Working Poor

is a lot cheaper than I could get anything elsewhere. The company I worked for sold everything not mobile-phone-related to another company, though, and we are waiting to see if this retiree perk will still be honored, in January. Knocks $60 off the bundle, and the service is excellent.

When cell phones first became fairly ubiquitous, I got one, and at the time, I grew to hate it because I really didn't want everyone to have instant access to my time. And, mostly, I was just asked to bring stuff home. So - it has been a really long time since I have had one. A friend bought me one recently, and I know I can get cheap service, but I have been procrastinating. Funnily enough, I used to be a mini-computer system manager, I could plan, order, and put together an HP-3000 or a Tandem all by myself, with a screwdriver, and then hook up an entire work group, and keep it running, software and hardware.
But - if someone foolhardily hands me their cell phone - when I hand it back, I hear "what the fuck did you do to my phone???!!!!". And I usually leave a picture of the inside of my nose as a memento. True story, bro.