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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GeneW" data-source="post: 4164477" data-attributes="member: 27284">I have a friend, one of my best friends, who refuses to carry a cell phone.  He has one, he just hates to carry it.He brags about not carrying it, says you can call his home landline and leave a message on his old fashioned answering machine.Everything has been fine; he's managed to do things his way for many years.But.....He recently, at the age of 69, left his cell phone at home as usual....And his car broke down 75 miles from home.Nope.  No way to call a tow truck, or a mobil mechanic, or EVEN GET A RIDE COMING TO TOTE HIS *** HOME.Balls in your court now, so to speak.Personally, If I were him, I'd keep my cell phone in my car, have it turned off.  I could then turn it on when I NEEDED it.Sucks to be him, 69 years ago, having to walk a few miles to the nearest place to try to get a phone to call for help from home.He figured he'd use a pay phone.  Dude those things are extinct!  And no one at the small tiny gas station/convenience store in rural Oklahoma would let him use their cell phones.  Finally someone stopping for gas and coffee offered to call help for him.I understand being stubborn, etc.   But there's NO EXCUSE to screw yourself and those around you that are listening to you DEMAND they help you.******* is as ******* does.You don't like cell phones?  Compromise, keep one charged up and turned off until you need it.  Then use it.</blockquote>