tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post3126691653843386108..comments2023-12-27T16:41:07.438-05:00Comments on Suldog: TroglodyteSuldoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-70167041209888937772012-10-03T11:56:33.783-04:002012-10-03T11:56:33.783-04:00I'm always one of the last to get the latest t...I'm always one of the last to get the latest technology device, but you and the WIFE make me look like I'm cutting edge! lol That made me laugh when you said the box sat unopened for two weeks. I do the same thing when I get something new.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074104063769255190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-1916195962146781362012-10-03T11:13:30.413-04:002012-10-03T11:13:30.413-04:00Texting is great. You don't have to talk. :)...Texting is great. You don't have to talk. :)<br />Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08201191435400464439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-1336685308077337052012-10-01T18:08:43.299-04:002012-10-01T18:08:43.299-04:00We need people like you who stand out against phon...We need people like you who stand out against phones. I have been pulled into their horrible enchanted circle, and I've been trying lately to get out again. It's hard, very hard. <br /><br />No matter what your wife does, don't give in!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-4819085634048021542012-10-01T08:36:01.375-04:002012-10-01T08:36:01.375-04:00Jeni - Your two comments, taken together, should b...Jeni - Your two comments, taken together, should be elected to the Rant Hall Of Fame :-)Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-86049521061069892762012-09-30T15:55:10.170-04:002012-09-30T15:55:10.170-04:00I have only had a cell phone since January. I find...I have only had a cell phone since January. I find myself texting more than talking. You sound more like Frank. He hates the phone (but has the same one as mine) and refuses to take it with him and/or turn it on until he has something he wants to do with it. He cares not about others trying to reach him. I just find the whole thing frustrating so we use mine as the contact phone. His is just a money waster. ;)Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-41179123641341437242012-09-30T09:34:43.653-04:002012-09-30T09:34:43.653-04:00Keep solid, Jim: Do not go gentle into that good n...Keep solid, Jim: Do not go gentle into that good night! I hate the damn phone, but with such a large and accident-prone family, it's a bit of a necessity for me. I much prefer raw mastodon meat.SarcasticTestGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558782302574594057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-61685975217052790882012-09-30T01:33:00.678-04:002012-09-30T01:33:00.678-04:00BTW -hope you weren't expecting a short commen...BTW -hope you weren't expecting a short comment from me on this topic cause if you were -well, good luck with that idea another day!<br />Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-41346792678752652612012-09-30T01:32:19.286-04:002012-09-30T01:32:19.286-04:00Cell phones and I are not best buddies! I have a c...Cell phones and I are not best buddies! I have a cell phone now and I think in the year since it was given to me (by my son and his girlfriend for my birthday last year) I think I have made maybe 6 phonecalls at the most on it! They got it for me because they thought it would be a good thing for me to have so if my car breaks down -or I get lost someplace out in the boonies around here -I can call someone for help! Fat joke that is! For openers, if I were to get lost out in these boondocks, odds are generally NOT in favor of my being able to call for help because ....Verizon needs to do a whole lot more of the "Can you hear me now?" work in this area. If I were to need emergency help at my house, I would have to drive my jeep out of the village -up the hills and over the creeks to Verizon's service available site you know in order to call for an ambulance or whatever! And to reach one of my kids via their cell phones? Oh pleeeaassee! Give me a friggin' break as they always are having one problem or another with their cell phones! (BTW, my son got my phone as a freebie, offered to people of a certain age and up -as an emergency convenience. I get 240 freebie minutes per month and right now, my available number of minutes available for my usage is around 1500 minutes or some such equally obscene number. And don't even think about trying to tell me how much cheaper it is to have a cell phone than a land line either! I've seen my daughter's phone bills (cell type) as well as my son's) and no way did my phone bill come close to what they pay each money since younger daughter got caught having run my landline bill up with over $90 in long distance phone calls back in the day when there was no such thing as "free long distance calling coast to coast." (I told her to please get an f'ing friend whose number did not involve dialing "1" at the beginning of the call -not that it worked exactly, but the calls she made did subside a little bit anyway! A really long story -maybe even worthy of a blog post on that topic provided I remember having mentioned this here tonight as I'm trying to medicate my nerves into sleep with my second triple shot of Kaluha on the rocks! Also another long, long story which doubtful that it will be post worthy -ever! Oh and if you ever do get a cellphone of your own, with text capacity, be very careful of what you choose to use as your signal that you have incoming text. Daughter's phone gives out with a whistle that had me thinking every freaking time I heard it that our neighbor was out in the yard whistling for their dog to come home! Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-19943744029701615162012-09-29T16:48:51.869-04:002012-09-29T16:48:51.869-04:00Were we separated at birth...??? Are you my long l...Were we separated at birth...??? Are you my long lost fraternal twin my mom didn't tell us about lol. <br />But I do have a phone..I don't have the souped up kind, just a plain ole 19.95 one from Walgreens that I can put my sim card in. I don't like how everyone is glued to the phone like the walking zombies. Poor babies and pets get so neglected because of it. Not to mention other atrocities occurring. I get it. Imagination what would Edison or Einstein had been like if they had had cell phones?<br /><br />I tried posting on your last post but there wasn't any way to do so..now I don't remember what I would have written. lolBabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008645437111297913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-25755743394776003232012-09-29T11:36:21.597-04:002012-09-29T11:36:21.597-04:00Good luck with that! I hate telephones too... whi...Good luck with that! I hate telephones too... which is exactly why I have a cell phone. My son can now text me important information without me ever having to actually answer the damn thing. I recently got rid of my land line so I didn't have the phone ringing all the time with annoying requests for donations. I'm a much happier person because of it. http://howtobecomeacatladywithoutthecats.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888838201074339916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-81024614780395860632012-09-29T07:01:48.378-04:002012-09-29T07:01:48.378-04:00You really surprised me. I thought you'd have ...You really surprised me. I thought you'd have the most up to date model!<br />I just have a 'pay as you go' for text and emergency calls.<br />Maggie X<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-50870214077642414412012-09-28T20:57:43.744-04:002012-09-28T20:57:43.744-04:00I had an ancient cell phone shaped like a brick an...I had an ancient cell phone shaped like a brick and I carried it around for years never knowing if it was working or not as I didn't tell anyone my number. And it wasn't able to send texts or pictures, it was prehistoric! I have now inherited my DIL's flip top phone, a little more modern but not much. and I still haven't told anyone my number so I never get any calls, And if I got a call I'm not sure that I know how to answer.Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-2912235994194330962012-09-28T15:43:13.948-04:002012-09-28T15:43:13.948-04:00Michelle - If you can get money from the governmen...Michelle - If you can get money from the government for having a phone, let me know. Maybe I'll get a phone then. Anything I can do to get my taxes back would be fun.<br /><br />Pattianne - Thanks for being a public nuisance on my behalf!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-14121253279119293902012-09-28T14:25:50.347-04:002012-09-28T14:25:50.347-04:00I read this in public on my phone laughing hysteri...I read this in public on my phone laughing hysterically and most likely annoying the hell out of everyone in my immediate vicinity. Kit1934https://www.blogger.com/profile/08226007971922651263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-47642315232505572462012-09-28T13:43:59.426-04:002012-09-28T13:43:59.426-04:00I hate phones, but I have a smartphone. I barely m...I hate phones, but I have a smartphone. I barely make calls except to set up pediatricians appointments and answer it when the pizza guy is about to deliver my food. I don't text message, and I don't get any annoying telemarketers trying to sell me stuff. But I get emails from work clients constantly, so I might actually put it on my tax return and get something back from having one.Michelle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-89222953284417524102012-09-28T12:32:06.781-04:002012-09-28T12:32:06.781-04:00Recipient - That you deign to answer my irrational...Recipient - That you deign to answer my irrational blatherings with rational thought just proves your own irrationality. So there, and imagine me sticking out my tongue and waggling my fingers in my ears (neither of which I could as readily do if I were using a cell phone, although I could download an image of same, send it off to millions concurrently, and be way more efficient at pissing people off, I'll grant you that.)<br /><br />Insofar as Lindsey Lohan is concerned, neither the Founding Fathers or subsequent legislators could possibly have been expected to foresee such a thing, so you may as well have said the 19th Amendment.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-40816611500065970202012-09-28T12:20:06.175-04:002012-09-28T12:20:06.175-04:00Oops!
The 18th Amendment -- both the law and my c...Oops!<br /><br />The 18th Amendment -- both the law and my citation of it -- WAS a mistake. I should have said the 21st Amendment.<br /><br /> Of course, if it wasn't for the 18th Amendment, we wouldn't now be enjoying Boardwalk Empire. <br /><br />A Recipient of YOUR WIFE's text messagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-4360199135315427722012-09-28T12:09:50.782-04:002012-09-28T12:09:50.782-04:00"So why in hell would I want a friggin' p..."So why in hell would I want a friggin' portable device to carry around with me so that it could annoy me 24 - 7?"<br />--------<br /> Fair point, and one that I share and sympathize with. But:<br /><br />1) Owning a cell phone no more requires one to carry it around constantly than the 2nd Amendment mandates the bearing of arms, or the purchase of Ted Nugent albums. <br /><br />2)While it *does* seem based on anectdotal evidence that most cell phone owners are indeed rude morons (like most people in general), we never see/hear those who use them courteously and responsibly. Yet this is not grounds to condemn the technology as such. <br /> To keep with the libertarian (small "l") theme, the existence of Lindsay Lohan doesn't mean that the 18th amendment was a mistake.<br /><br /> There are probably people who obsess about hammers, and will stay up all night to be the first one to buy Black and Decker's latest ball peen. Others hammer at the most innapropriate times (viz. Peter, Paul & Mary), or use then to smash things other than nails. But I'll still be glad to own one comes time to hang pictures in my new home. A Recipient of YOUR WIFE's text messagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-62247594023709327752012-09-28T11:02:38.047-04:002012-09-28T11:02:38.047-04:00oh yeah .. Toonman doesn't own or want to own ...oh yeah .. Toonman doesn't own or want to own a cell phone .. just sayin'Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-18144456262834250562012-09-28T11:01:40.278-04:002012-09-28T11:01:40.278-04:00Your Wife is smart so i am not going to ask if she...Your Wife is smart so i am not going to ask if she contacted the service provider to activate the phone ...Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-14005161670055894692012-09-28T10:34:51.090-04:002012-09-28T10:34:51.090-04:00Of course you now know that women are superior whe...Of course you now know that women are superior when it comes to cellphones.... grins.<br /><br />Loved this post, it made me smile .... a lot.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-70825922671705889172012-09-28T10:00:04.729-04:002012-09-28T10:00:04.729-04:00The thing about the cell phone, is yes, it makes i...The thing about the cell phone, is yes, it makes it POSSIBLE for your to be in touch, but the darned batteries are so independable that the excuse everyone used before cell phones about being in the shower has changed to "My battery was dead". <br /><br />It does take some more intelligence though, cause "My battery was dead when you called" can sometimes lead to "But your facebook status says "from my mobile device" two minutes after I called you".<br /><br />I think we're getting to a point when you can actually just say "Yeah, I just didn't feel like answering. But hey, I'm answering now, and that's better than it was before cell phones and you'd have to wait for me to return your call on Saturday." <br /><br />I can definitely agree with you on the interruptions though. I hate the fact that a phone call means "drop what you're doing and deal with me now."<br /><br />Thank god for voicemail.Matt Conlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616567498642991754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-55789546654297300772012-09-28T08:54:05.551-04:002012-09-28T08:54:05.551-04:00All - If I had kids, it might be different. I migh...All - If I had kids, it might be different. I might like to have a means of communicating with them. Then again, I might not...Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-37602711282886093642012-09-28T08:53:18.851-04:002012-09-28T08:53:18.851-04:00Jinksy, AmiMental - I can see where it could be fu...Jinksy, AmiMental - I can see where it could be fun to have conversations, but the little keyboard would drive me up a wall. I'm much more of a pound-it-with-a-hammer sort of guy than one who would not be aggravated via using jeweler's tools, if that makes sense. My blood pressure would rise ten points every time I misspelled something.<br />Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-14887893692540375432012-09-28T08:47:44.726-04:002012-09-28T08:47:44.726-04:00Kerry - Well, see, one of the things that truly bu...Kerry - Well, see, one of the things that truly bugs me about these things is the tiny keyboard. I'm much more of a big shaggy dog than a toy, so I'd be misspelling things and ordering pizzas I didn't want and otherwise becoming aggravated beyond all reason if I had to deal with a keyboard that didn't fit my fingers.<br />Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.com