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Alassëa Eruvande
Valinor
Oct 10 2012, 1:50pm
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Well, we'd dump the land line if my implanted defibrillator didn't need it for checkups.
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It really annoys me that a company can produce a device that goes inside the human body and can give that human body's heart a jolt of electricity if necessary, but that same company does not have wi fi on that defibrillator's exterior monitor. Once a week, a little box about the size of an answering machine "interrogates" my defibrillator while I sleep and sends the info to the company. If there has been any weirdness since the last scan, the company then notifies my cardiologist. This little box depends on a land line to send the info. The defibrillator itself can be manipulated wirelessly, so I don't understand why the monitor can't as well. And because of where we live, our land line number is long distance for my kids' schools, my husband's work, the grandparents who only live 9 miles away, and my brother in law, who only lives about 2 miles away. And our service is mediocre at best, with a low humming background noise most of the time. So as soon as my stupid defibrillator people make a wi fi connected monitor, which they say they are working on, but I'll believe it when I see it, we'll disconnect the land line. So back to the poll. I use the cell phone because it doesn't have that low humming background noise.
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Which phone do you use when you are at home?
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 12:23pm
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Land line, as a rule
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sador
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Oct 10 2012, 12:32pm
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Both
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Misto
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Oct 10 2012, 12:34pm
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Um. Good point.
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 12:39pm
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I've considered ditching the landline, but
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Ataahua
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Oct 10 2012, 6:17pm
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My dad worries about the radiation, but I'm not convinced
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zarabia
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Oct 11 2012, 7:03am
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yeah, most kids text..
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Patty
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Oct 11 2012, 2:49pm
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No land line.
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Delrond
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Oct 10 2012, 1:09pm
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Siri is cool...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 1:15pm
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A few things,
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Delrond
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Oct 10 2012, 1:24pm
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The grandkids like asking silly questions...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 1:39pm
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Good question.
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Delrond
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Oct 10 2012, 2:43pm
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Mobile
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Nightingale
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Oct 10 2012, 1:11pm
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Yes, I can see that a college student would get more use out of cell phones.
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 1:18pm
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My parents - always landlines
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Nightingale
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Oct 10 2012, 2:11pm
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That reminds me...
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Misto
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Oct 10 2012, 8:33pm
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Well, we'd dump the land line if my implanted defibrillator didn't need it for checkups.
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Oct 10 2012, 1:50pm
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but I"ve heard that land lines are more reliable in large scale emergency situations
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Magpie
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Oct 10 2012, 1:57pm
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Magpie, you of all people should know
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 2:03pm
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lol... yes, that 's right //
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Magpie
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Oct 10 2012, 11:42pm
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Yes, land lines do not go out if the electricity goes out.
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Oct 10 2012, 2:07pm
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Ya got that right, and mine is even more than that.
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 2:11pm
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Yeah, we have the bare minimum on our land line.
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Oct 10 2012, 2:15pm
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Wow. Well, I can see you have no choice.
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 1:57pm
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The one tied to the wall
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Magpie
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Oct 10 2012, 1:50pm
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Does your red phone call the Kremlin?
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Oct 10 2012, 1:55pm
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Best. Laugh. All. Week./
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 1:58pm
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haha...
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Magpie
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Oct 10 2012, 2:00pm
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That's how my mom's princess phone was.
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Oct 10 2012, 2:05pm
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We are just getting rid of a Western Electric phone that looks somewhat like that...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 2:07pm
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dang, I remember party lines
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Magpie
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Oct 10 2012, 11:47pm
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We never had a party line, but...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 11:58pm
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It's supposed to call Batman.
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Delrond
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Oct 10 2012, 2:13pm
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We have a new modem from Bright House...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 2:17pm
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*takes notes*
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Oct 10 2012, 2:21pm
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Well, they are at the moment.
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Oct 10 2012, 2:19pm
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Oops, I thought Delrond was talking to me. We've had computer woes, too.
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 2:22pm
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So,
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Delrond
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Oct 10 2012, 2:47pm
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Yep.
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 2:49pm
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There's always
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Delrond
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Oct 10 2012, 2:38pm
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A red rotary phone
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Starling
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Oct 11 2012, 7:34am
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It depends on who I'm calling
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DanielLB
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Oct 10 2012, 2:24pm
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Long distance...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2012, 2:28pm
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Mobile/cell phone
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imin
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Oct 10 2012, 4:41pm
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I can't use a cell at home
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Elberbeth
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Oct 10 2012, 6:40pm
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I had to say cell phone, but . . .
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Alcarcalime
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Oct 10 2012, 7:09pm
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well
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sevilodorf
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Oct 11 2012, 1:44am
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My phone is not smart either...
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Patty
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Oct 11 2012, 2:01am
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Another daft phone over here ;-)
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Misto
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Oct 11 2012, 8:13pm
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Local calls - landline (usually)/ long distance - cell//
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zarabia
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Oct 11 2012, 6:17am
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Mostly land line, at home and work.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Oct 12 2012, 4:09am
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We use both
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Arandiel
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Oct 12 2012, 5:17pm
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No more land line...
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Donry
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Oct 13 2012, 2:56am
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We use both but
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Loresilme
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Oct 15 2012, 3:35pm
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