Yeah, I cut my landline about nine or ten years ago. (i've lived by myself all that time.) Can't think of any downsides off the top of my head.
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tommyrot - Jul 24, 2014 6:32:15 am PDT #2708 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Pix - Jul 24, 2014 6:34:07 am PDT #2709 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Everybody does that sort of thing, Tom. I left my regular glasses at home last week, which wouldn't have been a problem, except I was out after dark and had to drive home wearing my prescription sunglasses. That was fun!
I have so been there.
Sorry it's been a rough 24 hours, Tom. Hugs.
Laura - Jul 24, 2014 6:35:34 am PDT #2710 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I've been without a landline for many years. My cell is now the number that I had for decades as a landline.
Laura - Jul 24, 2014 6:36:48 am PDT #2711 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
My contacts don't get lost because I leave them in my head for a month at a time, but if sunglasses were any indication, I would lose glasses often and everywhere. Can not count how many times I have left my sunglasses places.
Pix - Jul 24, 2014 6:42:11 am PDT #2712 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
We haven't had a land line in 7 years. Can't say we've missed it.
Calli - Jul 24, 2014 6:42:52 am PDT #2713 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I cut my landline in 2007. Now I just have one voice mail to forget to check.
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2014 6:43:37 am PDT #2714 of 30000
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My cell is now the number that I had for decades as a landline.
Huh, I hadn't thought of that. But I've had this cell number for a few years and I've begun training people to call that instead of the house. No biggie, I'll let people know as I go along.
edit: and since the landline didn't have voice mail, this is a step up.
Strix - Jul 24, 2014 6:47:05 am PDT #2715 of 30000
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I haven't had one in...12 years? The only reason I miss it is because our house has the WORST reception. It's just a dead zone so often. But I never missed it when I lived at my apartment.
And now that M is old enough to be left home alone while I shop or run quick errands, I would feel better if he had a phone for the house. But I imagine he will have a phone very soon, and anyway, the longest I've left him was about 45 minutes -- and there's tons of neighbors he could hop to.
brenda m - Jul 24, 2014 6:49:23 am PDT #2716 of 30000
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 had a landline ages ago, but it was only connected to the Tivo.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 24, 2014 6:57:34 am PDT #2717 of 30000
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I haven't had a landline in about 10 years either. My mother worries about power outages, but that doesn't seem worth the cost.
I can't really lose my regular glasses because they are on my face (as Jesse says) and I can't see without them. The only way I can deal with glasses and prescription sunglasses is to put the other pair on my head. However, I have lost the sunglasses a couple of times. And once I lost my glasses while I was asleep, and it was very difficult to find them because I could not see.