I only turn mine on when I'm making/expecting a call. Otherwise it's turned off.
I agree about the modern uses of a phone. Mine is years old and just makes calls and texts. And the ringtone is, shockingly, a phone ringing.

They are also great for emergencies.
( chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:12, archived)

You are part of the solution
not part of the problem.

It's these cunts with crayzee frogs and phones that double up as vibrators that get on my cock.

They are, as you say, good for emergencies.

I never take mine anywhere except for work, they pay for it.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:14, archived)

that pisses me off
what if someone needs to get in touch with you as an emergency but you're not expecting the call so you don't have your phone on?
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:14, archived)

It's not the end of the world. They'll get in touch somehow.
Unless it actually is the end of the world, of course. Then I'd look a bit of a chump.
( chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:18, archived)

This.
Whilst I spend far too much on my phone, I also appreciate the fact that I can do useful things with it.

Things like letting my parents know that my train/plane is delayed so they don't have to spend hours waiting in the hell-hole of Bristol Airport/Temple Meads...
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:19, archived)

That would count
under chobb's "turning it on to make a call" use, wouldn't it?
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:20, archived)

Fair point.
*reads post properly*
*still keeps phone turned on anyway*
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:25, archived)

Then they're as screwed
as they were ten years ago, when the world also failed to grind to a halt.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:19, archived)

Yep.
The phone is for my benefit, not other peoples'.
( chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:24, archived)

Yeah
Mine is:

1. Great for smashing windows
2. Using as a life aid for drowning children
3. Extinguishing small kitchen fires
4. A scalpel is emergency trachaeaectomies
5. Removing stones from horses hoofs

It'd be nice if I could make a call from it
( Dugs - The artist formerly known as Dugsybaws, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:15, archived)