men will need, when their violent passions are spent? - The Lost Horizon

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              My parents use their cell phone only when they're out. I never call it unless they're visiting us.

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              Jeremy Falcon
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              PIEBALDconsult wrote:

              My parents use their cell phone only when they're out.

              It's the same thing with mine. She'll keep it on while at work too, but when home expect it to be off.

              PIEBALDconsult wrote:

              I never call it unless they're visiting us.

              No comment. :laugh: I'm sorta the same way... sorta. I'll call if I need something. Ya know, because I care.

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                I do, but sometimes you gotta send your mom a picture over a text.

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                Ah, I keep forgetting that when people say phone they don't mean phone. It's an age thing!

                I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                • J Jeremy Falcon

                  Does anyone else go through this... my mother never keeps her cell phone on. She turns it off like it's a regular phone and when I want to call her I have to call the old land line first and tell her to turn her cell phone on. Then I can call that. So tell me, does anyone else go through this?

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                  I know that. My solution is to send her an SMS to "land line" first to tell her to Switch the cell on. I don't know whether it is the same in other countries, but in .ch a SMS send to land line will be delivered... in the way a synthesized voice does read it :)

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                    Your mom is way ahead of me. I don't even know how to turn mine off! Seriously! :)

                    How do we preserve the wisdom men will need, when their violent passions are spent? - The Lost Horizon

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                    Jeremy Falcon
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                    That's the part that amazes me. When it comes to the desktop, she still vaguely knows what windows explorer is, and yet she gets all 1337 / ninja like when it comes to powering down her cell phone.

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                      I know that. My solution is to send her an SMS to "land line" first to tell her to Switch the cell on. I don't know whether it is the same in other countries, but in .ch a SMS send to land line will be delivered... in the way a synthesized voice does read it :)

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                      Oh that's cool. AFAIK we don't have that over here in the US.

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                        Ah, I keep forgetting that when people say phone they don't mean phone. It's an age thing!

                        I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                        Jeremy Falcon
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                        Yeah man, if you can't play video games on it, then it's not a phone. :~

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                          Oh that's cool. AFAIK we don't have that over here in the US.

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                          Brisingr Aerowing
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                          It seems AT&T does that[^] I think most carriers do something like this. It just isn't all that well publicized.

                          What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                            It seems AT&T does that[^] I think most carriers do something like this. It just isn't all that well publicized.

                            What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                            :thumbsup:

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                            • J Jeremy Falcon

                              Does anyone else go through this... my mother never keeps her cell phone on. She turns it off like it's a regular phone and when I want to call her I have to call the old land line first and tell her to turn her cell phone on. Then I can call that. So tell me, does anyone else go through this?

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                              glennPattonWork3
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                              Why Yes, though since the phone performance at Xmas, she keeps it on during daylight...

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                                Does anyone else go through this... my mother never keeps her cell phone on. She turns it off like it's a regular phone and when I want to call her I have to call the old land line first and tell her to turn her cell phone on. Then I can call that. So tell me, does anyone else go through this?

                                Jeremy Falcon

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                                My mom writes weekly blogs, handle email like big guys, but has no smart phone and uses her old Nokia only outside...

                                Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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                                • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                                  My mom writes weekly blogs, handle email like big guys, but has no smart phone and uses her old Nokia only outside...

                                  Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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                                  Go figure. But hey, you gotta give her props for knowing what a blog is.

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                                    My parents use their cell phone only when they're out. I never call it unless they're visiting us.

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                                    Ravi Bhavnani
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                                    Why call them if they're visiting?  Why not just speak to them face to face? :-D /ravi

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                                      Why call them if they're visiting?  Why not just speak to them face to face? :-D /ravi

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                                      Because they don't stay with us and like to explore on their own.

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                                      • J Jeremy Falcon

                                        Does anyone else go through this... my mother never keeps her cell phone on. She turns it off like it's a regular phone and when I want to call her I have to call the old land line first and tell her to turn her cell phone on. Then I can call that. So tell me, does anyone else go through this?

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                                        chriselst
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                                        When my dad first gave my Gran a mobile phone she phoned him off her landline a few days later to say she needed a new one because the battery had run out.

                                        Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                                          When my dad first gave my Gran a mobile phone she phoned him off her landline a few days later to say she needed a new one because the battery had run out.

                                          Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                                          Jeremy Falcon
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                                          Nice. :laugh:

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