On Jan 8, 2007, at 7:30 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
Same here, often Mrs Smiths from New Delhi :-(
Our phone line is listed in my partner's name and we occasionally
receive telemarketing calls for a Mister with her surname (which they
always pronounce wrong). I can tell them with a
On Jan 9, 2007, at 4:30 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
The z is USA , the s is used by the Brits
ann (the Scrabble player, remember? )
Lucky sods... you get to use the 10-point letter :)
As far as I'm concerned, a word is legal if you can make up a
plausible-sounding definition.
- Dave
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On Jan 9, 2007, at 2:04 AM, Bob Shell wrote:
One year the phone company put my photography studio in the yellow
pages under Welding instead of Wedding.
My mother-in-law's name is always mis-spelled in the phone
directory. Every year she asks them to correct it, and gets a months
free
On Jan 6, 2007, at 11:43 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
You mean, hitting a cell phone user over the head with
a big club and draging them away by their hair?
Trust me, this has crossed my mind!
Or just throwing the cell phone on the ground and bashing it with the
club.
Bob
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PDML
David Savage wrote:
But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation,
to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off.
I go days without even turning my mobile on.
Dave
Dave, this is ann calling, I just happened to be walking by your house and
a saw two guys loading a
I agree with you there, Adam, although I need to answer mine if I've
given someone on craigslist the number.
No, I'm talking about the college kids I know personally who take days
to return phone calls and don't even
listen to their messages. To me a cell phone is a lifeline. I've
never
On 1/8/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Savage wrote:
I go days without even turning my mobile on.
Dave, this is ann calling, I just happened to be walking by your house and
a saw two guys loading a truck with all your stuff in it .
:)
What are you doing call me?
Well, I have to say this has been an interesting discussion full of
implicit self-contradictions.
I too hate the imbeciles who use phones inappropriately ... when
driving, when doing other things that require their attention, in an
obnoxious manner, etc ... all the fault of the imbeciles
On 1/8/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I didn't have it with me and enabled for communications most of
the time, then the people I gave the number to for purpose of finding
me when it was *necessary* would not be able to rely upon it for
communications in need and it would
While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take
the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If?
they took the kid in with them they picked carried him/her. Now you go
in the store and there are two women with their strollers completely
blocking the
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:08:05PM -0500, graywolf wrote:
While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take
the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If?
they took the kid in with them they picked carried him/her. Now you go
in the store and
On Jan 7, 2007, at 8:55 AM, David Savage wrote:
I don't have a mobile so people can call me, as such very few have
the number.
I have one so if I need to make a call, for instance when I'm on site
at a job and need some information that's back at the office, I can.
As I've said, if it
Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:08:05PM -0500, graywolf wrote:
While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take
the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If?
they took the kid in with them they picked carried
On Jan 7, 2007, at 1:21 PM, John Francis wrote:
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:08:05PM -0500, graywolf wrote:
While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks
who take
the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If?
they took the kid in with them they
On 7/1/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
I understand that ... for years, my mobile was only for work use,
paid for by my company, and it was only with me or switched on when I
was doing things for work. Nowadays, however, I work for myself and
in need communications are
On 7/1/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take
the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If?
they took the kid in with them they picked carried him/her. Now you go
in the store and there are two
My cell phone fantasies are more mid tech. Flushing them down in the loo is
what struck me when I'm bugged.
There is something about water and cell phones ;-)
Tim
Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
I think anyone who takes a stroller in a store should be stoned. It's
time we imposed some discipline on the unruly masses. Damn strollers.
Damn babies. Why weren't they aborted? :-).
Paul
On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:08 PM, John Francis wrote:
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 06:52:54PM +, Cotty wrote:
On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I think anyone who takes a stroller in a store should be stoned. It's
time we imposed some discipline on the unruly masses. Damn strollers.
Damn babies. Why weren't they aborted? :-).
Yep. Personally, I think abortion should be legalup
As I've said, if it wasn't for these work situations I wouldn't have
one at all.
I use one for work, but I don't like the constant availability it
seems to imply. However, I would still keep one even if not for work
because they are very useful in other ways. For example, London
transport is
I use a cell phone for virtually all of my voice communications. My
home phone is used only as a link for my satellite television
account. I am rarely in a position to take calls at home. But I have
to stay in contact with a lot of clients and friends. The cell phone
has simplified my life
I see the issue with cell phones is that many people let the phones rule
them. If it rings it must be answered.
Its a tool as such the user should be in control not vice versa.
Kenneth Waller
- Original Message -
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: OT Is returning a phone
I'm with you there. On my cell phone I answer most calls because the
number is not widely distributed. But I always check the ID. If it's
suppressed, I don't answer. I never answer my land line. I do check
the messages from time to time.
Paul
On Jan 7, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Digital Image Studio
On 08/01/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see the issue with cell phones is that many people let the phones rule
them. If it rings it must be answered.
Its a tool as such the user should be in control not vice versa.
I've noticed that the callers expectations have changed, I
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 09:54:33AM +1100, Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 08/01/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see the issue with cell phones is that many people let the phones rule
them. If it rings it must be answered.
Its a tool as such the user should be in control not
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I think anyone who takes a stroller in a store should be stoned. It's
time we imposed some discipline on the unruly masses. Damn strollers.
Damn babies. Why weren't they aborted? :-).
Nuke the unborn gay baby seals. :D
--
Thanks,
DougF (KG4LMZ)
--
PDML
Kenneth Waller wrote:
I see the issue with cell phones is that many people let the phones rule
them. If it rings it must be answered.
Its a tool as such the user should be in control not vice versa.
It's not just cell phones, either. I've seen the same thing with email
and land-line
On 08/01/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of
the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their
car to leave.
Umm, I've found most people never turn them off to start with ;-)
--
Rob Studdert
Yes! Finally, someone on the list gets it right! :-))
Paul
On Jan 7, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I think anyone who takes a stroller in a store should be stoned. It's
time we imposed some discipline on the unruly masses. Damn strollers.
Damn babies. Why
Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 08/01/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of
the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their
car to leave.
Umm, I've found most people never turn them off to
Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Absolutely.
I have to be contactable 24 hours a day as a part of my contract, and so
I carry 2 cell phones Cheers,
Cotty
Then how come Norm got your voice mail:-)
Dave
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When I commuted to work @ 6:00AM EST, I was amazed @ the number of people
I'd see on the cell phone @ such an early hour. Who are they talking to?
Their broker in Japan?
Kenneth Waller
- Original Message -
From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT Is returning a phone
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 06:52:54PM +, Cotty wrote:
On 7/1/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks who take
the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If?
they took the kid in with them they picked
On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
And I must admit I'm far less inclined to answer any
phone these days if the senders caller ID has been suppressed.
I learned that trick fairly quickly after I set up a toll-free line
for my business. The only people who suppressed
On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:55 AM, David Savage wrote:
I have one so if I need to make a call, for instance when I'm on site
at a job and need some information that's back at the office, I can.
The major reason I carry a phone is in case of emergency, or if I
lose my partner at the mall or
On 1/8/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Being able to dash off a quick
text message is also rather handy for times when immediate attention
is not required. I wish landlines could do that.
Telsra (the major phone provider here) offers SMS text messaging on
home phones that support the
On 7/1/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm with you there. On my cell phone I answer most calls because the
number is not widely distributed. But I always check the ID. If it's
suppressed, I don't answer. I never answer my land line. I do check
the messages from time to
On 1/8/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or
landline. Unsolicited canvassing calls amount to probably less than half
a dozen a year.
We get about 3-4 per day on average.
We get / make many calls to / from friends and
relatives.
On 08/01/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 1/8/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You guys are all nuts. I answer any phone call I get, mobile or
landline. Unsolicited canvassing calls amount to probably less than half
a dozen a year.
We get about 3-4 per day on average.
Same
Same here, usually at dinnertime, until they implemented national 'do
not call' lists and laws with $200 fines.
Regards, Bob S.
On 1/8/07, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 08/01/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 1/8/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You guys are
Each other.
Kenneth Waller wrote:
When I commuted to work @ 6:00AM EST, I was amazed @ the number of people
I'd see on the cell phone @ such an early hour. Who are they talking to?
Their broker in Japan?
Kenneth Waller
- Original Message -
From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 08/01/07, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Same here, usually at dinnertime, until they implemented national 'do
not call' lists and laws with $200 fines.
We have similar laws too (but the fines are huge) however they have no
jurisdiction over calls initiated from outside the country.
On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:50 PM, David Savage wrote:
But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation,
to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off.
I won't put up with a salesclerk who does that. I politely tell him/
her to put the caller on hold until we finish. If
On 1/06/07 1:31 PM, Bob Shell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think cell
phone use in theaters, restaurants, and many other places should
simply be banned since people are too damned stupid to know when it
isn't appropriate.
They are not only rude and unsophisticated, but have nerve to do so.
On Jan 6, 2007, at 1:56 PM, K.Takeshita wrote:
I think cell
phone use in theaters, restaurants, and many other places should
simply be banned since people are too damned stupid to know when it
isn't appropriate.
They are not only rude and unsophisticated, but have nerve to do
so. Just
Bob Shell wrote:
Agreed. I saw on TV that they have the technology now to disable
cell phones inside of buildings, and that it was being used in some
French movie theaters. Now that's technology that makes sense.
The only good side of this is that people who have mental disorders
You could always disable cell phones inside buildings, like any other
radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday cage.*
Bob Shell wrote:
On Jan 6, 2007, at 1:56 PM, K.Takeshita wrote:
I think cell
phone use in theaters, restaurants, and many other places should
simply be banned since
On 6/1/07, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed:
You could always disable cell phones inside buildings, like any other
radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday cage.*
Only works one day a week though. Bummer.
--
Cheers,
Cotty
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On Jan 7, 2007, at 7:31 AM, Bob Shell wrote:
Somebody in the next booth started making calls and talking to
whoever he was calling very loudly.
That's something that bugs me, too. People always seem to raise
their voice when using telephones for some reason. Maybe it's the
same thing
--- David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 7, 2007, at 11:57 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
You could always disable cell phones inside
buildings, like any other
radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday
cage.*
I think this may be one of those problems where a
level of technology
On Jan 7, 2007, at 11:57 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
You could always disable cell phones inside buildings, like any other
radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday cage.*
A lot easier said than done on that kind of scale. It's quite hard
to effectively shield a room against RF, especially
Hi!
David Mann wrote:
On Jan 7, 2007, at 11:57 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
You could always disable cell phones inside buildings, like any other
radio transceiver, just put one in a *Faraday cage.*
A lot easier said than done on that kind of scale. It's quite hard
to effectively shield a
It is not just businesses, alas -
Forgive me if you are a young adult/ college kid, who answers every
phone call you receive,
but I've been finding that people in that age group rarely answer their
cell phones and take
days to reply to messages. Although, to be fair, I know a couple of
people
One reason for that is that the younger set has grown up in an era of
Telemarketing. Few calls from unrecognized sources have any worth and most are
a waste of time.
I certainly never answer calls from names/numbers I don't recognize.
-Adam
ann sanfedele wrote:
It is not just businesses,
But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation,
to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off.
I go days without even turning my mobile on.
Dave
On 1/6/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is not just businesses, alas -
Forgive me if you are a young adult/
I've had good luck with Sigma service in the US. But I bought the 500
and something Pentax flash anyway, because I had a job coming up
where I needed a compact P-TTL flash. I'm going to send my Sigma in
for service soon.
Paul
On Jan 4, 2007, at 6:42 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Arggg.
Maybe there was an earthquake in India?
Norm
David J Brooks wrote:
Arggg.
Sorry, but i need to vent here.
First it was Pentax for poor returned phone calls, but i could always
reach someone in service.
Then, after getting into Nikon, they over a period of 5 years, only
returned
I know you'd call me back.
Eh?:-)
Dave
Quoting Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Maybe there was an earthquake in India?
Norm
David J Brooks wrote:
Arggg.
Sorry, but i need to vent here.
First it was Pentax for poor returned phone calls, but i could always
reach someone in service.
Actually, Gentec is about 10 Km's from work.
All i need is a confirmation they can do the work.
Dave
Quoting Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Maybe there was an earthquake in India?
Norm
David J Brooks wrote:
Arggg.
Sorry, but i need to vent here.
First it was Pentax for poor
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