Anyone given up there mobile phone?

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backwoodsman said:

Glenred said:

If you gave up your phone, you wouldn't find out about all the PPI you are owed or the latest government initiatives


I get bloody hundreds of these fking calls!

Only my wife has my number.

You really are the backwoods man....

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Hoofy said:

Can't you get one where you don't have to pay every month? I have an Orange sim that has had £10 on it since about 2002.

Are you sure that £10 is still there? Do you not have to use the phone at least once in three months or summat?

I keep an old phone in the car with an Orange PAYG SIM for emergencies but do use it every couple of months or so in case I otherwise lose the credit and number.

[redtwin]

backwoodsman said:

Sorry, if my spelling offended you, I'm dyslexic, spell checker helps with spelling, but can't help me in this situation, when several similar words will fit.

Sorry I forgot, this is PH Speeling(intentional) matters.

Keep the phone and stick a dictionary app on it.

[Alex Langheck]

My contract is up in a few months, and I'll not renew it. I hardly use it as a phone...mainly as a iPod and a bike computer.

[Salgar]

Blimey, this thread is for people that wonder why there is a space program.

[GTIR]

Why is there a space programe?

[Itsallicanafford]

I fking cannot wait until I retire, the first thing I will do is get rid of my mobile.

..if people really want to get hold of me I will be:-

Watching Cricket
or
in my local
or
at sea fishing
or
dead

[ali_kat]

backwoodsman said:

rehab71 said:

I'm not offended and I'm dyslexic too!

OT, but in that case, do you struggle to figure out what version of a word to use?

I can normally manage to, two, and too, but have problems with anything else, and spell checker is no help.

The meaning of the word is usually a clue

There - referring to a place, whether concrete ("over there by the building") or more abstract ("it must be difficult to live there").


Their - possesive, who it belongs to

[wolves_wanderer]

backwoodsman said:

Efbe said:

A phone like a nokia 520 however might be a better shout if you need this stuff.

Guess what phone I have.

I downgraded from an Iphone 4s to the Nokia.

Well then you have a free excellent satnav and maps already that works without mobile data. Can't help with the camera though.

[backwoodsman]

wolves_wanderer said:

Well then you have a free excellent satnav and maps already that works without mobile data. Can't help with the camera though.

The more I think about it, I need a phone.

Not for phone calls, but as a satnav, backup for my walking maps, and a camera.

Time to do as suggested, find a provider who doesn't write off your credit after just 1 month.

At least then, I can make a call in an emergency, I don't think I will be giving my number to anyone, It's nice not getting texts every 5 minutes.

[maxrider1]

backwoodsman said:

Sorry, if my spelling offended you, I'm dyslexic

Ah yes, that 'epidemic' that spread in the last decade or so

[DocJock]

backwoodsman said:

The more I think about it, I need a phone.

Not for phone calls, but as a satnav, backup for my walking maps, and a camera.

Time to do as suggested, find a provider who doesn't write off your credit after just 1 month.

At least then, I can make a call in an emergency, I don't think I will be giving my number to anyone, It's nice not getting texts every 5 minutes.

GiffGaff.

My missus put a £10 PAYG top-up on hers in Nov 2012 and still has £3.79 credit left!

[mini1380cc]

The few times I forgot to take out my phone I have found it quite liberating. Initially there is the concern that I'm missing some important call, but that passes then a sense of freedom comes over...ridiculous really.

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backwoodsman said:

Any suggestions about the camera and maps problem?

What a bout the time? I don't wear a watch these days.

[Perik Omo]

Cancelled my Orange contract 3 days ago, can't have made more than a couple of dozen calls on it in 5 years. SWMBO has a very old non-smart Nokia with a GiffGaff sim that she now uses here in France as the roaming charges have reduced, we make so few calls that it makes no difference really.

[Driller]

maxrider1 said:

backwoodsman said:

Sorry, if my spelling offended you, I'm dyslexic

Ah yes, that 'epidemic' that spread in the last decade or so

[ZesPak]

Driller said:

maxrider1 said:

backwoodsman said:

Sorry, if my spelling offended you, I'm dyslexic

Ah yes, that 'epidemic' that spread in the last decade or so

The go-to excuse for people who can't be bothered to learn proper spelling.
Anyway, a dyslectic might have typed "thier" or "teihr". Using "there" is just wrong because you didn't know any better or had a small slip of your common sense.

It annoys me about as much as every other kid that can't keep up in school is somehow AHDD or dislectyc these days.