A friend described how his granddaughter was injured…in an auto accident because the faulty driver was texting on her cell phone. 
 His granddaughter and her brother, who was driving, had stopped in a line of traffic at a red light.
They were rear ended and the granddaughter was thrown against the windshield.  (She was faulted for not wearing her seat belt.)  The hit from behind was forceful enough that it threw the grandchildren’s car into the one stopped ahead of them.  People from all three cars were taken to the hospital.  Fortunately none were injured enough to require  more than outpatient care.
Do you …read more

Travelers often find that they use their cell phone a little bit more when they’re on the road than they do at home.  Whether it’s calling to check on things at the office, talking with family and friends back home, picking up voice messages, or texting friends and sending photos to let everyone know that you’re some place very cool, it’s easy to see a few minutes of air time turn into several hours.
If you have no limit on your cell minutes, or have someone else paying the bill, it probably doesn’t matter.  But the last thing you need …read more

Some people embrace new technology with excitement. They want to buy new gadgets and find out every detail about them . They read the owners manual and locate all the short cuts.
I’m not one of those people.
I got my first cell phone in January. I was completely resistant to the idea. Frankly, I don’t want everyone in the world to be able to contact me at any time. It’s intrusive. There’s no incommunicado left.
We got it because my husband really had to have one. I guess he felt left in the dark ages.
Cell #1 – Ainsley dropped it in the toilet. …read more