Paul Vargis
TyYes some tongue in cheek, as people ever wondered if I would give up the last bastion of 3G flippery (c’mon Trekkie’s it was like having a communicator from TOS). But I digress, yes I used to be one of keeping up with the latest phone, even had a blackberry until y’know, Telus’ customer service did that in when it died, and I wound up going to Rogers and starting the run of the “burner phone”, always stating I would upgrade to a smart phone, but things would happen.
Unexpected bills.
Health crisis where I could not use touch screens.
Loss of savings to keep a household going during health crisis.
About to get a Smart Phone when my career pivoted and relaunched, only to, y’know have a pandemic hit.
And then, well why bother, emerging out of, thinking of, but other costs and matters took precedent.
Really, it was kinda nice to have a phone that could only call and text.
Not available to socials or emails 24-7, I could choose when I wanted to engage.
A simplicity era.
Simpler times, as one friend noted, a reminder of when people actually had to call you to reach you (or market to you).
But today at 4 p.m.
The era came to an end.
Flippin’ no more.
The final bastions of my time in the homeless sector.
The final physical reminder of my unchosen tranistion time.
A simcard that now reads
No longer registered.
Funny,
how we mark change, not as makign life simpler, but in tranistioning away from simplicity.
A new era,
as one era flippin’ ends,
with one final flip
to close.
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