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Originally Posted by Bookie
I consider the gadget a full-blown indulgence, but I appreciate the convenience.
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This is pretty much how I feel. I consider a cell phone to be a luxury item, not a necessity. I will say, though, that progress is gradually eroding that opinion.
1. I know many people who ONLY have a cell phone. They don't have a traditional wired phone in their home. In that case, a cell phone no longer qualifies as a luxury because I consider having a phone to be a necessity.
2. Pay phones are rapidly becoming extinct. Sure, it is easy to say that I survived many years without a cell phone, but I frequently used pay phones during those years. Just a couple of weeks ago, we were at one of the largest malls in the state of NJ. While we were having lunch in the food court, there was a workman with a reciprocating saw removing the bank of pay phones along the wall. I have no doubt that they were being removed for good, never to return. They simply aren't needed any more. But that makes having a cell phone more important.