[at-l] another take on cell phones

[patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu (Pat Villeneuve)]

We're sounding old, Sly, but I'm with you. I remember when public phones came in
phone booths so you could have some privacy while you talked. I don't wanna
listen to other people's business when I'm out in public. Or in the woods, for
that matter.
Chocolate

Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:

> Ah.
>
> Not only do I not carry one in real life, I had those goddamn things!
> Everyone walking around like robots with cellphones glued to the ears,
> yakking away, oblivious to their surroundings or straped to their belts least
> their pants fall down!
>
> Fufteen years ago everyone lived fine without, what happened?
>
> It's sickening!
>
> Sly
>
> > As someone who doesn't carry a cell phone in regular life, I'm not about
> > to carry one on the AT despite all of my friends and family who are
> > convinced I'll die a horrible, lonely, death without one. (I did point
> > out to one friend that if I plunge off a cliff, the cell phone won't
> >
>
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