tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post7188041852211001522..comments2024-03-29T08:48:52.553+10:30Comments on Drifting through life: Thursday Thoughts # 71Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-58601851395203671642015-11-13T14:50:31.250+10:302015-11-13T14:50:31.250+10:30Margaret-whiteangel; that's a very good reason...Margaret-whiteangel; that's a very good reason for having one. I'm sure my kids and I will have the same arrangement when I get older.<br /><br />Merle; mine never hides from me, I always know exactly where it is, but I don't get hardly any calls, not even telemarketers and that's fine with me. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-2152677520453413462015-11-13T10:20:00.012+10:302015-11-13T10:20:00.012+10:30My mobile is lazy it often hides from me and no on...My mobile is lazy it often hides from me and no one rings on it much, most people ring on the house phone which is fine by me, it has no voicemail so you will only get me at night and thats ok too more chatty at night.<br />Merle............. Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-45498677423451255122015-11-12T23:33:01.008+10:302015-11-12T23:33:01.008+10:30I'm not a talker on the mobile but is was very...I'm not a talker on the mobile but is was very handy when my parents were alive especially my dad. He would phone me each morning so i would know he was alive, then i would phone him back ao he'd know i received the call. This afforded me not to have to be home each morning...<br /><br />ADSL plan should be good, then you will notice the difference of not buying in data blocks.. <br /><br />Family history can be very fascinating..Margaret Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074619859060647600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-18782702380594515912015-11-12T19:14:07.220+10:302015-11-12T19:14:07.220+10:30That's an impressive history you have there Ve...That's an impressive history you have there Vest.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-35655528083443217982015-11-12T18:14:28.655+10:302015-11-12T18:14:28.655+10:30My side of the family has been traced back as far ...My side of the family has been traced back as far as the middle of the 15th century. A few notables Like Admiral George Bowyer who fought the battle Glorious ist of June with Adm/lord Howe 1793.The younger Bro of George was adopted by Lord Atkins, Name Richard Bowyer Atkins, became the first judge advocate of Parramatta NSW, read about this despot.on google. A pub in Radley Oxfordshire the 'Bowyer Arms', was the former home of Adml George no other pub has this name.<br /> some of the digging back has unearthed some startling facts an axe executioner a hangman. several highwaymen, politicians also a general who fought for England in the American war of independance. And me of course stirring the can in blog world.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-1042680257800907642015-11-12T16:58:48.892+10:302015-11-12T16:58:48.892+10:30Manzanita; I don't worry about radiation, I do...Manzanita; I don't worry about radiation, I don't get enough calls to worry about it. Most people who know me use text messaging. Sad that you don't know where you came from.<br /><br />joeh; my ex is a great one for long conversations. He phones when he is drunk and rambles on and on and on. I hold the phone away from my ear and just listen to his voice without really paying attention. Once he has used too many swear words I tell him off and hang up. <br /><br />Vicki; so sorry to hear your family records have been destroyed. <br />You're right about the amount of money phone calls can use up, texting is cheaper and right now my provider has a deal where I get xxx number of free texts if I recharge with a certain amount of $$ by the end of the month. The amount is within my budget, so I'll recharge and I can text to my heart's content. <br />I've been putting off the ADSL plan, but now that my pre-paid blocks run out more often I find that paying up for more works out to the same amount or more than the monthly plan would cost.<br /><br />Lee; I gave up a landline phone when I moved here, I never used it once I had the mobile and learned how to text, so I decided I wasn't going to pay line rental for nothing. <br /><br />Snoskred; 24/7? Surely you sleep now and again! :) I don't have a smart phone and don't want one, I know I don't have to have all those apps that are available, but without all the apps, what's the point of having one? A simple flip phone does me just as well.<br /><br />Andrew; well, that's too bad for the companies, they're going to have to deal with me by email.<br /><br />JahTeh; I had a prepaid Nokia until I bought the flip phone, I loved it, but kept forgetting to lock the keypad so worried about accidentally dialling numbers when the phone was in an overloaded backpack. That never happened, but I eventually bought my Samsung flip phone which is now about 8 years old. <br />You could come to SA and wander about in the German areas, Hahndorf etc, to see if anybody looks like you or recognises you as looking just like an ancestor (*~*)<br /><br />Elephant's Child; I liked the pre-paid, but since they changed the data amount so I get less for the same $$, I find myself running out too often. So a monthly plan is now the way to go. For me. <br />Both my parents lied to me, so even though I have the family tree my mother made, I can't 'really' be sure just how true it is. My father told me he was one of eight kids, I later found out he was the middle child of only three. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-6695879071976752872015-11-12T15:21:34.200+10:302015-11-12T15:21:34.200+10:30I go down the prepaid path myself. And try not to...I go down the prepaid path myself. And try not to use any phone any more than I have to.<br />I know nothing about my background. My father couldn't/wouldn't talk about it, and my mother lied.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-3751086009028818432015-11-12T15:15:52.086+10:302015-11-12T15:15:52.086+10:30I'm quite happy with my pre-paid 2004 Nokia an...I'm quite happy with my pre-paid 2004 Nokia and only a few people have the number. I take it with me in case I fall down in the street or the nursing home needs me.<br /><br />It's going to be a challenge for me to find out about my German side of the family since my great grandfather was illiterate and all I know is that he arrived in S.A. from who knows where. JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-59121466615452274212015-11-12T12:41:21.654+10:302015-11-12T12:41:21.654+10:30For some reasons you would think talking on the ph...For some reasons you would think talking on the phone to companies is no longer needed. It is the companies that want to do things verbally. They just hate putting anything in writing that you can later produce and prove them wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-91900458696733281882015-11-12T10:58:09.745+10:302015-11-12T10:58:09.745+10:30I text 24/7 but I never, ever pay for it. Those sm...I text 24/7 but I never, ever pay for it. Those smartphones, with all the "apps" can actually be quite awesome, because many of those apps allow you to text, send photos and call for free. <br /><br />I use one called Kakao Talk which both The Other Half, and Sephyroth have as well, so not only can I send free texts to my partner, but also to my best friend in the US. I can also send them photos and call them for free via this app. The app is 100% free.<br /><br />I use another one called Wechat, which is popular with my family because my Chinese Aunt got everyone signed up on it - it is used a lot in China. So not only can I free text with my Australian family, but I can also free text my Chinese cousins. We exchange photos a lot via this - and you can send one photo to all your people via one quick screen. This one also allows free calling, saving my Chinese Aunt endless international call fees. This app is also 100% free.<br /><br />If I call and text from home on the wifi, it does not even charge me for data. My smartphone knows - because it is smart, and because I set it up this way - to connect to my wifi first, and connect to the network second.<br /><br />The only person I have to text manually is my Uncle, who strangely is not on Wechat. But he is new to the smart phone, and I am sure my Chinese Aunt will hook him up with wechat soon.<br /><br />I do not have facebook messenger on my phone because I do not like the little faces popping up when someone sends me a message. I know a lot of people are using that - once again totally free, and you can send free texts to everyone on your facebook list easily with it. <br /><br />Anyway, that is how communication happens here.. :)Snoskredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934143064049972234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-89309290598625436912015-11-12T10:30:41.754+10:302015-11-12T10:30:41.754+10:30I only have my landline phone.
The only time I&...I only have my landline phone. <br /><br />The only time I've owned and used a mobile phone was back in 1998 when my late brother fell ill. I was managing a motel in Mackay in the early days of his illness and I didn't want to be using the business phone with my frequent calls to the hospital in Townsville. Then Grahm was transferred to a hospital in Brisbane and I relocated south, back to Gympie to be closer to the city and Graham. I was travelling back and forth each day in between working, and I needed the mobile then. <br /><br />After Graham's passing on 6th June, 1998, I tossed the phone away. And I've never again had the need for one. Maybe one day again I might...but not yet...Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-15745403743954679342015-11-12T08:24:44.748+10:302015-11-12T08:24:44.748+10:30ADSL is more convenient, and once you're set u...ADSL is more convenient, and once you're set up (which is the laborious part), all should be better.<br /><br />I don't have a mobile phone - dislike them intensely. I use hubby's when we're out, and only briefly at that.<br />However, having to branch out further and sell my work online - especially on instagram - requires me to have a mobile phone, so I'm getting a second-hand one from my son, and only for online sales.<br />I can't believe how much money they can use up!<br /><br />Imagine finding out about such an amazing family history!<br />The Soviets destroyed all my family's records after the war, so I can't investigate further :(Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-37553123434291595492015-11-12T06:47:00.342+10:302015-11-12T06:47:00.342+10:30Manzi--The Big Bang Theory is great--very funny!!Manzi--The Big Bang Theory is great--very funny!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-64648598718033552352015-11-12T05:34:50.540+10:302015-11-12T05:34:50.540+10:30I don;t like any phone conversation longer than 2 ...I don;t like any phone conversation longer than 2 minutes...texting is great.<br /><br />By the time you get to your great grandfather x 7 you are probably related to around 5 million other people.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-13538659383766616442015-11-12T01:59:12.898+10:302015-11-12T01:59:12.898+10:30I never hold cell phones to my ear...... tooo much...I never hold cell phones to my ear...... tooo much radiation. I always use speaker and I never carry it with me when I'm out. I'm just too old fashioned and I use my land phone most of the time. I've never watched the Big Bang show and I don't know if we can get the ancestry one. That would be a show I'd like, too. I don't know where I came from either. They used to tell me they found me beneath a cabbage leaf. No wonder I like cabbage. Manzanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467261212623663365noreply@blogger.com