Can't please the mom-ster RE: cellphone costs

[Dina Lerret]

On 5/28/06, Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) <catlady at wicca.net> wrote:

> *blinks* I thought hurricanes would blow down the cell phone towers
> and make cell phones useless.

As Heidi mentioned, cellphone access remains up longer than landlines.
 Newer construction and technology versus the wires needed to connect
each home.


> I don't know anything about pre-paid cell phones, but if they're like
> phone cards, maybe that would have been better to get for her to keep
> with her for emergencies. And if she started to use it, then you could
> get her the good plan.

I thought about that but the price per minute was a bit pricey--hm, in
between an Irish stepmom with many siblings and a mom raised on a
small Japanese farm, it's no wonder I calculate value versus want at
even a snack vending machine.  So, I then did additional number
crunching with her and she dropped the 'long distance/out of area' on
her landline and other extraneous options to take her phone bill to
basic.  In the end, she'd be paying less now and still have long
distance access to her sister and friends, along with an emergency
back-up.

I swear, she must've allowed a sales person to shack her up with a
phone plan where she didn't use 80% of the features.  Me, on the other
hand... Friday, an insurance salesman stopped by the office, and even
though I said 'no, thank you', he still snagged a business card.  My
first thought 'please give the card back and leave'... but I didn't
say it.  I'd be ticked if the guy used the mailing address, phone
number, and email address to send junk I have to trash.  My boss'
father left for Greece on Friday--rescheduled because he had a family
member who flies commercial jets--and then my boss leaves for Greece
next weekend for a couple months.  So, they're both forwarding their
mail to the office for me to sort through and trash junk mail. :-\

...Meh, I'm slightly depressed.  They had me cash $10,000 at the bank
last week.  For a few moments, man, it was sweet having that much
cash! :-D  Then I had to hand it over when I returned and it reminded
me my income is not a two person income.

Dina