Seriously. Ever since my first, they have all somehow succumbed to various unfortunate mishaps. Down the drain, down a toilet bowl, around a washing machine, down the Gombak River. Somehow, rather than being attracted to giant magnets, my cellphones seem to have an inexplicable affinity to the water element. It left me with no choice but to purchase the cheapest sets available - to lessen the burden on my ever thinning wallet ( I did mention my expensive tastes, didn't I? )Still it was time to let go of my horribly outdated set - actually my ISO was nagging me on a daily basis and the signal was driving me crazy - so I finally broke down and bought a Nokia.
Still, I kinda miss my simple old cellphone... all it had was the regular stuff and the SMS. Right now, I'm still busy trying to figure out my new cell. Some of the enhancements are driving me nuts. Not only am I a Technohimbo with computers, apparently that stupidity applies to cellphones too. GPRS? Infrared? I'm barely getting the hang of the damned digital camera. :)
For a chatterbox like me, it comes as a surprise to some that I actually don't enjoy talking on the phone. Somehow the habit of chattering endlessly on the phone ( something I enjoyed excessively back in secondary school, to the horror of my parents ) left me once I entered medical school. It just isn't conducive to talk on the phone at work ( imagine having the phone ring while you're consoling a grieving relative with the dead corpse a few feet away ) - so I started sending messages. That drives some of my friends crazy - especially when I'm more than a lil curt on the phone... but I can't help it!
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Ohhh ... Paul, I could only picture you all so adorable trying to figure out your new cellphone's features :)
Hardly adorable. I probably look more 'duh' than usual. And the pad's so tiny.. how do guys fit their big fingers on those tiny buttons?
Paul
poor guy....right now I'm in the life after cellphones mode. I got rid of mine and don't plan to get another one for a long while...or at least until they enact some legislation to keep wireless carriers from screwing the consumers over.
If you attach a strappy thingy from your neck, maybe, you won't run into those water related incidents? Or is it too out to do that over there?
I don't like talking over the phone either. Because I don't want anybody to listen to my filthy conversations in public. :-)
how do guys fit their big fingers on those tiny buttons? One of the great mysteries of life. :oD
I think I must be one of about three people on this island where I live that don't have mobile phones ... the other two being my parents. I'm not fond of phones, and I dare say any mobile I owned would probably come to an untimely end, just like yours do, Paul.
OTOH, if there's a digital camera on the new phone, that means we can see some pics of BBB's biceps, and of Paul's oft-mentioned black thong. :o)
So which model of Nokia did you bought? :) It has camera too so I think it must be more recent ones.
Anyhow I would like to suggest that you Do not drop it. This newer phone are more fragile than their previous models. Kinda like cars I suppose?
Well Nokia and SonyEricssons and Motorolas are a bit more resilient than you think. Drops from waist height (usually from table to floor) is fine. The candybar types are anyway, if yours is a fancy clamshell, try not to drop it!
Honestly after using mine for so long, I only use it for talking, smsing and taking pics of cute guys or memorable moments.
The rest is unecessary.
When I needed a new phone after dropping mine in water, the rep said, "Oh, did you drop it in the toilet?" I was all, "No!" She said that's the most common thing they hear.
I had my new phone (w/ camera) for just ONE DAY, wingedman, when I used it to surreptitously snap some FINE dudes sans shirts at a tennis tourney. It's Bluetooth, too, which I never knew I needed so bad until I got it.
yeah, which nokia model did u get anyway?
am sticking to my ancient nokia until it's falling apart and chipping until i buy a new phone. altho am a bit envious of people sporting much nicer phones than me (even the construction worker type of people sport camera phone these days) but really, i'm not bothered too much by it. might as well spend the money on something else, like shopping :D
Tips on how to keep your phone dry:
1. DO NOT take it to the toilet with you. If you must. Hold it firmly in your hand.
2. Do not take it surfing, parasailing, jetskiiing, white water rafting or anything dumb like that.
3. Do not use your phone near soup, satay celup or steam boat. Concentrate on one task at a time!
4. Handphones are not subsitutes for vibrators, not even if they vibrate along with your ring tone.
5. When doing anything involving water, just keep your phone away! DUH!
Do you feel any dumberER? I feel smarter... :oP And so mean...
I'd been using hand-me-downs for years. And when i finally coughed up for a new phone, it got stolen after two weeks.
I'm back on hand-me-downs again.
Well I certainly don't feel so bad now. My first was a pager (pre cell phone days). Everyone was getting them and me being a minister in the church had to always be available. I dropped it in the toilet when I was pulling my pants up and it slipped off. Doi! THEN, my first cell phone? I was sunning on the back of a boat and my clip had broken on the cell so I had it in my pocket. It slipped out when I sat up and sunk to the bottom of Lake of the Ozarks.
I'm still having an old Nokia handphone..... Sometimes, I feels it is better if it gets 'rosak', than I can justify a new phone..... urrghhh! I guess, I am still a cheapo at heart
The point of having a cool phone with fancy gadgets is not to use them - it's so you can pull it out of your pocket and bask in the admiration and envy of your audience.
BTW you know those Zimbabwean girls I work with? One of them recently spent over FOUR hours of her shift chatting on her mobile phone.
FOUR hours.
Thank God I wasn't the only guy with a crappy handphone - and a horrible habit of losing them to untimely ends.
Brian, how do you live sans cellphone!! What if you need to get the bf desperately?
shigki, get my number and call me. I love filthy conversations. They are the only ones I deign to listen to. Add a moan of lust and I'm in.
ru, come over and I'll show you the thong. No way am I showing my bod unless I have a buff one like Duff :)
Asking me what model I got is difficult since I actually don't know. 66 something. 6610? 6615? 6630?
aj, you wise man. I shall certainly not go scuba diving or parasailing with my phone. :)
james darling, hand-me-downs... but then again, you're nubile, cute and you have that sexy Chinese guy!
scotty, we should start a club for guy with missing handphones! Kit, go get a new phone!
jay, maybe zimbabwe has a really cool and cheap phone network.
Paul
Here in the US, I've been using a service called ALtel, but was lured over to Verizon with the promise of cheaper rates and better coverage. Did it work out? NO!
What a stupid mistake. However, I now have a newer phone which looks very nice, but which I have no idea how to use, too many features, so complex.
What an invitation ... satay celup and Paul in a thong! Think I can feel a, um, holiday coming up. ;oP
ariel! I know exactly what you mean. I finally figured out how the camera works.. now I'm trying to send the pics into the computer through infrared but I don't seem to know how. Damn.
dave, I wish I could drop my pager in water :) Unfortunately that's the one thing that seems immune to tragedy!
ru... no problems with the satay celup but i'm certainly not wearing a thong there :)
Paul
Well Paul, the thong might be quite practical with all the heat and steam from the celup. :oD But no, I wasn't envisaging our being somewhere in public when you modelled it for me! ;o)
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