phone and traffic
Posted By: sienna on 2006-07-20
In Reply to: Of course!--I love it!! - Beth
I really hope that they make it a law in all states that you cannot talk on your cell phone and drive a car at the same time. Now mind you, I work at home, so I am not out in traffic all the time, but so far, I have almost been killed by a man driving a big truck, going through a red light and almost hitting me, a girl on the phone rear end my car, and my son was sitting at a red light on a major highway, the guy behind him was on the phone doing 40 MPH, rear-ended my son's F150 truck, 1,000.00 damage to his truck, but the guy's Toyota was totalled and he got out of his car and said to my son "sorry, I wasn't paying attention, I was on the phone." Duh - get off the phone and pay attention, please, it is so dangerous. What really scares me are the young kids driving, putting eyeliner and lipstick on and on the phone, i think we used to all do that at home in our room/bathroom. Lately, i have seen a lot more people pulled oer to the side of the road and talking, but then, sometimes they are not over far enough. i think phones should just be used for emergencies, like when you break down, or are stuck in traffic, then use one, but hey that is only my opinion, but makes sense to me.
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Out here in CA, if you have unpaid tickets, a warrant is issued. So when you show up at DMV or the court house, you most probably will have to pay right away or explain to a justice why you need an extension to pay. They probably wont want to hear the argument that it was your sister cause you dont have proof. You will be responsible and then you can kick your sisters butt or sue her. I have a friend who had outstanding speeding ticket and the cops came to her house, arrested her and she had to spend the weekend in jail till Monday when her boyfriend was able to bring the money to the court house.
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and an awesome hubby! 
I look at traffic reports...
rising gas prices and general misery in the world. Then my crummy job doesn't seem so bad! Count your blessings!
DH always asks me if I hit any traffic on the way to work
I always say, no, there was no traffic today. Oh, yeah, the dog was in my way and I tripped over him. Yep, he is just jealous. I could never deal with rush hour traffic again. I just watch for the dog.
It's called Internet Traffic
There is a download wait time due to being a "free user" trying to access the download. Encountering internet traffic is not unheard of. There are plenty of websites that offer their users a limited amount of bandwidth per month, this just happens to be one of them, add on the fact that this is also an internet prime time and also that these links are posted on a worldwide message board, and hey you do the math.
The Word board doesn't have much traffic for
many reasons. Some of us are tired after working our own shifts and don't want to feed answers to people who are equally as capable of looking them up as we are. I use entirely Internet based references. If I have that free access to references, so does everyone else on these boards. From my own experience, it's easier and faster to look my questions up myself. In addition, I learn more from doing my own research. If I can't find it, I flag it and send it to QA. That's their job, not the job of those of us here. Word board answers aren't always accurate either. Finally, people are ungrateful if nobody answers their questions quickly enough. That's why I stopped going there. Grumpy little untrained newbies giving tongue lashings because we didn't do their work for them quickly enough. Half of them can't say thanks either. It's sink or swim out there. People have to figure out how to do for themselves.
Same could be said for people - do you let your kids play in traffic
Nice try though
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If it isn't a real high traffic area, sprinkle baking soda on it, leave it overnight,
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Between cruise lines dumping, increased boat traffic dumping, and runoff from
the water supply --- that's my personal opinion on why there is such a growing red tide.
They try to say it's just an algae bloom, but the toxin that makes up what is known as red tide is actually lots and lots of different toxins generically called "red tide."
The "red tide" in Massachusets for example is not the "red tide" that affects the southern coastal states and shellfish.
We sit here and watch
cruise ships go by,
barge traffic,
luxury yachts,
many more people living on sail boats,
house boats (there is no more property to buy at a reasonable price so they are living on boats and probably dumping effluent in the water).
"Red tide" comes not only from marine water, it comes from resevoirs, your reclaimed water you spray your lawns with, you get it off the grass or bushes as you pass them, it is aerosolized as you water your lawn or go by an area where lawns are being watered. There is a plethora of ways we are getting "red tide"
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Yesterday as I was saying the red tide was so awful at the beach-----------An interesting observation:
NO BIRDS! There was not a sand piper, sea gull, or pelican in sight. NOT ONE.
C-phone used to call in to dictating systems to receive work. A special phone. nm
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I had a lot of trouble with static in my C-phone. I replaced the phone cord and that made a big
difference. Also, have you tried a different headset? Also someone told me one time that there is a microphone under your volume control on the right corner of the C-phone. It's a tiny hole. If you break off a Q-tip and stick that into the hole that will squelch a lot of background noise and that worked as well. As far as getting your C-phone service, I heard that Dictaphone is "sunsetting" C-phones at the end of this year. Meaning, they aren't going to service them anymore as they are considered an obsolete technology. So, I would contact Dictaphone and see what your options are.
I know very little about Lanier equipment. I've not used it as extensively as Dictaphone. Is there a local appliance repair place in your area? You might ask one of those places to take a look at your equipment and see what they think. Kinda scary, cause they could do more harm than good, but maybe worth a shot.
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I use my c-phone whenever we travel. You can hook it directly into your room phone. Be sure and as
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May have to change phone companies, have switched to job using a C-phone. sm
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C-phone and ATT. There is no problem with the C-phone, but ATT wouldn't let me use unlimited.
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I have cable phone access and my C-phone works - sm
I am not sure about you problem, because it sounds just like I have mine hooked up. The only thing I can think of is that mine has 2 line hookups in the back of the phone. If you have this too, I would just try the other one, which you probably have already done. Sorry that was not much help. I wish you luck
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It's driving me batty!
C-phone info regarding phone lines etc.
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I just got off the phone with them
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As you can maybe tell, I have no idea how a c-phone works, but I do have a job op where I would need one. I already have a phone line and a dedicated dialup line, so I should be good to go, then. Thanks for your reply
They said I would need to get a C-phone.
I'll have to really give this one some thought. Thanks for your help. 
I am on the phone with them right now...thanks..will let you know how it goes...
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Hi:
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on my phone
the "2" button slows dictation down and "3" will speed it back up.
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Hi Valerie,
You should use Vonage, it's great. Unlimited calling throughout US and Canada. Call waiting, ID, 3-way, vm. My total bill is 27.00 a month. Why waste money?
DA-127 D phone
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