paging Burnt, or anyone else who knows about phones

50 050?

I've 'ad that one.

In my trainspotting book from when I was 11 years old; I completed all
of the 50 and 47 class IIRC.

 

<boggle>

I really do not believe I've just read what Mr Burnt has typed.

 

I'm wondering if I'm being especially naieve here, or if the question is
one of my trainspotting.

Hmm... I chose engineering as a career. I'd not be particularly
surprised to find that *any* engineer had done a bit of trainspotting in
the past.

And, in my case it was the very distant past. My school was next to a
railway line. I also like numbers so trainspotting was ideal.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Paul Corfield

We all have a history. The rattling of the skeletons in the cupboard
sometimes has to be ignored else one would be deafened.

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I do.

 

I suppose that you only had 'kewl' distractions at the age of 11.

 

burbled:

Must have been a blast.

 

Not particularly.

Had to be polite 'cos I wanted to get fed and watered.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Darren Robinson

I heard Al was there.

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Dave

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SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Who the **** wants an "emergency phone"?

 

Gotham City Police Dept?

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Old fuckers like them in the glovebox of their car (that's people older
than Champ; maybe Auvache's age).

Oh, and pre-pay is *ideal* for Children; a contract would be a source of
conflict when the bill came in.

For adults, it really depends on how much use you make of a phone if
it's mainly to receive calls and send, say, less than a couple of text
messages a day then you're *probably* better off with pre-pay than a
contract phone.

 

Ok, but..

My message was in response to:

Message-ID: <>

So, he's talking about an "emergency phone" as a spare.

And each of your examples is a primary phone. I can't think why I'd
ever want a spare, emergency phone with PAYG SIM in it - my normal,
only phone seems sufficient for any purpose I've yet to encounter.

 

am I the only one who thinks mobile phone ownership should be illegal
under the age of 16.

 

wrote

My peers don't won't mobiles. It is all you kids who are making this
mess don't blame it on us.

I rarely use my mobile for outgoing calls as it costs so much more than
making the same call from a landline. Pay as you go makes sense in my
case.

 

I used to, but recently I've come to the conclusion it's not a bad idea
in an emergency. I believe there should be a way to lock kids phones
down to being able to ring home, emergency services, and a few pre-
programmed numbers though, not least so they have to get off their ass
and go talk to people or do things instead of sitting there texting... I
not sure if many phones offer that kind of functionality, maybe it's a
gap in the market.

I also reckon phones should be switched off, or diverted to voicemail in
classrooms, just the same as in cinemas, presentations, etc.

 

No.[1]

Phil.

[1] With the recent hoo-ha over children being exposed to filth via
their
3G/picture phones. The harridan^H^H^Hwoman who was complaining about
it didn't seem to realise the easiest answer was NOT TO GIVE THEM
3G PHONES IN THE FIRST PLACE!

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to juggle mushrooms"
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There is. It's called phone barring and it's built into pretty much
every modern phone..

But it does involve the parents having a clue.

Phones shouldn't be on while at school. Just like you didn't used to
be able to have an earpiece radio on at school..

Phil

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Phil Launchbury, Network & Infrastructure PHB
Triumph Tiger 955i
"I'm training the bats who live in my cubicle
to juggle mushrooms"
Remove sick person to email me

 

No.

 

When I have an emergency I use my normal phone. I don't see why
having a "spare" phone helps.