From: zoara on
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-

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From: SM on
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
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From: Woody on
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.


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www.alienrat.com
From: Bella Jones on
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......

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From: SM on
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
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