HOME AND INDOOR:
LANDLINES VIA MA BELL OR AT&T WITH A 10 DIGIT PHNE NUMBER STARTS MY JOURNEY. THIS WAS A YELLOW WALL PHONE WITH ROTARY DIALING SYSTEM.
THEN WIRELESS PHONE A BASE WITH ANTENNAE AND PUSH BUTTONS AND MEMORY CAPABILITY FOR I THIK 10 NUMBERS.
BOTH OF THESE WERE A MONTHLY BILLING STATEMENT, NO CONTRACTS WERE PRESENT YET.AND YOU WERE CHARGED SO MUCH FOR LOCAL CALLS AND MORE FOR LONG DISTANCE CALLS. YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE FROM MA BELL TO AT&T.
OUTDOOR:
TELEPHONE BOOTHS WITH A FEE FOR LOCAL CALLS BEGAN WITH 10 CENTS, THEN 25 CENTS, AND ENDING WITH 35 CENTS , AND LATER BECAME CARD OPERATED RIGHT BEFORE THEY ELIMINATED THEM. THEY REFUNDED YOUR DEPOSIT IF YOU CALLED THE OPERATOR FOR A NUMBER. LONG DISTANCE MEANT YOU HAD TO HAVE LOTS OF COINS FOR A CALL. PHONE BOOKS WERE THERE IF THE VANDALS DIDN'T STEAL THEN OR DESTROY THEM.
I REMEMBER ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE'S FORGOTTEN REFUND IN THE TILL AS I PASSED THEM BY AS KID AND INTO YOUNG ADULTHOOD BEFORE THE CELL PHONE CAME ALONG AND THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE PUBLIC.
NOW I ONLY SEE THEM LONDON AS PHONE BOOTHS OR ON TV AS THE DOCTOR'S TARDIS.
THEN THOSE CLUMSY BIG MOBIL PHONES CAME ALONG. I NEVER HAD ONE.
THEN THE FIRST CELL PHONE WITH JUST AIRTIME WAS AVAILABLE PUT OUT BY APPLE AND TRACFONE. THEY WERE FLIP PHONES LIKE THE STAR TREK COMMUNICATORS. AS THEY IMPROVED THEY COULD DO MORE. WITH THIS NEW INVENTION THE CONTRACTS CAME ALONG. YOU HAD TO STICK TO IT FOR 1 YEAR BEFORE YOU COULD CHANGE AND THE ROAMING CALLS (LONG DISTANCE NEW TERM) WERE OUTRAGES. WE STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PHONES NOT BEING USED OUT OF THE NATION AND PEOPLE BEING CHARGES HORRENDOUS COSTS.
THEN THE PHONES BECAME NON-FLIP AND HAD MORE FUNCTIONS LIKE THE ABILITY TO DOWNLOAD AND HOLD WITH MEMORY- APPS, GAMES, MUSIC, PHOTOS, AND MOVIES.AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TO ACCESS THE WEB ALONG WITH IT. YOU ALSO LIKE ME NOW WITH MY FIRST PHONE HAVE THE OPTION OR JUST USING IT AS AIRTIME AND BUYING A PHONE CARD IN VARIOUS AMOUNTS (MONTHLY, OR YEARLY AMOUNTS) TO AVOID CONTRACTS AND BIG COSTS.
THEN CAME THE SMARTPHONES ( IPHONE+TABLET) THAT WERE ALMOST LIKE COMPUTERS AND DO ALL THAT CAN. I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD ONE AND EVEN IF I DID I PROBABLY WOULD HATE IT. I BOUGHT A KINDLE FIRE TABLET WITH WIFI AND WASN'T ABLE TO GET IT TO WORK RIGHT SO I SEND IT BACK. WIFI SUCKS.
I AM NOT A SOCIAL PERSON ANYMORE . IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO GET OUT AND SEE PEOPLE BUT IT FAILED OR BACKFIRED. SO NOW I JUST STICK TO MY COMPUTER. I DO GO SHOPPING AND BRING MY TRACFONE WITH AIRTIME TO CONTACT HOME IF QUESTIONS COME UP WHILE THERE AND FOR EMERGENCIES.
TRANSPORTATION:
PUBLIC BUSES:
I ORIGINALLY LIVED IN A WELL PUBLIC BUSING CITY WHERE A CAR NEVER WAS NEEDED (SO MY PERSON SOCIALIBILITY WAS NOT HINDERED) . I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, DOWNTOWN TO WORK AND SHOP WITH A BUFFALO LINE OF BUSES.
BEFORE THAT I EITHER WALKED DOWN TO GRANT STREET, OR I RODE MY BIKES. FIRST A RED GIRL'S SCHWINN FOLLOWED BY A GIRLS DAISY BANANA BIKE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL I MOVED DOWN HERE TO FLORIDA (IN A POOR BUSING CITY) THAT I NEEDED A CAR.
RIGHT BEFORE WE MOVED I TOOK THE DRIVERS TEST AND PASSED IT MY FIRST TIME OUT BUT A RELATIVE FORGOT TO MAIL THE PERMNENAT STUFF TO ME SO I COULD FLYBACK AND GET THE REAL DEAL. SO I HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN AND IT TOOK THREE INSTRUCTORS TO GET IT. (THAT'S MY BAD LUCK OPERATING AGAIN.) IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS 35 UNTIL I HAD A LICENSE BUT NO CAR, WITH THAT BAD LUCK I DECIDED TO FORGET SENSIBLE KNOWING THAT I WOULD NEVER GET ANOTHER CHANCE (LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY LIFE) SO I BOUGHT MY LITTLE CONVERTIBLE IN A MAZDA MIATA. THERE WAS NO GETTING AWAY FROM BAD LUCK I LEARNED. YOU SEE THE MODEL I BOUGHT 1999 WAS THEIR FIRST MODEL AND IT HAD BATTERY PROBLEMS. I BOUGHT BATTERY AFTER BATTERY ( 3) BEFORE I DECIDED TO SELL IT BUT ONLY AFTER I PUT ON A NEW ROOF. BY THIS TIME IT STARTED TO RUST AND MY LAZY DAD WOULD NOT LET ME TAKE IT TO GET FIXED AND REPAINTED AND IT GOT WORSE AND WORSE. I FINALLY RESOLD IT TO A NEIGHBOR WHO IT WORKED LIKE A DREAM FOR. GO FIGURE.
NOW MY FINANCES ARE FAR WORSE THEN BEFORE SO I CAN'T AFFORD A CAR, INSURANCE, UPKEEP AND GAS. SO I AM THINKING ALTERNATIVE- ELECTRIC BIKE OR SCOOTER.
IF I COULD AFFORD ONE WITH A MIRACLE IT WOULD BE A FIAT POP BUT THEY ARE THE LATEST MODEL TO HAVE PROBS( LIED ABOUT MILAGE CAPABILITY). ALL OTHER CAR MODELS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS. FOR ME IT WOULD BE JUST A STUPID MOVE.
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