Mundane News

[tyred]

I was out on the bike and there was a skip outside a house with an exercise bike sitting on top of all the rubbish.

It seems that every time that I see a skip outside a house, there's an exercise bike lying on top of it. Why do people buy these things and not use them?

 

[tyred]

That's not that old. I've still got phones that take full size SIM cards.

This is a full size SIM.

 

[classic33]

This is a full size SIM.

The one on the left?

 

[tyred]

The one on the left?
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No not quite that old. Second to the left.

 

[Reynard]

They "piggy-back" EE, previously the Orange network.

I've lost track to be honest. I know it was T-mobile at one point. I don't really care as long as the thing works.

 

[Reynard]

I have an O2 UK sun card that I used when I worked in Derry years ago. It is at least 6 years since I last put any credit on it but it still receives texts. I'm surprised that they haven't killed it by now.

I know because I have the SIM in a prehistoric LG flip phone. I sometimes order things on UK eBay and have them sent Click and Collect to Argos across the border so I can pick things up and avoid paying international postage to move something another few miles down the road. I always give that number as it won't accept my Irish one.

I can then take my phone to Argos, show them the text and have them laugh at my stone age phone. Cheeky young whippersnappers

I still have a working Nokia 3310

And no, not the recent re-launched one.

 

[Reynard]

The one on the left?
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The one on the left will need a phone the size of a house brick!

 

[classic33]

The one on the left will need a phone the size of a house brick!

Nokia 2010, Philips Diga, to name but two.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I believe there may be an old Motorola Microtac in my basement. Although I think it was the mid 20 teens when I got a smart phone. Now back with Motorolas again. Moto g6.

 

[Jenkins]

Just booked tickets to see Madness in December - fingers crossed !

I've got more than my fingers crossed that live music starts up again soon. This is my current list of gigs - most postponed from last year...

Wednesday, July 28, 2021​	Squid​	Norwich Arts Centre​
Friday, September 10, 2021​	Agnes Obel​	Cambridge Corn Exchange​
Friday, October 01, 2021​	Sound City Ipswich​	Various, Ipswich​
Thursday, October 07, 2021​	Lanterns on the Lake​	Storey's Field Centre, Cambridge​
Monday, October 11, 2021​	Wasuremono​	The Bodega, Nottingham​
Monday, October 18, 2021​	Laura Viers​	Norwich Arts Centre​
Monday, November 08, 2021​	Sorry​	Cambridge Portland Arms​
Wednesday, November 10, 2021​	This is the Kit​	Norwich Arts Centre​
Tuesday, November 16, 2021​	Porridge Radio​	Norwich Arts Centre​
Thursday, November 18, 2021​	Pozi​	Portland Arms, Cambridge​
Friday, November 19, 2021​	Lanterns on the Lake​	Norwich Waterfront Studio​
Sunday, February 27, 2022​	Dry Cleaning​	Rescue Rooms, Nottingham​
Saturday, April 02, 2022​	Dream Wife​	Portland Arms, Cambridge​
Monday, April 11, 2022​	The Lovely Eggs​	Cambridge Junction 2​
Tuesday, April 19, 2022​	The Mission​	Rock City, Nottingham​

 

[Jenkins]

The one on the left will need a phone the size of a house brick!

It'll fit into my Motorola Startac (unfortuatlely locked to Orange) that's in a drawer upstairs

 

[Jenkins]

Very quiet day here, the most energetic thing I did all day was carry two bags of shopping from the car indoors.

One final thought for you after the cold, wed & windy weather of the past week - the days start getting shorter in just one month!

 

[Reynard]

Right, I've had enough of trying to get a photographer, a cat and a gentleman racing driver to behave. So it's time to put the writing away for tonight and toddle off to bed.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[classic33]

Right, I've had enough of trying to get a photographer, a cat and a gentleman racing driver to behave. So it's time to put the writing away for tonight and toddle off to bed.

Nunnight one and all xxx

Sithi


In the PM!!

 

[biggs682]

Right I am going out for some damp underfoot miles