tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post5697647665956555306..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: The Future's Bright - a rantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-60429905348668938432013-09-06T02:27:03.254-07:002013-09-06T02:27:03.254-07:00Yes, I am sorry, Heron. I don't know why it i...Yes, I am sorry, Heron. I don't know why it is usually you who presses the wrong buttons for me. Maybe it's all those curses you have heaped upon me from afar.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8966415622253208882013-09-06T02:25:52.562-07:002013-09-06T02:25:52.562-07:00Yes - that is the only viable solution to this pro...Yes - that is the only viable solution to this problem. I tried it before, but the phone shop Beans told me that they were a separate company which didn't deal with replacement phones, so I guess I will have to get the phone sent there and make the courier wait while they do all the transferring on a magic machine.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21414411865443641392013-09-06T00:39:50.242-07:002013-09-06T00:39:50.242-07:00Now I know why I always go to a phone shop and tal...Now I know why I always go to a phone shop and talk to a Human Bean....and get them to do all the fiddling/transferring etc etc!!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-50172733209200242132013-09-05T15:16:39.746-07:002013-09-05T15:16:39.746-07:00It was not my intention to annoy you merely a smal...It was not my intention to annoy you merely a small piece of (un-asked for) advice.<br />Now just cool off with a glass of port and a bit of stiltonA Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88093999461247110272013-09-05T14:55:06.348-07:002013-09-05T14:55:06.348-07:00Gays, Grays, or both?Gays, Grays, or both?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55521577758624186922013-09-05T13:08:28.345-07:002013-09-05T13:08:28.345-07:00I always get Gay instead of Gray from people from ...I always get Gay instead of Gray from people from the Far East<br /><br />Having said this..... We don't see many in trelanwydJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24088722258883559032013-09-05T12:47:57.613-07:002013-09-05T12:47:57.613-07:00... please, let's play ping-pong...... please, let's play ping-pong...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-49034304922810360712013-09-05T12:34:33.835-07:002013-09-05T12:34:33.835-07:00Same as Hans said. Same as Hans said. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87153875121958527562013-09-05T11:18:18.604-07:002013-09-05T11:18:18.604-07:00I bet they can pronounce that word better than you...I bet they can pronounce that word better than your average Japanese, though.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-1728181929378354662013-09-05T11:17:31.541-07:002013-09-05T11:17:31.541-07:00Oh, please...Oh, please...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-63082211150386785222013-09-05T11:16:41.941-07:002013-09-05T11:16:41.941-07:00I do not - as yet - know how many contacts are on ...I do not - as yet - know how many contacts are on the SIM and how many on the phone. As for Dyson, I will not hear a word against them.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79522441359418856202013-09-05T11:15:20.996-07:002013-09-05T11:15:20.996-07:00France Telecom?! So I signed up to a load of chee...France Telecom?! So I signed up to a load of cheese eating surrender monkeys (who have suddenly turned warlike)? Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-16125631830082571712013-09-05T11:14:07.837-07:002013-09-05T11:14:07.837-07:00Excuse me a moment while I stop laughing and wipe ...Excuse me a moment while I stop laughing and wipe my eyes Tom. At least you got that far - being slightly deaf I never get past the Asian accent I am afraid - the ladies are always charming but they do find it difficult to get their tongues round Thistlethwaite.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-72327118673651017442013-09-05T11:13:52.692-07:002013-09-05T11:13:52.692-07:00Yes - especially since I don't use Facebook.Yes - especially since I don't use Facebook.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9532705740505398712013-09-05T11:13:02.298-07:002013-09-05T11:13:02.298-07:00I have all mine to hand, but I don't think the...I have all mine to hand, but I don't think the courier had the time to wait for me.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-13243550163438668512013-09-05T11:12:06.734-07:002013-09-05T11:12:06.734-07:005 good quality ones would do me. You have a ranch...5 good quality ones would do me. You have a ranch? I'm impressed.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-20227089558225121612013-09-05T11:11:05.722-07:002013-09-05T11:11:05.722-07:00What has that got to do with this post, aside from...What has that got to do with this post, aside from being designed to make me even more pissed off than I am already, already?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-90820356162410231432013-09-05T10:43:39.949-07:002013-09-05T10:43:39.949-07:00Seems to me - (excuse me, but I like the movie, wh...Seems to me - (excuse me, but I like the movie, whatever you may say) - like the entrance scene when Judy Dench in 'The Best Exotivc Marigold Hotel" tried to sort oout the computer thing. (What I post is slightly the scene I was thinking of, but as you likely haven't seen the film: the trailor gives you - another reason for a rant -- maybe---? <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDY89LYxK0w Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-47510629617900475102013-09-05T09:22:36.756-07:002013-09-05T09:22:36.756-07:00I'm grinding my teeth on your behalf here. Am ...I'm grinding my teeth on your behalf here. Am currently in the last 40 minutes of a ten hour window in which my Dyson hoover is supposed to be being picked up and am beginning to despair at the inevitability of its not happening....AGAIN. Couriers often tell their bosses that they couldn't find us which translated means they couldn't be bothered to come all the way out here and know someone else will have to do it tomorrow. <br /><br />Are your contacts saved to the SIM or the phone? I had this problem, and transferred them all to the SIM, whipped it out when the new phone arrived and popped the old SIM in the new phone to transfer them onto the phone, swapped the SIMs and then copied them back to the SIM so as to avoid the same problem next time. Too much popping and whipping there - sorry. I'll stop there. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64853285096618128462013-09-05T07:15:20.207-07:002013-09-05T07:15:20.207-07:00I knew them when they were France Telecom....I see...I knew them when they were France Telecom....I see nothing has changed in their approach to customer satisfaction.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14222598058052502572013-09-05T06:07:52.430-07:002013-09-05T06:07:52.430-07:00I imagine they have found out you are the internat...I imagine they have found out you are the internationally famous Tom Stephenson, and are intent on getting your old contacts and photos somehow. Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2714556161622128662013-09-05T06:03:23.626-07:002013-09-05T06:03:23.626-07:00Ludicrous. As if we back up our phones EVER. All ...Ludicrous. As if we back up our phones EVER. All those special cords are in a drawer at the phone store, which is impossible to find even with Google navigation. It could be easier now, with that bright, stomach churning orange beacon.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-25994078656948046472013-09-05T03:05:24.453-07:002013-09-05T03:05:24.453-07:00How many hours do you consider a good night's ...How many hours do you consider a good night's sleep? <br /><br />It's 6 am here, and that orange square is a bit jolting. It would look as a poster in my 1970s ranch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-38041731996863552122013-09-05T02:29:41.046-07:002013-09-05T02:29:41.046-07:00As with all modern equipment it pays to keep a pap...As with all modern equipment it pays to keep a paper log of all important information. I have a small book with passwords in etc which is very handy in times of crisis and of course it cannot be hacked.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85446685625924543902013-09-05T02:09:00.104-07:002013-09-05T02:09:00.104-07:00So, nothing new then! Service with a scowl.So, nothing new then! Service with a scowl.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com