Yes, that wonderful feeling one gets upon opening a cellphone bill and seeing a balance five or ten times larger than anticipated. Happened to me more than once, I admit.
Casinos rarely have wall clocks as they don't want the patrons to easily know how much time has passed; keeping the players at the tables means more cash for the proprietors. It's the same way with traditional cellular service plans. If a cellphone users could easily (e. g., one button press) find out their balance, they would be much less likely to overspend.
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I Got My First Virgin
by Skimmer intoday i got my first virgin mobile cell phone.
(what, were you thinking of something else?
) and i must say that it's an improvement over the general experience i've had during the last ten years of various plans from a traditional, big-name provider and the three crappy big-name cell phones that they sold to me.
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Eighty eight years ago today
by Skimmer ineighty eight years ago today, c. t. russell kicked the bucket and went to his, er, "reward".
yes, it was on halloween.
was jellyfish russell done in by poison, perhaps delivered by an agent operating under the direction of booze rutherford?
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Eighty eight years ago today, C. T. Russell kicked the bucket and went to his, er, "reward". Yes, it was on Halloween.
Was Jellyfish Russell done in by poison, perhaps delivered by an agent operating under the direction of Booze Rutherford? Certainly Rutherford was growing tired of being denied the dictatorship of the publishing company and, judging by the events in the months following Russell's demise, he had his ursurpation plan already in place. However, depending on the (putative) poison, an exhumation could confirm foul play. If the WTBTS still owns the cemetery plot then there will be no investigation, of course. -
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I Got My First Virgin
by Skimmer intoday i got my first virgin mobile cell phone.
(what, were you thinking of something else?
) and i must say that it's an improvement over the general experience i've had during the last ten years of various plans from a traditional, big-name provider and the three crappy big-name cell phones that they sold to me.
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Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint USA network in those places where they don't have service of their own. My housemate has a Sprint cell phone and she hasn't had a coverage problem in the past year or so.
Undoubtably there are plenty of places in the upper half of New England that are still free from cell towers, but I suspect that most towns with at least a couple of thousand people (or have a decent through highway) will have coverage. We shall see.
Virgin Mobile does require at least US$20 every three months and at least one call every sixty days. As long as these are met, the prepaid time is never lost. That US$20 buys airtime minutes; from eighty up to two hundred depending on calling distribution.
My new phone has a nice bright color screen that can display pictures. It doesn't have a camera, though; so I can't send anyone a picture of my handsome smiling face. Hey, maybe some of the phones at Bethel can get incoming pictures! I could always exchange my cell phone for one with a camera and try it out. I could send a picture to the governing body letting them know, close up, how I put WTBTS literature to good use in the smallest room in my house. -
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I Got My First Virgin
by Skimmer intoday i got my first virgin mobile cell phone.
(what, were you thinking of something else?
) and i must say that it's an improvement over the general experience i've had during the last ten years of various plans from a traditional, big-name provider and the three crappy big-name cell phones that they sold to me.
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For a worst case usage example as you've posted, it might not be such a great deal.
But my typical usage is much different; I often go for several days without using the phone, and then use it relatively heavily on a single day. And my usage tends to be long distance and during peak calling days and times.
I'm weary of having to worry about unused airtime, cheap vs. expensive calling times, roaming charges, minimal monthly payments, and ever more confusing plan contracts. And I paid less for my new phone than what the old provider was going to charge me for a new battery. -
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I Got My First Virgin
by Skimmer intoday i got my first virgin mobile cell phone.
(what, were you thinking of something else?
) and i must say that it's an improvement over the general experience i've had during the last ten years of various plans from a traditional, big-name provider and the three crappy big-name cell phones that they sold to me.
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Today I got my first Virgin Mobile cell phone. (What, were you thinking of something else?) And I must say that it's an improvement over the general experience I've had during the last ten years of various plans from a traditional, big-name provider and the three crappy big-name cell phones that they sold to me.
The phone is an Qualcomm/Vox 8610 and the plan is prepaid: US$0.25 per minute (first 10 minutes per day), then US$0.10 thereafter. No charge for roaming. No charge for long distance. No charge for receiving text. No charge for voicemail, caller ID, etc. Plus a number of other features for which I haven't much use like downloads of music, ringtones, games, jokes, and so forth.
I will save at least US$25 per month with Virgin Mobile vs. the old company which shall remain nameless. (Hint: Who has the most annoying television advertisements?)
The only drawback is that all the print in the manual and on the pre-pay card is rather small and I needed a magnifier to read some of it. Part of this is because of my personal visual disability, and part of it is likely because the target age demographic for Virgin Mobile are those too young to remember Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, or even Freddie "Master Chronologist" Franz.
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As I recall from reading the not-so-secret Branch Procedures Manual, all of the annual statistics had to be reported to Bethel by the end of October. So the WTBTS will have everything in by tomorrow.
I'm sure there won't be any surprises to the WTBTS insiders who have the prior eleven months' data along with the knowledge of seasonal variation. -
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In olden days, the disService Year report would appear simultaneously in the January 1 Witchpower and the notAnotherYearbook. As always, I'm hoping for declines across the board, but the unsettled conditions in the Middle East and the fear mongering in the US may prevent this. In any case, I expect fakery in almost all the numbers except for (perhaps) baptism counts. And even these are suspect as most are of minor children coerced into joining.
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The 7000 year "Creative Day"
by Fe2O3Girl inwhen i was a youngster, the creative days of genesis 1 were always referred to as being 7000 years long.
i believe the 1975 hoo-hah was related to this teaching as 6000 years since adam's creation plus a 1000 year reign neatly wraps up a 7000 years seventh day of rest.. in another thread narkissos quoted a wt article from 1983 that repeats the 7000 year day teaching.
i don't think anyone much younger than me, or anyone who bacame a jw in the last 10-15 years is aware of this belief.
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I can tell you that in 1973 the 7,000 year length of a creation day was taught as a fact. It was bundled up with the 4026 BC/1975 AD teaching and presented with just as much authority, if with lesser emphasis, as the 607 BC/1914 AD baloney.
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Mormons
by meadow77 in.
are there any mormons here, or people familiar with mormon beliefs.
i have some questions regarding their doctrine, including baptising those that have passed away.
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Do you plan to donate your organs when you die?
by LyinEyes ini just saw this movie john q. with denzel washington, and it is a great movie.
the subject is about health care or lack of,,, and the need for organ donations.
i have always felt strongly about this and this movie really made me think about doing something instead of just saying it.
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(I signed up as a donor when I got my first driver's license years ago.)
And to the WTBTS, I, Skimmer, being of sound mind and body, do hereby bequeath the entire contents of my intestines. It is but only fair that I repay them literally for what they figuratively gave me.