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From: psfales@ihlpl.UUCP (Peter Fales)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Long Distance
Message-ID: <501@ihlpl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 11:12:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 11:12:56 1986
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> I've lived without a telephone and do NOT consider it a necessity,
> EVEN FOR EMERGENCIES, unless, perhaps, one resides in
> the country, far from other people or stores that have a
> telephone that can be used in emergencies.
> 
> We had a kitchen fire when we didn't have a phone. The
> neighbors called for us and the fire department was there in
> less than three minutes. (This was not the closest few
> neighbors, who weren't home, but those several doors away. The
> three minutes were from my first knock on the closest
> neighbor's door.)

I have run into this attitude before (not just about phones) and  find
it somewhat disconcerting.  Between the lines this seems to say "I don't
need a phone as long as SOMEBODY ELSE has one that I can use."  This works
fine until everybody adopts the same attitude.

Peter Fales
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