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6/27/2016

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I like to think that most stuff should last a long time. That is not the way it is with technology, though. Yes, the knowledge base is increasing exponentially surrounding media and data, but not everyone wants to keep up. I don't. There was a time when I, being an early adopter (marketing term for first one to buy new things on the market) had an ipod before anyone else. I hardly used it though, but I had it. I do not listen to music much, never did. I played the piano (badly) and sang (worse) every night for many years as my form of relaxation. No television was in my house, again, not something that I ever really paid much attention to. I do not have enough hours in the day to do what needs to be done, let alone have time to watch TV. My family was not a big television watching family, either, choosing rather to do something instead of sit and watch. I am still like that. 

So, I have not had many cell phones actually. I want the phones to last forever. My parents had a Telus phone that they rented from Telus for over 30 years, the same phone. They mistakenly believed that they had to rent the phone so the repair work would be covered, should it be necessary. The phone never needed anything. It was an old dial phone. When I tried to stop the rental, I was informed, even though they had paid a hundred times more than the phone's value in rent over the years, that I had to return the phone. Telus would instantly discard it, but I had to return it. If the technology had not changed, that phone might still be in use today. I want my cell phone to be that way. 

I bought a Samsung when I moved here. Today I tried to get a battery for it, but they no longer make batteries for that model. It is too old. I dropped my new phone in the sink accidentally when I was swatting flies. This time of year on the farm is terrible and this is the worst year I can recall for those varmints. I hate them. So I swatted the phone into the sink and there was, of course water in it. That particular Samsung is built so that it can not be taken apart. Then I could not blow dry it with a hairdryer like I did with the last one that fell into the water in the dead of winter. Then I put the phone in a bag of rice and it worked again the next day. 

My internet comes via tethering the phone to the computer and has for quite some time. Today the only provider I can get consented to hook my internet up. In the meantime, I got a cheap phone, an LG, for one hundred and fifty dollars, plus an activation fee and my sim card was transferred. But the LG does not sent photos to the imac computer and I spent several days with my last phone to resolve that issue. I will have to call LG support and see if it can be fixed or not. 

Wouldn't it be great if we did not have cell phones? I use my phone for phoning and receiving calls and taking pictures - that is it. If I was not running a farm and bed and breakfast, I would not even have a cell phone most likely, though it did come in handy when I was trapped in the skid steer. But, like the old days, I am an oldy and although I do not dislike technology, I do not need to spend close to a thousand dollars every year on updating to a new phone. This LG is good. I bought a case and screen protector. The case is not waterproof. Why? The salesperson explained that the LG is only expected to last 6 months before the owner upgrades it. Hmmm. What do you prefer?  A long lasting phone or keeping up with technology ?
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Robbie dropped himself into the duck pool and the water was ice cold. He likes to do that. Dogs do not need cell phones.
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