tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post32388898963433086..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Old Fart Phone ServiceMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25566403621133464402014-04-17T08:45:20.419-07:002014-04-17T08:45:20.419-07:00I already am warming up to it. Why, I figured out ...I already am warming up to it. Why, I figured out three whole things on it yesterday, including how to get my voice mail, which I never did master on the dumb phone. Oh! And I installed an APP! Myself!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89873911946711669682014-04-17T04:42:03.727-07:002014-04-17T04:42:03.727-07:00You haven't bonded with your phone yet. Spend...You haven't bonded with your phone yet. Spend an afternoon with it. Drink some wine, put on some soft music, and start pressing buttons. It will warm up to you. It helps to use the app that tells you how to do stuff, too. :-)Cindy McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859478888327253814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22550256809734790532014-04-15T08:54:03.662-07:002014-04-15T08:54:03.662-07:00If I could do all that on my phone, which--theoret...If I could do all that on my phone, which--theoretically--I can, I'd feel the same way. Sadly, I just now set up my voice mailbox, and I still don't know how to retrieve my messages. Inchworm inchworm.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32203092951300480472014-04-15T05:56:39.814-07:002014-04-15T05:56:39.814-07:00I'd be lost without my iPhone. Literally. Si...I'd be lost without my iPhone. Literally. Siri or GPS gets me where I need to go. I can find nearby restaurants, motels, or Starbucks wherever I am. I can look up birds and their songs on iBird Pro, listen to NPR podcasts or even NPR, tune in to comedy or music with Pandora, take pictures when I don't have my real camera, record frogs or birdsongs for later ID, identify landmarks Cindy McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859478888327253814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80518360585455163022014-04-14T15:09:45.569-07:002014-04-14T15:09:45.569-07:00I'm afraid by the time I learn all the bells a...I'm afraid by the time I learn all the bells and whistles I'LL be extinct. I'm going to satisfy myself with two bells and a whistle. Update: successfully set up my voice mail box today and my email account. Now I'm going to shave my chin fuzz into a soul patch and go have an expensive coffee somewhere.<br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32902566757622019702014-04-14T11:45:38.595-07:002014-04-14T11:45:38.595-07:00I mentioned to my son that my flip phone was start...I mentioned to my son that my flip phone was starting to act wonky and so for Christmas he bought me a Droid - also, for reasons I don't understand, called a smart phone - I think that's just a joke only the kids get. He put us on the family plan and then lectured me on what I could and couldn't do with the phone (when did my 30 year old kid become my dad?). I did this because I suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432352442859238887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-55578572154506477402014-04-14T10:05:52.291-07:002014-04-14T10:05:52.291-07:00You're so mod! Let's see. I HAVE used my c...You're so mod! Let's see. I HAVE used my camera (my regular camera) to zoom in on a distant bird so I can tell what it is. You did remind me how much I like going through a regular print dictionary. I don't think that kind of perambulation can be adequately duplicated on a device.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8591882384438341312014-04-14T10:04:02.059-07:002014-04-14T10:04:02.059-07:00Huh. I want YOUR phone. One of these days I'm ...Huh. I want YOUR phone. One of these days I'm just going to get my computer phone printer and iPad in a room and tell them to sort it all out between themselves or no juice for them.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83198404900506846722014-04-14T09:40:55.993-07:002014-04-14T09:40:55.993-07:00I have a smart phone. I love my smart phone. I gr...I have a smart phone. I love my smart phone. I grew up with my dad always telling me to "look it up!" when I asked questions. The encyclopedias were next to the dining room table. The dictionary was frequently ON the table. <br />I have all of that in my pocket now. ALL of it and MORE! How cool is that??!!<br />I also use it as a microscope. Take a photo of the little bug or flower Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-3517805655853085252014-04-14T09:09:16.901-07:002014-04-14T09:09:16.901-07:00Hey Murr! I like the sound of these AARP types, th...Hey Murr! I like the sound of these AARP types, tho obviously I do like me phone that can do my taxes while acting as a musical barometer. But I'm curious: DID you save money? Roth xIndigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17180203382921965802014-04-13T09:08:58.594-07:002014-04-13T09:08:58.594-07:00Now I'm interested in your lunch box. I hope i...Now I'm interested in your lunch box. I hope it has a cartoon character on it. Mine was Quick Draw McGraw.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37384160959994335912014-04-13T09:08:17.297-07:002014-04-13T09:08:17.297-07:00You're not on Facebook? How are your old girlf...You're not on Facebook? How are your old girlfriends going to track you down?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14655141069728262192014-04-13T06:22:00.394-07:002014-04-13T06:22:00.394-07:00My Tracfone costs about $20 every three months. Ce...My Tracfone costs about $20 every three months. Cell phones don't work where I live, so I use it when I travel. I have over a thousand minutes to use up and I only travel about twice a year. It lives in my lunch box.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33447454709837160162014-04-13T04:54:32.322-07:002014-04-13T04:54:32.322-07:00I keep a cell phone in case of emergency when I am...I keep a cell phone in case of emergency when I am traveling on the motorcycle or in the car. Otherwise I don't even bother carrying it or turning it on. I pay $100 a year for 300 minutes - I probably use less than ten minutes a year. For me a telephone is a tool - for everyone else it seems to be a social connection meant to replace actual interaction. I am not on facebook and I donOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-49604194760885035032014-04-12T22:56:37.913-07:002014-04-12T22:56:37.913-07:00I didn't have weird rings on my phone when I w...I didn't have weird rings on my phone when I was little, but we were on a party line, and sometimes when you picked up the receiver there was already a conversation going on. Uh, I listened in.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-87593206698759642972014-04-12T22:55:42.624-07:002014-04-12T22:55:42.624-07:00Oh sugar lamb. I feel your pain. My own sister say...Oh sugar lamb. I feel your pain. My own sister says she got PTSD from being forced to call her own classmates on the phone in fourth grade to find out why they didn't come to class. What were they thinking?<br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78697298934039501422014-04-12T18:24:35.156-07:002014-04-12T18:24:35.156-07:00I hate phones. I have post traumatic phone disord...I hate phones. I have post traumatic phone disorder after working for a living for longer than the Jasons of the world have been alive. I carry a cell phone because my family insisted after heart surgery but I don't turn it on. I don't know how to take messages off either. I can lift its lid, turn it on, and phone Himself to say the tie rod has broken on the car, come get me and call Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15112688721700987462014-04-12T17:31:59.746-07:002014-04-12T17:31:59.746-07:00We listened in regardless of how many rings. Just ...We listened in regardless of how many rings. Just sayin'....Yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149759309589778285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61978090432274729882014-04-12T17:20:04.157-07:002014-04-12T17:20:04.157-07:00You'll just have to twirl your hair.You'll just have to twirl your hair.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60261264101023637652014-04-12T17:19:42.254-07:002014-04-12T17:19:42.254-07:00Fabulous. Fabulous.Fabulous. Fabulous.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-69295165288856314052014-04-12T17:19:30.305-07:002014-04-12T17:19:30.305-07:00I wonder if Murrmurrs readers are, in general, not...I wonder if Murrmurrs readers are, in general, not phone people?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64484797051901753152014-04-12T17:19:03.108-07:002014-04-12T17:19:03.108-07:00Dang! My grandma's was five shorts. I thought ...Dang! My grandma's was five shorts. I thought that would have sounded too odd. Of course anyone who had UP TO five shorts could feel justified in listening in.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-65646460640989793152014-04-12T17:18:20.423-07:002014-04-12T17:18:20.423-07:00And then you think "oh Trakfone, Trakfone...w...And then you think "oh Trakfone, Trakfone...whatever would I have done without you?"Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66204518991626858922014-04-12T17:17:47.734-07:002014-04-12T17:17:47.734-07:00Do you have to be an old fart that drives? Because...Do you have to be an old fart that drives? Because that's a dangerous combination. I look forward to seeing how little I can get away with, because CC will go pretty minimal.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88937899304191429552014-04-12T16:01:08.624-07:002014-04-12T16:01:08.624-07:00I didn't get a curly phone cord with mine. No ...I didn't get a curly phone cord with mine. No fair!Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.com