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Posted by Glydin 2010 on March 6, 2010, at 18:10:38
New toy.... Yeah!
Posted by Dinah on March 6, 2010, at 19:50:15
In reply to Loving Smartphone, posted by Glydin 2010 on March 6, 2010, at 18:10:38
I love a new gadget!
Posted by Glydin 2010 on March 6, 2010, at 20:06:41
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone » Glydin 2010, posted by Dinah on March 6, 2010, at 19:50:15
> I love a new gadget
~~~ That trait used to be mostly the Hub's but durn if I ain't getting it too. We hadn't upgraded in ages but we got it goin' now. (Smile) Way Fun.
Posted by sigismund on March 11, 2010, at 20:07:11
In reply to Loving Smartphone, posted by Glydin 2010 on March 6, 2010, at 18:10:38
I've not heard of this item.
It doesn't make you nervous?
How much worse than a mobile phone is it?
I have resolved to spend the rest of my life looking for public phones.
Posted by ed_uk2010 on March 12, 2010, at 15:11:18
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone, posted by sigismund on March 11, 2010, at 20:07:11
Sigi, public phones are so annoying. You can never find one when you need one. If you do it might be broken. Plus they've been touched by lots of dirty hands! Mobiles are much better - I think you simply need a little technical assistance from a friend.
Posted by sigismund on March 12, 2010, at 20:51:09
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone, posted by ed_uk2010 on March 12, 2010, at 15:11:18
I'm stubborn. I resent the endless privatisation of public resources. I especially resent it coming from a Labor Government headed by someone with an overwhelming sense of his own virtue. In order to support this feeling I shall seek out public phones. To the extent it drives me nuts, I can send my resentment up the usual channels.
Posted by evenintherain on March 12, 2010, at 21:31:45
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone » ed_uk2010, posted by sigismund on March 12, 2010, at 20:51:09
i think the only reason cities still install public phones is because they are a billboard for ads.
seems like it would be easier just to borrow a phone from someone else?
Posted by sigismund on March 12, 2010, at 21:37:08
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone » sigismund, posted by evenintherain on March 12, 2010, at 21:31:45
>seems like it would be easier just to borrow a phone from someone else?
It *would* be easier, but like I said they make me nervous.
I've had 3 but my kids got hold of them.
Even thinking of them makes me nervous.
I have no effective anxiolytics.
Posted by sigismund on March 12, 2010, at 21:38:21
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone, posted by sigismund on March 12, 2010, at 21:37:08
And I like dials.
Posted by evenintherain on March 12, 2010, at 22:08:29
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone, posted by sigismund on March 12, 2010, at 21:38:21
> And I like dials.
>well, there is no arguing with that. dials are pretty great.
Posted by sigismund on March 13, 2010, at 3:29:55
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone, posted by evenintherain on March 12, 2010, at 22:08:29
What about slates and slate pencils?
Posted by ed_uk2010 on March 13, 2010, at 14:36:48
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone » ed_uk2010, posted by sigismund on March 12, 2010, at 20:51:09
> I'm stubborn. I resent the endless privatisation of public resources. I especially resent it coming from a Labor Government headed by someone with an overwhelming sense of his own virtue. In order to support this feeling I shall seek out public phones. To the extent it drives me nuts, I can send my resentment up the usual channels.
Mobile phones are a bit like personal computers, Sigi. Once you've had one you wonder how you ever managed without. Same applies to the microwave!
Posted by ed_uk2010 on March 13, 2010, at 14:38:28
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone, posted by evenintherain on March 12, 2010, at 22:08:29
> > And I like dials.
> >
>
> well, there is no arguing with that. dials are pretty great.
>Sigi, I'd love to see a mobile phone with a dial. Do you have big pockets?
Posted by sigismund on March 13, 2010, at 20:05:51
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone » sigismund, posted by ed_uk2010 on March 13, 2010, at 14:36:48
>Same applies to the microwave
The people I live with sneaked (you might say) out and bought one.
I'm hoping it sends out lethal rays and beams.
That's a thought....I could get brain cancer!
I might revisit the mobile phone issue.
Posted by ed_uk2010 on March 14, 2010, at 6:52:20
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone, posted by sigismund on March 13, 2010, at 20:05:51
> I'm hoping it sends out lethal rays and beams.
I hope not! That would be bad. My microwave is pretty cool, it has a setting for everything.
Posted by sigismund on March 14, 2010, at 22:51:04
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone » sigismund, posted by ed_uk2010 on March 14, 2010, at 6:52:20
Kurt Vonnegut said about his smoking
'Of course I am notoriously hooked on cigarettes. I keep hoping these things will kill me. A fire at one end and a fool at the other.'
I suspect he wasn't joking. He did try to kill himself.
He also said that he wanted to sue the tobacco companies for breach of promise because he was still alive.
He was a great man.
Posted by ed_uk2010 on March 15, 2010, at 17:20:33
In reply to Re: Loving Smartphone » ed_uk2010, posted by sigismund on March 14, 2010, at 22:51:04
>A fire at one end and a fool at the other.
I love that, so funny. I actually LOLed (excuse the dumb expression).
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