Financially there's no reason to keep our land line. We could save $100 a month if we bundle cable, internet and phone together. But I'm afraid that as soon as I ditch the land line there will be an emergency where I'll need it. What do you guys think?
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Laga - Jan 31, 2009 5:42:36 pm PST #9002 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
brenda m - Jan 31, 2009 5:44:19 pm PST #9003 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I haven't had one since like 1999 and I've never had an issue.
Pix - Jan 31, 2009 5:57:48 pm PST #9004 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.
We haven't had one in years, Laga, but I regretted it this past summer when the earthquake knocked out cell communication for a couple of hours. I don't know. I'd feel safer having one, but I haven't made it a priority yet.
DCJensen - Jan 31, 2009 6:02:46 pm PST #9005 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
OTOH? a natural disaster can knock out land lines for days, so...
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2009 6:05:40 pm PST #9006 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And when a giant monster attacks, which gets disrupted more depends on the particular monster's smash-building/stomp-around-a-lot ratio.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2009 6:06:22 pm PST #9007 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OTOH? a natural disaster can knock out land lines for days, so...
I haven't been in one of those yet, but I've lost cell service more than once. Not counting me just not keeping the damned thing charged.
sumi - Jan 31, 2009 6:23:23 pm PST #9008 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
It's useful to have a very simple completely non-electric phone for those times when the electricity is out but the phone lines are working.
beekaytee - Jan 31, 2009 7:03:55 pm PST #9009 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
I'm nervous about giving up a landline and have never owned a cell phone but I have to say, my phone goes out 4 or 5 times per year from, believe it or not, squirrel damage. So, it seems that either solution has its potential limitations.
Plus, my landline phone is electric, so power outages can't be gotten around.
beekaytee - Jan 31, 2009 7:07:05 pm PST #9010 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
Quick ink question. I have an HP printer that uses the 56 & 57 cartridges...which never seem to last very long. Are the off-brand refurb cartridge dealers trustworthy and, does anyone have a favorite?
I see that one place on Amazon has the tripack 2-56/1-57 on for 34.95. $11 per cartridge seems like a good deal, but is is?
Incidentally, the printer is old-ish, so I'm not worried about warrenty issues.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2009 7:11:40 pm PST #9011 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
my landline phone is electric, so power outages can't be gotten around.
I always make sure I have one that runs off of phoneline power only, just in case.