# Common Things You Don't Have

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 18, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904 "2009-05-18T21:41:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/101 "2009-05-21T20:32:12Z")

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No microwave, don’t want one. No coffee maker (we have a stove top espresso pot). No cable (don’t watch TV, but we have a TV for DVDs). We have one cellphone that we use for traveling only. No video game thingies (don’t like video games).

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/102 "2009-05-21T20:59:02Z")

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> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#):
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> We have one cellphone that we use for traveling only.

Nice username/post combo there. 😛

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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/103 "2009-05-21T21:49:52Z")

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> [@Captain\_Carrot](#):
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> Nice username/post combo there. 😛

They won’t let me have a cellphone.

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