How do they do it?

[susandennis]

I often hear of people giving up their land line telephones and just going with the cell. But if they do that, how then can they call their cell to hear it ring so they can find it when it's gotten itself lost in the house somewhere.

Not that I've actually ever done that ... since this morning. But, I was just wondering.

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[katbyte.livejournal.com]

As one of those who is considering getting rid of the land phone, I never thought of that, but we actually have two phones with our cell service, so that is not a problem. I never turn mine on unless there is an emergency, or I want to place a call. That is the perfect phone. Only rings when I want it to. LOL, now if I could only get hubby.....that is a different post though. LOL.

[glass-diva.livejournal.com]

how then can they call their cell to hear it ring so they can find it when it's gotten itself lost in the house somewhere

Same way you find your cell phone when you've misplaced it after leaving the cordless phone off the charger for over a week: wait for the cats to find it and turn it into a Cat Toy.

Not that I've, um, ever done that...

[susandennis]

No time to comment... have to go find that freakin cordless handset before it runs out of juice. I do not trust my cats to play helpfully.

[fj.livejournal.com]

I'll never forget the day we called (my first) mobile phone to find it and TWinkie started ringing. And as we both walked to her, she had this look of "What? What already?

Those cats will sleep on any lumpy object.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Up until the last sentence I thought we were going to find out that Twinkie had swallowed the phone.

[fj.livejournal.com]

That's why I wrote it.

It was a 6120. Way to big for that cat to eat.

[shanynrose.livejournal.com]

This morning I called my cellphone to figure out where it was. I was out in the car, using hubby's phone (which he'd forgotten) because I hadn't been able to find mine in the house. Well, I guess it was there because my almost-12yo answered. I said stupidly "Oh, did you find it?" and she said "Nope." "Oh, so you just answered the air when you heard the ring?" "Yeah,hands free ya know." (very good joke, since I don't have hands-free!)
But the story doesn't end there. I got in and told Alice to vacuum the dining room. And she did *faint* After she was done, my cellphone rang somewhere in the dining room. Not in my purse, not on the table, not on the counter...Right as it stopped ringing I found it. We have this little house-shaped crewel/plastic canvas napkin holder. The phone was in the napkin holder under the napkins.
I said "Alice, did you put my phone in the napkin holder?!?!" and she said "OH!!! oops!" and cracked up. As I type I'm still going "In the NAPKIN HOLDER?"

[susandennis]

See? That's where I have trouble... I have no napkin holder or even a dining room.

I do like that I am not the only one to lose a cellphone. It's comforting to have other members in the club.