Well since Monday this week I have not been able to phone my mobile phone - now I don't think I use it much compared to yougsters - but when I found it today (in the boot in with the spare tyre; don't ask) the phone had 47 text messages on it and 18 voice messages!
Since I charged it and switched it on 11 people have rung me to see if I'm alright as they couldn't get me on the mobile!
I mean at least 7 of these people have my home landline number and 3 live on the same estate, yet choose to contact through the mobile!
How did we all live without the mobile phones.
Karen

I still manage it Karen :) 
We did get a mobile last year but have only used it about 4 or 5 times (but could have found a phone box if we hadn't got a mobile ;) ) Only our 2 sons have the number and it's only for odd occasions, the rest of the time it's switched off ( I keep ours in a drawer though not the car boot :D )

I agree though, some folk would die of shock if they lost their mobile. Although they can be useful, I think on the whole they're a nuisance. I get sick of seeing people driving dangerously while on the phone (despite the ban), folk chatting in the supermarket on them, kids talking on them to other kids that are just across the road!  etc.  Even children as young as 5 have them now, despite the dangers both to their health and the false sense of security they give to parents not supervising their children closely enough. 

I'm all for progress and useful technology but sometimes I think people can get obsessed!

Kath.

Before mobiles you could get peace when you went out, if you didnt get home for tea you did without, and if you wanted to speak to people you did so face to face. It was great! My parents didnt have a phone till I was 14 never mind mobiles. At work a mobile gives me some personal safety when visiting and if Morse had an accident while out on the hills I could get help quick, but on the bus going home all the womens mobiles are ringing with husbands and kids demanding when theyll be home, whats for tea and wheres my XYZ. Its not the technology at fault its the Oik culture.

Victoria Meldrew

I don't have a mobile, nor does my husband.  When we go on holiday to Scotland, the children (grown up) ask how they can contact us.  Well they can't, that is part of the relaxation of being on holiday.  I wouldn't know how to text - never sent one.  The only time I would find a mobile useful, is if I broke down in my car.  The most annoying thing is being in a supermarket and there is someone on a mobile asking what they should buy. I think there should be more mobile free zones, particularly in restaurants and pubs, drives me mad all those silly ring tones.
Feel better now I've got that off my chest.
Lorna

When my daughter was alive I found it invaluable for contacting the hospital in an emergency and gave me peace of mind while I was out both with her in that I could contact someone and without her as people could contact me.

Since she died I hardly ever use it - the battery is constantly dead and half the time I don't know where it is.  I don't reply to text messages as it is too fiddly to use so as a consequence never get any :) and although the number is on my site I have put that it is quicker to email me as it is rarely switched on.

Now, living without my computer would be a whole different story !

I have to be honest I carry mine around like a comfort rag. Ive broken down a few times both times when I haven't had my mobile. I also use my mobile as an alarm clock, organiser etc.
But I have the phone on vibrate so not to disturb others and if Im out I do not text or answer it when Im in company.

Life without my mobile! 

Don't you people know that it's good to talk!  :D

I always carry my mobile, although I hardly ever use it.  I wanted one so that I could always be contacted by my sons' schools if anything was wrong.  Also, I find it useful if I am out and want to arrange for my Mum to pick them up from school.  My eldest son (10 years old, nearly 11) has my old one so that when he goes to his friends house (I allow him to walk there alone), I know when he has arrived and when he is leaving.  His is hardly every charged now the novelty has worn off.

I did refuse to buy him a more up to date model as I don't want anyone to see it and mug him for it (the one he has is only worth about £10 if that!).  Maybe when my children have grown up, I may not want to be contacted :).

Other people and their mobiles don't annoy me (unless they are driving!), but I do remember once when I first had mine and I went to the cinema - yep you've guessed - I forgot to turn it off and it rang (don't usually get any calls either) right at the very, crucial part of the film.  I rushed outside thinking one of my boys must be ill or something, and it was Ian asking me to get him some cigarettes on my way home!!!! - can't repeat my reply here - and needless to say, I never forget to turn it off in the cinema now!!

Fiona

Yes it is good to talk, earl but some of us prefer to talk face to face. :D Lol as she realises without the internet she wouldnt be able to talk to people home and abroad on CD. Some inventions are good. :D

I hardly use my mobile and only have it for emergencies, but one thing I have noticed since having it is that I don't remember phone numbers anymore.

Before having it I would always know about 10 important numbers from memory,  but now I only bother to remember 3 at most, the rest are "safely" stored on my phone, so i'm off now to write them down because i'm bound to lose it now :(

Steve

I love my mobile and the technology it brings - my car has bluetooth built in so always hands free. I just love to chat (don't all women!!) and really enjoy a phone call the martini way: Anytime, any place, any where,

Mrs B can usually 'holla' me. If I can't hear her..its not important.
Ah! the simple life.

I had a mobile once..........ran over it with a tractor after 4 hours (a genuine mistake, honest gov')

BB

Welcome back, BB!
:)

I am a textaholic!  Can't imagine life without my mobile, I know that it is incredibly sad, but I love getting texts when I'm bored, always cheers me up! :D

I'm with you on that one Rachael20 - nice to get texts but I also love getting letters, but that old habit seems to have died. Oh alas..... god how old do I sound!!! and I'm not! :)

i can live with out my mobi!!!!!!!!!!
i was like you saying texting was great but i lost my phone and could not afford getting a new 1    so i didwith out and   well i dont need 1 -  realised it was a waste of money!!!!!!!!!
I f i wanna chat to my mates i ring after six its free!!!!!!!!!!!

???What's a mobile???? :D :D :D

Is it that thing that lurks in the bottom of my bag, always with a flat battery when I actually do need it????

Margot (who goes back to before Telex time, and who did most of her long-distance courting in the phone box in the village when you had to "press button A, caller" and pay in 4d (not a typo :D ) to get connected!!!

I can remember the time before ordinary phones, never mind mobiles !
When my grandmother died in the 1950s, my cousin (who was only 16 at the time) travelled 50 miles by public transport to let other family members know of her death ! 

A fellow Luddite I see! :D

what i hate is if i leave it at work,decide not to get it,worry all evening,-do a late night dash to work to get it,& find NOBODY has txtd or called me!!!-it makes me feel very unloved!

do you all have your reports turnedon so that you know if people are ignoring you or just dont have the phoned switched on?this is very important in matters of "love" lol!!

Oh yes, I always have reports switched on ;)

not just me then PHeW!

my dogs asscioate the sound of me locking the key pad to going out, so as soon as i lock it they are ready to go!

What are reports and how do you switch them on? :)
Lesley

Ditto Lesley

they let you know when the other person has received your text that way you know it has reached their phone.  It also lets you know when they switch their phone on very handy if its a grumpy bloke who doesnt want to talk to you ;) ) cos it wont go through if their phone isnt switched on and it wont go through if they dont have a signal.  You switch it on through you message settings, how to do this will vary depending on your phone.