That's it! Crisis time. I'm not having it any longer

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wstol

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WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE??????!!

Just got back from the pub.

All everyone can do is look at their mobile phones. You manage to get a word in. What do they do. They look up what you're talking about.

They are constantly texting.

They are on 'Facebook'.

They look away from their phone. You say 'Welcome back'.

They don't know what you mean.

Shock horror; there's no signal.

My god, what are we going to do????

THE WORLD'S GONE MAD.

It's like living in the future.

Technology, technology, technology.

I've had enough.

I hate phones.
I hate machines.

Why can't we do things without looking it up?

Why can't we talk face to face, why phones all the time?

There is nothing ruder than texting or looking at your phone at the dinner table.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE??









It's not REAL LIFE anymore, is it?
 
The above was heavily edited for excessive use of question marks and exclaimation marks.

Yet another example of modern technology taking over our once idyllic lives!

(musn't waste exclaimation marks)
 
Was this the party you were with ? Of course the other tables had the same issues with their idiots on the phone.

Seen where there is medical condition for texting,messing up the disc in neck. Future generations will be hunch back! :02:
 
I agree. Played golf last with 2 guys and as soon as we sat down with a drink afterwards in the club house out comes these tablet things. After about 10 minutes not a word was said by either of them so I got up to leave as I had had enough, and I said that I was glad to see the art of conversation is not dead (funny) they did not have a clue what I was talking about. :unhappy::unhappy:
 
brendalovescompo said:
Was this the party you were with ? Of course the other tables had the same issues with their idiots on the phone.

Seen where there is medical condition for texting,messing up the disc in neck. Future generations will be hunch back! :02:
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Yes, the people I was with.

Plain rudeness.

You mention it, and they don't know what you're talking about.

Anyway, I've calmed down a bit now.
 
Yes I think world is going mad

I sat in the waiting room at Leicester Railway station the other day, there were 10 people in with me and I was the only person without a phone or tablet thingy in my hand. Am not sure whether to cry or laugh :'(:29: !!!
 
I wonder what mass hysteria would be caused if the internet crashed for more than a day,I have heard folk get in a tizz if they loose wifi or their cellular signal for just a short time, it would be worse in a year or so's time when more smart homes come on-line or folk get most of their TV via the net, no internet and I cannot turn the oven on,on my way home.

I think we have been conditioned in our daily routines that it will just work and always be there
 
maltrab said:
I wonder what mass hysteria would be caused if the internet crashed for more than a day,I have heard folk get in a tizz if they loose wifi or their cellular signal for just a short time, it would be worse in a year or so's time when more smart homes come on-line or folk get most of their TV via the net, no internet and I cannot turn the oven on,on my way home.

I think we have been conditioned in our daily routines that it will just work and always be there
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Let it crash for a week or two.
 
wstol said:
Anyway, I've calmed down a bit now.
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I could tell wstol that you were at the end of your rope!!!! LOL. Glad you are okay. I agree , what is going to happen when it all crashes? I have noticed once or twice I have been in that person at the table,only because I was finishing a conversation. I quickly finish up, for my husband would loose a gasket if I continued. A friend of his gets testy if my husband doesn't return a call within 5 minutes of a call or text. His phone stays on the table. He said, "I don't wear it on a holster, like a 6 shooter like you Bob". Also, when my husband answers he says, "hello", like a normal person. Bob gets upset when he says, "who is this?", Bobs name is on the phone. He said, I don't stare at my phone before I answer, ITS A PHONE. he has just recently upgraded from a flip phone.

You are not the only that gets nuts with the technology of the world today.

Remember writing letters:yawn::yawn:??????Back and forth, lol
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brendalovescompo said:
... he has just recently upgraded from a flip phone...
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I'm extremely behind the times! Still using a very dumb prepaid no-contract flip phone for calls and voice message service, and an obsolete PDA for keeping my life organized. The PDA is on it's last legs — I expect the power switch to stop working any time now. When it quits, I'll buy an unlocked smart phone, preferably dual SIM, with the Windows operating system and Office software to replicate the organizing ability that I have on the PDA. Then install a SIM from one of the US prepaid no-contract service providers, along with the ekit SIM from Telestial that I currently use while traveling internationally.

I leave my current cell phone turned on all the time and it usually lives on my belt, but if it rings when I'm in the company of others I don't automatically answer. Instead I glance at the screen to see if the call is likely to be a matter of life or death and if it doesn't seem to be I let it go to voice messaging. I don't even glance at it if I'm driving — just make a mental note to check for messages as soon as I've parked. Hope I'll be able to keep up the good behavior with a much niftier phone!

Marianna
 
Just want to confess that I'm a self professed Luddite. I can remember the old black dial phone and I clearly can recall watching Get Smart and the original Star Trek. Back then talking on your shoe was extremely funny AND NOW IT IS REAL! Back then Capt. Kirk flipped open his communicator and could instantly talk to anyone he pleased and WHO COULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT ONE DAY ORDINARY PEOPLE WOULD NORMALLY WHIP OUT THEIR CELLPHONE AND TALK OR TEXT TO ANYONE THEY PLEASE. My how times have changed.
 
Does anyone remember the time when tablets were things you got from the doctor?

A time when a phone was the black or gray thing on a table in the living room or hallway ?

A time when a computer took up two rooms and spit out bits of binary card ?

And the only screen you stirred at was in the the living room and was only allowed on from 6pm until you stood for the Queen at midnight? (Not that I was allowed to be up at midnight)

And you could get into serious trouble whilst playing out without fear of it going on Facebook and your mam seeing it.


I feel sorry for kids today, every weird face they pull, every bad decision they make fashion wise,every bit of bother they're in ends up on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram and trust me there's at least one embarrassing granny in the family that delights in post them all those on Facebook. :me::42:
 
In the context of old phones, after the big black dial model do you remember the trim phone and the endless number of kids and adults who spent days perfecting mimicking the ring tone, providing endless hours of fun annoying countless people, fooling them into believing their phone was ringing. Happy days.
 
I can remember phones without a dial, you picked the receiver up and a pleasant always female voice could be heard saying "number please" you gave the number which she then repeated then after a couple of seconds she would say "trying to connect You" .

Hey Ho I think I have those rose coloured spectacles on again:16::16:
 
OK, I'm showing my age here. I remember my best friend had a phone on the wall of their farm house - a big wood thing with a mouth piece fastened to it in the middle with two bells over that and an ear piece that hung on a hook. There was a crank on the side to ring the operator - or if you knew the ring of someone on your party line, you could ring them direct - such as two long and one short. When your phone rang, you had to listen to see if it was your ring. If it wasn't yours you could still listen to the other people's call by picking up the ear piece. Absolutely no privacy. We had one of the old black ones on a little table in the dining room.
 
Norm said:
I can remember phones without a dial, you picked the receiver up and a pleasant always female voice could be heard saying "number please" you gave the number which she then repeated then after a couple of seconds she would say "trying to connect You".
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I remember those phones, too, but it wasn't long before ours was replaced by a dial model. My grandfather never got the hang of operating the dial and my father wasn't too comfortable with it.

Marianna
 
me2 said:
OK, I'm showing my age here. I remember my best friend had a phone on the wall of their farm house - a big wood thing with a mouth piece fastened to it in the middle with two bells over that and an ear piece that hung on a hook. There was a crank on the side to ring the operator - or if you knew the ring of someone on your party line, you could ring them direct - such as two long and one short. When your phone rang, you had to listen to see if it was your ring.
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We had one of those hanging in our kitchen for a long time after they had gone obsolete. My father kept ours when it was replaced by the smaller black one and acquired a second one so he could run a private line between our house and the next one up the road, about a quarter mile away. The elderly couple who lived there had become frail and couldn't afford phone service, so this was how they could summon help if they needed it.

Marianna
 
The technology should be a servant but many are enthralled which means it's a form of addiction. Useful but I think many would not cope without their texts, calls and so on.

I still go out sometimes and forget to take my mobile - the only snag being that public call telephones are a rarity these days. However being permanently connected is not for me. Often have computer less days. Use a radio, landline and I carry a sat nav for West Yorkshire in my head!

As an example in typing this on an iPad it did not like me writing "sat nav" trying to alter it to navy afte I had moved on. The machine will NOT dictate what I write. Word processing is always upset with the use I generally make of the more formal English!

Fight back!
 
captain clutterbuck said:
In the context of old phones, after the big black dial model do you remember the trim phone and the endless number of kids and adults who spent days perfecting mimicking the ring tone, providing endless hours of fun annoying countless people, fooling them into believing their phone was ringing. Happy days.
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I still have a couple of dial trimphones, one is still connected
 
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