tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post363116718034133871..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: The Electronic LeashMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61956131218543406482011-04-05T15:30:21.038-07:002011-04-05T15:30:21.038-07:00While I certainly sweated it out if my daughter wa...While I certainly sweated it out if my daughter was out later than expected and didn't call to check in (she always did, eventually), I think I would have freaked out more if she had had a cell phone but I couldn't reach her because she had it turned off, or the battery was dead, or whatever. Parents, stop the hovering!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8023781744014251232011-04-05T15:30:20.743-07:002011-04-05T15:30:20.743-07:00"Secrecy and deception, done right, can be lo..."Secrecy and deception, done right, can be loving gestures." <br><br>Indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39341041890122793502010-05-15T14:56:51.499-07:002010-05-15T14:56:51.499-07:00"Secrecy and deception, done right, can be lo..."Secrecy and deception, done right, can be loving gestures." <br /><br />Indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44129984575482075402010-05-04T19:02:49.521-07:002010-05-04T19:02:49.521-07:00It's not far enough. You can still see what t...It's not far enough. You can still see what they're doing from there. Gaaah!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20780424935056721232010-05-04T18:28:13.213-07:002010-05-04T18:28:13.213-07:00My children have reached the age at which I am won...My children have reached the age at which I am wondering when they will be moving the hell out. Actually, daughter and her fiance just purchased a house of their own. Of course, it's 100 feet away from my house. I'm not sure that's far enough.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50495627797296933222010-05-03T11:11:07.753-07:002010-05-03T11:11:07.753-07:00I have no daughters or sons and my cat has no cell...I have no daughters or sons and my cat has no cell phone, but since he's an inny/outty, and I used to live in SoCal where coyotes are a way of life, I am rather compulsive about making sure I know he's close by when he's outside. I'm noisy in this pursuit, especially if he's reluctant to show himself.<br /><br />For humans, though, my only form of phone communication is a cellOlivia J. Herrell, writing as O.J. Barréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107021392937169669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11216835283582289702010-05-02T23:13:12.250-07:002010-05-02T23:13:12.250-07:00It's too late to use that technology on my dau...It's too late to use that technology on my daughters but it did get me wondering if there was some way I could "chip" my wife? Maybe something that would send me a text message each time she uses the credit card.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-34446080580103059192010-05-01T20:54:51.262-07:002010-05-01T20:54:51.262-07:00While I certainly sweated it out if my daughter wa...While I certainly sweated it out if my daughter was out later than expected and didn't call to check in (she always did, eventually), I think I would have freaked out more if she had had a cell phone but I couldn't reach her because she had it turned off, or the battery was dead, or whatever. Parents, stop the hovering!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20410936331770866982010-05-01T20:16:19.714-07:002010-05-01T20:16:19.714-07:00What I want to track down is a phone service like ...What I want to track down is a phone service like Anvilcloud's. I use mine on the road if I'm lost--if I remember to charge it--and for the occasional writers' class via telephone; but I can't get motivated to learn how to get messages, so don't call me unless you want to keep trying.Rosemarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83021894405798188512010-05-01T19:41:16.608-07:002010-05-01T19:41:16.608-07:00I see we have a bit in common. Yeah, I have a cell...I see we have a bit in common. Yeah, I have a cell phone -- somewhere. In fact, I need to find it and charge it so we can carry it with us as we travel too many miles to visit my daughter. Heaven forbid that someone call us on it....that would be panic time....I'm not sure what I have to do to answer it.<br /><br />Invisible. I like the concept. I want to be that way. This little ole' Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278403041887060649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18118966962194557372010-05-01T19:08:26.055-07:002010-05-01T19:08:26.055-07:00I am also very skeptical of modern electronic leas...I am also very skeptical of modern electronic leashes. You should see what they've done to Washington DC bureaucracies (or probably all bureaucracies for that matter). EVERYONE is expected to be reachable and on call ALL THE TIME. So, how does anyone ever learn to handle stuff when the boss is away? THEY DON'T, because the boss is never away. When I was a senior officer in the Navy, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73866862480567957222010-05-01T16:47:53.396-07:002010-05-01T16:47:53.396-07:00Ha!Ha!A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45455032082509561642010-05-01T12:29:46.307-07:002010-05-01T12:29:46.307-07:00I love my cell phone and my daughter's cell ph...I love my cell phone and my daughter's cell phone. I have found the more I "track her down" the more uptight I get so I stopped. Now I say, call me when you get there, just like I would if she didn't have the phone, sometimes she forgets, and I've lived through it.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16039261743881342348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77891445940747139512010-05-01T09:37:00.253-07:002010-05-01T09:37:00.253-07:00I was standing in Borders perusing all the non-lit...I was standing in Borders perusing all the non-literature when a fellow nearby started talking. "Excuse me?" I said politely, only to realize he was talking on his phone. And in the usual way: loudly.<br /><br />That's when I go into my Robert DeNiro Taxi Driver mode: "Are you talking to ME?" "Are you TALKING to me?" "Are you TALKING to ME?"Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21012240151630100112010-05-01T06:53:15.634-07:002010-05-01T06:53:15.634-07:00We have a cell phone that costs $10/month, and we ...We have a cell phone that costs $10/month, and we can accumulate unused funds. We're up to ~$250 now. We seldom use the thing, but it's nice to have for emergencies although we never seem to have emergencies. Sometimes, Cuppa makes me take it with me when I go out, but I do have a sort of aversion to it and am thankful when I can leave it in my pocket.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83607907005545916492010-05-01T02:12:49.716-07:002010-05-01T02:12:49.716-07:00Yes, do I really want to know what my kids are doi...Yes, do I really want to know what my kids are doing all the time? I DO not! <br /><br />You all can think of yourselves as modern pioneers seeking new worlds "off the grid." Lostness = freedom is not a new concept. Of course our frontiers have now shrunk to the size of a microchip!<br /><br />I always enjoy reading your commentaries on life today and need the belly laughs that Elizabeth Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08733386945501359383noreply@blogger.com