[at-l] another take on cell phones

[foshione@dteenergy.com (Elizabeth A. Foshion)]

Consider something else - because of cell phones, pay phones are becoming less
profitable and are disappearing.  For those living on the financial edge, who can't
really afford a land line, much less a cell phone, this is a serious problem.  It's
getting harder to find a pay phone if you break down in the middle of nowhere.  To
keep this trail related, extrapolate the impact on AT hikers if pay phones become
scarce to none.

Squirrelgirl

Pat Villeneuve wrote:

> 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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