Re: [Paddlewise] Advances in Digital Devices

The smart_at_$$ in me would reply to anyone who complained about my having a phone on a trip with "just 'cause you haven't figured out how to put your phone on vibrate in a theater doesn't mean I haven't" or something similar.

I dislike seeing people on phones at the wrong times (and I include while sitting with your family/friends in a restaurant or driving down the street as "wrong times" in general), but as has been mentioned, it can mean the difference between going or not, or in some cases, surviving or not.

For several of the past years my asthma, back and kidney stone problems were bad enough my wife was seriously afraid for me to go in the woods or out on the water.  Having a cell phone with me allayed those fears for her, and I guess made me more confident as I lost weight and solved my physical limitations.

However, I DO know how to set my phone so it won't bother other people, animals, or other sensitive objects :-)  That's important when you are carrying a phone while stalking a wild hog with only a stickbow with flint arrowheads...

Wynne Eden
Americus, GA

(Bothers me this is my first post in a couple of years and it's sorta off topic....)
-------------- Original message from owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net (PaddleWise): 

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:35:25 -0400
From: Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net>
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Advances in Digital Devices

This reminds me of the first time a poster on rec.boats.paddle mentioned 
taking a cell phone on a river trip so he could do phone tech support if 
necessary. He got a ton of crap for presuming to despoil the pristine 
wilderness environment with the noxious ringing of a phone, yada yada 
yada. His response was similar to Craig's: I can be on the water with my 
phone, or I can sit at home. No brainer.

And if you don't want to be "tethered" it's still possible to plead "no 
service." Which I did yesterday, as a matter of fact ;)

Steve

Craig Jungers wrote:
> There are two ways of looking at this. You can decry the loss of privacy and
> moan about being connected 24/7/365 with no escape. Or you can think about
> how you are no longer tied to an office desk and telephone or, in my case, a
> server room. Because I'm tethered to a new device I'm no longer tied down
> and I will be happily working (and charging for it) from a classic 25-foot
> sport fishing boat anchored in a quiet cove in the San Juan Islands of
> Washington State.
> 
> I can live with that.
- -- 
Steve Cramer
Athens, GA
http://www.savvypaddler.com
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