[Ansteorra] Walkie-Talkiers and Cell Phones

[ke5zw at wt.net]

Hi Sir....

My cell phone can be set that when someone calls, it barks like a dog. 

Ask Mistress Lorraine or other Ravensforters about it. 

It had many looking around for a dog :)

HE Niklas





Quoting Corey Van Zandt <Sircorwin at hotmail.com>:

> Ok....so here's another idea that would lessen the impact of ringing phones 
> from pouches....it really is the ringing that makes one crazy....and 
> EVERYONE'S phone has a different ring nowdays....which can be quite alarming
> 
> because you never know what noise is going to be coming from someones 
> midsection(hehe)
> 
> INSTALL A SUEDO-PERIOD SONG OR TUNE AS YOUR RINGTONE!!!  PROBLEM 
> SUEDO-SOLVED
> 
> Sir Corwin
> 
> 
> 
> >I really feel the need to put my $.02 in here.....
> >
> > I carry both a cell phone and a walkie talkie at events.
> >
> > Walkie talkies:
> > Especially so at the Canton First Trade Day site. Canton is a huge area
> > that many times are crawling with mundanes that look less than
> > reputable. I have caught mundanes in my personal tent before who tried
> > to claim that it was their tent as they rummaged through my belongings.
> > I don't trust them around my items let alone around my children. But, my
> > oldest 2 children are now teen/pre-teen (too old to stay by mom all the
> > time) and I definitely don't trust them around my children. This is one
> > reason why at events my children each carry a radio and I carry one too.
> > We don't use them much and we keep them as hidden as possible. Mine and
> > my husbands radios has access to the NOAA weather broadcasts. Canton is
> > notorious for extreme high winds, flash floods and lightning
> > storms...and they roll into the area at an alarming speed.  With radios,
> > we can monitor bad weather and if bad weather has moved in, we can tell
> > the children and others to get to the hall ASAP.  These radios give me
> > peace of mind.
> >
> > Cell Phones:
> > I do not turn off my ringer and refuse to turn it off or turn the sound
> > down. I know this is an unpopular decision, but one I feel is necessary.
> > My grandmother is 86 years old and still lives on her own. My phone
> > number and my mom's numbers are on speed dial for her, she knows if she
> > gets into trouble or needs the help I am but just a phone call away.  I
> > am also listed on her lists of emergency contacts with her doctors and
> > in her wallet. Also, my sister-n-law's mother is dieing of cancer. She
> > has asked me to be on call for when her mother does pass away.  Plus my
> > parents are getting older and still feel they can still work like young
> > adults and therefore, push themselves too hard sometimes.  I have to
> > keep my phone turned on and the ringer turned on.  I never feel the
> > vibrate feature on my phone because of all the skirts I wear and putting
> > it on the soft ring feature, I just can not hear it.
> >
> > There are things that I do to help prevent these 2 items from becoming a
> > distraction at event:
> >
> > 1) Pouches -- These are easy to make. I made mine on the sewing machine
> > in under 10 minutes using scrap material and scrap trim for the
> > drawstring.  If I am wearing my earlier garb, I hang them from my belt.
> > If I am wearing my kirtle and ropa (which has no belt worn with it), I
> > have a larger one that I hang from my wrist.
> >
> > 2) Tell my friends and family that I am at an event -- I've always done
> > this for safety purposes, but I do it also to let them know, please
> > don't call me unless it is an emergency. This cuts my phone calls down
> > considerably.
> >
> > 3) If a call does come through or I need to speak with my children -- I
> > leave the area I am in immediately and take care of my business on my
> > mundane tools away from the general crowd.  Now at court I will put my
> > phone on vibrate, but I keep it in my hands during the entire court.
> >
> > I think we can all have these items, if we can all use them with
> > courtesy and respect for those trying to enjoy the medieval environment
> > we all try so hard to recreate.
> >
> > Maria
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