Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Hello Dennisk!
** On Saturday 19.09.20 - 13:36, dennisk wrote to Andeddu:
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Some communities have programmes to provide phones for the
homeless.
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Ogg wrote to All <=-
Hello Dennisk!
** On Saturday 19.09.20 - 13:36, dennisk wrote to Andeddu:
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Some communities have programmes to provide phones for the
homeless.
...Phones like mine are pretty non-existant now. I wonder
if in the future, like "retro-computers", they will seek a
pretty penny being "vintage" and "retro".
Re: homeless people.. with a newer phone
By: Ogg to All on Sat Sep 19 2020 09:21 am
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Yep.. They're called "Obama Phones" paid for by Uncle Sam for those in need. They get a free smart phone plus 350 mins per month and 3 Gigs of Data. Ain't that a bitch?
Yep.. They're called "Obama Phones" paid for by Uncle Sam for those
in need. They get a free smart phone plus 350 mins per month and 3
Gigs of Data. Ain't that a bitch?
it didnt start with obama.
You're right, it didn't. The money for the program comes from the Universal Service Fund fee that every person pays on their phone bills. This started in the 1930's. Reagan's administration was the first to install landline phones using this money in the 80's.
The Obama administration was the first to say that cellular service was the natural progression of this can bear his name legitimately. Given that at least one provider of this service uses the domain Obamaphone.com I think it's fair to say the monicker sticks.
HusTler wrote to Ogg <=-
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Yep.. They're called "Obama Phones" paid for by Uncle Sam for those
in need. They get a free smart phone plus 350 mins per month and 3 Gigs
of Data. Ain't that a bitch?
On 09-19-20 21:25, Ogg wrote to Dennisk <=-
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Hello Dennisk!
** On Sunday 20.09.20 - 11:50, dennisk wrote to Ogg:
...Phones like mine are pretty non-existant now. I wonder
if in the future, like "retro-computers", they will seek a
pretty penny being "vintage" and "retro".
I really doubt that older phones will appeal to anyone except
a museum. An older phone may not get the range or have the
longer battery life of newer tech. Battery prices for older
models of anything (especially old laptops) are exorbitant
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Some communities have programmes to provide phones for the
homeless.
Interesting. Never heard of that but it does explain it. Phones like mine ar pretty non-existant now. I wonder if in the future, like "retro-computers", they will seek a pretty penny being "vintage" and "retro".
you actually took the time to look it up on a website and plagerize it here. i see where you got it from.
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for
money on the street with a newer phone than the one I
use.
Some communities have programmes to provide phones for
the homeless.
Interesting. Never heard of that but it does explain it.
Phones like mine ar pretty non-existant now. I wonder if
in the future, like "retro-computers", they will seek a
pretty penny being "vintage" and "retro".
Oh no. Nothing but the best for the homeless. No old
phones, donated phones.
Re: homeless people.. with a newer phone
By: MRO to Hatton on Sun Sep 20 2020 01:47 am
you actually took the time to look it up on a website and plagerize
it here. i see where you got it from.
Actually I had to refresh my memory since I had a very similar conversation many years ago about the subject.
Also, this isn't a school assignment, references aren't required and if I wanted to copy paste verbatim I can... even though I didn't.
I paraphrased :P
Hatton
in the future, like "retro-computers", they will seek a
pretty penny being "vintage" and "retro".
Oh no. Nothing but the best for the homeless. No old
phones, donated phones.
Maybe the doners offer their last year's model. That could
explain why some homeless have better phones! :)
Maybe there are even programmes that offer bulk phone
purchases at a discount which are then handed out.
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Yep.. They're called "Obama Phones" paid for by Uncle Sam for those
Actually the program was started in the 1980s by Ronald Reagan as the lifeli program. The intent was to ensure that low income families would be able to
i was just trying to nail down when this fucking happened. it ended up being quite difficult and i dont think you're telling the truth. ---
Ogg wrote to All <=-
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Some communities have programmes to provide phones for the
homeless.
MRO wrote to Ogg <=-
Some communities have programmes to provide phones for the
homeless.
yeah but they arent brand new iphones [i hope]
Ogg wrote to Dennisk <=-
I really doubt that older phones will appeal to anyone except
a museum. An older phone may not get the range or have the
longer battery life of newer tech.
Re: homeless people.. with a newer phone
By: MRO to Hatton on Sun Sep 20 2020 10:55 am
i was just trying to nail down when this fucking happened. it ended
up being quite difficult and i dont think you're telling the truth.
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Allow me to provide my sources this time then. Note that this grouping of documents follows the creation of the USF from 1934 (FDR) through to 2016
Ogg wrote to All <=-
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Some communities have programmes to provide phones for the
homeless.
And having a phone is critical to getting off the streets. See a
payphone recently? They're all gone.
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for
money on the street with a newer phone than the one I
use.
Maybe the doners offer their last year's model. That could
explain why some homeless have better phones! :)
Maybe there are even programmes that offer bulk phone
purchases at a discount which are then handed out.
Yep.. They're called "Obama Phones" paid for by Uncle Sam for those in need. They get a free smart phone plus 350 mins per month and 3 Gigs of Data. Ain't that a bitch?
On 09-20-20 08:06, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ogg <=-
And having a phone is critical to getting off the streets. See a
payphone recently? They're all gone.
On 09-20-20 08:08, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ogg <=-
With the GSM carriers, they've been phasing out the older networks -
2G is already dead, 3G is going away soon. Old phone won't work
anymore, if I understand correctly.
Ogg wrote to Dennisk <=-
Hello Dennisk!
** On Sunday 20.09.20 - 11:50, dennisk wrote to Ogg:
...Phones like mine are pretty non-existant now. I wonder
if in the future, like "retro-computers", they will seek a
pretty penny being "vintage" and "retro".
I really doubt that older phones will appeal to anyone except
a museum. An older phone may not get the range or have the
longer battery life of newer tech. Battery prices for older
models of anything (especially old laptops) are exorbitant
The old phones may be cool to look at, but horrid to use.
HusTler wrote to Ogg <=-
Re: homeless people.. with a newer phone
By: Ogg to All on Sat Sep 19 2020 09:21 am
Honest to God, I've seen homeless people begging for money
on the street with a newer phone than the one I use.
Yep.. They're called "Obama Phones" paid for by Uncle Sam for those
in need. They get a free smart phone plus 350 mins per month and 3 Gigs
of Data. Ain't that a bitch?
And having a phone is critical to getting off the streets. See a
payphone recently? They're all gone.
Funny you mention that. My car broke down in the supermarket parking lot. Not one payphone could be found anywhere. I finally walked about a mile and found a bar that had one. That was 10 years ago. That bar is
gone now so it's probably even harder to find a pay phone now. I hate having to ask store owners to use their phone. They look at you like you're a homeless person.
Ogg wrote to Dennisk <=-
Hello Dennisk!
** On Sunday 20.09.20 - 11:50, dennisk wrote to Ogg:
...Phones like mine are pretty non-existant now. I wonder
if in the future, like "retro-computers", they will seek a
pretty penny being "vintage" and "retro".
I really doubt that older phones will appeal to anyone except
a museum. An older phone may not get the range or have the
longer battery life of newer tech. Battery prices for older
models of anything (especially old laptops) are exorbitant
The old phones may be cool to look at, but horrid to use.
My battery lasts for days, and the replacement cost $15 and was very easy to install. Just pop the back cover and put the new battery in.
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Re: Re: homeless people.. with a newer phone
By: Vk3jed to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Sep 21 2020 07:03 pm
And having a phone is critical to getting off the streets. See a payphone recently? They're all gone.
Funny you mention that. My car broke down in the supermarket parking lot. find a pay phone now. I hate having to ask store owners to use their phone.
HusTler
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Re: Re: homeless people.. with a newer phone
By: Vk3jed to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Sep 21 2020 07:03 pm
And having a phone is critical to getting off the streets. See a payphone recently? They're all gone.
Funny you mention that. My car broke down in the supermarket parking lot. Not one payphone could be found anywhere. I finally walked about a HusTler
havens.synchro.net:23
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The old phones may be cool to look at, but horrid to use.
My battery lasts for days, and the replacement cost $15
and was very easy to install. Just pop the back cover and
put the new battery in.
Funny you mention that. My car broke down in the supermarket parking
I get your point. Can't imagine myself without a phone, but ocassionally I f myself with a dead battery state while forgetting about it for longer.
I imagine if I had a problem and a phone was dead then it's the same shame t ask all around.
immigrants with strong ties to their families back home. International rates on a calling card are cheaper than they are on cell plans. Pay phones pay fo r the space they take up if they average three calls a day or 100 calls a month. Pay phones also exist in places where cell coverage is really spotty, or very few carriers cover an area. In the Upper Penninsula of Michigan it is common to see pay phones by truck stops and gas station / road houses.
Ogg wrote to Dennisk <=-
Hello Dennisk!
** On Monday 21.09.20 - 22:23, dennisk wrote to Ogg:
The old phones may be cool to look at, but horrid to use.
My battery lasts for days, and the replacement cost $15
and was very easy to install. Just pop the back cover and
put the new battery in.
My adopted Blackberry Q10 is pretty old by some phone
standards, but it has room to support the better 4G stuff for
while longer. Fine with me. And.. it has the user
replaceable battery feature too. I have 3 that cycle from [1]
one on charge, [2] one fully charged and waiting, and [3] one
in the phone.
all types of vending type machines make great money.
my family ran motels and the phones and the coke machine made tons
of money. sometimes it made more than the rooms made.
it's too bad that in society we cant have pay phones because people vandalize them. ---
My adopted Blackberry Q10 is pretty old by some phone
standards, but it has room to support the better 4G stuff for
while longer. Fine with me. And.. it has the user
replaceable battery feature too. I have 3 that cycle from [1]
one on charge, [2] one fully charged and waiting, and [3] one
in the phone.
I thought pay phones were disappearing because most people have cell phones these days. I've never heard of pay phone vandalism being a big problem.
I'd like to see phone that looks like the Blackberry Q10
with a more suitable operating system like a modified
Android and a decent chipset. I would probably pick one up
as a spare if that were the case. I've always liked the
little qwerty keyboard and appearance of Blackberry phones
however found them trash to use. I've owned 3 in the past
and they were all garbage compared to the earlieriPhones.
Trash to use? ..how so?
For using it just as a phone it's the perfect size. For
modest texting and checking for emails, it's fine. The built-
in FM radio is quite nice to have when streaming something
doesn't make sense.
For www or video streaming, the screen is way too small. But
that is not my requirement.
For operating as a camera and as a photo album, the whole
thing is just the right size.
Everything that I need it for works really well.
Just wondering what your classification of trash is based on.
Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
I thought pay phones were disappearing because most people have cell phones these days. I've never heard of pay phone vandalism being a big problem.
Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
I thought pay phones were disappearing because most people have cell
phones these days. I've never heard of pay phone vandalism being a
big problem.
No, you're right. Pay phone profits dropped steadily as cell phones
took off.
On 09-20-20 08:08, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ogg <=-
With the GSM carriers, they've been phasing out the older networks -
2G is already dead, 3G is going away soon. Old phone won't work
anymore, if I understand correctly.
That's certainly true here.
... It's best to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
On 10-13-20 13:19, Multiplemiggs wrote to Vk3jed <=-
My service provider is is giving GSM the axe on new years eve.
Sucks cause I still have a Nokia 1600b that works great after 12 years. week+ battery life.
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