does anyone else miss the times before cell phones, where people would just leave a message at home and u can't be tracked down every five minutes.

I can honestly say no. I need my cell phone, especially with my line of work. I feel naked without it.

nope cuz i just turn off my celly when i don't want to be reached.

I miss the days of bein able to have a conversation with someone and not bein interupted by their cell phone every 5 minutes.

You work naked? What.. oops read that wrong

Me too, yet people have a fit, like why didn't u answer your phone, why was it off, etc.......

I have to have mine on 24/7 due to being on-call for work. I do, however, miss the days when I had a pager that I could "lose" with less difficulty than I can "lose" my phone :)

There are many times when I wish I weren't so 'connected' to the rest of the world. But I still maintain some behaviors/rules from the old days. Unless I fear an emergency, I don't talk on the phone during meals or when out with friends or a date. Also, I do not keep my cell with me at all times...but I do check for messages frequently as there are a few folks who are ill and depend on me.

Ah yes the days gone past , rotary phones, no cable, having to get up to change the station on the tv & when you got sent to your room there wasn't a damn thing to do while you were there.

Same here. I am on call for work and would be 100% impossible without my cell.

I had a trac fone ( prepaid ) for a while just to see before I committed to getting a cell phone... guess what? I don't have a cell phone. people have forgotten how to converse with each other face to face. Its like the commercial when they have a couple kissing... thats the first instant message... Besides that I find it rude of people who walk around with their damn cell crammed into their head . Not paying attention to others around them , Driving etc.. And I can do with out one. I like the fact I don't have to be talking to everyone or just anyone at all times. Its just like being here on mingles.. do I get involved with every single forum or post? nope. I have better things to do in life ...

i have to get my first one in 45 years i do not want one.but now i have to drive 100 miles in no ware if my truck broke down i am well out in the middle of no ware. so for the first time in my life i have to get one for safety. i have to transport me and my daughter so i have to step up to the stuff.

so true...it used to be a punishment, now it's like...okay, thanks!

My father thought of me as his T.V. remote...oh, and no such thing as a 'private' conversation when I was a teenager, either. My father was hanging on every word.

when i get my phone nobody will have the number. not even my mom and she is 70

I was one of the last holdouts at least until 2003. then I realized I couldn't leave home during business hours without one. Now I too am one of those rude SOBs who might be talking to thin air or someone on the phone, letting the observer identify the difference due to the flashing blue light.

My father use to say stop turning it so fast you are going to brake the damn thing

You got to look out the window & see your friends playing

dag, that cell phone would have come in handy then!

I had a radio-telephone in a freaking Ford Pinto in 1977. Got the first car phone ever put ut when only the president of Cellunet ad I had it, moved up to the Motorola Brick when it came out. Still have a cell phone but I NEVER call anyone. My friends think I'm dead. (No PatsFan..not wish..THINK lol) When people call me it goes something like this "Hello".."Yes".."No".."Bye". If Im busy or with company, dont answer it. It takes messages. COOL!

But I always gotta have one. Not the latest or greatest and I dont text, have tones, etc. Just ringy ding ding hello and goodbye.