tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post293520885362159784..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Crossed Wires - my struggles with the telephone (Cecilia Peartree)Katherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-51539274086035587712019-08-05T16:45:39.815+01:002019-08-05T16:45:39.815+01:00You give most of the reasons why I went back to th...You give most of the reasons why I went back to the simplest mobile I could find, Umberto. Well, that and the fact that every time I went on a day out with my partner, my latest phone seemed to end up in a river.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-6234075754553888462019-08-05T16:32:26.119+01:002019-08-05T16:32:26.119+01:00I concur heartily with your well worded antiphone ...I concur heartily with your well worded antiphone screed. Progress has added feature after feature to our so-called "smart" phone until now my device runs out of my control. Everytime I touch it or breathe to nearby, it does something I didn't intend, that I have to scramble to bring under control. Yes. I can do video calls with far flung family members, but I feel like I have to hold the phone with tongs, lest it run wild putting strange stickers on faces and shifting into other apps. I miss my flip phone. I even miss my old dial phone. Ha ha... but there is no going back. Umberto Tosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939504157464234443noreply@blogger.com