JAMES HARRIS: The last of the Luddites

JAMES HARRIS: The last of the Luddites

The name is James. But they call me “Flip Phone Jimmy.” Oh, I came close to caving a year or so back. I bought myself a smart phone and sat out in the backyard determined to figure out how to use the damned thing. My neighbor and fellow geezer David wandered by and saw me sitting in the sunshine, head tilted toward the screen, fingers cluelessly pecking away. He and I play cribbage and go to the dump every Saturday morning, and his smart phone c…