Cell phone craze is driving me crazy.

**Cujo** · 03-01-2014, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by JPPR2

The saddest thing is parents who give kids a phone or a tablet to have it be a baby sitter

Went to dinner with some friends a while back and they gave their kids Ipads to play on.
Rather than play and talk these kids are sitting there staring at their ipads. (during the after eating, drinking chatting and fruit stage of the evening).
I won't allow my son to play on devices at social occasions.
OK on the train or waiting for something to keep him occupied but this nonsense of kids (6 and 8) playing games on pads at every occasion is fucked up if you ask me.

**Rainfall** · 03-01-2014, 10:32 AM

Gets to my nervs when you are in a face to face chat with someone, the mobile rings and he or she interrupts our talk and commits to the telephone as if that's the most natural thing to do. No 'do you mind if I took that', not so much as a 'sorry'. Manners in decay. I made it a habit to put this person on ignore afterwards unless it's about something important. Is there no app invented yet that stops the ringing and sends an SMS to the caller, maybe 'sorry I'm busy and call back asap' on the push of one button? I disliked the mobile stuff right from the beginning, understood it more as the means to force oneself upon others than as means of communication.

**ChiangMai noon** · 03-01-2014, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by Koojo

Why?

i have absolutely no need for one

i'm either at home or at work

i have telephones in both places and i use my computer to do all the other stuff

i used to have one..up until about 6 years ago and people rang it all the time

absolutely nobody calls a house phone
i guess there is a sense they are disturbing you whereas you are fair game on a mobile

**baldrick** · 03-01-2014, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

absolutely nobody calls a house phone

I do when I can as it is cheaper when calling international

**Dillinger** · 03-01-2014, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Rainfall

Is there no app invented yet that stops the ringing and sends an SMS to the caller, maybe 'sorry I'm busy and call back asap

Your friend could have just turned the ringer off with one touch, the caller will still hear it ringing in his earpiece, obviously that phone call was more important than you. But yes that was quite rude of him

**Marmite the Dog** · 03-01-2014, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by patsycat

I never take my tits out. I have no tits, i have liddle pancake tits. My tits are smaller than his moobs.

Perfect. I like little perky tits.

**Cujo** · 03-01-2014, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Originally Posted by Koojo

Why?

i have absolutely no need for one

i'm either at home or at work

i have telephones in both places and i use my computer to do all the other stuff

i used to have one..up until about 6 years ago and people rang it all the time

absolutely nobody calls a house phone
i guess there is a sense they are disturbing you whereas you are fair game on a mobile

OK, but my why was more about the 'liberating' yourself.
From what?

**Cujo** · 03-01-2014, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Originally Posted by Rainfall

Is there no app invented yet that stops the ringing and sends an SMS to the caller, maybe 'sorry I'm busy and call back asap

Your friend could have just turned the ringer off with one touch, the caller will still hear it ringing in his earpiece, obviously that phone call was more important than you. But yes that was quite rude of him

Actually most phones do one better than that, you can set to recieve, reject, or reject with message. (pre written).
Very simple.

**DJ Pat** · 03-01-2014, 11:22 AM

I like that film where Daniel Craig is having dinner with someone who keeps getting interrupted by the phone. He just grabs it and chucks it out the window.

A guy on the bus had his text message tone as a loud baby crying and he was obviously in a serious text chat with someone because every two minutes this loud baby crying sound was heard. I was very close to grabbing it off the c*nt. Sad thing was he thought it was hilarious.

**ChiangMai noon** · 03-01-2014, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Koojo

OK, but my why was more about the 'liberating' yourself.
From what?

undesirable phone calls

**Cujo** · 03-01-2014, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Originally Posted by Koojo

OK, but my why was more about the 'liberating' yourself.
From what?

undesirable phone calls

So maybe you should get rid of the landline as well.

**Cujo** · 03-01-2014, 11:58 AM

**kingwilly** · 03-01-2014, 12:42 PM

What a bunch of old women scared of technology

**Cujo** · 03-01-2014, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by kingwilly

What a bunch of old women scared of technology

Is CMN a 'bunch' now?

**Marmite the Dog** · 05-01-2014, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by Koojo

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Originally Posted by Koojo

OK, but my why was more about the 'liberating' yourself.
From what?

undesirable phone calls

So maybe you should get rid of the landline as well.

And the wife's mobile...

**ChiangMai noon** · 05-01-2014, 10:44 PM

^
she really wanted a smartphone

i was really reluctant but i'm glad i bought it for her now

she is rarely off it

facebook is her social life

doesn't ring that often

**Rural Surin** · 05-01-2014, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

^
she really wanted a smartphone

i was really reluctant but i'm glad i bought it for her now

she is rarely off it

facebook is her social life

doesn't ring that often

FB isn't that social.

**ChiangMai noon** · 05-01-2014, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

FB isn't that social.

it is when compared to living miles from civilisation and thankfully 600 klicks from family

**NickA** · 05-01-2014, 11:05 PM

hardly get called on my mobile, so that's not a problem

my monthly mobile usage is round about £1, mostly on texts for work

started using viber for free texts and calls, so might be even less

**NickA** · 05-01-2014, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i was really reluctant but i'm glad i bought it for her now she is rarely off it

mine just watches thai lakorn and looks at ebay on hers

**ChiangMai noon** · 05-01-2014, 11:08 PM

takes great 720p video

amazing that such a little thing does HD stuff so well

**NickA** · 05-01-2014, 11:16 PM

also use mine as a GPS, both for driving and for tracking walks... wouldn't use it up in the hills and it kills the battery.... but useful for little walks out and about

**Baas Babelaas** · 06-01-2014, 01:38 AM

Do you find you have to have to move out of people's way on the sidewalk/road, because they're engaged in their phone.

I've nudged a couple of folks who were walking into my path, oblivious to the real world, because they were in their smartphone world.

Fuck 'em. I have a smartphone. An S4. But I don't walk around with it screen-to-nose.

Guess I'm getting old(er)..

**patsycat** · 06-01-2014, 02:38 AM

Nah, i just keep walking and do a funny sort of limp arthritic leg act to sort of trip them up. And keep walking.

It's like when someone asks you for a cig, whilst your smoking, - i just say i gave up a week ago. Shit, i pay my money for my cigarettes not for theirs.

But, regards the phone thing. My Slaplike phone is really on it's last legs after five years or so. And the sales are on and my mum gave me some cash so i may buy a new one.

Off shopping tomorrow. I was rather going to go for a pair of Levi's but a phone may be fun. And cheaper than the jeans. With perhaps a camera to make photos with.... of this awful grey, dismal city.

**Baas Babelaas** · 06-01-2014, 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by patsycat

Nah, i just keep walking and do a funny sort of limp arthritic leg act to sort of trip them up. And keep walking.

It's like when someone asks you for a cig, whilst your smoking, - i just say i gave up a week ago. Shit, i pay my money for my cigarettes not for theirs.

But, regards the phone thing. My Slaplike phone is really on it's last legs after five years or so. And the sales are on and my mum gave me some cash so i may buy a new one.

Off shopping tomorrow. I was rather going to go for a pair of Levi's but a phone may be fun. And cheaper than the jeans. With perhaps a camera to make photos with.... of this awful grey, dismal city.

You'll enjoy it bro/sis. Just don't don't become a nose-screen-runt.

There are plenty apps that make life easier.

But still keep your head up you can butt those cunts out your way..

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