Beyond tomorrow

[Wongo]

Rocky,

If you are having one for emergencies and you don’t know how to use it then how bloody good is it?

Sadly a lot of people get one because of the “what if my car broke down in the middle of nowhere” thing.

My MIL got one for the same reason 4 years ago. She used it a few things in the first few weeks and it has been sitting on the kitchen bench since.

Unless it cooks me bacon and eggs, I ain’t getting one.

[Rocker]

Scott,

Actually my wife normally carries it in her bag, and she knows how to use it. I am prepared to take my chances without it. I doubt if I am likely to come to much harm on the highway between Elimbah and Caboolture, where the traffic is pretty light.

When I worked as a geologist in Tanzania, I had no means of communication when I was hundreds of miles out in the bush - I just used to drive to town once a month to collect my mail. I suppose that I was fortunate that I was never faced with a life-threatening emergency. But I liked the sense of freedom that it gave, not having a boss breathing down your neck. Modern-day geologists don't need to be self-reliant, since they have satellite phones and GPS devices, so they can always call for help, and they can't get lost.

Rocker

[bennylaird]

Great in emergencies, you break down and ring the RACV, you get a recorded message and put on hold, just as you get through after waiting an eternity it either, runs out of credit or the battery goes flat.

[craigb]

Scott,

When I worked as a geologist in Tanzania, I had no means of communication when I was hundreds of miles out in the bush

There would have been jungle drums surely.

[bennylaird]

Just use "The Ghost Who Walks", aka Mr Walkers drum connection, just remember to drum "0" to get an outside line.

[bitingmidge]

I doubt if I am likely to come to much harm on the highway between Elimbah and Caboolture,

I can't believe you'd even think about driving between Elimbah and Caboolture without a phone??? :eek: :eek: :eek:

Has that clock gone to your head or something???

P (very concerned!)

[Sturdee]

What is next? A mobile phone that only makes phone calls?


Wongo (chairman of the anti mobile phone association)

I have one of those. I switch it on and take it with me whenever I leave home so that in an emergency I can make calls and switch it of when I'm back home.

The number is a closely guarded secret, only known to my wife and daughter, so if I'm not home they can contact me in an emergency.

Peter.

[zenwood]

I'm with you Wongo. I don't have a mobile phone. I thought I was the only one in Australia.

[Auld Bassoon]

I have one of those. I switch it on and take it with me whenever I leave home so that in an emergency I can make calls and switch it of when I'm back home.

The number is a closely guarded secret, only known to my wife and daughter, so if I'm not home they can contact me in an emergency.

Peter.

I'll have to have a peek in XXXX I.T. system that allocates numbers, and/or churn system that has ALL numbers - admin rights, acquired somehow :eek:

Now, Peter, about that timber you were going to get for me...

[maglite]

One that has a bigger key pad would come in handy........

[Auld Bassoon]

I'm with you Wongo. I don't have a mobile phone. I thought I was the only one in Australia.

When I was in South Africa in the late 80's / early 90's a mate bought a Phillips "Porty" (no conventional mobile phones there then); blerry thing cost around R16,000 I seem to recall; but he reckoned it worthwhile for his plant hire business.

Must have been desperate! As a fellow Yottie, I'd have thought that he could dished out a few h/held VHF radios to his crew, and schieved the same result for a lot less - so long as he didn't give a radio to his SWMBO

[Blocklayer]

If you have a PocketPC phone you can run the PocketPC versions of the stair calculator at
http://www.blocklayer.com/Stairs
and the PocketPC versions of the concrete block calculators at
http://www.blocklayer.com

but it'll never catch on

[Sturdee]

I'll have to have a peek in XXXX I.T. system that allocates numbers, and/or churn system that has ALL numbers

Steve,

By all means try and see if you can find out the number but I must warn you that it isn't even in my name.

In any case if it rings and the callers ID doesn't belong to the phone numbers programmed in the phone I ignore it, as it must be spam.:eek: To me my mobile is not a way for the world to communicate with me but the way I can communicate with the world.

Maybe that is unusual, but it is me.


Peter.