paging Burnt, or anyone else who knows about phones

well, last time I looked at PAYG phones (like, I don't know, 4 years
ago?) they were charged up with scratch card things. If it's changed,
I don't actually care.

 

I was just admiring your ability, in the best UKRM tradition, to deride
something you know very little about.

FYI, PAYG phones now have a slot on the back for tyou to put money in.

HTH.

 

Er.. you can set the day the DD comes out in most cases.

Or are you saying the money is never likely to be there and the use of
Giro's encourages you to actually
put money in the account?

 

what's wrong with that?

I liked you better when you were trying to be funny.

 

Nothing, hence my admiration.

You've not been on that course yet then?

 

OK, where do I fit in? I have a personal virgin mobile phone on PAYT
but via direct debit with a monthly bill. No line rental, I only pay
for the calls and texts I use, average maybe £4 or 5 a month on that.

I also have a work mobile on o2, that gets switched off when I'm not
working / on call. It's bills are higher.

 

at a guess, reluctantly.

sounds cheap. I suspect I make a lot more calls than you. I *get* many
more calls than I make, mind you.

I would never want a job that required me to have a work mobile. I'm
less than pleased that they've got my personal number on the emergency
cascade, though I can see the necessity.

 

I would never want a job that didn't require me to have a work mobile.
I don't dig paying for my own phonecalls.

 

each to his own. I just wouldn't want a job that involved 1st or 2nd
line support. My phone bill's like, 25 quid a month, tops - I don't
mind that.

I'm also not that keen on a job that takes me all over the place to
different locations. Unfortunately on this score, I might find that in
the near future I'm going to have to spend a lot more time in Paris.
On the plus side, I might also have to spend some time in Madrid and
Milan.

 

No, no. He said "camp", not "Champ".

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, dwb said:

I know, but as darsy said, it's a case of bad financial management.

Not never likely to be there but getting the bill and seeing the payment
date certainly helps. It also gives me an opportunity to check the (BT
bill for example) bill because when I was using DD, I'd get the bill and
never look at it.

 

NAHAY(tm)?

 

That was before my time, I think. Chris has been here longer than me,
iirc.

To be fair, I'd have thought Champ could have made a one letter change
in his name or sig to assist the newbies.

 

I can't find the original mis-type, but it would appear to have been
some time in '99.

when I think of how long I've been reading/posting here, it makes me
kinda queasy.

he's such a fucking slacker.

 

Yeah. It was that hmafisted **** Batey, too. But Wolf took it up
with some relish

Hey, it's not my job to make it easy for the newbies.

 

My trick is to have a work mobile, and not be on 1st or 2nd line
support. According to the guidelines, I'm not meant to use it for
personal calls, but I've been driving a horse and cart through that
for years.

 

geek.

 

My job doesn't involve 1st or 2nd line support. In fact, I've never
done that. And I've always had company phones.

I don't either any more. Boo hiss. Except that I might have to be
going to Kuwait semi-regularly soon. Don't really know how I feel
about that - never having been there.

Madrid: good. Milan: good.

And in Paris you could meet up with Des for a pint and a chat.

 

Nice phrase.

 

Never done Madrid, but my recollection of Milan was that 2 hour lunches
are almost compulsary. Lovely place, nice people, fit women, good
weather.

Or Cab, if you prefer the company of someone who isn't a ****.