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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Lozza on July 03, 2008, 09:09:27 am
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V94shlqPlSI
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not only is this one doing the rounds, but given the low production costs to reproduce it, there's a few of em wandering round the e-world. i've seen two others, one by some drunken frogs and another by some very excitable young japs. always same result - instant microwaved popcorn.
i made sure my two teenage daughters saw it too.
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definately something to think about with that one... ???
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Don't believe all you read on the net...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2100340/Mobile-phone-popcorn-'hoax'-hits-YouTube.html
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http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4969270/
Twas very well done anyway ;D
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:D I flat out refuse to own a mobile phone period but not for the reasons shown here ;)
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Agreed. Life is far better without the evil things. I have one supplied by work, but my wife is anti-phone. It's fascinating to watch people get addicted to their 'phone (and TV).
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I hate the bloody things as well. I often do a bit of people watching while having my Starbucks venti double shot skinny hazlenut Latte at the mall, and have observed that nearly every person under 30 is either talking on the bloody things, texting or playing a game on them. It's fascinating to watch. I've reluctantly got one but I'm constantly losing them or forgeting to charge them because they aren't glued to my ear. I lost my super duper phone with all of the bling gizmos at Classic Dirt (anyone find a silver Sony Erickson phone laying on the ground? if so keep the bloody thing) but my mate bought me a basic Samsung brick without camera and gizmos for $20 duty free in Bangkok. I like it better much than the lost bling one.
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Just last night this subject came to the fore when my young bloke asked: "Can you imagine the World without the Internet?"
In a Sage like manner and drawing on my 40 plus years of life I spent the next ten minutes explaining how the World functioned just fine without such technology, thank you!
and of course I linked mobile phones in the mix...
I'm sure you've all had similar conversations or thoughts but my summary is this:
We used the phone when we needed to, it wasn't a necessity but it was handy.
It certainly wasn't a fashion accessory and we didn't hang shit on each other for not having the latest model!
The whole phone thing is now it's own self perpetuating industry with the Worlds Youth leading the way in phone bills.
Somebody has to pay for all these phone calls; so no matter how good you consider your phone 'plan', it's costing you or someone elses money.
Is it money you really need to spend?
Yep, he'll now think twice before asking MY opinion on trendy inventions... ::) ;)
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Just last night this subject came to the fore when my young bloke asked: "Can you imagine the World without the Internet?"
yes I can - I existed before AARNet, or even oz.au and (gasp!) I'm even older than ARPAnet. All hail WAIS! Go Gopher! Viola is the future! :P
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I think they are a wonderful thing don't get me wrong but I do also get annoyed at people who constantly text or take calls in the most inappropriate public places. At the checkout at shopping is a prime example of what irks me. They talk as if they are sitting at home on a lounge chair or they talk business dribble or they simply talk and text shit..whatever the call is for I personally do not wish to hear any part of it! I find it most ignorant and totally annoying when trying to communicate to someone who is on the phone and it's so bloody important that they can't remove it from their ear and listen or answer a real life conversation. I won't even mention people who take calls whilst driving only to say they are probably the most stupid of all. These days you get put on hold in real life while in a real conversation, when the phone rings this real life conversation comes second every time...get real! This is in my eyes is extremely annoying and totally unneccessary. Another thing I hate! (while I'm havin' a bitch session ;D) is being tied to the phone no matter where you are. What ever happened to being able to get away undisturbed and not contactable?? You cannot escape!! I kinda like the solitude I can still find without feeling guilty about the switched off mobile phone in my pocket and all 'important' calls I 'may' be missing. ::) People ask, do you have a mobile and I quite proudly state NO. They look at me in total disbelief. WHY?? they ask.. If I need a mobile I'll borrow one because every dog and bloody his owner and his 3 kids have one or possibly several these days ;) I just don't need it and get by quite okay without it thanks. If I did get one I'd love just a phone to make and receive a call like the one Fiko mentioned :P oops..Firko I meant! ;D stuff all this other techo crap it just sucks your real life away >:( jeez I feel better now ;D obviously a multitude of others do not share my opinion on this matter but eh..I have owned a mobile previously but I have a choice and choose not to anymore ;) to spend hours on the computer is fine so I'm a bit hypocritical in that way I guess but it just wouldn't feel the same replying here or browsing eBay on a phone..my damn fingers are too big also and typo everywhere..another gripe ;D
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Doc I would love to turn back the clock 15 years ....But these days a mobile is part of ya tool kit , as it's worth a firken lot of money when used properly . Try an operate a business without a computor these days ::)
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yes but how do they get the popcorn to pop???
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I once worked with a group who never reached for a 'phone. If they were in a conference and a 'phone went off, they utterly ignored it and continued on as if it had never rung. Absolutely stunned me at the time. I was nearly jumping out of my chair. Try it - far harder than it sounds. You'll find yourself often interrupt IMPORTANT things for a dopey 'phone ringing. Quite an "Ahhh!" moment for me.
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yes but how do they get the popcorn to pop???
Good question. If its a hoaks then it elaberate - either hotplate under corn or powerfull microwave above (and out if picture) aimed at corn. A source of heat one way or the other.
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I agree that in this ultra competitive world it's advantageous to your business to be on call to clients as much as possible but sometimes it just gets a bit much. I've retired from fulltime work and I'm no longer a part of the business food chain so I can take or leave the phone. Like Doc I find it extremely rude when the face to face conversation I'm having keeps getting interrupted by phonecalls. I like Docs analogy to my live conversation being put on hold to a phonecall. At CD5 three of the Kevlars who run their own businesses continued to run those businesses by phone for the whole three days. At one point on Saturday arvo I glanced across Kamp Kevlar to see all three of them pacing up and down in highly animated phone conversations. I left mine turned off, in the console of my car and only used it to check on my seriously ill mother every evening. I totally understand that business today demands almost 24/7 availability but I think it's all a little sad. As great a time as my mates had at CD5, their minds were never totally absorbed in the action. There was still that little bit of business happening because of those bloody phones. There was no escape. It's kind of sad really but that's life in the new millenium.
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I have to agree totally. I have run my own business for years now and while I have no problem with mobiles in particular. I do choose to exercise my right to switch the thing off outside of business hours. The people that can't live without them don't actually know what living is…!!!!
My pet hate is the 'round and round' email. The email that goes on and on for days, being passed between [and added to by] multiple recipients as if that is productivity in itself when in actuallity all it has done is waste hours of everybodys time. The worst thing is you have to read it carefully [everytime it comes around] because somewhere hidden in the bull shit could be something that has actually been done or needs to be done.
Ah, I do love the OFF BUTTON. A wonder of modern technology [unlike the STANDBY FUNCTION that so many tossers can't live without]. Do you realise that nearly 20% of electricity consumption is used by items on STANDBY, or that the Internet is only just behind that percentage.
For example, one single computer left on standby for 1 year uses enough energy to drive from Sydney to Perth. Makes the OFF BUTTON look like an environmental saviour.
There you go. Spleen vented. Returning to normality - blood pressure decreasing, pulse slowing. Time for a cuppa.
Thanks OzVMX - very therapeutic.
VMX42
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:D :D :D I don't have what one could call much of a business oldfartigus but I manage juuuust nicely with an answering machine on the land line. You hit the nail on the head though with the statement "when used properly" this is my exact argument. I got so sick of interuptions on the job at the worst possible moments so they can leave a message and I'll get back to them when I get home if needed ;) works for me. Turning them off after business hours was only part of my problem..the other part (as well as the public use and ignorance) is I loved the easy going 70's so much I'm still living in them ;D
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Just admit it.
We're all just becoming Grumpy Old Men. :o
Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. ;)
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Got a new phone today. Had my old one for years. Basic, easy to use and old bloke friendly.
This new thing. Gees, I asked the girl for the most basic easy to use pre paid phone they had. It cost just a little over $120 but does as much as my home P/C, this thing does everthing. Takes pictures, vidios, emails, web, whole of other shit i'll never understand...Bloody hell :o :o. Its gunna take me ages to work it out. Why the hell would anyone want to surf the net with a 2 inch screen ::) ???. I certainly wont be bothering to use that funtion. I dunno if this will be a good or bad move for me but the other old girl just worn out so a replacement was needed. All I wanted was someting to make, receive calls and txt messages. Now I have a new mini P/C. Only wanted a phone. :-\
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Got home from a meeting after lunch and I understand where Doc is coming from.
While at this meeting one phone rang and disrupted the meeting,So of course it had to be answered and not just ignored.
then the proffessional womens phone promptly vibrated and a light within flashed across the glossy table top :D :D :D :D.
The pro women just ignored it,while I was trying my damdest to stop from LOL and peeing my pants while watching this thing doing its bit on the table...of course remembering what has been written here ;) ;D :D :D :D
Oh well ya sometimes gotta laugh about tecknoljjeee and people with no manners.
cheers alison
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Meetings ..... turn ring tone off - send all incoming calls to message bank - or divert to office .
Have you noticed that when people talk on a mobile - they walk around in circles and raise thier voice ???
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Meetings ..... turn ring tone off - send all incoming calls to message bank - or divert to office .
Have you noticed that when people talk on a mobile - they walk around in circles and raise thier voice ???
Hell is that why people drive strangely when talking on a mobile phone? :o
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Hell why is it that mobiles talk strangely whilst driving their people phone????
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http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/?action=view¤t=Technology1.flv
one for the people who like real vintage stuff 8)
Alison