could you live without your mobile ?

[Northern lass]

No I'd feel as if part of my body was missing!! Not that I use it to talk to people much. But it's very useful for texts and in emergencies (and we have plenty of those!) or just to text my husband NOT to buy certain things cos I've already got them - otherwise we end up with two of everything!

There have been loads of situations in my life when having a mobile and therefore being able to act quickly have been absolutely vital.

[mazie]

STEPHEN:

But what if you need to get in touch with family or someone else in an emergency?

Or what if your car breaks down on a lonely highway, miles from anywhere?

Or you witness a crime in progress and need to phone the police?

Etc, etc, etc....

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OH YEA, LAURA HERE. MAZIE IS ME, LAURA.

ANYWAY, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN ALONG MANY YEARS WITH NO CELL. AND WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH FAMILY OR ANY OTHER ER SAME WAY AS AWAYS, AND CRIME IN PROGRESS, THERE ARE ALWAYS PHONES AROUND.

AS FAR AS DRIVING ON LONELY ROADS, THAT I DO NOT DO AND AGAIN, THERE ARE ALWAYS PHONES AROUND.

NOPE, I STILL HEAR NO CONVINCING REASON TO HAVE A CELL PHONE ATTACHED TO MY EAR LOL.

Edited June 15, 2007 by mazie

[ladypeartree]

there used to be a phone box on every street corner but since the advent of mobile phones they have all dissapeared.

I have been thinking about it and I cannot recall a single phone within a 10 mile radius

However maybe I should have asked

ARE YOU WILLING TO DIE FOR YOUR MOBILE PHONE ?

since the article was all about people being EXECUTED for using a mobile

[Laura]

THAT MAZIE SURE IS CHATTY!

ONE REASON I JUST THOUGHT OF MAYBE TO USE A CELL PHONE FOR, WHEN NO OTHER PHONES WERE AVAILABLE.

THE NEXT TIME A FLYING SAUCER TAKES SOMEONE FOR A RIDE, I BET THEY SURE WILL BE USING A CELL PHONE REAL QUICK, IF THEY CAN GET A SIGNAL.

ANOTHER REASON I WOULD NOT WANT A CELL PHONE - JUST ABOUT EVERYONE I KNOW HAS ONE, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS LOSING SIGNAL OR DISCONNECTING OR SOMETHING, OR CAN'T EVEN GET A SIGNAL TO MAKE A CALL.

THAT WOULD DRIVE ME BATS LOL.

[Afal]

I rarely have the mobile switched on, so in many ways I could live without it.

However, my main purpose for having one is so that I can use it in an emergency. I had a blow-out on the motorway once and within a few days, I had bought my first mobile. I had realised how much easier it would have been if I had had a mobile with me.

Now I would never think of driving anywhere without my mobile safely in my bag.

[lifeQuest]

Although cell phones are highly convenient, mine isn't absolutely necessary to my survival, of course. I barely know how to use the thing to do anything other than call people or play games. However, there have certainly been times when I've needed to have one (such as to let my family know when I've reached my destination if I'm going somewhere, etc.) Of course, I have very little signal where I live...go figure