I belong to a group of rare (and occasionally chastised) individuals who does NOT need their cell phone to do everything but fix dinner. I only need the phone to function as a phone.
NOT as a camera,
NOT as a computer,
NOT as a video player,
NOT as an MP3 player,
NOT as an instant messenger,
NOT as a navigator,
NOT as an entertainment center, and especially

NOT as an organizer.
I simply need to make calls and receive calls.

So ... why does that admission make me feel as though I belong in the primate section of the Natural History Museum? I shouldn't have to feel the least bit embarrassed for having simple technical needs. But in our overly busy, dependent-on-technology world, the newest, niftiest, and most complicated devices are the best.

Not surprisingly, I am also in the minority because I do not need to speak on the cell phone every minute of every day.

I am completely comfortable pulling out of my garage and driveway without feeling the pressure to dial the phone on the way out.

Public restaurants are NOT appropriate areas for ringing phones and loud voices. The entire staff, customers, and I are not the least bit concerned that Jimmy just got placed on probation.

Public restrooms are NOT the ideal place to try to have a conversation, so when I see and hear someone doing so, I feel it is my duty to flush more often than necessary, just to clarify the reason for them to converse elsewhere.

If I find myself in that awkward position of sitting in a movie theater and some idiot has the nerve to answer a ringing phone, the chances are very good they will find it advantageous to leave immediately, or experience the frustration of trying to find a phone hurled into the darkness.

Am I the only one who relishes the thought of the guy in the elevator with the "blue-tooth", having to go to the emergency room to have the thing surgically extracted?
I certainly hope not.

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