>>Cancel my landline. I am most likely the last person on the planet to cling to my real phone. Today�s goal: cancel it and get used to the cell phone

I'll never use a cell phone unless I can be guaranteed a monthly bill of between $20 and $25, which is what I pay for my cord phone...

Funny you should say that. My monthly cell bill is about $30. My landline is $40. I rarely use the landline, and when I do it is local calls, as my parents have an internet phone with a 718 exchange. I have the minimum amount of minutes on my cell, but I have never, in three years, gone over them. Now if only they could make a cell phone that felt like a real phone in my hand...

Definitely cancel the landline. I cancelled mine last November and haven't missed it. Actually the only times I miss it are a) forget to charge cell phone b) long conversations are more annoying as I have sneaking fear of brain tumor the size of watermelon c) without a headset, long conversations are annoying d) poignant conversations become more ridiculous when you yell "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW" to the mix.

I like the idea of the quarterly resolution. We have a date to walk across the bridge. I'll walk with you until we part ways at Flatbush - I won't come with you often, because ...you walk way too fast

i havent had a landline since 2001.. and i don't really miss it either. actually, a lot of my friends don't have one and it's never an issue. since it's been like 4 years it almost seems silly to imagine someone talking on a phone that's NOT a cell phone.

i pay about $30 a month for my landline but i need it for directv. besides getting a headset, you could get a really old cellphone that is big and clunky. that would be just like a landline.

as for dishwasher, you can contact the people you bought it from or the manufacturer. everybody wants to repair stuff as it's generally expensive.

A short tale, not intended to sway you at all: On Friday as I was bustling to leave for a wedding, I realized my cell phone service had cut out. I have no land line. And I needed phone service to coordinate things. So I walked to the corner. The first pay phone out of service. The second pay phone another block away had no "three" button. The third, three more blocks away, had the coin slot blocked... and so on. You get the picture. Always the way.

As for neighborhoods, try Queens! Astoria and Jackson Heights for starters. LIC is great, too, but I wouldn't have felt safe in the seedier areas on foot.

jenn-- you should walk home w/me tonight.

why is fixing a dishwasher expensive. drat. i should just slap a cabinet in and throw the thing away.

the dying cell phone is one of my fears. i think i might need to invest in a new phone as a result of canceling the landline-- i wonder if i can actually find one that DOESN'T have a camera in it.

"Henceforward, the trip will involve some fifteen miles or so � not impossible, but most likely not realistic unless running." Okay, this made me laugh out loud, because if I had to run that far, I would fall over in 3.5 blocks and have a heart attack. If I had to WALK that far, I would probably sit down on a curb and cry until someone gave me a ride. It's things that this that remind me all people are not created equal. After my laughing fit I thought, "Oh yeah, she ran a marathon, that's, like, WAY long." Happy commuting, however you do it!

Great resolution! Gorgeous skirt!

I'm worried that if enough people cancel landline phones, Verizon will discontinue them and I will be forced to accept a massive raise in my monthly phone bill if forced top get a cell phone...

you should get a cell phone anyway. i only know one person who doesnt have one (he's 23, can you believe it!?) and it's a major pain when we're trying to meet up places. even my parents got a cell phone - just last weekend!

Re: the dishwasher.
The repair may be something simple and not necessarily expensive.

Take it from a toolbelt diva/1920s bungalow owner who has learned the hard way: check the yellow pages for "appliance repair" and then go with a repair service that lists your brand as one of their specialties. It's much faster and cheaper than going back to the store where it was purchased.

Good luck!

Happy Summer! It has finally arrived here in Duluth - I'm actually hot. I celebrated by getting up early (6am for me is earlier that 6:50!) and riding my bike to work. At lunch I sat by the canal and watched the silly tourists and boats and after work I rode the LakeWalk to the groc for a couple things and then back home. It is *hot* (80's) and humid and I'm loving every minute of it!!