Absolutely

My wife and I had just cheap flip phones a few years ago, as we relied on our computers for pretty much everything. We were headed from Florida back up to our summer home when really severe weather broke out with thunderstorms and tornadoes everywhere. The sky was just ugly. We listened to our radio and heard one tornado passed by a town we were directly headed for. We felt blind with no way to access radar. We decided we would never allow ourselves to fly blind again.

Today we have one of the best 5G phones made with 7" screens. We each have 3-4 weather apps (in case one has issues) and can monitor weather easily. With such great phones with such great screens, about half of what we used to do on computers we now do on our phones. I would not be without them.

Now that right there is funny!

You know old goat, we have ours mostly to use for directions while we travel in our RV but life is never simpler more peaceful and just plain relaxing when the damn things are off and stored in the glove compartment.

I have an acquaintance who refuses to own a cell phone, yet depends on his spouse to keep him in the loop when golf friends call.:1rotfl:

Just a thought
My brothers mother in law collapsed in a parking lot and her husband didn’t want to learn to use a cell phone ( or stubborn?)
He had to leave her all alone in the parking lot and go inside a building to call 911 . So I’m sure he regrets that decision. Thank God she’s ok but I think it’s a necessity in life and for safety reasons to at least have a basic cell phone in case of emergencies.

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Cell phones
 

I do have a cell phone (78) but only use for phone calls and messages when away from home. Also for a few on line games. No personal information sites, no social media.
It's a useful tool; oh and my google maps.

OK, do this. When HH starts, everyone puts their cell phones in a pile on the table. The first one to use theirs pays the tab. Works like a charm.

I have a cell phone, and it's usually on my dresser or nightstand. I leave it home 99% of the time. I take it with me if I'm on vacation and anytime that I think my wife may need me. I don't like all the apps......am hard of hearing and the cell phone doesn't make it any easier. Besides, I'm a retired Telco employee and have had enough of phones.

Check and see if there is a Luddite Club at TV for like minded individuals.

I love my cell phone. You sound like my father when he retired he refused to change his clocks back in the winter time. Whenever I would go to his house I’d have to ask what is the real time?🤣

Well, there’s a difference between a cell phone and a smart phone. You can get a simple cell phone that only does calls and texts. You don’t have to get one that is a computer in your pocket.

He could check for the meeting times on his cellphone... If he had one...:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

The first thing you are taught in an class is call for help First. While checking for pulse, speaker phone, hit 911, alerting there is a code in progress, they can track your location.

Many of us here don’t just take a course, We have been performing CPR, on real people for decades. Someone who took a class, on Annie, and using it on a real person, keeping compressions, timing, and counting is another story.

That 911 call can get keep the person on track, maybe save a life. With all my experience, even I called 911, while checking pulse, on the person on a beach, with probable MI.

First reason, I know from years of experience I can correctly perform CPR for about 10-15 minutes. After that my life saving technique starts to go down hill. Do you stop, no, you continue until help arrives.

You never forget the first person, you saved, or the one you lost, for me a minute old newborn, that we lost.
Same with the last person you saved, and the last one you lost. But that is an ever changing memory