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Living Room / Re: Cell Phone Questions
« on: February 18, 2015, 12:53 PM »
In all seriousness, if cost is the only issue (you might want the bike for other reasons), a $20 or less phone along with the $30 Truphone SIM should last for years if the use is minimal. 

If I get 4wd's Nokia 6320 working again when the battery gets here, you're welcome to it, in which case the total outlay is $30 for the SIM.
-mwb1100 (February 17, 2015, 05:33 PM)

Thank you for your offer.  Hope the new battery works for you.

Cost is not the only issue.  Remembering to use it now and then is another matter.  I can be an out-of-sight-out-of-mind kind of person.  No BS.

I would use the bike for other occasions.  But maybe without the hard rubber tires.

--------------------------

My main questions were answered...

Are there phones that can be used only when necessary?  No

Does one get charged for incoming calls?  Sometimes

Are there bare-bones phones?  No camera, no touchscreen, just a phone?  No

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Living Room / Re: Cell Phone Questions
« on: February 17, 2015, 05:13 PM »
Crabby3 + cell phone = vehicle assist.  Easy, convenient but not free... (after purchase)

Crabby3 + bicycle + plus land-line = assist.  Semi-easy, semi-convenient but free... (after purchase)
-crabby3 (February 17, 2015, 04:08 PM)

You must have quite a large glovebox!


-mwb1100 (February 17, 2015, 04:52 PM)

Heh, heh... cute.  My current ride is a standard van... small glovebox but huge trunk.  ;D  I believe one of these folding bikes may fit in a small car trunk as well.

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Living Room / Re: Cell Phone Questions
« on: February 17, 2015, 04:08 PM »
My thanks to all for your info and links... I have learned a lot.   :)

Getting back to what I really need, a break-down emergency plan, I have two options.

- - - - - - - -

Crabby3 + cell phone = vehicle assist.  Easy, convenient but not free... (after purchase)

Crabby3 + bicycle + plus land-line = assist.  Semi-easy, semi-convenient but free... (after purchase)

A bike like this, plus solid rubber tires, should help me out of most jams.   8)

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Living Room / Re: Cell Phone Questions
« on: February 15, 2015, 04:36 PM »
Truphone: 9 min/9 text - (Note: I have not used Truphone myself) Truphone used to offer non-expiring funds. Today I can't find any information about their fund expiration policies.  If you check with their customer service and their policy is still to never expire funds and keep the phone active, then this might be a great plan to go with.  I might have to look into this for myself again...
-mwb1100 (February 15, 2015, 12:09 PM)

According to this support posting, Truphone funds will not expire as long as you make at least one phone call in a 6 month period:  https://getsatisfaction.com/truphone/topics/how-often-should-i-top-up-my-truphone-sim-account

So I'd say that Truphone looks like a good option for a glovebox phone. Buy a SIM for $30 and you get $15 airtime on your account. There is more than 50 years worth of keep-the-phone-active funds in that $30 SIM purchase.  Making two (or three to ensure you don't cut it too close) calls a year probably isn't too much hassle.

Add more funds if/when you actually use the phone. The smallest top-up is $5 which gets you nearly an hour of talk time.

Update:  some more info on Truphone:

  • Truphone uses both the T-Mobile and AT&T networks, so coverage shouldn't be an issue
  • incoming calls and SMS are *free* (US calls/texts - I'm not sure about international ones)
  • one drawback is that MMS (multimedia messages) is not supported, only SMS (text only)
-mwb1100 (February 15, 2015, 01:38 PM)

Thank you mwb1100, for your considerable time and trouble.  However this highlighted part would be a concern.
I tend to be an out-of-sight-out-of-mind guy and may not use or need the phone for more than 6 mo.
If it couldn't be used, without a tech-call first, it wouldn't be worth much to me.   :(  ...sorry
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Living Room / Re: Cell Phone Questions
« on: February 15, 2015, 01:30 PM »
Are there phones that can be used only when necessary?  Like if my vehicle dies unexpectedly?

i'm in a similar situation as you, wanting a phone for car for emergencies.

in the usa, there is no good solution for this that i am aware of.

my understanding is this:
1. all cell phones have to be allowed to dial 911 even on bad sim card and no plan -- so for REAL PURE emergency 911 access, yes you can use almost any cell phone and not pay for a plan.
2. but if you hope to be able to call any other number besides 911 you are going to have to expect to pay some kind of yearly fee whether you use your phone or not.
3. there are plans targeted at people who rarely use their phones (like me), but the cheapest i found is something around $100 a year. tmobile has a pay-per-day-your-phone-is-on plan for $3/day, but they still force you to pay a minimum and it ends up being about $100 a year.
-mouser (February 14, 2015, 06:22 PM)

Seems we are both sol... so far.  No contract does not mean no plan.  JitterBug5 caught my eye but the bad reviews out weigh the good by about 10 to 1.
Still reading / digesting everyones replies.   :)

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Living Room / Re: Cell Phone Questions
« on: February 15, 2015, 12:28 PM »
BTW:  Still don't have any CDs, DVDs, players, etc.   ;D
-crabby3 (February 14, 2015, 12:28 PM)

^ "still"?  :tellme:          CDs are so last decade; totally outdated.  :down:
-Curt (February 14, 2015, 05:21 PM)

The gist of my sentence was meant to convey my non-techno lifestyle.
Many other technologies have come and gone, without my investment, as well.   :)

I am situated in South Florida or around 249 mi (401 km) NE of Havana Cuba.  

What has replaced CDs in Denmark?  I think people still buy and use em over here.

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Living Room / Cell Phone Questions
« on: February 14, 2015, 12:28 PM »
Are there phones that can be used only when necessary?  Like if my vehicle dies unexpectedly?

I have heard of pay-as-you-go but is this a specific phone, brand or service?

Does one get charged for incoming calls?

Are there bare-bones phones?  No camera, no touchscreen, just a phone?

Having never had or used one I thought I would try to gain some knowledge before shopping around.

......................

FWIT:  My ride has died unexpectedly twice so far but was fortunate, both times, to be very close to an auto-repair shop.
BTW:  Still don't have any CDs, DVDs, players, etc.   ;D

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Living Room / Re: Double-sided tape with one side to be removed later?
« on: February 12, 2015, 02:43 PM »
...
All I'm asking for is double-sided tape.  It's not a complicated product.
...
-superboyac (August 30, 2010, 04:02 PM)

It can be frustrating.  I wanted to get a small plastic stack of drawers to store internal drives when not using them in my docks.  Somehow I couldn't hit the correct search term.  Finally I just looked through every container WalMart had sorted by price to find the thing.  Took me about 3 hours of work to find a $7 item. :(

-MilesAhead (August 30, 2010, 05:08 PM)

Unfortunately... exact search terms are hard to guess at Walmart or most anywhere.

In the Awards biz the name for this tape is Double-Faced tape and single-rolls of name brand are not cheap:
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cranioscopical has the best suggestion.  Carpet tape.  It's usually white... not clear.  But more sticky than clear IMO.

The partial roll i have left is still as sticky as the day (10+ yrs ago) i bought it at my second-home... The Home Depot.   :)

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Living Room / Re: Spoilers Are Fun !!
« on: February 12, 2015, 12:54 PM »
Just noticed my spoilers work again... though i don't know when or why ..  :huh:
I did have back to back restart-updates, yesterday and today so maybe something was reset?

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Developer's Corner / Re: How The Most Expensive Game Jam In History Crashed And Burned In A Single Day
« on: February 12, 2015, 12:16 PM »
As one TV producer I know explained to me, the industry itself is "content neutral." It's all about eyeballs and 'likes' these days.
-40hz (April 02, 2014, 01:42 PM)

Phew... what a relief.  I figured TV producers actually thought their stuff was good entertainment.


As he put it (close as I remember), "We don't care what gets broadcast as long as people want and actually do watch it.
-40hz (April 02, 2014, 01:42 PM)

How do they know what people want or watch?


My industry makes no judgements. Sure, we all prefer to televise good shows. But we'd be just as willing to televise a wall with paint drying on it if it will net us 100,000 regular viewers each week."
-40hz (April 02, 2014, 01:42 PM)

This would be a good show but only if they use wrinkle paint.   :P

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:59 AM »
arrest warrant issued:

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Living Room / Re: License, registration, and insurance...or your cell phone
« on: February 11, 2015, 12:11 PM »
Gods have fingerprints?   :huh:

113
Living Room / Re: wierd mouse click problem
« on: February 11, 2015, 12:02 PM »
@Deozann

Thanks for your $7 Amazon Basics Mouse link.  More expensive isn't always better.   :)

I have had this 'background' clicking issue as well.  With Logitech and Microsoft mice.  But have not seen it since switching to an onn - $8 Walmart-special.

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Living Room / Re: License, registration, and insurance...or your cell phone
« on: February 11, 2015, 10:12 AM »
I don't have a mobile phone of any sort, smartphone, dumbphone, or otherwise.  ;)
-app103 (February 10, 2015, 04:55 PM)

 ;D .., dumbphone, ..  ;D

Maybe one could email their edocuments to the cops computer?  If nothing else.. it would be a more practical roadside sobriety test.

The standings after my vote:
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Living Room / Britain gives go-ahead to test driverless cars on roads
« on: February 11, 2015, 08:38 AM »
Quote:

"Britons will from next summer be joined on the roads by driverless cars, after the government gave the go-ahead for the vehicles to be tested on public roads in a bid to encourage companies developing the technology to invest in the country."

Full story -  http://www.msn.com/e...ar-AA9eyPh?ocid=iehp

I presume the US has had this for decades... ever since the CB radio craze?  :'(  Not much difference between no driver and one that's preoccupied.

That's a big 10-4 .. Good bu-CRASH!

116
Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: January 23, 2015, 12:57 PM »
Sometimes things with silly humor attached are cousins to "interesting stuff".
-TaoPhoenix (January 22, 2015, 06:21 PM)

Thanks for the topic title Tao.   :)   ...next time i'll know.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: January 22, 2015, 10:26 AM »
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118
Living Room / Do Not Call List
« on: January 22, 2015, 09:26 AM »
Persons being on a 'Do Not Call List' apparently means nothing to some companies.  Dish Network to name one.

"The court found Dish liable for 4,094,099 calls it or its vendors made to numbers on the Registry and for 2,730,842 calls its retailers made to numbers on the Registry," said the FTC.

http://www.newsmax.c...015/01/22/id/619979/

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: January 22, 2015, 08:24 AM »
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: January 21, 2015, 03:27 PM »
- i didn't know where else to post PETMAN.  :)



Wider screen:   https://www.youtube....amp;x-yt-cl=84359240

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: January 20, 2015, 01:49 PM »
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: January 20, 2015, 11:39 AM »
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: January 20, 2015, 11:38 AM »
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: January 20, 2015, 11:03 AM »
(see attachment in previous post)
-crabby3 (January 17, 2015, 01:44 PM)

Some front hallways (mine) aren't all that less creepy, when lit.
 (see attachment in previous post)
-app103 (January 18, 2015, 09:28 AM)

The Sanity Error here is having only 1 handrail.   :(

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: January 20, 2015, 10:04 AM »
(see attachment in previous post)
-crabby3 (January 17, 2015, 01:44 PM)

When I was a kid, I lived in the basement... so... good idea... :P
-Renegade (January 18, 2015, 05:30 PM)

...nasty place but .. friendly face   :)

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