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MineralMan

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18. My phone is a castoff from my wife. She had to buy an iPhone

Fri Dec 20, 2013, 02:54 PM

Dec 2013

so she could review apps for it for one of her clients. I had a nifty Samsung flip phone on a by-the-minute plan. But, we dropped that and added the Android to her contract and swapped numbers so she'd have her old number, which is her business number. I got the new number, which is fine, because almost nobody knows my number except her. My business is done over my landline number.

But, a good suggestion, even though it doesn't really apply to my situation.

Incidentaly, my new number was a re-issue of one that had been assigned to someone else, so when the phone is on, it gets lots of calls looking for whoever had that number before. Most have been from people wanting money from the deadbeat. I'm answering them and explaining that I'm not Eric and that they should stop calling me. It's working. I'm very persuasive, I guess. Eventually, they'll stop calling, I'm sure.

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Cell Phones: Does anyone else hate Swipe to Answer? [View all] MineralMan Dec 2013 OP

I'm not thrilled by the whole iOS7 experience, myself-- Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #1

Tell Me RobinA Dec 2013 #6

iPhone & iPad mini for me. I still have an iPod Touch & 1st-gen iPad on antiquated OS's. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #10

Especially annoying if you're left handed enlightenment Dec 2013 #2

^^^^ THIS ^^^^ Glassunion Dec 2013 #4

One of the reasons left-handed enlightenment Dec 2013 #14

With the exception of writing Glassunion Dec 2013 #17

LIke you, I am enlightenment Dec 2013 #19

Yup! Jazzgirl Dec 2013 #29

YES! MineralMan Dec 2013 #12

^^^Plus this^^^ Jamastiene Dec 2013 #28

wow. i never thought of that. Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #31

I hate that as well, especially when I'm wearing gloves htuttle Dec 2013 #3

I'll look to see if that's available on my off-brand MineralMan Dec 2013 #8

great tip! I'd missed that setting. MANative Dec 2013 #22

Well, compared to jumping naked and dripping from the shower legcramp Dec 2013 #5

That's what voicemail is for. MineralMan Dec 2013 #7

Fortunately, Android is almost infinitely customizable pokerfan Dec 2013 #9

Thanks. I'll check those out. MineralMan Dec 2013 #11

This all sounds kinda "Georgie" to me... mcdeavitt Dec 2013 #13

Does it? That's interesting. MineralMan Dec 2013 #21

So ditch it and get a simpler phone TransitJohn Dec 2013 #15

My phone is a castoff from my wife. She had to buy an iPhone MineralMan Dec 2013 #18

First world problems.... n/t :) KatyMan Dec 2013 #16

Yes, it is. Still, we live in the first world, don't we? MineralMan Dec 2013 #20

Lighten up Francis.... KatyMan Dec 2013 #23

Just yesterday, I was served a salad with too much goat cheese pokerfan Dec 2013 #24

you want I should kick your over-cheesed ass, pokerfan? Skittles Dec 2013 #26

I don't like just touching the screen to hang up gollygee Dec 2013 #25

It annoys me to no end. Jamastiene Dec 2013 #27

Yes Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #30

Yes just using the button would be better. Historic NY Dec 2013 #32