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AmericanMan1958 Donating Member (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-10 05:33 PM
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Further Proof Polls are Bais Due to Cell Phones
The latest estimates of telephone coverage by the National Center for Health Statistics found that a quarter of U.S. households have only a cell phone and cannot be reached by a landline telephone. Cell-only adults are demographically and politically different from those who live in landline


http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1761/cell-phones-and-election-polls-2010-midterm-elections
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Lebam in LA Donating Member (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-10 05:51 PM
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1. I haven't had a land line for the past 5 years nt
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-10 05:53 PM
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2. Bais??
Huh?
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-10 11:26 PM
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6. Probably meant bias.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-10 07:18 PM
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3. Hmm...there's a Bais Torah schul here in Minneapolis.
Was that what you were thinking about?

There's also a Bais City in the Philipines. Maybe that's it.

If it's not one of those, I have no idea what you are talking about.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-10 11:00 PM
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4. I've certainly lived without a land line.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-10 11:24 PM
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5. Yeah, I probably could too...
Edited on Thu Oct-14-10 11:24 PM by gmoney
...I just have this deep-seated notion that you SOMEHOW need one for proof of residence or your credit report or some such semi-obscure reason. Maybe someone can set me straight on that and save me a few bucks a month.
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jimlup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 02:28 AM
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7. I can't imagine why I would pay good $ to have a land line.
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