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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 19:40:09 GMT
I appreciate that my attitude is historic, but back in the day, I had a radio, and I had a phone, a computer and a digital watch, they all functioned independently. This business of spending hundreds on a phone is madness, you are being suckered in by the Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezels of this day, it is Emperor's New Clothes all over again. concur ..... I have a phone, it makes phone calls and sends and receives text messages. it does have a clock on the screen which is handy because I hate wearing a watch. I have a camera which takes photographs and I have a laptop that connects to Thunderboat and a radio/cd player/cassette player in the wheelhouse which has an external aerial and all of them work very well. I spend far too much time on the internet as it is, so the last thing I want is a smart phone that cost the same as 15 or 20 cases of good wine when my basic one only cost £15 umpteen years ago. With that money I can spend may happy slightly sozzled hours on the laptop with a proper keyboard and a big screen that I can read without glasses
The move to 4G was a good one since it meant I could ditch home broadband. 4G is sufficient to stream video and I do a lot of that (one month I exceeded 70GB - crikey). Also having retained the same phone number for more than two decades, I am now in the happy position where my contract has unlimited everything and it costs £12 p/m. The 'trick' is not to accept a deal where the network 'gives' you a new phone and instead buy a handset independently (if you need one). This means you can happily buy last year's 'must have' thing which is now considerably cheaper. When it comes to contract renewal, begin with requesting a PAC number. Refuse all offers (but keep notes) until they give in and provide the PAC. This will be an good indicator that they have made the best offer they have and you can then choose accordingly.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 19:41:14 GMT
So according to that logic if I displayed a masonic symbol as my avatar I'd start talking about conspiracy theories, right? No because you would be sworn to secrecy, so not able to talk about them. But I wasn't a Nazi either.
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Post by kris on Oct 2, 2021 19:42:36 GMT
No because you would be sworn to secrecy, so not able to talk about them. But I wasn't a Nazi either. what not even a grammar nazi?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 19:48:19 GMT
But I wasn't a Nazi either. what not even a grammar nazi? There's no such thing as a grammar Nazi.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 19:53:06 GMT
One of the handguns I had out with the magnet was a 6.35mm nice little German thing I think it was a Walther. Anyway it turned out it was the same type that Hitler used to shoot his woman Eva before he escaped and went to live somewhere nice until he died in 1974 of natural causes.
Mosad eat your heart out whatever that means..
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 20:17:54 GMT
Were any of them in usable condition?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 22:46:49 GMT
I agree that any sort of Nazi symbolism is not appropriate, that is the point. It wasn't a Nazi symbol.
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Post by thebfg on Oct 3, 2021 1:16:34 GMT
I use the radioplayer app on the phone gets a lot of stations, as for unlimited data, it doesn't use much. Just get a cheap radio from argos or somewhere. You will probably find a cheap DAB, yes I know you don't want it but it's so much better than FM. I appreciate that my attitude is historic, but back in the day, I had a radio, and I had a phone, a computer and a digital watch, they all functioned independently. This business of spending hundreds on a phone is madness, you are being suckered in by the Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezels of this day, it is Emperor's New Clothes all over again. Why do i want a phone, a computer, a watch and a radio. When my phone does all those things and more. I'd also need to buy a GPS system, a tracker, a calculator, a mini tv, a scanner for the car, a laptop for on the go and more, I can instantly view dash cam footage and see live pictures of my cctv cameras. All to save a few hundred on my phone, which also includes 50gb data a month. Odd.
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Post by kris on Oct 3, 2021 6:17:23 GMT
It’s an age thing.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 3, 2021 6:43:28 GMT
Nuts
it's an unnecessary gadget/change/expense thing I don't need to have a GPS on my phone ..... I know where I am, I have one in the car which is switched off 95% of the time I only need it for the final street indication when I get to the town I want
(although I do sometimes have it on to listen to the "as soon as possible make a U turn" when I decide it's route is bollocks, which is not uncommon).
Before the advent of car GPS units I managed quite adequately with an A to Z which was available for most major towns ..... if it was too small for that you just stopped and asked.
Tracker ? ..... if I need one I'll just borrow a bloodhound
Watch ? don't like wearing one. When I was at sea, my life was ruled by the time. When I left it went in a drawer, later to have my fathers put next to it. It's light so it's time to get up. It's dark ? it's time to go to bed. During the rest of the day I can judge when tea breaks are due (thirsty) or lunch breaks (hungry)
Camera ? got one thanks why should I waste good money to get another one ?
The laptop stays on the table, I use it when I'm there. Otherwise it becomes an addictive distraction to Life
My phone makes phone calls and sends and receives text messages the battery lasts for several days unlike it seems every body elses, as they seem to be constantly on the hunt for somewhere to plug it in.
Why oh why should I spend loads a dosh, or tie myself up to a contract for an expensive and quite fragile unit (that most people seem to spend even more money on by insuring it)
If mine goes bang, I still have my old one in the drawer that works fine, it's just all the letters and numbers have worn off the buttons (doesn't matter I know which ones are which)
I suppose in one way it might be an age thing ...... you seem to need to have gathered a (cough) few grey hairs to realise that "improvements" to your life that new things bring are usually offset by downsides and are quite often pointless in the general scheme of things.
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Post by kris on Oct 3, 2021 6:53:31 GMT
Calm down John.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 3, 2021 6:56:40 GMT
I'm perfectly calm, chilled in fact, due to not being overloaded with the latest gadgets or being involved in long drawn out feuds
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Post by kris on Oct 3, 2021 7:01:41 GMT
We are all allowed to interact with technology as we like. Seems funny to dis modern technology whilst posting on the internet using some form of computer?
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Post by patty on Oct 3, 2021 7:08:59 GMT
Have some technology but dunno how it works.. every so often a child will download an app to make my life easier which I then don't use. I chose to muddle along
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Post by JohnV on Oct 3, 2021 7:21:37 GMT
It's nearly always change for changes sake and to garner even more profits for the fat cats at the top.
The miniscule improvements/changes are 99% of the time unnecessary, they are often more based round making things easier and cheaper to make (not to sell)
Want a washing machine for a boat that will run off a generator ? get a 20 year old one with an electromechanical controller ..... that will
didn't you see the adverts for EE and the new model phone EEenvy? no ... truly puke making.
The advent of the PC was a game changer, the laptop is the same thing just packaged differently.
I ran my Amstrad 286 for decades, it survived the much hyped millenium problem and soldiered on for quite a few years more.
If it had continued to run it would have been in use right up until I closed down my company ...... because it did everything that I required.
(and word perfect I found much better than Word or office)
The laptop was just because I needed a replacement for letter writing/invoicing/accounts the internet came as (?) a bonus
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