We used to wait by the phone, waiting for it to ring
Wouldn’t go out for the fear of missing important calls
Be it glad tidings or apprehension of bad news
Staying by the landline used to be our preference when waiting
Then came the mobile ( cell) phone settings us free
All you had to do to stay connected was to charge the battery
Now we get all the news and information we desire
On the go with a small device in our hands
Provided…….
There is a signal in the phone!
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Your prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “ring.” Use it as a noun or a verb. Bonus points if you use it as both. Have fun!
Written for Linda’s SoCS- Ring
#Keepitalive
#SoCS
Keep it alive 
I think I preferred the landline 📞
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Yes, at least we could get away from it for a while.
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Yeah …Great idea..
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Thanks
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I don’t have a landline anymore, and we rely on mobiles to keep in contact.
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Same here. Very few people have a landline these days.
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Landline was surely the best thing❤. It always make us understand the importance of wait…
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Yes, it was. It also bound us to home if we were waiting for an important call.
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Yup. Indeed
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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It’s one of the best things about technology that I can stay connected to my daughters wherever any of us are! Makes all the other tech annoyances worth it for me!
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I agree Paula. Though technology is frustrating and annoying at times, it also is the way to connect with dear ones far away. To me that’s priceless
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So…nice
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🙏🏼
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Oh my gosh, this brought back memories of life before an answering machine. We didn’t have one — not sure why my parents didn’t want one but if you weren’t home and no one else could take a message for you that was that. 😂
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Yes, that was that. And we never caught on to the answering machine in my part of the world so….
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oh, you are so right. though there is something lost with our newfound ‘freedom’ as we are always reachable, even when we don’t want to be
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Yes, that’s one of the annoying side of modern tech.
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I preferred the landline too.
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But very few people use them now. They view them as extra expense
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It’s true. We had our landline cut off years ago as very few called us (if ever) on it.
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Yes, they have mostly become redundant
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Sadje, there are times when I wonder how in the heck we survived without a cell phone. It has provided a great service and yet, it would be nice if we never got another car warranty phone call again. 😉
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Yes, new tech has lots of advantages but a few drawbacks too!
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now just ping ping ping 😜
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Haha! Lots of notifications
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🤣🤣 dang 😜 indeed.
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😅
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I think I miss the freedom of being away from the phone.
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Yes, those of us who grew up with a landline do miss the freedom of being untraceable 😃
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We give up something for the convenience.
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Exactly! Specially the convenience of staying in touch with our kids/ family.
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A marvelous tool indeed but can be a challenge to juggle its ” convenience” with life as a whole.
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You’ve said it Suzette! We need it yet hate it at times.
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Exactly 👍
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😅
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hee hee. I do remember waiting for calls!
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Yes, those were some anxious moments
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It’s such a luxury. I remember my first cell phone, the tech advancement is astonishing.
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Oh it sometimes feels unbelievable.
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Indeed, and agreed.
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Homes had their own type of ‘phone booths’—some kind of nook, everyone had to go there 📵
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Yes, I remember that.
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Ah yes the good ole days. My how things have changed.
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Yes, a radical change.
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Yup!
I still remember that time. Landline phone on the stand, a phone diary next to it, with contact numbers of everyone and those bulky phone directories.
Good old times 🙂
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Haha! I had forgotten the directories 😃
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Oh this one resonated! I held on for as long as I could but I FINALLY gave in and canceled our land line a few months ago and bought my first cell phone since retiring 7 years ago. I do love the convenience but it’s scary how quickly I, too have become accustomed to being available anytime, anywhere. It seems very sad to me, somehow 😕
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You’re right Patti that this convenience brings the irritation of always being available. But I guess we have to move with times.
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I don’t understand the need to answer the cell phone every time it rings. The caller can leave a message and be called back at a more convenient time. Not every call is so important it needs to be taken right away.
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Very true Patricia! I think it’s an instinct we have to answer every call, thinking that it must be important.
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I only turn my cell on when I need it. And only answer numbers I know.
At home I screen all my calls. Just moments ago there was a ‘robo sales’ all –
(I thought it must be… since it was an ‘800’ number that didn’t leave a message.)
And earlier today in the ID was a local convience store, but no message = not important.
I looked up the number and the ID was ‘spoofed’ anyway.
Good to have a phone land or cell for emergency. But for much else… there is room for debate 😉
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I think that being careful is important. Too many scammers around.
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🙂
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We love our phones, well I do lol!
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Yup, we do. Sometimes to an unhealthy extent
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Nice poem!
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Thank you 🙏🏼
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