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My mobile sits in the boot. Battery probably well dead. It gets resurrected once every 6 months to make a call and keep activated on the network. It must be 10 years old by now and still has most of it's free fivers worth of calls on it. I'm not going to be a slave to a mobile and at everyone's beck and call.
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Mobile phones - all three of them, two corporate* one private are switched off unless on call the minute my shadow crosses the threhold of the Office door.
*one is my Official phone the otther is a number I give to my "choice" clients to make them feel wanted you know as in "i'm phoning my brief" - God.
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So THATS who the Mitchel brothers phone!
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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I have a local version of them. Jolly to observe one of them being pulled by the Old Bill for using a mobile whilst driving a few months ago - I happened to be passing. How did I know ? They were on the phone to me a nanosecond later (no doubt driving) builiding a case !
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I keep calls down by not handing out my number willy nilly.Only a few friends and family have it.Good to see the penalty increasing,now all they have to do is enforce it.
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I have no friends. I use my phone to play Snake.
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I got my mobile in August 2000 (Virgin PAYG) with £10 worth of credit. I'm now coming to the end of the second £10 worth of credit, with just 92p remaining.
It's used purely for emergencies or for anyone to contact me urgently. Like others above, I don't want to be constantly plagued with mobile phone calls.
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I got my mobile in August 2000 (Virgin PAYG) with £10 worth of credit. I'm now coming to the end of the second £10 worth of credit, with just 92p remaining. It's used purely for emergencies or for anyone to contact me urgently. Like others above, I don't want to be constantly plagued with mobile phone calls. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
Do you know that what you've said probably pinpoints you in an age bracket similar to me, as I operate my mobiles similarly. I think that their overuse is age-related, as I don't feel the need to walk my high street or walk around my town's shops having inane conversations with friends, who anyway would be annoyed if I contacted them at certain times of the day.
I was in a queue at the Post Office this morning behind a girl, with mobile in hand of course, and she was scrolling through her list of acquaintances trying to find someone with whom to talk. After some time, she did manage to contact someone and kept up her conversation in the queue and whilst doing business at the kiosk when her time was called - madness, I say.
By the way, I was born before WW2 - just.
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Do you know that what you've said probably pinpoints you in an age bracket similar to me, as I operate my mobiles similarly. By the way, I was born before WW2 - just.
I do it the same way. Born 1960, btw. And rarely have it on when I'm driving.
My way of contrast, my wife (only a few years younger) has the same approach as BBD.
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LOL. I can play tennis on mine - by which I mean that it has a tennis game built in. I tried it once - couldn't lay a racket on the ball without whacking it right out of the court. Just like the real thing, in fact.
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What is the point of owning a mobile phone that is either locked away or the battery knowingly flat? Ever heard of a call box? Or perhaps use a landline and forget of the devils work that you feel mobiles are. Being self employed, mobiles are a god send that mean pound notes to me.
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What is the point of owning a mobile phone that is either locked away or the battery knowingly flat? Ever heard of a call box? Or perhaps use a landline and forget of the devils work that you feel mobiles are. Being self employed, mobiles are a god send that mean pound notes to me.
Quite, my work mobile is on the go all the time & doing 20K miles a year I have no option but using handsfree, my personal mobile is used at other times as it's quite well known as the RO of a car club for people to contact me.
I'm sure my Co. would have something to say if I didn't have access to it for hours on end.
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My employer's rules changed three years ago, about the same time I changed the car so the car kit went with the old car and I have a reason to ignore it when driving.
Means one less disturbance when driving and I deal with urgent messages when I stop.
Doing 30k a year it is on all the time, just doesn't get answered when I am driving!
I do remember using it at a junction near Kings Cross to tell SWMBO when I would be home (Sat at red light, handbrake on and ignition off - plod didn't realize!)
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>> Means one less disturbance when driving and I deal with urgent messages when I stop. Doing 30k a year it is on all the time, just doesn't get answered when I am driving! I
But supposing the call is to tell you that the meeting (or whatever) has been cancelled?
My phone sits in a holder on the dash, I use a Bluetooth earpiece, set to automatic answer. The best of all worlds!
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*one is my Official phone the otther is a number I give to my "choice" clients to make them feel wanted you know as in "i'm phoning my brief" - God.
Bet your Bills aren't brief PU!
vbr as ever............MD
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