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   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 24/01/2026 3:04 am, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2026/1/23 11:19:59, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 23/01/2026 8:17 pm, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> On 23/01/2026 7:24 am, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
      
      
      
   >>>> Plus, if I _had_ a smartphone, I'd presumably mostly be doing   
   >>>> something with it (if not, why have one?),   
   >>>   
   >>> For EMERGENCIES!! RE-read my last para!! ;-)   
   >   
   > Yes, I have a mobile 'phone, for exactly that - in case of car   
   > breakdown. But it truly _is_ for emergencies: I have a PAYG contract, or   
   > more or less as near as I could get - the words "per month" are _not_   
   > involved.   
      
   With my account I can "Top Up" either $25 or $35 at a time .... and that   
   money is GOOD for Twelve Months or so!!   
      
   > Actually what I've got is better suited for that use: rather   
   > than several tens of pence per minute, it costs me 2 pounds _if_ I use   
   > it, but I then get unlimited calls for the rest of that day, which would   
   > probably be useful for a remote breakdown. [Hasn't happened since I   
   > preloaded it.])   
      
   I think mine is 10 cents per SMS and 50 cents per Voice minute.   
      
   > But now _you_ re-read what I said: SMARTphone. The one I have - I think   
   > it's Nokia; was the only one I could find without a camera, which was a   
   > requirement at the time I bought it.   
      
   O.K. Strange but, if that's what you want, O.K.   
      
   > I charge it once a week, though the   
   > little symbol implies it's only a third discharged (I do leave it on).   
   > [Don't most smartphones last 2-3 days at most?] If I _had_ a smartphone,   
   > then presumably most of the time I would be doing something with it,   
   > else why have one?   
      
   Mine lasts 4 - 5 days .... but then I turn it OFF whilst I'm in Bed!!   
      
   >>>> so would have to change/minimise to see the clock (or peer at tiny   
   >>>> digits along the edge of the display).   
   >>>   
   >>> Having been in the Army, where you could get into trouble for not   
   >>> being where you are supposed to be WHEN you are supposed to be there   
   >   
   > (I have suffered slightly career-wise from _not_ being punctual - and   
   > mine _wasn't_ in the services!)   
   >   
   >>> .... so I usually have my Car clock set three to five minutes fast   
   >>> .... you know. just in case!! (even having been out of the Army over   
   >>> thirty years)   
   >   
   > Doesn't setting it fast cease to work after a short time, though,   
   > because you _know_ it's set fast?   
   >   
   If you've got time to think about it, Yes, probably .... but IF you are   
   in a RUSH, would you bother (REALLY) thinking about it .. or just GET   
   THERE? ;-P   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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