DT and OT has me baffled and I manage to make mistakes using a standard keyboard, never mind a tiny phone keyboard, texting would be far too time consuming.
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Hereās my answer: Everything is in the clouds, diary, photos etc., not actually on the phone thatās been lost of stolen.
Regarding banking, you donāt have to do that. I donāt. But if you do, passwords are required plus additional security like fingerprints and facial recognition. Always remember, it was the bank that encouraged you to take part, if something goes wrong itās their problem, not yours.
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OK so I take it that you back up / store whatever you have on your phone into the cloud, something I have never had need of or utilised so my knowledge of that is sketchy at best, because my backup / storage tends to be hard copies, tangible matter, printed photos, documents etc. A throw back to my initial work and experience with computing, programming using punch cards, the promise of a paperless work place seemed ridiculous at the time because everything input and every out put was printed in triplicate separated and manually filed creating much more paperwork than pre-computing. Working with it made me less inclined to dabble with anything computer based outside of work for many years, well after home computing and laptops because I just didnāt want work and social boundaries crossing over.
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Took three attempts not to get a black screen, now is in foreign language 
You should get the Gist 
Although I mentioned in an earlier post that I have a smartphone, I totally agree with your appraisal of smartphones. A tool like a drill or a hacksaw is something you use to perform a task, it does not take over your life, and I refuse to be controlled by a tool.
I dismay seeing the young people of Britain walking around like zombies and giving their screens their full attention.
When my daughter and hubby come round for tea on a Saturday you can hear a pin drop as they fiddle with their phones, with the occasional āHave you seen this Dadā or ālook what I can do with this photo of you using AIāā¦
Am I having to limit my water and electricity usage so people can create silly photos and scenarios using AI?
So I will continue to organise my life using a calendar sellotaped to the back of my wardrobe door, and decide which bus to catch from a printed timetable. And why would I want to take photographs to remind me where Iāve been and what I was doingā¦Thatās what my memory is for.
And itās a known fact that if you find a place using sat nav, it would be impossible to find it without.
If I drive somewhere using maps and visual input, I will always know how to repeat the journey. I spent ten years as a courier using that method and there is not a city or town in the UK that I could not drive to without any kind of guidence.
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The only big difference I have with you with all of that is mine is taped to the kitchen door.
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I just find that technology will always let you down and it costs too much keeping up with all the latest inovations.
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You obviously donāt have a smart phone or even heard of things like Dropbox.
Thatās rather the point, you donāt have to keep up, you find what you are comfortable with, as I said it is a tool, if you are happy using a drill that you wind by hand that is fine but electric drills make the job so much easier.
A cordless drill
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Dropbox ? I think I may have done that when I was a Courierā¦Tools and their latest innovations Iāve never really had a problem with, because the progression of a tool makes doing things and life easier. I would never have considered a phone a tool and itās progression hinders a lot of thingsā¦ Automated answer machinesā¦Press Button Aā¦ Or Phone Queuesā¦ You are 34th in lineā¦ Sales Callsā¦ Scam Callersā¦ Alertsā¦ And even my Land Line is besieged with these problemsā¦ The only Alert we used to get was the Pips when your money was out at the Phone Box.
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That is an eyeopener Foxy 
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Some people must have had pretty Sh$t lives before smartphones were inventedā¦
On the contrary, we had engaging conversations face to face, kids played outside and used their imagination to create the games they played, being inside felt like a punishment to them. We went for walks or cycled along canal tow paths listened out for different bird songs or for other wildlife among the trees and bushes, as a family we went on picnics, we picked blackberries from the brambles, fed the ducks and geese and grebes watched fish surface for the crumbs. We watched cloud formations and scanned the skies for any likely changes in the weather, and ran for cover at the start of any rainfall, laughing if we made it before getting soaked. The days were about the surroundings that you found your self in not about sitting inside ātetheredā to a screen. The wonderous world of outside needs to be explored while you body is willing and able to do so. Even in town centres although the facades of the shops are familiar and not the most fascinating, look upā¦often the buildings have amazing structures and architecture that many walk past on a daily basis and never ever realise the beauty of a building above eyelevel or screen height. I see far too many people engrossed in their phone screens to even notice those around them, unless a situation they can video and put on line arises, often where their intervention would be of much more importanceā¦but the lure of an on-line āsensationā that may just go viral takes precedenceā¦I think I know who really have the Sh$t lives.
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Certainly not this OAP, Foxy.
As I had previously avoided buying a smartphone, 3 of my tribe of grandchildren bought an Android operated 6.88" large screen smartphone for me as a gift. Of course I thanked them for both the thought and the gift, but I cannot understand it plus I still only turn it on when Iām out & about, as I did with my small and easy to use Nokia. It connects to my home WiFi, but that was only after a son-in-law made the connection on my behalf. Iāve yet to work out how to send photos to my laptops and then export them to friends etc.
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There is always something to keep us amused. But yes, we are the lucky generation to grow up with tech, make the most of it.
My smartphone is in no way amusing and as for lucky, I tend to disagree.
Yes, it does have its uses, but then so did my excellent little calls-&-texts Nokia :yes:
I thought OGF was being sarcastic 
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Correctamudo Mr Smithā¦
Iāve spent the best part of my life wandering in the wild placesā¦No phone!
If the technology to make smartphones work collapsed tomorrow, I would not lose a minutes sleepā¦
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You Old Grey Fox !!
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