Contented old gits. Your opportunity to celebrate the modern world.
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Contented old gits. Your opportunity to celebrate the modern world.
Count your blessings...
My iPhone 4, allowing me to have access to my life at all times. (And bollox to the first person who says "Its a gadget, get a life." I HAVE a life, this just allows me to keep in touch with all of it all the time, if I so wish.)
Super-quick automatic gearboxes.
Webcams.
Cheap or near-free international phone calls.
Concept2.
Digital cameras.
My iPhone 4, allowing me to have access to my life at all times. (And bollox to the first person who says "Its a gadget, get a life." I HAVE a life, this just allows me to keep in touch with all of it all the time, if I so wish.)
Super-quick automatic gearboxes.
Webcams.
Cheap or near-free international phone calls.
Concept2.
Digital cameras.
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Re: Contented old gits. Your opportunity to celebrate the modern world.
the internet.
I can check out all the miss universe contestants in alphabetical order.
I can check out all the miss universe contestants in alphabetical order.
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Re: Contented old gits. Your opportunity to celebrate the modern world.
How modern do you mean?
sk y pe - which we can leave disabled as much as we want - we're in control - and if necessary can always say that we can't access the site (not true)
email - see above
digital cameras - no more wasted money on lousy developed shots
decent TV - through an undisclosed but well known medium and being able to listen to various radio plays/quizzes from the UK
being able to pay bills on-line - not having to write a cheque, fill in the counterfoil, put it in an envelope and address said envelope, put a stamp on the envelope, go to the nearest post box and post it and then hope it arrives at it's destination
internet banking
air-conditioning
If you'd like to go back much further, then Mr H's grandfather had to guarantee the electricity company in his area the first quarter's takings to get them to put electricity into the village.
So, on that basis, I'd say electricity would be the number one on my list - nothing much runs without it, does it?
sk y pe - which we can leave disabled as much as we want - we're in control - and if necessary can always say that we can't access the site (not true)
email - see above
digital cameras - no more wasted money on lousy developed shots
decent TV - through an undisclosed but well known medium and being able to listen to various radio plays/quizzes from the UK
being able to pay bills on-line - not having to write a cheque, fill in the counterfoil, put it in an envelope and address said envelope, put a stamp on the envelope, go to the nearest post box and post it and then hope it arrives at it's destination
internet banking
air-conditioning
If you'd like to go back much further, then Mr H's grandfather had to guarantee the electricity company in his area the first quarter's takings to get them to put electricity into the village.
So, on that basis, I'd say electricity would be the number one on my list - nothing much runs without it, does it?
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Re: Contented old gits. Your opportunity to celebrate the modern world.
Torrents - without which I would be lost
Alpen - without which I would go hungry in the morning
Tinted moisturiser - I am blessed with good skin and don't want to trowel on foundation
Alpen - without which I would go hungry in the morning
Tinted moisturiser - I am blessed with good skin and don't want to trowel on foundation
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Re: Contented old gits. Your opportunity to celebrate the modern world.
liberated women...though it can be a double edged sword at times
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Re: Contented old gits. Your opportunity to celebrate the modern world.
without a doubt, ghds...
MM, xx
MM, xx
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tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. What a life you must have. *shakes head in sadness*
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