It’s a sad day

[Pullstart 62,925]

I will soon no longer be a big dumb dinosaur, as my family says.  
 

I don’t know how I feel about this whole 21st century thing called smart phone.

 

 

[Achto 27,624]

Apple wouldn't have been my choice, but you're used to their format so it will probably work better for you. 

 

Welcome to the present world Flippy !! 

Edited November 27, 2023 by Achto

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

im so very sorry for you i know its doesnt fold what a bummer  

Edited November 27, 2023 by The Freightliner Guy

[ebinmaine 67,730]

4 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I will soon no longer be a big dumb dinosaur

 

You can still be a big dumb dinosaur if you want to!

 

 

4 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I don’t know how I feel about this whole 21st century thing called smart phone.

 

I wonder pretty nearly every day if a smartphone is actually, smart.

 

 

[WHX?? 48,845]

Well it's about dang time!!!

Can Dan and me text you now? Was getting a little old having to text relay through Mrs. P. 

Same number? 

Guess that leaves only @953 nut with a rotary dial flip phone! 

 

[oldlineman 1,481]

Na, I still have one not brave enough yet to make the jump. 

[Pullstart 62,925]

26 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Can Dan and me text you now? Was getting a little old having to text relay through Mrs. P. 

Same number? 

Pretty soon.  My case doesn’t get here until Sunday.  Knowing me, I think I should keep Flippy alive for the week!

[Horse Newbie 7,081]

You’re still old fashioned… it’s gonna take more than a smart phone…

[WHX?? 48,845]

BTW put it and yer wallet in a zippered pocket at plow day...

[WHX?? 48,845]

1 minute ago, Horse Newbie said:

You’re still old fashioned… 

True ... he welds with a rose bud and a coat hanger...

[953 nut 55,377]

10 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

My case doesn’t get here until Sunday.

Do they make a case that can withstand a drop from the top of your racks in the shop and then being run over by a Senior and Put-put?   

 

2 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

BTW put it and yer wallet in a zippered pocket at plow day...

A padded zippered pocket with a homing device so it can be found unlike Dan's @Achto who's wallet is irretrievably lost.

44 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Guess that leaves only @953 nut with a rotary dial flip phone

            It is capable of making and receiving phone calls as well as telling me what time it is and what the date is, what more would you want to do with a phone?            

[Rob J. 1,942]

1 hour ago, Pullstart said:

I will soon no longer be a big dumb dinosaur, as my family says.  
 

I don’t know how I feel about this whole 21st century thing called smart phone.

 

 

Happened to me when the iPhone X came out. I loved my Razr. 

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,326]

A year or so ago : Son says you got to get a new phone

Why

no support for the one you got

So

It will quit working

off I go and get a new phone

Son Let me see your smart phone , throw it to him , that's another flip phone . . Smart enough for me . Me : How the H*** do you make it work?

 

 

[WHX?? 48,845]

5 minutes ago, Rob J. said:

 I loved my Razr. 

I had one of them in the day Rob.

Slicker than cat crap on linoleum.

Missus busted me in the bathroom tried to shave with it... 

'Course  I had a V-8 once you could change plugs without pulling the motor. 

[davem1111 2,030]

Here's a "modern" flip phone for ya: 

 

 

I do have to say, although I use my iPhone 12 a lot, every day, sometimes I miss the simplicity of a flip phone that is just "a phone". Plus, working on machines and mowing & such with a very expensive computer in my pocket can be a bit nerve-racking.  But on the other hand, I am an IT guy and actually have to use an app on the phone to authenticate my logins to the VPNs at work. But.... employer won't pay for the phone...   Previous employer gave me a company phone... but then I had to carry 2 around. Sheesh.  

[WHX?? 48,845]

20 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

Dan's @Achto who's wallet is irretrievably lost.

Beg to differ Richard 

[Pullstart 62,925]

Hey @WHX?? quit bugging Mrs. P!  She’s trying to take a nap on the couch!

[SylvanLakeWH 25,609]

Plow day suggestion: Find My Iphone app... Gonna need it. 

[oliver2-44 9,783]

2 hours ago, WHX?? said:

True ... he welds with a rose bud and a coat hanger...

What, and to think I've always used electric fence wire

[8ntruck 7,025]

I used to have a company phone that was a slider.  It was also incapable of receiving group texts.  My manager got tried of me missing the info in the group texts, so he got the IT department to upgrade me to an I phone.

 

I told my manager that I didn't trust it.  Got a puzzled look from him, and he asked why?  I replied that I didn't trust it 'cause it didn't have real buttons.

[mrc 818]

hi pullstart,

 

  you are not the only dinosaur.    no cell for me

 

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,305]

12 hours ago, WHX?? said:

Guess that leaves only @953 nut with a rotary dial flip phone! 

 

Not quite Jimbo.       This is my main shop phone....It even has a long range coiled wire, never needs charged, and always has 5 bars.

 

Squirrely Shirley hangs out here to remind me,  You gotta have some nads to not follow the flock.

 

[rmaynard 15,530]

When I finally retired my flip phone is when the butt dials began. 

[Pullstart 62,925]

6 minutes ago, rmaynard said:

When I finally retired my flip phone is when the butt dials began. 

Those are my favorite!  I’ve gotten some pretty good intel from butt dials in the past 

[Pullstart 62,925]

@Ed Kennell we had a rotary phone in the basement growing up.  The wireless replacements, they didn’t work when we frequently lost power.  I was quite good at spinning that dial.  Now, it has been stripped of it’s cord and hangs out in the toy box for the nieces and nephews when they come over.  No, we didn’t remove the cord for safety.  It was violently ripped away from it by a very young small child!