[Ansteorra] Walkie-Talkiers and Cell Phones

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Well, mine rings Monty Python's "Bring out your dead ... I'm not dead yet."
 I guess that is kind of sick since I'm a chirurgeon huh?
 
Caley
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Sircorwin at hotmail.com
To: casadevaca at charter.net; ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
Sent: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Walkie-Talkiers and Cell Phones


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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