I lost my cell phone at some club last night, presumably while drunk and behaving stupidly. Anyway, this is about the 438th time this last few months that I've lost a cell phone. I have a habit of leaving them lying about in random places, I guess.
Replacing all these phones is getting to be quite an expensive endeavor. So my question to you is: what the fuck should I do at this point? It's a pain in the butt trying to find all my numbers and reprogram them into a phone every time I get a new one (which I know will be lost in a matter of weeks anyway).
I am the only one out there who has this consistent problem?
If you are just worried about the data reentry, and not the cost, of all these cell phone losses, I recommend one of the plam/visor cellphones. Visor comes with a cellphone attachment to the springbord and palm/qualcom co brand a cellphone that has the equivilent of a palm III intergrated in it. Both of these are too bulky for my tastes, but if you went that route, everytime you lost your phone you could just hot-sink it with the file on your computer.
My problem is that I will unconsciously leave them lying around at places. I take them out to use them, put them down to take a drink, and then forget I left them out. That kinda thing.
for replacing the phone. get the cell phone insurance bs that your provider sells. It will replace it.
for re-entering all of your numbers. You can get a cable and a cd for 10 to 15 dollars at most electronic stores/cell phone shoppes. With it you can copy your phonebook to your pc for storage, as well as do crazy shit, like write your own ring tone, or import a font to your phone for your own, personal touch. or some shit...
Ok there is a company called Cryosoft Communications. They have a test bed right now, and you get it all for free until Sep 1, 2002. You simply have to consent to about an encyclopedia worth of documents, but then you get the goods.
2 basic implants, that are powered on body heat. You have one placed behind your ear, dont matter which ear, I would chose the non-phone ear. It goes just under your cartlidge(sp) area and provides audible functionality up to 35Dbz. Decibels. There is a sensor to auto detect backgrond noise , so the unit self adjusts its volume. The other sensor is implanted in a more precarious place, just at the top of your nasal cavity. This one is a basic microphone that relays to the ear sensor, which actually does all the transmissions to the satellites.
The entire system is programmed in house at their labratory, accustomed to your speach, and it even comes with a disabler in case of some malfunction. You carry a disabler on a keychain, if the volume or some other error occured, it will at a click turn off. this way you dont get calls when you dont want. You can also re-enable with the keychain device.
The future is here now.. the question is are you willing to become a cyborg?
Turn your answering machine on and leave the fucking phone at home. I can't imagine your life being so important that you need to take calls when you are in a bar.
People that sit around someplace public with their friends and yap on the phone make me want to throw their fucking cell off a cliff while it's still attached to their ear.
Look if you HAVE to be on an electronic leash, then get a pager and put that MFr on vibrate. I was stuck in heavy traffic today, and after finally working my way thru the crowd, wondering why the rushhour hell was occuring at 2pm, and I found yet another brainless bimbo in her dodge neon yakking on her cell phone, clanking the bangles on her wrists and swerving so much that people were hesitant to pass on either side.
No one who does not have their finger on the nuke button needs to be in 24/7 contact. Some may say they need to be available for work, but getting drunk on the town, is not when you want to be called into work anyways.
I will never understand how cell phones became status symbols, I always feel bad for the losers so tied down that they have to have a leash like that on.
She Dreams in Digital
\"Led Zeppelin taught an entire generation of young men how to make love, if they just listen\"- Michael Reed(2005)
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Look if you HAVE to be on an electronic leash
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Great phrase kylere.
I hate my cell phone, which is why I usually have it turned off.
There is enough shit to deal without a fucking ball and chain like that hanging around.
so what if..........millie approaches some chick. he shoots the shit and things go well. ok time to get a number. oh wait...i don't have a cell phone....please call my house and leave a message! it looks way smoother if you whip out the celly and make her ass type the number in the cell!!! its common sense =P
Gordiken the Wicked wrote:so what if..........millie approaches some chick. he shoots the shit and things go well. ok time to get a number. oh wait...i don't have a cell phone....please call my house and leave a message! it looks way smoother if you whip out the celly and make her ass type the number in the cell!!! its common sense =P
Millie is a hawt chick ... didn't you know that?
I only have one for convenience, really... and in case of emergencies. Cliche, I suppose.. but that's why I got it. I hardly even use the damn thing, but free long distance is nice when I need it.
"Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings." - John F Kennedy
Cell phones are actually cheaper to use for both local calls and long distance in Los Angeles. There are about 500 area codes in this city alone, and calling each of them is extremely pricey with most local phone service plans.
As a result, I use the cell 24/7, and the regular phone on increasingly rare occasions. I may even cancel my regular line in the near future if it ends up going to non-use.
i actually find that cell phones are particularly useful when you are out trying to coordinate with friends, especially in big cities.
i agree with millie about ease of use too, and cost effectiveness. If it wasnt for DSL, i would have no need for local phone service. i guess i'd keep it for emergencies, but i never make long distance calls on anything but my mobile anymore.
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Both my first cell phone, and first pager were issued to me for work. This was back when the phones were fucking huge, and pagers looked like garage door openers. Whenever either of them went off, it meant I had to drop what I was doing, and go to work. Hence, I FUCKING HATE THEM. It also seemed that the pager was directly connected to my cock. IE: 9:30 on a cool, summer night, just as I am moving my hands up my lady friend's shirt while thinking to myself "This woman is really digging my treats!". BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP! GODDAMMIT! Oh yeah, it would also beep in accordance with Holidays, weekends, and when I was really, really sleepy.
I have, so far, never owned either since that job. However, I do plan on buying a cell later this summer for the sake of convience. My GF has one, and gotta admit they come in handy. I am also pretty sick of being the only person in the USA without a cell phone. People look at me like I'm a fucking freak from Mars when I say I don't own one. I refuse to use one in public though. I'll return calls when no one is around.
I remeber when I was visiting a friend in Arkansas a couple of years ago and we went to a blues festival. There was this one outdoor table at a resturaunt that was full of hotties. Definately a sororiety. Anyway, the place was packed so it was basically standing room only unless you were lucky and nabbed one of the 10-15 tables early. Anyway, almost all these chicks were yapping on cell phones the entire time I was there. I would say that 7 out of 10 were on thier cell at any given time, with a finger on one ear, trying to block out the music and crowd noise so they could hear. WHAT THE FUCK? I wanted to throw them off the balcony and take thier goddamn table and enjoy the show. Just because you're hot dosen't mean you're exempt from being a fucking moron. It also won't defend you when I call your rude ass out on it.
Millie:
My GF just leaves hers in the car. I tend to side with the guy who posted above. Once I spend 2-300$ on a cell, I will never, ever lose that bastard.
I just generally hold my cell phone in my pocket and my g/f's as well when we are out of the house/car and goin wherever. that way she doesn't have to worry about it and its taken care of, she's not a blonde tho luckily hah, only prob is we both have the exact same damn phone w/ the same provider, so when 1 rings its a pain sometimes hah, had to change ringers so they work well together If leavin in car is not an option fine some1 u trust to hold onto it for u I suppose, it works....and Fair, man I bet u soooo wanted to turn the damn pager off LOL thats just no good
Master Fumita Fyreblaze
65th Prestidigitator of Fiends
I actually have no problem with making some jackass hold my phone for me. I'll consider finding a likely sucker.
I am on my phone just about all the time, though, for 2 reasons:
a) My friends are chatty.
b) I have NO sense of direction, so I am always on the phone while in the car (!), trying to get help while perpetually lost. ^_^
and in the bar you must be on the phone to get directions to the ladies room where you can chat on your cell with your overly chatty friends that are also in the same ladies room....but in different stalls or at different mirrors.
I have NO sense of direction, so I am always on the phone while in the car (!), trying to get help while perpetually lost.
I hate you so vary much!
"There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships." -Theodore Roosevelt
Millie wrote:I am on my phone just about all the time, though, for 2 reasons:
a) My friends are chatty.
b) I have NO sense of direction, so I am always on the phone while in the car (!), trying to get help while perpetually lost. ^_^
How the hell could you possibly lose your phone then?
Millie wrote:I am on my phone just about all the time, though, for 2 reasons:
a) My friends are chatty.
b) I have NO sense of direction, so I am always on the phone while in the car (!), trying to get help while perpetually lost. ^_^
How the hell could you possibly lose your phone then?
I lose it in other peoples' cars on in bars/clubs when I leave it lying around. It's not as if I am on my cell constantly while in bars or something. I hate those people.
