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Poll
Question: I Carry my Cel Phone...
Option 1: in my pocket. votes: 37
Option 2: in this holster type thing that attaches to my belt. votes: 2
Option 3: in my fanny pack. votes: 0
Option 4: in my purse / European handbag. votes: 0
Option 5: in my cleavage / bra. votes: 1
Option 6: I do not have a cel phone. votes: 2
Title: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: PRC on January 26, 2017, 06:09:20 PM
I believe that belt holders for your cel phone are the best way to repel women. 

A colleague believes himself to be unbelievably cool because of his belt attachment and doubly so because of the bluetooth bullshit hanging off his ear. 

Thoughts?
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: celedhring on January 26, 2017, 06:20:58 PM
Pocket, slowly killing my sperm I suppose.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: alfred russel on January 26, 2017, 06:21:42 PM
I wear it as a necklace, in the style of Flavor Flav's clock. You know what time it is.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: mongers on January 26, 2017, 06:27:01 PM
Typically I carry these roaming callboxes in a jiffy bag deposited somewhere in a bike bag/rucksack.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Liep on January 26, 2017, 06:32:31 PM
Jacket pocket.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Monoriu on January 26, 2017, 07:52:30 PM
Pocket in the pants.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Rex Francorum on January 26, 2017, 07:56:11 PM
Pocket in the pants during summer.
Interior pocket of my coat during fall/winter/spring.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Fate on January 26, 2017, 08:00:00 PM
scrub top front pocket while at work. pants pocket in street clothes.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Grinning_Colossus on January 26, 2017, 10:16:11 PM
You unfashionable fools. I simply wear a watch that functions as both a watch and a phone!
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: garbon on January 26, 2017, 10:35:04 PM
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on January 26, 2017, 10:16:11 PM
You unfashionable fools. I simply wear a watch that functions as both a watch and a phone!

:console:
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Admiral Yi on January 26, 2017, 10:46:52 PM
Winter/fall: jacket outside pocket.

Summer/spring: cargo shorts pocket or front jeans pocket.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 26, 2017, 10:47:50 PM
I have one of those folio/wallet type cases.  All executive like, and whatnot.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: PDH on January 26, 2017, 11:01:46 PM
Who the fuck cares?
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 26, 2017, 11:05:18 PM
PRC seems curious about it.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Barrister on January 26, 2017, 11:11:47 PM
Interior suit pocket.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: PRC on January 26, 2017, 11:11:55 PM
Quote from: PDH on January 26, 2017, 11:01:46 PM
Who the fuck cares?

You have a belt holder for your cel don't you?
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: PRC on January 26, 2017, 11:16:36 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 26, 2017, 11:11:47 PM
Interior suit pocket.

Honest question... is there a cel phone policy in court?  I assume it's silent mode on the table in front of you, but what if you get an emergency text from the wife about the kids and blood and broken bones that catches your eye as you're in the middle of it?  Immediate request for recess?  Just pick it up and text back that you're on the way as you run out!
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 26, 2017, 11:21:42 PM
Quote from: PRC on January 26, 2017, 11:16:36 PM
Honest question... is there a cel phone policy in court?  I assume it's silent mode on the table in front of you, but what if you get an emergency text from the wife about the kids and blood and broken bones that catches your eye as you're in the middle of it?  Immediate request for recess?  Just pick it up and text back that you're on the way as you run out!

Once saw a Circuit Court judge clear out the court and declare everybody still on the docket as Failure To Appears when a pager went off.

Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: DGuller on January 26, 2017, 11:36:23 PM
Quote from: PRC on January 26, 2017, 11:16:36 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 26, 2017, 11:11:47 PM
Interior suit pocket.

Honest question... is there a cel phone policy in court?  I assume it's silent mode on the table in front of you, but what if you get an emergency text from the wife about the kids and blood and broken bones that catches your eye as you're in the middle of it?  Immediate request for recess?  Just pick it up and text back that you're on the way as you run out!
When I served on jury duty, we were told to not use cell phones anywhere in the court.  I ignored it like a number of other people, and no one seemed to really care.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Eddie Teach on January 27, 2017, 12:03:39 AM
In my hand.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Zanza on January 27, 2017, 12:33:14 AM
Usually front pocket. Alternatively in the interior pocket of a jacket, especially when wearing suits.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on January 27, 2017, 10:11:11 AM
I just leave mine on my desk.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Caliga on January 27, 2017, 10:23:18 AM
I have two phones.  I wear my iPhone on a holster (Otterbox Defender) on my belt.  I carry my Android in my pocket.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: garbon on January 27, 2017, 10:37:20 AM
I carry my iPhone and Android in the same pocket! :o
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: KRonn on January 27, 2017, 10:47:50 AM
Shirt or jacket pocket or cargo pants pocket if wearing cargo pants. Rarely in regular pants pocket.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: PRC on January 27, 2017, 10:57:56 AM
Two phones eh boys?  I like your style.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: garbon on January 27, 2017, 11:06:23 AM
Quote from: PRC on January 27, 2017, 10:57:56 AM
Two phones eh boys?  I like your style.

Corporate phone, brah.  Though I do still also have a ghetto phone I sometimes loan to visitors (who then just pick up a pay as you go SIM).
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Valmy on January 27, 2017, 11:08:06 AM
My pocket. Many of my my pants even have a little compartment sewn into the pocket just for that purpose.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on January 27, 2017, 12:15:34 PM
Perhaps it is time to bring big hats back into fashion; a phone could easily be carried inside a top or 10-gallon hat, amenable for hands free use as well  :hmm:
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Barrister on January 27, 2017, 12:24:04 PM
Quote from: PRC on January 26, 2017, 11:16:36 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 26, 2017, 11:11:47 PM
Interior suit pocket.

Honest question... is there a cel phone policy in court?  I assume it's silent mode on the table in front of you, but what if you get an emergency text from the wife about the kids and blood and broken bones that catches your eye as you're in the middle of it?  Immediate request for recess?  Just pick it up and text back that you're on the way as you run out!

Phones have to be on silent mode.

If I get an emergency text from my wife?  Request immediate adjournment (which would be granted) then race home.

Jurors are somewhat different - I don't think they're allowed to have their phone with them.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 27, 2017, 01:19:34 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 27, 2017, 12:24:04 PM
If I get an emergency text from my wife?  Request immediate adjournment (which would be granted) then race home.

Why don't you call first?  Not to get all up in your fambly bidness, but it is a phone. You'd find out what's happening faster than if you raced home.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Duque de Bragança on January 27, 2017, 03:37:48 PM
Interior jacket pocket. Not using outside pockets since pickpockets are a concern over here, though they target mostly women for their purses but they would be open for an opportunity strike I guess.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: The Brain on January 28, 2017, 02:05:41 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 27, 2017, 01:19:34 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 27, 2017, 12:24:04 PM
If I get an emergency text from my wife?  Request immediate adjournment (which would be granted) then race home.

Why don't you call first?  Not to get all up in your fambly bidness, but it is a phone. You'd find out what's happening faster than if you raced home.

Because text often carries information? :unsure:
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Tonitrus on January 28, 2017, 02:44:45 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 28, 2017, 02:05:41 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 27, 2017, 01:19:34 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 27, 2017, 12:24:04 PM
If I get an emergency text from my wife?  Request immediate adjournment (which would be granted) then race home.

Why don't you call first?  Not to get all up in your fambly bidness, but it is a phone. You'd find out what's happening faster than if you raced home.

Because text often carries information? :unsure:

Forgive him...he doesn't get texts on his landline.  :P
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: DGuller on January 28, 2017, 09:18:35 AM
Shush, respect the elders, naughty boy.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: DontSayBanana on January 28, 2017, 10:01:00 AM
I have a holster for when I'm at work, but most of the time, I just keep it in my back pocket (iPhone 6 Plus is too big for my front pocket)
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 28, 2017, 12:43:39 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 28, 2017, 02:44:45 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 28, 2017, 02:05:41 AM
Because text often carries information? :unsure:

Forgive him...he doesn't get texts on his landline.  :P

I ran out of cord. :P

You know, for a generation of allegedly "work smarter, not harder" types, none of you are up on the whole time-management thingy.  30 second conversation?  NO LETS TEXT FOR 5 MINUTES INSTEAD

Useless fucking monkeys.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Syt on January 28, 2017, 12:48:04 PM
I find a text more considerate and less intrusive than a call; it shows me that the other person is considerate of my time and lets me answer when I'm ready, so I can carry on real life coversations/work.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: DGuller on January 28, 2017, 04:52:26 PM
Quote from: Syt on January 28, 2017, 12:48:04 PM
I find a text more considerate and less intrusive than a call; it shows me that the other person is considerate of my time and lets me answer when I'm ready, so I can carry on real life coversations/work.
Exactly.  Calling someone sends a message that my stuff is more important than what you're busy with, whatever the fuck that is.  Sometimes that is the case, sometimes you really need get someone right this minute, but that shouldn't be a regular occurrence.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: DGuller on January 28, 2017, 04:54:37 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 28, 2017, 12:43:39 PM
You know, for a generation of allegedly "work smarter, not harder" types, none of you are up on the whole time-management thingy.  30 second conversation?  NO LETS TEXT FOR 5 MINUTES INSTEAD

Useless fucking monkeys.
Getting constantly interrupted isn't good for time management either.  And texts sure are quicker to read than the voicemail that you have to listen to three times in its entirety, in order to jot down all the necessary information conveyed.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: mongers on January 28, 2017, 05:04:48 PM
Quote from: DGuller on January 28, 2017, 04:54:37 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 28, 2017, 12:43:39 PM
You know, for a generation of allegedly "work smarter, not harder" types, none of you are up on the whole time-management thingy.  30 second conversation?  NO LETS TEXT FOR 5 MINUTES INSTEAD

Useless fucking monkeys.
Getting constantly interrupted isn't good for time management either.  And texts sure are quicker to read than the voicemail that you have to listen to three times in its entirety, in order to jot down all the necessary information conveyed.

DG, do you keep the one-time pads with the phone or nearer the SW radio?    :P
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Razgovory on January 28, 2017, 05:06:51 PM
Quote from: Syt on January 28, 2017, 12:48:04 PM
I find a text more considerate and less intrusive than a call; it shows me that the other person is considerate of my time and lets me answer when I'm ready, so I can carry on real life coversations/work.

I prefer to drive across town and shout at people. 
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: 11B4V on January 28, 2017, 05:10:11 PM
In my pocket when I don't forget it.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Ed Anger on January 28, 2017, 05:23:04 PM
Personal flip phone in pocket along with shitty smartphone. iShit.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: LaCroix on January 28, 2017, 06:34:53 PM
@text vs. call discussion - depending on the relationship, you're supposed to text "hey, can I call you?" and then call if the person says that's OK. this covers the inconsiderate issue and the conveying information issue
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Grey Fox on January 29, 2017, 02:45:26 PM
Jeans pocket. I'm okay with killing my sperm.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Valmy on January 31, 2017, 12:26:49 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 29, 2017, 02:45:26 PM
Jeans pocket. I'm okay with killing my sperm.

Yeah. Saves us the expense of an operation.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Barrister on January 31, 2017, 01:01:41 AM
Quote from: Valmy on January 31, 2017, 12:26:49 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 29, 2017, 02:45:26 PM
Jeans pocket. I'm okay with killing my sperm.

Yeah. Saves us the expense of an operation.

That operation is pretty cheap.  I'm just saying...:whistle:
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: Archy on January 31, 2017, 06:33:53 AM
front pocket
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: saskganesh on January 31, 2017, 11:22:04 PM
Heh. I usually just leave it at home. Life's better that way.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: merithyn on February 01, 2017, 06:40:25 PM
Bra, hand, or pocket. In that order, usually.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: mongers on February 01, 2017, 08:14:08 PM
Best to leave it in the jail.
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: mongers on February 01, 2017, 08:15:45 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on January 31, 2017, 11:22:04 PM
Heh. I usually just leave it at home. Life's better that way.

Quote from: merithyn on February 01, 2017, 06:40:25 PM
Bra, hand, or pocket. In that order, usually.

Both of these ideas I can get behind.  :)
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: crazy canuck on February 01, 2017, 09:15:25 PM
Carry a cell phone?
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: HVC on February 01, 2017, 09:16:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 01, 2017, 09:15:25 PM
Carry a cell phone?

A lawyer without a phone? now I know you're joking :D
Title: Re: How do you carry around your cel phone?
Post by: mongers on February 01, 2017, 11:58:21 PM
Quote from: HVC on February 01, 2017, 09:16:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 01, 2017, 09:15:25 PM
Carry a cell phone?

A lawyer without a phone? now I know you're joking :D

He mean he has a lackey to carry it around and answer it for him.