Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 8653942)

Six foot row boats, nicked from the park lake, are NOT worth 2 mill.

Originally Posted by scottishcelts (Post 8653946)

Was that THEE Irish guy? ;)

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8653970)

No, his name wasn't vinnie....though he did do a fair amount of slipping :eek: :o

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 8653929)

You're a joke pal. Threads comparing $200k cars, threads asking for flats in Sydney in the $2-3million bracket, threads about multi-million dollar boats... who are you trying to impress?

Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly (Post 8653864)

He let him live didn't he;)

Originally Posted by Professional Princess (Post 8654603)

Can I just say that its nipple chillingly cold tonight, I just thought I would say that.

:huh:

Originally Posted by Professional Princess (Post 8654603)

Can I just say that its nipple chillingly cold tonight, I just thought I would say that.

:huh:

Originally Posted by Geelong Gent (Post 8653990)

You seem inflated with items for comparison? It may surprise you but off line there are people on BE interested in such things. Not everyone dwells on the joneses or life back in England.

Originally Posted by perksy (Post 8654629)

Brass monkeys out there tonight down to 1deg brrr

Originally Posted by Professional Princess (Post 8651735)

I was thinking about the days before we had mobile phones (Mr PP and myself), in fact back in 1996, we didnt even have a landline phone in the house and had to go to the phonebox to make any calls.

My first mobile phone was quite a chunky thing and cost 50 pence a min to make a call and I remember yelling down the phone to my Dad 'Im calling from a mobile, cant speak long' and then hanging up. Why I felt the need to yell when I was on a mobile or even call him to tell him and then hang up I do not know.

Its a bit like when you first go abroad you have to call someone in your family - anyone will do, just so you can say 'I am calling from Turkey' and you adopt that loud, slow voice as though you are talking to someone that can't understand you.

The first time I got a computer and connected to the internet, I remember saying to Mr PP 'Thats it, we are on the internet now' and then feeling nervous about how much it would cost as we had a 'freeserve' account and were charged by the minute. 'Be careful' Mr PP said rather nervously and I would gaze at Internet Explorer and decide it was indeed dangerous and then disconnect feeling a bit 'naughty' for going on the world wide web.

Then I got a laptop and joined AOL - Oh how I loved their site, it was like a well designed living room and I had unlimited internet dial up and would be on there all night, having been sucked into the evils of the net and that was even before I had heard of BE so there is no hope for me now :eek:.

Mobile phones got smaller, cheaper, more efficient. Computers got cheaper and more accessible and that meant we could be contacted at any time.

The other night I was on the internet (BE and Facebook if you must know:o) and my phone rang and it was someone from work needing some info, I have a wealth of information on my crappy shitty 'big mistake' of a Nokia E72 (regret does not even cover it and Im stuck with the bastard for 2 years), so I was able to help my colleague.

Are our lives better for this technology? Did you prefer the days when a day off meant just that and you couldnt be contacted?

Or do you like the feeling that people can get in touch whenever they want?

I love new gadgets and am continually fascinated with how stuff develops and will admit to wondering how we managed without computers and phones.

But sometimes, just sometimes I do miss the days where you couldnt be 'found' and your day off was your day off and nothing could disturb it.

:)

Originally Posted by Professional Princess (Post 8655596)

Ive got a high Viz fleece on in reception, its so cold - I look like big orange 'thing' with nipples.

The joys of working in a workshop.:eek:

Originally Posted by Professional Princess (Post 8651735)

I have a wealth of information on my crappy shitty 'big mistake' of a Nokia E72 (regret does not even cover it and Im stuck with the bastard for 2 years),

:)

Originally Posted by NKSK version 2 (Post 8656393)

This is very relevant to me... I had an E71 and got an E72 a few weeks ago. The E71 was superb. I read reviews about the E72, went for it and it has been abysmal so much so that I've gone back to the E71.