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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:10 pm
Heh, last week we went to one of the girls softball games at our parks smaller field. There's two sets of bleachers, but they are right next to each other, maybe 3 feet apart. I was sitting in the top row, on the very end closest to the other set. When we have games there, I always chose that spot for two reasons, first it has the only little bit of shade out there for most of the game, and second, it's the best spot to take pictures of the girls. This game, I spent 2 and a half hours listening to the woman sitting right across from me talk about everything from her lousy husband who is divorcing her, what a dirtbag he was, how the kids were acting, inviting another family to move in with them, and money woes. I kept telling my sister, "two choices, move and burn or listen to this!" It was so bad that a verbal altercation broke out between parents on our team and those from the other team and when asked later, I couldn't say who started it, what was said, or what it was about cuz all I kept hearing was woman griping about her ex.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:13 pm
Kooklie, one of the guys where I used to work used to do the cell phone thing in the bathroom at work. One of the other guys got fed up, and one time when he was there and cell phone guy came in, he made (with his mouth) certain very loud sounds that if they came out the other end you wouldn't want to be there. Apparently they were heard on the other end of the phone. Apparently, this guy never talked on the cell again in the head.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:16 pm
War, if the other parents are ticked off about her too, why don't you just let them know that you're bringing a radio to future games and annoy the p*ss outta her. If she asks you to turn it down, turn it around, move it, or whatever...just tell her that you'll do that once SHE turns her voice down, turns around, or moves. If that doesn't work, knock her off the bleachers and just say, "oops, sorry I bumped you"
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:27 pm
Or maybe get into the horns, whistles and other noisemakers and go crazy until she leaves the area? Nah, knock her off the bleachers.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:30 pm
I like that last idea. Horns, whistles, etc. for every little thing that either team does, good or bad. Or lots and lots of "hey batta batta"
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:42 pm
I love it when people are on their cell phones in a public restroom. I make it a point to flush multiple times when I hear them talking..... LOL !
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:50 pm
"oops, sorry I bumped you" I am going to remember this line.

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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 3:49 pm
You guys are right in saying that texting/dialing/ a cell phone or reading a smart-phone while driving is dangerous. I do believe that young people are getting the message; even my kids discourage me from doing it when I'm tempted. Holly, I'd love to know which company you have your prepaid cell service with; being able to keep the account active for just $10/year would be awesome. Wargod, I have TracFone, and my minutes are rolled over from one period to the next. What carrier do you have? Do you text with the kids? I ask because with TracFone one text message deducts only one-third of a unit. I text my son occasionally, my brother, my sister. I find that texting forces me to keep it brief; if I'm gabbing on the phone, I'm usually roaming and that chews up two units of prepaid time per actual minute spent talking.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 4:25 pm
Sia, it's T-Mobile ToGo. If you buy $100 of minutes to open the a/c, at the end of a year your minutes roll over as long as you buy $10 more on each yearly anniversary of your account opening. Easy-peasy! I can pay the $10 on the cell or on online, don't even have to go into a store.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 4:45 pm
Sia, here's a link that gives you all the information. Apparently there's no roaming charge either (whatever that means!) http://www.prepaidreviews.com/tmobile.html
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 4:59 pm
Wow that's an even better deal than Virgin, which is (or used to be, might be more now) $15 a quarter. Only trouble is I have a balance of over $130 now, as I so rarely use the phone, and so I'm stuck with them forever if I don't want to lose it!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 5:10 pm
Kitt, can you give the phone to someone to use? Or, I guess, the $130 was rolled over so it's taken you some time to get to that amount of credit? I'm secretly laughing at you guys. If you knew what my cell phone bill is, you'd mess your panties!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 5:12 pm
Holly, I have the same thing. Have to pay my $10 in July to roll over for another year. I kind of enjoy going into one T-Mobile store in particular. Always so nice in there. Years ago I had bad experience with a Verizon salesperson. NEVER do business with Verizon again.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 5:43 pm
Yes Costa, we've had the phone for years, that's why we have such a big balance. My dh has about the same. We only make a dent in the balance when we're away from home and need to call the UK. It goes down quickly then!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:49 pm
Sia, yep, we all have tracfones, perfect plans for us really. Dakota found text messaging once and in about four days spent all her minutes...we made her pay for that and she hasn't used text messaging again, lol. Me and Darren never use text and Caleb uses it once in a while with his buddies, like when they're making plans ("meet at my house in 10 mins.") type of stuff. My oldest niece has a cell her grandpa gave her (might be tracfone) and she only uses it for texting him and her step grandma and auntie who are in North Carolina. She never uses it to call, just texting, and grandpa and step grandma add money to her account when she needs it (especially step g-ma, cuz it allows them to stay in fairly frequent contact with her and her little sisters.) With the kids, we just call. It's usually 1-2 minute phone calls, "Hey mom, I'm done and ready to be picked up." "Ok, on my way." Ohhh, a horn would have been wonderful that day at the game, lol! I'm a pretty enthusiastic fan on most days, and really I don't care whose kid it is, I'm cheering. I've earned dirty looks from Kota, oldest niece, and their teammates more than once for cheering on girls from opposing teams, sorry if someone has a nice hit or makes a good catch, I'm letting them know. This particular game was even more fun for me cuz it was against our leagues other minor league team...girls Dakota and niece have played with for several years...and it was a game that had absolutely no effect on the standings, neither team was moving up or down so it didn't matter who won (of course I did like that it was Kota's team and she was the one who scored both runs for her team!) I just set back and cheered on all the girls, lol, but it never seemed to stop the cell phone lady. She just kept yakking and yakking and yakking.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 8:28 pm
Kitt, I have Virgin Mobile as well and find the same phenomenon, that I have like $140 in credits built up because I never use it. I have to put on $20 every three months, so I must have got mine after you. Still, $7.50 a month just to have the phone for emergencies is pretty cheap reassurance. I have a FIT it anybody tries to call me on the phone, as I leave it in the car at all times, and I try to NEVER let anybody have the number. That phone is for ME to use, not you. YOU can call me at home, lol.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 9:38 pm
Thanks, Holly. I will look into T-Mobile when my TracFone is due to expire. Sounds like a very affordable plan. Hey, I anyone want to compare Verizon and AT & T for wireless coverage? I'd love to buy the new iPhone 4G when it comes out--but right now I'm convinced I'd only want it if Verizon were available as a carrier; currently it only can be provided by AT & T. Verizon has much better coverage in my area in terms of cell phone towers and signal strength, etc. I can post this in the phones thread, too, if this isn't the right place for this. Thanks.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 9:51 pm
I read earlier today that AT&T is likely to lose its exclusive contract with Apple for the iPhone by later this year / early next. Likely to be T-Mobile first because its wireless technology is more similar to AT&T's than other cell carriers.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 5:53 am
I have Verizon for my personal BlackBerry and AT&T for my work BlackBerry. When I travel (which I do too much), I've found that I have better coverage with Verizon than with AT&T. AT&T is also having problems with dropped calls. Lots of them, due in much part to the bandwidth required by iPhones (forget about AT&T in the Bay Area; you're guaranteed to drop at least three times a day). I'm not an Apple fan, so the iPhone thing isn't a big deal. But I left AT&T for Verizon years ago, and I've never regretted a single moment of it. Where I go, I always have the best coverage with Verizon. Sia, if you're definitely wanting to stick with Verizon, check out the Android. I've heard much good things about it.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 11:12 am
Droid has a larger market than Iphone now. I'm thinking it is because Verizon's coverage is so much better than At&T. Blackberry beats them both though. I hate to text, though, I find it is a timesaver because I don't want to get into long conversations. (or sometimes even short ones) My kids have thousands of texts. I don't see it interfering with their lives, politeness, or social skills though. (We have unlimited texting on all phones.) It sure beats having them spending hours tying up the home phone talking like I did when I was a teen. They could talk on their phones, but they don't very often. They mostly text. Kids have a need to be social with their friends. We have Verizon. My husband is self employed, he needs a cell for business. We have 1400 mins. allowance for $110 per month. (business expense) It is an older plan and some newer phones will not work with it. Even with all the talking he does, we never even come close in minutes. Calls to all other Verizon customers do not get deducted from our mins. We have unlimited night and wkend minutes. We all have unlimited texting. Each add'l line is $10 per month. We have free long distance. We can talk for free to 10 non veriz phones-cell or landlines. Our cost is only $40 per month plus taxes for the 4 lines, since the main line is a business expense. A few yrs. ago, I had some complaints about Verizon's customer svc. I submitted the complaints online. They actually called me to see what they could do to make me happy. They gave us an upgrade on a line that wasn't due for an upgrade (to a new phone for free or reduced cost) for quite awhile. A relative was having problems overseas, they tried her a few times at her hotel to fix the situation or teach her how to do whatever it was. They spent a few hours altogether on this. Awesome customer service!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 11:20 am
And I had very poor customer service experience with a couple Verizon employees in a Verizon store. Verizon -- never again.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 11:43 am
Thanks for the recommendation, Costa. I have wondered about the Droid since I got an offer in the mail for one. I am not committed to a contract with Verizon because I have a used phone; they let me pay month-to-month. My phone is quite old/outdated, and it has some issues. My sister says the Verizon store would probably take a look at it for me, but I've never gone into it.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 2:02 pm
I had the best ever customer service when I thought I'd lost my personal BlackBerry. We looked all over for it, and I ended up calling Verizon support using my AT&T work BlackBerry. They helped me suspend my service, told me that the BB itself wasn't yet due for the "new in 2" but that my broadband card was, so I could go get a new phone for cheaper, and totally helped me out. When I managed to recover the phone, I called to resume service. They were AWESOME on all the dozen calls I had them on. (I'd dropped it, a woman found it, called my mother using the address book, who called my home phone and left a message and I thought to call home to see if anyone called me to leave a message, I met her in a bar back where I'd lost it, and gave her a giant hug!) Absolutely swear by Verizon's customer service. And I absolutely swear by my BlackBerry. I was thinking Droid if I had to get a new phone (since the BB Pearl is no longer available in pink). I will say, however, that the employees who work in "stores" or kiosks are not the same. They are generally under contract to Verizon. Was the Verizon store an actual Verizon store, or was it one of the stores that are not Verizon owned, and are instead Verizon retailers? Big difference...
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 2:04 pm
P.S. Lessons learned when I thought I'd lost my phone: 1. Back up the darned BlackBerry monthly (I'd gotten lazy). 2. Don't put a password on the phone. If you lose it, no one can get in to check your address book for your mother's phone number. 3. Add a new address book entry, the first item, "If lost, call..." (and I put in my work BB number). 4. Add a new entry that is displayed on the keyboard locked screen ("If found, call..."). LOL! (If that had been a locking iPhone, no one would've been able to find me. Also, Verizon doesn't use SIM cards, so if anyone had wanted to sell that phone? No one could use it. It was bricked!)
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 5:53 pm
Anyone have any BluRay Player recommendations? I'm getting one for Bill for dads day
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