Mrs. D.

I have a question about phones.

Alan and I have a pre-paid phone. We add $50 every 4 months or so. We get something like 8 hours of talk time. We only use it for the Access-a-ride (you have to have a phone when you travel on those things).

Or let's say I'm around the corner with a big load of wash, I'll just ring up Alan and say "come outside and help me". This is about all we use the phone for. NO gimmicks, no pictures, no internet, just like you do with yours.

Now here's what I dont' understand at all. You mention that your son paid $500 for a phone that has a keyboard.

I have seen these things. My friends kids are on their porch. One of these phones is called The Sidekick. You should have seen my face when she flips it open and this keyboard popped up. I said "whatever will you do with this?" and she said "oh, I text message my friend". Now her friend was standing right in front of her.

So the two of them are text messaging each other. I looked at these two 26 year old women like they had lost their minds.

I said "excuse me but I have to ask a stupid question". "Why are you text messaging each other when you are standing right in front of each other?" They looked at me like I had LOST MY MIND!!!

Somebody please explain why the younger generation has lost their marbles, or is it me who has lost the marbles???

Melody