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From: Jim on 22 Mar 2010 15:06 Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote: > > Which is why there are about five people in the world who know my mobile > > number, and four of them are family. > > Did they have to become family before you would tell them the number? Well, there's that and the initiation ceremony, obviously. > And if you decide to get your car serviced at your local garage from now > on, does that mean your sister has to divorce the bloke from Kwik Fit? Divorce? Terminate. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Simon Dobbs on 22 Mar 2010 16:46 On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:51:21 +0000, Bella Jones wrote (in article <1jfptcs.1tvh9ag1ra8ijaN%me9(a)privacy.net>): > Hi all > > I'm off to France next week for a little holiday. > > I am warned loudly to 'turn data roaming off' on my iPhone, and, having > looked, it already is off. > > So what is it for? I just googled, and someone said that data roaming is > what kicks in when you're out of your home provider area. > > So what do I do when I want to check email when I'm away? Turn data > roaming on for a minute or two and then remember to turn it off? > > And obviously look for free wifi places I guess. > > Slightly confused. > > contrary to everyone else's experience- last year I went to Rome, kept data roaming on, phoned my parents, checked my email and BBC news etc every day via 3G, and, when we got well and truly lost, used the GPS/maps facility, which uses google maps via the intermet, to map our way back to the hotel on foot- online constantly for about three hours! I was charged nothing for internet access, and the phone charge was minimal. Then again, there are some people in this group contradict my assertion that mars is orange not red, where it is quite clear that they have never looked at the night sky!
From: Bella Jones on 22 Mar 2010 18:41 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That is only on pay as you go, not pay monthly > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My mistake. For some reason, I thought Bella said she was on PAYG. > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > should have thought for 5 secs and realised this was > > > > > > > inconcievable. > > > > > > > > > > > > ?! > > > > > > I would do it but it's 14 days and I am off demain matin. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe they would be quick > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aw buggrit- too late now. Busy today . Anyway, best I just not use it > > > > much. Holiday after all. > > > > > > Yes, relax, lay round pools, eat fine foods and dont worry about it! > > > > Indoor pools this time of the year, one hopes, > > Where she is on holiday, dashboard says is varying from 20 to 24 over > the next week. > Think I might go too! Really??? I'm seeing 15-17 tops for cote d'azur -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: J. J. Lodder on 22 Mar 2010 19:00 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That is only on pay as you go, not pay monthly > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My mistake. For some reason, I thought Bella said she was on PAYG. > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > should have thought for 5 secs and realised this was > > > > > > > inconcievable. > > > > > > > > > > > > ?! > > > > > > I would do it but it's 14 days and I am off demain matin. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe they would be quick > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aw buggrit- too late now. Busy today . Anyway, best I just not use it > > > > much. Holiday after all. > > > > > > Yes, relax, lay round pools, eat fine foods and dont worry about it! > > > > Indoor pools this time of the year, one hopes, > > Where she is on holiday, dashboard says is varying from 20 to 24 over > the next week. Since OP said 'France' you must have the wrong dashboard. Any even if, it will take the pools some month to know that spring has arrived, Jan
From: Woody on 22 Mar 2010 19:11
On 22/03/2010 22:41, Bella Jones wrote: > Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> J. J. Lodder<nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: >> >>> Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> bella jonez<bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>> Bella Jones<me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>> Indoor pools this time of the year, one hopes, >> >> Where she is on holiday, dashboard says is varying from 20 to 24 over >> the next week. >> Think I might go too! > > Really??? I'm seeing 15-17 tops for cote d'azur Hmm.. I am now I look at weather.com now (on a pc). When I looked on dashboard for nice earlier it was 20 to 24. Wonder if it picked the wrong place (its first two suggestions were in the states obviously!) -- Woody |