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RE: The Modern Miracle of Disposable Technology
Even though I have a cell phone, I still have quite a few really cool landline phones, which work and I still use for the most part. That's going way back, I suppose. But a landline is nice for serious-long talking without the annoying delay in conversation, or waiting out the insurance company, doctors office, business, etc.
I always get a palpable 'gulp' on the other end of the line, when I tell them, "I have a headset phone,and all the time in the world, I can be on here all day long". That's why I like a landline. I can wear them down to a level of better service.
Take that, people leaving me on hold, hoping I'll just go away. Not bloody likely.
I do miss landline phones - even though I hate talking on the phone! At least the sound quality was clear and you could actually understand what someone was saying. It's such a drag having to ask someone to repeat themselves over and over. And that delay you mentioned, which is even worse when you pick up an echo of yourself a second later.
Remember the "you can hear a pin drop" ads?