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Do you have a telephone landline? #7258385
05/05/21 06:40 PM
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Coeur d' Alene, Idaho
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My wife is after me to get rid of our home's telephone landline, since we both have cell phones.

It makes me feel uncomfortable to give up something I was raised with. I was lost for several years after they got rid of phone books. (I ran out of things to rip in half.) I remember party-lines, but barely.

On the other hand, I just realized that all we seem to get on our landline anymore are junk calls or scams.

Have you kept your landline? If so, why?

Jim


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258391
05/05/21 06:46 PM
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Crivitz WI
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Do you still have a corded phone too? My crazy in laws do. LOL.


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258392
05/05/21 06:46 PM
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Maine, Aroostook
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Haven't had one in fifteen years. I do remember my home phone number from forty-five years ago.

Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: Posco] #7258393
05/05/21 06:49 PM
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Crivitz WI
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Originally Posted by Posco
Haven't had one in fifteen years. I do remember my home phone number from forty-five years ago.

Me too.


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258394
05/05/21 06:52 PM
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Georgia
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Been gone for about 10 years, nobody called but solicitors, do not miss it.

Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258396
05/05/21 06:52 PM
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Central Oregon
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No landline phone for 18 yrs now


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: Posco] #7258400
05/05/21 06:55 PM
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Otsego, MI 66
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Yes, I still have a landline. Same phone number since the 1960's. I don't have a smart phone. I have a cheap TracFone that I turn on going to work and on the way home, just in case my wife needs to get ahold of me, that's it. I know this might be a shock to some, but, I've NEVER sent a text message. What a dinosaur I am! grin


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258402
05/05/21 06:56 PM
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Garden,Michigan
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If I had to do it again I'd still have the landline.I have a cell phone,but I'm not a big fan of it.


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258409
05/05/21 07:04 PM
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Westvirginia
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Whats a landline,LOL : smile


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258410
05/05/21 07:04 PM
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West Michigan
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I still have my lane line, When I have a hard time hearing someone I go to my lane line. Still work if the power is out a long time and I can not charge my cell phone.


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258411
05/05/21 07:05 PM
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St. Cloud, MN
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Ditched the landline 8 years ago. No point in paying for something you never use. Unless, it's a gun or traps, of course!


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258413
05/05/21 07:09 PM
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Land line is all I have. Have a Rotary phone on the kitchen wall. Wife has a track phone for when we travel.

Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258418
05/05/21 07:10 PM
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I need a land line. My defibrillator/pacemaker calls into the cardiac center nightly with a readout. I also carry a cellphone.

Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258420
05/05/21 07:13 PM
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No cell service at the house. Have to keep the land line. Grew up on a party line, big times when that went away.






Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258422
05/05/21 07:19 PM
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Maine
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I have a landline solely because I don't have cell service at my house. Could save myself a good chunk of change every month without it.

Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258423
05/05/21 07:21 PM
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Illinois
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Yep still have a landline. Same # as when I moved out of my parent's home.

Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258427
05/05/21 07:26 PM
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Got rid of our landline when I quit the ADC business. It amazes me that people will pay so much for the actual cell phone and then pay thru the nose to use it. The wife has a cell phone, I use it if I need to make a call but I hate calling people!!

Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258428
05/05/21 07:29 PM
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Don't plan on doing away with my land line,its the one my customers call on. I do have a cell phone and find it a pain in the backside.
I still remember party lines and remember my phone number from 65 years ago.
Wish cell phones had never come into being--it seems to have dumbed down so many people,that need to be on them--no matter where they are our what they are doing.
Tom


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Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258432
05/05/21 07:31 PM
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Yes, we have it. Mainly because of or in-laws. That’s what they like to use.

Re: Do you have a telephone landline? [Re: James] #7258437
05/05/21 07:37 PM
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Yep pat of package deal for the fiber optic internet or wouldn't have it. 2 long and a short was our ring on the partyline as a kid. Never did like talking on a phone.


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