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laserhaas

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42. Congrats. I learned that the famous Abe Lincoln quote

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #41)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 05:58 PM

Feb 2017

also applues to the tell of tales.

He who represents himself has a fool for a client applies to law dynamics and writing your own tale.

In our eToys case, Im victimized by both paradigms.

Others listen 1000 times more...when another tells the tales.

Wish her well.....

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The 20-something daughter of one of my wife's [View all] MineralMan Feb 2017 OP

Right. elleng Feb 2017 #1

Flip phones here as well, and I'm more than 71. No Vested Interest Feb 2017 #2

I always thought my Slider phone was pretty clever. Mid-'80's, i had the trunk-mount rig NBachers Feb 2017 #3

i have a flip phone too KittyWampus Feb 2017 #4

Me, too. kentuck Feb 2017 #6

Me too! 2naSalit Feb 2017 #14

Me, too. I use it for emergencies and I've given out the number Doitnow Feb 2017 #20

Roger McGuinn once did a car phone song that quickly became outdated pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #5

The early Seinfeld reruns feature Jerry and cast using a huge cordless phone. No Vested Interest Feb 2017 #7

Some things never go out of style... pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #10

You are truly cutting edge. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #8

People sometimes laugh when I tell them I still use the rotary phone FuzzyRabbit Feb 2017 #15

Now I feel cutting edge! guillaumeb Feb 2017 #31

I have an old oak farm-style wall phone on MineralMan Feb 2017 #30

We also have caller ID on our answering machine. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #32

hey now Afromania Feb 2017 #9

I finally broke down and got an iPhone. femmocrat Feb 2017 #11

I owned an HP LX200 and a Palm V Xipe Totec Feb 2017 #12

I loved my litle flip phone. 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #13

Wife still has one, the speaker button I call the "Star Trek button." Maynar Feb 2017 #24

Still have a bag phone somewhere elmac Feb 2017 #16

Best thing about my little flip phone -- madamesilverspurs Feb 2017 #17

You're in good company... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #18

My 80 year old friend makes fun of me at 65 with my flip phone. She loves her iphone mnhtnbb Feb 2017 #19

I have a friend that's 35 yrs old, only has a flip phone, and no social media. He texts me Grown2Hate Feb 2017 #21

I just responded to this from my phone JDC Feb 2017 #22

I hope you told her to get off your lawn! DawgHouse Feb 2017 #23

Mineral man... busterbrown Feb 2017 #25

I still have one. LisaM Feb 2017 #26

Good old bag phones HassleCat Feb 2017 #27

I've never heard of anyone accidentally butt dialing with a flip phone :-D TheBlackAdder Feb 2017 #28

In the age of the NSA being in your phone 24x7 HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #29

"Trump may be seventy years old and mentally impaired... Orsino Feb 2017 #33

I'm surprised a phone from 1990 still works Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #34

I don't think that old bag phone still works. MineralMan Feb 2017 #38

Motorola introduced the MicroTAC flip phone MineralMan Feb 2017 #39

I have a flip phone. hunter Feb 2017 #35

My husband has a new flip phone. Tikki Feb 2017 #36

My husband uses a flip phone for the convenient size, too eleny Feb 2017 #37

Looking for a writer laserhaas Feb 2017 #40

Ficus, eh? Maybe she'll write about house plants. MineralMan Feb 2017 #41

Congrats. I learned that the famous Abe Lincoln quote laserhaas Feb 2017 #42