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I live in the South Bay. I do not have a cell phone. I'm a full stack engineer at a startup that's raised series A--not some grumpy "Get off of my lawn!" grandpa.

What urgency is there to need a cellphone for, in most routine days? Sure, it would suck if something horrible happened to a member of my family and I couldn't be contacted until I got home, oh maybe 4 hours later. Short of some such edge case scenarios, "it can wait".




My car broke down earlier today and I had to call AAA. Glad I didn't have to get out of my car to contact somebody.

This would have been a routine day if I hadn't broke down.

Bet you don't own a TV either.


Carry a 2M HT and hit the local repeater when you break down. Give them your position and they'll call a tow truck for you.


This is why I come here, for the practical solutions to problems.


Could you elaborate on this a bit more? What's a local repeater? How do I 'hit it', so to speak, etc?


I don't drive :).

I do not own a TV proper. I own a Sony HMZ-T1 instead.




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