Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Following is a copy of the contains of an e-mail I recieved from one of my relatives. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.


YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 when...

1. You accidentally enter your PIN# on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.

AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.

Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to.

That was really good. Thanks for the laugh. It's true if I don't have my cell phone which I've only had for 2 years I feel totally lost.

So true, Judy, so true!


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I'm glad you both got a kick out of it. I couldn't resist sharing it with everyone on the forum.

Steve - I'm glad you are back; you've been missed.

I enjoyed it too, Judy. Can't ever imagine myself having a cell phone.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Harry. It's funny, I don't know what I would do without my cell phone!!! I use mine a lot for communicating with the people who support my handicapped son. Our cell phone package not only includes the state of Wisconsin, but covers the state of Montana, where my mother-in-law lives, so, my husband and I can talk her on our cell phones and not worry about chalking up a long distance phone call on our land-line phone. In other words, it doesn't cost us anything extra when making out-of-state calls on our cell phones.

As for my computer - well - it has become a big part of my daily life. I also use e-mail a quite a bit for communicating with the people who support my handicapped son, as well as keeping in contact with family and friends. What would I do if I couldn't log-in on this forum??? I wouldn't be able to communicate with you, Harry!

Judy, you have a legitimate need for a cell phone. What scares me about them is when I'm driving along and the car coming toward me has the driver chatting away.

I get a kick out of them walking down the aisles in the food store yakking away. I feel like doing a Robert De Niro impersonation and ask them "You talkin' to me?"

I know what you are saying, Harry. Some drivers are obviously paying more attention to whoever they are talking to on their cell phone than their driving. That is scary!

When, and if, I get a call while driving, I'll pull out my cell phone, take a quick look at the display to see who is calling - if it is an important call, I'll answer it - tell the caller to "hold on", then I'll pull off the road/hwy and take the call. Sometimes, I'll just ask the caller if I can call them back. If it is not an important call, the caller can always leave a message, and I will call them back at a more convenient time.

Harry @ Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:49 am wrote:I get a kick out of them walking down the aisles in the food store yakking away. I feel like doing a Robert De Niro impersonation and ask them "You talkin' to me?"

Now, that would be funny! You should try it, Harry, that is if you can get their attention!

In New Jersey, they recently enacted a law that made talking on the cell phone while driving illegal. Now, drivers are still able to use headsets to talk or their bluetooth, but they are not legally allowed to hold the phone to their ear to talk. Hopefully this will put more attention on the road, although drivers will be able to still use the devices with the headsets and such.

That sounds like a good law, Caitlin. At least using a headset is really no different than carrying on a conversation with a passenger who is in your car. I have never used a headset, but, I would image your attention would be disrupted while you are are putting the headset on, wouldn't it?

Personally, I just do not want to be responsible for possibly injuring or killing someone, because I found it more important to talk on my cell phone, then pay attention to my driving!!!

BTW: What is a bluetooth? I've never heard of a bluetooth before.

I just broke my cell last night, now I'm panicking on how I'll talk to my boyfriend now.The new one won't be in for a few weeks. Yep addicted to it and my laptop is my life

Oh, noooo! Liz, can you get a loaner phone from your cell phone dealer? Your dealer can program your number into a loaner phone; at least you will have a phone until your new one comes in.

You're right, they are very addicting!

Twinsrwe, have you ever seen those people walking around with what looks like little bugs on their ear? They flash blue and are sometimes hard to see. That is a bluetooth, it's like a mini headset, only, it only goes on one ear and has all the information from your cell phone programed into it...sometimes it will seem like someone is talking to you, or themselves, and they turn and you can see the bud in their ear!

Oh, yeah - now I know what you're talking about! Guess I just didn't know what they were called. Thanks Caitlin!

Noo, no dealer. oh well, the only people that call me, have nothing to say.

What a bummer, Liz! Hopefully the time will pass fast for you until you get your new phone. Meanwhile, hang in there.

yeah thanks. I can honestly say I hate bluetooths, my family is turning into aliens. or so it seems.lol

Liz Crouthers @ Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:55 pm wrote: ... I can honestly say I hate bluetooths, my family is turning into aliens. or so it seems.lol

Good one, Liz!

well thats what the nonbluetoothers say and
I agree, they look like aliens

I guess it could be worse, at least we're not trying to e-mail anyone while driving (I hope)! I managed to resist cell phones until this summer when I worked in some very remote locations. As long as I could get a sufficient signal all was well, which was about half the time. Cell phones are like GPS, as long as you can get the signals necessary and the batteries hold out, you're fine. Just don't throw away your compass!

As a cyclist, I've had a number of problems from drivers chatting away in animated conversation while paying zero attention to the road. You have to be very vigilant.

Something that really bugged me while living in Toronto was taxi drivers who yak away while you're paying for their time---esp when you need to tell them where to go.

I think we only have one province in Canada so far that has made cellphone use while driving illegal. I wonder how many accidents it takes before they do so...

Liz Crouthers @ Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:25 am wrote:... they look like aliens

You're right, Liz - they do look like aliens!!! :beameup:

Yooper @ Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:53 am wrote:I guess it could be worse, at least we're not trying to e-mail anyone while driving (I hope)! ...

That's true, Jeff, but what about text messaging someone while driving??? My cell phone is capable of sending text messages to other cell phones that are capable of receiving them, or to e-mail address. So, yes, it is possible that someone could be e-mailing someone!!!

Tina-Kate @ Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:03 am wrote: ... Something that really bugged me while living in Toronto was taxi drivers who yak away while you're paying for their time---esp when you need to tell them where to go. ...

Pretty rude, I'd say. I have to wonder what people are thinking when they pull this kind of thing - some customer service, huh? Jeeez.

twinsrwe @ Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:43 am wrote:

Yooper @ Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:53 am wrote:I guess it could be worse, at least we're not trying to e-mail anyone while driving (I hope)! ...

That's true, Jeff, but what about text messaging someone while driving??? My cell phone is capable of sending text messages to other cell phones that are capable of receiving them, or to e-mail address. So, yes, it is possible that someone could be e-mailing someone!!!

I suppose driving has become a second-nature activity. How much of what we do during the day does not involve an automobile in some way? At the risk of sounding like Andrew Borden, I still walk to the grocery store and other places if I don't need too much.

I've heard a U.P. dishwasher described as a pickup truck full of dishes going through the carwash!