The Coffee House

[terri34 6]

Hi Coffee Housers, Would you think me strange if I told you I have never had a cell phone. I do have a land line but I just don't feel the need to be that connected.

Hey, Yamaha Pat! I don't think it's strange - if you get along just fine without a cell phone, more power to you! Not to mention the money you save.

 

[Gary A.]

Hi Coffee Housers, Would you think me strange if I told you I have never had a cell phone. I do have a land line but I just don't feel the need to be that connected.

Yes. (Gary has a cell phone but no landline.)

 

[jcdeboever]

Hi Coffee Housers, Would you think me strange if I told you I have never had a cell phone. I do have a land line but I just don't feel the need to be that connected.

My Dad doesn't either and he is strange

 

[yamaha pat]

Thank you terri I wonder how many of us are out there anyone want to start a Flintstonian movement. The problem is you would have to do it on a computer and that would defeat the purpose.

 

[davidharmier60]

Dave has no mug of coffee with which to wake up. This is not good.
I know the buffer got fixed yesterday.
So in about 25 minutes it's off to work I go.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

 

[smoke665]

We have cell phones and a landline. The alarm system needs to be updated with a standalone cell, but the landline is part of the Uverse package and is cheaper than the monthly cell charge, for a cell. Problem is despite being on the do not call list, We are bombarded by robocalls daily on that landline line. So it stays on the answering machine 24/7. Call blocking doesn't work because they are spoofing local numbers mostly, and changing it every time. It had gotten better for awhile, but seems to be on the rise again. I find it irritating that phone carriers want to charge a monthly fee for add on apps/service, to prevent robocalls, when they're the ones providing the conduit for these scam artists.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

We have both also, but if it were up to me, the landline would go! She uses it to call her brother in Scotland. She pays for it, so

 

[jcdeboever]

Ohio is the most boring driving there is. Everything is flat and field. My three day journey is coming to a close around 1:00 - 1:30. Hi tail it home and hope to get some film scanning done tonight. I think I have like 6 rolls of portra 400 to scan. I don't scan every one. I did manage to get a good look at them on a light table and the rolls look real good. I found a good way to view them... I invert the colors on my cell phone via the accessibility setting and turn on the camera. It gives you a super nice image the size of your cell phone screen so you can check exposure, sharpness, etc.

 

[smoke665]

Every now and then my dear wife surprises me with little things. I mentioned that I needed some weights for the light stands that would flex and bend to conform. An old pair of jeans destined for the trash, $4 worth of cheap long grain rice, and a few mins at her sewing machine, and I now have 6 flexible, soft and dustless weights

 

[limr30 3]

Every now and then my dear wife surprises me with little things. I mentioned that I needed some weights for the light stands that would flex and bend to conform. An old pair of jeans destined for the trash, $4 worth of cheap long grain rice, and a few mins at her sewing machine, and I now have 6 flexible, soft and dustless weights

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And they can also double as heating pads

 

[jcdeboever]

Every now and then my dear wife surprises me with little things. I mentioned that I needed some weights for the light stands that would flex and bend to conform. An old pair of jeans destined for the trash, $4 worth of cheap long grain rice, and a few mins at her sewing machine, and I now have 6 flexible, soft and dustless weights

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And they can also double as heating pads

Or Fert beds and pillows

 

[smoke665]

Been reading up on the advancement of self driving electric vehicles and the implications for the future (Uber self driving cabs). If I were 30 years younger, I would probably be a all over this.

Think about this, in a metropolitan area an "on demand" self driving vehicle, with staging areas strategically located in the city. Via a smart phone app, (which automatically bills your credit card), you order your vehicle, plug in the number of passengers, the pickup address and destination address. The vehicle is dispatched by a central computer that considers the staging level inventories, and most logical locations, then dispatches the correct vehicle. GPS tracking automatically sends a text message to your phone at a predetermined time before it arrives. You enter the vehicle at the curb, enter a pass code supplied by your app, and off you go. It drops you at your location, then proceeds to the predetermined staging area, where it pulls into an automatic charging area, until the next dispatch. Attendants at each staging location would be notified prior to arrival and would be required to clean, wipe down interior, and release the vehicle before the system would dispatch it again.

No more cabs, no more parking fees, convenient transportation. Heck I may even come out of retirement!! LOL

 

[Gary A.]

We have cell phones and a landline. The alarm system needs to be updated with a standalone cell, but the landline is part of the Uverse package and is cheaper than the monthly cell charge, for a cell. Problem is despite being on the do not call list, We are bombarded by robocalls daily on that landline line. So it stays on the answering machine 24/7. Call blocking doesn't work because they are spoofing local numbers mostly, and changing it every time. It had gotten better for awhile, but seems to be on the rise again. I find it irritating that phone carriers want to charge a monthly fee for add on apps/service, to prevent robocalls, when they're the ones providing the conduit for these scam artists.

Okay, so technically Gary has a landline also. Like smoke665, it came with the cable, but it isn't hooked up. Mary Lou keeps trying to drop the landline, but the cable company insists that it is required ... Poppycock! Robocalls suck ... more Poppycock! Gary just sets the phone down and lets them run. He figures every second or two he ties up the line save some other sucker from getting a call. Sometimes he tries calling back, but usually the number doesn't work. One time Gary got a person in Venice, California. Seems the robocaller just picked a random number for display.

 

[Gary A.]

Every now and then my dear wife surprises me with little things. I mentioned that I needed some weights for the light stands that would flex and bend to conform. An old pair of jeans destined for the trash, $4 worth of cheap long grain rice, and a few mins at her sewing machine, and I now have 6 flexible, soft and dustless weights

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And in case of a Thermonuclear War, you can shoot with a stable tripod and have lunch in a dust free environment.

 

[Gary A.]

Every now and then my dear wife surprises me with little things. I mentioned that I needed some weights for the light stands that would flex and bend to conform. An old pair of jeans destined for the trash, $4 worth of cheap long grain rice, and a few mins at her sewing machine, and I now have 6 flexible, soft and dustless weights

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And they can also double as heating pads

Just toss them in some boiling water.