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1. Andrew Simone on June 30th, 2009 at 10:20 am

   I haven’t had a land line for almost 9 years.

2. Michael Smith on June 30th, 2009 at 10:30 am

   I have a land line, but I don’t know why. A bundle I’m guessing.

   We don’t do much partying on our land line. Every now and again I get someone speaking a language I don’t understand and can’t recognize, he’s a nice guy, just doesn’t dial well.

3. Kelsey Parker on June 30th, 2009 at 10:40 am

   I have a land line, but it’s soon to disappear now that it’s become clear I won’t be able to keep the wires away from the bunny rabbit if I stick with my DSL package.

   I wish I partied on it.

4. Kathy Hilen-Smith on June 30th, 2009 at 10:44 am

   Our number is one number off from the Kroger Pharmacy. When those wrong numbers ring in our living room, presumably the callers are looking for drugs. Does that make it a party?

5. Andrew Simone on June 30th, 2009 at 10:51 am

   It might, are they looking for vicodin, the frat boys love that one mixed with beer.

6. Daryl Scroggins on June 30th, 2009 at 10:57 am

   Yes & no. But we plan to reverse that–although we don’t plan for much partying on any line (we just don’t like phones). Wasn’t it kind of nice that phones didn’t work at Clusterflockstock? Seems like it made the actual people much more available to each other.

7. Rick Neece on June 30th, 2009 at 11:15 am

   We have one, its easier and works better for Danny to use when he does one-two-hour coaching sessions by phone.

8. Kathy Hilen-Smith on June 30th, 2009 at 11:35 am

   It’s a party for MGS when people hear his polite, “Hello…” and they respond with a rude, “I want the pharmacy.”

   MGS says, “I’ll connect you.” -click-

9. Sheila Ryan on June 30th, 2009 at 11:55 am

   Oh, now I wish I still had my toll-free number. Then MGS could say, “I’ll try to connect you, but if I drop the connection, the toll-free number is [_-___-___-____],” and then I could mess with their minds.

10. Sheila Ryan on June 30th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    Ask them whether they wanted brand-name or generic Verisimilitude.

11. Jonathan McNicol on June 30th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    We do not have a landline. We let it go, uhh, two or three years ago. I’m constantly surprised by how many people still have them.

    On a related note: We have an alarm clock next to our bed that never gets used (as we both use our phones for such things). It was actually unplugged for about ten days recently, and I’m not sure either of us noticed. Well, we must’ve eventually noticed. But you get my point.

    On a note related to the previously related note: I wear a wristwatch for no reason other than that I like it as an accessory, Alisia bought it for me, and it feels nice on my arm (which might be part of its being a nice accessory). But the only time I ever look at it to find out the time is when I can’t find my phone.

12. Phil Bebbington on June 30th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    I do still have a land line. It allows me to call the states for 1/2p a minute – it is good for that. Odd how my land line allows such cheap calls to the states and yet charges me 50 times that to call a mobile phone in the next room – go figure!

13. GC on July 1st, 2009 at 9:32 am

    Still have one primarily for the alarm system. Also, not sure how well 911 locator works with a cell.

14. India on July 1st, 2009 at 10:34 am

    Danny does coaching over the phone? Sign me up!

    Yes, I still have a land line because I (a) hate talking over a mobile-to-mobile connection, (b) often forget to charge my cell phone (because I keep the ringer turned off, because I have no intention of answering it anyway), and (c) always have a vague fear of going over my cheap-ass plan’s weekday minute limit.

    You know how your grandma would always try to get you off the phone right away, because telephone calls are very expensive? That’s me on a cell phone. I’m, like, “Okay, are we done? . . . Now? How about now? . . . Okay, bye.” I especially hate it when anybody calls me on my mobile and I’m sitting right next to the real phone. Usually I just don’t answer, because I know I’ll be bitchy if I pick up, and I’d rather call back from the land line. The only time I use my mobile from the house is if it’s long distance, since that’s free. Even then, sometimes I use the land line and fork over the money to Working Assets.

    If I got rid of the land line, I wouldn’t save enough to upgrade to a smartphone, so I’m sticking with two dumb ones. In the meantime, I’m starting to give out my Google Voice number instead of my mobile number. It rings at both phones, so if I happen to be at home, I can just pick up on the land line.

    For years, my land line would get a few calls a month for Brooklyn Family Court. People would leave messages about their cases, somehow not noticing my obviously-not-family-court answering machine message.* The calls have stopped, though, so they must have changed their number or corrected the typo or something.

    My friends in San Mateo figured out, over time, that the previous owner of their land line must have been a drug dealer. That was fun.

    * Yes, I also still have an answering machine. Why the fuck should I pay Verizon a monthly fee for voice mail, when I can pay for a machine once every ten years?

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