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welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Today, I shall be mostly wearing this T Shirt.......

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ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
wonder if the use of mobile phones as cameras has greatly affected the sale of traditional cameras?
Maybe not the very best cameras with huge lenses, but I'm sure that most people are now taking most of their pictures with their phones.

Smartphones also killed the market for MP3 players.

Lots of people use them as Satnavs.

I use the phone in place of a watch/alarm clock.

It is my calculator too now.

And a games machine...

When travelling I sometimes watch videos/films on the phone so it acts as a TV.

I read the Guardian online now. I only pickup the Metro because (1) It is free and (2) I like to do the crosswords while having my mid-afternoon coffee break.

What else...? Oh, mobiles are increasingly being used as... PHONES! I haven't made a call on my landline for years. I get unlimited calls on the mobile, but have to pay 19p when a landline call is connected, and then a lot extra per minute. No point in paying extra for landline calls when I can just use the mobile instead.

Changing the subject back to what I said previously about nuts with guns in the US... I just saw one being interviewed on the TV at an 'our election was stolen' Republican rally. He had full military-style gear on - camouflage kit, flak jacket, helmet, assault rifle etc. The interviewer was suggesting that it was pretty intimidating. The man affectionately slapped the weapon with the flat of his hand and said "Why? My finger isn't on the trigger! That guy over there has a pump-action shotgun, most of us are carrying sidearms. We all have open-carry permits. What's the problem?" :eek: :wacko:
 

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
We've been for a lovely walk around part of the estate of Brocket Hall. This is between Welwyn and St.Albans. The sun was shining and it was quite warm. About 5 miles in total.
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The River Lee runs through the estate and forms the lake in front of the Hall.
 
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Maybe not the very best cameras with huge lenses, but I'm sure that most people are now taking most of their pictures with their phones.

Smartphones also killed the market for MP3 players.

Lots of people use them as Satnavs.

I use the phone in place of a watch/alarm clock.

It is my calculator too now.

And a games machine...

When travelling I sometimes watch videos/films on the phone so it acts as a TV.

I read the Guardian online now. I only pickup the Metro because (1) It is free and (2) I like to do the crosswords while having my mid-afternoon coffee break.

What else...? Oh, mobiles are increasingly being used as... PHONES! I haven't made a call on my landline for years. I get unlimited calls on the mobile, but have to pay 19p when a landline call is connected, and then a lot extra per minute. No point in paying extra for landline calls when I can just use the mobile instead.

Changing the subject back to what I said previously about nuts with guns in the US... I just saw one being interviewed on the TV at an 'our election was stolen' Republican rally. He had full military-style gear on - camouflage kit, flak jacket, helmet, assault rifle etc. The interviewer was suggesting that it was pretty intimidating. The man affectionately slapped the weapon with the flat of his hand and said "Why? My finger isn't on the trigger! That guy over there has a pump-action shotgun, most of us are carrying sidearms. We all have open-carry permits. What's the problem?" :eek: :wacko:

Both my camera and my MP3 player are sat on my computer table unused, both my phone and tablet have memory cards in them to give me room for my music, on holiday last year I took my camera and it seemed a faff to use compared to the phone camera.
 
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