I have a worry that land lines will become obsolete as our phones don't work in our house and the only way I can get a signal Is to stand in the middle of the road! 
Agree with grannyknot as in 'adapt or die'. Or at least be out in the communication desert. I actually prefer texts cos they are not intrusive and can be answered when convenient. Also do not want to be filtered by the answerphone. All very nice when it gets picked up, but very suspicious when not
. I notice I often get filial phone calls when they have a long walk through the car park or similar. But better that than nothing I suppose.
Hope your holiday was lovely Tegan Where did you go?
...I don't do Facebook either 
. I'm like Tom in Tom's Midnight Garden when he becomes fainter and fainter to Hatty until she can't see him at all 
....[however, I did have a great holiday and met some amazing people, including a German horse breeder who had just been to see Frankel !]
I don't bother with phone or texts, Tegan. Facebook takes care of all communication with my friends, children and grandchildren. No one can ignore the fact you've just had a holiday if you plaster photos all over fb
Let's not be judgemental about phones. While it may be possible that some phones msy have more technical ability than others we must remember that we, and by extension phones , all have different talents and God loves them all equally. So in the interests of equal opportunities lets have no more reference to smart phones or even "thick as 2 short plank phones " - phones, we love you for what you are.
tegan (hug).
I do think that it is a case of 'adapt or die' metaphorically speaking, as far as communication and technology is concerned.
I get very annoyed with my son because he will start a conversation via text instead of just picking up the darn phone and calling me from his home phone!
My daughter on the other hand doesn't even have a landline.
I'd much prefer it if we communicated via the landline when we are all restfully at home, but the younger generation just doesn't seem to think like that at all.
Did you have a good holiday? 
...and not knowing how to send texts [or not particularly wanting to] seems to mean that I have no contact with my children as they never answer their landlines and only phone me when they want something. Is it just me 
? It would be nice for them to want to know if I'd had a good holiday . [just needed to get that of me chest; feel better now]
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