Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> Sounds like a good place to stay, then...   
      
   Better than most methinks.   
      
    NB> You at least understand the workings well enough   
      
   I built the two servers that are currently doing all the work or at least one   
   of them.  The other - the one I am typing this reply on - is more of my   
   plaything where I am free to experiment which is something I enjoy doing.  "99   
   Bottles of Beer" lives on here.   
      
    NB> I do have a very basic cell phone   
      
   I still have a landline but have been tempted by basic cell service in the   
   past.  So far there really hasn't been a need but I do see the advantage of   
   them.  However I don't like the teeny-tiny displays that I cannot read without   
   coke bottle type glasses.  Also my fingers are too fat for the itsy-bitsy   
   keypad dealies.  My regular phone is much more of what I require of a phone.   
      
    NB> anything else other than talk and text   
      
   Some of the people here watch movies on their so-called smartphones.  Near as   
   I can tell the small machine I turned into their access point to the outside   
   world is where all the smart comes from.  Without it they just have phones.    
   The service from the usual providers is extremely lousy and far too expensive   
   although I do understand why.  Not enough customers out this way to make it   
   commercially viable.  Not being in the business and knowing the basics is   
   where I come in.  Also I am very curious which helps.  However if and when   
   something breaks down it is unlikely to get replaced as far as the wireless   
   end of things goes.  I personally don't have much use for it and nobody here   
   is interested in getting anything local working on it so I really don't have   
   any incentive.  Most of what is out there in cyberspace is worthless to me and   
   repeating it on wireless is pointless and not worth the additional costs.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Cybertoasts of note:   
       2019-01-01 is  128 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
       2024-11-05 is 2263 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
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