Doctor offices requiring smart phones doesn’t work for everyone. Any age person can struggle with use of smart phones and computers. My mother lived with us five of the last eight years, and when I took her to doctors’ offices often the situation was like that of which you write. Medical offices need to be prepared and ready for those unable to use smart phones, computers, and those who struggle with literacy. Requiring signing in on phones or computers, where people struggle with that type of thing (possibly also their caregivers ) lacks compassion and understanding.
I also do not have a Smart Phone,call and receive.I also pay with cash and write checks( that also gets you strange looks and comments).I refuse to scan apps,pay bills on line,check in with a phone,etc…… stay strong Mr.Sean.
I am with you two. I will NOT do apps of any kind. I am about to start paying with cash and checks again also. The world has gone crazy and we don't need to go with it.
I have charted a sort of 'middle ground'... I have the dreaded "smart phone" (although it's really rather dumb), but I refuse to download tons of apps. Just the basic phone, camera, and internet apps are all I will contend with, and an occasional use of my calculator app to find out what my mileage is when I fill up. Other than that, it has about as much utility as a door stop, as Sean suggested in his piece today.
This is a complete HOOT!! Proves my point that technology has completely taken over, and turned our brains to mush.
I’m glad you finally found your way home, Sean. “Hunker down”, and send up a smoke signal for DoorDash to deliver some survival rations. Best of luck with that!
“You’re saying that there’s an empty waiting room, with no patients, and the doctor is willing to see me early, but because I have no phone, there’s nothing we can do?” I'm wondering how our society will survive with the live humans who can't engage their brains.
Of course, there's the old tried-and-true method of yelling, "Yo, Doc! I'm here early! It's Sean." and repeat it until you get a response. It will either be the doc or the po-lice.
Technology just seems to drive us apart. And in this case brings us together. I suspect if we ever lost the internet for an extended amount of time everything would grind to a halt and we would meet all kinds of new people.... Hang in there, Sean. Everyday is a challenge in the cyber world.
My flip telephone has a feature that activated would probably summon the funeral director like the alarm rope in the bathroom of a nursing home. Reminds me of the folks years ago that were buried alive. You say that's ancient history. No I read the Funeral director magazine announcing an alarming number of people were found alive on the
prep table. Anyway, back to my comment. They would put a string in the casket. When pulled, it would ring a bell on the grave site. That's where we get the "Saved by the Bell" statement and the grave yard shift, referring to the sentinel assigned to listen for the ringing bell.
Funny story as most of us feel compelled to use new technology but even more sad is the fact that most young folks can’t read a map at all. My elderly mom has a flip phone and loves it. I wish for the “good old days” too.
My "smartphone" is in the hands of a technological moron. There are some features of it that I can actually use, however. How I ever got to many destinations, even with gas station directions and Rand McNally, without GPS, is miraculous. If I ever had an affair, it would be with the lady who tells me, "In 400 feet, turn right on Lonely Street to Heartbreak Hotel."
Since those GPS apps more frequently lead me in circles, I don't trust 'em. A friend rented a cabin in the GA mountains for a weekend. ON arriving at said cabin, she and significant other keyed in the location, went out to dinner and drove back, using GPS, in the dark. She kept telling him, this is not the right way, but he was confident GPS would get them there. They ended up on an overgrown road to a ramshackle shack that had been derelict for decades. Had to back out over an un-railed wooden bridge. Two hours later, they found their cabin, 200 yards uphill of the one they 1st found. So, no.
Yeah, we've had a few of those satellite goof-ups, too, but not as bad as your friend. That sounds like one of those scary "slice-and-dice" movies. The Cabin in the Woods comes to mind - UGH!
I chuckled so many times while reading this! I give you a lot of credit for even considering getting a dumb phone, and I would love to read more of your escapades if you decide to keep it!
My husband refuses to get a smart phone or even a dumb phone! He takes a perverse pleasure in telling people that he doesn’t have a mobile phone, smart or otherwise. He does have an IPad that he uses at home. He survives without much problem, except that I have to get us into entertainment events with electronic tickets.
Also, many sporting events. My wife ordered me a ticket to a high school playoff game on my phone and the nice gatekeeper lady helped me activate it so I could get in. Otherwise, I would have been peeping through a knothole in the fence.
That sounds familiar to me! Our daughter just rolls her eyes at us and insists on pulling up the phone tickets to show the scanner so she won’t be embarrassed!
Welcome to "our" world, Sean! Soon, all of these entities trying to make us rely on those so-called "Smartphones", are going to have to figure out how to deal with those of us (usually older, but not always), who either never have had a Smartphone, or never will. I use my Laptop, just as I am writing this message.
I'm presently going through such problems with the new "ID.me" with the V.A. Health system. The only picture ID I have anymore, good through 2031, is my V.A. Medical Card! Still accepted as a valid ID for air travel, etc., by the TSA even. Have to do an "in-person video call at our local V.A. Clinic, whenever they actually set up an appointment for me, before March 4th, when I will no longer be able to login the present site, for prescription refills, communication, etc.
I stay away from the VA hosp. in Richmond, Va. The VCU hosp uses vets as lab rats to train surgical Dr's because we can't sue the VA. We call it the butcher shop
Other than finally being Diagnosed with the West Nile "Nueroinvasive {actually through a civilian friend with the same}" Disease, in August 2016, and numerous Specialists in Wichita, not the V.A. hospital there, I've only dealt with our local V.A. Clinic in Dodge City. They have always done right, by me, not even trying to force any so-called 'vaccinations' on me. And, Paid for all of my Bills & Prescriptions in full.
So, other than various tests, they cannot give, I've only been in the local hospitals for such tests and documentation. I.e., two of the civilian Drs. even thought it "had" to be some kind of Cancer! Never was. The neurosurgeon in Wichita is the one who directed me to all of the "Specialists", and finally admitted himself, June 2017, that he had NO idea what to do with me, or how to treat it.
So, I'm stuck with all the various Effects therefrom! Although, with Praise to the Lord for His "slow" Healing (as an example for others), my whole body continues to heal.
Try ivermectin or HCQ. Harmless if there's nothing wrong, and works great for damn near everything that ails mankind. Get it online. Dosages are available on the internet. Cured me of flu in 4 days.
Unfortunately, now they even have a shot to cure it. But, for any of those solutions to work, they MUST be given/taken within a few weeks after having contracted the problem. Both the friend and I came down with it and it's Effects years after we had been bitten, at which time they still hadn't come up with the "shot" cure!
I know of others who got over it within a few weeks or up to 4 months, with only brief flare-ups of the ongoing Effects. For only a couple of them.
Good reason to keep ivermectin on hand. Kill any virus as well as parasites (and we all have parasites whether a test show them or not). MUST be taken with zinc & D3. Zinc is the magic key that opens a cell to let ivermectin (or an antibiotics, for that matter) in. Crucial.
Other than the Ivermectin, I take numerous vitamins and minerals in my daily supplements. The D3 is a small portion of several of them, that because through Blood Tests, my RNPC had me cut out the direct D3 tablet to keep me from any dangerous effects of too much Vitamin D3!
Some others I take, are suggested to be taken with others, as well.
Just think about how you can still dump the snort phone, learn to read a map again and carry one, or just print it for the one needed occasion, whereas cutting out a chip would be a whole different ballgame altogether or putting on the full armour of God to guide through the maze of frequencies hooking into yours in the field, imagine if everybody would voluntarily ditch their snort phones yesterday? From one who never had one, Grüß Gott.
Doctor offices requiring smart phones doesn’t work for everyone. Any age person can struggle with use of smart phones and computers. My mother lived with us five of the last eight years, and when I took her to doctors’ offices often the situation was like that of which you write. Medical offices need to be prepared and ready for those unable to use smart phones, computers, and those who struggle with literacy. Requiring signing in on phones or computers, where people struggle with that type of thing (possibly also their caregivers ) lacks compassion and understanding.
I also do not have a Smart Phone,call and receive.I also pay with cash and write checks( that also gets you strange looks and comments).I refuse to scan apps,pay bills on line,check in with a phone,etc…… stay strong Mr.Sean.
I am with you two. I will NOT do apps of any kind. I am about to start paying with cash and checks again also. The world has gone crazy and we don't need to go with it.
I have charted a sort of 'middle ground'... I have the dreaded "smart phone" (although it's really rather dumb), but I refuse to download tons of apps. Just the basic phone, camera, and internet apps are all I will contend with, and an occasional use of my calculator app to find out what my mileage is when I fill up. Other than that, it has about as much utility as a door stop, as Sean suggested in his piece today.
This is a complete HOOT!! Proves my point that technology has completely taken over, and turned our brains to mush.
I’m glad you finally found your way home, Sean. “Hunker down”, and send up a smoke signal for DoorDash to deliver some survival rations. Best of luck with that!
“You’re saying that there’s an empty waiting room, with no patients, and the doctor is willing to see me early, but because I have no phone, there’s nothing we can do?” I'm wondering how our society will survive with the live humans who can't engage their brains.
Of course, there's the old tried-and-true method of yelling, "Yo, Doc! I'm here early! It's Sean." and repeat it until you get a response. It will either be the doc or the po-lice.
Please don’t give up on the dumb phone. I want to hear about it.
Technology just seems to drive us apart. And in this case brings us together. I suspect if we ever lost the internet for an extended amount of time everything would grind to a halt and we would meet all kinds of new people.... Hang in there, Sean. Everyday is a challenge in the cyber world.
My flip telephone has a feature that activated would probably summon the funeral director like the alarm rope in the bathroom of a nursing home. Reminds me of the folks years ago that were buried alive. You say that's ancient history. No I read the Funeral director magazine announcing an alarming number of people were found alive on the
prep table. Anyway, back to my comment. They would put a string in the casket. When pulled, it would ring a bell on the grave site. That's where we get the "Saved by the Bell" statement and the grave yard shift, referring to the sentinel assigned to listen for the ringing bell.
Funny story as most of us feel compelled to use new technology but even more sad is the fact that most young folks can’t read a map at all. My elderly mom has a flip phone and loves it. I wish for the “good old days” too.
Oh dear, how did we survive the days when we didn't even had a dumb phone in our pockets? LOL
My "smartphone" is in the hands of a technological moron. There are some features of it that I can actually use, however. How I ever got to many destinations, even with gas station directions and Rand McNally, without GPS, is miraculous. If I ever had an affair, it would be with the lady who tells me, "In 400 feet, turn right on Lonely Street to Heartbreak Hotel."
Since those GPS apps more frequently lead me in circles, I don't trust 'em. A friend rented a cabin in the GA mountains for a weekend. ON arriving at said cabin, she and significant other keyed in the location, went out to dinner and drove back, using GPS, in the dark. She kept telling him, this is not the right way, but he was confident GPS would get them there. They ended up on an overgrown road to a ramshackle shack that had been derelict for decades. Had to back out over an un-railed wooden bridge. Two hours later, they found their cabin, 200 yards uphill of the one they 1st found. So, no.
Yeah, we've had a few of those satellite goof-ups, too, but not as bad as your friend. That sounds like one of those scary "slice-and-dice" movies. The Cabin in the Woods comes to mind - UGH!
I chuckled so many times while reading this! I give you a lot of credit for even considering getting a dumb phone, and I would love to read more of your escapades if you decide to keep it!
My husband refuses to get a smart phone or even a dumb phone! He takes a perverse pleasure in telling people that he doesn’t have a mobile phone, smart or otherwise. He does have an IPad that he uses at home. He survives without much problem, except that I have to get us into entertainment events with electronic tickets.
Also, many sporting events. My wife ordered me a ticket to a high school playoff game on my phone and the nice gatekeeper lady helped me activate it so I could get in. Otherwise, I would have been peeping through a knothole in the fence.
That sounds familiar to me! Our daughter just rolls her eyes at us and insists on pulling up the phone tickets to show the scanner so she won’t be embarrassed!
Scary isn’t it?
Welcome to "our" world, Sean! Soon, all of these entities trying to make us rely on those so-called "Smartphones", are going to have to figure out how to deal with those of us (usually older, but not always), who either never have had a Smartphone, or never will. I use my Laptop, just as I am writing this message.
I'm presently going through such problems with the new "ID.me" with the V.A. Health system. The only picture ID I have anymore, good through 2031, is my V.A. Medical Card! Still accepted as a valid ID for air travel, etc., by the TSA even. Have to do an "in-person video call at our local V.A. Clinic, whenever they actually set up an appointment for me, before March 4th, when I will no longer be able to login the present site, for prescription refills, communication, etc.
I stay away from the VA hosp. in Richmond, Va. The VCU hosp uses vets as lab rats to train surgical Dr's because we can't sue the VA. We call it the butcher shop
Other than finally being Diagnosed with the West Nile "Nueroinvasive {actually through a civilian friend with the same}" Disease, in August 2016, and numerous Specialists in Wichita, not the V.A. hospital there, I've only dealt with our local V.A. Clinic in Dodge City. They have always done right, by me, not even trying to force any so-called 'vaccinations' on me. And, Paid for all of my Bills & Prescriptions in full.
So, other than various tests, they cannot give, I've only been in the local hospitals for such tests and documentation. I.e., two of the civilian Drs. even thought it "had" to be some kind of Cancer! Never was. The neurosurgeon in Wichita is the one who directed me to all of the "Specialists", and finally admitted himself, June 2017, that he had NO idea what to do with me, or how to treat it.
So, I'm stuck with all the various Effects therefrom! Although, with Praise to the Lord for His "slow" Healing (as an example for others), my whole body continues to heal.
Try ivermectin or HCQ. Harmless if there's nothing wrong, and works great for damn near everything that ails mankind. Get it online. Dosages are available on the internet. Cured me of flu in 4 days.
Unfortunately, now they even have a shot to cure it. But, for any of those solutions to work, they MUST be given/taken within a few weeks after having contracted the problem. Both the friend and I came down with it and it's Effects years after we had been bitten, at which time they still hadn't come up with the "shot" cure!
I know of others who got over it within a few weeks or up to 4 months, with only brief flare-ups of the ongoing Effects. For only a couple of them.
I also know of several others whom it Killed!
Good reason to keep ivermectin on hand. Kill any virus as well as parasites (and we all have parasites whether a test show them or not). MUST be taken with zinc & D3. Zinc is the magic key that opens a cell to let ivermectin (or an antibiotics, for that matter) in. Crucial.
Other than the Ivermectin, I take numerous vitamins and minerals in my daily supplements. The D3 is a small portion of several of them, that because through Blood Tests, my RNPC had me cut out the direct D3 tablet to keep me from any dangerous effects of too much Vitamin D3!
Some others I take, are suggested to be taken with others, as well.
Not to mention that you won't have any parasites when you're done.
Check out the company Techless.com and their Wisephone. It has features like maps and keyboard texting without internet browsing.
Just think about how you can still dump the snort phone, learn to read a map again and carry one, or just print it for the one needed occasion, whereas cutting out a chip would be a whole different ballgame altogether or putting on the full armour of God to guide through the maze of frequencies hooking into yours in the field, imagine if everybody would voluntarily ditch their snort phones yesterday? From one who never had one, Grüß Gott.
No phones in Heaven
Why would they? Everybody's telepathic.