Pelican Parts
Parts Catalog Accessories Catalog How To Articles Tech Forums
Call Pelican Parts at 888-280-7799
Shopping Cart Cart | Project List | Order Status | Help



Go Back   Pelican Parts Forums > Miscellaneous and Off Topic Forums > Off Topic Discussions


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rating: Thread Rating: 2 votes, 3.00 average.
Author
Thread Post New Thread    Reply
Registered
 
fastfredracing's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Valencia Pa.
Posts: 8,846
Its not that I dont want to return your message, nor am I lazy .

Im only allowing so much of my life to be connected that stupid little plastic rectangle .
I spend countless hours chasing the phone, emails, and texts daily as, Im sure most of you do
I set my phone down sometimes. Shoot me, Im human, busy and like to stop and smell the roses, and enjoy the quiet, and serentiy of the world when I am disconnected .
I dont think putting my phone down for 4 hours, or even an entire day on the weekend makes me a bad person , but it feels like it sometimes .
Anybody else ?
Im glad I am getting closer to the other end of this journey

__________________
No left turn un stoned
Old 08-21-2024, 07:04 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #1 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Orange County
Posts: 7,344
Garage
Don't feel bad, Fred.
I'm not a 'phone' guy and only reason I have one is for emergency reasons mostly. That and phoning home when I'm at the grocery store, trying to remember everything on that list I didn't make before leaving home.
Half the time I forget to even take my phone with me when going places.
Oh well, hardly anyone ever calls me direct on it anyways.
__________________
Scott
'78 SC mit Sportomatic - Sold
Old 08-21-2024, 07:16 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #2 (permalink)
Southern Class & Sass
 
Dixie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bradenton, FL
Posts: 4,023
Garage
The last guy I was dating would get mad when I wouldn't text back right away. Making it worse, he texted me like all day and wanted instant responses. More than once I told him I can't always text back right away. Personally, I think he was using texting as an electronic leash to make sure I wasn't with another guy.

Anyway, it got really tiring so I broke up with him.
__________________
Dixie
Bradenton, FL
2013 Camaro ZL1

Last edited by Dixie; 08-21-2024 at 09:12 AM..
Old 08-21-2024, 07:27 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #3 (permalink)
Banned
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: St Paul MN
Posts: 19,431
depends on what you are doing on the phone.

had an older man at the DMV once speak up while we are all waiting, silently, ranting about how all the kids are on there phones all day, and why can't we have a conversation with each other instead.

like, what do you think we are doing on our phones? im having 3 different conversations, about 3 different things, with 2 friends and a partner, and im checking the news. and planning an after work happy hour with one of these people. like im using the phone to connect with humans. thats the point of the phone.

these all are more important to me, and better, than having a conversation with a crabby old man who wants to rant about the kids being on their phones so much. like no, dude, no one wants to talk to you. thats a you problem, not a me problem. have something interesting to say, say it politely, and maybe some one will want to talk to you about it. maybe not, hard to compete with all of my friends and loved ones and making plans through this little box, but like like at least you'd be trying.

so like, as along as you are using the phone to connect with humans that you are care about, i see no issue with being on it all the time.

if your just doom scrolling or whatever on social media, taking hours of your life to consume useless content, sure, phones suck.

but the purpose of the phone is to connect to other humans. through a box, or in person, connection is connection. and id rather connect with someone i care about through a box, than someone i dont give a ****, who is interacting with me negatively, in person.

Last edited by cockerpunk; 08-21-2024 at 07:30 AM..
Old 08-21-2024, 07:27 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #4 (permalink)
Counterclockwise?
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Keswick, Ontario
Posts: 6,379
Garage
You know you are old when you don't text after 9 PM. lol

Ya. I'm the same way as you Fred.
__________________
Rod
1986 Carrera
2001 996TT
A bunch of stuff with spark plugs
Old 08-21-2024, 08:07 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #5 (permalink)
Registered
 
fastfredracing's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Valencia Pa.
Posts: 8,846
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie View Post
The last guy I was dating would get mad when I wouldn't text back right away. Making it worse,e texted me like all day and wanted instant responses. More than once I told him I can't always text back right away. Personally, I think he was using texting as an electronic leash to make sure I wasn't with another guy.

Anyway, it got really tiring so I broke up with him.
Ya, funny my newest lady friend and I play it kind of loose with messages. Sometimes its a quick reply, sometimes a day or even 2. We both live busy lives, and both understand that .
Im gonna air tag her ass this weekend so I know where she is at every second of the day . Not.
My friend and his lady have that app, where they track each others locations by phone . If she does not answer, he is checking her location .
Id rather be alone . Trust will bubble to the top one way or another eventually .
__________________
No left turn un stoned
Old 08-21-2024, 08:14 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #6 (permalink)
 
Get off my lawn!
 
GH85Carrera's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 84,799
Garage
I never answer the phone if I am driving. Just leave me a message, and I will get back to you when it is good time for me.

And I really hate the stupid long instructions on how to leave a message if I call someone else. No one at all needs instructions in 2024 on how to leave a voice message if they can't answer.

If ii get a text, and I am not driving, or eating a meal, or in bed sleeping or other activities, I will text you back when it is a good time for me.

And I pay for my phone for my convenience only, not the people trying to reach me. I will get back to you if it is not some BS political or sales call. And NO, I am not interested in selling my house at anything under 5 time market value. I have no intentions of moving until I am wheeled out of here in a wheelchair to the nursing home, hospital, or morgue.
__________________
Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
Old 08-21-2024, 08:21 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #7 (permalink)
Southern Class & Sass
 
Dixie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bradenton, FL
Posts: 4,023
Garage
AlI notifications on my phone are off. I run my phone. My phone doesn't run me.
__________________
Dixie
Bradenton, FL
2013 Camaro ZL1
Old 08-21-2024, 09:13 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #8 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: west michigan
Posts: 26,523
During the free Medicare sign up days I get at least 4 or 5 calls everyday trying to get me to switch.
If I don't recognize the caller's name I just let it go to voicemail

The online voicemail transcription makes it easy to delete all those messages.
__________________
78 SC Targa Black....gone
84 Carrera Targa White
98 Honda Prelude
22 Honda Civic SI

Last edited by stevej37; 08-21-2024 at 09:16 AM..
Old 08-21-2024, 09:14 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #9 (permalink)
Registered
 
HobieMarty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Opelika, Alabama
Posts: 4,925
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie View Post
AlI notifications on my phone are off. I run my phone. My phone doesn't run me.
Exactly This!!!
I get fussed at because I always have my phone on silent.

Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk
__________________
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
Wonka
Old 08-21-2024, 10:21 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #10 (permalink)
Counterclockwise?
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Keswick, Ontario
Posts: 6,379
Garage
I feel that not answering you phone to a know caller when you are able is rude.
__________________
Rod
1986 Carrera
2001 996TT
A bunch of stuff with spark plugs
Old 08-22-2024, 05:24 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #11 (permalink)
Registered
 
HobieMarty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Opelika, Alabama
Posts: 4,925
Quote:
Originally Posted by 911 Rod View Post
I feel that not answering you phone to a know caller when you are able is rude.
Well, in my case, I am not aware of the caller because my phone is on silent. Now, when my wife and kids aren't home and I am working on something outside, then I will turn the ringer up in case they need to reach me.

Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk
__________________
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
Wonka
Old 08-22-2024, 05:34 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #12 (permalink)
Driver, not Mechanic
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 3,002
In contrast to most kids these days, I am fairly comfortable leaving the house without my phone on me. Except my wife insists I bring it "in case of emergencies".
Old 08-22-2024, 06:38 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #13 (permalink)
Registered
 
wdfifteen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 29,268
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by fastfredracing View Post
I dont think putting my phone down for 4 hours, or even an entire day on the weekend makes me a bad person, but it feels like it sometimes .
Anybody else ?
It's not my phone usage that makes me a bad person - so maybe that isn't your problem either.
__________________
.
Old 08-22-2024, 07:25 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #14 (permalink)
Registered
 
A930Rocket's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Posts: 14,150
I use my phone all day for work… calls, emails, text messages, document access, interweb, pictures, etc. I rarely use my laptop.

Then I use it for a pleasure… calls, emails, text messages, pictures, interweb, etc.

When I stop working, my phone usage well probably be cut in half.
Old 08-22-2024, 08:36 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #15 (permalink)
Evil Genius
 
Rusty Heap's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: On top of my BBQ
Posts: 5,650
Garage
It's a tool, which to some means it's been absorbed permanently into the users palm and can't leave the BORG Hive if they tried.
__________________
Life is a big ocean to swim in.

Wag more, bark less.
Old 08-22-2024, 09:14 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #16 (permalink)
Back in the saddle again
 
masraum's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,882
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie View Post
The last guy I was dating would get mad when I wouldn't text back right away. Making it worse, he texted me like all day and wanted instant responses. More than once I told him I can't always text back right away. Personally, I think he was using texting as an electronic leash to make sure I wasn't with another guy.

Anyway, it got really tiring so I broke up with him.
That would have taken about 2 mins...

Quote:
Originally Posted by cockerpunk View Post
depends on what you are doing on the phone.

had an older man at the DMV once speak up while we are all waiting, silently, ranting about how all the kids are on there phones all day, and why can't we have a conversation with each other instead.
LOL! "we don't want to talk to you, but we're happy to talk to other folks."

Actually, I hear/read stories from time to time about folks meeting/talking to really interesting folks that they stumbled across during life, and I think, man, I'd love to meet people like that. But then I think:

I suspect for every gem that you meet, you have to deal with a bunch of dirt.

I'm not a people person and unlikely to engage, certainly not initiate engagement, and unlikely to extend it much. I can be friendly, but not likely to be talkative.
__________________
Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
Old 08-22-2024, 09:53 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #17 (permalink)
Back in the saddle again
 
masraum's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,882
Quote:
Originally Posted by fastfredracing View Post
Im only allowing so much of my life to be connected that stupid little plastic rectangle .
I spend countless hours chasing the phone, emails, and texts daily as, Im sure most of you do
I set my phone down sometimes. Shoot me, Im human, busy and like to stop and smell the roses, and enjoy the quiet, and serentiy of the world when I am disconnected .
I dont think putting my phone down for 4 hours, or even an entire day on the weekend makes me a bad person , but it feels like it sometimes .
Anybody else ?
Im glad I am getting closer to the other end of this journey
I'm on the back half of life, but younger than many/some of the other folks here. I'm also in IT, so I am at a computer all day and at times can spend a ton of time on my phone. I'm also not afraid to put the phone down, go outside and leave the phone inside. If something happens and Internet access breaks, I don't freak out. I like to think that I'm fairly balanced as far as connectivity goes, at least, compared to many/most younger folks.
__________________
Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
Old 08-22-2024, 10:14 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #18 (permalink)
 
Registered
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Rijswijk, ZH
Posts: 1,782
I have taken the view, and comment to people who chastise me for not answering my phoned that:

I purchased the telephonic instrument purely for my enjoyment and benefit. I will answer it or deal with your message in a manner consistent with my personal pleasure.

If that upsets you, PFO.

I have my phone set to only ring on calls from people who are on my contact list. All others ring through right to voice mail and then I can deal with their call at my leisure.

D.
Old 08-22-2024, 10:15 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #19 (permalink)
Back in the saddle again
 
masraum's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,882
Quote:
Originally Posted by HobieMarty View Post
Exactly This!!!
I get fussed at because I always have my phone on silent.

Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk
Yep, my phone is always on silent, but I do usually know pretty quickly if something comes in. But I don't want my phone to ding every time I get a text or personal email or work email or ....

__________________
Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
Old 08-22-2024, 10:18 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #20 (permalink)
Reply


 


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 05:41 AM.


 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page
 

DTO Garage Plus vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.