From: zoara on 31 Jan 2010 19:47 Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > In message <1jd5so8.99vcyf1p6zti6N%me9(a)privacy.net> > > me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote: > > > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been tossing up between 35 and 45 quid. 45 quid feels > > > > > > > such a > > > > > > > bloody > > > > > > > lot though. And there will always be extras slipping > > > > > > > through on > > > > > > > top. > > > > > > > > > > > > Initially I took the 45 quid option and eventually went down > > > > > > to the > > > > > > £35 one -and still am only using a small fraction of my text > > > > > > and talk > > > > > > time allowance -even though I do text a lot. They only let > > > > > > you > > > > > > downgrade the tariff after 9 months. > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, I'd recommend getting a lower tariff than you think you > > > > > want. > > > > > They'll happily let you upgrade to a higher-priced tariff > > > > > right away if > > > > > you chose the wrong one, but you'd have to wait a while to > > > > > downgrade. > > > > > There would always be expenses in choosing the wrong tariffs, > > > > > but I > > > > > reckon they'd work out to be less by choosing a too-low tariff > > > > > than a > > > > > too-high one. > > > > > > > > Good point. I think my IQ drops year by year. > > > > > > Although the objection to that is that you pay something for the > > > phone > > > when you go less than £45, anywhere. > > > > > > > > > Easy sum, is the price more than 90 quid? If so go for the £45/m > > and drop it > > after 9 months. If less than £90 then you gamble on only wanting > > the lower > > tariff. > > That was my calculation, and what I did at the time. Oooh. I take back my previous statement - and I'll consider this when it comes time to sign a new contract. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: SM on 1 Feb 2010 02:47 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > Thank you. It was my 40th birthday. I spent the evening in the emergency > medical admission unit. Not on my own account, I should say, but I still > had other plans. When I was taken to casualty strapped to a board after a(nother) rear end car shunt last autumn the nurse asked if I'd had any falls lately, were there any pets at home etc. - a lovely little peak into the future. Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: Woody on 1 Feb 2010 03:11 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > On 2010-01-30 10:33:22 +0000, D.M. Procida said: > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > >>> I doubt I've sent as many as fifty in my life! > > >> > > >> Oh get with the program grandad. > > > > > > Make it 51, I sent another last night. Hip to the beat, Daddy-o! > > > > Many happy returns you old codger! > > Thank you. It was my 40th birthday. I spent the evening in the emergency > medical admission unit. Not on my own account, I should say, but I still > had other plans. Happy birthday for that and hope it worked out ok. I have never done that on my birthday, only christmas eve in Motreal. At least it makes for a memorable event. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Bella Jones on 1 Feb 2010 06:34 Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > In article <D.Gray-2E358E.01383531012010(a)nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk>, > Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: [....] > > > > > > Free touch-screen phone [Samsung Tocco Lite] > > > Free unlimited evening and weekend calls > > > 300 minutes to use any other time > > > Unlimited texts > > > 500 MB data > > > Unlimited voicemail > > > �13.50 per month > > > 2-year contract > > > > Wait you're talking about an iPhone right? Okay... :P > > Seriously though, are you talking about an iPhone contract? If not, why > are you paying so much more than the above, for less? Yes, you have a point...... -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: SM on 1 Feb 2010 10:01
Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: > > When I was taken to casualty strapped to a board after a(nother) rear > > end car shunt last autumn the nurse asked if I'd had any falls lately, > > were there any pets at home etc. - a lovely little peak into the future. > > Watch out for that telltale transition from "falling" to having "a > fall".... That was the question - apparently one questionnaire for everyone. Stuart -- cut that out to reply |