Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 27, 2016

I happen to like the bell ringtone.

individualization

Gosh, Ralph, can you explain what you mean? What’s your problem?

Hey. What wrong with old man?

Call me old, too, but I want my phone to sound like a phone.

(If you know how to get it to make the rotating clicks when I “dial” too, I’ll love you forever…)

Still never touched a girl, eh Ralphie?

I have the ‘bell’ ringtone for the OLD contacts on my phone. And at this time of year, I have the ‘Grinch’ ringtone as the default. After the new year, I will change the default.

And you’re married to him.

There’s still no better term for a phone than “ringing” even though they haven’t had actual bells inside them for decades.

There’s a special place in hell for whoever first decided a phone could play music when someone calls.

If the “ringing phone” was the only ring tone available, imagine being in a store and all around you phones are ringing… I see wisdom in personalized ringtones, unless you turn your phone off or leave it in the car.

Retro is so fashionable.

I’ve had this exact conversation!

I favor “Vibrate All” myself.

My phone can’t download tones and all of the built-in choices are annoying.

i’m an old man and my ring tone is the red phone alert from ‘In Like Flint’… just sayin’

(it does get people’s attention)

YIKES! Janis is a tech snob!

Make that a pseudo-neo-tech snob.

If you mean Alzheimer’s then say so.

My default ringtone is the opening cacophony from Pink Floyd’s “Time”

I have “The Psychiatric Office Answering Machine” ring tone. It’s hilarious.

I have my ringtones personalized for groups (one for family, one for friends, one for business associates, etc.) plus a default ringtone so I can decide from the ringtone how important it is for me to answer my phone.

My ringtone is a Thunderbolt overhead fire siren…no one else mistakes it for theirs.

I prefer the standard bell ringtone, It is not only simple and easy to hear but I also use it as a filter. I only put a special musical ringtone on the people I know based on what they like. This way I can identify who is calling and choose to answer or not plus I can ignore all other calls leaving them the option of leaving a Voice Mail ( Text messages I don’t read, If I’m not worth Talking to, then don’t bother. Besides I read and speak English not BS Text. ) this works great.

I the store where I work, every time that ring sounds, all of us “that age” grab for our cell phones !

The ring for a ring tone is logical to me. It means nothing else.

There’s a special place in Hell for those who ride others about individualized ringtones, but ask others around them EVERY time if it’s their phone that’s ringing…