Maybe I just need a CB radio instead ...

I have a cell phone. I bought it for emergency use, and while I don't reserve it only for that purpose, I don't use it all that much. "Should I get milk?", sure; required customer communication when I'm stuck with an on-call, fine; trying to coordinate buying a house while touring the Newport coastline with my mother, well, who *doesn't* have to do that occasionally?; random chatting, no. I try to deal with the reason for the call and then get off the line. I don't find it the most comfortable method of communication.

So it's not unusual for me to go weeks without using my cell. I don't even always remember to plug it in at night, if I carried it in a bag rather than a pocket. That was actually the case last night, though I do try to be careful about that, because my talk time on the second day isn't as secure as I like, and if an emergency should occur, I certainly don't want to cut out just as I'm giving my location.

But as I said, I don't actually use much of my talk time. Two calls in one day, when neither one has to do with, say, grocery shopping, is rather unusual.

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