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Originally Posted by Nucky
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My next door neighbor doesn't have one either. Just a landline. I didn't have one until around 7 years ago when hubby insisted I get a flip-phone just so I could call out in case of emergency. I think I actually USED the darned thing 2-3 dozen times in the 3 years I owned it, and never learned the number. Mostly it was to ask hubby what he wanted me to bring home for supper on my way home from work.
Back on topic:
I turn my cell phone off at bedtime. So I don't get ANY alerts after 11pm. It's a simple solution.
I figure - if my sister's house burns down, it won't burn down any slower if she's able to call and tell me about it at 3 in the morning. If a relative dies, they won't stop being dead just because no one can reach me at 4AM. If MY house is burning down, I don't need someone to call me and tell me. I'll be experiencing it first-hand.
There is no emergency so great that I have to be woken up at 4 in the morning to find out about it, that won't keep until I get up 3 hours later.