Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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Driving back from Brighton with my daughter and the song Thunderstruck by AC/DC came on, she said "I quite like this song, but I can't get over the fact it sounds like it's being sung by an angry Elmo"
I'm never going to be able to hear that without thinking of that. 🤣
Sorry, Brian, don't sully yourself with this
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I met my nephews' cousins today or, in other words, some random strangers. Still, good fun, so perhaps I need to get into this extended family thing.
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Removing the shutters' old varnish to reveal the nice colour of the wood underneath, which gets even better with the application of the new varnish (hopefully longer-lasting). Very satisfying.
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Buying data for an e-sim meaning my phone works stepping off a plane. Feels like progress.
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Not as cheap as 'native' data, I assume, but a lot cheaper than paid-for roaming.
I was surprised that the couple who stayed two weeks ago had no free EU roaming on either of their phones, so had been relying on wifi for the first two weeks of their campervan holiday in France... they were glad to be able to use my French SIM data when they got here.
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Shiny shutters. So far I'm very happy with the varnish - previous stuff seems to have had a very short shutter-life... it went on looking creamy, going clear quickly, but didn't seem to bind to the wood or soak in at all. This new stuff - cheaper, from Amazon - soaked in straight away and brought out the colour and weathered texture beautifully, with a nice sheen. It's a satisfying job to do.
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To give you an example, 10 GB for 30 days in France is £8 or unlimited is £36. I presume there is better value available somewhere, but I think the savings would be immaterial. That's data only though.
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Oh, if anyone wants to be my friend, I have a code which gets a 20% discount.
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Yeah, that's not too bad in comparison with per-MB paid roaming, and the unlimited deal would be good to share if with friends or family.
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I'm going to sound like I am on commission, but you can get a pass for the Carribbean covering loads of countries or just add week for say, Vietnam. It's great.
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Not that I'm likely to go there, but yes, those sorts of destinations would make one vary handy to save nasty surprises. Obviously as I get 200Gb/month for 10€ in France, I'm not going to need one for here. My Giffgaff roaming allowance is just a back-up.
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I think I pay just over £2 per day to use my normal package overseas. Lebara advertise a SIM that allows free data and they're dirt cheap (my work SIM is £5 per month) but it would mean you have a different number for the duration
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Most of the ones that allow free data roaming put a cap on the allowance - certainly Giffgaff does, at just 5Gb a month, whatever your regular plan's allowance is.
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Hmmm. My EE account has 200Gb/month so unlimited as far as my use goes and roaming costs £2.47 per day in Europe. I can pay £25 for a month if going for more than 10 days and that £25 covers a lot of other countries in the world.
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Yep, that's the same as me. Obviously it is still worse than it was back in the good old days before the unmentionable event but it's a pretty effective cap.
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My point was mostly in reference to countries outside of the EU. I quoted France to give Brian something to compare to.
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Yes, as noted, that's when I would be more likely to use one. I like the idea of paying for just what you need (i.e. data), in a competitive market. I do wonder if eventually the notion of doing basic voice calls by anything other than data (i.e. by WhatsApp or similar) will be looked on as quaint.
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Landlines are all going digital soon which essentially means they just going to use data and VOIP.
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You have to beware though. When I was in Fiji I got a local SIM as they don't have a reciprocal agreement. Data seemed to be used up very, very quickly. Much faster than at home, and that was with wi-fi in the accommodation.
Possibly one for the intrigues thread.
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Mine already is, which is why I was annoyed with myself when I found out (via a larger bill than anticipated) that calls via the phone wired into the magic box (using my old landline number) are charged at previous non-VoIP rate. Seems I'd not read the small print carefully. I kind of only kept the landline number out of nostalgia (I've had it for 32 years) and because mobile reception is intermittent at home, but TBH, I'd probably go internet-only (WhatsApp or similar) if I could get a discount by losing the landline number, as I only use if for incoming calls if I need a reliable connection. Otherwise I go to the top floor and use my mobile for outgoing calls.
Still miss my first BT number, which was Tedburn St Mary 223. That was in 1985. Stupid thing to miss, I'll admit.
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Very Miss Marple.🤣🤣🤣
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I've always been with O2 and they've always had free EU and Swiss Roaming as part of the deal? Works exactly like in the UK, though arguably better as when the signal is bad it jumps to a different provider.
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Only works up to 25Gb in the EU, I see. More generous than Giffgaff, but still limited on roaming. I switched from O2 as their offer wasn't great, and when I opened the door for them to offer something cheaper/better, all they would do was offer me something more expensive.
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Related question: is WhatsApp the kinda default data voice-calling app, or something else? Must admit I've avoided Meta apps on the mobile like the plague because of what their apps hoover up, but I guess if there was a near-universal voice-calling app, I'd probably give in to the hoovering.
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Depends on the other person's apps but usually WhatsApp or Messenger for me. Skype has gone bye bye.
Teams was business/work only.
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From that it sounds like 'it depends'. And the nub of this is that it needs a kinda monopoly to make something really useful for everyone for something as 'basic' as a voice call. Dilemma. But when basic data is so cheap, I find the idea of charging for landline calls via paid-for fibre or mobile data anachronistic, if not dishonest.
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Totally agree. I can't remember when I Iast paid for a phone call. Well, we all pay to a certain extent up-front but you know what I mean.
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Yup: 6p per unit, and cheaper after 6pm. Ring parents' number when you get home safely and ring off after one ring to save wasting a unit. Take 2p on rides in case you need to call for help, though no idea what help my parents would have been, as the only 'family transport' was Dad's 50cc Honda motorbike. Oh, and anyway, parents didn't have a phone, so we went down to may gran's three doors down, as she was posh and had a phone (albeit on a shared line) and a colour TV.
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Getting around to changing the rear gear cable before it randomly snaps on me mid ride with no warning. Sun's up today, and a bit of an epic ride is in order.
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Working in the NTS / Forestry woodlands managing the paths for Jo, Joe and little Jo-ettes so they can enjoy. Lots of good interaction bantz, ranging from an oldie walking his lovely friendly greyhound and chatting about all sorts of things natural to a v chatty 5-6yo lass out with parents and grandparent as well as younger brother... 'what are you doing?' while we were cutting back overhanging tree limbs... 'We're building a tree'... 😉 We got quite a bit of the little one's life story... Good humans do exist.
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