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SheilaT

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4. Yep.

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 12:57 PM

Apr 2014

Maybe it is just the age thing, but I honestly don't feel any need for a smart phone. I have the internet. I have a desktop and a laptop which travels with me. I do not have a television as such, but watch the shows I want over the internet. I'm not in any way isolated from what's going on in the world. I'm actually better off because I don't get to see the dumb saturation coverage of unimportant things.

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We just got new cellphones. I sent this email to friends & family: [View all] trof Apr 2014 OP

Congratulations (I think) pengillian101 Apr 2014 #1

I'm quite like you. SheilaT Apr 2014 #2

Me, too. My motto is KISS- No Vested Interest Apr 2014 #3

Yep. SheilaT Apr 2014 #4

I have friends - not too many, but some, both men and women- who have never No Vested Interest Apr 2014 #5

Yes, I also have a dumb phone. RebelOne Apr 2014 #6

I have had the same cellphone for 10 years. llmart May 2014 #7