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Jon wrote: "Chin up Allie :-)Personally, I'm still chugging along in the Stone Age with Windows XP. It comes on when I press the button so it'll do for me."
Same here. It does the job for me.
Alicja wrote: "Allie wrote: "Simona wrote: "Portia wrote: "Oh, I just got annoyed with the comments about "you shoulda done a backup." I hate being told what I shoulda done. But Allie is probably more mellow tha..."That sucks!!!!!! Wow.
The thing is about mine though is that, I don't ever use it for pics or anything. I just happened to have my tab on me @ my nephews birthday party so I snapped a few pics. Then, when my computer genius was trying to fix it for me, I didn't know he was going to erase everything and start over. Didn't say anything to me! Good thing I didn't have files I needed on there! But then today at best buy, the guy was confused because he said all my pics should have uploaded to sky cloud but didn't. Had they, I could have retrieved them. So it looks like my tablet was against me from the very beginning!
Side note: I had to get a new phone today. My phone has been on the fritz for months but I didn't want a smartphone or something else all "tecky". Salesgirl said my phone was so old, hey no longer made batteries for it (which was what I needed). So got a smartphone and......I have no idea how to use this thing. I don't even recognize the name. I'm hopeless.
More side note: one sliver of a silver lining: best buy guy put the kindle and nook apps on my tablet for me so now my upgraded tablet has E-reader capabilities. Yay! But knowing me, I probably wont like that anyways :/
I'm hopeless right along with you, Allie. I've never had a smart phone, and get clowned by friends on an everyday basis because of it. That's alright, though. My old school flip phone costs me a grand total of $16.00 a month. Take that tech nerds. ;)
Don't worry about the "smart" part of the phone Allie. As long as you can figure out how to put in some contacts and send a text......
My phone costs me way too much, no where near $16...that's for sure. As soon as my contract is up I'll be going for something cheaper!!There's enough Wifi around that I don't think I'll bother with the data package next time. Should save me a fair amount!
£10 a month for my so many minutes and texts and data package which I never go over.
Derek wrote: "I'm hopeless right along with you, Allie. I've never had a smart phone, and get clowned by friends on an everyday basis because of it. That's alright, though. My old school flip phone costs me a gr..."You're ahead of me mate; I haven't even got a mobile. Now, I do have an itouch and a tablet, both were gifts though, and I can text with them using wifi.
@Dawn our wee country has the most expensive wireless rates in the Western world. It's insane how much we pay for a service that already had the infrastructure in place prior to mobile phones being a common item.
Derek wrote: "I'm hopeless right along with you, Allie. I've never had a smart phone, and get clowned by friends on an everyday basis because of it. That's alright, though. My old school flip phone costs me a gr..."I have absolutely no cell phone, no tablet, no itouch, no eReader, only an aging PC, which is fine for my needs. Maybe someday I'll get a cell for emergencies only, but who knows?
I don't have a landline phone, so I have to have some kind of cell so that my family and employers can get ahold of me. They do come in handy in emergencies. There's been a couple of times when my car broke down in the middle of nowhere. I was very thankful to have a cell in those situations.
Darcy wrote: "@Dawn our wee country has the most expensive wireless rates in the Western world. It's insane how much we pay for a service that already had the infrastructure in place prior to mobile phones being a common item...."Yes, it's insane how much we have to pay. Thus my decision to not have the data package next time. Especially when Mark there is saying how little he pays!!!
I don't know how I ever lived without my smartphone. I'm working 2 jobs right now and my hours are really odd. My employers text me all the time. Friends do too, the only way we've been keeping in touch recently. The gf sends me pics of her day and updates me on her happenings. And I can access GR through it. Plus, I never get lost anymore after having convenient access to google maps. Plus, recently I scanned and email documents right from my phone while standing at a red light. But the down side is that I never have alone time or quiet time anymore.
Technology eh! Miss the good ol' days when as a student you used to queue outside a phone box for hours waiting to make a call home either that or walk miles to the next one & find it vandalised :)
Better still, when you started yer first job & off you go out on a jolly, finish early, down the pub at lunchtime & NOBODY could get hold of you until the next day to send you elsewhere on a breakdown job.
Happy Days indeed, dont yer jus hate mobiles & technology :)
Alicja wrote: "But the down side is that I never have alone time or quiet time anymore...."This I don't like, I hate being accessible 24 hours a day.
I have a phone for my convenience only, so I tend to be difficult to get a hold of unless I'm at work. :)
I really like my smart phone, especially when I have to be waiting in line or for an appointment.
I need my cellphone. With my mum in a nursing home I need to be contactable 24/7.
Portia wrote: "Happy gets the credit for coming up with that name for Terri. Wasn't Fearless Leader the boss of Boris and Natasha on The Rocky and Bullwinkle show? ..."hahaha!! :D
man, that gave me a good laugh!
Margaret wrote: "At the risk of pointing out the obvious, the majority of people on here are intelligent, thoughtful people, as you would expect of regular readers...."Oh I don't know about that. You should go into the Goodreads Feedback or Goodreads Librarian group from time to time. People get real hornery in there!
I always get stomach cramps at the mere thought that I need to post something in those groups.
Those groups aside....when I first started dabbling in groups on GR I found people quite snappy and uncaring.
In so many groups On GR, people post because they want to say something, they don't post in groups because they are interested in what others are going to say.
I feel that in A&M, members are genuinely interested in each others opinions and thoughts.
Then there are the people in GR groups who make others feel like an idiot. They speak down to people regularly. And think if you don't know as much as them about books/genre/the GR website etc etc..then they shouldn't waste their time on you.
I have seen it all on GR. It is why I am only in this group. (and the Librarian and Feedback groups for other reasons)
I think one of the best things about the group is the diversity of opinions and everyone can still get on. I think that is because if a few things, the maturity of the group for starters, and the fact that you guys keep a tight rain on stirrers. Everyone's opinions are soooo different, ie Stormbird, yet we can a still all chat about it. That's what I want from GR and I get it from this group. The fact that it leads to interesting people and more recommendations is a bonus, too! :))
As a hussy who belongs to thirty groups, I know how rude & under-policed others can be.
Bryn wrote: "As a hussy who belongs to thirty groups, I know how rude & under-policed others can be."I had not realised you were such a group hussy until now!
Terri wrote: "I had not realised you were such a group hussy until now!"Now you know. But in comments order, 1000+ more comments here than in the next. Of course. :)
Lisa wrote: "I think one of the best things about the group is the diversity of opinions and everyone can still get on. I think that is because if a few things, the maturity of the group for starters, and the f..."Stirrers don't stick around for long. Usually because I stir them back with a kick up the pants. :D
We've had a couple people who came into the group with the singular intention to stir up trouble. Some were trolls looking to undermine our equilibrium for entertainment. Some were trolls who are fans of hist fantasy or hist romance and they wanted to engage in verbal battles regarding the books we cater to.
Really though, it has been a long time since we last had trolls working the group. I think also, the bigger the group grows, the harder it is to undermine a group.
For these trouble makers, smaller groups are easier to ruin for fun. So I think, when we were smaller, we had a bigger target on our behinds.
Now, it is not so big. :)
And as for people who are just plain rude and obnoxious to others. I think, because rotten attitudes aren't the norm around here, if someone wants to be rotten, they only draw attention to themselves. If you are an a-hole to others, you will be the odd one out.
I do like it in A&M when I see gregarious and outspoken people mixing so well and in such a relaxed way with shy, self conscious people.
usually if you have lions roaring, the mice are too scared to squeak. Our mice are roarers in here too. Which is awesome. :)
Bryn wrote:But in comments order, 1000+ more comments here than in the next. Of course. :) "Of course! ;D
How to make some Dutch folk happy while testing tank brakes.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b4f_13...
Nice feel good moment on the floor of the Utah State Senate - currently in session State senator gets engaged
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=2851...
My ASUS broke! Well, I dropped it and it broke! Everything was on it: my hope of finding the NFL channel to watch all the Super Bowl Games; my current bookDerek Birks FEUD; the free books from Anne and the other people who so graciously lead me to the free grazing ranges and pools of cool water wherein I may slake my reading thirst; the android 'as you type' speller; the Christmas gift cards; the computer type stuff(don't ask because I don't know); my excuse for lying in my reading spot which is safe and secure and where the outside cannot enter. The books on my Nook are ok(I didn't drop the Nook), but I have read them. I will be upset and confused for days because my 'normal' is gone and that means I will try to find a new normal until the ASUS is fixed. The tech who works on the ASUS will find a treasure trove of books. I hope he or she is a reader.
This is a list that should have been started loooooooong ago. Help it grow, guys!
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Terri wrote: "How to make some Dutch folk happy while testing tank brakes.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b4f_13..."
Just one thought - Why??
Please Canada, take him back!!! We have too many screwed up young adults, who started out as child stars, as it is!lol
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You may have noticed, once they're gone, we are happy to relinquish any claim to them back in: Shania, Celine, Justin, just to name a few ;)
Whatever you do DON'T send him to Australia!
Darcy wrote: "You may have noticed, once they're gone, we are happy to relinquish any claim to them back in: Shania, Celine, Justin, just to name a few ;)"Lols
Margaret wrote: "Whatever you do DON'T send him to Australia!"Isn't that where we're supposed to send criminals?? ;)
Dawn wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Whatever you do DON'T send him to Australia!"Isn't that where we're supposed to send criminals?? ;)"
Nah, Georgia, US. The entire state was a penal colony before we went out on our own. Send 'em all out to shovel snow!!!
Really?? Georgia?? Had no idea it was a penal colony.
Yeah, that's what I've always heard but, of course, now I can't find a link to back up what I'm saying. If I do, I'll post it.
Yeah. Georgia was a penal colony. A lot of the rebels from the 1745 rebellion were sent to Georgia after the rebellion was crushed. America declaring independence is the reason Australia was colonised. Great Britain no longer had anywhere to transport criminals to.
Here you go Portia. This link mention Georgia as a penal colony. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/e...
Most of the US was a penal colony, prior to the Revolution, but Georgia tends to come up often because of the person in charge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_co...
Oh, I see others have added links too hahah
Thanks, Lia! Even though I'm from PA, not GA, I now understand why I get along with all the Aussies in this group.
Silly me, I typed in the state's name, not thinking that they aren't about to brag about that part of their history :PSo, I repeat, send The Beibs to a chain gang to clean up the ice in Atlanta.
Darcy wrote: "Most of the US was a penal colony, prior to the Revolution, but Georgia tends to come up often because of the person in charge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_co...
Oh, I see others have add..."
Weeeeellll, not exactly. PA was founded by William Penn whose point was to find a place for his Quakers to worship without persecution. Same for the Puritans in MA. Maryland -- Mary Land, was given to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore as a refuge for Catholics. Many of our ancestors (mine included) came here to make a better life. This book, Where I Was From, gives one of the best explanations of the American mindset that I've read. I didn't get as far as CA, but I left PA as soon as I was able.
That said, a lot of Americans have ancestors who got here three steps ahead of the tax collector or the hangman!!!
Portia wrote: "Darcy wrote: "Most of the US was a penal colony, prior to the Revolution, but Georgia tends to come up often because of the person in charge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_co...
Oh, I see o..."
Ah. I guess what I meant was that it's because he was trying to clean the poor out Britain. :)
William Penn made Philly a safe place for all religions. That's why they have so many different religious denominations there, including the Quaker House. Very nice people, the Quakers. We learned a whole lot of interesting history from them when we were there.
Weeelll, they are as human as the rest of us. Spouse has friends who are Friends and they are very human. Among Friends
So they only have the nice ones greeting tourists?? :)
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Sorry about that. I learned my lesson to back up the hard way, I lost an essay for a final grade as an undergrad two days before it was due. Thankfully, I was able to pay a dude $200 to pull my laptop's hard drive and he found the essay just in time. I had a friend who wasn't as fortunate and who lost his Masters thesis and had to prolong his grad school stay for another year and re-write the entire thing. Most of us have been there at one point or another, all we can do is (hopefully) learn from our experiences.