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@Beenherebefore wrote:
Indeed...one simply does not...Nor shall we forget Sean Bean...
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@Anonymous wrote:I rarely use my landline to make calls but I couldn't get rid of it as a) I wouldn't want to reply solely on a mobile phone, b) I have elderly relatives who don't have mobile packages with unlimited minutes and therefore wouldn't phone my mobile and c) we both have elderly mothers who have alarms and the more numbers we can be reached on the better.
I agree with all of that @Anonymous My concern with keeping landlines is mainly to do with the elderly who have no wish to learn about mobiles. Life is difficult wnough for most of them as it is....without expecting them to learn a new skill at their age 
@Cleoriff wrote:I agree with all of that @Anonymous My concern with keeping landlines is mainly to do with the elderly who have no wish to learn about mobiles. Life is difficult wnough for most of them as it is....without expecting them to learn a new skill at their age
That's a tad patronising is it not? Just because I'm old does not mean I cannot learn new skills - a lot depends of course how those skills are taught. A lot of people have no patience with "the elderly", and are quick to use the age excuse to justify doing little or nothing to help them.
Exactly. My Mum is partially sighted and has arthritis in her hands so, although she has a mobile, it's there for emergencies only - it's actually got an emergency button on it which goes straight through to the emergency services as I found out when I pressed it by accident 
I also don't want to be the one to have to teach her to use it properly...
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I don't think it's patronising at all. Many elderly people do not want a mobile phone, many are frightened of running up costs and won't use them. I bought my mother a mobile before she passed away so I could contact her when she was ill. No matter how I tried to educate her it remained switched off in her bag or she left it on the table when she went out. Maybe it was the way I was trying to teach her....
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@Anonymous wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:I agree with all of that @Anonymous My concern with keeping landlines is mainly to do with the elderly who have no wish to learn about mobiles. Life is difficult wnough for most of them as it is....without expecting them to learn a new skill at their age
That's a tad patronising is it not? Just because I'm old does not mean I cannot learn new skills - a lot depends of course how those skills are taught. A lot of people have no patience with "the elderly", and are quick to use the age excuse to justify doing little or nothing to help them.
You interpret it however you like Gerry. I have worked for years with the elderly and happen to know a fair bit about what most of them are comfortable with. I certainly would never patronise them. In actual fact in relation to mobile phones I was talking about MY elderly parents and their siblings. I don't know why you seem to want to take offence at comments like this. Each to their own
