tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post1508343512543470641..comments2008-10-15T16:26:09.227-04:00Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-78112717693485729142008-10-15T16:26:00.000-04:002008-10-15T16:26:00.000-04:00It is quite scary to think about this. I'm not on my cell phone all of the time but I do use it and I always have it with me. Do you actually have to be connected to someone on another line for it to be harmful? Or does it send out waves by just being turned on?Laurenhttp://www.weightlossguide.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-38451092109055852992008-10-07T00:30:00.000-04:002008-10-07T00:30:00.000-04:00I'm scared.therapydochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-14627268032677846962008-10-06T23:23:00.000-04:002008-10-06T23:23:00.000-04:00Fried puppy toes . . . I'm still laughing (and hoping not to wake my children who just fell asleep)!<BR/><BR/>My cell? Not much of a user. My husband whoops and hollers when I actually answer the darn thing when he's trying to locate me. I think that's a sign that it isn't a must-have for me. <BR/><BR/>My kids? Not going to get them cell phones - they're a distraction from real life - games, music, texting . . . it is just TOO much! They'll just have to become bloggers to have their lives sucked away from them . .. or worse yet, discover Facebook. Talk about a time sucker - oy!Briannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641147724155240676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-81909886117799797212008-10-06T22:29:00.000-04:002008-10-06T22:29:00.000-04:00Kelly! You mean using a treadmill causes cancer too??? <BR/><BR/>Wait a minute... that's a pretty useful excuse... hmmmn...Merryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660495393832517684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-990024850215643542008-10-06T22:21:00.000-04:002008-10-06T22:21:00.000-04:00cell phones help my treadmillin' go by faster. I'm pretty much bettin' on the fact Ill get cancer, so I'll enjoy it while it lasts.<BR/><BR/>Kelly Turner<BR/>www.groundedfitness.comGroundedFitnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12263915889567957950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-78329478171175829952008-10-06T21:38:00.000-04:002008-10-06T21:38:00.000-04:00I'm one of those people who need my mobile to function, but the reason why is really pathetic. I don't know how to operate my life without one. I have had one since childhood and have no idea how people organise things without one. Please help!Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07611971818007057323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-65885186247189742632008-10-06T17:59:00.000-04:002008-10-06T17:59:00.000-04:00I love my new HTC Touch, but not because it is a cell phone. It is my PDA and I can read all of my blogs on the bus and listen to music and text if I actually had someone to text to. My actual phone usage has not changed. I don't give out that number except to people that know I will only have it on and with me, if I have told them it will be on and with me that day. It never rings unless it is a wrong number. I use it to call for emergencies, but it means I don't have to carry an MP3, cell phone and PDA.Rebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318594769530526005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-45539904676384368702008-10-06T16:14:00.000-04:002008-10-06T16:14:00.000-04:00Well, fuck me. Guess I better start getting head CTs.purplegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952678339075163056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-29599766320229207362008-10-06T14:49:00.000-04:002008-10-06T14:49:00.000-04:00So I've got a brief internet opportunity... am outside a Wendy's in Vermont hijacking their wireless. (I did NOT eat there, just for the record.) Apparently Vermonters are so mellow they don't secure their wireless connections, and for that I'm grateful.<BR/><BR/>I love that this is the sort of group that is just as opinionated (pro or con) about cell phones as I am, and that you all are so damn funny about it.<BR/><BR/>Back soon with more crankiness...Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-55931578092152332062008-10-06T14:23:00.000-04:002008-10-06T14:23:00.000-04:00For some reason I have difficulty knowing where my ear is when I'm using a cell phone!<BR/><BR/>The person's voice becomes fainter and fainter and then I start readjusting the phone because I figure I haven't got it against my ear and then I become so distracted that I forget what we where talking about - back when I could actually hear what they were saying.<BR/><BR/>So give me a land line phone, any day. Never have that problem with them.Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991009842667783101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-75952685745297998482008-10-06T14:07:00.000-04:002008-10-06T14:07:00.000-04:00I have a cell but these days it's mostly used for texting flirty messages to my husband. LOVE. IT.Jillhttp://thesassypear.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-20990978304931718232008-10-06T14:04:00.000-04:002008-10-06T14:04:00.000-04:00oh I HATE cell phones. same as Leah, "I have no desire to be socially available all the time. Peace, quiet, those are good. Constant contact. Ewwww." totally. <BR/><BR/>Life is busy enough - I'm distracted enough. I don't need one more thing pulling me away from _________<BR/>(fill in the blank: traffic, my kids, other conversations, interacting with people behind cashiers, etc.)<BR/><BR/>That said, my husband has an iPhone and it's almost part of our family. It comes in handy all over the place (games for the kids, internet, looking up directions, GPS stuff) So I guess I love having <I>access</I> to a cell phone. I just don't want to own one myself!katieohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08339475353059389950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-91524047224648794052008-10-06T14:01:00.000-04:002008-10-06T14:01:00.000-04:00My first encounter with an instore cell-phone totally turned me off. This rude woman with an obnoxious child in her cart were about to knock something delicate out of my basket part, so I asked her to watch her child(brat). She was so busy with her invisible phone friend that she huffed off, telling them how rude /I/ was!<BR/><BR/>I hate the unreliable hard to hear things, but wish everyone in my family had one in case of emergencies when out on the road. <BR/>But I'm good at being contradictory and nuts, so there!Ima Peccablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270725026986221439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-29528474585628665492008-10-06T12:31:00.000-04:002008-10-06T12:31:00.000-04:00A co-worker's brother died of a malignant brain tumor that his doctor said was almost definately from cell phone usage. <BR/><BR/>Having said that he was in international sales with not much of an actual office, usually a cell phone to each ear ever since they became available. <BR/><BR/>Although you have to think, does excessive usage for a shorter time = less usage for a longer time???<BR/><BR/>Kids, my 14yo niece for example, seem to text more than talk. Less chance of being eve's dropped on by nosy adults ;)donnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-86956043467186770832008-10-06T12:03:00.000-04:002008-10-06T12:03:00.000-04:00Crabby, it was so comforting to find another soul who also hates talking on the phone. I'd almost call it a fear. In my last jobs I had to be on conference calls all the time. TORTURE. I'm so awkward on the phone. My voice changes. I don't know why. I have a cell phone, no landline. I keep it on silent. It often stays in my bag for days at a time, or dead out of batteries on my desk. I don't carry it with me when I go out. Needless to say, I'm not worried about cancer. Thank you for being seeing candid about your own phone phobia (if that's what it is?). It was a true comfort.monicahttp://www.smarterfitter.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-38815954927193415442008-10-06T11:52:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:52:00.000-04:00First there were booths...then just little partitions...then those fricken phones are everywhere!! Love em in the bathroom, oh yeah! Do they cause cancer? You've got a little radiation generator up side the head..do you really need a smack up side the head to wise up? Probably.Dr. Jhttp://calorielab.com/news/categories/dr-j-will-see-you-now/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-5562891530906639612008-10-06T11:39:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:39:00.000-04:00uch - i judt don't know what to do about cell phones. One day they cause cancer, the next they're OK but bluetooths are the devil. I honestly feel like I am not being hyperbolic when I say I can't imagine living without a cellphone - I use it for a living as a writer, let alone for emergencies. Then again, I can't imagine living with brain cancer. Waa...this is making me sad.WeightingGametheweightinggame.ivillage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-61534594908278828972008-10-06T11:20:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:20:00.000-04:00I'm a nutcase too:) But right now I don't have a landline- just my cell phone. Except my sister lost hers, so she's borrowed it. So now I have no phone at all. Hurray, less chance of brain cancer?Saganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285850895862247408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-58942486392733542372008-10-06T11:15:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:15:00.000-04:00Actually, it also really bugs me to overhear other people's loud non-phone conversations. :+)Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08655094330475654364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-43910355767303223332008-10-06T11:08:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:08:00.000-04:00I am also phone-phobic. Given the option, I will always wait for someone else to answer the phone when it rings. Actually making phone calls? Traumatic. Avoid it as much as possible.<BR/><BR/>I do have a cell phone, but it only gets used out of necessity - I don't chat on the thing. <BR/><BR/>So, not too worried about the study because I don't think I use my cell phone enough for it to be a problem.<BR/><BR/>I hope.JavaChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06816858010039395389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-29855299376738704722008-10-06T11:02:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:02:00.000-04:00I love my cell..... Please, no brain cancer... I NEED it!!!Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00425148037615520256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-88065958773257691342008-10-06T10:42:00.000-04:002008-10-06T10:42:00.000-04:00Had another thought - cell phones make people feel important and popular. (*lookitme - see how many calls I get.....*)<BR/><BR/>But texting is far worse. Wasn't the driver of the commuter train involved in the crash in LA reportedly texting at the time of the accident?the Bag Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-71575483804337059412008-10-06T10:35:00.000-04:002008-10-06T10:35:00.000-04:00Don't have one...unless I'm forced to won't get one. I can see their usefulness for some people, but I don't need one. I had one once for safety when I had a long commute for a job in the winter months, but when I quit that job I turned off the cell phone. It served it's purpose but I didn't use it for anything else...I *like* being unplugged. It annoyed me that people would say they had tried to call me and my phone was off...they didn't get why I wouldn't want to be reached anywhere at any time. I didn't want people to be able to reach me anywhere. And I can't talk and drive, so I don't.<BR/>My main complaint is how they ring at theatres, and that people anaswer them wherever they are. I don't always answer my land line if I'm busy or have other things to do. And people texting in movie theatres drives me mad...why you can't live for a few hours without being reached is beyond me...<BR/>I see people in restaurants and grocery stores talking on their phones instead of each other, and I know they have a proctical use, but it just seems self important and rude. I thought texting was a brilliant solution to this, like the vibrate ring, but people are just using it instead of speaking...<BR/>Maybe if I had kids and a job where I needed to be able to be contacted I'd reconsider...<BR/><BR/>Of course if you tried to take my iPod away I'd fight you to the death...so I suppose everyone has their digital vice...Geosominhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-46230977566511030042008-10-06T10:31:00.000-04:002008-10-06T10:31:00.000-04:00I don't have a landline, but don't use my phone all that much. <BR/><BR/>And I get the feeling that age only matters because the under-20 crowd will presumably use cell phone until they die, thus they are exposed to the cancer for a longer period of time than a comparatively older person.Triciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15668792898003701706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-8796573710056003092008-10-06T10:25:00.000-04:002008-10-06T10:25:00.000-04:00Have a cell phone but wish I didn't - I actually text more then I talk. I just irritated at folks who don't understand that just because your phone rings does not mean you HAVE to answer it. grrr. Like when we are out to dinner? At happy hour?Missicathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03547671118679036352noreply@blogger.com