ColeBOzbourne Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Occasionally I catch a bit of grief or pity from my fellow human beings because I've never owned a cell phone and refuse to join the modern race. This morning in my building I saw a middle-aged woman approach the elevators with her eyes firmly transfixed on her phone. Rather than push the button, she knocked on the elevator door and patiently waited for a response, never glancing up from her screen. After a moment she politely knocked again and continued to wait. I didn't stick around for the end of the show, but did walk away feeling pretty good about myself. Smart Phones, they really do make people smarter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Occasionally I catch a bit of grief or pity from my fellow human beings because I've never owned a cell phone and refuse to join the modern race. This morning in my building I saw a middle-aged woman approach the elevators with her eyes firmly transfixed on her phone. Rather than push the button, she knocked on the elevator door and patiently waited for a response, never glancing up from her screen. After a moment she politely knocked again and continued to wait. I didn't stick around for the end of the show, but did walk away feeling pretty good about myself. Smart Phones, they really do make people smarter!So if you have not joined the modern race,how did your pidgin manage to get its message here? Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, ivor bigun said: So if you have not joined the modern race,how did your pidgin manage to get its message here? Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Him English top good. You pidgin bird-brain pigeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I appreciate now that I became adept at communicating the 'ol fashioned' way, there's a lot of zombies out there these days lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Knock, knock! Who’s there? Yourself. Yourself who? Your cell phone’s ringing you better answer it. I'll get my coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeBOzbourne Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 15 hours ago, ivor bigun said: So if you have not joined the modern race,how did your pidgin manage to get its message here? Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Thank you for being fascinated with my story. I have one of them laptop contraptions and use it now and then to spy on the modern race, but not actually join it. I see that you have a SM-A720F in conjunction with the Thaivisa mobile app...impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I'm a millenial geek and resisted cellphone for a long time. My uncle gave me one at Christmas because he thought I was anormal. I dont use it when walking or driving. It has been pretty usefull when at the border they asked me to buy an onward ticket. When denied on another occasion it has been use to open my account on this site from detention. Google map is pretty usefull and help often when my father inlaw get lost driving around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Elevators are always good for a surprise. More than once I enter one, people inside, no floor selected Do they spend their afternoons going up and down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Thank you for being fascinated with my story. I have one of them laptop contraptions and use it now and then to spy on the modern race, but not actually join it. I see that you have a SM-A720F in conjunction with the Thaivisa mobile app...impressive!Actually our son bought it for my birthday a couple of years ago ,he said the two tin cans we used did not have enough string over long distances[emoji3]Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Hate them too,but unfortunatley one has to accept that one is going to be assimilated and resitance is futile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 4 hours ago, ColeBOzbourne said: Thank you for being fascinated with my story. Um, well, folks are also fascinated by a traumatic decapitation they may see on the road here, so dont let your ego get tumescent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, marko kok prong said: accept that one is going to be assimilated and resistance is futile. Sir Patrick Stewart's/Star Trek's "Picard" series starts January. The Borg collective likely to re-appear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Nyezhov said: tumescent Learned a new word today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 12:51 PM, ColeBOzbourne said: I've never owned a cell phone Really? How would you contact someone in an emergency or how would they contact you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexlowe Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 15 minutes ago, Skallywag said: Learned a new word today All those years - and you never knew that's what was happening to it. No one ever whisper in your ear, "Oh my, you are a tumescent one, big boy! Light my fire." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeBOzbourne Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 17 hours ago, Just Weird said: Really? How would you contact someone in an emergency or how would they contact you? Good question, and therein lies the occasional grief I have caught as mentioned in my OP. Coincidentally, that grief only came from a few members of ThaiVisa forum who were quick to say I was 'incredibly selfish' for not owning a cell phone. I didn't run out and buy one. Basically I have very little family and we are not close. I have one hillbilly-hermit sister with no phone or internet. My other sister has joined the modern race, we occasionally communicate by email. She also has the phone number for my building where there are landlines. I can call out if needed, she could call in if needed. If I happen to be out for a few hours there will be a message waiting for me when I return. If I fall down and hurt myself maybe I can scream for help, maybe not. That pretty much covers it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, ColeBOzbourne said: If I fall down and hurt myself maybe I can scream for help, maybe not. That pretty much covers it. There was a guy not long ago who fell in a hole. He tried to burn his clothes and probably scream to get help. I guess a cellphone can be handy at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 18 hours ago, Skallywag said: Sir Patrick Stewart's/Star Trek's "Picard" series starts January. The Borg collective likely to re-appear I hope they do,always liked the Borg episodes,of course especially 7 of 9 in Voyager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 12:51 PM, ColeBOzbourne said: she knocked on the elevator door and patiently waited I think there is something in the air - or water - or maybe from shooting these cell rays through the air... or maybe most of the people i know are suffering from the beginning strains of dementia [caused by air, or water etc..] But thanks for the funny story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 19 hours ago, Nyezhov said: tumescent good word - - plus five cents for millwall - now I will have to look it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeBOzbourne Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Tayaout said: There was a guy not long ago who fell in a hole. He tried to burn his clothes and probably scream to get help. I guess a cellphone can be handy at times. He was probably walking along staring at his cell phone and that's why he fell in the hole.???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shy coconut Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 10:24 AM, Nyezhov said: Um, well, folks are also fascinated by a traumatic decapitation they may see on the road here, so dont let your ego get tumescent Thanks for adding to my word collection!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemises Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 ..I guess a cellphone can be handy at times. Cellphones saved the lives of many people (just yesterday) trapped when a building collapsed. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50055727 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Nemises said: Cellphones saved the lives of many people (just yesterday) trapped when a building collapsed.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50055727 Yes! I saw a selfie that a guy under the rubble sent to his familly to tell them he was ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeBOzbourne Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Nemises said: Cellphones saved the lives of many people (just yesterday) trapped when a building collapsed. I agree, there are times when a cellphone can be invaluable. What I don't understand is when sometimes I see someone was in grave danger and rather than call for help themselves, they will Facebook a friend and tell them to text their mother with the message that they are in trouble and mom should please twitter the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 2:26 AM, ivor bigun said: So if you have not joined the modern race,how did your pidgin manage to get its message here? Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Perhaps he uses the computer in a public library. One day I'm going to ditch the mobile phone ( it's NOT a "smart phone" ) and tell people to send me a letter if they want to communicate with me. I still use cash too. The world was a better place without PCs, smart phones and day time tv. Why do I come on here? Because I'm addicted, but one day I'm going to get cured and I won't anymore. I only started on TVF for the info sub forums anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 On 10/16/2019 at 5:36 PM, ColeBOzbourne said: Good question, and therein lies the occasional grief I have caught as mentioned in my OP. Coincidentally, that grief only came from a few members of ThaiVisa forum who were quick to say I was 'incredibly selfish' for not owning a cell phone. I didn't run out and buy one. Basically I have very little family and we are not close. I have one hillbilly-hermit sister with no phone or internet. My other sister has joined the modern race, we occasionally communicate by email. She also has the phone number for my building where there are landlines. I can call out if needed, she could call in if needed. If I happen to be out for a few hours there will be a message waiting for me when I return. If I fall down and hurt myself maybe I can scream for help, maybe not. That pretty much covers it. Back before mobile phones and so on we all survived pretty well. Anyway, big difference between a simple mobile phone, and a so called "smart phone", which makes it's owner stupid. A few years ago there was a poster that was trying to convince us that smart phones made us more clever. He hasn't been around for ages- perhaps because he lost the argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: Perhaps he uses the computer in a public library. One day I'm going to ditch the mobile phone ( it's NOT a "smart phone" ) and tell people to send me a letter if they want to communicate with me. I still use cash too. The world was a better place without PCs, smart phones and day time tv. Why do I come on here? Because I'm addicted, but one day I'm going to get cured and I won't anymore. I only started on TVF for the info sub forums anyway. Why not tell them to simply come visit you. Mail is still pretty modern technology in human history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Tayaout said: Why not tell them to simply come visit you. Mail is still pretty modern technology in human history. Because I was referencing business people. They aren't going to visit me to tell me that my prescription is ready. I don't want to go back to the middle ages, but I only use the phone for such as the above, so I don't see why I should pay large for a phone I rarely use. NB, I will also be giving up the car. A mobile is a safety thing when travelling in case of accident of myself or others, so that's about the only thing I really need one for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Oops! forgot the quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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