From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org
On 7/02/2026 2:33 am, John wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 20:57:57 +1100, Daniel70
> wrote:
>> On 4/02/2026 4:12 am, John wrote:
>>> On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 21:37:58 +1100, Daniel70
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 1/02/2026 8:53 pm, John wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> I am not sure if that is a universal attribute of mobiles.
>>>>> Mine cost twenty quids and doesn't have a camera. I only
>>>>> recently bought it because UKland carriers told me that my
>>>>> decades old, £20 phone *with* a camera would die when they
>>>>> switched off 3G. The SIM may work on 4/5G but the machine
>>>>> itself can not.
>>>>
>>>> We "shut down" 3G about 2 maybe 3 years ago .... so that's how
>>>> old my current Phone is. If I turn around, I can see my
>>>> previous three mobiles in the Bookcase!!
>>>
>>> "We" being the USAliens?
>>
>> No!! no, "We" are AUSTRALIANS!!
>
> Oh.
>
> Right.
>
> That's sort of like being a USAlien, only with fewer "States", more
> kangaroos and more guns, yes?
"more guns"?? I don't know .... and as we are only about 1/10 of the
USAlien population .... and the Government seemingly has regular Gun
Buy-backs, I'm guessing there are way fewer Guns here than in the US of
A!! .... but I could be wrong.
>>
>>
>>>> I'm P.O.ed when, moments after speaking to my Doctor's
>>>> receptionist to make an appointment, I get a SMS from some
>>>> third party service telling me I have an upcoming Doctor's
>>>> appointment.
>>>
>>> I don't get that sort of annoyance. I never told them what the
>>> number of my 3G 'phone was.
>>
>> I'm somewhat averse to giving out my Mobile number (maybe my Doctor
>> got me on a bad day .... you know, I was SICK or something!!)
>
> So, don't get sick again. It's a bad idea anyway and not doing it
> may prevent future missteps.
>
>> That's why I've still got a Landline phone!!
>
> I got rid of mine. With all the weird extra bits it was costing £40
> per month and I only made and received 3 calls annually.
Mine is about $40/month .... and that includes Internet Services.
>>> I never told *anyone* commercialised. Which pissed off a seller
>>> of electrical gear, once. They couldn't fill in the web-page
>>> based sales receipt on their till because the space for "mobile
>>> number" wouldn't validate.
>>
>> Back in about 2000, all landline phone numbers were changed from
>> Two or Three digit Area Codes followed by Six or Seven digit Phone
>> numbers (Big cities Two Digit Area Code and Seven digit phone
>> number, Small/regional cities Three Digit Area Code followed by Six
>> digit phone number) to EVERYBODY having a Two Digit Area Code plus
>> an Eight Digit Phone Number, i.e. everyone everywhere had a Ten
>> Digit number ..... and, Shock, Horror, Mobile Phones had a Ten
>> Digit number too.
>
> Yeah, they did something like that in UKland a while back. There was
> screaming and yammering and "think of the CHILDREN"
Oh!! The ever suffering Children!! How can we forget??
>>> Well, *I* am not going to hack your records. I don't give a fuck
>>> what childhood ickiness you suffered from and I have no interest
>>> in any of your present rashes.
>>
>> BUT! But! But my information is OH so interesting!!
>
> I had a flash of that fat-guy in an episode of a TV serial called
> "Stargate SG-1" when his boss shot him with one of their extremely
> poor weapons.
Slowly working my way through the 50 or so DVD Box set!! Slowly.
> "But I'm so *interesting*."
>
> Him, maybe. Your ickies, not a chance.
Oh!! But they are! Trust me!! ;-P
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Daniel70
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