I've finally joined the new century & gotten a cell, after first being forced to get one for the wife in case her old buggy broke down...I opted for the pay-as-you-go (sometimes called disposable) cheapie phones you can buy at WallyWorld, $20 for the unit & refill with as many minutes as I might need during the next 60 days...since it's cheap, it's short on bells & whistles, but it does have text...wife & I don't text often, since as PF has pointed out, it's a bit of a pain to type with those teenytiny buttons, even with the predictive feature on, but one of the "bells" we don't have is voice mailbox, & with getting a connection always a challenge if we're not on the highest mountain close to a major residential area, sometimes the text message can be a real lifesaver...also, the text messages cost .3 units to send, nothing to receive, helps out the budget a little...
What I don't get is kids spending half their lives texting each other, but that may be a matter for another time & place...

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