anyone without plain old telephone?

[Zen]

The only down side to having only a mobile is that there are fewer excuses for not answering the phone...."oh I wasn't home" just doesn't work. Of course I just make up something else!

"I was busy" is all they need to know. cell phones have voice mail too. I don't understand why people feel the absolutely have to answer the phone.

[Grog]

I had only a cell phone for my first two years after moving here in Vancouver, but I got frustrated with it. I find it uncomfortable for longer conversations, and the connection was not as top notch as I would have wanted. So we got a Vonage phone now, which is pretty cheap. (We have built-in high speed internet in our building.) It also wouldn't work in the event of a power down, though.

I very seldom pick up the phone. I can remain seated with not a twitch in my body as it rings... I've been raised on email, to which I can reply when I want. I feel the same about the phone.

[DebW]

I keep at least one hard-wired land line phone because the wireless land lines are no good in a power outage. A cell phone would work until you ran out of battery power, and if the power goes out just before your phone needs a recharge you'd be stuck. I babysit for a friend who has no land line, and have to be sure and bring my cell phone well-charged lest I end up with an emergency and no phone, or in case she wants to call me to check on the kids and panics. You can tell I'm still getting used to cell phones.

[NoNo]

That's why I have a charger in the car

[Zen]

I have some working rotary phones.