[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

Being that 95% of my calls and texts are from people asking me to do things I don't want to do. Unfortunately, ignoring them for just one day can have disastrous consequences.

[alancalverd]

By the second day, they have mostly learned to sort the problem out for themselves, or realised that you don't care what they  had for lunch.

My principal use of a mobile phone is to excuse lateness or cancel appointments I don't want to keep.

I do however enjoy getting scam calls on the landline. You can curse the caller with a slow painful death, invite him to Come to Jesus, waste his time with "say slow please, I get him for you, no speak English" or practice your pronuciation of foreign expletives, and it really improves your mood.

[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

By the second day, they have mostly learned to sort the problem out for themselves, or realised that you don't care what they  had for lunch.

My principal use of a mobile phone is to excuse lateness or cancel appointments I don't want to keep.

I do however enjoy getting scam calls on the landline. You can curse the caller with a slow painful death, invite him to Come to Jesus, waste his time with "say slow please, I get him for you, no speak English" or practice your pronunciation of foreign expletives, and it really improves your mood.

I can always tell if a call is spam by the number shown. My phone also warns me on most of them as spam numbers are often documented and sent to a provider's database to intercept them.

My problem is not that. It's people calling me to come into work, helping them move, picking up something at the store, presidents wanting a loan, King Charles III wanting advice on new moves to try on Camilla in the bedroom, et cetera.

[Zer0]

@OP

You must be a very kind hearted, helpful, resourceful, trustworthy, compassionate & chivalrous person.

Too Bad that folks cannot think of you as a moronic, useless, good for nothing bum.

(I Feel Sorry for You!)

[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

@OP

You must be a very kind hearted, helpful, resourceful, trustworthy, compassionate & chivalrous person.

Too Bad that folks cannot think of you as a moronic, useless, good for nothing bum.

(I Feel Sorry for You!)

Are you still mad at me for having sex with your wife? How many times do I have to apologize for it!?

[alancalverd]

Gentlemen, please behave yourselves in this forum. Now apologise to each other or feel my wrath.

[Zer0]

Gentlemen, please behave yourselves in this forum. Now apologise to each other or feel my wrath.

I Apologize for the Mess.
Not sure whether the OP understood or misunderstood what i said.
But surely, i could have been Alot more clear & concise with my words.
Sorry!

Now Please rest your Hammer & keep away your Trident.
: )

[Zer0]

@OP

You must be a very kind hearted, helpful, resourceful, trustworthy, compassionate & chivalrous person.

Too Bad that folks cannot think of you as a moronic, useless, good for nothing bum.

(I Feel Sorry for You!)

Are you still mad at me for having sex with your wife? How many times do I have to apologize for it!?

Be Apologetic to your Ownself...
Necrophilia is a Disease..
Forgive & Forget, Peace!

[Karen W.]

I have no problem turning my phone off for a couple days..it seems to make my family angry but it feels great to relax and not worry about the calls....

[Origin]

Yes.

[alancalverd]

I had to invest in a hefty  7 x 3 inch "device" a couple of years ago in order to display my COVID status whilst travelling. Damn thing doesn't fit in a shirt pocket, usually misconstrues my fat fingers on its touch screen, and annoyingly encouraged people to sign me in to Whatsapp (where I discovered that several former friends really don't have a life) and receiving unwanted emails on this great lump - almost as big and battery-hungry as my first analog car phone, and apparently mostly sold on its advertised merit of my being able to take shaky photographs of myself with the background in equally shaky focus. Why?

A couple of weeks ago I transferred the SIM card back into my old credit-card size Nokia with proper buttons.  Phone calls, texts, 3 weeks' battery standby, and NOTHING MORE. Bliss!

[Karen W.]

I had a google phone That was like that, then I currently have gone back to the newest Samsung   and my fat fingers remember all the gibberish I type because the keyboard is so squished together... I have not had a nokie for so long.. it had a flip up screen with separate keyboard! LOL little black and silver job....This Samsung kicks my butt every time It updates it hides all my applications and I have to go fishing to find them again! quite annoying!