The Daily Rave

[Tradd]

Wow. Congrats on the savings. I ditched mine around 2010ish.

[iris lilies]

I finally ditched the landline today! Another day of a dead phone line in a long string of outages in our area for the past few months. CenturyLink is pretty bad around where I live - even if the line is working, the sound is all crackly and statically. We had a series of storms recently so that may be why it is out for just us. The chat bot said if the bad line was outside the house they would fix it but if it was inside we'd have to pay a minimum of $99.

I've just had it with having a landline anymore so I cancelled it. I'll be saving $65/month which will really help me with my other bills!

I liked the clarity of transmission in our old landline, but when we moved to Hermann, we would’ve had to give up our phone number and so that was the deciding factor for me to get rid of it. if the sound was crackley I would’ve gotten rid of it for sure.


I guess I’m used to a cell phone now, it’s been 2+ years

[Tradd]

Wow. Congrats on the savings. I ditched mine around 2010ish.

[SiouzQ.]

I kept justifying keeping it for the past few years for safety reasons. When we bought the house we had CenturyLink phone and internet and the internet wasn't that good and WiFi calls would drop. So we added the phone line basically to be able to call 911 if needed. When the pandemic started K. HAD to upgrade the internet so he could keep his job and we did find a good alternative for internet services. So we ditched the CenturyLink internet but kept the phone line because I kept thinking we needed it to be able to call 911 if needed because sometimes the WiFi calls would still drop, especially if I was in another room and the signal couldn't get through the adobe walls. Then I bought a WiFi booster and that has helped a lot. But I was lazy about cancelling it until today when I went to make a call on the landline and it was still out from the storm the other day.

When I lived in Michigan I think I cancelled my landline back in 2009 or so.

[Tybee]

We'll probably keep ours at this point because we live rather remotely and the landline works when we lose power, which is often, and I feel a whole lot safer being able to call for help if we need it.

[iris lilies]

We'll probably keep ours at this point because we live rather remotely and the landline works when we lose power, which is often, and I feel a whole lot safer being able to call for help if we need it.

In that situation you need a landline.

when we first made an offer on our Hermann house, our phones or I think track phones? Anyway, we couldn’t get cell reception. The locals told us we had to use AT&T network to get cell phone service. That has proved to be the case because our friend who visited us this week and he did not get decent cell phone service. We are surrounded by hills

[happystuff]

Congrats on all the great news all around!

Haven't given up landline yet. Should...

[Tradd]

Did a ton of decluttering this weekend. I’m past giving away stuff. Now it’s stuff that gets trashed. Not in any shape or worth it to give away. Pulled out the new set of cotton jersey fabric sheets from Amazon I’ve had for a couple of months. Got tired of washing the same set. New ones on bed. I layer lots of blankets due to hot flashes. Two heavier fleece blankets off bed and put aside to wash. Cotton blanket and a thin fleece one are in the wash. Cleared all off big counter between LR and kitchen and cleaned it. Mostly grocery shopping shelf stable stuff I’d not put away.

Got rid of mop and bucket as they’re a pain for my small kitchen and bathroom. Got a Swifter power mop. Got rid of broom, too. My vacuum works fine on hard surface floors and I didn’t use broom.

I have so much more clear space now. It feels wonderful and calm. I need that with how work is. I might hire someone to come in and give a good deep cleaning.

[catherine]

Congrats on the decluttered home, Tradd! Sounds like you got a lot done. DH is the clothes horse in the family, and he got rid of a contractor bag full of clothes. I feel I need to assemble another box for the ReSource Habitat for Humanity store. It's amazing how just a small amount of unnecessary stuff can really affect the serenity of a small place.

As far as landlines go, I am keeping mine for the same reason as Tybee, and also, because I still am using it for work (although I'm not working as much this year--which is good because I can spend time with DD, but not-so-good from an income perspective).

[happystuff]

That's great, Tradd! I didn't get to the decluttering I intended this weekend, so have to start tomorrow.