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

[Charles Loving]

Worthy of a cartoon for sure as soon as I get organized.

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 12:01 PM Bill Killeen <bill.killeen094 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sorry to laugh at your misery but your note is very funny.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charlie Loving
>>>
>>
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> Charlie Loving
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Charlie Loving
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