I bought my first smartphone, a google nexus 4 in January 2013. I didn't bother with a plan right then, because I'm mostly around where wireless is and I'm too tight to pay anyone $100 a month to be bothered while I'm walking in the park. Following an article at MakeUseOf, I signed up with Ptel for $100 pre-paid for…

I've moved what seems like hundreds of times in my 63 years. We're about to move again, much against my wishes to a new built house on acreage in Kentucky. I'll miss Atlanta terribly, the only thing I don't like about this sweaty old place is the terrifying thunderstorms. What you NEED is a GOOD BED, washing…

Thorin, being old and poor, I'd love to save a bit of money. I also haven't used MS office since I had a free copy in the 90's from buying it on a new computer. Now, with Office365 being the all over the web monster that it is-that does everything I could possibly want and it's always there. In the doctors office…

Melanie, Handle it? I didn't, and save the passage of time, I'm not sure that I have. My dog, the steadiest and longest companion I ever had, died in November 1991. It is now 2013 and I can't think about it or him without the deepest misery. I've lost all manner of humans, nothing stung like the loss of that dog.…

"lie on your resume" No, indeed not. It'll get wrinkles. brendan

Melanie, On final interview for Tactical Firearms Unit, the commander, one Nodrog Noxid asked me, (please excuse the er, "slang," but this is exactly how the question was phrased.) "Stallard, are you shagging anyone at this police station or in this unit?" I wasn't. I was never big on relationships within the job. I…

Melanie, I'm going to start, "hitting," those poor benighted, witless folk who begin every speech bubble with, "yeah/no." No one will miss them and they are reducing the intelligence of the population with every breath they take. brendan

Pah. Brands want to advertise on me, they kin pay me. Other than that, I don't buy anything with a brand showing. Classless trash. brendan

"For the last five years, I've been cursed with perpetual moving." Adam, it's the 'at, lad. That and yer a dead ringer for Edward Snowden. Must be a reet bitch keeping outta the jaws of the CIA:) brendan

"build credit," Kisara, fWIW, I am an old coot who was imported by my wife 17 years ago. When I left UK, my credit was such that I had an Amex unlimited card. When I arrived in USA Amex wouldn't issue me with an American card at all. Was a trifle bizarre. I got so ticked I just ignored the ****ing lot of 'em,…

DogRiding, Hey, the Nexus 7 is a phablet, innit? Kin you use that as a phone? brendan

Melanie, I got me a Nexus 4. My first smart phone, out of which I wanted a combo snapcamera/ipod/phone and internet notes yada yada. It has fulfilled all of those requirements. My yearly cost for cell service and data is $100 (I've used $64, since March 2013. I'm with Ptel.) I'm in no hurry to change, I'll wait for it…

LOL. When living in the UK, I've had long distance, long term relationships with gals from Jamaica, Australia, Russia, (Novosibirsk) and finally, I ended up marrying the one I'm with now in Atlanta, GA. I found the relationships more satisfying than the usual thing I'd been running with in the UK. Maybe UK girls don't…

LOL, Melanie,

Shep,

Pah!

"give it a year or two and you’ll have a much wider selection."

Melanie,

That's the first app ever to get my location from my home computer, precisely correct. Proper address and all. Interesting.

Do NOT share bank accounts, here lies madness. Just don't do it.