I only talk on my cell when I'm dining in the same restaurant as Indybob

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Originally posted by Pinotlvr:
I only talk on my cell when I'm dining in the same restaurant as Indybob

The great thing is that the resident troll makes the erroneous assumption that I'm a restaurant cell phone yakker. Too funny.

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Originally posted by Pinotlvr:
I only talk on my cell when I'm dining in the same restaurant as Indybob

I guess it's not as offensive at Burger King!

Zing!!!

I've told this story before, but I have a frat brother with a very upscale restaurant in the Chicago area. He wired the place, in the beginning, with a transmitter to block cell phone signals. Phones just quietly lose their signal when customers enter his establishments.

He says customers occasionally question him about it, but no one has ever really complained. He just tells people it(loss of reception) must have something to do with the concrete block walls or something. Problem solved.

I had one of these once, but was informed that is was not legal to use due to FCC regs.

Wish I had it back

I find there's basically two types of people:

1) Those that like being seen/heard talking on their cell phone. 99% of all their conversations are meaningless pape.

2) Those that dislike being seen/heard talking on their cell phone. 99% of all their conversations are important, and often affect the lives of others, i.e. physician.

Fl Wino Spouse;

The devices are not legal, he just uses it anyway.

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Originally posted by Wayfarer:
I find there's basically two types of people:

1) Those that like being seen/heard talking on their cell phone. 99% of all their conversations are meaningless pape.

2) Those that dislike being seen/heard talking on their cell phone. 99% of all their conversations are important, and often affect the lives of others, i.e. physician.

I would fall into category 3. I dislike being heard/seen talking on the cell phone, but 99% of my conversations are useless, hence the discretion.

I played golf today at a private club. As you pull into the club the sign says "NO cellphone use on the club propert." That was nice.

The greens were really fast. Fast greens, fast women and slow horses are the bane of my existence.

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Originally posted by irwin:
I played golf today at a private club. As you pull into the club the sign says "NO cellphone use on the club propert."

Private golf club that can't hire a literate signwriter?

I'm with the phone on vibrate pretty much all the time crowd. I have an iPhone, and the ringer isn't loud enough anyway.

If the phone rings I probably have to check it's not the babysitter. If I have to answer I'll leave the room to take the call.

So where do you stand on texting in restaurants?

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Originally posted by Dave Tong BBP:

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Originally posted by irwin:
I played golf today at a private club. As you pull into the club the sign says "NO cellphone use on the club propert."

Private golf club that can't hire a literate signwriter?

I'm with the phone on vibrate pretty much all the time crowd. I have an iPhone, and the ringer isn't loud enough anyway.

If the phone rings I probably have to check it's not the babysitter. If I have to answer I'll leave the room to take the call.

So where do you stand on texting in restaurants?

As long as it's "sexting" it's OK. Wanna pic of my junk Dave?

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Originally posted by Gigond Ass:

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Originally posted by Dave Tong BBP:
So where do you stand on texting in restaurants?

As long as it's "sexting" it's OK. Wanna pic of my junk Dave?

No thanks, I have enough now.

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Originally posted by Dave Tong BBP:

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Originally posted by irwin:
I played golf today at a private club. As you pull into the club the sign says "NO cellphone use on the club propert."

Private golf club that can't hire a literate signwriter?

LOL. I remember seeing a sign at a tennis court that read, "NO PROFOUND LANGUAGE".

mneeley490;

In regards to your comment about "no profound language".

Actually belonged to a club, in the South, once that had the same sign. You see the club would never admit that the ladies and gentlemen that belonged to the club would ever use profane language in public, so thus the sign. Same friendly reminder, but in a more genteel manner

99.9999% of all cell phone conversations when out and about are frivolous. If its an emergency what the hell are you going to do about it? Absolutely nothing! If the person on the other end doesnt know how to deal with the situation, what was the point of letting them be responsible for it in the 1st place.
The phones should be off and a message left for you to get when the meal/event is over. If your attendance/input was so critical you shouldn't been indispose in the 1st place.

Really, how did we ever get by before.

This got me to thinking about a book I read recently,
The Stork Club: American's Most Famous Nightspot and the Lost World of Cafe Society, by Ralph Blumenthal.
This is where the rich and famous went to see and be seen back in the day.
According to the author, the club owner Sherman Billingsly, would have a phone brought to the tables of his famous guests who received calls at the club. There was a convenient plug next to each table. Upstairs, in his switchboard room, he had recording equiptment so as to be the first to get all the juicy celebrity gossip. He, himself, was apparently carrying on quite a side-thing with Ethel Merman, of all people!

Recent issue of WS blew me away with the article re Mina.

Shows a photo of 2 diners, with another diner standing right behind them TALKING on a cell phone. Now this is to be a classey place, yet WS shows that talking is okay.

Naughty!!!

That's it!!! I'm canceling my subscription! The horror!!!