I wish I knew about Tossable Digits when my husband died. I canceled his cell number, not realizing he’d tied some of his online accounts to it, and I can’t access them now.

I just cut AT&T because the landline died twice. the first time it took them 2 weeks to get around to fixing it. The second time (right after the ‘fix’), I just cancelled service. My home fire alarm was wired through the landline for monitoring. Pointless. 

“2. Mostly spam calls. Sometimes I would get calls in a barrage, every 10 minutes for hours at a time.”

Simple landline phones can also draw their only power needed directly from the copper phone lines. So they (can) work if internet and power are out to the house.

Yeah even for the cost thing, it’s still an added expense for 99% of people who are going to have their landline as a supplement rather than replacement.

I recently decided to give up my landline. I’ve had the number for over 30 years.
Here’s why:
1. $72.43 a month, local service only, no long distance. AT&T. SF Bay Area.
2. Mostly spam calls. Sometimes I would get calls in a barrage, every 10 minutes for hours at a time. I had to turn off the caller id announce, mute the…

Most of the ways you suggest a landline could improve lives would require a person to give up their cellphone. I don’t discount the problems smartphones cause, but it would be hard to give up their conveniences in the modern world. I was a late adopter of the smartphone because I knew I would look at it too much, and…

“They’re cheaper: The average landline bill is around $42 a month, compared to $127 a month.”

I’m 40, and haven’t lived with a landline phone since I moved out of my parents’ house. I was a late adopter of texting, and at one point had a set of 3 Bluetooth cordless phones that connected to our cell phones. These phones could also be connected a landline simultaneously. I no longer have them set up because I…

Sadly though, the copper wires that once carried all our dumb conversations have been largely replaced with fiber optic cables, so almost no one in the U.S. enjoys the sonic clarity

Two fun $2 facts to share:

Back when I got a physical paycheck from the bank, I’d always get $20 in $2 bills because they’re just fun. I was never hassled with them except by the cashier that had no idea where to put it in the cash drawer. It seemed like at least once a month I’d have to tell someone “just put it under the drawer where you keep…

For all the years I used anything *but* an actual toaster, I’m glad I finally shelled out $10 for a cheap Dollar General toaster. It’s not fancy but I don’t use it enough to justify spending any more.

Your air fryer also isn’t a fryer. It doesn’t use any magical technology to make healthy food taste like fried food. Your air fryer is just a small convection oven and nothing more.

Fun Fact: if you go to Monticello in Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson’s home, who is on the $2), they give them out as change when you buy your admission with cash.

Good point about randomness of motion. I added a bit about that to the blog!

It’s all about how the substance interacts with the blades. You can dull a knife with a honing stone if you rub it at the wrong angle. The problem with this idea, is mainly with the randomness of the method.

Yeah, I tried reheating pizza in mine once and found it pretty dry also.

don’t tell them, or they might just do that on purpose 😜

You’re right of course about the hardness of egg shell vs. blade, but there’s a difference between hardness and brittleness. In fact, things that are harder tend to be more brittle. For example, you can hit your blender blade with a hammer and nothing will likely happen to it. But if you hit a diamond with a hammer,…