OT has to happen all the time. I guess

On Dec 19, 4:22*pm, "Larry L" wrote:

Being a bit "cell phone conscious" lately I really noticed the number of
people with the damn things stuck to their ears as they whipped through
lanes of traffic, eager to save, maybe, a second or two.


One time I was out fly fishing and--I swear I'm not making this up--
took a call from RDean. Fortunately, I was able to continue casting
with my right hand while my left hand held the cell phone up to my ear
or someone might have been seriously injured. I did have to put RDean
momentarily on hold a couple of times while I released fish back to
the water but he probably didn't notice.

--Steve

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:20:22 -0800 (PST), Zimbo
wrote:

On Dec 19, 4:22*pm, "Larry L" wrote:

Being a bit "cell phone conscious" lately I really noticed the number of
people with the damn things stuck to their ears as they whipped through
lanes of traffic, eager to save, maybe, a second or two.


One time I was out fly fishing and--I swear I'm not making this up--
took a call from RDean. Fortunately, I was able to continue casting
with my right hand while my left hand held the cell phone up to my ear
or someone might have been seriously injured. I did have to put RDean
momentarily on hold a couple of times while I released fish back to
the water but he probably didn't notice.

I did notice, and if you recall, I offered to call you at a
more-convenient time, but you continued the call. And if you further
recall, I called you without knowledge of where you were. I'd offer
that if your story has any meaning, it is the fact that you had your
cell phone on astream and were taking calls there says something about
you and nothing whatsoever about anyone who happened to call your cell
phone - at your invitation - without any knowledge that you were
astream.

RDean

--Steve

On Dec 21, 12:35*am, wrote:

I did notice, and if you recall, I offered to call you at a
more-convenient time, but you continued the call. *And if you further
recall, I called you without knowledge of where you were. *I'd offer
that if your story has any meaning, it is the fact that you had your
cell phone on astream and were taking calls there says something about
you and nothing whatsoever about anyone who happened to call your cell
phone - at your invitation - without any knowledge that you were
astream.


Why on earth would I not gladly take a call from someone on ROFF
whilst fly fishing? It seemed like kismet at the time and still does.

--Steve

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:16:44 -0800 (PST), Zimbo
wrote:

On Dec 21, 12:35*am, wrote:

I did notice, and if you recall, I offered to call you at a
more-convenient time, but you continued the call. *And if you further
recall, I called you without knowledge of where you were. *I'd offer
that if your story has any meaning, it is the fact that you had your
cell phone on astream and were taking calls there says something about
you and nothing whatsoever about anyone who happened to call your cell
phone - at your invitation - without any knowledge that you were
astream.


Why on earth would I not gladly take a call from someone on ROFF
whilst fly fishing? It seemed like kismet at the time and still does.

Again, speaking for myself, it has nothing whatsoever to do with the
identity or purpose of the caller, it's the fact that you had your cell
on and were answering it while FFing. I don't think it "wrong" per se,
just, well, seemingly out-of-place. Apparently, based on some of the
replies, some take varying degrees of offense to cell phone use while
astream. I don't, but for me, they aren't activities I'd care to
combine. I do confess, however, that there are damned few activities I
care to combine with using a cell. Unless I am expecting a series of
real communications via cell - i.e., coordinating something back and
forth - I leave mine on silent 90-plus% of the time and answer or
return calls as time and circumstance permit. Fortunately, I actually
am important enough, business-wise, to do whatever the hell I please
with regard to taking calls, and if _any_ caller, business or personal,
reaches me via cell, they can be assured that I _wanted_ to take the
call and speak with them rather than felt any _need_ to do so. My
father used to say that his cell was there purely for his convenience
and use, not the caller's, and that pretty well fits into my feelings
toward them. Much like reading posts on ROFF, it is purely a matter of
choices.

Happy Holidays,
R

--Steve

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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:16:44 -0800 (PST), Zimbo
wrote:

On Dec 21, 12:35 am, wrote:

I did notice, and if you recall, I offered to call you at a
more-convenient time, but you continued the call. And if you further
recall, I called you without knowledge of where you were. I'd offer
that if your story has any meaning, it is the fact that you had your
cell phone on astream and were taking calls there says something about
you and nothing whatsoever about anyone who happened to call your cell
phone - at your invitation - without any knowledge that you were
astream.


Why on earth would I not gladly take a call from someone on ROFF
whilst fly fishing? It seemed like kismet at the time and still does.

Again, speaking for myself, it has nothing whatsoever to do with the
identity or purpose of the caller, it's the fact that you had your cell
on and were answering it while FFing. I don't think it "wrong" per se,
just, well, seemingly out-of-place. Apparently, based on some of the
replies, some take varying degrees of offense to cell phone use while
astream. I don't, but for me, they aren't activities I'd care to
combine. I do confess, however, that there are damned few activities I
care to combine with using a cell. Unless I am expecting a series of
real communications via cell - i.e., coordinating something back and
forth - I leave mine on silent 90-plus% of the time and answer or
return calls as time and circumstance permit. Fortunately, I actually
am important enough, business-wise, to do whatever the hell I please
with regard to taking calls, and if _any_ caller, business or personal,
reaches me via cell, they can be assured that I _wanted_ to take the
call and speak with them rather than felt any _need_ to do so. My
father used to say that his cell was there purely for his convenience
and use, not the caller's, and that pretty well fits into my feelings
toward them. Much like reading posts on ROFF, it is purely a matter of
choices.

Wow, you really ARE important!

I, however, am MORE important. I ALWAYS leave my cell phone on.....wherever
I am.....and no dares to call and disturb me.....EVER!

HAH!

Wolfgang
but let no one suppose that this sort of power goes to my head......i am
approachable, so long as the proprieties are observed with due diligence and
deference.

Wolfgang typed:
snip
I, however, am MORE important. I ALWAYS leave my cell phone
on.....wherever I am.....and no dares to call and disturb me.....EVER!

Ahem.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
Wolfgang typed:
snip
I, however, am MORE important. I ALWAYS leave my cell phone
on.....wherever I am.....and no dares to call and disturb me.....EVER!

Ahem.

Huh?



Oh.

Wolfgang

On Dec 21, 9:01*am, wrote:

Again, speaking for myself, it has nothing whatsoever to do with the
identity or purpose of the caller, it's the fact that you had your cell
on and were answering it while FFing. *I don't think it "wrong" per se,
just, well, seemingly out-of-place.


I agree. On the occasion in question, I was fishing at the bass pond
within walking distance of my front porch. So, some would say, not
*really* fly fishing. For the record, whilst in a trout stream I do
not carry a phone, I never wear a vest, and I almost always wade wet.
In my earlier post I was mostly trying to compare/contrast the evils
of taking a phone call while fishing to taking a phone call while
driving. Depending upon the intensity of the occasion, I've been known
to do both.

--Steve

"Zimbo" wrote in message
...

In my earlier post I was mostly trying to compare/contrast the evils
of taking a phone call while fishing to taking a phone call while
driving. Depending upon the intensity of the occasion, I've been known
to do both.

Not simultaneously, one hopes.

Taking a phone call while sitting in a kayak in three foot swells a mile or
so off shore in Lake Michigan is a pretty surreal experience.

And I was pretty sure that I have a photo of you......wearing a vest.....in
Hazel Creek. But I can't find it right now.

Wolfgang
who, admittedly, may have imagined the whole thing.

wrote:

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:20:22 -0800 (PST), Zimbo
wrote:


On Dec 19, 4:22 pm, "Larry L" wrote:

Being a bit "cell phone conscious" lately I really noticed the number of
people with the damn things stuck to their ears as they whipped through
lanes of traffic, eager to save, maybe, a second or two.


One time I was out fly fishing and--I swear I'm not making this up--
took a call from RDean. Fortunately, I was able to continue casting
with my right hand while my left hand held the cell phone up to my ear
or someone might have been seriously injured. I did have to put RDean
momentarily on hold a couple of times while I released fish back to
the water but he probably didn't notice.


I did notice, and if you recall, I offered to call you at a
more-convenient time, but you continued the call. And if you further
recall, I called you without knowledge of where you were. I'd offer
that if your story has any meaning, it is the fact that you had your
cell phone on astream and were taking calls there says something about
you and nothing whatsoever about anyone who happened to call your cell
phone - at your invitation - without any knowledge that you were
astream.

RDean

--Steve

lighten up aruh...i'm quite sure zimbo was simply pokin a bit of fun at
the whole silly cell phone thread and its mutations.

jeff (buckled up and razr equipped)