Smartphone Phobia and Nomophobia in RV Life

[Jackiemac]

@bigbAZ might??

 

[bigbAZ]

I almost forgot, I use it to read the tiny print on a lot of products these days.

Oh and I use it to make and receive phone calls, but that's sort of a secondary necessity

 

[DonTom]

I use my phone to level my rig.

Is there an advantage over using the buttons in the rig?

I can download an app for mine too but I could not figure out a need to do such.

So what is the advanage?

-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[bigbAZ]

Is there an advantage over using the buttons in the rig?

I can download an app for mine too but I could not figure out a need to do such.

So what is the advanage?

-Don- Auburn, CA

I don't have levelers, I use Level Mate Pro and manually level my rig.

 

[DonTom]

I don't have levelers, I use Level Mate Pro and manually level my rig.

Then what does the app do for you?

-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[bigbAZ]

The app communicates with the Level Mate and the display shows me how much is needed under each wheel. It also allows me to slowly move forward or backward to find the most level spot in the site so I don't have to put down as much blocking. Sometimes I can even find level without any blocking. In those sites I write down the site number and ask for that site when I return to that park.

 

[John From Detroit]

"Nomophobia is the fear of being without your smartphone.

I don't fear being wthout my phone but I need to be very very careful if I forget it.

Many useful apps. one time waster (Game) The Book I'm, crrently reading (Well one of them) and most of my way too long TBR list.. Some note pads.. but more than anything.

Libre Link.. a medical monitor that told me that "You really should not drive just now" yesterday. So I did not.. I snacked and when it got back in the green came home.

 

[rjshiflet]

I have more anxiety about leaving my pocket knife behind, than my phone.

^ Agree!!

 

[rjshiflet]

My phone is not only my camera, calculator, fuel monitor, car-starter, emailer, tiny TV screen, bank accountant, texting device, weather monitor and a lot of other functions previously mentioned, but...it is also a medical lifeline.

I have an implanted heart monitor that communicates via bluetooth from my chest to my iPhone - which then relays that information to my cardiologist. Seems pretty important.

I also have a spinal cord stimulator that I control via my iPhone that has to be put into MRI mode or Surgery mode for certain procedures, and I can adjust the strength of the impulses up or down depending on my back pain level. Seems pretty important.

And heck - now we got a new cook stove this week and via WiFi I can now turn the oven on and preheat the oven on our way home from church to save 10 minutes once I'm home.

I love the technology built into these devices. But, I understand those who don't care about all the bells and whistles. I'm married to one of them. My career was in the tech field - and at 76 years of age, I'm not about to stop using and stop learning.

 

[bigbAZ]

Yes I forgot about the medical, I also have a Kardia that works with the phone. Never heard of Libre Link, I'll look that one up.

Today's phones aren't really phones, they are wireless computers that can make phone calls.

I remember when many folks would carry laptops when traveling, then tablets, and in the hotel lounges and restaurants in the morning everyone would be on them checking their emails etc. Now most just use the phone.

 

[bigbAZ]

Let's not forget real time traffic which is made possible by everyone carrying cell phones on the road.

 

[garyb1st]

Shouldn't that really be Nomophophobia. Because honestly, I have phobias when I have Nomomoney, or Nomohoney, or you get the picture.

 

[Larry N.]

Occasionally I tend to leave my wallet at home and end up somewhere that I need to spend money. Those times my phone has come to the rescue.

I also stream most of my music these days, with my phone.

I'm MUCH more likely to forget my pocket computer.. er, excuse me ..my phone than I am my wallet. The wallet is always in my pocket. I stream most of my music the old fashioned ways, over the air or via CD/tape/LP, seldom the latter, or for videos of music I have DVDs.

I have an implanted heart monitor that communicates via bluetooth from my chest to my iPhone - which then relays that information to my cardiologist. Seems pretty important.

That's one of the most important uses anyone has mentioned. For something like that the pocket computer really IS a big advance in technology.

Of course since payphones have gone by the wayside, I was forced to get a cell phone (which caused the loss of pay phones) to have emergency communications when on the road, which is why I got one in the first place.

Obviously some folks have different needs/uses for these now ubiquitous devices.

 

[LarsMac]

I almost forgot, I use it to read the tiny print on a lot of products these days.

Oh and I use it to make and receive phone calls, but that's sort of a secondary necessity

Oh, yes. I use mine a lot as a "second hand magnafyer."

 

[bigbAZ]

I have more anxiety about leaving my pocket knife behind, than my phone.

I am lost without my pocket knife, and my EDC pocket flashlight. When we fly without checked baggage and I have to leave my knife home not a day goes by that I don't need it, even if it's just to open a package from the store.

 

[DonTom]

, even if it's just to open a package from the store.

Some packages are very difficult to open with a knife.

But many types of package openers exist, such as this one.

-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[TheBar]

Some packages are very difficult to open with a knife.

But many types of package openers exist, such as this one.

-Don- Auburn, CA

Here is my favorite. Tiny keychain knife about 1 1/2" long with an X-Acto type razor blade. Cuts through heavy cardboard like butter.

 

[Arch Hoagland]

Here is my favorite. Tiny keychain knife about 1 1/2" long with an X-Acto type razor blade. Cuts through heavy cardboard like butter.
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Better hope you don't forget to retract it before you put it back in your pocket!! Looks like a disaster waiting to happen to me.

 

[LarsMac]

Some packages are very difficult to open with a knife.

But many types of package openers exist, such as this one.

-Don- Auburn, CA

This will do anything that one can do, and more, and still fit in my watch-pocket.

 

[Kirk]

I wish the stupid things were never invented and for countless reasons.

All major cellular carriers still have flip phones available. I know several people who have and use flip phones yet. I believe that all except one of them is past the age of 90, but you could join them.

I must admit that I was slow to start using a smart phone. One of my son's gave me his hand-me-down when he was upgrading, with the promise that if I didn't find that I used it more and more in 6 months, he would buy me a new flip phone to replace it. That was more than 10 years ago now and he was absolutely right. And the key to enjoying mine is that I can always leave it at home, which I do at times. I have also discovered that all of them share one very convenient feature. That feature is the on/off button!