Sad existence?

Pinkchick03

Does anyone listen to the Ray Darcy show on Today Fm? One day Ray and Jenny gave up their phones, their producer confiscated them and they weren't allowed have them for a whole day! Jenny said she was utterly lost without her phone - she felt out of touch that she couldn't send a quick text to her friends!

Its terrible but I left my phone at home one day and discovered it on my way into town - and went the whole way back to get it - isn't this so sad? But you know how it feels when you don't have your phone? You feel like you're missing out on something!

Sure what did we do before mobile phones - we just made concrete plans - i'll meet you at a particular place at a set time - none of this sure I'll give you a ring when I get to town. Its ridiculous really how attached we are to our phones! I am one of those can't live without my phone people! I was away in the USA a few weeks ago and I could only receive calls and message - and couldn't send texts or make phone calls - it was agony!!!!!! :eek:

Nasty_Girl

had that exact same thought with a friend the other day, we conceded that people probably just tried harder to keep appointments and stuff before the mobile phone explosion

whiskeyman

What did we do before mobile phones?
Yoghurt cartons and string of course...
Was annoying when you'd get cross-strings with someones else... and if you didnt wash the carton properly, you'd get smelly calls.
How technololy has advanced...

Pinkchick03

whiskeyman wrote:

What did we do before mobile phones?
Youghert cartons and string of course...
Was annoying when you'd get cross-strings with someones else... and if you didnt wash the carton properly, you'd get smelly calls.
How technololy has advanced...

LMAO

whiskeyman

I had a Yop 3150 then I got one of those cool Muller V120, with the flip strawberry carton...

I am MAN

Yeah but they are also really handy and I wouldnt remove them if given a chance.

Texts allowing ugly people to flirt since 1995.

Pinkchick03

Hehe! so no cans for you? No way hos-ey! (remember boring priest in Father Ted - talking about envelopes - no round envelopes for me - no way hos-ey!)

So should we cut back on our phone usage - I mean I have mine at hand 24/7 - can't go to sleep unless its under my pillow - sad sad sad!

whiskeyman

yeah, reliance and dependance is incredible.
And now there's email on the move with the BlackBerry devices.
It has its ups and downs.... always being contactable when mates are in the pub and you feel like joining in... but annoying when work can contact you 24/7 !!
Kinda like the importance of knowing the time... so essential, someone thought it necessary to invent a device to have it on your wrist. Mobiles are just showing they're just as vital for modern life...

mayordenis

**** this phones are just too important at this stage,
theres no point in arguing it really,
same for me my phone is usually under or sometimes to the side of my pillow when im asleep which is probably killing me but **** it cause im connected!! :P

Pigman II

What did 'we' (society) do before mobile phones?

I dunno but I've heard Ray Darcy just improvised with his finger and some KY jelly

Goodshape

Maybe I'm just not popular / important enough but I wouldn't miss my mobile too much if I left it at home for the day. I honestly don't like talking on phones tbh. It just seems to me to be very unemotive form of communication. I'll call to ask 'where are you', grand, but I'm not going to call up just to say 'hi' or have a chat. That can wait until I see you face-to-face.

bounty

mobiles are more hassle than they're worth, i never carry mine about

ven0m

I could care less about my mobile phone. If I forget it, bit deal - people can't contact me - I could care less..... no-one is at anyone's beck & call.... unless you're a P.A. or a butler that is


::: ven0mous :::

whiskeyman

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4297993.stm

thought this article was an interesting read with this thread...

Pinkchick03

Very interesting Article!

Most of all I hate being in the car without my phone - in case i crash or break down or whatever!

whiskeyman

Pinkchick03 wrote:

Very interesting Article!

Most of all I hate being in the car without my phone - in case i crash or break down or whatever!

I suppose around 70 years ago or so, people were saying
"I cant live without my car.. I go everywhere in it... I dont know what I'd do with out it" and others were saying "I dont care much for mine... I like walking anyway... who cares if you dont arrive on time...".

Mobiles are one thing, but what the heck did we do before PCs and email?
I'm sat here with a laptop and a PC.. with more email accounts that I can remember, a zillion passwords for all sorts of programs and my desk is still flooded with paper.

Technology..... Gotta love it

tovalee

I think I'm the last person in the world under the age of 70 who doesnt have a mobile. .....course, i have no friends either,so theres no point really

spunkymunky

Pinkchick03 wrote:

Very interesting Article!

Most of all I hate being in the car without my phone - in case i crash or break down or whatever!

Definately agree with this, Was my original excuse to get one way back when they were cool!! Even though i just wanted one like everybody else.
If I forgot my phone i probably wouldnt go back for it. But depends where im going.
I love going to the gym or a jog and not worrying about if someone is trying to contact me. Its nice for that hour or 2. And i never leave my phone on at night. I most certainly do not want to be woken at 4am for a drunken chat.
But when it comes down to it i suppose i couldnt really live without it now. It has, unfortunately, become almost vital in my life.

jor el

I always carry my phone with me but rarely call anyone, plus no one ever rings me either If I leave it at home I wouldn't go back for it. It's handy for meeting with people or if you're on a journey or something but it's hardly essential and I could probably easily live without it. I just don't want to.

Uninterestingly though my number is a palindrome, which I didn't notice for about a year.

*adele*

im quite obsessed with my phone,i bring it to school and keep it in my pencil case :rolleyes:
Once in Spain i had my sim blocked accidently and i cried i had it unblocked the next day it had only been a couple of hours without it,it felt like YEARS

aidan_dunne

Pinkchick03 wrote:

I mean I have mine at hand 24/7 - can't go to sleep unless its under my pillow

I feel exactly the same way about my 9mm Beretta automatic pistol.