I still have my flip. A few months back, it was mysteriously shutting off. As I don't pay much attention, it took me a while to notice the problem. Finally decided it was bad enough to get a new phone. But while I was going through that rigamarole (!), the symptoms seemed to go away. Love when that happens! Now it shuts down once in a while, but acceptable. Also still holds a charge forever--at least a week. Whereas people I know with "smart phones" (everyone--except a few Bobbers, natch) are always complaining of a dead phone. How smart can you be when you're dead?
I really dislike the portable technology thing. The number of lives it has saved by being able to call when stranded in the wilderness vs. the number killed by inattentive driving, I suspect the math doesn't come out well. Why I am still surprised when I am riding along a rural path of a beautiful summer evening by the river and come upon someone talking loudly into their phone while "enjoying" the scenery, I don't know. My take is that industrial civilization really started the downward slope when the phone crawled off the kitchen wall and into our pockets. https://youtu.be/wwr5fPm1NHI On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 1:24:04 PM UTC-4, Reid wrote: > > The term "retro" is often used about Rivendell bikes. A term I happily > agree with. So my ancient cell phone, a simple flip open model, just died. > RIP. I went to the Sprint store for a replacement and, shock!, they have a > couple of current models that are flip style and simple. Just what I want. > No bells and whistles. One model is called "the Retro." > > YES! > > Reid > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
