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

[Charles Loving]

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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