how many times have you really needed your cell phone for a true life or death couldn't wait till you got home or to the office phone call; versus idle chit chat what's for supper, what time does the party start, what are you wearing type of call?

None. But somehow I feel lost without it.

well actually non. but i have mine for more of a medical purpose,(im a kidney dialysis patient) and if i have a issue that comes up then i can contact my mom and let her know... but i do use it, and my son is also a dialysis patient so when were both in our session and he done i call my mom to let her know hes on his way home..

In the last three years? I'd have to say at least 7 times. Then again, my life is anything but dull.

NONE...........i carry a ballbat in my car..........

Nothing life or death, but i am medical and i get a lot of calls for work. My folks are not in great health and i always worry when they call. My daughter is a driver and my son will soon be, so i do cautiously think about things.

never. i really dont even need the damn thing. i think id be better off without it.

then why do you even have it...

ahhh... because everyone else has one. thank you for contesting.

especially with dating. you cant text from a landline and i have yet to come across a girl that doesnt use their phone for less than 6 hours a day.

i dont even think i use my cell phone that much... geeze. my daughter would text every chance she got...

The thing about emergencies is they often pop up just when you least expect them. For this reason I carry a cell phone--a pay as you go phone, so I don't have a monthly bill. I only turn the phone on when I travel and when I do my morning walks. It's for MY use and I don't give my number out to non-crucial individuals. I don't like chatting on phones so most people who know me just drop by to talk; they don't call me. I honestly don't remember the last time I talked on my cell phone. It was probably to ask someone directions to their location.

i must admit, i am a textaholic, but in terms of phone calls? minimal.

yes actually. one night this semester i was walking in from a night class and some ruffian came at me brandishing a knife. i continued walking but he proceeded to follow me from a distance so i promptly called home in tears of fear. my oldest sister came to meet me, and i perhaps think that he may have been frightened off by the fact that i might have been calling the police.

Quite a few times especially lately.

there've also been times i'd been stranded somewhere and needed to call my brother for a lift.

knife-brandishing ruffians.

they are worse than hooloigans.

Same here. I LOVE my text messaging and is pretty much all I use my phone for. I get 200 anytime minutes a month and they are never used up.

I don't think I could count that high. But it is used more for general conversation and texting.

two times

Well, I had to call mom the other week to let her know I was going to jail. The cops wouldn't let me use theirs. Other than that, I don't really care for talking on the phone just for the sake of talking on the phone, nor can I remember that long ago to know whether I really needed it or not.

...and true life or death situations, I don't think ever. After I crashed my motorcycle last year and people thought I might die, they had their own phones to call the ambulance.