PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Scythes, masks, gloves, immediate sanitising????
Have you lot got me marked out as death.
Have you lot got me marked out as death.
The Retirement Thread
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
*checks in and waves* "See you all in a few months - put the tea on in October
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Advice please fellow pensioners. I'm probably going to buy a new smartphone. Any recommendations?
Yesterday I found myself five miles from home in urgent need of food. No problem as I always leave some in reserve when I'm riding. While enjoying a pork pie I took out my phone to find it was dead even though I set out with 100% charge.
Today I've had 7¾ hours use and I'm at 11%. Can't afford to get caught out if I'm far from home and need help.
Battery life is key and hopefully one which maintains it for several years - no not after charging, you know what I mean.
Yesterday I found myself five miles from home in urgent need of food. No problem as I always leave some in reserve when I'm riding. While enjoying a pork pie I took out my phone to find it was dead even though I set out with 100% charge.
Today I've had 7¾ hours use and I'm at 11%. Can't afford to get caught out if I'm far from home and need help.
Battery life is key and hopefully one which maintains it for several years - no not after charging, you know what I mean.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Samsung Galaxy S9 or 10. Love mine. So easy to use. Love love love.
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Scythes, masks, gloves, immediate sanitising????
Have you lot got me marked out as death.
The Grim Reapers right hand man.
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*checks in and waves* "See you all in a few months - put the tea on in October
see you then.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
How long was the battery life in the phone when it was new? If you were happy with it, then why not just get the battery replaced? There are lots of little phone shops around which would probably do it for a low price.Advice please fellow pensioners. I'm probably going to buy a new smartphone. Any recommendations?
Yesterday I found myself five miles from home in urgent need of food. No problem as I always leave some in reserve when I'm riding. While enjoying a pork pie I took out my phone to find it was dead even though I set out with 100% charge.
Today I've had 7¾ hours use and I'm at 11%. Can't afford to get caught out if I'm far from home and need help.
Battery life is key and hopefully one which maintains it for several years - no not after charging, you know what I mean.
If you are mainly worried about being able to make emergency calls rather than doing clever smartphone stuff, then you can't beat the battery life of a
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From my Facebook page this afternoon.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
There is a fish pond which is tidal near Port Logan in Galloway. It was to supply fish to the "big hoose" whenever they fancied some. It was stocked with salt water fish when we visited but how they got the fish I cannot remember. The whole thing is protected by a high wall with one lockable door presumably to stop pilfering.
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Pentlands & West Lothian
Well it turned out very nice. A favourite offroad route from Nethy, over Ryvoan, round the back of Loch Morlich and through Piccadilly, the Cairngorm Club Footbridge, Loch an Eilein, circling back through Coylumbridge and back over the Sluggan. This is the view from the Sluggan.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Advice please fellow pensioners. I'm probably going to buy a new smartphone. Any recommendations?
Yesterday I found myself five miles from home in urgent need of food. No problem as I always leave some in reserve when I'm riding. While enjoying a pork pie I took out my phone to find it was dead even though I set out with 100% charge.
Today I've had 7¾ hours use and I'm at 11%. Can't afford to get caught out if I'm far from home and need help.
Battery life is key and hopefully one which maintains it for several years - no not after charging, you know what I mean.
Mrs @BoldonLad and daughter no 4 have Samsung S10 each. No complaints.
Daughter No 1 and No 2 have iPhones, not sure of model.
Daughter No 3 has Samsung S11
Son No 1 has iPhone11
Son No 2 has Samsung S7.
Technology phobic and hamfisted brother-in-law has had a series of Motorola G???. They have lasted very well (considering his ability to break most things)
I am an Apple convert, so IPhoneX here, about to buy an IPhone12 and give the "old" one to grandson (11) who is being allowed his first phone.
In most cases, phones are bought, and, run on a Contract SIM Only via Tesco Mobile (O2 Network).
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oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
I have a Motorola G as a second phone which holds it's charge so far. It does not get a lot of use but is pretty good for what I paid. I use BT as there is a special deal and it costs me £5 per month.Motorola G series.....I think they are up to #8 now.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It's a good job that Scotland has vicious midges and (generally) crap weather to defend the border against massed hordes of English incomers otherwise the ongoing Mo and Flick picture show would have the country overwhelmed in months!
As a half-Scot, I would be very tempted to move north if it were not for a climate that makes Yorkshire's look like that of Spain!
As a half-Scot, I would be very tempted to move north if it were not for a climate that makes Yorkshire's look like that of Spain!
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Overcast all day so far and a brisk chilly wind. I did go out for a trike run but long trousers and gloves had to be deployed. Verging on rain but remained dry.
Sods law also as every time I left a passing place another car appeared behind me but they all kept a reasonable distance. Only danger was motorbikes or rather one motorbike who aimed straight for me and did a very close pass. I did reckon he was bluffing as while a collision would not do me any good he would have come off and may have ended in the loch.
Still noticeable is the lack of water birds on the loch. We used to walk this way regularly and there were plenty of ducks and a few geese and swans then.
Cars parked in every possible place but an artic trailer is in the one I mostly use but I can park far enough away from it and in any case it has been there for weeks now.
A good sprinkle of small tents in the campsite.
Three middle aged men cycled towards me at one point with ebikes and brand new jackets so bright I nearly reached for my sunglasses. Probably hired the lot locally.
Sods law also as every time I left a passing place another car appeared behind me but they all kept a reasonable distance. Only danger was motorbikes or rather one motorbike who aimed straight for me and did a very close pass. I did reckon he was bluffing as while a collision would not do me any good he would have come off and may have ended in the loch.
Still noticeable is the lack of water birds on the loch. We used to walk this way regularly and there were plenty of ducks and a few geese and swans then.
Cars parked in every possible place but an artic trailer is in the one I mostly use but I can park far enough away from it and in any case it has been there for weeks now.
A good sprinkle of small tents in the campsite.
Three middle aged men cycled towards me at one point with ebikes and brand new jackets so bright I nearly reached for my sunglasses. Probably hired the lot locally.
