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MrMickeysMom

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149. I do, but we also have iPhones

Reply to Bread and Circus (Original post)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 12:38 AM

Dec 2015

I don't answer a lot of calls on the land line. Looks like a waste of money, but we're not "there" yet.

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Show of hands...who even has a traditional landline anymore? [View all] Bread and Circus Dec 2015 OP

Not I HerbChestnut Dec 2015 #1

Nope tazkcmo Dec 2015 #2

I agree. I got rid of mine during my last move yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #12

We do - can't get cell service at the house <end> PumpkinAle Dec 2015 #3

We do, and we use it all the time. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2015 #4

That's another thing that can confound polls... screening calls. Bread and Circus Dec 2015 #7

Bless the heavens for caller ID! n/t Hepburn Dec 2015 #89

We have landlines also...although use Cell Phones for both business and personal. KoKo Dec 2015 #92

Same as you Peggy. Worried senior Dec 2015 #114

I was among the last of my friends bvf Dec 2015 #5

I have three of them. MADem Dec 2015 #6

Yea I think I knew that about the Clinton part. Bread and Circus Dec 2015 #8

Me, my ex hubby, parents and inlaws MaggieD Dec 2015 #9

Now why isn't this surprising? artislife Dec 2015 #35

Because lots of people have landlines? MaggieD Dec 2015 #91

People 55 and over have land lines...it's my job to know :) snooper2 Dec 2015 #98

LOL - unskew those polls! MaggieD Dec 2015 #101

I do but nobody answers it. Sales calls have made it useless. nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #10

yes I do and KT2000 Dec 2015 #11

Not for several years pugetres Dec 2015 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Dec 2015 #14

We do. murielm99 Dec 2015 #15

We have one. It's the "official family number". Cell #'s are for TwilightGardener Dec 2015 #16

I'm the same way brush Dec 2015 #67

Same here...Land line = Home, cell phones for personal use. nt whathehell Dec 2015 #106

Us, too. nt Nay Dec 2015 #120

Yes but it's unused. Agschmid Dec 2015 #17

I do, but it's usually disconnected. subterranean Dec 2015 #18

I have a land line. SamKnause Dec 2015 #19

Best Way To Go left on green only Dec 2015 #20

Cell phones nowadays do a lot more than make/receive calls brush Dec 2015 #69

That's why God put an off switch on the cell phone Kilgore Dec 2015 #83

enjoy it for another five or six years as all of the DMS and 5ESS switches are pulled out snooper2 Dec 2015 #100

same here CountAllVotes Dec 2015 #110

. left on green only Dec 2015 #125

We don't use it often, but of course we have one. KMOD Dec 2015 #21

Btw, you don't need to have your own line in case of emergency. jeff47 Dec 2015 #129

That's good to know. KMOD Dec 2015 #139

Still got mine. I feel stable because I've had the same number since 1992. NBachers Dec 2015 #22

I have one and will never give it up unless I am forced to Samantha Dec 2015 #23

Sometimes land lines are also more reliable in many emergencies depending on where the lines are RKP5637 Dec 2015 #109

That's basically why we keep ours, plus we've had the same phone # Nay Dec 2015 #119

I have a land line, and no cell phone Midnight Writer Dec 2015 #24

Cell phones can be turned off, you know? nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #26

We do, but we only answer calls from known numbers. winter is coming Dec 2015 #25

Yes.. MrWendel Dec 2015 #27

For Earthquake safety. Basic LA Dec 2015 #28

Same here jkbRN Dec 2015 #29

I had a landline years ago. artislife Dec 2015 #36

I just tell em no. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #76

I have a land line as well as a cell phone, but my cell phone akbacchus_BC Dec 2015 #30

Like just about everyone I know, we have a house land line and each family member has a cell phone. SunSeeker Dec 2015 #31

I agree with you regarding who calls you on your cell phone. akbacchus_BC Dec 2015 #32

No land line, prepaid minutes flip phone (no camera, and definitely not "smart") Binkie The Clown Dec 2015 #33

Sigh. This again Recursion Dec 2015 #34

And this is misleading. Shocking. stillwaiting Dec 2015 #48

I do. As do most people I know. onenote Dec 2015 #77

One thing I miss about those ancient vicman Dec 2015 #37

They do but cell phones work when the power goes out too. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #41

Ahhh . . . cells work until you need to recharge them brush Dec 2015 #73

We can use the chargers in our vehicles if the power's out. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #75

I do. Beacool Dec 2015 #38

I do and will keep it as long as I can tech3149 Dec 2015 #39

I do. eom BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #40

I do. The cell phone reception out here is terrible. I have a cell phone, livetohike Dec 2015 #42

I do, but like many people in an early primary state, I also have caller ID. Vinca Dec 2015 #43

No land line at home. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #44

We're both retired from the phone company IDemo Dec 2015 #45

My elderly father has one only for his medical alert, since he lives alone. RiverLover Dec 2015 #46

I have a landline I use exclusively. (nt) Ino Dec 2015 #47

Daughter's landline worked during Sandy HockeyMom Dec 2015 #49

Why not ask the question as a poll?...nt SidDithers Dec 2015 #50

Because I like the narrative people offer...plus online polls are "non-scientific" or so I've heard. Bread and Circus Dec 2015 #70

I have one but I never actually answer it. Vattel Dec 2015 #51

I do. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2015 #52

I do -- analog copper even! (nt) Dale Neiburg Dec 2015 #53

Land line here with iur cells DrDan Dec 2015 #54

land mines are horrible things, which are banned by many international treaties. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #55

Clinton's relationship with land mines is fodder for a different thread. Ahem... Bread and Circus Dec 2015 #74

Does a VOIP line count as a land line? It's not a cell. Do landline polls call them? thesquanderer Dec 2015 #56

Doesn't count because it'll go out if the power goes out. brooklynite Dec 2015 #59

Yeah, that's one of the reasons to also have a cell. Or friendly neighbors. ;-) thesquanderer Dec 2015 #65

Mine doesn't go out. -none Dec 2015 #111

The critical point being the UPS... brooklynite Dec 2015 #121

It's under the same rules as cell phones, so (theoretically) no robocalls/robopolls (nt) jeff47 Dec 2015 #130

My parents do (nt) bigwillq Dec 2015 #57

I have one. nt hack89 Dec 2015 #58

We live in a "dead zone" as far as cell coverage Android3.14 Dec 2015 #60

I don't have one. pladedump Dec 2015 #61

I have one. procon Dec 2015 #62

No landlines. The Blue Pot Dec 2015 #63

No landline here, none of my kids or their SO's have one. nc4bo Dec 2015 #64

For our DSL only. 99Forever Dec 2015 #66

We have a landline. Koinos Dec 2015 #68

Oh, ditto to the max Hepburn Dec 2015 #88

I have a switch in my dominate ear hearing aid for phone use. -none Dec 2015 #113

I have never found the phone adjustment on hearing aids to be great Hepburn Dec 2015 #115

I don't even notice that I have them in. -none Dec 2015 #117

Yeah, like that with my first pair way back when Hepburn Dec 2015 #118

I do. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #71

I don't think this "poll" went the way the seminal poster expected. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 #72

Land Line users have Caller ID and Cell Phone users can block unverified calls.. KoKo Dec 2015 #93

Res ipsa loquitur DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 #96

I didn't really have an expected outcome. Some things I do just out of curiosity. Bread and Circus Dec 2015 #99

As a social and political scientist I am always... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 #103

I do. I really hate cell phones too. el_bryanto Dec 2015 #78

We have one still. n/t FSogol Dec 2015 #79

Our home has one. riversedge Dec 2015 #80

Yes , I have one. blue cat Dec 2015 #81

I do but only because that woman I live with who claims she is my wife Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #82

I do its the only one that works after storms.... Historic NY Dec 2015 #84

Not for more than 6 years. No need. randome Dec 2015 #85

I do. And my job has hundreds of them in use. JaneyVee Dec 2015 #86

I do because it has a phone which is made for the hearing impaired. Hepburn Dec 2015 #87

3 phones. Love the landline it's buried so even in hurricances or no power, I can connect. Sunlei Dec 2015 #90

I have Both and Never fredamae Dec 2015 #94

I don't have one, but I was called on my cell by a Quinnipiac pollster anyway (nt) TacoD Dec 2015 #95

Land line and cell phones. TheBlackAdder Dec 2015 #97

I use VOIP. Cell phones inside are too spotty reception, so in the house, around the yard and RKP5637 Dec 2015 #102

I have been cell phone only for over 20 years. n/t PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #104

I do UglyGreed Dec 2015 #105

Mobile only since 2009 demwing Dec 2015 #107

It's been gone for seven years Trajan Dec 2015 #108

I do Glorfindel Dec 2015 #112

I love my landline. CrispyQ Dec 2015 #116

I do, landline with caller ID. MiniMe Dec 2015 #122

Oh heck yeah! Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2015 #123

Yup, I have one, with a four-phone cordless system. MineralMan Dec 2015 #124

Landline with caller ID. Also have cell. Shrike47 Dec 2015 #126

Gallup now calls people on their cell phones - truedelphi Dec 2015 #127

All major polling organizations canvas cell phones. CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #147

I have one. And you'll pry it from my cold, dead hands!! Coventina Dec 2015 #128

No. Got rid of Century Link this year and went to AT&T Wireless Home Phone. El Supremo Dec 2015 #131

Dewey defeats Truman!!! elleng Dec 2015 #132

I do. For 2 reasons. Chemisse Dec 2015 #133

As far as your point number two - truedelphi Dec 2015 #148

Indeed. I retain a skepticism about the wisdom of surrounding ourselves Chemisse Dec 2015 #156

Ooma Dem2 Dec 2015 #134

+1 Matariki Dec 2015 #136

I still have a landline. In the event of an emergency. . . DinahMoeHum Dec 2015 #135

Me, because it is more secure than wirless Gloria Dec 2015 #137

I do and I use it quite often. Lilith Rising Dec 2015 #138

I do Jane Austin Dec 2015 #140

Haven't had a land line in ~10 years. aidbo Dec 2015 #141

I do. DesertRat Dec 2015 #142

I have retained one landline. I occasionally have to fax stuff. <nt> AtomicKitten Dec 2015 #143

We have a landline, two cell phones, two iPads and two computers. MoonRiver Dec 2015 #144

Landline with a rotary dial (stubborn Luddite owner of a period home) Brother Buzz Dec 2015 #145

Dude, the pollsters canvas cell phones - the kid vote is not left out of polls CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #146

I do, but we also have iPhones MrMickeysMom Dec 2015 #149

I'm under 50 and I have a landline... one_voice Dec 2015 #150

Last time I had a landline was when dialup internet was still a thing. Scootaloo Dec 2015 #151

Not since 2001 n/t arcane1 Dec 2015 #152

We do. Arugula Latte Dec 2015 #153

we do. even have some rotary's around. pansypoo53219 Dec 2015 #154

I do; it's all I can afford. Alkene Dec 2015 #155