Don't leave home without it...

[Sage of Seattle]

Guns are different I never had anyone say, "hold on a minute, it's really important that I shoot that"

I'm thinking that if you actually DID say that, then you'd garner a bit more respect on the phone, yeah?

You: Hello?
Boss: Hi, hippie, I need to discuss the upcoming account process with you...
You: Hold on, willya? It's really important that I shoot that.
BANG! (pause) BANG BANG BANGBANGBANGBANG!
You: Okay, now what is it you wanted to discuss?
Boss: Uh, I think it can wait until you get back to the office.
You: Yeah, that's what I thought.

click.

Just a thought anyway.... and I may just have to borrow that for my sigline too....

 

[Autolite]

Someone mentioned that "rely on Big Brother" concept and how much of today's society seems to follow that paradigm. It got me to thinkin' that perhaps society has been forced into thinking that way. I'm sure that in many states, the courts would crucify anyone who would "take care of the problem themselves" rather than calling for police protection. Sad comment on the direction that our society is heading ...

 

[DRZinn]

So, you accept that the average person "does that", which is exactly what the studies show: they don't pay attention to driving while talking on a cell phone.

Yes, but the "average person" is also distracted when changing the radio station, putting on makeup, eating a burger, or worrying about office poliitics. The average person is an appallingly bad driver. I should not be restricted based on the average person's performance.

I blame the idiots that do it wrong and the idiots that make the laws.

 

[Dusty Rusty]

Keep a gun in the car for protection against BGs. Cell phone to call and tell them where to pick up the bodies!
Seriously though, I have come close to being hit more times by people on cell phones than I care to think about. If they are that careless about driving, can they be trusted with a gun? Both can be very dangerous in the wrong hands. At least the people with guns don't keep them plastered to their ear and get distracted.

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

I carry a cellphone. On occasion, I've been required to carry two cellphones plus a pager, for work purposes. I used to do things for work that others felt were important enough that they *had* to communicate with me quickly.

One day, at the indoor range with Alduro and TexasSIGman, I received a cellular call from a job recruiter inquiring if I'd be interested in a job in some quaint urban area...I think it was Moose Snot, Minnesota or somewhere. The caller was 'not from here', as in he was a furriner with a funny accent. As I didn't wish to leave the proximity of the firing line, I held the brief conversation while my shooting buddies blasted away. Never heard back from 'Mumbai Bob' after that.

My cellphone is my best means of calling for a cleanup on aisle 6 in case someone demands trouble of me. I consider it only a tool. Of course, SWMBO does want to know where I am and when I'll be home for supper from time to time, so thereagain, it does come in handy.

Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[MachIVshooter]

I hate cell phones.
Cell phones disgust me.
People who answer them
during conversations piss me off.
Don't waste my time waiting for you. Let call waiting get it.
What ever happened to uninterrupted face-to-face conversations?

Agreed 100%.

If someone answers their cell during a conversation with me, that conversation is over and will not be resumed. People do it at the shop in the middle of my explaining an estimate. They get to deal with someone else after that.

I refuse to own one. If I end up in an emergency on the road that can't be handled with the gear I keep in the car, I use my Cobra model 29 (that's a CB transceiver for our urbanite members .

 

[AStone]

Yes, but the "average person" is also distracted when changing the radio station

For less than 2 sec, most far less than that.

And little on the radio is as compelling as what your friend Heather is telling you about her recent break up with Jason, and why she wants to be with you instead...

putting on makeup

She should've put it on at home. Take her off the street/highway and make her sit with cell phone drivers while she puts on her make-up.

eating a burger

Visual field does not become fixed while eating said burger. Visual field continues to roam, searching for those who would steal said burger.

worrying about office poliitics.

As above, visual field does not become fixed while thinking about office politics. Visual field continues to roam, searching for those who would steal one's office job.

The average person is an appallingly bad driver.

A point of agreement.

I should not be restricted based on the average person's performance.

OK. Now, all's you gotta do is convince your state legislature of that point.

I blame the idiots that do it wrong and the idiots that make the laws.

I'm OK with that.

Just leave your phone turned off when driving, and we've got no argument.

Got a pistol on your seat? OK.

Shotgun in the back seat? I'm fine with it.

Talking on your cell phone while on the Interstate? Not if I can help it.

 

[DRZinn]

Talking on your cell phone while on the Interstate? Not if I can help it.

Luckily, you can't.

 

[AStone]

Luckily, you can't.

If that's the best you can do in response, then I'd call it even.

Natural selection can take care of the rest of the cell phone drivers.
_________

BTW, given that THR is a gun forum, and not a cell phone forum,
I'm amazed that this discussion of cell phones has played this long.
And in General Gun Discussions, no less.

The moderators must be talking on their cell phones,
not paying attention.

Strategies and tactics, anyone?

 

[DRZinn]

Natural selection can take care of the rest of the cell phone drivers.

I can live with that. <tee-hee>

I'm amazed that this discussion of cell phones has played this long.

Me too. I'll report my own post, I suppose, and remind them.

 

[RevolvingCylinder]

I don't have a cell phone and hopefully will never be forced into carrying one.

They've been getting rid of my pay phones though.
Guess I'll have to do without.

 

[ProguninTN]

Cell Phone

Cell phone -I don't leave without. I have used it when I broke down. Cell phone and gun, be able to quick draw both.

 

[Geronimo45]

A cell phone has its uses... namely, remembering the phone number of the pizza place.
Why I need a phone to keep that in memory when I've got about a dozen different ID numbers firmly ingrained in the skull, I don't know.

Carried a loaded cell phone for three years, and never had an urgent use for one yet... it's a little handier than searching one out. Of course, I prefer to talk to myself than to anyone else, since I find me a teriffic companion.

Cell phone drivers fit a stereotype of bad drivers who aren't watching where they're going. Ticked off a cell-phoner just last week who was upset that she couldn't run a stop sign while I was turning. One hand on the cell, one on the horn... masterful juggling act, methinks. Not all cell-users are so blitzed that they can't read a stop sign in a 30mph zone, but some are. Would they be doing it if they weren't on their cells? Maybe.

The ringtones get annoying after a while... which is why I opted for a nice, loud, 'wailing and gnashing of teeth' TEOTWAWKI ring that sounds like a cross betwixt a fire bell and an air-raid siren. That's when by m'self. It's either off or on vibrate when around the hoi polloi.