[BMWCSRegistry] Out of Service WOB
Richard Conway
richardconway at bellsouth.net
Wed Jul 11 22:24:19 EDT 2007
And, you may be eligible for senor discounts at Wendys, you might want to
look into it. Think of the savings.
RC
On 7/11/07 9:13 PM, "james_rosenthal at comcast.net"
<james_rosenthal at comcast.net> wrote:
> I feel ya' art!!!
>
> My trusty phone of 4 years died (met with a concrete floor at high velocity)
> and I went to buy a new one. The 12 year-old clerk in the store looked
> puzzled when I asked for a "phone".
>
> I told him, as a professional photographer, I have plenty of cameras (still
> all film BTW, and I get paid for it baby!!), so I don't need the pin-hole
> camera they are putting in the phones.
> I own a stunning multi-component McIntosh hi-fi (do we still use that term)
> which I doubt any phone/music player could EVER compete with (shame my i-pod
> can't spin vinylso I can take it with me), and I just needed something I could
> make calls with....as I said, a phone.
> I then proceeded to tell him that for navigation, I use a map, for doing my
> taxes, I use an accontant, to log my appointments, I use what's called a
> "day-planner"...you know, made of paper in a pretty leather case, so I need
> something to only make and recieve telephone calls.
>
> Blank stare...followed by..."I don't think they have such a thing
> Sir"......the fact that he called me "Sir" was the most disturbing part of the
> whole interaction.
>
> James Rosenthal
>
>> -------------- Original message --------------
>> From: "the-hound at juno.com" <the-hound at juno.com>
>>
>> Thanks:
>>
>> Before, I thought it was just me - now I feel better??????
>>
>> The Hound
>>
>> -- Art Wegweiser <art at bmwcsregistry.org> wrote:
>> If any of you have tried to contact me over the last week or so, I
>> have not replied because
>> my Mac decided to take a holiday. Apple is apparently too busy with
>> their iPhone to bother with customers that are not really interested
>> in all their gee whiz stuff.
>> My cell phone sends and receives messages on the relatively rare
>> occasions I really need it anyway. I need nothing more than that.
>>
>> ART
>> Drive now, talk later and give your kids a book in stead nbsp;of the latest
>> video game.
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