sharx35 wrote:
> "J. Clarke" wrote in message
> news:faek4n01pq4@news2.newsguy.com...
>> Markku Grönroos wrote:
>>> "Chris Blunt" kirjoitti
>>> viestissä:9nrkc397lrmi3ul9476d3odvnv37ahi926@4ax.com...
>>>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:58:18 +0300, Markku Grönroos
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" kirjoitti
>>>>> viestissä:nl3jc3pki22123egcss1f7vrbitem9vb0v@4ax.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I carry a small bottle of shampoo, because I don't like the
>>>>>> free
>>>>>> stuff. Maybe 200ml, which could last for several weeks. Not
>>>>>> having
>>>>>> a mobile phone seems silly.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Why? When travelling on holiday, you need a phone. I don't need
>>>>> one.
>>>>
>>>> I find a phone to keep in touch with people even more useful when
>>>> I'm
>>>> traveling than it is at home. It also serves as a camera, an
>>>> alarm
>>>> clock, a GPS, and a way to check my emails. Something so compact
>>>> that
>>>> does all that and only weighs around 100g easily justifies being
>>>> taken along on any trips I make.
>>>>
>>> Fortunately I don't have to be available for other people at work
>>> by
>>> phone. Actually I seldom carry a phone when I am out of home. When
>>> I
>>> am back I just check the calls. If wandering in wilderness, a
>>> phone
>>> may be a good piece in security terms, but on the other hand I
>>> have
>>> never went deep in to wild vistas all my own.
>>
>> If you're going "deep in to wild vistas" the cell phone usually
>> won't
>> work anyway. Taking a day hike in Connecticut it's nice to have
>> in
>> case you slip and break your leg, but coverage when you're away
>> from
>> areas of high population density starts to get spotty.
>
> And what are the odds about breaking your leg on a hike in
> Connecticut and someone NOT coming along with seconds?
If it happens on a Monday you may lie there for a week.
> I've hiked
> all over the Canadian Rockies WITHOUT breaking my leg and WITHOUT a
> cell phone OR a GPS unit. Never got lost. Never got injured. You
> pansies are a bunch of nervous Nellies who can't get off the
> electronic teat.
Anybody who thinks "it can't happen to me because it hasn't happened
to me" doesn't have a firm grasp on reality.
And the fact that you call people who make choices different from
yours "pansies" and "nervous Nellies" tells me that you are insecure
in your own choices and find it necessary to bolster your own pitiful
ego by demeaning others.
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