tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post3039460497707231689..comments2024-01-12T00:35:16.941+01:00Comments on French Leave: Peek a boo, I can't see you, everything's looking grand....Book a pee, you can't see me...the fly in the webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-29627921174109891362010-08-26T18:38:57.468+02:002010-08-26T18:38:57.468+02:00lakeviewer...it's a super blog, isn't it!
...lakeviewer...it's a super blog, isn't it!<br />Not being available is bliss....the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-86399167757938643152010-08-26T18:16:27.436+02:002010-08-26T18:16:27.436+02:00I dropped in from Benvenue to say hi and glad some...I dropped in from Benvenue to say hi and glad someone else doesn't feel the need to be always available.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-53337351104682593702010-08-26T16:13:48.001+02:002010-08-26T16:13:48.001+02:00Sarah, I don't think I miss much with French T...Sarah, I don't think I miss much with French TV..and the U.K.version, while great for horse racing and rugby, doesn't thrill me either.<br /><br />How right you are about being thwarted almost as an art form by our parents...<br /><br />Ayak,thank you! I love Skype too and I have found that when I have one caller in particular, keen to give me an inch by inch rundown of her health problems...an organ recital as it is known in this household...I can disrupt the call by moving from page to page on Windows! It makes a loud rustling noise.<br /><br />Jon, thus the idea of redistribution of income following New Testament principles...to him that hath shall be given and from him that hath not the little he hath shall be taken away...<br /><br />Thanks for telling me about the updates...it all went down a while ago and i thought I had solved it with feedburner...clearly not.<br /><br />PigletinFrance, I can see the day coming when those of us who refuse to have mobile phones will be regarded as security risks and sent to Guantanamo Bay....after all, if we won't have a mobile it must be because we have something to hide...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-83436842469354037732010-08-26T11:27:01.663+02:002010-08-26T11:27:01.663+02:00This rang so true to me :)
I have a mobile phone ...This rang so true to me :)<br /><br />I have a mobile phone and oil the coiffers of the mobile phone companies as I pay my abonnement each month but rarely use my minutes. I do use my phone for internet though.<br /><br />I have to have it for work but I rarely ever answer it, I don't know where it is. If people want to contact me they can leave a message or ring back. If it's an emergency then they can call my husband, home number or work number.<br /><br />I think that all the wireless connexions etc are worrying, I would like to banish them from my home.PigletinFrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06649204517903205660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-33127098176288603042010-08-26T08:54:16.189+02:002010-08-26T08:54:16.189+02:00'twas ever thus. Those who can best afford to ...'twas ever thus. Those who can best afford to pay taxes avoid them and the burden falls on those who are least able.<br /><br />BTW, ever since you wrote "Bugger Blogger" your blog refuses to update on my blogroll. No idea why.Jonhttp://www.vendeeblog.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-51284949678336212492010-08-26T07:22:52.529+02:002010-08-26T07:22:52.529+02:00Brilliant post...and brings back memories of phone...Brilliant post...and brings back memories of phone boxes and the first phone we had at home being a party line.<br /><br />I would cheerfully give up my mobile phone. I hardly ever use it, even thought it's always with me. I have a brilliant deal with skype...for 3.99 pounds a month I can ring any landline in the UK anytime day or night without further charge...it's by far the cheapest way of ringing family and friends.<br /><br />I'm amazed at how many people in this village have mobile phones. The little old ladies in their shalwar and headscarves..sitting on the dolmuş shouting into their handsets...makes me giggle!Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-39304322658075886292010-08-25T08:39:35.840+02:002010-08-25T08:39:35.840+02:00I live in a TNT black hole too, surrounded by happ...I live in a TNT black hole too, surrounded by happy folk who blow their brains up constantly watching it.<br /><br />When I got rid of the shivering wreck that had been my old tele and was confidently told that my shiny new one had TNT my boys were delighted. Their disappointment was huge when we found ourselves to be in a black hole. I didn't really care, I don't watch much tele, and when I do, I mostly watch Sky.<br /><br />I do use my mobile phone though. Not a lot, and only to make calls and text a little, and it's always in my bag so I usually miss any incoming calls as I can't hear it ring :) (selective hearing...?) I'm not a great fan of the intrusive phone.<br /><br />My mother said exactly the same thing as yours, Fly. My teenage efforts to hog the phone in the evening were constantly thwarted by my mother ordering me off it in case someone was trying to get through (they weren't, usually, natch).<br /><br />In fact, that was a feature of growing up before - being constantly thwarted. It's somewhat a thing of the past now although I do my best with my own little darlings :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-59746596391701153962010-08-25T03:22:48.972+02:002010-08-25T03:22:48.972+02:00Clippy Mat, I just couldn't see the point of h...Clippy Mat, I just couldn't see the point of having one. If I'm stranded, there is always a phonecard.<br /><br />Pearl, I agree..the 'phone exists but I refuse to answer it during mealtimes or any other time i'm doing something else that i don't want to have interupted.<br /><br />Steve...so there is a point to Wales, after all.....<br />Horrible that a job description can even think to demand 24 hour availability. Sooner the novel succeeds the better.<br /><br />e...texting is quite beyond me. I take your point about emergency use, though. Pity people don-t stick to that.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-38061359593129572112010-08-25T01:05:52.575+02:002010-08-25T01:05:52.575+02:00The only reason to have a mobile is to use it when...The only reason to have a mobile is to use it when one is away from the home and stranded or in need of help or to check on children.<br /><br />What I can't abide is the constant texting that people do. It's a bit like being on an electronic leash or being at the mercy of someone who should be paying attention to other tasks such as driving.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-53821093010591260862010-08-24T20:51:45.721+02:002010-08-24T20:51:45.721+02:00You know I admire your stance... particularly as m...You know I admire your stance... particularly as my job often requires me to be available 24/7 and the mobile phone is ubiquitous to this end. I love nothing better than escaping to Wales, crossing the border and watch the signal reception drop lower and lower until all I am holding in my hand is a useless brick of plastic...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-50844704620316292952010-08-24T20:37:25.959+02:002010-08-24T20:37:25.959+02:00I always learn so much when I come here.
The cell...I always learn so much when I come here.<br /><br />The cell phone is the only phone I have, but I don't feel I have to answer it at all times. <br /><br />PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-11986494424627813912010-08-24T20:22:41.447+02:002010-08-24T20:22:41.447+02:00ha! I got rid of my mobile phone a couple of month...ha! I got rid of my mobile phone a couple of months ago and I have not regretted it once. I dislike them. We don't need to be always available. What did we do before we had them?<br />?<br />;-)Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-58667654020132838972010-08-24T20:22:03.164+02:002010-08-24T20:22:03.164+02:00dragondays, oh yes, I recognise that look!
Even my...dragondays, oh yes, I recognise that look!<br />Even my mother, 95, has one, but I've never wanted to be accessible...as far as telephones go, I like to be in the tent p...ing out, and don't appreciate those outside the tent p..ing in! <br />Skype on the computer and a 'phone in the kitchen are fine....being accessible to people twenty four hours a day is my idea of a nightmare....especially those of whom you curse yourself as soon as you have delivered yourself of the phrase<br />'How are you?'<br />Because they're going to tell you.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-44510290921421967732010-08-24T20:09:23.110+02:002010-08-24T20:09:23.110+02:00And I thought I was the only person on the planet ...And I thought I was the only person on the planet without a mobile phone! Well, I must be the only person in Belgium without one. I get weird looks when asked for my mobile number and reply that I don't have one (poor old bag, totally out of the loop). My children have the most state of the art phones which can do everything apart from cleaning their rooms or putting dirty laundry in the basket, but if I ring them it's either a) no credit b)no battery c) lost it or d)switched off.<br />Why have one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-42443481487483100632010-08-24T19:52:21.839+02:002010-08-24T19:52:21.839+02:00Trisha, it's not so much the cold calls...anno...Trisha, it's not so much the cold calls...annoying though they are as they inevitably arrive when I'm cooking something I can't leave...but the people who,when they have finally rung off, you ask yourself whatever they were calling about!<br />I love having internet and Skype...would be lost without, but a mobile phone defeats me...as you know!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-23461119131403926532010-08-24T19:49:23.003+02:002010-08-24T19:49:23.003+02:00I remember going down the road (we lived at the to...I remember going down the road (we lived at the top of a hill) to the red telephone kiosk and inserting my pennies to phone a boyfriend at the other end of the country, then pressing A or B, whichever applied at the time, having a conversation or not, and then making my way back up the hill to home. <br />Also, not having a telephone when I was first married and if I wanted to speak to my Mum and Dad or sister, I walked a few miles to see them. <br />Now, out here, I have all sorts of communication devices and can easily speak to anyone anywhere! <br />I love technology and wish it had been about when I was a youngster.<br />I do get 'cold' calls and when I say that I am English and request to speak to someone who speaks English they then hang up - result!!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456012541796765737noreply@blogger.com