Actually, that is something I forgot to mention (probably the phone took this fear away, so I don't think much about it any more). I get lost very, very easily. When I am lost I get upset and confused and often don't know what to do. So, I will call either whoever I was going to visit, or my husband. Most of the time I just need them to calm me down so I can think again, to figure out what to do. It's worst when it is dark, as I am afraid of the dark. Plus, you can't see very far in the dark, and things just seem to be closing in around me.

Mind you, after finding out about AS, I realized that I am not just crazy, and that I can overcome this problem (to a degree). Now, when I know I am going somewhere unfamiliar, I make my own directions. The problem in many cases of getting lost was, following somebody else's directions. And they seem to just imply things, or assume too much (omitting details that to them are obvious). Or they would say: Go North (or whatever direction), instead of left or right. But if you have a poor sense of direction and don't know where north is, you've got a problem.

So, now the night before going anywhere I get out my maps, and I map the best route and write it down in large letters (so I can read it without reading glasses) and in great detail. That works when there are no detours. I still get lost and might need to call if anything is different (and detours are different and often very confusing). But often I just stop somewhere safe and get out my trusty maps, find where I am and where I need to go to find my way again.

But I don't do city driving, I am hopeless in big cities. I am talking here about country driving (like the six-hour-trip to Ottawa to see our oldest daughter and her family), or any of the other places our kids are. If I'd try to drive into Toronto, no phone would help, I'd end up in tears anyway. So, I just go to the subway station on the outskirts and take public transportation to wherever I am going.

If you do decide to, PM me as my partner works with that kind of stuff, has tested a fair few of them (he does not drive but also gets lost easily) and knows which ones are decent and which ones don't work properly.

I don't have one either because they can be a bit expensive.

Not too sure about favourite but the default Nokia Tune is so bloody irritating. Someone I know turned that into a full blown 7 minute trance song!!

No.  I'm never away for long from those who might need to get ahold of me.  And usually, when I'm out, I'm with my sister, who is permanently attached to her cell, so there's one around if I should have to make a call.  Highly unlikely, though.

  I hate the thought of having to stop what I'm doing every time I hear an annoying ring.

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Athie

LOL, same here.  Even if I'm just taking a walk in the park and I haven't had my cell phone ring in over a week (usually the case) I *still* don't like to answer.

That's one reason I'm not too keen on getting one - it would be annoying being interrupted too often. But it makes it hard when there is an emergency if you don't have one. It's a real conundrum. Maybe you could ask your wife to call you only if it's a real emergency, but then I suppose she would say she only calls when it is important anyway.

So would I!  I may finally get one this year, just for emergencies though, or for calling back the cab company, while I'm waiting outside my house, to check on whether my cab is almost there.  Funny how cellphones are now used against their owners as an instrument of nagging...often on the bus someone's phone will ring, he'll answer it, then a moment later he'll say, "I'm on the bus right now."  Then he'll get out a minute later!  Some people have no patience at all! This is the downside of people being able to reach each other at any moment of the day or night.  Sometimes it's nice to have a few minutes of quiet and privacy while traveling.

Of course, the short-term solution to that problem is to shut the phone off, but it seems once people know you have a cellphone they expect it to be on all the time and get angry when they can't reach you...

Very solid phone though and I notice phones in the lates 90s were built more sturdily and tended to last much longer than the ones we have today.

It makes me laugh to think how we used to get by without mobile
phones.

LOL, worth repeating.

I have a Virgin Mobile phone, and I mostly use it for pictures and Tetris, though the picture quality usually isn't too good. I actually make a lot of calls, but they're short little calls to my mom or dad to find out where something is or how to do something or something like that. I don't make many social calls; that's what the internet is for.

Smallest what?? Cellphone or penis??