tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8673787684516542570..comments2024-03-28T04:55:50.771-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Can you walk and chew gum?Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90051244241973286192012-07-18T17:09:20.920-04:002012-07-18T17:09:20.920-04:00D'oh! That should be 38-28-38.
Cathy AJD'oh! That should be 38-28-38.<br /><br />Cathy AJThe Cat Bastethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08766507614966971022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19606108374655714912012-07-16T21:53:23.774-04:002012-07-16T21:53:23.774-04:00I dont understand the need to text when not statio...I dont understand the need to text when not stationary, driving or walking and texting is totally insane.<br /><br />Read on the news last month where a woman was walking on a pier with her family and texting at same time, walked off the pier, wonder if that taught her a lesson after her and her phone dried out.<br /><br />I see people texting while driving so often, makes me crazy.<br /><br />My husband is glued to his cellphone, he doesn't need it for work, he does woodworking and is in a shop all day, but cannot stand it if we are home, out, in van/truck,, if his phone rings he HAS to know who it is - HELLO; that's why we have VOICEMAIL, makes me crazy<br /><br /> - he still answers phone, so I continue to yell at him "get off the phone you are driving, call whoever it is back" repeatedly until either DH or the person he is talking to gets tired of hearing me yell at them. do I feel bad for that NOPE<br /><br />In addition to the annoying DH and cellphone, I have a friend who is same way, we can be out and about and the phone is on loud and she's digging in purse, answers and continues to yak away.<br /><br />I try to remember to put my phone on low or vibrate if I'm in store. If somemone calls me and I dont pick up and they call right back, I will answer to make sure it's not emergency; if its not then I just say I'll call you back, but most of time I just ignore it.<br /><br />Edith I agree - talking in bathroom, flush away !!!<br /><br />Just think, we grew up with 1 phone in house, no call waiting, no answering machine, if someones phone rang busy, you called back, you didnt get constant beeps while trying to talk because someone else is calling your phone while you are on it.<br /><br />However did we survive without all the conveniences of being available 24/7 LOL<br /><br />We actually had to walk to our friends house and sit in front yard if nice out or in basement if raining/cold to talk<br /><br />Personal interaction sadly is getting pushed to the wayside<br /><br />off my soapbox :)<br /><br />hugs to all<br />MarRosie123https://www.blogger.com/profile/11528374618939863598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68061654014673827762012-07-16T21:52:28.634-04:002012-07-16T21:52:28.634-04:00Joan, I wasn't offended... just looking from a...Joan, I wasn't offended... just looking from another angle and joining in on the general fun of the topic. xo<br /><br />Linda, I am with you on the loud public talkers. I don't like loud anything.<br /><br />I really don't mind others, excluding those I'm with, from talking on a cell phone in public. I know people who do mind, even when the cell talkers are not loud. That I don't understand at all. What is the difference between cell talkers and non-cell talkers talking at the same volume?<br /><br />It's the distraction that is dangerous, not the electronics. I cannot possibly be the only one here who walked down the street while reading a book. My brother-in-law Jim was famous for holding down an open book with a bungee cord while driving over the Grapevine to and from Los angeles. Horrible... but not new, and not electronic. People cause accidents putting on mascara, making peanut butter sandwiches, drinking coffee, singing, yawning, thinking... .<br /><br />So really... no one else is willing to admit to being old enough to remember how noisy it used to be in the days of the manual typewriter and steam engines... and yelling news boys on the street corners?Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-92227473211467317092012-07-16T21:19:26.877-04:002012-07-16T21:19:26.877-04:00Reine:
I don't suppose it is really odd to rea...Reine:<br />I don't suppose it is really odd to read books on your phone since phones do almost everything these days . . . . However, if I want to read a book, I just don't think about pulling out my phone to do it. [Besides, by the time I made the text big enough to actually read, there would only be a half dozen words on the phone screen. It’s definitely easier for me to read on my Nook or to read the actual book.] No criticism of folks who like to read books on their phone was intended . . . .Joan Emersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77149016882338021242012-07-16T21:07:45.462-04:002012-07-16T21:07:45.462-04:00Hallie,
I am in CT, and yes, there are still a lot...Hallie,<br />I am in CT, and yes, there are still a lot of dead zones, depending on where you are (even what part of your town you live in) and which cell phone service you have. When I first got my cell phone fourteen years ago, I had NO bars on it at home. If I wanted to use it (which would have been only to call an out of town relative) I needed to go out and sit in the car. Sometimes I would have to drive about two miles away and pull off into a parking lot in order to make a call. My cell phone company merged with another one after a few years. From that point on, I was able to make cell phone calls from home. I cannot make cell phone calls from anywhere in the building where I work. The entire building is a dead zone for my particular cell service. There is no problem with other cell phone services being used in our building. This can be a problem for me if I need to call one of my out of town doctors to make an appointment, as we are not allowed to make personal long distance calls from our office phones. There is no objection to people making medical appointments from their cell phones in the office or making/receiving cell phone calls in cases of family emergency. If I need to call the doctor, I must go out in the parking lot at lunch time to do it. Except that the office of one of my doctors shuts down for lunch during the same hour that I have my break, and then I need to run outside during a slow time in our office so I can make my call.<br /><br />I don't really understand why some people are giving up their land lines and relying only on cell phones. I think it's dangerous to rely on cell phones only, especially if there is an emergency. They are not always reliable when you need them. When my disabled sister was still able to live in her own home,I gave her a ride somewhere one Sunday. When I drove her home, I opened the car door for her and she began to walk from my car to her building. She lost her balance and fell. She could not get up. I am physically unable to pick someone up from the ground or the floor,so I pulled out my cell phone and called 911. When the dispatcher answered the phone, I explained what happened and gave the location. I did not realize that when you do that from a cell phone, you do not reach your local 911 dispatcher,so I was startled when I was asked which city I was calling from. I live in a town that's on Long Island Sound. I've heard of people in shoreline towns needing to call 911 from a cell phone, and for some reason the call gets picked up across the Sound in NY instead of here in CT. It seems to me that cell phone technology is not yet ready to replace land lines. <br /><br />Not long ago when I was at the laundromat,a young girl was sitting next to me and having a very LOUD cell phone conversation. (I was trying to read a book by one of the JRW authors!) After a few minutes of yelling,she told the person she was speaking with "let me hang up and call you on my OTHER cell phone! Maybe we can hear each other better on that one." Then she put the phone back in her purse and pulled out another phone! I was flabbergasted!Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39399037756552948082012-07-16T21:02:03.856-04:002012-07-16T21:02:03.856-04:00It's not just the younger generation. They'...It's not just the younger generation. They're constantly texting or talking on the phone, to be sure, but I have to say many of the most egregious of drivers on cell phones or loud talking in public on cell phones or in bathrooms have been middle-aged. Our generation is giving the young ones a run for their money in cell-phone rudeness, I believe.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45298211044085113632012-07-16T20:17:06.792-04:002012-07-16T20:17:06.792-04:00I read books on my cell phone. What is odd about t...I read books on my cell phone. What is odd about that? I wrote my dissertation on email. That's odd, I suppose - but not unusual. Any writers here who prefer I not read their books on my cell, speak up now.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43639031213110235132012-07-16T20:01:09.372-04:002012-07-16T20:01:09.372-04:00I'm still recovering from the sound of offices...I'm still recovering from the sound of offices filled with people using manual typewriters.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15297494621279211582012-07-16T19:48:13.529-04:002012-07-16T19:48:13.529-04:00One of my pet peeves is the constant need to be in...One of my pet peeves is the constant need to be in touch. I leave my house at 5am to go to work and people are having conversations on the train...at 5am. Who are they talking to.<br /><br />And the people who talk loud enough that everyone can hear their conversation then get pissed when we react to what is being said. If you don't want me to listen, then either talk low or not at all, especially in a public place.<br /><br />And the ones that text and walk at the same time, I just watch because I know they are going to hit that light pole or smack their face on the building door.Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978384022143035332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49380201907494346332012-07-16T19:05:21.176-04:002012-07-16T19:05:21.176-04:00In CHURCH?! That really is the frosting on the cak...In CHURCH?! That really is the frosting on the cake... the fruit in the Jell-O mould... it cheeses the Nachos.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51362471463374497732012-07-16T19:04:03.976-04:002012-07-16T19:04:03.976-04:00Love the IQ test idea, Cathy - reminds me of the D...Love the IQ test idea, Cathy - reminds me of the Darwin Awards...commemorating individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18645308431899711982012-07-16T17:28:28.599-04:002012-07-16T17:28:28.599-04:00Hallie: I love rotary dial phones! And, yes, my ...Hallie: I love rotary dial phones! And, yes, my sister downloads and reads books on her phone.<br /><br />I can’t imagine talking on the phone in the bathroom, but here’s a true story that, to my mind at least, illustrates the ultimate in “rude.” One Sunday, in church, in the middle of the pastoral prayer, someone’s cell phone rang. Do you think he was embarrassed? Hurried to turn it off? Nope. He answered it and proceeded to have a conversation with whoever was on the other end. Then the person with him got a call, and repeated the exact same process. I guarantee you they weren’t getting personal calls from the Good Lord . . . I was absolutely floored . . . thankfully, most of the congregation was spared having to decide how to handle it when one of the ushers told them they needed to turn their phones off in church.Joan Emersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49351827276440555182012-07-16T17:19:33.759-04:002012-07-16T17:19:33.759-04:00The dangers are so obvious I can only consider tex...The dangers are so obvious I can only consider texting while driving an IQ test (one that proves Darwin was right). Sad, especially when young people die because of such easily avoided stupidity.<br /><br />Cathy AJThe Cat Bastethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08766507614966971022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12074450132449196682012-07-16T16:25:04.204-04:002012-07-16T16:25:04.204-04:00This is so true. It amazes me how people can beco...This is so true. It amazes me how people can become so absorbed by electronics. We live in a changing world, and we need to learn better ways of adapting. Not just for ourselves but for the future generations as well.Olamide Ewetusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553348289728487270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51512037552053187072012-07-16T16:08:15.847-04:002012-07-16T16:08:15.847-04:00Laughing laughing laughing, Kaye! You gave her wha...Laughing laughing laughing, Kaye! You gave her what for.<br /><br />Some people really do think the world revolves around them.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52356024680851636262012-07-16T15:10:52.023-04:002012-07-16T15:10:52.023-04:00I should probably stay out of this discussion, but...I should probably stay out of this discussion, but well - I just can't.<br /><br />I hate cell phones.<br /><br />I'm not a big fan of the telephone,period and if it rings at our house neither of us will answer it until one of us has checked the number on the little caller ID screen.<br /><br />I have had incidents in the grocery store that are beyond the pale. One day I wanted some yogurt and a woman talking on her phone was leaning against my Lite N'Fit Vanilla yogurt and when I whispered "I'd like some yogurt that you're leaning against," she threw herself around and yelled "Can't you see I'm on the phone?!" This was obviously a woman who did not know me, right?<br /><br />I yelled back, "can't you see you're in a grocery store? And I'm here to shop."<br /><br />That's probably the only tale I should tell here.<br /><br />When did we all become so busy that we can't go to the grocery store without a cell phone? <br /><br />Don't get me wrong - I think they are the greatest thing ever to have in a car in case of an emergency.Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8536063947608353332012-07-16T14:36:24.277-04:002012-07-16T14:36:24.277-04:00I think that's exactly right Hank - since my h...I think that's exactly right Hank - since my husband virtually YELLS on the cell phone on the rare occasion that he uses his, and he's fairly soft spoken and has never indulged in rock concerts or earbuds.<br /><br />Speaking of dead cell phone zones, most of Connecticut used to be dead. Is that still the case?Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91236750317671909552012-07-16T14:11:34.349-04:002012-07-16T14:11:34.349-04:00My sister wouldn't talk with me for a long tim...My sister wouldn't talk with me for a long time because she got upset with me when I wouldn't answer my phone while we were sitting in a restaurant. I admit I'll read a text in a restaurant but I won't make or take a call. Maine has a distracted driving law so I tend not to call while I'm driving. And with my bifocals I'd have a wicked hard time trying to drive and read a text simultaneously. Nothing's that important.<br /><br />Here in western Maine it's common to be in a cell phone dead zone so I can understand all too well when your characters are unable to use a cell phone in a moment of crisis.<br /><br />Thanks for this blog while we all await your next books.Marianne in Mainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90306279499632214782012-07-16T13:33:33.737-04:002012-07-16T13:33:33.737-04:00Hallie, I think..it's because when you make a ...Hallie, I think..it's because when you make a call on a cell, you can't hear yourself on the receiver part as well as you can on a regular phone--or at least, you don't hear yourself in the same way.<br /><br />So in order to hear YOURSELF,people talk more loudly.<br /><br />Does that make sense?<br /><br />YAY RAMONA! UNION! Or--whatever.<br /><br />(Bottom line, I still love MY phone.I just don't love everyone else's phone.)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56149879480262535102012-07-16T13:17:57.028-04:002012-07-16T13:17:57.028-04:00rude, Rude, RUDE!!
Just got back from the superma...rude, Rude, RUDE!! <br />Just got back from the supermarket where the woman ahead of me at checkout is yacking on her phone and not even pretending to be acknowledge to the cashier. Noblesse oblige.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15633991480059182972012-07-16T12:40:55.691-04:002012-07-16T12:40:55.691-04:00I have a cell phone but turn it on only to make ca...I have a cell phone but turn it on only to make calls. I take it with me in case I have a car problem and have had to call AAA a couple of times -from the stopped-parked car. I have a certain number of free long distance minutes on it. All of my relatives are out of town, so I will use the cell phone to call them, but only from home. I do not give out the number to anyone, except if there is a dire reason for them to call me when I am away from home. That has happened maybe twice in the past four years and I was visiting a hospitalized relative and trying to keep the rest of the family informed as to what was going on.<br /><br />I work in a public office where people go to do research. They do not appreciate having to listen to other people having loud cell phone conversations, and neither do those of us who have to be there alll day long. A few years ago we finally had to post a sign asking people to conduct their cell phone conversations in the hallway. One time a man came over near my desk and asked "what can you tell me about such-and-such?" I asked him to repeat the last part of the question because I didn't catch all of it. He glared at me and said "this is a private conversation!"I wanted to ask him WHY he was having it at my desk! Instead, I said "I'm sorry, but I thought you were asking for my help." All he did was turn his back on me, and then he walked out of the office.<br /><br />I may have mentioned here in the past that I once overheard a man on a cell phone who was pumping gas one pump over from me. He was asking whoever he called if he could come over that evening, paused, and then said "I have a bottle of wine, and, uh...a package of condoms." Oh, yes, the whole world needed to hear THAT.<br /><br />Ramona and Linda and Rusty:I like your approach to improper cell phone usage!Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51401212813723280362012-07-16T12:36:06.870-04:002012-07-16T12:36:06.870-04:00I do have my cell phone on all the time, but I alw...I do have my cell phone on all the time, but I always check the caller ID. I don't answer if I'm driving unless it's my daughter and I've left the kids at home (I have Bluetooth integrated in the car, but often forget to turn it on). I do not read or answer texts if the car is in motion.<br /><br />If I'm out, I try to find a place to stand while I have my conversation. I do not text or talk in restaurants or at the pharmacy, or checking out at the grocery.<br /><br />And I DO NOT take my phone into the bathroom (already dropped one in the toilet by accident). I simply say, "Can I call you back in a sec?" My father kept talking once and I told him, "Dad, I've gotta pee. I'll call you back." =)Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63775252007244695662012-07-16T12:14:30.474-04:002012-07-16T12:14:30.474-04:00Rusty, we had a rule in our house: If I could hear...Rusty, we had a rule in our house: If I could hear their music through THEIR headset it was too loud, and they needed to turn it down. <br /><br />Now they thank me, but it was a battle royal back in the day.Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75558102411588632482012-07-16T12:13:13.789-04:002012-07-16T12:13:13.789-04:00Aside from the fact that those driving/texting idi...Aside from the fact that those driving/texting idiots are going to kill me someday... I find the saddest aspect of the whole phenomenon is that there is an entire generation incapable of being alone. Incapable of using their imagination. Incapable of quiet. Incapable of focusing their full attention of anything of importance,even if that 'thing' is simply the person sitting across from them.Karen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14091618699265567676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30849609111346676582012-07-16T12:11:28.740-04:002012-07-16T12:11:28.740-04:00I wish I knew of a way to communicate displeasure ...I wish I knew of a way to communicate displeasure with rude guests who can't stop texting to have a face-to-face conversation. I cannot bring myself to do anything but make a joke. <br /><br />My sister and her family are the WORST. Mother and I stayed with them while visiting her new grandson, and she would plop down between us on the couch, pick up the controller for the TV, and CHANGE THE CHANNEL to her Facebook games, right in the middle of a program, as if we did not exist, or were her GUESTS, for crying out loud. And she and her daughter text one another constantly, even sitting next to each other. My mom said she can't believe she raised us both. I chose to take that as a compliment. <br /><br />We invited two single friends to dinner so they could meet and see if they wanted a relationship. He spent the entire evening messing with his iPad, checking Facebook, looking up topics under discussion, and doing heaven knows what else. I was appalled, and so was my girlfriend. No date for you, doofus.Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.com