[AGL] the deaf leading the blind or maybe the other way around

[Bill Killeen]

Sorry to laugh at your misery but your note is very funny.

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> On Oct 10, 2019, at 12:30 PM, Charles Loving <lovingigor at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am returning the smartphone. I am too dimwitted to use one. The icons are too small and the touch screen technology is beyond my comprehension. I have talked to the techies three times. I didn't know that the dog biscuit in a blue circle was a phone. All the small icons were Greek to me. I did finally get to where I could type and it was in Russian and I couldn't get back to anything. Rae uses an I Pad and loves it. I need a keyboard. We spent ten minutes with me trying to find the phone icon....dogbisquit... dud?
> 
>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 11:02 AM Frances Morey <frances.morey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Charlie,
>> Think of it as the phone company where most everything is in writing and it comes with pictures. The young people who man those cell phone storefronts are amazingly competent. They seem to like helping us older folk. I had one tell me that she appreciated it when older people asked for help, at least they are curious enough to try to learn how to use the most useful features.
>> I love the audible that comes with monthly credits for audiobooks from amazon prime. I just used a credit to buy one that our new Bay Yacht Club book club is reading for November: "Where the Crawdads Sing."  Sounds dreadful but I love being members of a Yacht Club--terrific people, even some Democrats. 
>> The club has a double decker boat tied to one of the T-heads for a clubhouse. It stays moored because the insurance for taking people out on it is prohibitive, which is just fine with me.
>> Best,
>> Frances
>> Best,
>> Frances
>> 
>>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 7:01 AM Charles Loving <lovingigor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I don't even know what my number is. I spent a hour on the phone with their people and still can't make the thing work. I never should have opted for a smart phone. I am going to have to go back and get a flip phone since this thing is too complicated and I actually am too fumble fingered to use a touch screen and can't see unless I dredge up my reading glasses which are never near the phone which lives in the truck. No service here so I have to be in San Antonio to work on the thing and they want me to have a computer to look at. I have a computer at the house that doesn't travel. I know I am just a bitchy old geezer.
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:13 PM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Charlie Loving wrote:
>>>> > try to call people but it doesn't work. Called Consumer Cellular 
>>>> > abd they worked it for one call. Am I too stupid to have a smart phone?
>>>> 
>>>> Consumer Cellular gives good support. A techie walked me through 
>>>> resetting phone to factory settings. Took around 45 minutes but she 
>>>> walked me through a complicated procedure.
>>>> 
>>>> Receiving a call (wait three rings and then press green icon and you're 
>>>> good to go) is easier than making a call. Hold the thing to your head 
>>>> after you press the green phone icon and you can hear the incoming call. 
>>>> Another thing we just learned is to turn the ring up to maximum loudness 
>>>> and take the phone out of its case if it has one so you'll hear it from 
>>>> inside your man purse. Call CC support and they'll walk you through 
>>>> setting the loudness.
>>>> 
>>>> As for calling out, there's a phone shaped icon on the top screen. Press 
>>>> that and a new screen appears. I believe you press on some icon on the 
>>>> bottom of that screen which brings up a virtual dialing keyboard. You 
>>>> dial the number and press on some icon - I don't know which - which 
>>>> dials the number out.
>>>> 
>>>> Don't set up a voice mailbox. It uses up your minutes. What did you say 
>>>> your number was?
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> Charlie Loving
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> Charlie Loving
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