I have a cell phone as well. Just don't be looking at street signs while
asknig directions, while driving. LOL
It has saved my butt a couple of times tho.
Larry
>>>>On 9/12/99 7:24 AM so and so (Don Wilkins) said. (And I quote:)
>On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 01:45:44 EDT, you wrote:
>
>>I'm one of those people who despise cell phones almost as much as SUV's.
>>However, breaking down on some remote country road without a payphone
>>anywhere in sight also does not appeal to me. Soo, I am "casually"
>>considering getting a cell phone just in case the car dies on me and I'm not
>>left for dead somewhere. Also, I drive from CT to Lancaster County, PA to
>>visit my in-laws once every so often, and anyone who drives 78 past
Allentown
>>knows this is a pretty remote stretch or road, so perhaps this device may
>>come in handy there as well.
>I also hate these phones when people have one stuck in their ear while
>driving.
>
>I carry one on trips but never activated it Hence no charges. Go to a
>pawn shop and you can pick them up very cheap.
>
>All cell phones are supposed to be able to dial 911 without being
>activated. Try it and when you hear the ring you know you have a
>working model. Hang up after the first ring.
>
>You now have an emergency phone and the cost is very low.
>>
>>Anyone else here acquire a cell phone for similar purposes? Has it proven
>>worthwhile? Should I bother or is this something I can do without? I'm being
>>especially cautious, I'm afraid I'll get one and the next thing I know
>>there'll be a GMC Yukon in my driveway.
>
>My daughter has carried one (activated) ever since she needed to
>commute to a job. She has used it on occasion and been damned glad she
>had it.
>
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
gates?
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